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Cataclysms on the Columbia
Cataclysms on the Columbia
by John Eliot Allen
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The formation of the Grand Coulee remained a mystery for many years, until J. Harlen Bretz set out to prove that the Columbia River basin was the site of huge floods 15,000 years ago that covered 16,000 square miles to depths of hundreds of feet... (read more)

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Wizard of Earthsea
Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K Le Guin
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A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.... (read more)

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Sometimes a Great Notion (64 Edition)
Sometimes a Great Notion (64 Edition)
by Ken Kesey
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Reading Sometimes a Great Notion (I finally made it past the first 100 labyrinthine pages after many failed attempts) had such a profound impact on me; it spoke so directly to my core and to what brought me to the land of big trees and ocean breeze (I'm... (read more)

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Rediscovery of North America
Rediscovery of North America
by Barry Holstun Lopez
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Five hundred years ago an Italian whose name, translated into English, meant Christopher Dove, came to America and began a process not of discovery, but incursion -- "a ruthless, angry search for wealth" that continues to the present day. This... (read more)

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Geek Love
Geek Love
by Katherine Dunn
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Geek Love is the story of the Binewskis, a carny family whose mater- and paterfamilias set out — with the help of amphetamine, arsenic, and radioisotopes — to breed their own exhibit of human oddities. There's Arturo the Aquaboy, who has... (read more)

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Fight Club (04 Edition)
Fight Club (04 Edition)
by Chuck Palahniuk
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With more than 300,000 copies sold, Chuck Palahniuk's brilliant first novel and cult classic is being reissued with a new Introduction by the author. An underground classic since its first publication in 1996, Fight Club is widely recognized as one... (read more)

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Cataclysms on the Columbia
  1. Cataclysms on the Columbia
    by John Eliot Allen
  2. Wizard of Earthsea
    by Ursula K Le Guin
  3. Sometimes a Great Notion (64 Edition)
    by Ken Kesey
  4. Geek Love
    by Katherine Dunn
  5. Rediscovery of North America
    by Barry Holstun Lopez
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