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The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America - Book
HMC342
“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 American history.”— Los Angeles Times Since the time of Columbus, Indian slavery was illegal in much of the American continent. Yet, as Andrés Reséndez illuminates in his myth-shattering  The Other Slavery,  it was practiced for centuries as an open secret. There was no abolitionist movement to protect the tens of thousands of Natives who were...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Andrés Reséndez
ISBN: Andrés Reséndez
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Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present, 1492-2000, Revised Edition - Book
PGN282
From the author of  How the World Moves --the classic collection of more than 500 years of Native American History In a series of powerful and moving documents, anthropologist  Peter Nabokov  presents a history of Native American and white relations as seen though Indian eyes and told through Indian voices. Beginning with the Indians' first encounters with European explorers, traders, missionaries, settlers, and soldiers to the challenges confronting Native American culture today,  Native American Testimony  spans five hundred years of interchange between the two peoples. Drawing from a wide range of sources--traditional narratives,...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Peter Nabokov
ISBN: 9780140281590
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Chainsaws: A History - Book
HPC162
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 behemoths, to gas chainsaws mounted on wheeled carriages, to diesel chainsaws. The meticulous text examines Andreas Stihl’s Black Forest experiments, Vancouver’s booming WWII chainsaw industry and the postwar race to develop one-man saws, the rise and fall of Canada’s proud Pioneer brand, and the late entry into the field of the centuries-old arms...
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Dimensions (IN): 11x10
Author: David Lee
ISBN: 9781550179118
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How to Find Love and Make it Last - Book
HMY003
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 comes together. When my teenage children were going to high school and starting to date, I began to write this guide to help them travel through the labyrinth of love with their eyes wide open. I hoped that the difficult lessons that my husband Robert and I had learned during our then thirty years of marriage (now 45) and the subsequent changes we...
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Dimensions (IN): 5.8 x 8.3
Author: Virginia C. Gleser
ISBN: 9780964724747
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Never Say P*g: The Book of Sailors’ Superstitions - Book
HPC166
The nautical reference book you never knew you needed: a compendium of all superstitions maritime and marine. Learn your A-B-Seas of sailors’ guiding magic and mythos―and why you should never stir your tea with a knife, lest you invite trouble and strife. Ever wondered why the skipper gave you a hairy eyeball when you stepped aboard the ship with your left foot? Or why a brolly or a bumbershoot―for the newly seasoned sailor, an umbrella―will bring trouble aboard? Find out all this and more in  Never Say P*g , the never-seen-before collection of maritime superstitions ranging from the East Coast to the Great Lakes of Canada, the...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: R. Bruce Macdonald
ISBN: 9781550179798
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Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home - Book - Paracay
Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home - Book
PGW306
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 histories.”—Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of   Braiding Sweetgrass Growing up in Montana, Chris La Tray always identified as Indian. Despite the fact that his father fiercely denied any connection, he found Indigenous people alluring, often recalling his grandmother’s consistent mention of their Chippewa heritage. When La Tray attended his...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 5.8 x 9.2
Author: Chris La Tray
ISBN: 9781571313980
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Water Songs - Book - Paracay
Water Songs - Book
CPB034
“Water for life! That’s what we need!” A true cascade of poems. Following on from the success of Tree Whispers, Mandy Ross has turned her attention to the diverse voices of water. Beautifully illustrated by Sam Rudd, this is her collection of its haunting and lyrical songs. Our relationship with water is celebrated in its many forms - playful, industrious, productive, life-giving - and many more. With a strong environmental message, this book will be a source of fascination and inspiration for young readers.
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 10.55 x 9.64
Author: Mandy Ross
ISBN: 9781786289063
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The Overstory: A Novel - Book
WWN841
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize New York Times   Bestseller A   New York Times   Notable Book and a   Washington Post ,   Time ,   Oprah Magazine ,   Newsweek ,   Chicago Tribune , and   Kirkus Reviews   Best Book of 2018 "The best novel ever written about trees, and really just one of the best novels, period." ―Ann Patchett The Overstory , winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, is a sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of―and paean to―the natural world. From the roots to the crown and back to the seeds, Richard...
