by Nicole McGillagreen | Nov 25, 2015 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Education, Parenting & Families, Health, Fitness & Dieting, NW Author
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Waveland Press Formats: Paperback, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon[/alert] Judy Gabriel has collected stories from several midwives who have spent their lives living and working in southern Mexico. She has...
by Kevin Winter | Sep 30, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, History, NW Author, Portland Authors
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: History Press Formats: Paperback, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] Oregon has a long history of being the home for shanghaiing sailors and sending...
by Michael Barton | Aug 25, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Nature, Outdoors & Animals, NW Author
In The Thing With Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human, Oregon field ornithologist Noah Strycker delves into the lives of thirteen bird species that remind us that humans are not so unique in the natural world. This book...
by Site Owner | Apr 24, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Nature, Outdoors & Animals, NW Author, NW Publishers
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Little Bigfoot Formats: Hardcover Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] From the moment babies hit the stage where they’re ready for ABC books they can’t seem to get...
by Site Owner | Jan 24, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics, Nature, Outdoors & Animals, NW Author
Changing Our Ideas About Nature Isn’t Easy By Emma Marris Bloomsbury, $17.00, 210 pages Rambunctious Garden by science writer Emma Marris is an annoying protest against the wellspring of the Environmental Movement. Marris argues that we have moved beyond the...
by Site Owner | Jan 22, 2014 | NW Author, Science Fiction
The Pooh Revolt By Douglas Lain Tor, $24.99, 269 pages Portland author Douglas Lain blurs the lines between history, fiction, reality and dreams in Billy Moon, a re-imagining of the life of Christopher Robin Milne juxtaposed with the occupations May 1968 that began at...
