Santoro’s Books is Greenwood’s full-service, independent bookstore. We offer an excellent selection of new books and old favorites, a rental library for books and audio books, frequent buyer discounts and discounts on book club selections and school orders. Special ordering from us is fast and reliable. Just send us an e-mail with your requests to: carol@santorosbooks.com . We’re always happy to make reading suggestions and encourage you to enjoy a browse through our store.

Santoro’s News and Events
Celebrating Five Years of  Doing Business in the
Greenwood Neighborhood

	Ridge Readers Wednesday, August 18th 7:30 to 9:00PM Our in-store book discussion group is open to all and meets fairly regularly on the third Wednesday of the month. Our selection for August is Fordlandia by Greg Grandin Upcoming selections are: September 15th: Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carleton October 20th: Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
	Booksigning with Steve Duno, author of Last Dog on the Hill: The Extraordinary Life of Lou Friday, August 13th 6:00 to 7:30 PM August 13th promises to be an exciting evening in our neighborhood. Greenwood Avenue will be closed to all car traffic from  6:00 to 9:00 PM, as part of the Seattle Summer Streets program. There will be dancing in the street (literally) and Santoro’s is pleased to host Steve Duno to celebrate his new book about an exceptional dog. Treats for dogs and humans will be served. “Last Dog on the Hill “tells the story of an indigent young Rottweiler mix who, after abandoning his pack and the hills of his birth, went on to change the lives of hundreds of people and dogs, including the author’s, whose career as a behaviorist and writer was made possible through Lou’s extraordinary intelligence and heart. Lou won the respect of gang members, foiled an armed robbery, caught a rapist, fought coyotes and kidnappers, comforted elderly war veterans and Alzheimer patients, taught ASL to kids, learned scores of unique behaviors, amassed a vocabulary of nearly 200 words, and helped rehabilitate hundreds of aggressive dogs. Steve is also the author of Leader of the Pack, Be the Dog, Be the Cat and The Amazing Dog Trick Kit.

Quote of the Month:

“Rain hisses like swinging snakes and gutters gurgle. Orito watches a vein pulsating in Yayoi’s throat. The belly craves food, she thinks, the tongue craves water, the heart craves love and the mind craves stories. It is stories, she believes, that make life in the House of Sisters tolerable, stories in all their forms: the Gifts’ letters, tittle-tattle, recollections and tall tales like Minori’s singing skull. She thinks of myths of gods, of Izanami and Izanagi, of Buddha and Jesus; and perhaps the Goddess of Mount Shiranui, and wonders whether the same principle is not at work. Orito pictures the human mind as a loom that weaves disparate threads of belief, memory and narrative into an entity whose common name is Self, and which sometimes calls itself Perception. ~David Mitchell from his novel, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

Thank you for supporting neighborhood stores.

Santoro’s Books is located at:
7405 Greenwood Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 784-2113
carol@santorosbooks.com

Hours:
Mon - Wed: 10 - 7
Thurs - Fri: 10 - 8
Sat: 10 - 6
Sun: 12 - 5