Books from Sasquatch Books
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Gift of the Whale: The Inupiat Bowhead Hunt, a Sacred Tradition
By Bill HessBob gaffed the animal, then with Charlie directing, he and Robert tied it to the boat and hauled it to shore. Soon all but a few belugas had been brought in. They now lay, tail first, on the beach, just below the cemetery.
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More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
By Nancy PearlTwo of my favorite memoirs of this country are Leonard Woolf's Growing : An Autobiography of the Years 1904 to 1911 and Michael Ondaatje's Running in the Family . The five volumes of Woolf's autobiography are consistently interesting ...
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Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
By Nancy Pearl... Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby E. M. Forster's A Passage to India Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy Anita Loos's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes A. A. Milne's Winnie - the - Pooh Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway Margaret Mead's Coming of ...
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The Hidden Lives of Owls: The Science and Spirit of Nature's Most Elusive Birds
By Leigh CalvezIn an article published in September 2004 in the journal Nature, Douglas Levey, Scot Duncan, and Carrie Levins suggested that it's also a type of tool use, that the owls are gathering mammalian dung as a means of “fishing” for dung ...
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The Plank Grilling Cookbook: Infuse Food with More Flavor Using Wood Planks
By Dina Guillen, Michelle Lowrey2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts Macadamia nut oilor extravirgin olive oil to coat Salt and pepper 2 celery stalks, finely diced 3 green onions,finely chopped, both green andwhite parts 1⁄2 cup finelydicedred onion 1⁄2 red apple, ...
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Return of the Sea Otter: The Story of the Animal That Evaded Extinction on the Pacific Coast
By Todd McLeishWhen the first whales came into view just off the town of Moss Landing, several dozen sea otters were resting and feeding there, too. They were perched at the edge of the nutrient-rich Monterey Canyon, an underwater canyon that extends ...
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Rising Son: A US Soldier's Secret and Heroic Role in World War II
By Sandra VeaCamp Savage." JULY 1943–CAMP SAWAGE, MINNESOTA Masao stepped off the train at Camp Savage in July 1943. The first thing he noticed was that the camp was small and filled with Nisei. It felt good to be around others like himself.
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The Best Party of Our Lives: Stories of Gay Weddings and True Love to Inspire Us All
By Sarah GalvinThis moving collection of true stories about gay weddings shows how LGBT couples have overcome cultural and personal obstacles to their unions, made wedding traditions their own, and what everyone can learn from them.
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Look at That Bird!: A Young Naturalist's Guide to Pacific Northwest Birding
By Karen DeWitz"This book explores the most common birds in our region in a way that's approachable and fun for kids 12 and under.
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At the Kitchen Table: The Craft of Cooking at Home
By Greg AtkinsonNot long afterhis wife died, eightyyearold Chapman came to spend some time with Chrisand Alicein Seattle. He wanted todoafish fryforthe Canlis crew. He had done thesethings for groups ranging froma few dozen up totwo thousand.
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Growing Roses in the Pacific Northwest: 90 Best Varieties for Successful Rose Gardening
By Nita-Jo RountreeIn the time of Augustus, founder of the Roman Empire and its ruler from 27 BC to 14 BC, the Romans used roses for several purposes. In the first century AD, the hedonistic emperor Nero dumped tons of rose petals on his dinner guests.
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Driving Home: An American Journey
By Jonathan RabanProving that an outsider is the keenest observer of the scene that natives take for granted, this collection of Jonathan Raban’s essays affirms his place as the most literate, perceptive, and humorous commentator on the places, characters ...
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Book Lust to Go: Recommended Reading for Travelers, Vagabonds, and Dreamers
By Nancy PearlTwo enjoyable characterdriven novels about trips down the Colorado River are In theHeartof the Canyon by ElisabethHyde andAmbition byLisa Michaels. Hyde's novel tellsofa groupofstrangers whocome togetherfora multiday raft trip that ...
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House Lessons: Renovating a Life
By Erica BauermeisterAnd we got it. Connie would arrive on Sunday, a whisper of a woman who nevertheless tackled that camping porta-potty, which was, unfortunately, as full as we had feared. Our friends Reed and Tina would come, too, throwing stained and ...
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Take a Walk, 3rd Edition: 110 Walks Within 30 Minutes of Seattle and the Greater Puget Sound
By Sue Muller HackingGo 1.7 miles to the parking lot, which is just north of the Lloyd family farm on the west side of the road. From I405 north of Bellevue, northbound, take exit 23 (US2) toward Woodinville/Wenatchee then merge onto SR 522 east.
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Christina's Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from a Northwest Island Kitchen
By Christina Orchid... condiments; salsa; sauce rhubarb Rhubarb Buckle with Ginger Ice Cream, 214-15 Rhubarb Mint Chutney, 170 rice Pumpkin Risotto, 198-99 Seaweed Rice, 139-40 risotto Pumpkin Risotto, 198-99 roasting peppers, 1 1 5 rocket.
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Love Rock Revolution: K Records and the Rise of Independent Music
By Mark BaumgartenAfter Bret left with the recording, Elliott put the Beat Happening tape inhis own cassetteplayer, expecting tohear punk rock.He found something very different. “In the Spoiled, we played hard punk rock,”Elliott says.
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Passionate Nutrition: A Guide to Using Food as Medicine from a Nutritionist Who Healed Herself from the Inside Out
By Jess Thomson, Jennifer AdlerHuffingtonPost. February1, 2012. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/grace-suh-coscia-lac- diplom/fermented-foods_b_1220756.html.Dong, Faye M. “The Nutritional Value of Shellfish.” 2001 (revised 2009). http://www.wsg.washington.
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Brittle Stars & Mudbugs: An Uncommon Field Guide to Northwest Shorelines & Wetlands
By Patricia K. LichenBut the two intermingle and sometimes interbreed , creating offspring that look a bit like each of them ( and , coincidentally , also like Thayer's gulls ) . These hybrids are so common they're sometimes given their own unofficial name ...
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Book Crush: For Kids and Teens - Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Interest
By Nancy Pearl... The Burgess, Gelett Burgess, Melvin Burleigh, Robert Burned Burnett, Frances Hodgson Burnford, Sheila Burn Journals, The Burrough, Augusten Burton,VirginiaLee Buscaglia,Leo Buss, FranLeeper Butterworth, Oliver Buttons Buz Byng, ...