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Category: Books

BOOK REVIEW: Dirt Road Revival – How to rebuild rural politics and why our future depends on it

Posted on January 31, 2023

By Jim Heffernan I’m an old man, and most of the books I read are written by people as old or older than me. This book’s authors, Chloe and Canyon, are barely…

JOIN A BOOK CLUB – “The Warmth of Other Suns”; Book Review

Posted on January 21, 2023

By Jim Heffernan I was lucky that I grew up close to a branch library in Denver. It was named Smiley Branch Library after a 19th. century teacher/superindendent in Denver. I never…

BOOK REVIEW: Dark Money by Jane Mayer

Posted on January 17, 2023

By Jim Heffernan I found this is a very important and fascinating book. It’s eight years old, but I think its insights are still very valid and accurate. This is Jane Mayer’s…

MORE BOOK REVIEWS: Worthwhile Books of 2022

Posted on January 1, 2023

EDITOR’S NOTE:  On the top of this list should be Neal’s own new book “Be the Change – One Random Act of Kindness at a Time” – everyone needs this book for…

BOOKS: Jim Heffernan’s Top 20 for 2022

Posted on December 31, 2022

EDITOR’S NOTE: Time for those “top lists” of the year … when I asked Jim for his “Top 10” – he said “how aobut Top 20?” And then commented that when he…

Barview Jetty Store Offers Free Steelhead Fishing Seminar Tuesday Jan. 3rd from 2 to 4 pm

Posted on December 31, 2022

Visit Barview Jetty Store, south of Rockway Beach for this fun, FREE fishing seminar on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023, 2-4 pm Tim Reilly with Douglas Rods and Amato Publishing will be on hand to share…

BOOK REVIEW: Humankind – A Hopeful History

Posted on December 23, 2022

By Jim Heffernan I think what attracted me to this book was the coda “A Hopeful History” in its title. by author Rutger Bregman. I found it to be an entertaining read…

Neal Lemery’s New Book: Be the Change – One Random Act of Kindness at a Time …

Posted on December 18, 2022

Everyone needs this book.  The title was often used around our house. One could not complain about this or that without being asked if they could do something about the situation… and…

BOOK REVIEW: Cheese War

Posted on November 25, 2022

By Jim Heffernan Cheese War is a book written mainly about a tumultuous time in Tillamook County between 1962 and 1968. It was written by a pair of sisters who lived through…

BOOK REVIEW: Great Veterans Read from Local Author Mark Scott Smith “Night Fire Morning Snow – The Road to Chosin”

Posted on November 12, 2022

Dr. Mark Scott Smith has spent his post-academic medicine career writing historical fiction here on the North Oregon Coast that has taken him around the USA, Europe, Latin America and East Asia…

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