books about: northwest

books about: northwest

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Northwest

Paul G. Hewitt

Addison Wesley, 2005

Perfect, just what I ordered!
We'd been looking for this book for a few weeks. Good price and reliability high.

Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things (New Report, No 4)

John C. Ryan, Alan Thein Durning

Northwest Environment, 1997

Great Stuff
This book is fantastic!! It really get into the details so you clearly understand the path of where things come from. It's enlightening and well worth the money. While educational in nature it is also very interesting. You can't help running around the house looking ...

American Indian Myths and Legends (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)

Richard Erdoes, Alfonso Ortiz

Pantheon, 1985

Fantastic Collection of Stories from the First Nations
Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz really did a wonderful job putting together this compilation. Taking various stories from North America, the duo covers traditional tales of everyone from the Aleut to the Toltecs and pretty much everything in between. Every region and ...

Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon (Crown Journeys)

Chuck Palahniuk

Crown, 2003

Interesting, offbeat
This collection is an idiosyncratic and appealing mix of off-the-beaten-path sights for the visitor to Portland, personal anecdotes of the author, and brief essays about the history of Portland and its defining vibes. Entertaining and enjoyable.

One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey (Annivers

Sam Keith, Richard Proenneke

Alaska Northwest Books, 2003

Very inspiring book
Excellent book to read. I believe everyone will enjoy this and the story of this amazing person. Easy to read diary-like story of Dick Proenneke's 16-month life alone in a beautiful wilderness of Alaska. Page by page you'll be thrilled to continue on reading and it ...

6 Rainier Drive (Cedar Cove, Book 6)

Debbie Macomber

Mira, 2006

6 Rainier Drive
This is a series of books, that follow each other and mix with each other. I could not wait until each one came out. They were very good and if you have ever lived or visited Washington, it makes it that much more enjoyable. If you have never been there, you will feel ...

Lumby's Bounty

Gail Fraser

NAL Trade, 2008

Lumby's Bounty
Lumby's Bounty is the 3rd installment from Gail Fraser in the Lumby series. Book #3 does not disappoint. This time the town of Lumby is thrown into a whirlwind when they unexpectedly have to host a Hot Air Balloon Festival. The towns residents rise to the occassion ...

The Dream-Hunter (A Dream-Hunter Novel, Book 1)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2007

When I was a little girl...
I would sneak into my parent's library collection and borrow their huge volumes of hardcover Readers Digest books. The ones that held the intrigue of my young mind were all of the stories pertaining to Greek Mythology. Reading this book brought me back to that old ...

Lonely Planet Washington, Oregon & the Pacific Northwest (Lonely Planet Travel Guides) (Lonely Planet Travel ...

Sandra Bao, Brendan Sainsbury, ...

Lonely Planet, 2008

Yet Another Great Book About The Pacific Northwest
LONELY PLANET WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST is yet another great book covering the highly bountiful Pacific Northwestern region of the United States, as well as British Columbia in Canada. Although it lacks extensive coverage of media options for each ...

Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades: The Complete Guide to Organic Gardening

Steve Solomon

Sasquatch Books, 2007

Best Book for NW
This is the bible for NW people and gardens....clay soil? Fertile valley soil? It helped me work on the best soil and is great for the unpredicatable NWest winter, spring and summer. Add this to your collection and be sure to read it !

Plants Of The Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska

Lone Pine Publishing, 2004

A classic.
I'd actually give this 4.5 stars if I could. This is a great all around guide for the west side of the Cascades. It doesn't include every plant, particularly in the sections towards the end on bryophytes, but most plants you'll want to see are in there. I'm torn on ...

Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership (Library of American Biography Series) (2nd Edition) (Library of ...

David Edmunds

Longman, 2006

Great Details
This thin book is surprisingly rich in detail. It is well written and does a very good job of separating legend from fact. It also acknowledges the situations where very little, or nothing, is accurately known about Tecumseh.

Brain Droppings

George Carlin

Hyperion, 2006

A world without George Carlin sucks
"Sympathetic contempt" from the master of thoughtful comedy Carlin: "I am a personal optimist but a skeptic about all else. What may sound like anger is really nothing more than sympathetic contempt. I view my species with a combination of wonder and pity, and I ...

Pure Flavor: 125 Fresh All-American Recipes from the Pacific Northwest

Kurt Beecher Dammeier, Laura Holmes Haddad

Clarkson Potter, 2007

A Winner
I have made nearly a dozen recipes from this book, and every one has been delicious. New-to-me ingredients and interesting new flavor combinations have put some spark back in my cooking. Northwest Nicoise is now a regular in our weeknight dinner rotation, and the ...

Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest (Timber Press Field Guide)

Mark Turner, Phyllis Gustafson

Timber Press, Incorporated, 2006

One of the best wildflower guides out there
Mark Turner's books has become my bible for wildflower hunting in the Pacific Northwest. Not only is it jam-packed with most species, his photos are great and he offers great details for each plant. I have just about every wildflower book published for flowers ...