Storytimes, workshops, fun stuff, useful stuff, really it would be easier to tell you what isn’t happening at the library! Here’s the list of story times at each branch; Teen book club…
Category: Books
BOOK REVIEWS: Jim Heffernan’s Top 20 (22) Books for 2024
OIOpublisher By Jim Heffernan I take it as point of pride that I’m promiscuous. Not that way. I’m very proud of 58 years as a faithful husband, but I am promiscuous for…
BOOK REVIEW: Mental Immunity – Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think by Andy Norman,
By Jim Heffernan Our country is being torn apart by opposing ideas that sit upon uncertain foundations of fact and logic. Our collective consciousness is infected. I always have to wonder if…
BOOK REVIEW: Become America by Eric Liu
By Jim Heffernan This book is a collection of 19 “Civic Saturday” sermons given by Eric Liu in Seattle between November 12, 2016 and August 4, 2018. Like it says on the…
BOOK REVIEW: Yes, Chef – A Memoir – Marcus Samuelsson
By Jim Heffernan I was attracted to this 12 year old book by watching the PBS series, “No Passport Required”. My wife and I enjoy “food porn” cooking shows and his show…
BOOK REVIEW: Invisible Doctrine – The Secret History of Neoliberalism by George Monbiot & Peter Hutchison
By Jim Heffernan Neoliberalism is a name for the general policy of cutting taxes, cutting regulation, and cutting benefits that has infected us for the last 50 years. It has transferred a…
BOOK REVIEW: The Serviceberry – Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
By Neal Lemery This brand new book is a delightful and fresh look at our relationship with nature and with ourselves. It explores the idea of a gift economy, rather that the…
BOOK REVIEW: Civil Unity – A Radical Path to Transform Our Discourse, Our Lives and Our World
By Jim Heffernan Laura recommended this book to me and decided to give it a try. I was slow to warm to the book, but I grew to love it. I believe…
Local Author Announces New Book – Butch Freedman Reading “Old Dogs and other stories” Nov. 10th at Cape Meares Community Center
Local author Butch Freedman will read from his latest book, a collection of short stories, at a launch party on November 10, 3 pm at the Cape Meares Community Center, 5690 4th Street in Cape…
“When a Woman Tells the Truth” – Writings and Creative Work by Women Over 80; Reading at Hoffman Center, Sept. 18th (VIDEO)
The Hoffman Center for the Arts Presents a book reading WHEN A WOMAN TELLS THE TRUTH SEPTEMBER 18, 2024 – 4PM Here are the introductions and information about the host Julianne Johnson,…