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Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Richard Powers
ISBN: 9780393356687
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Breverton's Nautical Curiosities: A Book of the Sea
Breverton's Nautical Curiosities: A Book of the Sea - Book
LYB071
Breverton's Nautical Curiosities is about ships, people and the sea. However, unlike many other nautical compendiums, this lavishly illustrated book focuses on the unusual, the overlooked, or the downright extraordinary. . Thus, someone most of us do not know, Admiral William Brown, is given equal coverage to Admiral Nelson. Without Admiral Brown releasing Garibaldi, modern Italy might not exist. And without the barely known genius John Ericsson designing the Monitor, the Confederacy might have won the American Civil War. Readers will be stimulated to read more about the remarkable men explorers, admirals, and trawlermen who have shaped...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 1.2 x 5 x 8
Author: Terry Breverton
ISBN: 9781599219790
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Coming Back Alive
Coming Back Alive - Book
SMP035
This spellbinding work chronicles a desperate sea rescue off the coast of Alaska and an electrifying look at the U. S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue crews. Map.
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Dimensions (IN): 6 x 95
Author: Spike Walker
ISBN: 9780312302566
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Crimson Waters: True Tales of Adventure. Looting, Kidnapping, Torture, and Piracy on the High Seas - Book
SKY167
A  New York Times  bestsellling author separates history from myth from the Pharaohs to Blackbeard and Captain Kidd to today.  Soon after the first maritime trade routes became operational, seafaring bandits appeared to prey upon the cargo, crews, and ships of others.  Crimson Waters  traces the history of piracy around the globe, stretching back from its roots in 2500 BCE, through the Golden Age of Piracy in the 17th and 18th centuries, and up to the modern-day pirates who still threaten boats along coastlines and on the open seas.  This journey through history includes:    Evidence of "Sea People" during the reigns of...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Don Mann, Kraig Becker
ISBN: 9781510754874
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Portland's Maritime History - Book
ARC093
Portland is not only the site of numerous marine terminals along the Willamette and Columbia Rivers but also home to much of our American maritime history. Portland shipbuilding started in 1840 with construction of the schooner Star of Oregon. Over 100 years later, three Portland shipyards would build 621 ships for the war effort. Both before and after World War II, several steel and iron companies used the harbors in Portland for their manufacturing. Aside from production, Portland ships over 13 million tons of cargo every year and is the biggest shipper of wheat in the United States.The city displays this maritime history along its...
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Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
ISBN: 9781467130844
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Silent Service: Submarine Warfare from World War II to the Present?An Illustrated and Oral History - Book
SKY145
See the secret and dangerous world of submarine life and warfare like never before. From the ingenious but impractical designs of seventeenth-century inventors through the nuclear-powered submarines of today, this heavily illustrated volume traces the history of the silent force and the elite corps of men who fought and often died beneath the waves. Though fully describing the development of the submarine, this book’s main focus is on the men who served from World War I through the Cold War. Drawing upon journals, memoirs, and interviews with submariners of the past and present, Philip Kaplan paints a vivid portrait of their lives and...
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Dimensions (IN): 8 x 10.5
Author: Philip Kaplan
ISBN: 9781634505536
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Light Years: Memoir of a Modern Lighthouse Keeper
Light Years: Memoir of a Modern Lighthouse Keeper - Book
HPC155
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 part-time jobs and, with Caroline's encouragement, applied for a position as a relief lightkeeper on a remote North Pacific island. They endured lonely months of living apart, but the way of life rejuvenated Jeff and inspired Caroline to contemplate serious shifts in order to accompany him. When a permanent position for a lighthouse keeper became...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Caroline Woodward
ISBN: 9781550177275
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Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis - Book
HMC334
“A vivid exploration of one man's lifelong obsession with an idea . . . Egan’s spirited biography might just bring [Curtis] the recognition that eluded him in life.” —  Washington Post  Edward Curtis was charismatic, handsome, a passionate mountaineer, and a famous portrait photographer, the Annie Leibovitz of his time. He moved in rarefied circles, a friend to presidents, vaudeville stars, leading thinkers. But when he was thirty-two years old, in 1900, he gave it all up to pursue his Great Idea: to capture on film the continent’s original inhabitants before the old ways disappeared. Curtis spent the next three decades documenting...
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Dimensions (IN): 5.3 x 1 x 8
Author: Timothy Egan
ISBN: 9780544102767
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Women Were Pirates Too
Women Were Pirates Too - Book
SPC021
From women who fought alongside the men in dastardly high-sea robberies, to an Irish heroine who plundered British ships, this book explores some long overlooked characters in the history of piracy. Included are Madame Ching, whose fleet ruled the southern coasts of China, Ireland's Grace O'Malley, whose brave fighting exploits on land and sea placed her equal to queens, and Mary Read and Anne Bonny, who plundered ships disguised as men.
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Dimensions (IN): 6x9
Author: C.T. Anthony
ISBN: 9780764324925
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Seamen, Ships, and Cargo
Seamen, Ships, and Cargo - Book
WIC003
 The story of ships and crews that moved cargo along the West Coast from the 18th century to the present. From the paddlewheel steamers that served the CA and Yukon gold rushes to container-laden coastal barge traffic and space-age cruise ships.
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: R. Sheret
ISBN: 921107102
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Task Force: Power at Sea (DVD)
Task Force: Power at Sea (DVD)
BMH420D
Hook Down, Wheels Down: Featuring Naval Aces at their finest including the Langely, Saratoga, Lexington, Enterprize, Wasp, Hornet, Ranger and their fighting aircraft the Wildcat, Dauntless, Avenger and the Hellcat. Seapower - Plymouth Rock To Polaris: American seapower from the creaking decks of wooden saiing ships to Nuclear submarines and carriers. The Rise Of The Soviet Navy: A bold and powerful record of the Russian fleet from the days of Czar to today's modern and potential threat.
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ISBN: 97278004205
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Along the Trail with Lewis and Clark (Third Edition): A Guide to the Trail Today - Book
FAR031
Take Your Own Journey through History on the Lewis & Clark Trail! Follow the journey of the Corps of Discovery from Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello through the Midwest and the Rockies, to the Pacific Ocean and back with this detailed chronicle of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. This third edition of the classic guidebook features accessible text that combines the historical sites and color maps that merge the past and present in a user-friendly and entertaining way.
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: Barbara Fifer
ISBN: 9781560378037
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A Sailor, A Chicken, An Incredible Voyage: The Seafaring Adventures of Guirec and Monique - Book
IPS191
A man and his chicken sail 45,000 nautical miles in this powerful story of following your dreams no matter what stands in your way. When Guirec Soudée was 21 years old, he bought a 30-foot sailboat and set out across the Atlantic, despite having only sailed a dinghy before.  His only companion? His plucky pet hen, Monique. Guirec never intended to sail the world with a chicken, but after reaching the Caribbean, he and Monique made for Greenland––and emerged from the pack ice 100 days later.  Their next goal? San Francisco. Then, Antarctica. But first, could they navigate the treacherous Northwest Passage? One thing was for...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Guirec Soudée
ISBN: 9781771647045
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Incredible Pirate Tales
Incredible Pirate Tales: New and Expanded - Book
LYB075
From Long John Silver to Captain Hook, Blackbeard to Captain Kidd, pirates are the stuff of legend. Movies and books have been based on these terribly charismatic cutthroats for decades, with varying degrees of fact thrown in. The truth of the matter is that these bloodthirsty robbers sailed together, plundered together, and, like most outlaws, died together. Incredible Pirate Tales captures the most audacious tales of actual and fictional characters who took up the "black flag" and a life of crime on the high seas. This collection paints a picture of these brash bandits that is sure to ignite a vicarious longing for adventure and romance.
