Jan Boal is a woman of many talents and profound experiences. With 25 years of experience as a psychiatric nurse, she has spent a significant part of her life caring for others….
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Safari for the Soul Author Jan Boal Upcoming Event at Kiawanda Community Center July 24
OIOpublisher Jan Boal, a renowned author, life coach, and registered psychiatric nurse, is set to hold a speaking event at the Kiawanda Community Center in Cape Kiwanda on July 24 from 10:00…
BOOK REVIEWS: A Twofer – A Brief History of Fear and Intolerance in Tillamook County by Helen Hill & The Story of Tillamook-The Little County That Became the Big Cheese by Dean Collins
EDITOR’S NOTE: Two books about the history of our county, written 70 years apart with different focuses and views … By Jim Heffernan A Brief History of Fear and Intolerance in Tillamook…
North Tillamook Library Friends Annual Library Friends Book Sale Memorial Weekend Sat. May 25th
The popular North Tillamook Library Friends (NTLF) Book Sale returns to Manzanita on Memorial Weekend with more than 6,000 gently used books, including fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books. The sale starts Friday,…
BOOK REVIEW: The Nordic Theory on Everything – In Search of a Better Life
By Jim Heffernan It’s not enough that somebody seems to write a tempting book every 20 minutes, sometimes a subject will come up and I’ll think, “I read a book about that,…
BOOK REVIEW: American Fly Girl
By Jim Heffernan I was given an advance copy of this book and asked to review it. I was flattered, but really wasn’t expecting much. Turns out, it’s a wonderful book. The…
BOOK REVIEW: Why Me? The unfair reason you get cavities and what to do about it
By Jim Heffernan This book came to me as a freeby from my Dentist (Dr. Zike, Green Tree Dental). Yeah, like I’m ever going to turn down a free book. I have…
BOOK REVIEW: Words That Work – It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear
By Jim Heffernan This book grabbed me from the beginning, but my first impulse was not to review it. I wanted to keep it as my own precious secret. Jiminy* had a…
BOOK REVIEW: Regenesis – Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet by George Monbiot
By Jim Heffernan I always love it when a book presents me with a very original and a radically new way of looking at things. This book is that sort of book….
BOOK REVIEW: Our Malady – Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary by Timothy Snyder
By Jim Heffernan Very often, I’ll start a book review with only a vague idea of what attracted me to the book. Not so with this book, I read an excellent op-ed…