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Kalehua Kim
Mele
Mele, by Kalehua Kim, embodies the meaning of the word "mele" - a Hawaiian song or chant traditionally used to preserve history through the oral tradition. Winner of the Trio House Press Editor's Choice Prize, Kim's debut collection evokes modes of language and culture that shape the contours of mem...
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Peter Blecha
Music in Washington: Seattle and Beyond (Images of America: Washington)
For more than 100 years, the Pacific Northwest has been making music history. In this new retrospective, rare photographs evoke the musical memories of days gone by, from the earliest 19th-century brass bands to Roaring Twenties jazz combos, 1940s hillbilly twangers, 1950s rhythm-and-blues singers, ...
$20.94
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Albert Furtwangler
Bringing Indians to the Book (The Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture-Book Series in Western History and Biography)
In 1831 a delegation of Northwest Indians reportedly made the arduous journey from the shores of the Pacific to the banks of the Missouri in order to visit the famous explorer William Clark. This delegation came, however, not on civic matters but on a religious quest, hoping, or so the reports ran, ...
$11.98
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Claude Clayton Smith
Ohio Outback: Learning to Love the Great Black Swamp
A collection that reveals the surprising variety of life in northwest Ohio Ohio Outback is a unique compilation of writings by Claude Clayton Smith about his experiences of living in Ohio for the past twenty-two years. Smith offers a vibrant, humorous portrait of life that focuses on individuals a...
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Lloyd J. Averill
Sun Dogs and Eagle Down: The Indian Paintings of Bill Holm
Bill Holm is internationally recognized as a leading expert on Northwest Coast, Plateau, and Plains Indian art. As curator emeritus of Native American art at the Burke Museum, professor emeritus of art history at the University of Washington, and author of numerous books and articles, including the ...
$74.12
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Wendy Gorton
50 Hikes with Kids Oregon and Washington: Oregon and Washington
Winner of the 2018 National Outdoor Book Award Handcrafted for Northwest caregivers that want to spark a love of nature,  50 Hikes with Kids  highlights the most kid-friendly hikes in Oregon and Washington. These hikes are perfect for little legs—they are all under four miles and have an elev...
$16.69
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Dr. Robert H. Ruby M.D
Half-Sun on the Columbia: A Biography of Chief Moses (Volume 80) (The Civilization of the American Indian Series)
Chief Moses (Sulktalthscosum or Half-Sun) was chief of the Columbias, a Salish-speaking people of the mid–Columbia River area in what is now the state of Washington. This award-winning biography by Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown situates Moses in the opening of the Northwest and subsequent India...
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David Guterson
The Country Ahead of Us, The Country Behind (Vintage Contemporaries)
From the award-winning, bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars —a beautifully observed and emotionally piercing collection of short stories that “center[s] on men in the Pacific Northwest, characters whose emotions are sometimes as isolated as the landscape” ( The New York Times ). Li...
$8.32
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Joshua L. Reid
The Sea Is My Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs (The Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and Modernity)
The first full-scale history of the Makah people of the Pacific Northwest, whose culture and identity are closely bound to the sea For the Makahs, a tribal nation at the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States, a deep relationship with the sea is the locus of personal and group id...
$26.92
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David McCullough
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
The #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that’s “ as resonant today as ever” ( The Wall Street Journal )—the settling of the Northwest Territory by courageous pioneers who overcame incredi...
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Dust Kunkel
Fly Stone, Fly
A boy, his dog and a monstrous friend chasing down his father's killer. First Place Winner for Horror in the Firebird Book Awards. First Place Winner for Dark Fantasy in the Chrysalis BREW Book Excellence Awards. First Runner-Up for General Fiction in the San Francisco Book Festival. Silver Med...
$19.00
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Jeffrey Karl Ochsner
Lionel H. Pries, Architect, Artist, Educator: From Arts and Crafts to Modern Architecture
On the evening of May 16, 1958, architecture alumni of the University of Washington converged on Seattle from all over the country. The event was a banquet to celebrate the founding of their alma mater's new College of Architecture and Urban Planning. One by one, the dean introduced the college's fa...
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'lyn Fleury Lambert
Dudley Carter: Tales of the Legendary Wood Sculptor
Dudley Carter-possibly the most famous artist you've never heard of... In 1932 Dudley Christopher Carter, a forty-year-old mini Paul Bunyan, literally hewed his way out of the forest primeval and into the sophisticated world of art. Carter's first experiment in monumental wood sculpture, Rivalry of...
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Jason M. Colby
Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator
Since the release of the documentary Blackfish in 2013, millions around the world have focused on the plight of the orca, the most profitable and controversial display animal in history. Yet, until now, no historical account has explained how we came to care about killer whales in the first place....
$21.20
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Jerome Pohlen
Oddball Ohio: A Guide to Some Really Strange Places (Oddball series)
This off-the-wall travel guide presents an Ohio odder than imagined. It wastes no time describing Cedar Point or suggesting scenic bike rides through the Hocking Hills; instead, this entertaining travel companion directs out-of-state adventurers and Buckeye state residents to the home of the world's...
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David Paul Williams
Fly Fishing for Western Smallmouth
Following the model of Bob Clouser's classic Fly Fishing for Smallmouth , this book provides important information geared specifically toward Western anglers. Features the best smallmouth bass rivers, lakes, and streams throughout the Western United States - Reveals important details about the smal...
$24.95
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Jonathan Raban
Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings (Vintage Departures)
The bestselling, award-winning author of Bad Land takes us along the Inside Passage, 1,000 miles of often treacherous water, which he navigates solo in a 35-foot sailboat, offering captivating discourses on art, philosophy, and navigation and an unsparing narrative of personal loss. "A work of gr...
$14.99
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Liliia Smyrenska
Lilu Discovers: Lilu Discovers the Wonders of Puget Sound. Lilu Discovers a Mystery Feather
Lilu Discovers PNW: A Nature Adventure Collection Includes two stories: Lilu Discovers a Mystery Feather and Lilu Discovers the Wonders of Puget Sound Join Lilu, a curious young explorer, as she discovers the magic of nature in Washington State , in the heart of the Pacific Northwest. This bea...
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Janna Orkney
Growing Up With G.I. Joe's
How did Ed Orkney build a large retail chain from a small war surplus store named G.I. Joe's, housed in a G.I. hospital tent? Ed's daughter, Janna, recounts the history of this favorite Northwest store in a classic "rags to riches" story. From Ed flying bombers in World War II, to selling war surpl...
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Jim Pojar
Plants of the Pacific Coast: From Alaska to Oregon, including British Columbia and Washington
This long-awaited successor to the bestselling Plants of Coastal British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest features over 700 trees, shrubs, wildflowers, ferns, horsetails and lycopods of the north Pacific coast of North America. The region, stretching from southeast Alaska to northwest Oregon, is...
$29.95
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