 courtesy Powell's Books Powell's City of BooksHjemmeside: http://www.powells.com/ Arrangement link: http://www.powells.com/calendar.… Faciliteter: mad/drikkevarer This bookstore is an IndieBound member. Tilføjet af: Shortride. Er blevet kontaktet: Nej. Udvalgt: 2below, ahales, aimee, alecslaptop100, anotherjennifer, Baharak, bccall, BGP, bleuroses, BMF1972, BookishRuth, brianeisley, cabanagirl, Cauterize, celkins, Child_of_Light, classiclarkin, coffeezombie, craigim, cuffindell, darkline, Doodlebugs, dpbrewster, echobeach, EdBramblett, eilonwy_anne, emu1863, enheduanna, Enodia, eudaemonist, firepile, goddessladyj, grady.cameron, hayduke, hhw, hjelliot, Hoagy27, ifjuly, IJTLIB, insekta, jesssh, jfknow, jglassow, JoshEnglish, KingRat, LadySavant, landa102, lesliej, lewaters, librarianlk, librarybob, lnlamb, lorax, lquilter, mabeline, mainwaring, mattwilson9090, mcalister, MonicaAella, morfydd, nana_walrus, natantus, neonblue, nmoira, oregonobsessionz, owenre, papagena, pdxlibrarian, petermarieboss, polarnet, Qwofacenosehead, rainbowdarling, rarewren, rmharris, Ross_Finite, rrredhead, SalRuth, SamDelBiaggio, Sarahsponda, seataf, SinikkaTuuli, smittyvol, sollocks, srauske, StringerTowers, suncoursing, teelgee, timelf, tina_connolly, toriokyo, undertheteacup, vincentvan, vsmith, wdavidlewis, wikkywikky, wordmonster, xrob, yxf7h, ztutz Beskrivelse: Powell's City of Books is a book lover's paradise, the largest used and new bookstore in the world. Located in downtown Portland, Oregon and occupying an entire city block, the City stocks more than a million new and used books. Nine color coded rooms house over 3,500 different sections, offering something for every interest, including an incredible selection of out-of-print and hard-to-find titles.
The City's Rare Book Room gathers autographed first editions and other collectible volumes for readers in search of a one-of-a-kind treasure.
Check here for more details on "the mothership". Kommende arrangementer
Bike Commute Workshop (september 5 kl. 17:30) It's time to gear up for the 2008 Bike Commute Challenge, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance's friendly workplace-to-workplace competition to see who can get more employees biking to work. The BTA's Bike Commute Workshops are a great first step toward bike commuting. Join us at 5:30 p.m. to learn more ... (mere)
David Ebershoff (september 10 kl. 19:30)
Thomas Hager (september 11 kl. 19:30)
Tidligere arrangementerTerese Svoboda (marts 3 kl. 19:30)
Alan Drew (marts 5 kl. 19:30)
Michael Patrick MacDonald (marts 7 kl. 19:30)
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein (marts 10 kl. 19:30) Thomas Cathcart læser fra Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington.; Daniel Klein læser fra Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington.
Brian Kurth (marts 11 kl. 19:30)
Joshilyn Jackson (marts 12 kl. 19:30)
Philip P Fradkin (marts 13 kl. 19:30)
Robert Birkby (marts 14 kl. 19:30) Robert Birkby læser fra Mountain Madness: Scott Fischer, Mount Everest & a Life Lived on High.
Fred Krupp (marts 16 kl. 19:30)
Laura Lippman (marts 17 kl. 19:30) Laura Lippman læser fra Another Thing to Fall (Tess Monaghan Series).
