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A Chain of Hands (Paperback)
Carol Ryrie Brink
In
A Chain of Hands
, Brink detailed many of the hands that touched hers, revealing in non-fiction form many of the people, places, and events that played prominent roles in her fictional books for adults and children. Her most acclaimed work,
Caddie Woodlawn
, won the Newbery Medal in 1936. She was born and raised in Moscow, Idaho.
Illustrations • notes • bibliography • index • 6" x 9" • 200 pages (1993)
Northwest History/Palouse/Biography/Autobiography
Price :
US$17.95
Edge of Tomorrow (Paperback)
An Arctic Year
Sam Wright
From one of the last great wildernesses—the Brooks Range of Alaska, one hundred miles inside the Arctic Circle—Sam Wright speaks to an emerging view of nature as an interconnected, dynamic whole. Living in a hand-built, 12' x 12' cabin, Wright records seasonal changes and his thoughts as he and his wife live a year in isolation and contemplation.
Photographs • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 192 pages (1998)
Nature/Environment/Alaska/Essays and Memoirs/Pioneers/Adventurers
Price :
US$14.95
My Heart on the Yukon River (Paperback)
Monique Dykstra
In the summer of 1993, photographer Monique Dykstra and a friend canoed down the Yukon River, traveling nearly 2,000 miles across Canada’s Yukon Territory and Alaska. Paddling 30 to 40 miles a day, Dykstra photographed and interviewed the unique individuals she encountered in the sparsely settled wilderness.
Photographs • maps • 10 1/2" x 9" • 136 pages (1997)
Art/Photography/Alaska/Nature/Environment/Essays and Memoirs
Price :
US$24.95
Netting the Sun (Paperback)
A Personal Geography of the Oregon Desert
Melvin R. Adams
This surprising interpretation of south central Oregon’s botany, geology, wildlife, ethnography, and history reveals what a truly special place the high desert is.
Netting the Sun
offers carefully-crafted natural and human stories from a seemingly empty and forlorn landscape.
Illustrations • photographs • maps • 6" x 9" • 160 pages (2001)
Oregon/Essays and Memoirs/Nature/Environment
Price :
US$16.95
River Earth (Hardbound)
A Personal Map
John C. Pierce
River Earth
is a personal exploration of family and community in and around the rivers of the Pacific Northwest. Love, anger, wonder, a sense of place—these all emerge in this collection of poignant, often funny pieces.
Illustrations • photographs 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 208 pages (1999)
Essays and Memoirs/Idaho/Bargain Books
Price :
US$12.95
River Earth (Paperback)
A Personal Map
John C. Pierce
River Earth
is a personal exploration of family and community in and around the rivers of the Pacific Northwest. Love, anger, wonder, a sense of place—these all emerge in this collection of poignant, often funny pieces.
Illustrations • photographs 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 208 pages (1999)
Essays and Memoirs/Idaho/Bargain Books
Price :
US$9.95
The Pull of Moving Water (Paperback)
Alice Koskela
The author describes the cultural simmerings and explosions of the 1950s and 1960s from the vantage point of a girl on an Idaho farm—feeling impossibly removed from anything that seemed to matter.
Illustrations • photographs • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 120 pages (1999)
Essays and Memoirs/Idaho/Bargain Books
Price :
US$9.95
Valley Walking (Hardbound)
Notes on the Land
Robert Schnelle
These thirty-three essays are the narrative of an outdoor enthusiast on a seasonal round that is seeded with wit, passionate environmental protest, and glad praise for the threatened but still gorgeous landscapes of a high mountain valley.
Robert Schnelle
is a commentator on Northwest Public Radio's
Morning Edition
.
5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 150 pages (1997)
Essays and Memoirs/Washington/Nature/Environment
Price :
US$18.75
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