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Paperback, Robert Wood, 240 pages, 5 x 8, 9780898862195
In 1889 Washington's then governor, Elisha Ferry, called on men of adventure to cross the Olympic Mountains, a range shrouded in mystery. The  Seattle Press , the state's primary newspaper, stepped up to the challenge, sponsoring the Press Expedition. And soon departed a band of men into the...

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Paperback, Children Of The Setting Sun Productions, 224 pages, 9.1 x 0.6 x 10.2", 9780295748641
Dynamic and diverse, Coast Salish culture is bound together by shared values and relations that generate a resilient worldview. Jesintel―"to learn and grow together"―characterizes the spirit of this book, which brings the cultural teachings of nineteen elders to new generations. Featuring...

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Hardcover, Joseph Bruchac, 256 pages, 5.9 x 1.0 x 8.3", 9781419757198
In Of All Tribes, Abenaki children's book icon Joseph Bruchac tells the stirring history of the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz by Native Americans, which established a precedent for Indian activism. Alcatraz is not an island. It's an idea. - activist Richard Oakes (Akwesasne Mohawk) On the night of...

The Esselen - Book
ROS002
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Paperback, Miranda Rathjen, 32 pages, 7.2 x 0.4 x 8.7", 9781538324592

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Hardcover, David Doyle, 144 pages, 9.25 x 0.75 x 9.25", 9780764367083

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Paperback, Bill Holder, 64 pages, 8.5 x 0.25 x 11", 9780764300677

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Hardcover, Don Logan, 208 pages, 8.7 x 1.0 x 11.2", 9780764332425

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Hardcover, James C. Goodall, 224 pages, 9.3 x 1.0 x 12.3", 9780764355042

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Gregg Olsen , 448 pages, 5 x 8, 9781400097463
In this true story—a haunting saga of medical murder set in an era of steamships and gaslights—Gregg Olsen reveals one of the most unusual and disturbing criminal cases in American history. In 1911 two wealthy British heiresses, Claire and Dora Williamson, arrived at a sanitorium in the...

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Ejnar Mikkelsen, 224 pages, 5 x 8, 9781586423346
Now a major Netflix film co-written by and starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ( Game of Thrones ) The harrowing, amazing, and often amusing personal account of two mismatched Arctic explorers who banded together to keep themselves sane on an historic expedition gone horribly wrong Ejnar...

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Paperback, Ron Dick, Dan Patterson, 208 pages, 9 x 9 x 0.6", 9780228102618
In December of 2019, Vancouver-based airline Harbour Air took to the sky in a 1956 Havilland Beaver retrofitted to fly on battery power. Eschewing gasoline and easily able to fly commuter distances, this old new plane took the first steps of 21st-century flight. 50 Aircraft That Changed the World...

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Paperback, William T. Warren & Constance S. Warren, 96 pages, 6.5 x 9.3 x 0.3", 9780738509013
Residents and visitors strolling through the streets of Portsmouth may wonder about the changes the city has seen over the years. Though much of Portsmouth's charm comes from an appearance that little has been altered, the community has transitioned over the centuries from rural farms to a...

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Paperback, Donald R. Tjossem, 128 pages, 6.5 x 9.3 x 0.3", 9780738599922
Bainbridge Island sits in the middle of Puget Sound in Washington State. Its unique history starts with the Native Americans and includes logging, farming, fishing, and shipbuilding from the late 1800s through the present. Early explorers included George Vancouver in 1792 and the Wilkes...

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Paperback, Andrés Reséndez , 304 pages, 5 x 7, The story of an uncovered voyage as colorful and momentous as any on record for the Age of Discovery—and of the Black mariner whose stunning accomplishment has been until now lost to history It began with a secret mission, no expenses spared. Spain, plo
The story of an uncovered voyage as colorful and momentous as any on record for the Age of Discovery—and of the Black mariner whose stunning accomplishment has been until now lost to history   It began with a secret mission, no expenses spared. Spain, plotting to break Portugal’s monopoly...

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Paperback, Kay W. & David L. Scott, 208 pages, 6 x 9, 9781493066070
The Oregon Trail, the route of the pioneers during the largest mass migration in United States history, was a long and difficult journey made by Americans nearly two centuries ago. This guidebook, rich with photos, interviews, and information about the famous landmarks, facilities, individuals,...

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Paperback, Barry Gough, 416 pages, 6 x 9, 9781550174595
Winner of the John Lyman Book Award for best Canadian naval and maritime history Finalist for the Nereus Writers' Trust Non-fiction Award Finalist for the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, BC Book Prize Longlisted for the 2007 Victoria Butler Book Prize Honourable Mention for the Canadian...

