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Colorful Characters from Paisley's Past
ISBN: 9781499570137 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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52,40 |
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Take Cover, Spokane: A History of Backyard Bunkers, Basement Hideaways, and Public Fallout Shelters of the Cold War
ISBN: 9781496094582 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lee O'Connor explores the fascinating subject of Spokane's backyard bunkers, basement hideaways, and public fallout shelters, in this book about an eastern Washington city that set its Cold War fears in cement. Take cover, Spokane, Washington. That thought propelled residents into a fallout shelter mania in the summer and fall of 1961. "It soon reached the point," Spokane humorist Kent Graybill recalled, "where if you weren't at least planning a shelter in the basement or under the petunia bed, you were practically un-American." Years earlier, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev had bellowed at...
Lee O'Connor explores the fascinating subject of Spokane's backyard bunkers, basement hideaways, and public fallout shelters, in this book about an ea...
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The Blewett Mining District of Washington
ISBN: 9781505700299 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Leading mining historian Kerby Jackson introduces us to a classic mining work in this important re-issue of "Geology and Ore Deposits of The Blewett Mining District of Washington." Unavailable since 1911, this important publication was originally published by the Washington Geologic Survey and has been unavailable for a century. Topics include the geology, rock formations and the formation of ore deposits in this important mining area of Washington State. Also included are hard to find details on the geology, history and locations of dozens of mines in the area. Some of the mines featured...
Leading mining historian Kerby Jackson introduces us to a classic mining work in this important re-issue of "Geology and Ore Deposits of The Blewett M...
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52,56 |
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The Myers Creek and Nighthawk Mining Districts of Washington
ISBN: 9781505700947 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Leading mining historian Kerby Jackson introduces us to a classic mining work in this important re-issue of "Geology and Ore Deposits of the Myers Creek Mining District and Geology and Ore Deposits of the Nighthawk Mining District." Unavailable since 1911, this important publication was originally published by the Washington Geologic Survey and has been unavailable for a century. Topics include the geology, rock formations and the formation of ore deposits in these important mining areas of Washington State. Also included are hard to find details on the geology, history and locations of...
Leading mining historian Kerby Jackson introduces us to a classic mining work in this important re-issue of "Geology and Ore Deposits of the Myers Cre...
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52,56 |
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The Raging Sea: The Powerful Account of the Worst Tsunami in U.S. History
ISBN: 9780692290446 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On Good Friday, 1964, the residents of Crescent City in Northern California were preparing for the Easter weekend. Little did they know, but the worst earthquake in U.S. history was ripping Alaska apart. The 9.2 magnitude quake caused a tsunami that sped across the Pacific faster than a jet liner. The huge waves surged into U.S. coastal towns and aimed straight at the heart of the town, creating death, destruction, victims, and heroes alike in short time. Nature was on a rampage.
On Good Friday, 1964, the residents of Crescent City in Northern California were preparing for the Easter weekend. Little did they know, but the worst...
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53,61 |
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Fun at Stewart Park
ISBN: 9781643887913 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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53,76 |
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Hippie Tales of the Northwest Woods
ISBN: 9781626528925 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Set in the seldom-chronicled 'back to the earth' movement of the 1970s and '80s, author 'Buckwheat' Bob Harrison tells poignant stories and yarns of his life after quitting his tech job with the State of California, dropping out in 1970 at age 33, and moving to the mountains in southern Oregon. His was a life lived for 15 years without vehicle, electricity, potable running water or legal residence, 10 years as a squatter and 5 years as a caretaker. Refugees from the Industrial and Technological revolution lived in agony, ecstasy and danger, trying to rediscover connections with their inner...
Set in the seldom-chronicled 'back to the earth' movement of the 1970s and '80s, author 'Buckwheat' Bob Harrison tells poignant stories and yarns of h...
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Beneath the Law: The Plight of Crime Victims in the American Criminal Justice System
ISBN: 9780986009754 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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53,91 |
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Montana's Child
ISBN: 9780996456920 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this warm-hearted, sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant account, Gwen Ellis tells the story of growing up in Montana's Big Sky country during the 1940s when houses had no electric dryers or dishwashers and many people burned wood and coal to keep warm and to cook. This is the story of homemade and homegrown Montanans who hunted so their families would have meat to eat and gardened to feed their families throughout the brutally cold, seemingly endless winters. As you read, you'll: Hear the bawling of calves and the pounding of horses' hooves as cowboys and ranchers round up their herds....
