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The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle
by Christina Uss Author
Bicycle is a 12-year-old girl who wants nothing more than to make a friend of her idol, a famous cyclist. But her…
$16.99
Add to CartAtlas of the Human Heart
by Ariel Gore Author
In the Bay Area in the 90s, teenage Ariel knows she has to get out in order to save herself. She buys a one-way ticket…
$21.99
View Details Quick ShopPortland Stair Walks: Explore Portland, Oregon's Public Stairways
by Laura O. Foster Author
Why is it so satisfying to walk up and down stairs? Maybe it's the new layer of discovery with each step up—a new…
$16.95 2 comments
View Details Quick ShopThe Trains of Serendib #1: A Rail Journey Through Sri Lanka, The Coast
by Aaron Dactyl Author
After a lifetime of extensive travel in the states, hopping freight trains and sleeping in the wild, Aaron Dactyl,…
$7.95
Add to CartMaps
by Aleksandra Mizielinska Author and Daniel Mizielinski Author
This book of maps is a rich, visual feast for readers of all ages. With lavishly drawn illustrations from the…
$35.00
Add to CartI Am The Dark Tourist: Travels to the Darkest Sites on Earth
by H.E. Sawyer Author
There are a lot of book about people's travels out there, but not a whole lot about people who have traversed macabre…
$22.95
Add to CartWalking with Ramona: Exploring Beverly Cleary's Portland
by Laura O. Foster Author
This unique travel guide explores the streets, schools, characters, and neighborhoods of author Beverly Cleary’s…
$9.95 12 comments
View Details Quick ShopThis Is Portland: The City You've Heard You Should Like
by Alexander Barrett Author and Andrew Dickson Author
Updated with a new edition for 2018 and 50% additional material, This is Portland is a first-hand look at a city that…
$7.95 9 comments
View Details Quick Shop$50 Superpack: Get To Know Joe
by Joe Biel Author and Super Pack! Author
Over the course of 23 years, Microcosm's founder Joe Biel has written eight books across a wide band of subject matter.…
$93.60 $50.00
Poorcraft: Wish You Were Here: The Tightwad's Guide to Travel
by Ryan Estrada Author, Diana Nock Illustrator and C. Spike Trotman Editor
Want to travel the world but don't have a ton of money? The team at Poorcraft is here to walk you through the…
$10.00
Add to CartVery Portland
A Korean language guide to Portland, from music to books to AirBnB. If you read Korean or know someone who does, this…
$18.58
Add to CartSowing Seeds in the Desert
by Masanobu Fukuoka Author
I think we can all agree that our world has some serious problems going on, but in Sowing Seeds in the Desert you'll get…
$19.95
Add to CartLondonderry: A cyclo-feminist zine: Vol 2
by Les Derailleuses Author
The second edition of Londonderry, published by Montreal-based cyclo-feminist collective Les Derailleuses, is all about…
$15.00
Add to CartThe Tall Trees of Paris: 42 Independent Artists Share Their City and Their Work
by Matt Wagner Author
Tall Trees of Paris is an art book featuring a kaleidoscopic view of 42 working artists in the City of Lights. With an…
$49.00
View Details Quick ShopWhy The Dutch Are Different: A Journey into the Hidden Heart of the Netherlands
by Ben Coates Author
"This is the story about a man who went Dutch—and loved it." With a light yet thoughtful tone, Ben Coates talks about…
$14.95
Add to Cart$25 Superpack: Small & Mighty
by Bill Brown Author, Al Burian Author, Jesse Reklaw Author, Sarah Royal Author and Super Pack! Author
Books are getting bigger and bigger in a sort of publishing arms race lately. Not ours! We tend to make smaller books…
$38.00 $25.00
How to Pack: Travel Smart for Any Trip
by Hitha Palepu Author
You're so psyched to go on a week-long vacation, travel the world, or even just get away for a weekend, but first? You…
$14.00
Add to Cart$30 Superpack: Inoffensive Zines for Teens
by Super Pack! Author and Various Author
Need a bunch of zines for your own personal collection, as a gift for a teenager, or for a zine library, youth group,…
$60.00 $30.00
13 Years of Good Luck: The Microcosm Publishing Sampler
by Julia Alekseyeva Contributor, Lee Baillie Contributor, Moe Bowstern Contributor, Alexander Barrett Contributor, Nate Beaty Contributor, 32 more
To celebrate our thirteenth anniversary of publishing books and zines about self-empowerment, we put together this…
$3.00 8 comments
View Details Quick ShopBorn to Walk: The Transformative Power of a Pedestrian Act
by Dan Rubinstein Author
Walking is old school. It's slow, it requires no gadgetry, and it's hard work. It's also healthy for body, mind,…
$16.95
Add to CartCouch: A Novel
by Benjamin Parzybok Author
In this exuberant and hilarious debut reminiscent of The Life of Pi and Then We Came to the End, an episode of furniture…
$16.00
Add to CartThings That Help: Healing Our Lives Through Feminism, Anarchism, Punk, & Adventure
by Cindy Crabb Author
Living in the margins of a culture she never felt comfortable in, Cindy Crabb (Doris zine) touches on her experiences…
$16.95
View Details Quick ShopFugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon
by Chuck Palahniuk Author
Fugitives and Refugees is part travel guide, part memoir, giving reader's a view of Portland that they never knew…
$16.95
Add to CartShould the Tent Be Burning Like That?: A Professional Amateur's Guide to the Outdoors
by Bill Heavey Author
As an avid hunter and fisher, Bill Heavey has spent quite a bit of time outdoors, and as a well-loved, award-winning…
$25.00
Add to CartEvasion
by Mack Evasion Author
Evasion is simultaneously full of hands-on instructions for basic scams and new ideas for how to obtain all of the needs…
$7.95 26 comments
View Details Quick ShopIn Abandon #2
by Mike Delach Author
Once upon a time there was a punk scene. And in this punk scene was a romanticized lifestyle politick of Washington DC's…
$3.00
Add to CartIn Abandon #4: A Documentary
by Mike Delach Author
Mike, who spends this entire zine making references to his friends solely by first names, lived in Tampa, FL and was the…
$4.95
Add to CartA Chef's Tale: Strange Traveler's Tales of Food, Sex, Random Occurrences, and Other Culinary Disasters
by Joshua Ploeg Author
Joshua Ploeg is a touring post-punk vegan chef and these are his harried tales of traveling the Greyhound with…
$4.95 1 comment
Add to CartStrangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
by Arlie Russell Hochschild Author
In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a thought-provoking journey from…
$27.95
Add to CartAssassination Vacation
by Sarah Vowell Author
This book is so nerdy and weird and fun and interesting. I'd say it makes the history of presidential assassinations…
$16.00
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