by Philip Rafferty | Nov 14, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, History
The Road to Jonestown, the new book by bestselling author, Jeff Guinn, opens in November of 1978 in Port Kaituma, Guyana. On that fateful day, 900 people collectively took their lives in one of the most infamous, mass ritualistic suicides in modern history. They did...
by Whitney Smyth | Oct 11, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Health, Fitness & Dieting, New Age, Sponsored
An adventure seeking woman interested in making a difference in the world, Cherie travels to Zambia with the Peace Corps in 1994. Amidst teaching the locals how to build a trench latrine to help decontaminate their water source Cherie comes down with a series of...
by L Ruby Hannigan | Oct 6, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Religion
Katie is a powerful young woman who at a young age fell in love with the people of Uganda and followed her heart to go live there and help inspire them. She set up an organization that helps to educate and spiritually guide these young, vulnerable families. She lives...
by Julia Gaskill | Sep 7, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Comics & Graphic Novels, Nature, Outdoors & Animals, Portland Authors
Everyone remembers their first dog. No, not the first dog they ever owned, their first dog. The one they first had an instant connection with; the dog who made them feel complete and opened their heart in ways unexpected. There is, perhaps, no greater joy in the...
by Sarah Hutchins | Aug 21, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, History, NW Setting, Reference
Who was the first Chinese-American woman to fly for the American military? Where did the Portland street names Terwilliger and Lovejoy originate? When did Oregon women gain the right to vote? These answers and more were uncovered by Portland State University Professor...
by Whitney Smyth | Aug 15, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Education, Parenting & Families, Sponsored
Life is a miraculous thing, particularly when you consider the millions of things in our DNA that have to code correctly for it to happen at all. Unfortunately, it’s also incredibly easy for something to go wrong leaving some people with terminal illnesses,...
