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$21.00  
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.

Chainsaws: A History
HPC162
$34.95  
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...

$24.95  
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...

$18.99  
Paperback, Caroline Van Hemert, 320 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780316414449
For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure.   During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of chickadees,...

$12.95  
Paperback, Darren Zenko, 208 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781894877367
Is it possible that there are family pets so loyal they return even after death? Some people report experiencing the sensation of a cat rubbing up against a pant leg after their favorite feline has gone to its reward. Or what of the long-standing tales in British folklore of spectral dogs--a...

$16.99  
Paperback, Bjorn Dihle, 220 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781943328949
A collection of twenty stories showcasing the supernatural legends and unsolved mysteries of Southeast Alaska, with a focus on the region between Yakutat and Petersburg, where the author has lived his entire life, writing, teaching, guiding, commercial fishing, and investigating ghost stories....

$9.95  
Paperback, Nan McNutt, 56 pages, 8.5 x 10, 9780882407623
In a story set before the coming of the Euro-Americans in the 1700's, Sulsuliya, a Coast Salish teenager, uses her spindle whorl to prepare yarn for her uncle’s wedding gift, a new robe in tribe’s traditional style. She shows her younger sister the skills she was taught by their grandmother, and...

$17.50  
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...

$9.99  
Paperback, Thaneeya McArdle, 80 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9781497202047
Enter an exotic world of creative self-expression with this folk art coloring book! Inspired by the quirky Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos, it offers dozens of fun and playful Sugar Skull art activities that will take you on a playful journey of patterning, shading, and coloring. These...

$18.95  
Abigail B. Calkin Ph.D., 252 pages, 6 x 0.6 x 9, 9780615591933
When Captain Larry Hills attempted to rescue his deckhand, he too was tragically caught in the lines that whipped and wrapped the two men against the net reel of the trawler like captured fish. In the moment before the deckhand’s death he was the only one who heard Larry’s cold...

$10.95  
Paperback, Charles A. Stansfield Jr., 144 pages, 9780811706834
Most notorious Bigfoot sightings UFO reports and cover-ups Lake Okanagan's famous serpent Ogopogo Ghosts of Lewis and Clark, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and Bing Crosby Odd phenomena at Grand Coulee Dam, Olympic National Park, and Fort Vancouver

$19.99  
Paperback, John Bassett McCleary, 720 pages, 9 x 6 x 1.7, 9781580085472
Whether you lived through the sixties and seventies or just wish you had, this revised and expanded edition of the  Hippie Dictionar y entertains as much as it educates.  Cultural and political listings such as "Age of Aquarius," "Ceasar Chavez," and "Black Power Movement," plus popular...

$14.99  
Paperback, Therese LaniganSchmidt, 159 pages, 6x9, 9780764311147
A hundred years after their deaths, meet keepers who still keep the lights burning, their spurned lovers, wronged wives, and bereaved mothers. Travel round the borders of this great country, visiting the remote lighthouses and learn the grisly tales of disastrous deaths and unsolved murders,...

$16.95  
Paperback, Andrew Schelling, 336 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781640090415
" Tracks Along the Left Coast  more than accomplishes its self-appointed task of celebrating de Angulo’s legacy." ― Rain Taxi "Schelling’s biography of Jaime de Angulo―'cattle puncher, medical doctor, bohemian, buckeroo,' among other things―presents a fascinating, full-bodied...

$4.99  
Paperback, Ginjer L. Clarke, 48 pages, 6 x 9, 9780593093108
Do reindeer   really   pull Santa's sleigh? And why do they always seem to be running somewhere? Learn their amazing story in   Reindeer: On the Move! , a photographic nonfiction leveled reader, perfect for kids interested in the natural world! Did you know that reindeer can run up to...

$19.99  
Hardcover, Mike Warren, 192 pages, 7 x 10, 9780760357781
Dude Crafts  is loaded with more than 50 slightly twisted, but somehow useful, projects that will keep crafty men out of trouble (or, sometimes, in it). Whether making life easier with ingenious hacks or providing self-amusement, the  50 projects  presented in  Dude Crafts  are sure to get...

$14.95  
Paperback, Barbara Fifer, 48 pages, 8 x 11, 9781560373544
Children ages 8 to 12 will learn about the journeys of emigrants who traveled 2,000 miles across mountains and prairies to start new lives. From 1851 to the mid-1860s, nearly 350,000 Americans traveled west to Oregon Country or California.  Going Along the Emigrant Trails  details their...

$29.95  
Hardcover, Douglas W. Tallamy, 256 pages, 6 x 9, 9781604699005
A   New York Times   bestseller Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book,  Bringing Nature Home,  awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new...

$18.00  
Paperback, David George Haskell, 288 pages, 7.9 x 5.3, 9780143122944
A biologist reveals the secret world hidden in a single square meter of forest   Written with remarkable grace and empathy,  The Forest Unseen  is a grand tour of nature in all its profundity. Biologist David George Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee...

