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Bookbroads
http://www.broadwaybooks.blogspot.com
Bookbroads: A book-related blog from Broadway Books in Portland, Oregon, a great little store with great big service.
- Added on: Dec 2nd, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
From Bird Songs to Elements
This post is a bit of a good news/bad news discussion. Last year my gift pick for the holiday season was Birdscapes: A Pop-Up Celebration of Bird Songs in Stereo Sound, by Miyoko Chu with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Such a very cool book! Wonderf...
Day Twelve: Front Page Compilations
It's Day Twelve in The 24 Days of Books, and we've decided to cheat, but only just a wee bit. Today we're going to talk about two fabulous books, instead of one, because they share a theme of sorts. The New York Times Complete Front Pages, 1851-2009 ...
Best Books from Salon
It's time for another approaching-the-end-of-year-best-books list, and this one I'm particularly excited about. It's from Salon, the online arts and culture magazine, and the articles are written by Laura Miller. The lists stand out for me for two re...
Day Eleven: The Life & Times of I.F. Stone
Welcome to Day Eleven in The 24 Days of Books. Today we're going to talk about a biography -- and we are bursting to the seams with incredible biographies and memoirs this winter. American Radical: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone by D.D. Guttenplan ...
Herta Muller Accepts Nobel Prize
Today in Switzerland, Herta Muller was presented the Nobel Prize for Literature. Muller was born to a German family in Romania in 1953. After refusing to cooperate with Ceausescu's Securitate, she suffered repeated threats before she was able to emig...
Day Ten: Paintings and Reflections
Welcome to Day Ten in The 24 Days of Books! Today we're going to celebrate local and talk about a new book from a local artist: Paintings and Reflections, by Shirley Gittelsohn. Shirley was born in Portland in 1925 and, aside from a few years living ...
