For purchasing books, I recommend that you drop in to your favorite local book store.  If they don't have the book you're looking for, you can have them order it for you.

Here are a few bookstores in the Seattle area.
Elliott Bay Book Co. 1521 10th Ave Seattle, WA 98122 Phone: (206)624-6600 Email: queries@elliottbaybook.com Web: www.elliottbaybook.com	Queen Anne Avenue Books, Ltd. 1629 Queen Anne Ave N Seattle, WA Phone: (206)283-5624
The Secret Garden Children's Bookshop 6115 15th Ave NW Seattle, WA Phone: (206)789-5006 Fax: (206)789-2816	University Book Store 4326 University Way NE Seattle, WA Phone: (206)634-3400 Email: ubsbooks@u.washington.edu Web: www.bookstore.washington.edu
Ravenna 3rd Place Books 6504 20th Ave NE Seattle 98115
Contact Carole for help finding out of stock and out of print books.
If you are a bookseller and you would like to be listed here, please contact me at contact@clschaefer.com.