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Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xiii, 273 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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"While working for Washington State Magazine, eleven journalists traveled throughout the region to interview farmers, chefs, wine tasters, mountain climbers, scientists, and more. The resulting stories highlight the Evergreen State's captivating people, industries, and history, describing influential programs, cities from Aberdeen to Zillah, as well as a wide variety of trends, research, and innovative solutions"--
87) Paddling Washington: flatwater and whitewater routes in Washington State and the inland Northwest
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
435 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 22 cm.
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"An ill wind blows through Alpine, but Advocate publisher Emma Lord and Sheriff Milo Dodge seem immune to the prevailing angst. The newlyweds' domestic idyll is most definitely over when a dead man is discovered near the fish hatchery and nobody has a clue as to his identity. Vida Runkel may have insight, but Emma's redoubtable House & Home editor is mad at the world and saying little. Moreover, whispers of scandal travel through the quaint streets...
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Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award American Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award 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...
91) Ethnobotany of western Washington: the knowledge and use of indigenous plants by native Americans
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Pub. Date
[1973]
Physical Desc
71 p. illus. 26 cm.
Description
Since its original publication in 1945, this small classic has acquired a new audience concerned with living in harmony with the environment and interested in the particularly intimate relationship of Native Americans to the land. This survey of the use of plants by Native Americans in western Washington describes the ways in which more than 150 species served as food and medicine, and were used for the manufacture of clothes and other objects.
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Pub. Date
©2000
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1 sheet : color illustrations ; 21 x 55 cm folded into 21 x 10 cm.
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Washington is the permanent or temporary home of 502 species of birds, including the state bird, the American Goldfinch. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes an ecoregion map featuring prominent bird-viewing areas. Laminated for durability, this lightweight, pocket-sized folding guide is an excellent source of portable information and ideal for field use by visitors and residents alike. Made...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xv, 338 pages, 31 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm.
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Renowned for its old-growth rain forest, wilderness coast, and glaciated peaks, Olympic National Park is a living laboratory for ecological renewal, especially as the historic Elwha River basin regenerates in the wake of dam removal. In this classic guide to the park, Tim McNulty invites us into the natural and human history of these nearly million acres, from remote headwaters to roadside waterfalls, from shipwreck sites to Native American historical...
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Washington heritage tour volume no. 9
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 sound disc ; digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book.
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