by Site Owner | Oct 17, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
By Sabbithry Persad, Ecoadventures, $8.95, 32 pages At first glance, this book is reminiscent of the Magic School Bus series. Where Do Recyclable Materials Go? is definitely focused on providing educational information about recycling to elementary school-age...
by michaeld | Oct 3, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Art, Design & Photography
Perfect introduction to art history and the art world By Stephen Farthing Rizzoli, $25.00, 576 pages If you’ve ever studied art history, you may recall slide after slide of artist’s work with rote memorization of the period and artist’s name. This book...
by Site Owner | Oct 3, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Portland Publishers, Sports & Recreation, Travel
by Laura O. Foster Timber Press, $12.95, 141 pages As most Portlanders know, there are many things that “Keep Portland Weird”. Unbeknownst to many is the fact that we have so many stairs. Stairs with views, stairs to nowhere, stairs up and stairs down. This small...
by Site Owner | Sep 30, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Art, Design & Photography
by Wil Huygen Abrams, $29.95, 224 pages This 35th Anniversary Edition includes 8 frameable prints, as well as a look at Rien Poortvliet’s Gnome Sketchbook. We learn all about the detail of Gnome life through the text and illustrations. The iconic pointy red hat that...
by Site Owner | Aug 16, 2011 | Nature, Outdoors & Animals
by Chad Orzel Scribner, $15.00, 256 pages Now in paperback, a physicist and his talking dog, Emmy banter back and forth about various quantum physics topics. For example, the author likens a bunny’s movement to quantum wavefunctions to help explain the Heisenberg...