$15.00  
Board Book, Tim Federle, 40 pages, 6.8 x 1 x 7, 9780762455058
Move over, Mother Goose. Congratulations, and welcome to parenthood! Babies are a miracle, but even miracles poop. A lot. Thank goodness she’s got your twinkling eyes, he’s got your perfect nose, and we’ve got your aching back. Welcome to  Hickory Daiquiri Dock: Cocktails with a Nursery...

California Missions
NBN019
$24.50  
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...

$14.99  
Paperback, 128 pages, 9 x 7.5 x 0.4, 9781565238923
There are times when a guy actually likes to cook times like tailgating parties, hunting trips, clambakes, and whenever beer is involved! If you're looking for recipes for these "special" occasions, you'll find plenty of great options in this testosterone-laden cookbook. From barbecue sauces to...

$8.95  
Paperback, Newmark Learning, 9781478870241
FUN & EDUCATIONAL - Written in question-and-answer format with colorful photos and amusing illustrations for children to enjoy. GREAT FOR GIFT-GIVING - Easily becomes a favorite coffee table read for adults! Loaded with facts and activities for all ages to be entertained while learning...

$17.50  
Paperback, Robert Thompson & Carl Jameson, 320 pages, 6 x 9, 9781423648888
A complete, illustrated A-to-Z resource for vintage trailer enthusiasts. The Illustrated Field Guide to Vintage Trailers   is a complete alphabet of trailers filled with hundreds of high-quality photos and detailed illustrations that make it a one-stop identification reference. The deeply...

$6.95  
Hardcover, Brett Stern, 108 pages, 6.5 x 5, 9781452132594
It's every beer drinker's worst nightmare—a cold brew in hand with no means to open it. Here to the rescue is an indispensable guide featuring 99 ways* to get the job done fast using anything and everything in sight as a bottle opener in a time of need. Photographs and step-by-step instructions...

$17.99  
Hardcover, Rebecca Ruger - Wightman, 160 pages, 9 x 11, 9781631582554
Sea glass is the beautiful result of broken glass being naturally polished and smoothed by the ocean’s currents for extended periods of time. These beautiful jewels become weathered and frosted from abrasion and erosion in salt water, giving them a distinctly beautiful, jewel-like appearance...

$29.95  
Hardcover, Caroline Woodward, 232 pages, 6 x 9, 9781550177275
In 2007, Caroline Woodward was itching for a change. With an established career in book-selling and promotion, four books of her own and having raised a son with her husband, Jeff, she yearned for adventure and to re-ignite her passion for writing. Jeff was tired of piecing together low-paying...

$16.00  
Hardcover, Zach Golden, 152 pages, 7.9 x 6.5, 9780762449071
We’ve all been there: you come home from a long day and just want to have a drink—but which drink? There are so many options, how do you decide?  What the F*@# Should I Drink?  has the answer! The follow-up to the wildly successful and deliciously offensive  What the F*@# Should I Make for...

$15.95  
Paperback, Florence Williams, 304 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780393355574
“Highly informative and remarkably entertaining.”― Elle From forest trails in Korea, to islands in Finland, to eucalyptus groves in California, Florence Williams investigates the science behind nature’s positive effects on the brain. Delving into brand-new research, she...

$20.00  
Paperback, Eric Rutkow, 416 pages, 5.2 x 1 x 8, 9781439193587
Eric Rutkow’s “deeply fascinating” ( The Boston Globe ) work shows how trees were essential to the early years of the republic and indivisible from the country’s rise as both an empire and a civilization. Among  American Canopy ’s many captivating stories: the Liberty Trees, where colonists...

$11.00  
Paperback, 83 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9781627310376
This particular Feral House adult coloring book is the most anticipated of the series. Hundreds of Bowie fans have begged for inclusion in the volume since Bowie has been a life-changing influence for them, due to the icon's transformational aesthetic in gender roles, pop music, and movies....

$12.95  
Paperback, Alan Watts, 64 pages, 8.5 x 5.5, 9781472929730
Color photographs of cloud formations and their groundbreaking explanatory text enable readers to read the sky, pick up the clues and predict what the weather will do. With its winning formula of 24 clear color photographs of cloud formations and their accompanying explanatory text,...

$17.50  
Hardcover, Leif Whittaker, 288 pages, 6 x 9, 9781680510683
In 1963, the world followed the first American Mount Everest Expedition, and watched as "Big Jim" Whittaker became the first American to stand on top of the world. He returned home a hero.  My Old Man and the Mountain  is Leif Whittaker's engaging and humorous story of what it was like to...

Eerie California
IPS024
$22.95  
Paperback, Mike Marinacci, 200 pages, 7.8 x 0.5 x 7.8 inches, 9781579512514
Eerie California  tells the story of the Golden State’s strange and spooky sites. Describes over 100 locations in Northern, Central, and Southern California including these bizarre attractions: • Haunted houses, hotels, highways, and parks • Lairs of “Bigfoot” and other elusive creatures...

$4.99  
Hardcover, Mallory Loehr, 24 pages, 6 x 8, 9780593125618
From the author and illustrator of I'M A UNICORN and I'M A NARWHAL comes a Little Golden Book all about an adorable reindeer! I'm a deer. But not just any deer--I'm a reindeer! Reindeer are strong as soon as they are born. I could run before I was two hours old! Young girls and boys will...

