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8211 SE 6th Ave
Portland, OR 97202

8am - 6pm Monday - Friday
Office Only: 8am - 11am Saturday

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From vehicle maintenance to community issues, Tom covers what matters to drivers in Portland.

Book Spotlight- Why reading books should be your priority

To the dedicated readers of “Book Spotlight”, we thought we’d share something to make you properly feel superior to all

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Book Spotlight- “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia Butler                                                                                               

This month’s book comes from a recommendation from someone on our Facebook page.  It’s been on our list so long

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Book Spotlight- “Means of Control” by Byron Tau

“Means of Control” by Byron Tau “That evening, I was given a glimpse inside a hidden world. . . .

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Book Spotlight- Books to understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Books to understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, by various authors The World’s attention turned yet again to the Middle East as

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Book Spotlight- “Billionaires- Reflections on the Upper Crust” by Darrell West

“Billionaires- Reflections on the Upper Crust” by Darrell West  (Publisher’s Comments)-  “The top one percent own about one-third of the

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Book Spotlight- “The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements”

“The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements” by Eric Hoffer “Its theme is political fanaticism, with which

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Book Spotlight- “Stop Being Reasonable” by Eleanor Gordon-Smith

“Stop Being Reasonable” by Eleanor Gordon-Smith Publisher Comments “In Stop Being Reasonable, Eleanor Gordon-Smith weaves a narrative that illustrates the

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Book Spotlight- “No Good Men Among The Living” by Anand Gopal

Our lobby Book & Bumper Sticker library is one of our most popular shop features.  All the books, across a

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Book Spotlight- “Post-Truth” by Lee McIntyre

Post-Truth by Lee McIntyre How we arrived in a post-truth era, when “alternative facts” replace actual facts, and feelings have

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Book Spotlight- “You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech” by Phillips and Milner

“You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech, Conspiracy Theories, and Our Polluted Media Landscape” by Phillips and

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Book Spotlight- Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them

Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them Tom Gerken, BBC News, Jul 2018 Do you have a

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Book Spotlight- We teach you two ways to lie

Book Spotlight We teach you two ways to lie Our Spotlight this month falls on two books that came to

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