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Powell's Staff: Five Book Friday: In Memoriam (0 comment)

Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...

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Where Cooking Begins Uncomplicated Recipes to Make You a Great Cook by Carla Lalli Music
	Carrie, January 27, 2023 This book is the definition of elevated simplicity. Learn solid techniques, learn how to "spin it" (substitute ingredients to get more variety out of a single recipe) and use simple quality ingredients to make satisfying, delicious, and healthy(!) meals. Great for cooks of all levels.
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Water Will Come Rising Seas Sinking Cities & the Remaking of the Civilized World by Jeff Goodell
	Carrie, January 27, 2023 Extremely readable, well-reported, and like most climate books, fairly upsetting. Still, it is an excellent resource on the current and future impact of climate change on the world's most vulnerable coastlines.
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Water Will Come Rising Seas Sinking Cities & the Remaking of the Civilized World by Jeff Goodell
	Carrie, January 27, 2023 Extremely readable, well-reported, and like most climate books, fairly upsetting. Still, it is an excellent resource on the current and future impact of climate change on the world's most vulnerable coastlines.
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Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert MacFarlane
	Carrie, January 27, 2023 I didn't just read this book, I savored it. I found quiet moments to absorb it, ponder it, plan wishful vacations around it, one wonderful chapter at a time.
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Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert MacFarlane
	Carrie, January 27, 2023 I didn't just read this book, I savored it. I found quiet moments to absorb it, ponder it, plan wishful vacations around it, one wonderful chapter at a time.
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World in a Grain The Story of Sand & How It Transformed Civilization by Vince Beiser
	Carrie, January 27, 2023 I kept seeing rave reviews about this book. Sand? Really?? They were not wrong! Highly entertaining and informative! I have a new respect for this humble (and limited) grain.
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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr
	Carrie, January 26, 2023 This book is so good I've read it twice! I learned so much, and even the most mundane topics (standards & practices, anyone?) were somehow incredibly compelling. Immerwahr is an excellent writer. This will fill a lot of gaps left out of schools!
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Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy by Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano
	Carrie, January 26, 2023 My elderly mother was evacuated from the Camp fire by a kind neighbor and came to stay with me for 3 months. The fire missed her house by 1500 ft. When I took her home, seeing the devastation firsthand was overwhelming. Gee's well written book is intense, personal, a staggering read.
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Sunset Route Freight Trains Forgiveness & Freedom on the Rails in the American West by Carrot Quinn
	Carrie, January 26, 2023 This book is devastating and beautiful and powerful. It made me want to re-examine my life and my work and my privilege and point myself in the direction of the things that light me up inside while simultaneously making me so grateful for everything good in my life. I really loved this one - one of my favorite books of 2021 for sure.
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The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West by Carrot Quinn
	Carrie, January 26, 2023 This book is devastating and beautiful and powerful. It made me want to re-examine my life and my work and my privilege and point myself in the direction of the things that light me up inside while simultaneously making me so grateful for everything good in my life. I really loved this one - one of my favorite books of 2021 for sure.
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