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  • Opal

    The Journal of an Understanding Heart

    by Opal Whiteley ...
    A lyrical, lovely, and deeply touching adaptation of an authentic journal kept by an orphaned six-year-old girl--later believed to be a French princess--living in an Oregon lumber camp at the turn of the century. 24 black-and-white photographs. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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    “Acclaimed writer Charles Bukowski turns his signature eye on the world of felines. A series of essays and poems all about cats, Bukowski’s classic funny and frank tone becomes, at times, even endearing as he explores and honors the majestic creatures and our relationship with them.” —BustleFelines touched a vulnerable spot in the unfathomable soul of Charles Bukowski, the Dirty Old Man of ... Read more

    $13.49 USD

  • Native Peoples of the Olympic Peninsula

    Who We Are, Second Edition

    Edited by Jacilee Wray ...
    The nine Native tribes of Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula—the Hoh, Skokomish, Squaxin Island, Lower Elwha Klallam, Jamestown S’Klallam, Port Gamble S’Klallam, Quinault, Quileute, and Makah—share complex histories of trade, religion, warfare, and kinship, as well as reverence for the teaching of elders. However, each indigenous nation’s relationship to the Olympic Peninsula is unique. Native ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Diary of a Shropshire Farmer

    A Young Yeoman's Life and Travels 1835-37

    by Peter Davis ...
    Not many young farmers of the early nineteenth century left diaries that have come down to us, still fewer from Shropshire, at a time when country life continued much as it had since long before the Industrial Revolution. In June 1835, twenty-three-year-old Peter Davis set out from his home in the Teme valley on a mini grand tour. As befitted a son of the soil, his eye lighted first upon the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Pacific Destiny

    The Three-Century Journey to the Oregon Country

    "Walker constructs a compelling narrative that is a string of unusual profiles rather than an analytic account of a major event in American history." - Publishers WeeklyThe Oregon Country!For a century that fabled place, lying somewhere beyond the Rocky Mountains at the farthest reaches of the continent galvanized the American people.Its riches, in furs, timber, fish, and fecund soil for farming, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Mark Twain's Notebooks

    Journals, Letters, Observations, Wit, Wisdom, and Doodles

    by Carlo De Vito ...
    The original and insightful collection that combines Mark Twain's journal writings with his rarely seen sketches and doodles. Fascinating and often hilarious, this is a complete record of the thoughts, ideas, and observations of the father of American literature.A national treasure and a cultural and literary icon, Mark Twain was called "the father of American literature" by William Faulkner. His ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Remarkable Oregon Women

    Revolutionaries & Visionaries

    Without the efforts of inspiring, brave women of the past, the progressive and individualistic Oregon we know today might not exist. From native tribes and Oregon Trail pioneers to Victorian suffragists and unlikely politicians, strong female leaders give profound meaning to the state motto, alis volat propriis--she flies with her own wings. Writer and activist Julia Ruuttila fought for the rights ... Read more

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  • The Bright Squadrons

    A True Story of Love and War

    Barbara Harper-Nelson was once the 19-year-old girlfriend, living in Liverpool, of 22-year-old French airman Francis Usai, who was in the RAF Bomber Command. Amazingly, she kept the letters (over 2,000 pages of correspondence) from this witty and amusing young French airman, exiled from his conquered country and based near York, from where he undertook nightly missions into the horrendous ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Stevens County

    by Kay L. Counts ...
    Series series Images of America
    Stevens County was first inhabited by a Paleo-Indian culture that occupied Kettle Falls along the Columbia River for 9,000 years. A gathering place for several Salish Indian tribes, the area called Shonitkwu, meaning �Falls of Boiling Baskets,� was an abundant resource for fishing�specifically salmon. Traveling downriver from Kettle Falls to the trading post Spokane House in 1811, Canadian fur ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Final Forest

    Big Trees, Forks, and the Pacific Northwest

    2011 Outstanding Title, University Press Books for Public and Secondary School LibrariesWinner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association AwardBefore Forks, a small town on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, became famous as the location for Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight book series, it was the self-proclaimed “Logging Capital of the World” and ground zero in a regional conflict over the fate of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Bonney Lake's Plateau

    Series series Images of America
    The story of Bonney Lake and the plateau is not about towns and their storefronts, but of the enduring people who settled there before and after Washington achieved statehood. In spite of their brief presence, Michael Connell and Reuben Finnell are names credited for many of the area�s key landmarks. In 1864, pioneer William B. Kelley arrived at the plateau. His public service as a territorial ... Read more

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