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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
by Cheryl Strayed
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Vintage)
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Moon Pacific Northwest Camping: The Complete Guide to Tent and RV Camping in Washington and Oregon (10th Edition)
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Moon Pacific Northwest Camping is the definitive guide to every sort of outdoor space you'd want to hunker down in for a night. RV, tent, back country — you name it, it's in this newly revised volume. A mandatory sidekick for your next PNW outdoor... (read more)

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The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche
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You think you've got it bad trudging uphill in the snow every day to work and back? Just imagine you're stuck inside one of two trains trapped in the Cascade Mountains during a catastrophic blizzard... and then an avalanche hits! The only thing more... (read more)

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The Best in Tent Camping: Oregon: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Best in Tent Camping Oregon)
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If you're the type of camper who thumbs your nose at RVs and doesn't enjoy listening to Metallica's Black Album being pumped from the adjacent site, you'll appreciate the picks in the Best in Tent Camping series. Scenery and serenity are key, and this... (read more)

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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
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Portland Hikes 3RD Edition Day Hikes in Oregon
by Art Bernstein
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When friends tell me to pick a book for them to read that I really like, this is the one I give most often. Brilliant, wacko, kooky, sharp short stories from one of my favorite writers.... (read more)

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The Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing
by Rachel Poliquin
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