Michael Connery (marts 18 kl. 19:30)
Scott Heim (marts 19 kl. 19:30)
Smallpresspalooza (marts 20 kl. 17:00) This special five-hour event will feature 15-minute readings by 15 of the most exciting small press voices in Portland. See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
Richard Price (marts 24 kl. 19:30)
Joshua Ferris (marts 25 kl. 19:30)
Eric Alterman (marts 27 kl. 19:30)
Alison Larkin (marts 28 kl. 19:30)
Susan Beal (april 7 kl. 19:30) Jewelry patterns that can be customized with a variety of beads and stringing materials
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (april 8 kl. 19:30) 10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)
Loretta Napoleoni (april 8 kl. 19:30)
Jim Hightower (april 9 kl. 19:00) Jim Hightower læser fra Swim against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go with the Flow . Please note: This ticketed event takes place at the Bagdad Theater. Tickets, $25.95, include admission and a copy of Swim against the Current, and are available at the Bagdad Theater box office, the Crystal Ballroom box office, Ticketmaster.com, and all Ticketmaster outlets.
Jim Hightower, the New ... (mere)Sted for begivenheden: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
June Casagrande (april 9 kl. 19:30) Having already made a name for herself with Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies (now in its fifth printing), June Casagrande returns with Mortal Syntax (Penguin), taking on the 101 most frequently attacked usage choices. Dedicating one short chapter to each, Casagrande brings her subject to life, teaching ... (mere)
Karen Joy Fowler (april 10 kl. 19:00)
Jeff Gordinier (april 10 kl. 19:30)
Gary W. Moore (april 11 kl. 19:30)
Daoud Hari (april 14 kl. 19:30) Daoud Hari læser fra The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur. The Translator was a LibraryThing Early Review selection.
The Translator (Random House) is a suspenseful, harrowing, and deeply moving memoir of how one person has made a difference in the world — an on-the-ground account of one of the biggest stories of our time. While others around him were taking ... (mere)
David Rothkopf (april 15 kl. 19:30)
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (april 15 kl. 19:30) 10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)
Tobias Wolff (april 17 kl. 19:30)
Bill Press (april 18 kl. 19:30) Bill Press læser fra Trainwreck: The End of the Conservative Revolution .
Three Authors (april 20 kl. 19:30)
Doug Fine (april 21 kl. 19:30) NPR's rural guy, Doug Fine, vows to give up modern conveniences to move to a ranch in New Mexico where he'll grown all his own food — never mind that he has no practical experience or mechanical skills.
Oregon Author (april 22 kl. 19:30)
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (april 22 kl. 19:30) 10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)
Marya Hornbacher (april 24 kl. 19:30)
Jen Sorensen (april 25 kl. 19:30) The third book-length collection from award-winning cartoonist Jen Sorensen features her best work from 2004 to 2008.
Lynne Rossetto Kasper , Sally Swift (april 26 kl. 15:00) Lynne Rossetto Kasper læser fra The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper: Recipes, Stories and Opinions from Public Radio's Award-Winning Food Show.; Sally Swift læser fra The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper: Recipes, Stories and Opinions from Public Radio's Award-Winning Food Show. Tickets $35, including admission and a copy of The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper. Sted for begivenheden: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Floyd Skloot (april 27 kl. 19:30)
Kevin Phillips (april 28 kl. 19:00) Kevin Phillips læser fra Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism. Tickets $26, including admission and a copy of Bad Money. Sted for begivenheden: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Pico Iyer (april 28 kl. 19:30) Pico Iyer læser fra The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama . Pico Iyer is the author of six works of nonfiction and two novels. He has covered the Tibetan question for Time, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, and many other publications for more than twenty years.
Marc Acito (april 29 kl. 19:00) Marc Acito læser fra Attack of the Theater People. Tickets $11.95, including admission and a copy of Attack of the Theater People. Sted for begivenheden: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (april 29 kl. 19:30) 10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)
Mary Roach (april 29 kl. 19:30) Mary Roach læser fra Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex.
Jared Bernstein (april 30 kl. 19:30) Jared Bernstein læser fra Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (and Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries).
First Thursday (maj 1 kl. 18:30) Reception at 6:30, followed by a book talk at 7:30.
Clotilde Dusoulier (maj 2 kl. 19:30) The author, a native Parisian and passionate explorer of the city's food scene, reveals her all-time favorite food experiences in her native city.
