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60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Portland: Including the Coast, Mounts Hood and St. Helens, and the Santiam River (4th Edition) by Paul Gerald Staff Pick Whether you're looking for a quick jaunt through Forest Park or a five-hour trek in the Columbia River Gorge, Paul Gerald's updated guide provides everything you need to get to the trailhead and back. New maps, hikes, and photos ensure you'll find... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Super Natural Every Day: Well-Loved Recipes from My Natural Foods Kitchen by Heidi Swanson Staff Pick This cookbook has blown me away. I've made three meals from it in the last week, and they've all been delicious, easy, highly adaptable, and healthy! There doesn't seem to be anything that writer/photographer/designer/food blogger Heidi Swanson can't do,... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Garden Anywhere: How to Grow Gorgeous Container Gardens, Herb Gardens, Kitchen Gardens and More -- without Spending a Fortune by Alys Fowler Staff Pick Garden Anywhere is an apartment-dwelling wannabe-horticulturalist's dream. With easy-to-follow instructions and super-creative container garden ideas — like making window boxes out of wine crates and growing potatoes in feed sacks — this book is... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.47 Sale - Trade Paper
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Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People by Amy Sedaris Staff Pick Very few people could pull off a book like this, but, rest assured, Amy Sedaris has. Featuring craft projects for crab-claw roach clips, countless pompon-related items, and everything in between, this hilarious book is a perfect gift for the DIYer with a... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Horns by Joe Hill Staff Pick After reading Joe Hill's newest novel, Horns, I am vastly relieved: there is a successor to Stephen King. I've spent a few traumatizing moments wondering what I'd do should there not ever be another King novel or short story. Well, as long as his son... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Creature ABC by Andrew Zuckerman Staff Pick Creature ABC, a smaller, alphabetized (and more affordable!) version of Zuckerman's hit Creature, is equally as magical as the original. Kids and adults alike will be awed and mesmerized by the stunning, detailed photos of wild animals, from alligators... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Lovers by Vendela Vida Staff Pick Vendela Vida's ability to set a mood is masterfully displayed in The Lovers, an eerie travelogue laced with nuanced suspense. Recently widowed, Yvonne travels to Turkey to retrace the steps of her honeymoon, but finds herself alone in an unfamiliar and... (read more) List Price $23.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Lost Lore: A Celebration of Traditional Wisdom from Foraging and Festivals to Seafaring and Smoke Signals by Una McGovern and Paul Jenner Staff Pick Drawing on folklore, tradition, and superstition, this amusing collection is packed with the wisdom you wish your grandparents had passed down to you. It includes methods to cure drunkenness, predict the sex of a baby, and make antidotes to poison — in... (read more) Your price: $32.33 New - Hardcover
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Moon Pacific Northwest Camping: The Complete Guide to Tent and RV Camping in Washington and Oregon (10th Edition) by Tom Stienstra Staff Pick 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) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain Staff Pick Chelsea Cain's third installment in the twisted saga of knock-out serial killer Gretchen Lowell and Portland detective Archie Sheridan delivers the same breathless pace, originality, and sharp wit that Cain's fans have come to expect. Her version of the... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Savory Baking by Mary Cech Staff Pick No one should have to face the cruel winter months without this book. With amazing recipes — like, pizza with fingerling potatoes and crispy bacon, scones stuffed with caramelized red onions and brie, and a shiitake mushroom and garlic souffl... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Handmade Marketplace: How to Sell Your Crafts Locally, Globally, and Online by Kari Chapin Staff Pick Dreaming of quitting your day job and opening up an Etsy shop? Kari Chapin, with help from crafty experts like Amy Karol (Bend the Rules with Fabric) and Megan Reardon (notmartha.org), has written a timely and inspiring guide to starting, marketing, and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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How to Cook the Perfect Day by Nikki McClure Staff Pick Equal parts art book and recipe collection, this darling volume is everything you'd expect from the lovely Nikki McClure. Featuring her iconic paper-cut illustrations along with simple recipes, the artist's rendition of her "perfect food day" will... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Cooking in the Moment: A Year of Seasonal Recipes by Andrea Reusing Staff Pick Cooking in the Moment is a vibrant seasonal recipe collection paired with lush photos and insightful commentary. James Beard Award nominee Andrea Reusing hit this one out of the park; it's a must have for every farmers market fanatic.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $27.00 Used - Hardcover
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Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito Staff Pick Not only is this book gorgeous, it's incredibly accessible. Baked, the beloved Brooklyn-based bakery, puts an original twist on treasured favorites — the desserts your grandma used to make, only better. Yeah, I said it. Your grandma can deal.... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Mission Street Food: Recipes and Ideas from an Improbable Restaurant by Karen Leibowitz and Anthony Myint Staff Pick This first book from McSweeney's new cookbook imprint perfectly encapsulates the spirit of the both the publisher and the featured restaurant. Mission Street Food (the restaurant) is a shifting entity that's difficult to define and this... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Hardcover
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The Big Sur Bakery Cookbook: A Year in the Life of a Restaurant by Michelle Wojtowicz and Philip Wojtowicz and Michael Gilson and Catherine Price Staff Pick The Big Sur Bakery, a battered little lodge tucked into the woods behind a gas station on Highway 1, is a culinary gem. Local ingredients, seasonal produce, and a vision born from a truly unique corner of the world will earn this cookbook a permanent... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Sugar Snaps and Strawberries: Simple Solutions for Creating Your Own Small-Space Edible Garden by Andrea Bellamy Staff Pick Another winner from Timber Press, the authority on making things grow in the Pacific Northwest, this charming guide from the founder of the website Heavy Petal will help any aspiring urban farmer turn the smallest space into a producing garden, with... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists by A. V. Club Staff Pick The Onion can do little wrong, in my eyes, and this hilarious collection of pop-culture lists from the writers of the A. V. Club proves it once again. This book is perfect for anyone with a sense of humor who's ingested any pop culture in the last 30... (read more) List Price $20.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard Staff Pick Told through melodic, purposeful prose from a first-person-plural perspective, Hannah Pittard's stunning debut novel is an eerie, perfectly pitched recounting of adolescence that skillfully captures the blurred line between the tangible and the imagined.... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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