Puddletown - Books about Portland, Oregon
The Enduring Legacy of Portland's Black Panthers: The Roots of Free Healthcare, Free Breakfast, and Neighborhood Control in Oregon
by Joe Biel Author and Aaron Dixon Foreword
In the 1960s through 1980s, the Black Panther Party rose up throughout the United States, envisioning a world…
$14.95 1 comment
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Portland 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
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Walking 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
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This 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
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Zinester's Guide to Portland: A Low/No Budget Guide to the Rose City
by Shawn Granton Author
Billed as a "low/no budget guide to visiting and living in Portland, Oregon, the Zinester's Guide to Portland breaks…
$7.95 21 comments
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PDX by Bike: Your Guide to Discovering Portland, Oregon by Bicycle
by Elly Blue Author and Meghan Sinnott Author
In this hands-on guide, Meghan and Elly lay out a basic primer for getting your feet wet (often literally) in the City…
$5.00 1 comment
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Pedal Portland: 25 Easy Rides for Exploring the City by Bike
by Todd Roll Author
These 25 detailed routes for exploring Portland, Oregon by bicycle focus on low-traffic streets and avoid intense…
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Aftermass: How Portland Became North America's #1 Cycling Mecca
by Joe Biel Author, Jeff Hayes Contributor, Alice Isley Contributor and Rev Phil Sano Contributor
The world looks to Portland, Oregon as an example of how bicycle culture can blossom out of the ruinous freeways of…
$19.95 8 comments
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Sherwood Nation: A Novel
by Benjamin Parzybok Author
In a drought-stricken Portland, Oregon, a Robin Hood-esque water thief is caught on camera redistributing an illegal…
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Portland Made: The Makers of Portland's Manufacturing Renaissance
by with Peggy Acott and Kelley Roy Author
Portland, Oregon is full of "makers"—people who make a living creating artisan products by hand or in small-batch,…
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Portland Noir
by Kevin Sampsell Author
Every city has a history. From its settlement in 1843 through today, Portland Noir paints a dark, intriguing, and not…
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Portland Queer: Stories of LGBTQ+ Life in Portland, Oregon
by Ariel Gore Editor
Portland, Oregon, is a queer city in the queerest state in the US. It's also a place where, like anywhere in this…
$16.99
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City of Weird: 30 Otherworldly Portland Tales
by Gigi Little Author
City of Weird conjures what we fear: death, darkness, ghosts. Hungry sea monsters and alien slime molds. Blood drinkers…
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Cycling Sojourner: A Guide to the Best Multi-Day Tours in Oregon
by Ellee Thalheimer Author
Breaking the mold of traditional bicycling guides, this handbook provides all the tools bicyclists need for multiple…
$17.95
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Portlandness: A Cultural Atlas
The new cartography is about much more than just land! In 150 infographic maps of Portland, Oregon, two leading…
$24.95
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Portland Baby
by Barbara Kerley Author and Josh Cleland Illustrator
The Portland babies are out for adventure! Building forts out of books and eating healthy treats in the greenest parks…
$8.95
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Fugitives 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…
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Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People: Portland's Bridges and a New Icon
by Donald MacDonald Author and Ira Nadel Author
Named after the first bridge built in Portland since the 1970's, this book will give you the skinny on what on the ins…
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The Tall Trees of Portland
by Matt Wagner Foreword and Craig Thompson Contributor
An art book on 40 Portland artists who embody the ethos of independence and courage that the city is so well known for.…
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Very Portland
A Korean language guide to Portland, from music to books to AirBnB. If you read Korean or know someone who does, this…
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MOSS: Perspectives on Portland's Environment: Water
Moss is a zine based in Portland, Oregon that features fiction and nonfiction about a single environmental topic in each…
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X-Ray Visions: A Look Inside Portland's Legendary X-Ray Cafe
by Benjamin Arthur Ellis Author
In October of 1990 the small space at 214 W. Burnside was still known as the UFO Café, owned by a thickly-accented…
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$25 Superpack: The Portland Pack
by Randy Albright Author, Alexander Barrett Author, Nate Beaty Author, Joe Biel Author and Shawn Granton Author
Here it is! Get yr Bicycles Allowed Full Lane patch, Zinester's Guide to Portland, This is Portland, and Aftermass with…
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Sticker #370If You Rented Here You'd Be Homeless Now
by Joe Biel Author
Priced out of your own neighborhood by quadrupling-plus rents? At least you can leave this tag behind. Don't let the…
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