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04.14: Science Fiction Book Group
2015-03-18 19:04:47| Powells Books Events Calendar
This month we meet to discuss I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak. Join us!
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04.14: Epic Measures: One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients.
2015-03-18 19:04:47| Powells Books Events Calendar
Medical doctor and economist Christopher Murray began the Global Burden of Disease studies to gain a truer understanding of how we live and how we die. While it is one of the largest scientific projects ever attempted — as breathtaking as the first moon landing or the Human Genome Project — the questions it answers are meaningful for every one of us: What are the world's health problems? Who do they hurt? How much? Where? Why? In Epic Measures (HarperWave), journalist Jeremy N. Smith offers an intimate look at Murray and his groundbreaking work — introducing a visionary leader whose unwavering determination to improve global health standards has already changed the way the world addresses issues of health and wellness, sets policy, and distributes funding.
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04.14: Per Petterson in Conversation with Jon Raymond
2015-03-18 19:04:47| Powells Books Events Calendar
Per Petterson's hotly anticipated new novel, I Refuse (Graywolf), is the work of an internationally acclaimed novelist at the height of his powers. In his signature spare style, Petterson, author of Out Stealing Horses, weaves a tale of two men whose accidental meeting one morning recalls their boyhood 35 years ago — and will leave the life of each man irrevocably altered. Petterson will be joined in conversation by Jon Raymond, author of The Half-Life and Rain Dragon.
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04.14: Michelle Theall CANCELLED
2014-04-11 22:36:06| Powells Books Events Calendar
Nuanced and poignant, heartrending and funny, Michelle Theall's Teaching the Cat to Sit (Gallery) is a universal story about our quest for unconditional love from our parents, our children, and, most important, ourselves. Theall's memoir makes us each reflect on our sense of humanity, our connection to religion, and our struggles to accept ourselves — and each other — as we are. We're sorry to report that this event has been cancelled.
04.14: Comics for Change!
2014-03-18 00:36:15| Powells Books Events Calendar
A woman who started a self-empowered soup kitchen for the homeless. A man who never stopped advocating for the African American community. A group who fights to protect Oregon forests from logging corporations. These stories have one thing in common: they celebrate people who are making Oregon a better place for everyone. Comics for Change! (Know Your City) collects 10 mini-comics in a box set by some of Portland's best comic writers and illustrators. Join authors Anne Marie DiStefano, Christen McCurdy, and Douglas Wolk; artists Khris Soden and Natalie Sept; and some of the featured activists for a discussion and slideshow of these compelling stories of social justice.