Alice Feiring (maj 3 kl. 14:00) Alice Feiring læser fra The Battle for Wine and Love, or How I Saved the World from Parkerization. Co-sponsored by the Portland Indie Wine Festival, which takes place May 2-4.
Willy Vlautin (maj 4 kl. 19:30)
Rebecca Woolf (maj 5 kl. 19:30)
Cristina Garcia (maj 6 kl. 19:30)
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (maj 6 kl. 19:30) 10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)
Siri Hustvedt (maj 7 kl. 19:30)
Aleksandar Hemon (maj 8 kl. 19:30)
Ashraf Ghani, Clare Lockhart (maj 9 kl. 19:30)
William J. Bernstein (maj 11 kl. 19:30)
Mark Sarvas (maj 12 kl. 19:30)
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (maj 13 kl. 19:30) 10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)
Taras Grescoe (maj 13 kl. 19:30) Taras Grescoe læser fra Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood.
John Kroger (maj 14 kl. 19:30) John Kroger læser fra Convictions: A Prosecutor's Battles against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves.
Will Durst (maj 16 kl. 19:30) Will Durst læser fra The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing.
Live Wire! (maj 17 kl. 19:00) Live Wire! is a radio variety show recorded in front of a live audience at the Aladdin Theater and broadcast on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB). The May 17th show features special guests QUASI, which is accumulating material for its next album and may perform new songs; Marc Acito, author of the new ... (mere)Sted for begivenheden: Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. (503) 233-1994
In the Blast Zone: Catastrophe and Renewal on Mount St. Helens (maj 18 kl. 16:00) Editors Charles Goodrich, Kathleen Dean Moore, and Frederick Swanson are joined by contributors Kim Stafford and Ursula K. Le Guin at this special Mount St. Helen's anniversary event.
Jen Lancaster (maj 19 kl. 19:30)
This event is sold out! (maj 20 kl. 19:00) Tickets, $26, include admission and a copy of The Host. Sted for begivenheden: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (maj 20 kl. 19:30) 10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)
James Frey & Josh Kilmer-Purcell (maj 21 kl. 19:00) Tickets, $27, include admission and a copy of Bright Shiny Morning. Sted for begivenheden: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Chris Bohjalian (maj 21 kl. 19:30)
Jeffrey Alford & Naomi Duguid (maj 21 kl. 19:30)
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (maj 27 kl. 19:30) 10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (juni 3 kl. 19:30) 10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)
John Perkins (juni 6 kl. 19:30) John Perkins læser fra The Secret History of the American Empire.
Robert Thurman (juni 7 kl. 15:00) This ticketed event takes place at the Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Tickets, $24, include admission and a copy of Why the Dalai Lama Matters, and are available at the Bagdad Theater box office, the Crystal Ballroom box office, Ticketmaster.com, and all Ticketmaster outlets. Books will be distributed ... (mere)Sted for begivenheden: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Russell Banks (juni 8 kl. 19:30)
Richard Bausch (juni 9 kl. 19:30)
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (juni 10 kl. 19:30) 10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)
Dalia Sofer (juni 10 kl. 19:30)
Kerry Cohen (juni 11 kl. 19:30)
Black Pride Poetry Slam (juni 12 kl. 19:00) Unity Project of Oregon kicks off Portland's yearly Black Pride Celebration with Speak Up! Speak Out! Poetry Slam! The evening will feature Seattle's Voices Rising, an exciting collection of artists who represent the best of LGBT-of-color arts and culture, and Washington, D.C.'s RedBone Press, which ... (mere)
George Lakoff (juni 12 kl. 19:00) Tickets, $26, include admission and a copy of The Political Mind, and are available at the Bagdad Theater box office, the Crystal Ballroom box office, Ticketmaster.com, and all Ticketmaster outlets. Books will be distributed at the event. Sted for begivenheden: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Tickets, $26
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David Sirota (juni 13 kl. 19:30)
Jeremy Scahill (juni 15 kl. 19:30) An extraordinary exposé by one of America's young radical journalists, Jeremy Scahill, Blackwater (Nation Books), now in paperback, details the rise of a powerful mercenary army in a dark story that ranges from the blood-soaked streets of Fallujah to the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast to Washington, D.C., ... (mere)
Jonathan Miles (juni 25 kl. 19:30)
Don Mankin (juni 26 kl. 19:30)
Peter Bagge (juni 27 kl. 19:30) This event is cosponsored by Pacific Northwest College of Art, which hosts its Graphic Novel Intensive Workshop June 21-29.
