Sober Travel Handbook
For nondrinkers, travel presents special challenges. Whether you’re traveling for work, pleasure, or a family event, it can feel like alcohol is everywhere you turn; and for those in recovery, the ups and downs of travel can trigger a relapse. But fear not: drawing on extensive personal experience, as well as interviews with a variety of nondrinking travelers and addiction experts, the Sober Travel Handbook has tips for staying sober on the road. From bachelorette parties to funerals to professional networking events, learn survival strategies for booze-laden travel scenarios of all kinds. With the help of her alter ego, Sober Cat, who tells the story in pictures, Bergen will help you prep for your trip, dodge drinks, and get the most out of your travel experience—no matter your reason for abstaining.
Historic Cemeteries of Portland, Oregon
Portland’s historic cemeteries are underexplored cultural treasures. From a photographer who captured the Golden Age of Broadway musicals to a celebrity orangutan, Portland’s graves are full of surprises. In Historic Cemeteries of Portland, Oregon, cemetery sleuths Teresa Bergen and Heide Davis explore 25 places of interment from the 1850s on. The book features remarkable tombstones and a cross-section of the Portlanders they commemorate, including suffragists, spiritualists, Romani kings, politicians and murderers. Part history book, part travel guide, readers will come away with a new appreciation for cemeteries and an eerie tale or two. Cowritten with Heide Davis.
Transcribing Oral History
When I’m not traveling–and even when I am–I’m often transcribing, editing and making finding aids for oral history projects. I contract with university archives, historical societies and individual scholars. Transcribing Oral History, published by Routledge, collects all the knowledge I’ve gleaned from twenty-plus years of experience in the field. Yes, that’s me as the cover model in my cool orange headphones.
Easy Portland Outdoors
Do you intend to spend more time outdoors, but then decide you’re too busy/unmotivated/unfit for an epic adventure? Easy Portland Outdoors includes adventures that are accessible to almost anybody. Want to know which public gardens you can visit with your dog? Where you can kayak with your kids? Which of Portland’s outdoor pools are wheelchair accessible? It’s all in Easy Portland Outdoors. Adventures range from trying golf for the first time to learning to operate a Segway, from taking a ghostly walking tour to careening down the Willamette River in a jet boat. Most of these adventures can be accomplished in a day. A few are more epic in scope but still easy. Portland is a haven for nature lovers – 17.8 percent of the city is parkland, it’s bisected by a major river, and both mountains and beaches are less than two hours away. Whether you’re a visitor or a local, don’t miss out on all the easy outdoor fun.
Meditations for Gym Yogis
After ten years of teaching yoga in gyms, I wanted a book that would introduce my students to yoga principles in a basic, accessible way. Meditations for Gym Yogis: An Easy Intro to Yoga Philosophy covers ethical precepts, chakras and yoga philosophy.
