Cultural Region/Pacific Northwest
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Invasive Flora of the West Coast: British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest
$19.95 Read moreA compact, full-colour field guide to the growing number of invasive plant species spreading across coastal BC and the Pacific Northwest, highlighting their hazards and uses.
The spread of invasive pla
- Author: Varner, Collin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0295750995
- Language: English
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The Port of Missing Men: Billy Gohl, Labor, and Brutal Times in the Pacific Northwest
$19.95 Add to cartIn the early twentieth century so many dead bodies surfaced in the rivers around Aberdeen, Washington, that they were nicknamed the “floater fleet.” When Billy Gohl (1873-1927), a powerful union offic
- Author: Goings, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0295751207
- Language: English
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Shamans and Kushtakas: North Coast Tales of the Supernatural
$12.99 Add to cartShaman and Kushtaka, both struck terror in the hearts of the Tlingit and Haida, for both possessed frightening supernatural powers. Among the Natives of the Pacific Northwest Coast, the shaman was hon… [more below]
- Author: Beck, Mary Giraudo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0882404067
- Language: English
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Trailblazing Black Women of Washington State
$21.99 Read moreBreaking glass ceilings, organizing clubs, and making history as the first in their fields, these trailblazing Black women paved the way for new generations.
From Nettie Craig Asberry, founder of the T
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Morgan, Marilyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1467150428
- Language: English
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Echoes of Exclusion and Resistance: Voices from the Hanford Region
$29.95 Read moreLike the rest of the American West, the mid-Columbia region has always been diverse. Its history mirrors common multiracial narratives, but with important nuances. In the late 1880s, Chinese railroad
- Series: Hanford Histories #3
- Author: Bauman, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: January 31 2021
- ISBN10: 0874223822
- Language: English
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60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Seattle: Including Bellevue, Everett, and Tacoma
$18.95 Read moreIt’s Time to Take a Hike in Seattle
It’s been 10 years since the release of the first edition of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Seattle, which makes 2016’s third edition the 10th Anniversary Edition Thi
- Series: 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles
- Author: Stevens, Bryce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: August 02 2016
- ISBN10: 163404018X
- Language: English
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The Hillside Stranglers: The Inside Story of the Killing Spree That Terrorized Los Angeles
$21.99 Add to cart“A deeply disturbing book–cool, ironical, and ferocious.” –Thomas Flanagan, author of The Year of the French
For several weeks in the fall of 1977, Los Angeles was held hostage by fear as the body- Author: O’Brien, Darcy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 410
- Publish Date: October 31 2017
- ISBN10: 1504047885
- Language: English
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True Tales of Puget Sound
$24.99 Add to cartFrom the shores of Gig Harbor to the slopes of Mount Rainier, the towns surrounding Puget Sound all have incredible stories to share. How did Old Fort Nisqually, now perched on a lofty bluff above Tac… [more below]
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Wilhelm, Dorothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1467139696
- Language: English
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Breaking Into the Backcountry
$16.95 Add to cartWriting with an elegant simplicity and resilient reverence, Edwards proves to be an astute and passionate observer of both human and Mother Nature.–Carol Haggas, Booklist Online
In 2001 Steve Edwards
- Author: Edwards, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0803226535
- Language: English
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It Happened on the Oregon Trail
$16.95 Add to cartIt Happened on the Oregon Trail 2 takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from the Oregon Trail’s storied past. Including both famous tales, and fa… [more below]
- Series: It Happened in
- Author: Wagner, Tricia Martineau
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 03 2014
- ISBN10: 0762772204
- Language: English
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Alaska’s Southeast: Touring The Inside Passage
$17.95 Add to cartThis guide details the rich history, culture, geography, and flora and fauna of Alaska’s Inside Passage.
- Series: Alaska’s Southeast: Touring the Inside Passage
- Author: Miller, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 13 2008
- ISBN10: 0762745355
- Language: English
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Pacific Northwest Foraging Starter Handbook: A Beginner’s Guide with 6 Step-by-Step Methods to Identify, Harvest, Prepare, Preserve and Cook Wild Food
$18.57 Add to cartEarth was not built for six billion people, all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people foraging for roots and grubs.- Doug Coupland
The act o
- Series: DIY Mushroom #3
- Author: Fleming, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 102
- Publish Date: February 14 2022
- ISBN10: 0645193488
- Language: English
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Food Plants of Interior First Peoples
$20.00 Read moreNancy Turner describes more than 150 plants traditionally harvested and eaten by First Peoples east of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia and northern Washington. Each description includes inform… [more below]
- Series: Royal BC Museum Handbooks
- Author: Turner, Nancy J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 22 2007
- ISBN10: 0772658463
- Language: English
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Life and Death at Cape Disappointment: Becoming a Surfman on the Columbia River Bar
$29.95 Add to cartThe ocean is one of the few untamed places on earth–unpredictable and unsympathetic to the lives lost there. For this reason, people remain fascinated by its tides, currents, and mysteries. Life and
- Author: D’Amelio, Christopher J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 01 2021
- ISBN10: 149305872X
- Language: English
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Badluck Way: A Year on the Ragged Edge of the West
$19.00 Add to cart“Much more than a coming-of-age story, Badluck Way is an important meditation on what it means to share space and breathe the same air as truly wild animals, and the necessary damage that can occur wh… [more below]
- Author: Andrews, Bryce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 29 2014
- ISBN10: 1476710848
- Language: English
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Nez Perce Country
$14.95 Add to cartThe rivers, canyons, and prairies of the Columbia Basin are the homeland of the Nez Perce. The Nez Perce, or Nimiipuu, inhabited much of what is now north central Idaho and portions of Oregon and Wash… [more below]
- Series: Bison Original
- Author: Josephy, Alvin M., Jr.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 196
- Publish Date: December 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0803276230
- Language: English
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It Happened on the Oregon Trail
$12.95 Add to cartIt Happened on the Oregon Trail includes twenty-nine unusual, remarkable, little known events that happened along the trail from Independence, Missouri to Oregon’s Willamette Valley. From Rufus K. Por… [more below]
- Series: It Happened in
- Author: Wagner, Tricia Martineau
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0762725796
- Language: English
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Notes from the Garden: Creating a Pacific Northwest Sanctuary
$20.00 Add to cartI know from my own experience that an evening spent tending my garden, after another incomprehensible day, brings a strength and calmness that no other activity can match. Is it the qualities associat
- Author: Wilde, Madeleine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1633981169
- Language: English
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Crown Jewel Wilderness: Creating North Cascades National Park
$29.95 Read moreRemote, rugged, and spectacularly majestic, with stunning alpine meadows and jagged peaks that soar beyond ten thousand feet, North Cascades National Park is one of the Pacific Northwest’s crown jewel
- Author: Danner, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 326
- Publish Date: September 13 2017
- ISBN10: 0874223520
- Language: English
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Onions in the Stew
$22.95 Add to cart“For twelve years we MacDonalds have been living on an island in Puget Sound. There is no getting away from it, life on an island is different from life in the St. Francis Hotel but you can get used t
- Author: MacDonald, Betty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0295999802
- Language: English
