3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd.
Beaverton, OR
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3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
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7000 NE Airport Way
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View our upcoming events as a calendar.
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Book Bags Book Group
This month's women's book group meets to discuss Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. New members to the group are always welcome.
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Leif Enger & Lin Enger
So Brave, Young, and Handsome (Atlantic Monthly Press) is a rugged and nimble story about an aging train robber on a quest to reconcile the claims of love and judgment on his life, and the failed writer who goes with him. In this stunning successor to his bestselling Peace Like a River, Leif Enger is "in fine storytelling form," hails Kirkus (starred review). Leif's brother Lin Enger makes a "beautifully rendered" (Publishers Weekly) debut with Undiscovered Country (Little Brown and Company), a hair-bristling novel of betrayal, revenge, and the possibilities of forgiveness.
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Deadly Diversions Book Group
This month the mystery book group meets to discuss Keeper by Greg Rucka. New members to the group are always welcome.
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David Wroblewski
Praised in starred reviews as "breathtaking" (Publishers Weekly), "wonderfully written" (Kirkus), and "excruciatingly captivating" (Library Journal), David Wroblewski's debut novel The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (Ecco) is the riveting saga of an American family that captures the deep and ancient alliance between humans and dogs, and the power of fate through one boy's epic journey into the wild.
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Six Sick Hipsters
In Six Sick Hipsters (Kensington Books), his hilarious, frenetic, adrenaline-charged debut, Rayo Casablanca does for modern-day Williamsburg, Brooklyn, what Bret Easton Ellis's Less Than Zero did for '80s L.A. "Thoroughly amusing and utterly demented," raves Owen King, author of We're All in This Together.
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Dirty Words
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 know about the language of love and more.
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Lance in France
Based on actual events, former Nike executive Ashley MacEachern's dynamic children's picture book Lance in France (HarperCollins) follows Lance Armstrong as he participates in the Tour de France. The book includes a framable full-color photo and a signed letter from Armstrong.
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Poets Matt Schumacher, Christopher Luna, & Casey Bush
Winner of this year's Willamette Writers Kay Snow Prize, Matt Schumacher has two new books of poetry, Spilling the Moon (WordCraft of Oregon) and Fire Diary. Christopher Luna — a poet, visual artist, and performer who interviewed filmmaker Stan Brakhage in Literal Motion — will read from his chapbook Ghost Town, USA. Casey Bush, the senior poetry editor for the Bear Deluxe magazine, will read from his latest collection, Poems of the Bush Administration.
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Aaron Elkins
The Edgar Allan Poe Award-winning author of Little Tiny Teeth returns with his professor of forensics, Gideon Oliver, a.k.a. the Skeleton Detective, in Uneasy Relations (Berkley). "[A]bsorbing," cheers Publishers Weekly. "Elkins offers readers a pleasant tour of the Rock [of Gibraltar] and its neighborhood."
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Rachel Kushner
An astonishingly wise, ambitious, and riveting first novel set in the American community in Cuba during the years leading to Castro's revolution, Rachel Kushner's Telex from Cuba (Scribner) is a compelling, masterful tour de force. "An imaginative work that brings Cuban-American history to life," cheers Kirkus (starred review).
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Noelle Oxenhandler
A delightfully candid memoir, unfettered, poetic, and ripe with discovery, The Wishing Year (Random House) chronicles Noelle Oxenhandler's journey into the art and soul of wishing. Soon she discovers that what started as a year's dare has turned into a way of life. "[B]oth joyful and humorous reading," says Library Journal.
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Lt. Col. Nathan Sassaman
Warrior King (St. Martin's Press), a startling and controversial memoir of combat and betrayal, chronicles the downfall of Lt. Col. Nathan Sassaman, one of the most prominent members of the U.S. fighting forces in Iraq, and the subsequent effect on the American military. "A valuable insider's look at the many-layered ramifications of the American-Iraqi tragedy of errors," praises Kirkus.
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J. Maarten Troost
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. "Troost has a command of place and narrative that puts him in the company of some of today's best travel writers," declares Elle.
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CFI/Freethinkers Book Club
This month's nonfiction book group meets to discuss the second half of Sense and Goodness without God by Richard Carrier. New members to the group are always welcome.
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Barbara Ehrenreich
In her first work of satirical commentary, The Worst Years of Our Lives, Barbara Ehrenreich skewered the Reagan era. Now, in This Land Is Their Land (Metropolitan), the bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed brilliantly dissects one of the cruelest decades in memory — the 2000s — in which she finds a nation scarred by deepening inequality, corroded by distrust, and shamed by its official cruelty.
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Heather Hansen CANCELLED
In Disappearing Destinations (Vintage Books), avid travelers Heather Hansen and Kimberly Lisagor take a beautiful and memorable look at some of the most gorgeous endangered places on the planet, from the mesmerizing ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu to the Congo Basin of Africa, where great apes roam freely.
