Preorder a signed edition of Happy Hour Guidebook: Portland (2010 Edition)]]> Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Join us! ]]> Timberline Lodge (Timber Press) includes biographical sketches of nearly 60 artists and describes more than 250 works of art in the collection.]]>

• Lilith Saintcrow (Flesh Circus, Orbit)
• Thomas Harlan (Land of the Dead, Tor)
• David Levine (Space Magic, Wheatland Press)
• Brent Weeks (Beyond the Shadows, Orbit)
• Camille Alexa (Push of the Sky, Hadley Rille Books)
• Barb and J. C. Hendee (In Shade and Shadow, Roc)
• Devon Monk (Magic in the Shadows, Roc)
• Brenda Cooper (Wings of Creation, Tor)
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Diving into the Wreck, Pyr)
• Dean Wesley Smith (numerous Star Trek novels)
• Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Fall of Light, Ace)
• Mike Shepherd (Undaunted, Ace)
• A. M. Dellamonica (Indigo Springs, Tor)
• Timothy Zahn (Odd Girl Out, Tor)
• Alma Alexander (Cybermage, Harper Teen)
• Louise Marley (the Singers of Nevya series)
• Ru Emerson (the Bard's Tale series)
  ....and Pyr senior editor Lou Anders.

We are also pleased to welcome the Cloud City Garrison of the 501st Imperial Legion.

Preorder signed editions! ]]> Join us every other Tuesday for a fun and informal meeting with like-minded Mac geeks. Bring your questions and tips to share with the group.]]> Fearless Critic Portland Restaurant Guide, edited by Robin Goldstein, is a new kind of restaurant guide. Brutally honest yet entertaining reviews are written by teams of undercover local food critics and professional chefs who don't identify themselves, don't defer to sacred cows, and don't accept free meals. With 300 full-page reviews, 60 pages of reference lists, and a special vegetarian guide, this is an essential reference for anyone who eats out in the area. ]]> The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins. Join us!]]> The Map as Art (Princeton Architectural Press), Katharine Harmon collects 360 colorful, map-related artistic visions by well-known artists such as Ed Ruscha, Julian Schnabel, Olafur Eliasson, Vik Muniz, and many more for whom maps are the inspiration for creating art. ]]> Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel, the fanciful creation of husband-and-wife team Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett, who have richly imagined a robot soldier and inserted it into accurate retellings of history. ]]> Trial by Fire (Touchstone), the newest adventure in the New York Times bestselling series by J. A. Jance. ]]> The Three "Only" Things (New World Library), you'll discover that these "only" things can be keys to finding and living your bigger story. ]]> Tinsel (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is a compelling look at this half-trillion-dollar holiday. ]]> Mother's Best (Taunton) is the cookbook for those who yearn for uncomplicated and uncommonly good food straight from mother's oven. ]]> Join us the first Monday of every month for a graphics/video meeting with like-minded Mac geeks. Bring your questions and tips to share with the group.]]> Goddess of the Market (Oxford University Press) offers a groundbreaking reassessment of this key cultural figure, examining her life, her ideas, and her impact on conservative political thought. ]]> Dauntless: Lost Fleet #1 by Jack Campbell. Join us! ]]> Smile When You're Lying, Chuck Thompson laid bare the travel industry's dirtiest secrets. Now, in To Hellholes and Back (Henry Holt), he sets out to discover if some of the world's most ill-reputed destinations -- the Congo, India, Mexico City, and most horrifying of all, Disney World -- live up to their bad raps. ]]> A Million Miles in a Thousand Years (Thomas Nelson), Donald Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz, undertakes a humorous and revealing journey as he edits his life into a purposeful and meaningful experience. ]]> CANCELLED

John Geiger's The Third Man Factor (Weinstein) is an extraordinary account of how people at the very edge of death experience the sense of an unseen presence beside them, encouraging them to survive. Fascinating for any reader, The Third Man Factor at last explains this secret to survival: a Third Man who -- in the words of famed climber Reinhold Messner -- "leads you out of the impossible. "

CANCELLED]]> Divine Misdemeanors, comes on the heels of the heart-stopping ending of Swallowing Darkness. Now that Merry has refused the throne of faerie and retreated with her bodyguards to Los Angeles, she is called in by the LAPD to help solve a baffling and brutal crime. Someone is killing the fey, and they need help finding the killer.

Please note: This ticketed event takes place at the Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Tickets, $26, include admission and a copy of Divine Misdemeanors, and are available at the Bagdad Theater box office, the Crystal Ballroom box office, Ticketmaster.com, and all Ticketmaster outlets. ]]> Three Cups of Tea, comes Stones into Schools (Viking) the continuing story of this determined humanitarian's efforts to promote peace through education. In this dramatic first-person narrative, Mortenson recounts his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; and shares for the first time his broader vision to promote peace through education and literacy, as well as touching on military matters, Islam, and women -- all woven together with the many rich personal stories of the people who have been involved in this remarkable two-decade humanitarian effort. This event is presented by Powell's Books and Literary Arts.

Please note: This ticketed event takes place at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway. Tickets are available at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts box office, Ticketmaster.com, and all Ticketmaster outlets, or by phone at 800-745-3000.

SOLD OUT ]]> Join us every other Tuesday for a fun and informal meeting with like-minded Mac geeks. Bring your questions and tips to share with the group.]]> An Affair Before Christmas by Eloisa James. Join us! ]]> Join us every other Tuesday for a fun and informal meeting with like-minded Mac geeks. Bring your questions and tips to share with the group.]]> Rabbit at Rest by John Updike. Join us! ]]>