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: edited by Tom McCarthy
ISBN: 9781493018789
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Suddenly Overboard: True Stories of Sailors in Fatal Trouble
Suddenly Overboard: True Stories of Sailors in Fatal Trouble - Book
INT460
True stories of contemporary sailing disasters that will keep you alert and careful when you are on the water. . Suddenly Overboard tells stories about sailors who experienced catastrophes when least expecting them and who were rescued, or who died, or who lived to tell the tale simply by good luck. These tales will make you think "if these are the ways most sailors actually die, then what if I were in that situation?" These true-life stories are told in compelling, short narratives, with an insider's analysis of what contributed to the accidents so you know what not to do or what to look out for when you are on the water. You will learn...
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Book Type: Paperback
Author: Tom Lochhaas
ISBN: 9780071803311
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A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II - Book
RAN641
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 by the author of   Spearhead .  December, 1943 : A badly damaged American bomber struggles to fly over wartime Germany. At the controls is twenty-one-year-old Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown. Half his crew lay wounded or dead on this, their first mission. Suddenly, a Messerschmitt fighter pulls up on the bomber’s tail. The pilot is German...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Adam Makos
ISBN: 9780425255735
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The Oceans and the Stars - A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story - Book
The Oceans and the Stars - A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story - Book
HCT063
Mark Helprin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Winter’s Tale and A Soldier of the Great War, presents a fast-paced, beautifully written novel about the majesty of the sea; a life dedicated to duty, honor, and country; and the gift of falling in love. A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined to always do what’s right. In defending the development of a new variant of warship, he makes an enemy of the president of the United States, who assigns him to command the doomed line’s only prototype––Athena, Patrol Coastal 15––with the intent to humiliate a man who...
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Dimensions (IN): 6.5 x 9.3 x 1.8"
Author: Mark Helprin
ISBN: 9781419769085
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Rescue at the Top of the World - Book
PAR033
Winter came early to the Arctic in 1897. Frigid temperatures brought pack ice that filled the waters north of the Bering Strait. As a result, virtually the entire North American whaling fleet was trapped, stranding 300 men to die of starvation and exposure. Three escaping ships raised the alarm. Answering the call, three officers from the early U. S. Coast Guard and two missionaries volunteered to travel over 1,500 miles through the Arctic winter to reach the shipwrecked whalers. The rescuers' perilous four-month journey, through mountainous territory and barren sub-zero landscapes never before traversed, was fraught with blizzards,...
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Dimensions (IN): 9 x 5.9
Author: Shawn Shallow
ISBN: 9780939837656
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Spirits of the Earth: A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories, and Ceremonies - Book
PGN406
An extraordinary compilation of legends and rituals about nature's ever-present signs. From the birds that soar above us to the insects beneath our feet, Native American healer Bobby Lake-Thom shows how the creatures of the earth can aid us in healing and self-knowledge. “There are ancient secrets and lessons hidden in nature. If you seek for guidance, you will discover truth.”—Bobby Lake-Thom Much of the ancient knowledge that has been passed down from Native American medicine men, or shamans is in danger of being lost. Bobby Lake-Thom, a Native American healer known as Medicine Grizzly Bear, has sought to preserve this powerful...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7 x 9
Author: Bobby Lake-Thom
ISBN: 9780452276505
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Flutes of Fire: An Introduction to Native California Languages Revised and Updated - Book
IPS226
An essential book on California’s Indigenous languages, updated for the first time in over 25 years Before outsiders arrived, about one hundred distinct Indigenous languages were spoken in California, and many of them are in use today. Since its original publication in 1994,  Flutes of Fire  has become one of the classic books about California’s many Native languages. It is written to be approachable, entertaining, and informative—useful for people doing language revitalization work in their own communities, for linguists, and for a general readership interested in California’s rich cultural heritage. With significant updates by the...