Darin Strauss (juni 30 kl. 19:30)
Laurie Notaro (juli 1 kl. 19:30)
Rick Shenkman (juli 2 kl. 19:30)
Johan Bruyneel (juli 8 kl. 19:30) We Might As Well Win goes behind the scenes and inside the mind of Johan Bruyneel, the most successful team director in cycling history and the strategist, confidant, motivator, and coach behind Lance Armstrong's amazing success.
David Wroblewski (juli 10 kl. 19:30)
Dirty Words (juli 11 kl. 19:30) Edited by Ellen Sussman, Dirty Words (Bloomsbury) is a playful take on bedroom talk — a smart, funny encyclopedia with entries written by notable contemporary writers, including guests Elissa Schappell (Use Me) and Maria Dahvana Headley (The Year of Yes). Dirty Words includes everything you need to ... (mere)
Noelle Oxenhandler (juli 14 kl. 19:30)
J. Maarten Troost (juli 15 kl. 19:30) J. Maarten Troost, the bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals, returns with Lost on Planet China (Broadway Books), a sharply observed, hilarious account of his adventures in China.
Barbara Ehrenreich (juli 16 kl. 19:30)
Eoin Colfer (juli 20 kl. 15:00) Sted for begivenheden: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Tickets, $5, are available at the Bagdad Theater box office, the Crystal Ballroom box office, Ticketmaster.com
Geoff Hollister (juli 21 kl. 19:00) Geoff Hollister læser fra Out of Nowhere: The Inside Story of How Nike Marketed the Culture of Running . Out of Nowhere takes the reader along on Geoff Hollister's 33-year journey from humble beginnings to selling shoes out of the trunk of his car to the center of Nike, the company that would change not only the world of athletic shoes and apparel but the business of sports itself.
Ethan Canin (juli 22 kl. 19:30) From Ethan Canin, the bestselling author of The Palace Thief and Carry Me across the Water, comes America America, a stunning novel set in a small town spanning the Nixon-era through today, about a great family, a political tragedy, and the impact of fate on history.
Dagmar Herzog (juli 23 kl. 19:30) Americans may not be anti-sex, but they're increasingly anxious about sex — largely due to the tactics of the Religious Right. Fierce, witty, and brilliant, Dagmar Herzog's Sex in Crisis demands that America confront its national sexual dysfunction.
Writer's Edge Faculty Reading (juli 25 kl. 19:30) Fiction Collective Two — an author-run, not-for-profit publisher of artistically adventurous, non-traditional fiction — introduces the Writer's Edge, the first and only writers' workshop dedicated to the practice of innovative writing. Tonight's reading features Lance Olsen (Nietzsche's Kisses), ... (mere)
Alafair Burke (juli 25 kl. 19:30)
Live Wire! (juli 26 kl. 19:00) Live Wire! is an independently produced radio variety show recorded in front of a live audience at the Aladdin Theater and broadcast on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB). The July 26th show features writer and comedian Michael Ian Black ("My Custom Van...and 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow ... (mere)Sted for begivenheden: Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., Portland, 503-233-1994
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Calyx Press's 32nd Anniversary (juli 28 kl. 19:30) Calyx, the independent, nonprofit publisher of contemporary writing and art by women from a diversity of backgrounds, celebrates its 32nd anniversary with a reading from contributors to the July issue of Calyx Journal, including National Book Award winner Ursula K. Le Guin, Frances Payne Adler, Paulann ... (mere)
Jonathan Evison (juli 29 kl. 19:30) Weakness has always been a concern for William Miller, but he is further weakened by his irrepressible crush on his new stepsister, Lulu. Once Lulu departs for college, Will attempts to find himself — discovering Western philosophy, a cruel dating world, and, ultimately, his true calling.
