Another Dry, Warm Winter in the Southwest?
Can we depend on the National Weather Service's prediction of a dry, warm, winter in the Southwest, based on their observations of La Niña's cool Pacific Ocean water pattern? The weather guys think they've figured out El Niño and La Ni& [... more]
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Christie Ridgway
Christie Ridgway has never lived east of the Pacific Ocean, north of San Francisco, or south of San Diego. To put it simply, she's a California native who loves to travel but is happy to make the Golden State her home. She began her writing ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Susan Sloate
Witness history in the making as you turn the pages of time and discover the fascinating lives of famous explorers, leaders of 20th century politics and government, and great Americans. When Amelia Earhart vanished over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 ... [... more]
Random House |
The Aquanauts
Fifteen-year-old Greta Kovachi travels with her brilliant father to a laboratory habitat in a submarine on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Her father has created the first man-made black hole to prove that all matter in the universe is made up ... [... more]
Random House |
Denise Dennis
What is Black History? Did you know what blacks were in Cortez's crew in Mexico, with Pizarro in Peru and Alvarado in Quito...that when Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean, 30 black people were with him....that when Alarcon and Coronado conquered ... [... more]
Random House |
Apollo 11 Moon Landing
 Essential History: Why is this recording of the BBC Apollo 11 coverage important? Contrary to what MTV says, Woodstock was not the most historic event of the summer of 1969. Astronauts, not hippies or rock stars were the real idealists, dreamers, and [... more]
CDN$21.99
Amazon CA |
Goosebumps: Deep Trouble II
a really nice one: this is a really nice book and if u are at the store just bye it please .. it is very nice...... Hmm..: it might be because im getting older.... or that i've read so many stine books that his 'horror' has gone to complete cheese.. i [... more]
CDN$4.99
Amazon CA |
Genthe's Photographs of San Francisco's Old Chinatown
This is an excellent book: Arnold Genthe was a German doctor of philosophy who arrived in San Francisco in 1895. He was fascinated by the Chinese and used his skill as an amatuer photographer to take over 200 photos of Chinatown's "Tangrenbu" [... more]
CDN$18.50
Amazon CA |
How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark
Superbly presented in an exciting picturebook format: Set in 1804, How We Crossed The West by Rosalyn Schanzer is the true story of the incredibly adventurous Lewis & Clark expedition exploring westward from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean [... more]
CDN$12.50
Amazon CA |
Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization
Discovering evidence of submerged ancient cities: Graham Hancock continues his pursuit of uncovering lost civilizations, this time under the sea. He takes us on a journey through the Mediterranean, the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, Bay of Bengal and the [... more]
CDN$19.74
Amazon CA |
Life in the Pacific Ocean
Author: Richard J Cannings Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 333 EAN: 9781550547054 ISBN: 1550547054 Number Of Pages: 118 Publication Date: 1999-05-01 [... more]
CDN$22.95
Amazon CA |
Historical atlas of the North Pacific Ocean: Maps of ...
Outstanding scholarly visual treat!: Derek Hayes does it again! Following the wonderful Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest in 1999, I was delighted to come across his new (2001) gem. It's simply sumptuously illustrated with hundreds of maps of the [... more]
CDN$75.00
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