|
Hosted Bookshelves
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Staff Pick Once I started this book, I couldn't stop reading. Not only is this young adult book funny and touching — it feels so real. Anyone of any age who has struggled to know themselves and has fought for happiness will find resonance in the words and... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover 
add to wish list |
|
Portland Hill Walks: Twenty Explorations in Parks and Neighborhoods by Laura O. Foster Publisher Comments Portland Hill Walks is no ordinary guidebook. No restaurant ratings, no rehashed explanations of how the city got its name. Instead, in twenty meandering, view-studded strolls from forested canyons to cityscape peaks, this lively travelogue answers... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The Portland Bridge Book by Sharon Wood Wortman and Ed Wortman Publisher Comments The Portland Bridge Book, now in its third edition, is a richly detailed history of the bridges spanning the Willamette and Columbia Rivers in Portland, Oregon. This edition is totally new, with over 175 photographs and illustrations. The book makes... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Wild in the City: A Guide to Portland's Natural Areas by Michael C. Houck and M. J. Cody Publisher Comments In some parts of the United States, the notions of "urban wildlife," "urban naturalist," and "urban forest" might raise an eyebrow, but in Oregon, and particularly in the Portland area, we know better. We know that greenspaces are more than the islands... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The Grail: A Year Ambling and Shambling through an Oregon Vineyard in Pursuit of the Best Pinot Noir Wine in the Whole Wild World by Brian Doyle Publisher Comments A self-described "wine doofus" spends a year in a small Oregon vineyard, chronicling the creative and chaotic labor as the winemakers chase after the perfect pinot noir.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon by Chuck Palahniuk From Powells.com "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) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
First Among Sequels (Thursday Next Mysteries #05) by Jasper Fforde Publisher Comments Literary sleuth Thursday Next is out to save literature in the fifth installment of Jasper Fforde's wildly popular series. Beloved for his prodigious imagination, his satirical gifts, his literate humor, and sheer silliness, Jasper Fforde has... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Away: A Novel by Amy Bloom Publisher Comments Panoramic in scope, Away is the epic and intimate story of young Lillian Leyb, a dangerous innocent, an accidental heroine. When her family is destroyed in a Russian pogrom, Lillian comes to America alone, determined to make her way in a new land. When... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Cooking with the Wines of Oregon by Troy Townsin Publisher Comments Experience the flavors of Oregon's great vineyards. Each year, the wineries of Oregon welcome five million visitors. Cooking with the Wines of Oregon features more than 250 wineries. Much more than a wine country companion and wine guide, however, this... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
City of Readers: The Book Lover's Guide to Portland by Gabriel Boehmer Publisher Comments Portland has a love affair with books. Each day thousands of residents and visitors seek out the city's literary offerings to spend their leisure in the company of books and other readers. City of Readers brings together all the elements —... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Happy Hour Guidebook Portland (2007 Edition) by Cindy Anderson Review "It's quite the handy little paperback and is full of informative tidbits like where you can find a quarter pound cheeseburger, crabcakes or calamari for $2 and where to score the best drinks and the coolest patios in town." OregonLive... (read more) Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje Staff Pick Reading Ondaatje's new book, Divisadero, is like listening to great music. You are caught up in the moment, the elegiac writing, and propelled into a different reality. The crescendo brings it altogether, the passion, the years of hurt and pain, and the... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Tis: A Memoir by Frank Mccourt Publisher Comments Frank McCourt’s glorious childhood memoir, Angela’s Ashes, has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere for its spirit, its wit and its profound humanity. A tale of redemption, in which storytelling itself is the source of salvation... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $2.50 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home by Nando Parrado and Vince Rause Publisher Comments The harrowing personal story of the hero of the international bestseller "Alive" gives a day-by-day account of what happened during the 1972 Andes plane crash and its aftermath and shows how Parrado coped with the stresses; how he kept from giving up... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Eat.Shop.Portland: The Indispensible Guide to Stylishly Unique, Locally Owned Eating and Shopping by Kaie Wellman Publisher Comments The eat.shop guides are unique as they focus on just, yes, eating and shopping. Whether you are traveling to a city for the first time or you're a local — these guides are a must have for those who want to know about the interesting, the eclectic... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else by Michael Gates Gill Publisher Comments In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a big house in the suburbs, a loving family, and a top job at an ad agency with a six-figure salary. By the time he turned sixty, he had lost everything except his Ivy League education and his sense of... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris Staff Pick One of these days I'll find the time to construct an actual review of Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, but until I do let these words stand as my pledge: You will not regret purchasing this book. Further: You're unlikely to find more pure... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
Don't Miss
