My mother sat in the very last row of chairs in the author event space at Powell’s City of Books in Portland, Oregon, the day my memoir, Ma and Me, was officially released. She smiled with pride as her gaze skipped across the room, surely taking in the improbability of the moment: her daughter, a …
Arguably one of the most outstanding Americans of the 20th century, yet seemingly almost forgotten today, George Washington Carver gets an enlightening biographical treatment in this beautifully illustrated picture book. The book focuses on George’s childhood, as he tends a hidden garden and teaches himself botany through observation and experimentation, but his social and scientific …
A concert pianist honored by a massive ticker-tape parade through Manhattan? Violent riots breaking out over the appearance of an Austrian conductor at an American concert hall? It may be difficult to imagine such events taking place today, but as this book demonstrates in fascinating detail, the classical music world became caught up in the …
“This marvelous little book is a fantastic step into the worlds of Quantum Theory and the ‘multiverse,’ or M-theory. In easy-to-read layperson’s terms, and with superb, brightly colored illustrations, Hawking and Mlodinow take us step-by-step through many questions of the universe and the ideas they believe are behind Einstein’s ‘Theory of Everything.’ In awe of …
Last week The Corvallis Gazette-Times, local rag of of Grass Roots Books & Music, published a panel by a local cartoonist that paid tribute to “the wonderfulness of independent bookstores,” as Grass Roots’s Pamela Moeller put it. It also happened to spin the whole shop local/buy Amazon thing, which we can at least enjoy in …
“Whenever someone asks what I would eat for the rest of my life, if I could eat only one thing, I shout: Sushi! Because I. Love. Sushi. I love to make it, I love very, very much to eat it, and I also love to look at it; done well, it is art. This book …
“If a crazed person stood in my kitchen and insisted I keep just one cookbook in my collection, it would be this one. It is practical, approachable, enjoyably readable, and, most important where a cookbook is concerned, absolutely delicious. Beginning and experienced cooks alike will find something to love and appreciate about this book. So …
“This debut graphic novel by Jonathan Case is sweet, quirky and fun. The protagonist is a Black Lagoon-esque sea creature who, for as long as he can remember, has loved murdering and munching on beach-goers with the equally homicidal crabs that like to perch on his person. All of this goes awry when he discovers …
“There are no words to adequately express the awesome hilarity of this book, but I will try to give a general impression. She gets into a literally bloody fight with a too-small shirt in the dressing room of an expensive boutique. She discovers the existence of her “fun” alter-ego, Ambien Laurie. She bilks a grieving …
“I love a slim, rich book, and this here's one, its language tight, sizzling, thick with great sound and rhythm that poetically develops a tough and satisfying story about brothers, relationships and emotional and physical survival. I read an interview with Torres where he spoke about having only br Keyword Elite 2.0: The New Generation …
