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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
by Timothy Egan
Staff Pick
In this remarkable tale of the nation's largest forest fire — which burned more than three million acres in 1910 — Timothy Egan vividly narrates the heroic efforts to fight the blaze and the dramatic impact it had on the future of conservation.... ( read more)
Your price: $27.00
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The Good Rain: Across Time & Terrain in the Pacific Northwest (Vintage Departures)
by Timothy Egan
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A fantastic book! Timothy Egan describes his journeys in the Pacific Northwest through visits to salmon fisheries, redwood forests and the manicured English gardens of Vancouver. Here is a blend of history, anthropology and politics.... ( read more)
List Price $14.95
Your price: $5.95
Used - Trade Paper
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Cataclysms on the Columbia: The Great Missoula Floods
by John Eliot Allen
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The OpenBook Series highlights Ooligan Press's commitment to transparency on our road toward sustainable publishing. We believe that disclosing the impacts of the choices we make will not only help us avoid unintentional greenwashing, but also serve to... ( read more)
Your price: $24.95
New - Trade Paper
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Red Hot and Rollin': A Retrospection of the Portland Trail Blazers' 1976-77 NBA Championship Season w/DVD
by Matt Love
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On June 5, 1977 the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers to win their first and only NBA Championship. The next day, two hundred and fifty thousand fans jammed downtown Portland to celebrate in what remains the largest public gathering... ( read more)
Your price: $20.00
New - Softcvr W/Comp Media
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Bend Overall
by Scott Cook
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Includes hikes, museums, resorts and tourist attractions although it leaves out commercial endeavors unless they are one-of-a-kind
More than anything it attempts to honor and showcase the variety and diversity of attractions and landscapes surrounding... ( read more)
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Used - Trade Paper
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Massacred for Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon
by R. Gregory Nokes
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In 1887, more than thirty Chinese gold miners were massacred on the Oregon side of Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in North America. Massacred for Gold, the first authoritative account of the unsolved crime, unearths the evidence that points to an... ( read more)
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The River Why
by David James Duncan
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Not in recent memory has there been such a unique and vibrant fictional character — a character who could make us laugh so easily, feel so deeply, who speaks with such startling truth about the way we live — as Gus Orviston, the irreverent young... ( read more)
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Salt in Our Blood
by Michele Longo Eder
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The life of a fisherman can be a treacherous one filled with peril and potential death. "Salt in Our Blood: The Memoir of a Fisherman's Wife" is the reflections of a homemaker when the family business is doing a job with a shockingly high mortality rate.... ( read more)
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Ricochet River
by Robin Cody
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Set in a fictional Oregon town in the late 1960s, Cody's superlative coming-of-age novel is the story of Wade, Lorna and Jesse — teenagers preparing to break out of their small-town lives. Wade is the local sports hero. Jesse is his friend, a... ( read more)
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Sale - Trade Paper
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Washington Disasters: True Stories of Tragedy and Survival (Disasters)
by Rob Mcnair Huff
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It’s only human to be fascinated by disasters—and uplifted by reports of survival in the face of overwhelming circumstances. Rob and Natalie McNair-Huff take you back to Washington’s most catastrophic events, vividly re-creating the... ( read more)
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Rare Books | November 4, 2009
By Kirsten Berg
On the evening of March 18, 1986, I jumped into bed pulling the covers over my stark naked body, shotgun on my chest. So begins Roger Wendlick's...
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
On Oregon | October 28, 2009
By Matt Love
I don't remember a word we said to each other that night. But I remember everything important. Looking out a window, I saw Tricia's car turn into...
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On Oregon | October 14, 2009
By Matt Love
Fast Break, a film documentary about Bill Walton and the Portland Trail Blazers winning the 1976-77 NBA title and the aftermath of their...
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On Oregon | September 16, 2009
By Matt Love
It was an early foggy morning a while back and the dogs and I took the path to the beach. In the distance, the ocean rolled a greenish gray and in...
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On Oregon | September 2, 2009
By Matt Love
I can't recall the exact year I first caught Walt Curtis "read" his poetry but I do recall the venue — the Satyricon rock club in Portland. It...
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