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Author
Publisher
Skipstone
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
For many people, the most tangible and beneficial impact they can have on the environment is right in their own yard. Aimed at beginning and veteran gardeners alike, Real Gardens Grow Natives is a stunningly photographed guide that helps readers plan, implement, and sustain a retreat at home that reflects the natural world. Gardening with native plants that naturally belong and thrive in the Pacific Northwest's climate and soil not only nurtures biodiversity,...
Author
Publisher
Binfords & Mort
Pub. Date
1960
Language
English
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Gives a narrative history of 2 separate disasters that happened in the northwest US in 1910. One was an avalanche that killed 96 people at Wellington, Washington. The other was the huge forest fires of 1910 in Montana and Idaho. The emphasis on the fire portion of this book is on the fires in Idaho.
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Series
Language
English
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"The Palmer sisters couldn't be more different. Karen, the eldest, is the responsible one the one who got the grades, married the perfect guy, and has two wonderful, high-achieving children. Cassie is the rebellious one, who got pregnant right after high school and married the wrong man, despite her family's misgivings. And Nicole is a free, creative spirit, who's always been indulged and pampered as the baby of the family who could do no wrong. These...
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Language
English
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Combines fifteen of the author's classic short stories with fifteen new stories in an anthology that features tales involving donkey basketball leagues, lethal wind turbines, and marriage. In these comfort-zone-destroying tales, including the masterpiece, War Dances, characters grapple with racism, damaging stereotypes, poverty, alcoholism, diabetes, and the tragic loss of languages and customs. Questions of authenticity and identity abound.
Publisher
Avenue Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
A band of drug addicts, led by a husband and wife team, resort to robbing drugstores to stay high. They are successful in avoiding capture until their luck begins to run out, and the husband has to accept the fact that he must give up drugs to survive.
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Language
English
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"The book will feature 225 northwestern natives that are the easiest for the home gardener to find and grow. Introductory chapters will address the why and how of growing native plants. Two-thirds of the book will consist of the plant entries that focus on the must-have information that readers are looking for. The geographic area covered will be Oregon, Washington, and southern British Columbia, on both sides of the Cascades"--
Author
Publisher
Sasquatch Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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"Two of the biggest draws of the farmers' market are the chance to buy local products and the opportunity to meet the producer--to skip the middleman and shake the hand of the farmer, the forager, the artisan. For so many of us living in the city, shopping at the supermarket, unwrapping plastic-covered sandwiches for lunch, or grabbing quick takeout, the vendors are heroic. They are passionate about their products and have chosen to do what they do...
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Series
Life in Icicle Falls volume 8
Language
English
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Description
Return to the fan-favorite town of Icicle Falls with book 8 in bestselling author Sheila Roberts' beloved series! Icicle Falls is the place to be at Christmas… Everyone's getting ready for Christmas in Icicle Falls, especially on Candy Cane Lane, where holiday decorating is taken very seriously. Tilda Morrison, town cop, is looking forward to celebrating Christmas in her first house…until she discovers that she's expected to "keep up" with the...
Author
Publisher
[Peter Marbach]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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A collection photographs of the Big River accompanied by essays, many by Pacific Northwest tribal members, about the history and importance of salmon in the Columbia River and the issues around the many dams blocking the historic salmon runs.
11) Refining fire
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Series
Brides of Seattle volume 2
Language
English
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Description
"In 1889 Seattle, Washington, Militine and Thane meet while serving the local poor. Though both carry a dark history and a sense of haunting pain, they begin to grow closer and wonder whether God can build something new and beautiful from the debris of the past"--
Author
Series
Most likely to volume 1
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Melanie Bartlett is back in River Bend, the small town she once called home. Wyatt Gibson is at home there, and is charmed by Melanie and her adorable daughter.
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