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Cheeky Pages Romance Book Group
This month the romance book group meets to discuss All Jacked Up by Penny McCall. New members to the group are always welcome.
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Sunday, July 20th @ 3:00PM
Bagdad Theater
3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. (503) 236-9234
Eoin Colfer
Join the hysterically funny and utterly brilliant number-one bestselling author Eoin Colfer on an adrenaline-fueled exposé of teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl, whose sixth adventure, The Time Paradox (Hyperion), goes on sale July 15. This hilarious one-man show is a must for Artemis Fowl fans of all ages. Eoin Colfer will sign books after the performance. Please note: This ticketed event takes place at the Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Tickets, $5, are available at the Bagdad Theater box office, the Crystal Ballroom box office, Ticketmaster.com, and all Ticketmaster outlets.
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Washington County Peak Oil Reading Group
This month the peak oil book group meets to discuss the second half of Earth: The Sequel by Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn. New members to the group are always welcome.
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The Inside Story of How Nike Marketed the Culture of Running
Out of Nowhere: The Inside Story of How Nike Marketed the Culture of Running (Meyer & Meyer) 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. "I saw many of these same events, but looking at them through a different set of eyes made for a great read," raves Philip Knight, Nike founder.
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Sharman Apt Russell
In her glorious new memoir, Standing in the Light (Basic Books), prizewinning natural science writer Sharman Apt Russell meditates on the history and meaning of pantheism. With a humane heart, an inquisitive mind, and luminescent prose, Russell invites skeptics, scientists, and seekers everywhere to join her in an exploration of her life as a pantheist.
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Wine Politics
In Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink (University of California Press), Tyler Colman, author of the popular website DrVino.com, offers an insightful comparative view of winemaking in Napa and Bordeaux, tracing the different paths American and French wines take as they travel from vineyard to dining room table and revealing just how deeply politics matters — right down to the taste of the wine in your glass tonight.
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Ethan Canin
From Ethan Canin, the bestselling author of The Palace Thief and Carry Me across the Water, comes America America (Random House), 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.
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Sex in Crisis
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 (Basic Books) demands that America confront its national sexual dysfunction. "[A] disturbing, important and eloquent examination," praises Publishers Weekly.
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Phillip Moffitt
With engaging writing and a strong message of self-empowerment, Dancing with Life (Rodale Press) offers a prescriptive path for finding joy and peace that will appeal to meditation students and readers of "Dharma Wisdom," Phillip Moffitt's column in Yoga Journal, as well as to anyone searching for a more authentic life.
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Writer's Edge Faculty Reading
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), Noy Holland (What Begins with Bird), Steve Tomasula (The Book of Portraiture), Kate Bernheimer (The Complete Tales of Merry Gold), and Lidia Yuknavitch (Liberty's Excess).
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Rhys Bowen
From critically acclaimed author Rhys Bowen comes A Royal Pain (Berkley), another hilarious mystery featuring penniless aristocrat Lady Georgie, "a feisty new heroine to delight a legion of Anglophile readers" (Jacqueline Winspear).
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M. Thomas Cooper
Set in Portland, Oregon, 42 (Ooligan Press) follows George Olson, accused of murdering his wife and child, as he finds himself caught up in a conspiracy of numbers and strange events. The number 42 becomes the meaning of George's life. But does the conspiracy really exist or is it the product of a paranoid mind? "Highly recommended for adventurous readers willing to expand the boundaries of genre fiction," praises Booklist.
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Calyx Press's 32nd Anniversary
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 Petersen, Pam Crow, and Willa Schneberg.
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Naomi Novik
Naomi Novik's acclaimed series starring the fighting dragon Temeraire and his captain, Will Laurence, reaches a peak of excitement with Victory of Eagles (Del Rey Books), the latest installment and the first in hardcover. Publishers Weekly calls it "thrilling....Followers of Temeraire's travels will be richly rewarded by the satisfying conclusion of his return to home ground!"
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Jonathan Evison
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. Jonathan Evison's debut novel All about Lulu (Soft Skull Press) is "a stunner," cheers Publishers Weekly (starred review). "[V]iciously funny and deeply felt."
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Classics Book Group
This month our classics book group meets to discuss Orlando by Virginia Woolf. New members to the group are always welcome.
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Run Faster: From the 5k to the Marathon
With Run Faster: From the 5k to the Marathon (Broadway Books), 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 train more effectively.
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Alive in Necropolis
Alive in Necropolis (Riverhead) 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. "Charming," says Publishers Weekly. "Dorst strikes a perfect balance between humor and pathos."
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Poetry as Spiritual Practice
In the first small-format instructional guide to combine poetry and spirituality, Robert McDowell's Poetry as Spiritual Practice (Free Press) offers readers the tools to explore poetry in a reflective writing and reading process that may lead to deeper awareness and enjoyment.
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