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Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Leanne Hinton
ISBN: 9781597145664
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Book
STL360
A timeless classic comes alive with Francesca Rossi's gorgeous illustrations, now in a smaller format.   Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea  represents an authentic prototype for every tale of undersea adventure. On board the submarine  Nautilus , young readers will be fascinated by the enigmatic Captain Nemo and will come to be astounded by the wonders that populate the depth of the sea. The splendid illustrations by Francesca Rossi, an artist capable of capturing vividly and realistically the atmosphere of the stories, will carry the children into the heart of the adventure. Almost as if they could browse the pages of the...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 9 x 7
Author: Jules Verne
ISBN: 9788854411838
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Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper - Book
NBN042
Over the course of twenty years of delivering sailboats to far-flung quaysides, John Kretschmer has had innumerable adventures, both humorous and terrifying. in  Flirting with Mermaids , he recounts the most memorable of them. He crosses the Western Caribbean with a crew of eccentric Swedes researching ancient Mayan mariners, lands in Aden at the outbreak of civil war, and endures a North Atlantic crossing during which he disocvers the existence of Force 13 winds. Approaching Japan at the end of a particularly trying delivery, he finds himself sailing in "a high impact debris zone," but his resolve is unshaken. "If a piece of rocketship...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: John Kretschmer
ISBN: 9781574091649
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Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast - Book
UWP003
Bold, inventive and highly graphic, the indigenous art of the Northwest Coast is distinguished by its sophistication and complexity. It is also composed of basically simple elements, which, guided by a rich mythology, create images of striking power. This indispensable and beautifully illustrated book is the first to introduce everyone, from the casual observer to the serious collector of Northwest Coast prints, to the forms, cultural background and structures of this highly imaginative art. The elements of style are introduced; the myths and legends which shape the motifs are interpreted; the stylistic differences between the major...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Hilary Stewart
ISBN: 9780295956459
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Proud Raven, Panting Wolf: Carving Alaska's New Deal Totem Parks - Book
UWP006
Among Southeast Alaska's best-known tourist attractions are its totem parks, showcases for monumental wood sculptures by Tlingit and Haida artists. Although the art form is centuries old, the parks date back only to the waning years of the Great Depression, when the US government reversed its policy of suppressing Native practices and began to pay Tlingit and Haida communities to restore older totem poles and move them from ancestral villages into parks designed for tourists. Dramatically altering the patronage and display of historic Tlingit and Haida crests, this New Deal restoration project had two key aims: to provide economic aid...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 7 x 10
Author: Emily L. Moore
ISBN: 9780295743936
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Native American Wisdom: A Spiritual Tradition at One With Nature - Book
PGN286
A wonderful and inspiring collection of eloquent prose, beautiful poetry and ancestral wisdom from Chiefs, Medicine Men and ordinary members of many Native American tribes. Although there are major differences in the lifestyles of the numerous Native American nations, they share fundamental beliefs. The spiritual wisdom of these people is based on a love and reverence for Nature, a belief in a Supreme Being and a spirit world that interacts with human activity. Organized in alphabetical order and grouped around the main Native American Nations from Apache to Zuni, including the Sioux, Eskimo, Cherokee and many more, the evocative...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6.5 x 4.5
Author: Alan Jacobs
ISBN: 9781786781390
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Heroes Beneath the Waves: True Submarine Stories of the Twentieth Century - Book
SKY148
The unbelievable stories of the heroic men who sailed under the sea. In  Heroes Beneath the Waves , many brave men who rode submarines to great depths and across the oceans into unknown territory share their experiences, fears, and thoughts. They allow us to travel back in time through their memories. Trained for years to keep silent—for “loose lips sink ships”—many still believe what they know to be classified and refuse to disclose even the minutest of recollections. Others, however, want to leave a legacy of reminiscences for people to learn and live by—to know that freedom is not free. Some stories will never be told. Held...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Mary Nida Smith
ISBN: 9781634505123
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The Bentwood Box - Book
EPP019
The Bentwood Book is an activity book for kids from ages 9-12, including teaching guides. It tells the story of how indians from the Nortwest Coast made boxes out of bent wooden planks. Introduces activities that provide information about the crafts and ways of life of these people
