“Have you seen Shake by Portland photographer Carli Davidson? It’s an inspired collection of portraits of dogs in mid-shake. This common doggie gesture, the shake, is familiar to us all but has never been explored in such stop-motion detail as in this delightful book. The flying drool! The flappy mouths! The goofy eyes! The wayward tongues! Everything …
Broadway Books in Portland, OR, started series of articles about their staff including a little background information and some recommendations. We love this way to help readers get to know their booksellers better, especially because it highlights what interesting people booksellers are, even when they’re not in the store. Here’s their first article, about Chris. …
Nope, not a Joe Namath or Nathan Lane reference. This one is from the Bookbroads at Portland’s Broadway Books, who have just released the store’s top ten of 2010 in a couple of major categories. Of course, there’s that Girl who got the Dragon Tattoo, Played with Fire AND Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
At Broadway Books in Portland the owners offer an annual “Book Talk,” at which they talk about the books that they believe will make the best holiday gifts for the year. They charge $5 for a ticket (gasp!), but refund that to anyone who buys a book the evening of the event. Apparently, they sell …
