Independent bookstores have been holding the fireline against ignorance for centuries. These days, the blaze has crept way too close for comfort in too many pockets of society, but bookstore owners and…
Category: Books
BOOK REVIEW: The Story of the American Dream – Ours Was the Shining Future by David Leonhardt
By Jim Heffernan I was attracted to this book because of the author and the topic. David Leonhardt is a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the New York Times I’ve read for…
BOOK REVIEW: Love Your Enemies by Aurthur C. Brooks
By Jim Heffernan I bought this book last April and I’m not sure why I did not review it at the time. The author is a devout Catholic with serious conservative and…
BOOK REVIEW: Jim Heffernan’s Top 20 Books of 2023
EDITOR’S NOTE: Tis the season of “tops of 2023” lists – so here we go … book reviewer Jim Heffernan gives us his Top 20 books. By Jim Heffernan Another year, another…
BOOK REVIEW: Our Endangered Values – America’s Moral Crisis by Jimmy Carter (2006)
By Jim Heffernan This is an older book I’ve just read. At the time of writing, I was too busy with my day-job to do much non-technical reading. Even if it is…
BOOK REVIEW: From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas Friedman
By Jim Heffernan I chose this book because I was seeking a better understanding of what drives the madness between Israel and its neighbors. The book is thirteen years old, but little…
GARIBALDI MUSEUM SPONSORS TILLABOOK FAIR NOV. 18th – LOCAL AUTHORS GATHER
The Garibaldi Museum is sponsoring the TillaBook Fair at the museum on Saturday, November 18, 2023 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Fourteen authors from Tillamook County will be on hand to…
BOOK REVIEW: The Soul of Civility – Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves
By Jim Heffernan I think I am probably a sucker for anything with the word civility in the title. This book by Alexandra Hudson, is no exception. I found her book edifying…
BOOK REVIEW: “The American Crisis – What Went Wrong. How We Recover”
By Jim Heffernan “The American Crisis: What Went Wrong. How We Recover.” is a collection of 40 articles published in The Atlantic magazine between 2016 and 2020. The Atlantic was founded in…
Hoffman Center Manzanita Writers’ Series Presents: Cascadia Field Guide – Art, Ecology, Poetry on September 30
Join the Manzanita Writers’ Series to welcom Co-editors Elizabeth Bradfield and Derek Sheffield along with contributors Lex Runciman, Alyssa Ogi, and Nancy Slavin read from and discuss Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry…