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Lockheed F-117 Night Hawks: A Stealth Fighter Roll Call - Book
Lockheed F-117 Night Hawks: A Stealth Fighter Roll Call - Book
SPC081
$49.99  
Hardcover, Don Logan, 208 pages, 8.7 x 1.0 x 11.2", 9780764332425
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: The Illustrated History of America's Legendary Mach 3 Spy Plane - Book
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: The Illustrated History of America's Legendary Mach 3 Spy Plane - Book
SPC082
$45.00  
Hardcover, James C. Goodall, 224 pages, 9.3 x 1.0 x 12.3", 9780764355042
Chainsaws: A History
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...
Jesintel: Living Wisdom From Coast Salish Elders - Book
Jesintel: Living Wisdom From Coast Salish Elders - Book
UCP001
$34.95  
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...
Mine to Mill: History of the Great Lakes Iron Trade: From the Iron Ranges to Sault Ste. Marie
Mine to Mill: History of the Great Lakes Iron Trade: From the Iron Ranges to Sault Ste. Marie
SPC070
$29.99  
Hardcover, Phillip J. Stager, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780764347672
The history of the iron ore trade on the Great Lakes, from 1900 to 1980, is perhaps best related in visual form. Historians and enthusiasts alike can now learn about this important part of our country’s industrial heritage in nearly 300 views of the mines, railroads, loading docks, and...
Cedar: Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians
Cedar: Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians
UWP009
$29.95  
Paperback, Hilary Stewart, 192 pages, 9 x 10, 9780295974484
From the giant cedar of the rainforest came a wealth of raw materials vital to the way of life, art and culture of the early First Nations people of the Northwest Coast. All parts of the cedar tree had many uses. From the wood, skilled men made ocean-going canoes, massive post-and- beam...
Heaven On The Half Shell: The Story Of The Oyster In The Pacific Northwest - Book
Heaven On The Half Shell: The Story Of The Oyster In The Pacific Northwest - Book
UWP014
$29.95  
Paperback, David George Gordon, 248 pages, 7.27 x 0.57 x 9.02", 9780295750781
Heaven on the Half Shell offers a thoroughly researched and richly illustrated history of the Pacific Northwest's beloved bivalve, the oyster. Starting with the earliest evidence of sea gardens and clam beds from 11,500 years ago, this book covers the history of oyster cultivation through...
Fortune's A River: The Collision of Empires in Northwest America
Fortune's A River: The Collision of Empires in Northwest America
HPC171
$28.95  
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...
Howard Hughes: Aviator
Howard Hughes: Aviator
NAV080
$25.95  
Paperback, George J. Marrett, 264 pages, 6 x 9, 9781682470367
George J. Marrett, a former test pilot for aviator Howard Hughes, separates fact from fiction to tell the inside story of the genius who set flight speed records in the 1930s and went on to develop some of America’s most famous aircraft and weapons. The author draws on his wealth of experiences...
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
HMC342
$24.99  
Paperback, Andrés Reséndez, 448 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, Andrés Reséndez
“Long-awaited and important . . . No other book before has so thoroughly related the broad history of Indian slavery in the Americas.”— San Francisco Chronicle “A necessary work . . . [Reséndez’s] reportage will likely surprise you.”—NPR “One of the most profound contributions to North...
Portsmouth Harbor's Military and Naval Heritage
Portsmouth Harbor's Military and Naval Heritage
ARC182
$24.99  
Paperback, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738536477
Including more than two hundred vintage photographs and illustrations, Portsmouth Harbor's Military and Naval Heritage chronicles the history of the Piscataqua River's naval shipyard and harbor defenses. Long before it became home to one of the U.S. Navy's first federal shipyards, the harbor at...
Portsmouth: An Old Town by the Sea
Portsmouth: An Old Town by the Sea
ARC181
$24.99  
Paperback, Russell M. Lawson, 160 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738524276
From Strawbery Banke to the Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth has always been the economic, cultural, and political hub north of Boston. Brightly-colored saltbox homes and towering lighthouses line the churning currents of the Piscataqua, and narrow lanes echo with the footsteps of John Paul Jones, the...
Bainbridge Island - Images of America - Book
Bainbridge Island - Images of America - Book
ARC185
$24.99  
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...
SR-71 Blackbird: Lockheed's Ultimate Spy Plane - Book
SR-71 Blackbird: Lockheed's Ultimate Spy Plane - Book
SPC079
$24.99  
Hardcover, David Doyle, 144 pages, 9.25 x 0.75 x 9.25", 9780764367083
Exploring the Oregon Trail: America's Historic Road Trip
Exploring the Oregon Trail: America's Historic Road Trip
GPT268
$22.95  
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,...
Scoundrels of the Salish Sea: Tales of Crime and Punishment in Washington State's History
Scoundrels of the Salish Sea: Tales of Crime and Punishment in Washington State's History
ARC169
$21.99  
Paperback, Carol Turner, 176 pages, 6 x 9, 9781634992237
From Orcas Island to Tacoma, and west to the Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas, the American section of the Salish Sea serves as an abundant setting for a wild ride through Washington's history of crime and punishment. These stories came primarily from the pages of old newspapers--the earliest...
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