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New Arrivals
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    Border Songs

    Jim Lynch
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    Wine Trails of Oregon

    Steve Roberts
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Literature Folklore and Memoirs
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Loving Frank
Loving Frank
by Nancy Horan
Publisher Comments
I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current. So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary as she struggles to justify her clandestine love affair with Frank Lloyd Wright... (read more)

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Recently Arrived Used
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    Young Men and Fire

    Norman Maclean
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    Oregon's Golden Years

    Miles F Potter
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    Trips & Trails Oregon

    William L Sullivan
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Featured Titles
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Rustic Fruit Desserts: Crumbles, Buckles, Cobblers, Pandowdies, and More
Rustic Fruit Desserts: Crumbles, Buckles, Cobblers, Pandowdies, and More
by Cory Schreiber and Julie Richardson
Staff Pick
You may have heard of a buckle or a betty, but how about a pandowdy or slump? Filled with homey recipes and old-fashioned pleasures, you needn't be adventurous or a professional baker to make these irresistible and delicious desserts. These classic... (read more)

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Outdoors Oregon and Washington
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Moon: Take a Hike Portland: Hikes within Two Hours of the City
Moon: Take a Hike Portland: Hikes within Two Hours of the City
by Barbara I. Bond
Staff Pick
Moon knows a thing or two about hiking books, and this one belongs in the glove compartment of every wandering Portlander. Perfect for beginners and experienced hikers alike, this comprehensive guide offers informative itineraries that ensure you'll get... (read more)

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General Travel
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Lonely Planet Trips: Pacific Northwest
Lonely Planet Trips: Pacific Northwest
by Danny Palmerlee
Publisher Comments
Fifty-two of the region's best trips! Whether you're a local looking for a long weekend escape, a visitor looking to explore or you simply need some ideas when family and friends come to visit, Lonely Planet's Trips series offers the best itineraries... (read more)

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Nature
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The Behavior and Ecology of Pacific Salmon and Trout
The Behavior and Ecology of Pacific Salmon and Trout
by Thomas P Quinn
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Esteemed fisheries expert Quinn distills essential information about salmon, steelhead, and cutthroat trout from the vast scientific literature.... (read more)

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Books About Oregon
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The Oregon Companion: An Historical Gazetteer of the Useful, the Curious, and the Arcane
The Oregon Companion: An Historical Gazetteer of the Useful, the Curious, and the Arcane
by Richard H Engeman
Synopsis
What's the connection between Ken Kesey and Nancy's Yogurt? How about the difference between a hoedad and a webfoot? What became of the Pixie Kitchen and the vanished Lambert Gardens? The Oregon Companion is an A-Z handbook of over 1000 people, places... (read more)

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Portland
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Portland Happy Hour Guidebook 2009
Portland Happy Hour Guidebook 2009
by Cindy Anderson
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Eat, drink, and be happy — and save money too! This 3rd edition of the Portland Happy Hour Guidebook lists more than 250 of the Portland area's very best Happy Hours, including 80 top restaurants scoring a 9 or 10. Use this renowned, definitive... (read more)

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Literary Oregon
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Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family
Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family
by Lauren Kessler
Publisher Comments
Masuo Yasui saw America as a land of limitless opportunity. Like countless other immigrants, he put down roots, worked hard, and achieved success. In Oregon's Hood River Valley, Yasui achieved as a businessman, an orchardist, and leader of the Japanese... (read more)

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Sale Books
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Sky Time in Gray's River: Living for Keeps in a Forgotten Place
Sky Time in Gray's River: Living for Keeps in a Forgotten Place
by Robert Pyle
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Sky Time in Gray’s River is an elegant meditation on life in the rural Northwest. Although Robert Michael Pyle is a lepidopterist and southwestern Washington is notable for its lack of butterflies, something about the village of Gray’s River... (read more)

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Used Books
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Young Men and Fire
Young Men and Fire
by Norman Maclean
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On August 5, 1949, a crew of fifteen of the United States Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of these men... (read more)

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Bestsellers

Saturday, July 4, 2009
Loving Frank
  1. Loving Frank
    by Nancy Horan
  2. Rustic Fruit Desserts: Crumbles, Buckles, Cobblers, Pandowdies, and More
    by Cory Schreiber and Julie Richardson
  3. Portland Noir (Akashic Noir)
    by Kevin Sampsell
  4. Border Songs
    by Jim Lynch
  5. Bike There! 2007 map
    by Metro
On Oregon | June 24, 2009

All posts by Matt Love The Homework? Celebrating Oregon's Great Birthright

"We would take to the holy sand and freely recreate on what former Oregon Governor Oswald West called 'our great birthright' — Oregon's publicly owned beaches." Continue »


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Powell's Q&A, Q&A | June 21, 2009

All posts by Adam Schell Powell's Q&A: Adam Schell

"Benign, boring, even a bit of a cliché, but I'm kind of a spa whore, especially if it involves a natural hot spring." Continue »


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Interviews | June 19, 2009

All posts by Dave Jim Lynch Makes Landscape Art... Out of Text

If Carl Hiaasen set one of his novels on a residential stretch of boundary line between British Columbia and Washington, or if Richard Russo's characters had relatives in the Pacific Northwest, the result might be something like Jim Lynch's Border Songs. Continue »


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    Border Songs

    Jim Lynch
Guests | June 12, 2009

All posts by Kevin A Loose Kind of Noir

"my knowledge of the genre was pretty minimal" Continue »


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Guests | June 11, 2009

All posts by Ibrahim Ahmad The Seedy Underside of Noir

"The noir impulse transcends borders, ethnic and political identities, and, to the surprise of some, literary genres" Continue »


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