Brad Hudson (juli 30 kl. 19:30) Brad Hudson læser fra Run Faster: From the 5k to the Marathon. With Run Faster: From the 5k to the Marathon, Brad Hudson — former Olympic-trials marathoner and current coach to Olympians — enables runners to do for themselves what top coaches do for their athletes: custom-tailor their training plans. With Hudson's guidance, runners can avoid injury and ... (mere)
Doug Dorst (juli 31 kl. 19:30) Alive in Necropolis is Doug Dorst's fresh, imaginative debut novel about a young police officer in northern California struggling to keep the peace — and maintain a grip on reality — in a town where the dead outnumber the living.
Breaking Dawn Midnight Release (august 1 kl. 18:00) On Friday, August 1, Powell's will host Bella's Ball, a midnight release party celebrating Breaking Dawn, the long-awaited fourth book in the Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga. Come to Powell's City of Books for fun and games. Enter the costume contest. Dance to a DJ. Donate blood at a Red Cross ... (mere)
Ann Patchett (august 4 kl. 19:30) Set over a period of 24 hours, Run, the latest novel from Ann Patchett, bestselling author of Bel Canto, shows how worlds of privilege and poverty can coexist only blocks apart from each other, and how family can include the most unlikely people.
Kate Veitch (august 6 kl. 19:30) Presenting a new voice in the tradition of Anne Tyler and Anita Shreve, Kate Veitch's debut novel Without a Backward Glance reveals the joy and sorrow, the complexity and ambiguity of family life, and poignantly probes what it means to love and what it means to leave.
Deborah Copaken Kogan (oktober 10 kl. 19:30)
John Domini (august 11 kl. 19:30) A Tomb on the Periphery (Gival Press) echoes the troubled Naples of author John Domini's highly praised novel Earthquake I.D., but with an entirely new tale. Part crime story, part ghost story, part coming of age, part redemption song, Tomb is about Italy's underground market in ancient jewelry.
Luke Warm Water, Trevino L. Brings Plenty (august 12 kl. 19:30) Shedding Skins: Four Sioux Poets (Michigan State University Press) brings together a quartet of acclaimed Sioux poets — Joel Waters, Steve Pacheco, Luke Warm Water, and Trevino L. Brings Plenty — to grapple with their heritage, wrestling with what it means to be a Sioux and a Skin today. Poets ... (mere)
Amanda Boyden (august 13 kl. 19:30) From Amanda Boyden, author of Pretty Little Dirty, comes Babylon Rolling (Pantheon), a gritty, unflinching story about the clash of race and culture in the intersecting lives of five families who call the same New Orleans street home.
Thomas Frank (august 14 kl. 19:30) From Thomas Frank, the author of the landmark bestseller What's the Matter with Kansas? comes The Wrecking Crew (Metropolitan Books), a jaw-dropping investigation of the decades of deliberate — and lucrative — conservative misrule.
Larry Crane (august 15 kl. 19:30) Larry Crane læser fra Tape Op: The Book about Creative Music Recording, Vol. II . Edited by Larry Crane, Tape Op: The Book about Creative Music Recording, Vol. II (Tape Op) collects over 70 interviews and articles from the independent Tape Op magazine, circa 1999-2000. Creativity, technique, equipment, and passion collide in these pieces about and featuring Ani DiFranco, Death Cab ... (mere)
Dirk Wittenborn (august 18 kl. 19:30) In Dirk Wittenborn's Pharmakon (Viking), William Friedrich, an ambitious professor of psychology at Yale in 1952, stumbles upon a drug that promises happiness. When his experiment goes awry and a research subject commits murder, the consequences will haunt him and his family forever.
Janice Marschner (august 19 kl. 19:30) The essential Oregon guide for time travelers of all ages. An inspiring, close-up portrait at the moment of statehood featuring maps, biographical sketches of notable figures, and historical photographs, Janice Marschner's Oregon 1859 (Timber Press) will light the way back for anyone who wants to see ... (mere)
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