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Hardcover, Anthony J. Vallone, 312 pages, 6 x 9, 9781588341372
Air Vagabonds  is the story of the amazing, true (mis)adventures of a band of rogues piloting aircraft alone into exotic and deadly destinations. In the late 1970s and through the 1980s the demand for light aircraft eclipsed anything seen before or since. This created the need for a small...

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Paperback, Virginia C. Gleser, 320 pages, 5.8 x 8.3, 9780964724747
Finding that special person is a complicated combination of timing, outside influences, core beliefs, impulses, and drives. Your chances for a successful relationship improves when you do the work that makes you into a dynamic and compatible partner. When opportunity meets preparation, it all...

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Paperback, Lyndel Meikle, 152 pages, 6 x 9, 9780878427000
Lyndel Meikle, a Montana native, spent thirty-nine years at Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site in an ever-evolving job which included giving tours of the historic mansion, reaching into a cow to straighten out the leg of its emerging calf (hint: take your ring off first), and doing road...

Lonesome Traveler
IPS197
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Paperback, Jack Kerouac, 192 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780802130747
In his first frankly autobiographical work, Jack Kerouac tells the exhilarating story of the years when he was writing the books that captivated and infuriated the public, restless years wandering during which he worked as a railway brakeman in California, a steward on a tramp steamer, and a...

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Hardcover, Barry Blanchard, 440 pages, 6.5 x 9.5, 9781938340314
With heart-pounding descriptions of avalanches and treacherous ascents, Barry Blanchard chronicles his transformation from a poor Native American/white kid from the wrong side of the tracks to one of the most respected alpinists in the world. At thirteen, he learned to rappel when he joined the...

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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. '

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Hardcover, Andrea Rogers, 336 pages, 6.4 x 1.3 x 9.35", 9781646141791
Making her YA debut, Cherokee writer Andrea L. Rogers takes her place as one of the most striking voices of the horror renaissance that has swept the last decade. Horror fans will get their thrills in this collection from werewolves to vampires to zombies all the time-worn horror baddies are...

My Good Man - Book
HCB137
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Hardcover, Eric Gansworth, 424 pages, 6.4 x 1.35 x 9.3", 9781646141838
A literary tour-de-force sure to turn the coming-of-age genre on its head from Printz honoree Eric Gansworth Brian, a 20-something reporter on the Niagara Cascade's City Desk, is navigating life as the only Indigenous writer in the newsroom, being lumped into reporting on stereotypical stories...

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John Jensen, 9781493073269

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Robert Louis Stevenson, 272 pages, 8 x 10.1, 9781454946014
Sneaky pirates, sailing ships, buried treasure, exotic lands, and murderous mutiny—what could be better to win over even the most reluctant reader? Robert Louis Stevenson serves up thrills, chills, and plenty of action in this timeless and beloved adventure novel. This must-have collector’s...

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Hardcover, Chris La Tray, 320 pages, 5.8 x 9.2, 9781571313980
A   People Magazine   "Best New Book of the Month" Finalist for the 2024 Pacific Northwest Book Award “I’m in awe of Chris La Tray’s storytelling.   Becoming Little Shell   creates a multilayered narrative from threads of personal, family, community, tribal, and national...

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Paperback, Ernest K. Gann, 416 pages, 6.13 x 9.25, 9780671636036
Ernest K. Gann’s classic pilot's memoir is an up-close and thrilling account of the treacherous early days of commercial aviation. “Few writers have ever drawn readers so intimately into the shielded sanctum of the cockpit, and it is hear that Mr. Gann is truly the artist” ( The New York Times...

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Portland, Paperback, Laura O. Foster , 224 pages, 5 x 6.8, 9781621063452
Portland Stair Walks  describes in detail 18 pleasant walks and biking adventures, routes to explore public stairs, paths not mapped by Google Earth, pedestrian bridges and waterway. The adventures are varied in size, from a short 2 miles to about 17 miles. A 5x7 inch book is easy to take...

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Paperback, Louis S. Warren, 672 pages, 5.19 x 8, 9780375726583
William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody was the most famous American of his age. He claimed to have worked for the Pony Express when only a boy and to have scouted for General George Custer. But what was his real story? And how did a frontiersman become a worldwide celebrity? In this prize-winning...

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Paperback, Donald L. Barlett, 688 pages, 9.3 x 6.1, 9780393326024
The life that inspired the major motion picture The Aviator, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese. Howard Hughes has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle, and reclusiveness. This is the book that breaks through the image to get at...

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Olympic National Park, Hardcover, Gary Peterson, 109 pages, 10.25 X 9.25, 9781578333875
Biographies of 12 remarkable women of the Pacific Northwest.
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