Caffeinated Pdx

In Portland, Oregon, coffee is more than just a beverage, it is an essential part of the city's character. Under oft-gray skies, independent roasters and cafes flourish, providing a wide array of styles and tastes for discerning Portlanders to choose from. The celebrated Portland coffee culture attracts visitors from around the world, who come to explore the diverse options and find inspiration for bringing great coffee to their own cities. In Caffeinated PDX: How Portland became the Best Coffee City in America, author Will Hutchens tells the stories of the people and companies that pushed Portland to the forefront of the specialty coffee scene. He travels around the city, talking to a wide variety of coffee professionals and capturing their passion for roasting, selling, and brewing some of the finest coffees in the world. He attends cuppings, goes to barista school, and volunteers at barista competitions to better understand what's so special about specialty coffee. Using Portland as the model, Hutchens also explains the phenomenon known as third-wave coffee, a worldwide movement to improve coffee quality from origin to cup. Full of anecdotes and insights into the minds of Portland's coffee leaders, as well as some lesser-known personalities, Caffeinated PDX is an enjoyable read for people who love coffee, for people who love Portland, or for anyone who appreciates a good story."

He was known simply as the Blind Traveler -- a solitary, sightless adventurer who, astonishingly, fought the slave trade in Af-rica, survived a frozen captivity in Siberia, hunted rogue elephants in Ceylon, and helped chart the Australian outback. James Holman (1786-1857) became "one of the greatest wonders of the world he so sagaciously explored," triumphing not only over blindness but crippling pain, poverty, and the interference of well-meaning authorities (his greatest feat, a circumnavigation of the globe, had to be launched in secret). Once a celebrity, a bestselling author, and an inspiration to Charles Darwin and Sir Richard Francis Burton, the charismatic, witty Holman outlived his fame, dying in an obscurity that has endured -- until now. A Sense of the World is a spellbinding and moving rediscovery of one of history's most epic lives. Drawing on meticulous research, Jason Roberts ushers us into the Blind Traveler's uniquely vivid sensory realm, then sweeps us away on an extraordinary journey across the known world during the Age of Exploration. Rich with suspense, humor, international intrigue, and unforgettable characters, this is a story to awaken our own senses of awe and wonder.

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Bestselling author and renowned Buddhist teacher Noah Levine adapts the Buddha's Four Noble Truths and Eight Fold Path into a proven and systematic approach to recovery from alcohol and drug addiction—an indispensable alternative to the 12-step program. While many desperately need the help of the 12-step recovery program, the traditional AA model's focus on an external higher power can alienate people who don't connect with its religious tenets. Refuge Recovery is a systematic method based on Buddhist principles, which integrates scientific, non-theistic, and psychological insight. Viewing addiction as cravings in the mind and body, Levine shows how a path of meditative awareness can alleviate those desires and ease suffering. Refuge Recovery includes daily meditation practices, written investigations that explore the causes and conditions of our addictions, and advice and inspiration for finding or creating a community to help you heal and awaken. Practical yet compassionate, Levine's successful Refuge Recovery system is designed for anyone interested in a non-theistic approach to recovery and requires no previous experience or knowledge of Buddhism or meditation.

NEW! Updated 2023 Official Code set reflects the latest ICD-10 codes needed for diagnosis coding.

It's Personal Dystopian fiction from today's headlines — Goodreads Reviewer This is the fifth omnibus in Newsroom PDX, a pollical suspense series about a college newsroom in downtown Portland during some of the most tumultuous times the city has ever faced. College is a time when you figure out who you are, and who you want to be. Even in calm times, that's not always easy — and no one would claim that Portland was going through a calm period! Meet Corey, who has always been seen as everyone's kid brother, and Cinder, who burned all the bridges to her past — she thought, and Joe, the newsroom stoner whose younger sibling just came calling. Foul language. Some sex. Lots of politics. Rather like the city itself. This omnibus includes Seen, Past Lives, and Life in Focus.

Create Your Best Self and Live Your Purpose Transform your life with Barbara Moore's complete guide to working with energy. Usable by anyone, regardless of spiritual path, this friendly and down-to-earth book shows how to make a personalized toolkit of techniques for any circumstance, from clearing long-standing blocks to cultivating the energy you want. Modern Guide to Energy Clearing helps you develop a practice that works for you and the life you're living right now. You'll first learn to clear inappropriate energy and maintain healthy energy within yourself. Then you'll expand that energetic wellness into your home, your workplace, and other shared or public spaces. Explore numerous techniques, including personal clearing, cording, shielding, clearing clutter, setting intentions, and addressing the elements. Build good energetic habits using a variety of tools, including sage, incense, runes, candles, wind chimes, crystals, drums, and blessings. This inspiring book offers guidance on bringing peace and abundance not just to your life, but also to the world. Praise: "Modern Guide to Energy Clearing is a book designed so you will actually work with it, returning many times over to deepen your understanding and broaden your clearing practices."—New Spirit Journal

Then They Came For the Journalists The student-run Eyewitness News has been committed to covering the Black Lives Matter protests in downtown Portland. It hasn't been easy. But now, white supremacy groups have EWN in their sights. They're coming for them. EWN has three rules: Stay safe. Get the story. Come back. It may not be possible to do all three. Foul language. Some sex. Lots of politics. Rather like the city itself. (Volume 2, a boxed set of three Newsroom PDX suspense novels) Includes Rage, Be the Change and In Control.