Posts Tagged ‘books’
Pomplamoose
Pomplamoose is a musical duo doing more than just making music. They're making five schools in Richmond very happy. By offering a free MP3 download of their holiday album, they helped the Richmond Book Drive bring in over 10,000 books and counting. That's pretty freaking awesome.
Harvey Ancel
Harvey Ancel has been donating books to Littleton (Colorado) public schools for 15 years. In that time, he figures he's donated 100,000 books. That's a lot of reading, folks. At age 93 he's still at it. Pretty darn awesome.
Powell’s Books
If you've been to Portland, chances are you've been to Powell's Books. Powell's is the definitive book store. One square city block, Powells is several floors and a myriad of rooms of books. New books, used books, audio books, you name it. Looking for that out-of-print favorite? Interested in a rare find? Don't want to pay too much [...]
Linda Buechler
I make a habit of frequenting Random Order Coffeehouse for their excellent pie. A week or so ago I was there with my partner in pie. She pointed out some fantastic art that was hanging on the wall: beautiful botanicals, strikingly painted on jewel-toned, multi-part backgrounds. I turned to look, and noticed that the paintings were [...]
The Morning News Tournament of Books
For those who don’t really get into the March Madness, here’s something for you. “The Tournament of Books is an annual battle royale between 16 of the best novels published in the previous year.” Books go head to head and are judged by a slate of judges made up of writers, bloggers, editors and musicians. Take a look and pick your [...]
