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Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Daily: 9am to 11pm
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Powell's Technical Books 33 NW Park Avenue Mon-Sat: 9am to 9pm |
Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. Mon-Sat: 9am to 10pm |
Powell's Books on Hawthorne 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Mon-Thurs: 9am to 10pm |
Powell's Books for Home and Garden 3747 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Mon-Sat: 9am to 9pm |
Powell's Books at PDX 7000 NE Airport Way Oregon Market Location Concourse C Location Concourse D Location |
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Saturday, November 22nd @ 2:00PM
Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. (800) 878-7323 The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science: 64 Daring Experiments for Young Scientists by Sean Connolly New - Hardcover The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science From Marshmallows on Steroids to Home-Made Lightning, the Sandwich Bag Bomb to Giant Air Cannon, The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science (Workman Publishing) introduces 64 valuable science experiments that snap, crackle, pop, ooze, crash, boom, and stink, to awaken kids' curiosity while demonstrating scientific principles like osmosis, air pressure, and Newton's Third Law of Motion. For young scientists -- and the young at heart -- this book is a blast. Literally. |
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All-American Poem Winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Prize, Matthew Dickman's All-American Poem (American Poetry Review) plumbs the ecstatic nature of our daily lives. In these unhermetic poems, pop culture and the sacred go hand in hand. Crystal Williams will also read from her collection, Lunatic, which courageously roots out the underbelly of the human condition with humor, irony, and unflinching directness. |
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A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir For anyone wishing to more fully understand America's first great environmentalist, John Muir, and the enormous influence he still exerts today, Donald Worster's biography A Passion for Nature (Oxford University Press) offers a wealth of insight into the passionate nature of a man whose passion for nature remains unsurpassed. |
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Builders of the Pacific Coast A continuation of Lloyd Kahn's journeys into the creative processes of owner-built homes, Builders of the Pacific Coast (Shelter Publications) explores the aesthetics and skills of three master builders in California, Washington state, and the rugged terrain of British Columbia. With stunning color and black-and-white photographs and detailed black-and-white drawings of the homes, this collection of unique and progressive designs creates a template for a future filled with forward-thinking architecture. |
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I Want to Take You Higher Jeff Kaliss scored the first face-to-face interview with the reclusive lead singer of Sly and the Family Stone in more than 20 years, making I Want to Take You Higher (Backbeat Books) a must-read for any rock'n roll fan. The story follows the evolution and dissolution of Sly and the Family Stone, from local favorites to global rock stars whose success was undermined by drugs and self-delusion. |
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Tuesday, November 25th @ 7:00PM
Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. (800) 878-7323 Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change by Pat Murphy Used - Trade Paper Washington County Peak Oil Reading Group This month our sustainable book group meets to discuss the first half of Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change by Pat Murphy. This group meets the fourth Tuesday of every month. New members to the group are always welcome. |
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The Godfather Family Album CANCELED THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED Brought together for the first time in book form, The Godfather Family Album (Taschen) is a vast selection of images from all three Godfather films, selected from photographer Steve Schapiro's archives. Limited to 1,000 copies, each signed and numbered by Schapiro, this lavish, leather-bound, limited-edition book allows fans a privileged peek behind the scenes in the making of film history. |
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Wednesday, November 26th @ 7:00PM
Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. (800) 878-7323 Classics Book Group This month our Classics Book Group meets to discuss The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. New members to the group are always welcome. |
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Portland Macintosh Users Group Meeting Join us the first Monday of every month for a Graphics/Video meeting with like-minded Mac geeks. Bring your questions and tips to share with the group. |
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Macintosh Users Group Join us every other Tuesday for a fun and informal meeting with like-minded Mac geeks. Bring your questions and tips to share with the group. |
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Tuesday, December 2nd @ 7:00PM
Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. (800) 878-7323 First Tuesday Craft Circle & Book Group This month's craft circle book group meets to discuss March by Geraldine Brooks. Bring your crafting supplies as we talk books and crafts the first Tuesday of each month. |
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Wild Beauty The Columbia River Gorge exerts a powerful influence on the lives and imaginations of the inhabitants of the Pacific Northwest. In Wild Beauty (Oregon State University Press), Terry Toedtemeier and John Laursen have selected more than 130 images -- most of them previously unpublished and many of them never before available for public view -- by some three dozen photographers over a 90-year period, to chronicle the history of photography in the Gorge. |
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Wednesday, December 3rd @ 7:00PM
Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. (800) 878-7323 Jack Bishop from America's Test Kitchen Featuring more than 700 kitchen-tested recipes, 800 step-by-step photos, opinionated product ratings, and at-a-glance tutorials, The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book (America's Test Kitchen) is a practical guide to baking basics. More than a collection of foolproof recipes, The Cook's Country Cookbook (America's Test Kitchen) is a lively portrait of the great American table. Discover fresh, new, and sometimes regional recipes that illuminate the depth and personality behind American cooking with such fare as Angel Biscuits, King Ranch Casserole (made famous by Lady Bird Johnson), Texas Sheet Cake, and Apple Slab Pie. |
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Wednesday, December 3rd @ 7:00PM
Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. (800) 878-7323 Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought by Pascal Boyer New - Trade Paper CFI/Freethinkers Book Club This month's nonfiction book group meets to discuss Religion Explained by Pascal Boyer. New members to the group are always welcome. |
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Philip Gourevitch of The Paris Review Since it was founded in 1953, The Paris Review has offered uncommon candor, depth, and wit in interviews that have become the gold standard of the literary Q&A. Edited by Philip Gourevitch, The Paris Review Interviews, Volume III (Picador USA) presents another eclectic lineup, including Raymond Carver, Norman Mailer, and Joyce Carol Oates. "The interviews are literary landmarks, and the gossip, humor, ideas, and practical advice dispensed are bracing," hails the San Francisco Chronicle. |
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First Thursday Visit the Basil Hallward Gallery this month where we're featuring fashion plates, hand-colord illustrations, Jesuit maps, and broadsides by local fine printers, all beautifully framed and perfect for gift giving. After visiting the gallery step into the Rare Book Room for even more! |
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Harmon Leon In The American Dream (Nation Books), comedian and author Harmon Leon draws upon his experiences of adopting personas and disguises to infiltrate the various institutions of everyday life. In the tradition of Hunter S. Thompson and Sacha Baron Cohen, Leon takes us on a journey into the savage heart of the American Dream that is a funny, satirical, and ultimately poignant take on what it means to be an American today. |
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Kids' Concert: One Night in Frogtown Nominated for the 2008 Oregon Book Award for Children's Literature, Philip Pelletier's One Night in Frogtown (One World Musical Books) is a critically acclaimed story of cultural diversity told through music. This special event features performances by Linda Hornbuckle, Devin Phillips, and Oregon Symphony soloists, making for an afternoon of family-friendly fun! The story will be narrated by award-winning Portland actor (Sleepless In Seattle) and Portland Opera soloist Victor Morris. The Frogtown Costume Contest encourages fans to dress as their favorite creature from the pond! Please note: This ticketed event takes place at the Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Tickets, $5, are available at the Bagdad Theater box office, the Crystal Ballroom box office, Ticketmaster.com, and all Ticketmaster outlets. |
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J. A. Jance From New York Times-bestselling author J. A. Jance comes Cruel Intent (Touchstone Books), a chilling tale of suspense, where romance turns deadly. Ex-anchorwoman Ali Reynolds finds herself in the midst of more than just a house renovation when the project is interrupted by a brutal murder... and the killer may be close to home. "Jance has honed her talent for writing entertaining, accessible mysteries that readers can zip through in a weekend," cheers Booklist. |
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Big Boy Rules Washington Post reporter Steve Fainaru traveled with several groups of security contractors to find out what motivates them to put their lives in danger every day. What emerges in Big Boy Rules (Da Capo Press) is a searing, revealing, and sometimes darkly funny look at the men who live and work on the battlefields of Iraq. "Fainaru's vivid reportage makes the mercenary's dubious motives and chaotic methods a microcosm of a misbegotten war," hails Publishers Weekly. |
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Tuesday, December 9th @ 7:00PM
Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. (800) 878-7323 Science Fiction Book Group This month we meet to discuss The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper. New members to the group are always welcome. |
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Wednesday, December 10th @ 7:00PM
Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. (800) 878-7323 Book Bags Book Group This month's women's book group meets to discuss The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. New members to the group are always welcome. |
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Thom Hartmann According to Air America radio host Thom Hartmann, the apologists of the Right have become masters of the subtle and subconscious aspects of political communication. But conservatives didn't invent the path to persuasive messaging, and, as Hartmann shows in Cracking the Code (Berrett-Koehler), there is no reason why progressives can't learn these tactics, too. |
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Thursday, December 11th @ 7:00PM
Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. (800) 878-7323 Minnette Meador and Rebecca Goings In Minnette Meador's Starsight Volume II, war ravishes the Imperium, held together by the valor of ancient warriors and the devotion of the empire's elite. Joshan must decide: will he use the power to rescue his world, or will a new tyrant sit upon Sirdar's throne? In The Edge of Honor, Meador's new historical romance, the Celts are fleeing the Roman sword and Marius, King of broken Celtic tribe, may lose everything to save his people. Rebecca Goings will also read for her latest romance, Cursed Hearts (Samhain Publishing). |
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