Portland
There are 163 books in this aisle.
Browse the aisle by Title | by Author | by Price
See recently arrived used books in this aisle.
 Used: $3.50 Trade Paper List Price $5.00 
add to wish list |
|
The Zinester's Guide to Portland (2007): A Low/No Budget Guide to Visiting and Living in Portland, Oregon
by Shawn Granton and Nate Beaty  Publisher Comments Shawn Granton (Ten Foot Rule) and Nate Beaty (Brainfag Comics) edited a really comprehensive guide of things to do in Portland, OR. Features tons of information on various neighborhoods, bridges, eateries, hangouts, bars, places that sell zines, and how...
|
||||||
New: $20.00 Softcvr W/comp Media
add to wish list |
|
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...
|
||||||
Used: $9.95 Hardcover List Price $16.00
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...
|
||||||
New: $22.95 Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
An Architectural Guidebook to Portland
by Bart King Publisher Comments Portland strikes a unique balance between the rich architectural traditions of the past and the cutting-edge creative developments of modern architecture. Within a small downtown area can be found 19th-century cast-iron-front buildings, skyscrapers, old...
|
||||||
Used: $10.95 Trade Paper List Price $15.95
add to wish list |
|
Portland Confidential: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Rose City
by Phil Stanford Publisher Comments It may come as a shock to anyone who regards Portland as a haven for enlightened progressive thought, with light rail and lattes. But not too long ago — in fact, as recently as the 1950s — Portland was known throughout the country as a Mecca of...
|
||||||
New: $19.95 Trade Paper
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...
|
||||||
New: $15.95 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 —...
|
||||||
New: $19.99 Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Portland (Postcard History)
by Fortner Walter Publisher Comments The year was 1901, and Portland, Oregon, was celebrating its 50th birthday, having grown from a community of 821 people to become the largest city in the Pacific Northwest. A small change in postal regulations that year opened the door to the production...
|
||||||
Used: $10.95 Trade Paper List Price $19.95
add to wish list |
|
Best Places Portland 6TH Edition
by John Gottberg Publisher Comments Written by local reviewers, Best Places guides let travelers in on the best a city or region has to offer. A listing in a Best Places guide is coveted. To receive one star is an honor. Four stars are extremely rare and guaranteed to be the créme de...
|
||||||
Used: $7.95 Trade Paper List Price $14.95
add to wish list |
|
One City's Wilderness: Portland's Forest Park
by Marcy Houle Publisher Comments Situated only minutes from downtown Portland, Forest Park is a ribbon of green and urban forest northwest of the city. Thanks to a greenway connecting the park to Oregon's Coast Range the 5,000 acres of Forest Park are home to an incredible variety of...
|
||||||
New: $16.95 Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Portland Forest Hikes: Twenty Close-In Wilderness Walks
by James D. Thayer Publisher Comments Here are twenty wilderness hikes within twenty miles of downtown Portland, Oregon, less than a half hour's ride from the city. Adventurers at all skill levels will be surprised by the remoteness and remarkable beauty of these easy woodland escapes. Just...
|
||||||
Used: $18.50 Trade Paper List Price $22.50
add to wish list |
|
Greater Portland: Urban Life and Landscape in the Pacific Northwest (Metropolitan Portraits)
by Carl Abbott Synopsis Carl Abbott reports how Portland became a model of American urban planning. "A panoramic portrait."--Carl Abbott reports how Portland became a model of American urban planning. "A panoramic portrait."--...
|
||||||
New: $16.95 Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The Portland Red Guide: Sites and Stories From Our Radical Past
by Michael Munk Publisher Comments A historical guidebook of social dissent in Portland, Oregon, Michael Munk's The Portland Red Guide links notable radicals, their organizations, and their activities to physical sites in the city. With the aide of maps and numerous photos, Munk tells...
|
||||||
New: $15.00 Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Portland Happy Hour Guidebook (2008 Edition)
by Cindy Anderson Publisher Comments Bigger and better! Eat, drink, and be happy; and save money too! Find more than 170 rated reviews on Portland's best Happy Hours. Enjoy high-end restaurant quality food and ambiance for less. Pick all the right places to meet up with friends! You can use...
|
||||||
Used: $14.95 Trade Paper List Price $24.95
add to wish list |
|
Voices from the Street: Truths about Homelessness from Sisters of the Road
by Jessica P. Morrell Publisher Comments Everyone has a story to tell, but not everyone, especially if that person is homeless, is given the opportunity to tell it. Thus was born Voices from the Street: Truths about Homelessness from Sisters Of The Road, a project with a unique and intimate...
|
||||||
Sale: $8.98 Trade Paper List Price $18.95
add to wish list |
|
City Limits: Walking Portland's Boundary
by David Oates Synopsis Reflections on the politics and culture of place, inspired by the author's walk along the entirety of Portland, Oregon's 260+ mile Urban Growth Boundary, through neighborhoods, forests, mountain trails, vineyards, and wide-open wheat fields....
|
||||||
Used: $20.50 Trade Paper List Price $29.95
add to wish list |
|
Classic Houses of Portland, Oregon, 1850-1950
by William J. Hawkins III and William F.Willingham Publisher Comments The majority of Portland's classic houses are still standing, a rich legacy and essential link to a time of stunning architectural accomplishment. This lavishly illustrated volume features more than 300 residences representing twenty-three distinct...
|
||||||
Used: $10.95 Hardcover List Price $18.95
add to wish list |
|
Portland Then and Now
by Linda Dodds Synopsis Featuring black-and-white archival photos from the first half of the last century paired with modern shots of the same areas, "Portland Then and Now" documents the city's changing face. 140 photos, 70 in color....
|
||||||
Used: $18.50 Trade Paper List Price $26.95
add to wish list |
|
Reading Portland: The City in Prose
by John Trombold Publisher Comments Reading Portland is a literary exploration of the city's past and present. In almost over eighty selections, Portland is revealed through histories, memoirs, autobiographies, short stories, novels, and news reports. This single volume gives voice to...
|
||||||
Used: $16.95 Trade Paper List Price $24.95
add to wish list |
|
The Radical Middle Class: Populist Democracy and the Question of Capitalism in Progressive Era Portland, Oregon (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America)
by Robert D. Johnston Synopsis "A historical tour de force of the Progressive era in a middle class city, Professor Johnston's book will begin to unravel the stultifying stereotyping of the middle classes and remove cobwebs of inaction from the minds of today's civic organizers and...
|
||||||