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Book Type: Activity Book
Dimensions (IN): 11 x 8.5
Author: Nan McNutt
ISBN: 9781941890349
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Great American Shipwreck Stories
Great American Shipwreck Stories - Book
NBN030
Great American Shipwreck Stories  is a magnificent collection of gripping accounts of a ship's encounter with a great whale or an overwhelming monsoon or a disastrous passage through the Straits of Magellan, leading to a wreck and a crew's harrowing plight for survival on the open seas or on a desert island. Capturing all the elements of ancient and powerful tragedy, this book is chockful of thrilling tales of survival - as well as a frightful examination of man's darkest impulses - which allow the reader a gruesome glimpse behind the veil of honor and bravery that history often ascribes to such men of the sea.  These are all...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 1 x 8.5 inches
Author: Tom McCarthy
ISBN: 9781493033713
$1600
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Wilderness Essays
Wilderness Essays - Book
GSP015
Part of John Muir's appeal to modern readers is that he not only explored the American West and wrote about its beauties but also fought for their preservation. His successes dot the landscape and are evident in all the natural features that bear his name: forests, lakes, trails, and glaciers. Here collected are some of Muir's finest wilderness essays, ranging in subject matter from Alaska to Yellowstone, from Oregon to the High Sierra.This book is part of a series that celebrates the tradition of literary naturalists―writers who embrace the natural world as the setting for some of our most euphoric and serious experiences. These books...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: John Muir
ISBN: 9781423607120
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The Columbia: America's Great Highway Through the Cascade Mountains to the Sea
The Columbia: America's Great Highway Through the Cascade Mountains to the Sea - Book
SPC057
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 explorers Lewis and Clark. In plotting the route of the first paved road inland from Portland, Lancaster took advantage of every viewpoint the magnificent river gorge offered. This book is a faithful reprint of his 1915 book. It is Lancaster's story of the valley; a wonderful collection of essays about the region's natives, early missionaries, fur...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 0.5 x 6 x 9
Author: Samuel Christopher Lancaster
ISBN: 9780764320033
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Shipwrecks of Coos County
Shipwrecks of Coos County - Book
ARC052
European settlement of Coos County began with a shipwreck. The Captain Lincoln wrecked on the north spit of the Coos Bay in January 1852. The crewmen built a temporary camp out of the ship's sails and named it "Camp Cast-Away" This was the first white settlement in the area. The men eventually traveled overland to Port Orford, where they told other settlers about the Coos Bay and its many natural resources. By December 1853, Coos County was established by the territorial legislature, and several towns were founded; the history of the area had been completely altered by a single shipwreck.
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: H.S. Contino
ISBN: 9780738581576
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Art of the Northwest Coast, 2nd Edition - Book
UWP008
Originally published in 2006,  Art of the Northwest Coast   offers an expansive history of this great tradition, from the earliest known works to those made at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Although non-Natives often claimed that First Nations cultures were disappearing, Northwest Coast Native people continued to make art during the painful era of colonization, often subtly expressing resistance to their oppressors and demonstrating the resilience of their heritage. Integrating the art’s development with historical events following contact with Euro-Americans sheds light on the creativity of artists as they appropriated...
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Dimensions (IN): 6.75 x 9.75
Author: Aldona Jonaitis
ISBN: 9780295748559
$2995
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Pinpoint: How GPS Is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds
Pinpoint: How GPS Is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds - Book
WWN825
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 helps land planes, route mobile calls, anticipate earthquakes, predict weather, locate oil deposits, measure neutrinos, grow our food, and regulate global finance. It is as ubiquitous and essential as another Cold War technology, the Internet. In  Pinpoint , Greg Milner takes us on a fascinating tour of a hidden system that touches almost...
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Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Greg Milner
ISBN: 9780393354362
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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race - Book
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The #1 New York Times bestsellerThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space-a powerful, revelatory history essential to our understanding of race, discrimination, and achievement in modern America. The basis for the smash Academy Award-nominated film starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner. Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to...
