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General
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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
by Timothy Egan
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In this remarkable tale of the nation's largest forest fire ... (read more)

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Recently Arrived Used
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    Portland Then and Now

    Linda Dodds
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    The Surrounded (Zia Book)

    Darcy Mcnickle
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    No Return

    Pete Travers

Literature Folklore and Memoirs
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Gilead
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
Staff Pick
This is one of the few books I have read that has made me actively slow down my reading pace. Every sentence, every word feels purely distilled into its most emotionally resonant core. Robinson's prose conjures up that curious feeling you get sometimes... (read more)

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The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest
The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest
by Jack Nisbet
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"[A]n entertaining portrait of the unfettered determination that drove one of the giants in the field...and infused the young nation he viewed with a keen and zealous spirit... (read more)

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Outdoors Oregon and Washington
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Pokin' Round the Gorge
Pokin' Round the Gorge
by Scott Cook
Publisher Comments
America's sexiest outdoors hiking guide! Ready for a sexy and romantic hiking/exploring vacation in the magnificent Columbia River Gorge? Come play in Oregon's Garden of Eden. Grab your sweetheart and get swept up in the romance of exploring hidden... (read more)

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Books About Oregon
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Red Hot and Rollin': A Retrospection of the Portland Trail Blazers' 1976-77 NBA Championship Season w/DVD
Red Hot and Rollin': A Retrospection of the Portland Trail Blazers' 1976-77 NBA Championship Season w/DVD
by Matt Love
Publisher Comments
On June 5, 1977 the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers to win their first and only NBA Championship. The next day, two hundred and fifty thousand fans jammed downtown Portland to celebrate in what remains the largest public gathering... (read more)

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Portland
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Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon
Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon
by Chuck Palahniuk
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"Fugitives and Refugees is more than a book about the weird people and dark corners of Portland. Tucked surreptitiously between chapters are eleven 'postcards,' which, cobbled together, make up a sort of memoir of Palahniuk's years in his adopted city... (read more)

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Oregon Guide Books
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Bend Overall
Bend Overall
by Scott Cook
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Includes hikes, museums, resorts and tourist attractions although it leaves out commercial endeavors unless they are one-of-a-kind More than anything it attempts to honor and showcase the variety and diversity of attractions and landscapes surrounding... (read more)

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Literary Oregon
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Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries)
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries)
by Raymond Carver
Publisher Comments
With this, his first collection of stories, Raymond Carver breathed new life into the American short story. Carver shows us the humor and tragedy that dwell in the hearts of ordinary people; his stories are the classics of our time.... (read more)

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Dancing with Rose: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's
Dancing with Rose: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's
by Lauren Kessler
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One journalists riveting--and surprisingly hopeful--in-the-trenches look at Alzheimers, the disease that claimed her mothers life.... (read more)

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Used Books
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Roadside Geology of Montana (Roadside Geology)
Roadside Geology of Montana (Roadside Geology)
by David D Alt
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Informative travel companions about roadside terrain and geology with photos, diagrams, and glossary.... (read more)

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Bestsellers

Sunday, November 22, 2009
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
  1. The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
    by Timothy Egan
  2. Gilead
    by Marilynne Robinson
  3. Pokin' Round the Gorge
    by Scott Cook
  4. Good Rain (90 Edition)
    by Timothy Egan
  5. The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest
    by Jack Nisbet

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On Oregon | November 11, 2009

Matt Love: IMG On Stewart Holbrook



On Monday October 26, at the Oregon Book Awards ceremony, I accepted the Stewart L. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award from Oregon Literary Arts. The... Continue »
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Rare Books | November 4, 2009

Kirsten Berg: IMG A Collector Like No Other



On the evening of March 18, 1986, I jumped into bed pulling the covers over my stark naked body, shotgun on my chest. So begins Roger Wendlick's... Continue »
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On Oregon | October 28, 2009

Matt Love: IMG An Oregon Halloween Deflowering



I don't remember a word we said to each other that night. But I remember everything important. Looking out a window, I saw Tricia's car turn into... Continue »
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On Oregon | October 14, 2009

Matt Love: IMG The Legend of Fast Break and a Special Screening of Far-Out Oregon History



Fast Break, a film documentary about Bill Walton and the Portland Trail Blazers winning the 1976-77 NBA title and the aftermath of their... Continue »
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On Oregon | September 16, 2009

Matt Love: IMG A Cautionary Tale on Oregon's Beaches



It was an early foggy morning a while back and the dogs and I took the path to the beach. In the distance, the ocean rolled a greenish gray and in... Continue »
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