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Above Portland by Bruce Forster and Chet Orloff Staff Pick Finally, my fantasy of seeing Portland from the air is fulfilled! Not by riding in a traffic copter, as I'd imagined, but by turning the pages of this gorgeous book. Celebrated Oregon photographer Bruce Forster's low-level aerial photos (including a few... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose Staff Pick At the heart of the immense and growing interest in Lewis and Clark in recent years stands this book. WWII historian Stephen Ambrose had long harbored a private obsession for the Expedition of the Corps of Discovery, and in Undaunted Courage he was able... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Beauty of the City: A. E. Doyle, Portland's Architect by Philip Niles Publisher Comments The Central Library, Benson Hotel, Reed College, the Meier & Frank building, the U.S. National Bank these are just a few of the grand Portland icons designed by Albert E. Doyle. During a period of rapid growth in Portland, Oregon, after the Lewis &... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Peyton-Allan Files by Phil Stanford Publisher Comments Two teenagers, making out one night in a car on the edge of town — slaughtered by person or persons unknown. No physical evidence to speak of. No known motive. For all the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office knows, there's a psychotic killer roaming... (read more) Your price: $8.25 Sale - Trade Paper
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Definitive Journals of Lewis & Clark V13 by Gary E Moulton Publisher Comments In twelve remarkable volumes, Gary E. Moulton has edited the journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-6, thus making clear and accessible to all readers the plethora of maps and words with which Meriwether Lewis and William Clark documented one... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $4.67 Sale - Trade Paper
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On Mount Hood: A Biography of Oregon's Perilous Peak by Jon Bell Staff Pick Some 50 miles southeast of Portland lies the highest peak in the state of Oregon: Mount Hood, a 700,000-year-old stratovolcano. The fourth tallest in the Cascade range (around 11,240 feet high), Mount Hood is currently rated fourth by the U.S. Geological... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.87 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Pacific Northwest's Best Trips by Lonely Planet Publisher Comments What's the Pacific Northwest got that other regions don't? Plenty. Start with hundreds of miles of coastline and throw in a stunning natural landscape: thousands of years of geological events have dramatically shaped this region, leaving behind snow... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $16.09 Sale - Trade Paper
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Definitive Journals of Lewis & Clark V3 by Gary E Moulton Publisher Comments President Thomas Jefferson conceived the Corps of Discovery to travel up the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains and westward along possible river routes to the Pacific Ocean. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the expedition of 1804-6. Along the... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $3.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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West of Here by Jonathan Evison Staff Pick Through vividly realized characters scattered across a century’s worth of compelling narrative, West of Here is a book that impeccably captures the spirit of the Pacific Northwest as a place where identities are discovered and destinies are forged.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia by Blaine Harden Publisher Comments After two decades, Washington Post journalist Blaine Harden returned to his small-town birthplace in the Pacific Northwest to follow the rise and fall of the West's most thoroughly conquered river. To explore the Columbia River and befriend those who... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Pacific Northwest by Lorene Edwards Forkner Publisher Comments There is nothing more regionally specific than vegetable gardening. What to plant, when to plant it, and when to harvest are unique decisions based on climate, weather, and first and last frost. The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening: Pacific... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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Pacific Northwest (DK Eyewitness Travel Guides) by DK Publishing Publisher Comments The DK Eyewitness Pacific Northwest Travel Guide is your indispensable guide to this beautiful part of the world. The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the must-see sites, plus street-by-street maps of all... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $20.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie Publisher Comments Sherman Alexie's Ten Little Indians, a massively acclaimed national best-seller, "serves up nine seamless stories formed in the gut and delivered from the heart, depicting Native Americans caught in contemporary cultural crosshairs" (Elle). In Alexie'... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $11.96 Sale - Trade Paper
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I Love My Bike by Matthew Finkle Synopsis Cycling is about joy. Sure, it takes willpower, strength, and grit, but at its core, being on a bike is all about rejoicing in the greatest transportational invention in history. I Love My Bike is a photographic celebration of the grand kinship of... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Definitive Journals of Lewis & Clark V6 by Gary Moulton Publisher Comments President Thomas Jefferson conceived the Corps of Discovery to travel up the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains and westward along possible river routes to the Pacific Ocean. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the expedition of 1804-6. Along the... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $5.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Oregon 1859: A Snapshot in Time by Janice Marschner Publisher Comments Oregon became the 33d state in the Union on February 14, 1859. Portland had wooden sidewalks, and gold glittered in southern Oregon streams. Towns like Lookingglass, Needy, and Sodaville were springing up all around. It is a time to remember -- and to... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Library of Dust by David Maisel Synopsis Esteemed photographer David Maisel has created a somber and beautiful series of images depicting canisters containing the cremated remains of the unclaimed dead from an Oregon psychiatric hospital. Dating back as far as the nineteenth century, these... (read more) List Price $80.00 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Explorer's Guide Washington (Explorer's Guide Washington) by Denise Fainberg Publisher Comments From the eastern deserts to the western rainforests, Washington is home to some of the most varied and beautiful places in the country. Iconic sites like Mount St. Helens, Mount Rainier, and Grand Coulee Dam are complemented by those unknown and... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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West of Here by Jonathan Evison Publisher Comments At the foot of the Elwha River, the muddy outpost of Port Bonita is about to boom, fueled by a ragtag band of dizzyingly disparate men and women unified only in their visions of a more prosperous future. A failed accountant by the name of Ethan... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Historic Photos of Seattle (Historic Photos.) by Walt Crowley Publisher Comments Historic Photos of Seattle captures the past through photographs from the city's finest archives. From the Civil War period, to the turn of the century, to the building of a modern metropolis, Historic Photos of Seattle follows life, government... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $13.95 Sale - Hardcover
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