The Cloud & Leaf Bookstore, Manzanita, Ore., founded two-and-a-half years ago, offers several cool ideas--or, more precisely, one cool and one hot idea.
In part because the store doesn't have enough stock to fill out Christian, Buddhist, New Age, spirituality and related sections, Cloud & Leaf has put all the titles in those categories in one section called simply 'Being Human.' Among titles Shelf Awareness recently saw in 'Being Human': The Viking Portable Emerson, The Development of Personality by Carl Jung, a variety of C.S. Lewis titles, several Erich Fromm works, The Essential Rumi, Ask and It Is Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks, Abraham by Bruce Feiler, A History of God by Karen Armstrong, Anna Quindlen's Loud and Clear, The Tarot Handbook and The Astrology Book.
Cloud & Leaf also has an unusual sideline that gives extra meaning to the store's name: cigars, which are displayed on the front counter along with a picture of Che Guevara and several titles by and related to Che. (A selection of berets are nearby.) Owner Jody Frochen noted that it's not easy to find cigars in the area, and the stogies draw people who otherwise might not step into the store. (Judging from air quality and the store's sleek, clean, stylish décor, few have been lit up inside.)
Summer is the busiest season at Cloud & Leaf, which is on the Oregon coast west of Portland. Frochen said that hardcover nonfiction titles, particularly concerning politics, are selling surprisingly well, a different kind of beach read from the usual.
The Cloud & Leaf Bookstore can be reached at P.O. Box 866, Manzanita, Ore. 97130; 503-368-2665.
In part because the store doesn't have enough stock to fill out Christian, Buddhist, New Age, spirituality and related sections, Cloud & Leaf has put all the titles in those categories in one section called simply 'Being Human.' Among titles Shelf Awareness recently saw in 'Being Human': The Viking Portable Emerson, The Development of Personality by Carl Jung, a variety of C.S. Lewis titles, several Erich Fromm works, The Essential Rumi, Ask and It Is Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks, Abraham by Bruce Feiler, A History of God by Karen Armstrong, Anna Quindlen's Loud and Clear, The Tarot Handbook and The Astrology Book.
Cloud & Leaf also has an unusual sideline that gives extra meaning to the store's name: cigars, which are displayed on the front counter along with a picture of Che Guevara and several titles by and related to Che. (A selection of berets are nearby.) Owner Jody Frochen noted that it's not easy to find cigars in the area, and the stogies draw people who otherwise might not step into the store. (Judging from air quality and the store's sleek, clean, stylish décor, few have been lit up inside.)
Summer is the busiest season at Cloud & Leaf, which is on the Oregon coast west of Portland. Frochen said that hardcover nonfiction titles, particularly concerning politics, are selling surprisingly well, a different kind of beach read from the usual.
The Cloud & Leaf Bookstore can be reached at P.O. Box 866, Manzanita, Ore. 97130; 503-368-2665.