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Paperback, Fred Kaplan, 352 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781476763262
“An important, disturbing, and gripping history” ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review), the never-before-told story of the computer scientists and the NSA, Pentagon, and White House policymakers who invent and employ cyber wars—where every country can be a major power player and every hacker a mass...

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Paperback, Elisabeth Dumont-Le Cornec, 240 pages, 7 x 9, 9780228102588
A guide to the world's flags, their history and design. Did you know that the flag of the United States has been modified 32 times? And that the Jolly Roger is still flown today? Every flag raised through time has a remarkable history tied to the identity and history of whoever is flying...

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Hardcover, Caroline Alexander, 160 pages, 8 x 95, 375404031
A superb, authoritative telling of one of history's great survival stories, that of Shackleton's ill-fated 1914 expedition to cross Antarctica. The author draws on previously unavailable material and presents the awesome photographs by Frank Hurley.

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Paperback, Lincoln Paine, 784 pages, 9.6 x 7.1 x 1.9, 9781101970355
A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how goods, languages, religions, and entire cultures spread across and along the world’s...

Chainsaws: A History
HPC162
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paperback, David Lee, 216 pages, 11x10, 9781550179118
With hundreds of full-colour photographs and fascinating ephemera, combined with an authoritative text listing hundreds of chainsaw models from the 1800s to the present,   Chainsaws   carefully traces the evolutionary threads of countless pioneer devices―from six-hundred-pound steam-powered...

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Paperback, Mark Kurlansky, 282 pages, 5 x 7.25, 9780140275018
Spans a thousand years and four continents to tell the history of cod fishing and the fish that changed the world and made possible the settlement of North America.  

Salt: A World History
PGN077
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Paperback, Mark Kurlansky, 463 pages, 5 x 8, 9780142001615
  Salt-the only edible rock-has made a large and often surprising contribution to man's history. This is very engaging history blending economic, scientific, political religious and culinary records into a memorable tale.  

Gun: A Visual History
PGN122
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Paperback, DK Publishing, 9780756695736
From rifles to sniper guns, machine guns to grenade launchers, Gun: A Visual History is a fully loaded guide to over 300 of the most important guns from the last 700 years. . Perfect for anyone interested in firearms, Gun: A Visual History has revealing features on twenty 'key' guns from...

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Paperback, Charles C. Mann, 541 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781400032051
In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.   Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine...

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Paperback, Andrea Wulf, 576 pages, 5.2 x 1.2 x 8, 9780345806291
The acclaimed author of  Founding Gardeners  reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism. NATIONAL BEST SELLER One of the  New York Times  10...

Haunted Battlefields
LPP028
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Paperback, Dan Asfar, 232 pages, 5 x 8, 9781894877435
After the rifles, cannons and bugles fall silent, when the losses have been counted and the mourners are gone, the ghosts of war return. Drawing on the Civil War, the War of 1812, the Revolutionary War and other conflicts, storyteller Dan Asfar weaves tales of phantom soldiers, supernatural...

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Hardcover, Charles W Maynard, 24 pages, 9 x 9, 9780823962877
Follows the life of the nineteenth-century trapper and explorer who earned his reputation on the western frontier.

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Paperback, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9781467130844

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Paperback, Greg Milner, 336 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780393354362
Pinpoint  tells the story of GPS, a scientific marvel that enables almost all modern technology―but is changing us in profound ways. Over the last fifty years, humanity has developed an extraordinary shared utility: the Global Positioning System. Even as it guides us across town, GPS...

California Missions
NBN019
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Hardcover, Londie Del Padelsky, 152 pages, 9.7 x 9.9 x 0.7, 9781931153881
Londie Padelsky's gorgeous images of the California missions take the reader on a tour of these beautiful and historical structures. It is no wonder the missions draw so many visitors each year. Each one played an important role in the settling of the West and of California. Padelsky's vivid...

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Hardcover, Popular Mechanics, 176 pages, 9.3 x 7.4, 9781618370792
These gadgets changed the world! In 2011,  Popular Mechanics  gathered a panel of experts—esteemed inventors, designers, tech gurus, even a moonwalking astronaut—to create a definitive list of 101 gadgets that changed the course of history. The feature was so popular that it became a History...

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Paperback, Olivia A. Isil, 125 pages, 7 x 7, 9780070328778
A salty collection of over 250 words, phrases and sayings that have become common in English usage. Arranged alphabetically and each entry is accompanied by a full explanation of origins and use. For lovers of English and the sea.