$14.95  
Paperback, Jon Young, 272 pages, 5.3 x 0.7 x 8, 9780544002302
“Jon Young knows birds, and you will too after reading his marvelous book. You’ll discover a universal bird language that will speak to you wherever you go outdoors. Every nature lover should read this book.”—Joseph Cornell, author of  Sharing Nature with Children  and  John Muir: My Life with...

$15.00  
Paperback, J. Maarten Troost, 239 pages, 5 x 8, 9780767921992
The hilarious tale of the author's time on Vanuatu, a rugged cluster of islands where the natives gorge themselves on kava and are still known to 'eat the man. '

$12.95  
Paperback, Samuel Christopher Lancaster, 142 pages, 0.5 x 6 x 9, 9780764320033
Books have been written about the highway that Samuel C. Lancaster built. This is the book that he wrote. Lancaster is known to all who have studied highway engineering. His work directing construction of the Columbia River Highway made history. Lancaster's work followed the pioneering trail of...

$24.95  
Paperback, Ellen Waterston, 248 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780295747507
Former high desert rancher Ellen Waterston writes of a wild, essentially roadless, starkly beautiful part of the American West. Following the recently created 750-mile Oregon Desert Trail, she embarks on a creative and inquisitive exploration, introducing readers to a "trusting, naïve, earnest,...

Hug a Reindeer Kit
PPP043
$9.95  
Paperback w/Plush, 16 pages, 3.5 x 7, 9781441331885
Reindeers reign during the holidays! But what do you know about them? Nuzzle up to this little one and find out! Kit comes with a mini plush reindeer and a fun and educational   Caregiver's Guide! Guidebook is packed with little-known facts, a few reindeer games, an adoption...

$6.99  
board book, Chronicle Books, 12 pages, 4.4x4.4, 9781452102207
Kids will go crazy for these quirky books featuring lovable characters, vivid art, rhyming text, and best of all, cute finger puppets! Watch Little Owl snuggle down to sleep and Snow Baby discover winter s magic in these simple, comforting stories. Each book features a permanently attached plush...

$19.95  
Paperback, Janice Oberding, 272 pages, 6 x 9, 9781493066667
As the dense coastal fog rolls in to blanket the shoreline in gloomy silence, one thing becomes very clear. Oregon is a state in which ghosts roam. Not only here on the coast but in the lush green inland regions as well. Oregon is the ninth largest state in the US, and is one of contrasts. From...

$16.99  
Hardcover, Trish Madson, 32 pages, 9 x 9, 9781945547102
Twelve charming elves travel up and down each state to see who is still awake before Santa comes. Along the way, they visit state landmarks and curiosities, all bedecked in holly and holiday fun. Their last stop? Your home, of course. Jump in bed!

$16.00  
Paperback, Peggy Layton, 304 pages, 9780761563679
What if your life was disrupted by a natural disaster, food or water supply contamination, or any other type of emergency? Do you have the essentials for you and your family? Do you have a plan in the event that your power, telephone, water and food supply are cut off for an extended amount of...

$17.00  
Paperback, Colin Tudge, 480 pages, 6.5 x 9.5, 9780307395399
A blend of history, science, philosophy, and environmentalism,  The Tree  is an engaging and elegant look at the life of the tree and what modern research tells us about their future. There are redwoods in California that were ancient by the time Columbus first landed, and pines still alive...

$15.99  
Paperback, Helena Ventura, 168 pages, 4.4 x 6.7, 9781938849855
Dude, are you pumped to hack California-speak so you don’t sound like a buster? This sweet guide will get you talking fresh, whether you’re in the 626 or the Yay Area, whether you're below the line or in the pocket, or whether you're on fleek or on hiatus. Swoop this epic read, take the 5 to the...

The Reindeer Girl
PGN386
$6.99  
Paperback, Holly Webb, 192 pages, 5 x 8, 9781680104745
Lotta loves to hear Great-grandmother Erika tell stories of her childhood, herding reindeer in the snowy north of Norway. Lotta dreams of having such adventures, too. Little does she know that her wish is about to come true. One night, just before Christmas, Lotta wakes up to find herself in...

$24.95  
Paperback, Jennifer MacKenzie, Jay Nutt, Don Mercer, 384 pages, 7 x 10, 9780778802136
A new update of the bestselling book in its field -- 100,000 in print. Whether grow-your-own, bought locally from a farmer's market, or fresh from a regular supermarket, seasonality still affects the quality, abundance and price of good food. It just makes sense to preserve food quality for...

$10.50  
CD, 687647510095
Celebrates a quarter century of chantey singing at Mystic Seaport. Brings together the best performers of maritime music new and old. Great performances.

$16.95  
Paperback, Kristen D'Angelo, 112 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9781954854758
Fly away from daily stresses while coloring and journaling, taking inspiration from the natural beauty of butterflies. Author Kristen D’Angelo and artist/author Maryjo Koch have created the ultimate inspirational gift book.   Meditations on Butterflies  features 26 stunning North American...
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