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Topics -- Books
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Book Reviews, Excerpts & Prizes

Reviews

  • "Life Is A Mountain: Into Thin Air and Beyond" Thomas F. Hornbein, M.D. (v1n2)
  • Trickster Makes This World : Mischief, Myth and Art by Lewis Hyde (v1n2)
  • Echoes of the Elders: The Stories and Paintings of Chief Lelooska edited by Christine Normandi (v1n2)
  • Wild Song: Poems of the Natural World edited by John Daniel; illustrations by Deborah Randolph Wildman” Susan Juve-Hu Bucharest (v1, n3)
  • “ California 's Past, Oregon 's Future? : Paradise Lost: California 's Experience , America 's Future? By Peter Schrag” Richard Benner (v1, n4)
  • “Why We Are Who We Are: Ray Atkenson's Oregon, My Oregon is more than stunning photography” Barbara Walker (v1, n4)
  • Heart of Home: People, Wildlife, Place by Ted Kerasote” Stuart Teicher (v1, n4)
  • Outpost: John McLoughlin and the Far Northwest by Dorothy Nafus Morrison” Elizabeth Cosgriff (v2, n1)
  • “Writing the Farm: A Swedish Writer Makes the Northwest His Home” Frank Bures (plus excerpt from Making it Home by Lars Nordstrom) (v2, n2)
  • Salmon Without Rivers: A History of the Pacific Salmon Crisis by Jim Lichatowich” Roy Hemmingway (v3, n1)
  • The Arbutus/Madrone Files: Reading the Pacific Northwest by Laurie Ricou” Staff (v5, n1)
  • Iran and the Surrounding World: Interactions in Culture and Cultural Politics edited by Nikki R. Keddie and Rudi Matthee” Staff (v5, n1)
  • Crater Lake National Park: A Global Treasure by Ann and Myron Sutton” Staff (v5, n1)
  • Starving to Death on $200 Million: The Short, Absurd Life of the ‘Industry Standard' by James Ledbetter” Staff (v5, n3)
  • High and Mighty SUV's: The Worlds Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That Way by Keith Bradsher” Staff (v5, n3)
  • Koreas Future and the Great Powers Edited by Nicholas Eberstadt and Richard J. Ellings” Staff (v5, n3)
  • How Young Ladies Became Girls by Jane Hunter” Editorial Staff (v5, n4)
  • The Red Pencil: Convictions From Experience in Education by Theodore R. Sizer” Open Spaces Staff (v7, n1)
  • Why the Electoral College is Bad for America by George C. Edwards” Elizabeth Cosgriff (v7, n2)
  • “The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know about America's Economical Future by Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Scott Burns" Stephen McConnel (v7, n4)
  • Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape edited by Barry Lopez; Debra Gwartney, managing editor” Christopher Zinn (v9, n1)
  • Satisfaction, the Science of Finding True Fulfillment ” Robert Sack, M.D. (v8, n2)
  • The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature ” Robert Sack , M.D. (v8, n2)
  • "The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism by John C. Bogle” Steve McConnel (v8, n3)
  • Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships by Daniel Goleman” Elizabeth Cosgriff (v9, n2)
  • The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq by Roy Stewart” Elizabeth Cosgriff (v9, n3)
  • A Sky So Close by Betool Khedairi” Elizabeth Cosgriff (v9, n3)
  • “Useful Things: Poetry” Brian Gard (v9, n3)

  • Excerpts

  • "Monarch Butterflies by Robert Michael Pyle" (edited excerpt)
  • "Homing In On Oregon" John Daniel (excerpt from the book Oregon Then and Now )
  • “Selections from Messages from Frank's Landing: A Story of Salmon, Treaties, and the Indian Way” Charles Wilkenson (v3, n3)
  • “War & Politics By Other Means” Shelby Scates (v3, n4)
  • “Physician: The Life of Paul Beeson” Richard L. Rapport, M.D. (v3, n4)
  • “Excerpts from the work of Marjorie Sanders, Michael Byers, Lisa Pearson, Jason Brown, Jhumpa Lahiri and David Pinson” edited by Dorian Wu (v4, n2)
  • “Edited excerpt from Fatal Mountaineer by Robert Roper” (v4, n3)
  • “The Chances of Life” John Daniel ( from Winter Creek: One Writer's Natural History ) (v4, n4)
  • “Early Morning: Remembering My Father, William Stafford” Kim Stafford (edited excerpt) (v5, n2)
  • “Review and Excerpt: Traveling Light: A Photographers Journey by Deborah DeWit Merchant” Editorial Staff (v5, n4)
  • “Rogue River Journal: A Winter Alone” John Daniel (edited excerpt) (v7, n3)
  • “The Street-Smart Naturalist: Field Notes from Seattle” David B. Williams (edited excerpt) (v7, n3)
  • “Return of the Canoe Journey” Charles Wilkenson (edited excerpt from Blood Struggle) (v8, n1)
  • “Pacific Voices: Keeping our Cultures Alive” Miriam Kahn and Erin Younger (edited excerpt) (v8, n1)
  • “ River of Renewal : Myth and History in the Klamath Basin ” Stephen Most (edited excerpt) (v9, n1)


  • Prizes

  • "Exotic Souvenirs: Reflections on Britain’s Booker Prize"; Rishona Zimring
  • “The Newbery Awards” Elizabeth Cosgriff (v2, n1)
  • “A Fertile Meadow Far From Town”, “PEN Northwest” John Daniel (review and information on PEN Northwest) (v2, n4)


  • Reading Lists

  • "Summer Reading" Open Spaces Readers (v2n2)
  • "Personal Favorites" Open Spaces Contributors (v4n4)
  • “Summer Reading” Open Spaces Staff and Readers (v6, n1)
  • "Summer Reading" Open Spaces Board & Staff (v6n4)
  • "Recommended Reading"; Open Spaces Readers (v7n4)
  • "Lifetime Reading: A Readers Survey" (v8n4)
  • "Books with International Focus" (v9n3)

  • Publishing

  • "Publishing in the Northwest" Debby Garman (v2n3)
  • Universities as Publishers in the Pacific Northwest by Pat Soden (v6n2)
  • "Northwest Publishers" Kristine Ekman (v8n4)
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