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04.27: Lisa Shannon
2015-03-18 21:05:01| Powells Books Events Calendar
Driven by her family's devastating losses, Congolese expatriate Francisca Thelin embarks, with human rights activist Lisa J. Shannon, on a perilous journey back to her beloved homeland, now under the shadow of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army. Shannon's Mama Koko and the Hundred Gunmen (PublicAffairs) weaves Francisca's journey with stories of the family's harrowing encounters with gunmen and tales from their past to create a vivid, illuminating portrait of a place and its people. Shannon will be joined in conversation at the event by Francisca Thelin.
04.27: Weed the People: The Future of Legal Marijuana in America
2015-03-18 19:04:47| Powells Books Events Calendar
Perhaps the most demonized substance in America, marijuana thrived underground as the nation's most popular illegal drug. Now the tide has shifted and the magnitude of change in America's relationship to marijuana can't be measured in only economic or social terms: there are also deeper cultural realignments and social/financial adjustments. Bruce Barcott's Weed the People (Time Home Entertainment) will take readers into the future and the issues surrounding the legalization of pot.
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04.27: Kiersten White & Jim Di Bartolo
2014-03-18 02:35:20| Powells Books Events Calendar
Minnie and Cora, sisters living in a sleepy Maine town in the 19th century, are intrigued by Arthur, a mysterious boy with no past who has come to live in their mother's boarding house. But something sinister is stirring and the teens must uncover the truth, and unlock the key to immortality. Told in an astonishing mix of art and words, Kiersten White and Jim Di Bartolo's In the Shadows (Scholastic) is a spellbinding story of love, mystery, and dark conspiracy.
04.27: Doug Fine
2014-03-18 02:35:20| Powells Books Events Calendar
The stat sheet on hemp sounds almost too good to be true: its fibers are among the planet's strongest, its seed oil the most nutritious, and its potential as an energy source vast and untapped. As the prohibition on hemp's psychoactive cousin winds down, one of humanity's longest-utilized plants is about to be reincorporated into the American economy. In Hemp Bound (Chelsea Green), Doug Fine embarks on a humorous yet rigorous journey to meet the people who are testing, researching, and pioneering hemp's applications for the 21st century. This event is sponsored by Oregon NORML.
04.27: Kids' Storytime
2013-03-15 02:35:54| Powells Books Events Calendar
Join us every Saturday for kids' storytime. Today we're reading Where's Spot? by Eric Hill. This reading celebrates Powell's partnership with the Portland Children's Museum. Visit the museum's Storyland exhibit (through May 5) for an interactive experience with this story and other children's classics. For more information, visit www.portlandcm.org/storyland.