Portland has 196 public staircases, an irresistible asset to this pedestrian-friendly city. In The Portland Stairs Book, Portland's walking guru Laura Foster has gathered the best and most interesting in a handy pocket-sized guide. From Mount Tabor's epic 282 steps to the glass cupola atop 115 steps in Pioneer Courthouse, The Portland Stairs Book features details on twenty outdoor stairs that have amazing stories and something unique to offer an urban explorer. The stairs include the Willamette River Bridge Stairs, The Westover Terraces Steps, and Rocky Butte's Grand Staircase. The book also features indoor stairs that are perfect for a rainy Portland day and five Stair Trails that lead readers on urban treks that contain hundreds of steps in five different areas of town.

This chilling, suspenseful indictment of mind control is a classic of science fiction and will haunt readers long after the last page is turned. One by one, five sixteen-year-old orphans are brought to a strange building. It is not a prison, not a hospital; it has no walls, no ceiling, no floor. Nothing but endless flights of stairs leading nowhere--except back to a strange red machine. The five must learn to love the machine and let it rule their lives. But will they let it kill their souls? "An intensely suspenseful page-turner." --School Library Journal "A riveting suspense novel with an anti-behaviorist message that works . . . because it emerges only slowly from the chilling events." --Kirkus Reviews

Sunday afternoons at Aunt Sarah's are so boring, until Sophie discovers a magical world under the stairs

The fourth title in the Little Books Series III is a presentation of three all-new original novelettes by Josh Malerman, whose novel Bird Box has enjoyed recent critical success as a film. The stories: In “Fafa Dillenger’s Box” A desperate man asks that his most hideous potential be buried where he can’t find it ... In “Dead Witch’s Hair” A young boy asks his mother if he can please leave the lights on in his bedroom at night, no matter what they reveal ... In “Breadcrumbs” A famished hiker asks Fate for much needed bread and water, no mater where it comes from ... And while all three get what they’ve requested, each also learns the horror that often accompanies wishes fulfilled in this ... A Little Red Book of Requests

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