In this warm-hearted, sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant account, Gwen Ellis tells the story of growing up in Montana's Big Sky country during th...
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The Station Master's Wife: A Scandalous Life Exposed
ISBN: 9781087868745 / Angielski / Miękka / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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53,95 |
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Stitches and Stories: Recollections from the Oregon Quilt Project
ISBN: 9781716156205 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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54,30 |
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Battle of To-Hots-Nim-Me
ISBN: 9781477255292 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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54,80 |
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Jailbirds and Stool Pigeons: Crime Stories of the West
ISBN: 9780888394316 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jailbirds and Stool Pigeons is a study of human weakness. Featuring true crime stories of the Pacific Northwest from the 1880s to 1935, this book is full of flawed characters. Tom McCarty, mentor to Butch Cassidy and Matt Warner, led his clan into a life of crime showing no remorse for crimes they committed. Charles McDonald and George Frankhauser robbed a train but fielded to the pleasures of the flesh-then they were doomed. The Folsom thirteen killed to be free from prison, but they could never escape their guilt. Frank 'Frigidaire' Grigware fell prey to an easy money scheme and ended up in...
Jailbirds and Stool Pigeons is a study of human weakness. Featuring true crime stories of the Pacific Northwest from the 1880s to 1935, this book is f...
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55,89 |
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Postcards from the Oregon Coast: History Presented by the People Who Lived It
ISBN: 9781790517664 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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56,45 |
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Nez Perce Country
ISBN: 9780803276239 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The rivers, canyons, and prairies of the Columbia Basin are the homeland of the Nez Perce. The Nez Perce, or Nimiipuu, inhabited much of what is now north central Idaho and portions of Oregon and Washington for thousands of years. The story of how western settlement drastically affected the Nimiipuu is one of the great and at times tragic sagas of American history. Renowned western historian Alvin M. Josephy Jr. describes the Nimiipuu s attachment to the land and their way of life, religion, and vibrant culture. He also chronicles the western expansion that displaced them, beginning with the...
The rivers, canyons, and prairies of the Columbia Basin are the homeland of the Nez Perce. The Nez Perce, or Nimiipuu, inhabited much of what is now n...
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Frontier Legacy: History of the Olympic National Forest 1897 to 1960
ISBN: 9780914019589 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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57,61 |
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Haunted Fairhaven
ISBN: 9780986009723 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In "Haunted Fairhaven," local writer Taimi Dunn Gorman, explores the tales of ghostly sightings through the testimonies of current residents and stories of the past. While researching 1890s newspapers for murders, suicides, strange deaths and other occurrences, she brought in a team of psychics and photographers to investigate the places where it happened, and call out the supernatural beings that still reside there.
In "Haunted Fairhaven," local writer Taimi Dunn Gorman, explores the tales of ghostly sightings through the testimonies of current residents and stori...
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Washington State Place Names: From Alki to Yelm
ISBN: 9780870043567 / Angielski / Miękka / 291 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press"
Place names are like the historical markers past which we all speed in our cars, too preoccupied to stop and enjoy them. The Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puyallup, Anacortes, Walla Walla--these are some of the place names of Washington State. Scratch the surface and spend a little time wondering from whence they came and you will uncover a wealth of lore, legend and local flavor. "Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press"
Place names are like the historical markers past which we all speed in our cars,... |
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Montana Trivia
ISBN: 9781931832601 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Q. Where is the only place to find answers on 1,326 questions about Montana. A. Here! This book is your personal compendium of the most incredible, unbelievable, wild, weird, arcane, fun, fascinating, and true facts about Montana. Great easy reading!
Q. Where is the only place to find answers on 1,326 questions about Montana. A. Here! This book is your personal compendium of the most incredible, un...
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Truman of St. Helens: The Man and His Mountain
ISBN: 9780914019725 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At 8:32am, Sunday, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington State with the explosive force of more than 20 million tons of TNT. It remains the most deadly and economically destructive volcanic eruption in the history of the United States. When author Shirley Rosen first heard the news, her immediate thoughts were of her 83-year-old uncle, Harry Truman, who owned the 50-acre Mt. St. Helens Lodge resort on the shores of Spirit Lake. Harry was his given name, but if anyone asked he'd say, "Just call me Truman." Drawing from interviews and memories of working at Truman's lodge,...
At 8:32am, Sunday, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington State with the explosive force of more than 20 million tons of TNT. It remains...
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