Naked hippies, naked mountaineers, killer whales and women conservationists

What do naked hippies, naked mountaineers, killer whales and women conservationists have in common? Answer: someone wrote a book about them and will appear at Third Place Books this week.

Third Place Books, upper level, Town Center in Lake Forest Park, intersection of Ballinger Way and Bothell Way.

Steve Sieberson

The Naked Mountaineer 

(University of Nebraska Press)

Tuesday, July 14 at 7pm

In The Naked Mountaineer, Sieberson recounts a series of solo journeys to some of the world’s most exotic peaks in places such as Switzerland, Japan, and Borneo. 

David Neiwert

Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us (Overlook Press)

Wednesday, July 15 at 7pm

Celebrated Seattle-based investigative journalist, David Neiwert, explores the relationship between orcas and human beings. 

Margaret Grundstein

Naked in the Woods: My Unexpected Years in a Hippie Commune 

(Oregon State University Press)

Friday, July 17 at 6:30pm

In 1970 Margaret Grundstein abandoned her degree at Yale and followed her husband to a commune in the backwoods of Oregon. Naked in the Woods is a portrait of this iconic and misrepresented time in American history. 

Dee Arntz

Extraordinary Women Conservationists of Washington (History Press)

Saturday, July 18 at 6:30pm

Courageous women are to thank for many of Washington’s environmental conservation successes. Dee Arntz recounts their important stories, showing that the legacy of Washington’s female conservationists is nothing short of extraordinary.