Saturday April 14th Author Event

Jeff Noonan Autographing The Long Escape

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Montana Author Event

Montana author Shonna Larkey will be signing copies of her children's book, "A HuckleBeary Tale", Saturday, March 31, from 11-1

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Montana author Matt Pavelich will be signing his book “Other Shoe” on Saturday, March 24th from 1-3.

Also new arrivals upstairs: Spoonerboards-great riding on grass or snow Perplexus Epic—more difficult than the original—a real puzzle challenge Jack & Lily soft leather shoes—perfect first shoes for baby Plush animals especially adorable bunnies Cute spring purses & animal totes for the Little Miss Also—Don’t forget to get your Hunger Games book & movie info upstairs in the young adult section of the store.

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Author Event

Saturday, February 25th,1:00-3:00pm Helena author,Rick Newby, autographing Matter + Spirit: Stephen De Staebler Also we will be hosting the Lewis and Clark Society showcasing some of their cats available for adoption.

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We at the Montana Book Company specialize in books about Montana and the West.  We strive to seek out local Western authors and titles that are of interest to our customers.  Many of these titles are self-published or from very little-known presses.   If you have a particular interest or topic you would like us to research, please contact us and the Montana Book Company would be happy to see what we can find for suggestions.     New Poets of the American West, edited by Lowell Jaeger is a panoramic (and revealing) view of the West through the eyes of more than 250 poets and 450 poems, including poems in English, Spanish, Navajo, Salish, Assiniboin, and Dakota languages. Collected here are poems about horse racing, mining, trash collecting, nuclear testing, firefighting, border crossings, buffalo hunting, surfing, logging, and sifting flour. In these pages you will visit flea markets, military bases, internment camps, reservations, funerals, weddings, rodeos, nursing homes, national parks, backyard barbecues, prisons, forests, meadows, rivers, and mountain tops. $24.00     Montana Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff by Ednor Therriault, $15.95 paperback.  This laugh-out-loud guide will introduce readers to the offbeat people, places, and events of the Treasure State.      Work Song by Ivan Doig, $25.95 hardcover.  Available June 29th – pre-order now!  An award-winning and beloved novelist of the American West spins the further adventures of a favorite character, in one of his richest historical settings yet, Butte, Montana.     Guide to Rocky Mountain Vegetable Gardening by MSU Horticultural Professors, Robert Gough and Cheryl Moore-Gough, $19.95.  The authors bring their horticultural experience from a lifetime of gardening, writing and teaching to help Rocky Mountain gardeners be successful at growing their own food in a challenging climate.     Montana Watering Holes:  The Big Sky’s Best Bars by Joan Melcher, $16.95 paperback.  "Montana Watering Holes" features more than fifty of the best spots to stop for a drink (or a burger) scattered across Montana. A celebration of the quirky, classic, and downright fun bars and saloons across Big Sky Country, from the Yaak to Ekalaka.     Fire and Brimstone:  The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917 by Michael Punke, $15.95 paperback.  Recounting the remarkable stories of the men below ground and their families above, this volume focuses on two groups of miners who made the incredible decision to entomb themselves to escape the gas during what's known as the North Butte Mine Disaster of 1917 in which 164 miners died.     Montana Place Names from Alzada to Zortman:  A Montana Historical Society Guide, $24.95 paperback.  This informative and entertaining reference guide is the latest version of Names on the Face of Montana, originally published in 1971.  This version was produced as a collaborative effort of many sources but particularly five Montana historians. "Naming Montana" explores the origins of more than 1,000 Montana place names. With five maps and more than fifty historic photographs, this new traveler's guide will reinforce the reasons behind the state's most familiar names and serve as a quick reference for those we often take for granted.     Visions of the Big Sky:  Painting and Photographing the Northern Mountain West by University of Montana Professor, Dan Flores, $45.00 hardcover.  Revisits the Northern Rockies artistic tradition to explore its diversity and richness and features 140 color and black-and-white images.     Stones into Schools:  Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Bozeman author, Greg Mortenson, $26.95 hardcover.  The author of the #1 bestseller" Three Cups of Tea" offers the continuing story of this determined humanitarian's efforts to promote peace through education. Filled with rich, personal stories and insights into the Middle East, this book is an inspiration--and a call to action. Autographed copies available.     Montana Unforgettable featuring the work of Montana photographers, Chuck Haney and John Lambing. $32.95 hardcover.  From cherry orchards in glorious bloom along Flathead Lake to the annual spectacle of thousands of snow geese descending upon Freezeout Lake, from the awe-inspiring Rocky Mountain Front to badlands formations that stir the imagination, and from once endangered trumpeter swans to the iconic bison, this collection of artful photography offers an insider's view into what makes Montana so unforgettable.  A beautiful new coffee table book for 2008.     Dark Spaces:  Montana’s Historic Penitentiary at Deer Lodge by Helena author, Ellen Baumler and photos by Helena photographer J. M. Cooper, $24.95 paperback.  A collaborative documentary of the legendary prison, historian Ellen Baumler tells the physical and human tale of the troubled institution whose idyllic setting contrasts so violently with the history of its holds.     Sherlock Holmes: The Montana Chronicles by John Watson, $12.95 paperback.  Here are the long-lost records of four intriguing mysteries solved by the famous English detective Sherlock Holmes when he traveled to Montana in the late 1800s.   We have only highlighted a few of the Montana Book Company favorites. Please contact us for more information or wonderful suggestions. We at the Montana Book Company are always happy to go the extra mile to research your questions.