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$10.00  
fold-out booklet, Daniel Winkler & Robert Rogers, 16 pages, 11.8x4.6, 9780990423812
A convenient, light-weight, pocket-sized, laminated field guide that offers an overview of the 33 most important medicinal fungi in the US & Canada and helps uncover their healing powers. Each mushroom is presented with clear photographs that show key features and a descriptive text...

$7.95  
Pamphlet, Rick M. Harbo, 8 pages, 4.6 x 9, 9781550174939
Sometimes called the most colorful creatures on earth, nudibranchs are a type of shell-less marine snail that capture the attention of scuba divers, snorkelers and tide pool-gazers with their bizarre, ornate body forms and incandescent coloration. There are over 300,000 species world-wide and...

$7.95  
Pamphlet, Neil McDaniel, 224 pages, 4.6 x 9, 9781550175134
"Sea stars are amongst the most common and conspicuous invertebrates that thrive in the rich waters of the Pacific Northwest, from northern California to southeast Alaska. Worldwide there are more than 2,000 different species, but no other temperate region has a greater variety and abundance of...

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Pamphlet, Andy Lamb & Bernard Hanby, 8 pages, 4.6 x 9, 9781550174175
There are few more enjoyable ways to spend a relaxing afternoon than beachcombing for seashells. But there is no need to fly away to some exotic tropical locale to find colorful, fascinating specimens. If you are in the Pacific Northwest, you will find local beaches as rich in fascinating...

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Pamphlet, Bridgette Clarkston, 37 x 9, 9781550177039
Rich in nutrients, used in products from cosmetics to explosives to fertilizers, and vital to our coastal marine ecosystems, seaweeds can be found on any rocky shore or beach in the Pacific Northwest. The pocket-sized  Field Guide to Seaweeds of the Pacifc Northwest  is packed with full-colour...

$7.95  
Pamphlet, Phillipa Hudson, 12 pages, 4.6 x 9, 9781550175721
This laminated guide features twenty-six native trees commonly found from Alaska to Oregon, providing common and Latin names accompanied by colour photographs of identifying features such as bark, leaves or needles, flowers, cones, seeds and fruit. Information on identification, range and an...

A Fish Out of Water
RAN445
$9.99  
Hardcover, Helen Palmer, 72 pages, 6.8 x 0.4 x 9.3, 9780394800233
Illus. in color. "Comic pictures show how the fish rapidly outgrows its bowl, a vase, a cook pot, a bathtub."-- The New York Times.  

A Frog in the Bog
SIM219
$8.99  
Board, Karma Wilson, 34 pages, 7.4 x 0.9 x 5.5, 9781481444521
This lyrical and playful read-aloud from the author of  New York Times  bestselling  Bear Snores On  is now available in a Classic Board Book edition. There’s a small green frog on a half-sunk log in the middle of the bog. He eats one tick, two fleas, three flies, four slugs, and five...

A Full Cup
PGN105
$17.00  
Paperback, Michael D' Antonio, 400 pages, 9781594485213
The chain of islands from the Virgins through to the southern Caribbean is considered one of the most desirable tropical cruising grounds for any sailor. It can be sailed in comfort and confidence with only one language, one currency, a modicum of weather forecasting, and an ability to spot...

A Garden of Whales
FFB080
$7.95  
Paperback, Maggie Davis, 32 pages, 10.4 x 8.5, 9780944475355
The narrator of this tale is a boy who knows that whales are magnificent but endangered creatures. He wants to do anything he can to save them, and as he scrubs in his bathtub, he dreams up a plan to save the whales. . Children from all over the world also get in their bathtubs to save the...

$18.99  
Paperback, Rowan Jacobsen, 9781596915480
"A wide-ranging, thorough, breezily written guide to oysters as cuisine" (Boston Globe), A Geography of Oysters is the complete guide to understanding, serving, and savoring one of North America's most delicious foods-an Amazon Best of the Year 2007 selection. . In this passionate, playful, and...

A Great Day for Pup
RAN251
$9.99  
Hardcover, Bonnie Worth, 48 pages, 6.9 x 0.4 x 9.3, 9780375810961
From Australia to Asia to Africa to Antarctica, the Cat in the Hat travels the globe in search of wild animal babies.

$16.95  
Paperback, Wilbur F. Eastman, Jr., 192 pages, 6 x 0.6 x 9.1, 9781580174572
This no-nonsense guide to canning, freezing, curing, and smoking meat, fish, and game is written in down-to-earth, informative, everyday language. The third edition of this perennial bestseller is completely revised and updated to comply with the latest USDA health and safety guidelines....

$14.99  
David Squire, 176 pages, 7 x 9, 9781504801355
Learn a useful self-sufficiency skill with this field guide to foraging! Complete on-the-go guide  to help foragers identify, locate, and use a variety of tasty edible wild foods Over 100 plant profiles  with detailed information on wild plants, herbs, fruits, nuts, mushrooms,...

$20.00  
Paperback, Adam Makos, 400 pages, 6 x 9, 9780425255735
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: “Beautifully told.” —CNN •  “A remarkable story...worth retelling and celebrating.”— USA Today •  “Oh, it’s a good one!” —Fox News   A “beautiful story of a brotherhood between enemies” emerges from the horrors of World War II in this   New York Times  bestseller...

$35.00  
Hardcover, Barry Pickthall, 224 pages, 10 x 1 x 7.9, 9781472918857
The book provides a fascinating insight into the history of sailing explored through a hundred objects that have been pivotal in the development of sailing and saling boats. From the earliest water-borne craft, through magnificent Viking warships, to the technology that powers some of the most...