Oleg Gordievsky grew up in the Soviet Union, the son of a KGB agent. His brother became an agent. And then, so did Oleg. Being a bright young fellow, he eventually began to question the totalitarianism of Communism. After a posting in Denmark exposed him further to Western books, classical music, the freedom to move …
When are scarecrows truly creepy? When it is close to Halloween! And– when they stalk children and seem to have been making people disappear for over a hundred years. But I get ahead of myself. Eleven-year-old Ollie finds a distraught woman threatening to throw a book into a raging river. Ollie saves (steals) the book …
From Paulina Springs Books’ newsletter, Cyberpassages, March 2018 Ding! Your computer (or phone) chirps cheerfully, alerting you to a new email. Oh, look! It’s a new edition of Cyberpassages– and about time, too, because this time it’s a little more than fashionably late. You open it right away, anticipating a slew of fresh reviews, and …
Bannick, author of The Owl and the Woodpecker, has hit a home run with his newest book on North American Owls. Author/photographer Bannick fills his book with absolutely stunning photographs of these often elusive birds. In addition to his gorgeous photos, Bannick details the natural history of owls in general, and more specifically, the four species …
I have rather eclectic tastes in history books, drawn to singular events or individuals that I’ve had no prior knowledge of, rather than those of a broader historical scope. Oregon writer Bruning brings to life the story of P.I.” Pappy” Gunn, an aviator whose skills as a pilot/mechanic/engineer in the Pacific theater of WWII is …
English astrophysicist Yasmin and her deaf 10-year old daughter Ruby arrive in Anchorage to join their wildlife filmmaker husband/father who has being staying in a tiny Inupiat village in the far north. At the airport they are met not by Matt but by the police, who inform Yasmin there’s been a tragic accident and everyone …
It’s been a number of years since Letts’ wonderful book about Snowman, the champion show jumper, The Eighty-Dollar Champion. I was excited to see she had again chosen horses as the focus of her next book. Both horse enthusiasts and non-horse enthusiasts alike have heard of the Lipizzaner horses of Austria, famed for their “airs …
First let me say, though while not a Luddite per se, reading books electronically is anathema to me, and children’s books in particular. Who among us hasn’t gone back to books we read or had read to us as children, to revel in the stories, words and pictures, and had wonderful memories flood back? …
You love books. You love independent bookstores. Now you can be a bookstore superhero philanthropist by crowdsourcing Herringbone Books in Redmond, Oregon. Earlier this year, Brad Smith, owner of Paulina Springs Books in Sisters and Redmond, announced that he was putting the Redmond store up for sale. In the store’s email newsletter and website, now Paulina …
History enthusiasts – have I got a book for you! I believe I’m in great company in knowing very little about the Korean war. Blaine Harden, author of the NYT best seller Escape from Camp 14, has penned an absolutely fascinating and enlightening book that will both startle and mesmerize you. Using the individual stories …