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Dimensions (IN): 8 x 5.31
Author: Margot Lee, Shetterly
ISBN: 9780062363602
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Mum's Beauty - Book
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A young family leaves their Northern California tree farm to explore Europe by water. On this journey they discover a vast waterway system. Each family member assumes more responsibilities along the way and they all learn to live in harmony in a small space. This is a story of their sailing adventure, it's challenges and accomplishments.
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Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: Karen Sack
ISBN: 9781719272438
Living A Dream - Book
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On 9/11, USN Commander Suzanne Giesemann was aboard the military aircraft Speckled Trout as it flew over the just-demolished Twin Towers. As aide to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, she strode beside him through the still-smoldering Pentagon. All those lives gone in an instant, robbed of the chance to live their dreams: would she and her Naval captain husband get to live their own dream?. Click the E-Book icon to get the Kindle version of this title
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Dimensions (IN): 9 x 5.9
Author: Suzanne Giesemann
ISBN: 9780939837809
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Longitude
Longitude - Book
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Engagingly told true story of John Harrison, the lone genius who met the greatest scientific challenge of his time by perfecting the marine chronometer and solving the problem of measuring longitude at sea, profoundly altering history. Color photos.
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Dimensions (IN): 4.5 x 7.5
Author: Dava Sobel
ISBN: 9780802715296
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Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard - Book
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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 book, Tallamy takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots approach to conservation.   Nature’s Best Hope  shows how homeowners everywhere can turn their yards into conservation corridors that provide wildlife habitats. Because this approach relies on the initiatives of private individuals, it is immune from the whims of...
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Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Douglas W. Tallamy
ISBN: 9781604699005
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California Disasters: True Stories of Golden State Tragedies and Triumphs - Book
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CALIFORNIA DISASTERS highlights some of the major catastrophic events from pre-statehood to the 21st Century. It is said that California has four seasons: drought, flood, fire, and earthquakes. California Disasters covers all these categories and many more. Readers will discover the stories behind some of the most dramatic disasters in the state's history, along with a "near miss.<P>Phyllis Perry's book will captivate fans of disaster literature as they read of the well-known (the Donner Party fiasco of 1846 and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire) and the obscure (the wreck of the paddle ship Brother Jonathan in 1865 and the...
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Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Phyllis Perry
ISBN: 9781560377757
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Powwow Day - Book
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In this uplifting, contemporary Native American story, River is recovering from illness and can't dance at the powwow this year. Will she ever dance again? River wants so badly to dance at powwow day as she does every year. In this uplifting and contemporary picture book perfect for beginning readers, follow River's journey from feeling isolated after an illness to learning the healing power of community. Additional information explains the history and functions of powwows, which are commonplace across the United States and Canada and are open to both Native Americans and non-Native visitors. Author Traci Sorell is a member of the...
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Dimensions (IN): 9 x 9
Author: Traci Sorell
ISBN: 9781580899482
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More Faster Backwards: Rebuilding David B - Book
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ON JUNE 16, 2006, the David B left Bellingham, Washington bound for Juneau, Alaska, on her maiden voyage as a passenger vessel. Eight years earlier, Christine and Jeffrey had found the David B tucked behind a breakwater on Lopez Island. The tired old wooden boat, built in 1929, was showing her age. When the young couple stepped aboard the neglected vessel, her sturdy work-boat style captured their hearts with an ageless beauty that only the young dreamers could see. Their desire was to own and operate a small expedition cruise ship in Alaska. With their love for one another and without much income, they pinned their hopes and sheer will...
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Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Christine K Smith
ISBN: 9780615540894
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Adrift
Adrift - Book
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Riveting, first-hand account of the only man ever to have survived more than a month alone at sea in an inflatable raft. A genuine seafaring classic.
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Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.25
Author: Steve Callahan
ISBN: 9780618257324
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500 Days
500 Days - Book
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The author departed Brisbane, Australia in June 1984 in his 12 ft. self-designed and built boat to complete a circumnavigation in the smallest yacht yet. An amazing story. Photos.
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.75 x 8.25
Author: Serge Testa
ISBN: 9780731648498
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