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Welcome to Port Book and News. We are a community oriented general interest bookstore featuring one of the largest magazine selections in the Western U.S., over 75,000 new and used books, maps, greeting cards, and other book related items. We also have an active reading series with 2-3 nationally recognized author appearances per month. We buy, sell or trade for used books, fulfill most special orders in 1 or 2 days and can search for out of print books.
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Port Book and News has an ongoing Fall/Winter/Spring author reading schedule. Come and join us at we start a new season of events. Events take place at 7 p.m. in the Carver Room of the Port Angeles Public Libray. Featured books as well as some back list titles will be available for purchase signed by the author! Refreshments will be served. Title of Event: Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan---Breaking the Sound Barrier
When: Friday, November 27, 2009 12:30 PM
Location: Raymond Carver Room, Port Angeles Library, Port Angeles, WA 98362
Description: PLEASE NOTE THIS WILL BE THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING IN THE AFTERNOON---NOT EVENING!! Join us in welcoming Amy and Denis to Port Angeles as they celebrate the publication of their new book: Breaking the Sound Barrier". On more than 750 radio and television stations, in syndicated newspaper columns, and on the Internet, Goodman'-
s daily, independent Democracy Now! programming has gained a well-deserved international reputation for its fiercely objective brand of investigative journalism, one that stands in stark contrast to the often compromised coverage offered by the corporate-sponsored, so-called mainstream media. In this diverse collection of sharp, vivid reports, Goodman trains her critically discerning eye on the vast array of key topics demanding both national and international attention. From global warming to grassroots activism, from electoral politics to health care reform, from the past administration to the present, Goodman brings a laser-like focus not only to headline issues but to little-known backstories as well, exposing their essential points and counterpoints and constantly questioning the status quo. Eschewing sound bites for substance and PR spin for powerhouse reportage, Goodman is a true pioneer and essential advocate for the power and necessity of an independent press.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2009, American Library Association.)
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Created by the American Academy of Poets, National Poetry Month is a perfect time to reflect on the important place of poetry in literature, and renew your appreciation of a good poem!
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A Yes-Or-No Answer: Poems
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Shore, Jane
In her acclaimed collections Happy Family and Music Minus One, Jane Shore traced her life from childhood to coming of age to parenthood. Now, in A Yes-or-No Answer, Shore etches the persistence of the past in a life that has moved into a mature new phase as a member of the baby boom generation. Recalling her Jewish childhood in New Jersey, living in the apartment above the family's clothing store, Shore lovingly imagines her parents, now gone, reunited with relatives over a Scrabble board in the afterlife. The poet's teenage daughter sorts through the "vintage" clothes of her mother's own hippie days. Cherished items left behind -- an address book, a piano, an easy chair, a favorite doll -- continue to haunt the living.
The poems in A Yes-or-No Answer dignify memory through precise detail, with a voice that will resonate for a generation at a crossroads. |
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Author Birthday |
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Francois-Marie de Voltaire was born today in 1694.
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Quote of the Day |
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"True literature can exist only where it is created, not by diligent and trustworthy officials, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels, and
skeptics."
- Yevgeny Zamyatin
A Soviet Heretic
From The Quotable Book Lover (Lyons Press)
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