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Mountaineers Books
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English
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Backpacking Washington details 80 routes, from the lush Hoh River Glacier Meadows to the open ridges of the Columbia Highlands and beyond. With an emphasis on weekend trips, routes range from overnight to weeklong treks and often include options for extending trips or choosing camp spots.
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Sasquatch Books
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English
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Explore the beauty of Washington's natural landscape with this fully updated guide featuring the 100 best low-impact day hikes in the state—perfect for aging baby boomers, seniors, those traveling with small children, and anyone else interested more in a stroll than a climb.
From the Olympic Peninsula to Mount Rainier and Snoqualmie Pass, The Creaky Knees Guide Washington is a day-hiking guidebook filled with kinder, gentler...
From the Olympic Peninsula to Mount Rainier and Snoqualmie Pass, The Creaky Knees Guide Washington is a day-hiking guidebook filled with kinder, gentler...
3) The other
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Pub. Date
2008
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English
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When two boys--John William Barry and Neil Countryman-- meet in 1972 at age sixteen, they're brought together by what they have in common: a fierce intensity and a love of the outdoors that takes them, together and often, into Washington's remote backcountry, where they must rely on their wits--and each other--to survive. Soon after graduating from college, Neil sets out on a path that will lead him toward a life as a devoted schoolteacher and family...
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Mountaineers Books
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English
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Discover a quintessential northwest experience. From a mountaintop perch near a historic fire lookout, soak up dramatic views of distant ridgelines while getting a glimpse into Washington's past. The state's fire lookouts not only have played an important role in forest-fire management, but have also been temporary homes for the dedicated people who spend summers isolated from civilization to watch over the forests below. HIKING WASHINGTON'S FIRE...
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San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local fisherman is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder. In the course of the ensuing trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than a man's guilt. For on San Pedro, memory grows as thickly as cedar trees and the fields of ripe strawberries--memories...
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University of Washington Press
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
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Exploring Washiington's Past tells the state's story in terms of where to go and what to see. With words, potographs, and maps the authors evoke the cultural landscape and portray Washington's people and events from the days of the fur trade and pioneer settlement to the recent past. A useful field guide to keep in the car or to usin in planning trips, the book also serves as a home reference on the history and geography of Washington State.
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Blackberry Island novels volume 3
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MIRA Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Sisters Nina and Averil Wentworth deal with life and love--and their tenuous relationship with each other--on Blackberry Island.
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Twilight saga volume 2
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English
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When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways.
11) Border songs
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English
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Set in the previously sleepy hinterlands straddling Washington state and British Columbia, Border Songs is the story of Brandon Vanderkool, six foot eight, frequently tongue-tied, severely dyslexic, and romantically inept. Passionate about bird-watching, Brandon has a hard time mustering enthusiasm for his new job as a Border Patrol agent guarding thirty miles of largely invisible boundary. But to everyone’s surprise, he excels at catching...
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Mountaineers Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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CLICK HERE to download two rides from 75 Classic Rides Washington — Port Angeles-Lake Crescent Loop & Tonasket-Oroville-Palmer Lake Loop
* 75 truly classic cycling routes range from family-friendly paved bicycle paths to epic mountain pass climbs
* Full color with maps, photographs, and lively turn-by-turn descriptions
From a 50-mile route around Orcas Island or a family trip along Seattle's flat Burke-Gilman
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Sasquatch Books
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English
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Discover the beauty of Washington state with these 75 scenic road trips, each of which leads to an easy day hike.
This choose-your-own-adventure guidebook is the first of its kind to take take the easy hike offroading—and up forest roads into the lush landscape of Washington State. Most forest roads in Washington climb almost as high as some of the trails, providing vistas almost as good as those reached by foot. Featuring 75 roads throughout...
This choose-your-own-adventure guidebook is the first of its kind to take take the easy hike offroading—and up forest roads into the lush landscape of Washington State. Most forest roads in Washington climb almost as high as some of the trails, providing vistas almost as good as those reached by foot. Featuring 75 roads throughout...
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Cedar Cove series volume 2
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English
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Grace, a seemingly reserved librarian, shows the town of Cedar Cove what she is truly made of when her husband mysteriously vanishes, forcing her to call upon her inner strength and courage to help her two daughters deal with his disappearance.
17) The brothers K
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English
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This novel spans decades of loyalty, anger, regret, and love in the lives of the Chance family. Here there is a father whose dreams of glory on a baseball field are shattered by a mill accident, a mother who clings obsessively to a religion as a ward against the darkest hour of her past; and four brothers who come of age during the seismic upheavals of the sixties and who each choose their own way to deal with what the world has become.
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Washington State Legacy Project, Office of the Secretary of State
Language
English
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Salmon fishing was an integral part of northwestern Native American lives and guaranteed to the tribes under treaty rights. These fishing rights were ignored until the 1960s when Native American activists like Billy Frank Jr. fought to reassert them. His work on Native American rights continued even after winning the Boldt decision that reaffirmed tribal fishing rights.
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