Puget's Sound: A Narrative of Early Tacoma and the ...
 Breathes new life into a dull city: It's unlikely this book will be of much interest to anyone not living in the Tacoma area. Just the same, it is a colorful portrait of the city that used to be, the dreamers and scheamers who came so close to creating [... more]
$22.50
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Tyee - 1920 - Volume XX I - University of Washington - ...
Author: The Staff of University of Washington Press Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: 1920 [... more]
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Los Angeles-Struggle Toward Multiethnic Community: Asian ...
Author: Edward T. Chang Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 305.800979493 EAN: 9780295973753 Edition: 1st University of Washington Press Ed ISBN: 0295973757 Number Of Pages: 179 Publication Date: 1995-01 [... more]
$15.00
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Landscaping for Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest
The Best Landscaping for Wildlife Book: Link, Russell, Landscaping for Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest, University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1999, 320p. Soft cover, perfect binding, acid free paper, 8.5 X 11. The book is divided into 5 parts 1) [... more]
$29.95
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The Genesis of Flight: The Aeronautical History ...
The Gimbel Collection: Widespread among mankind is the capacity to dream, to imagine, to visualize what might be and what could come to pass. And so it has been, manifestly, with dreams of flight. Since humans first took time to notice birds, bats and [... more]
$60.00
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War and Politics by Other Means: A Journalist's Memoir
Lesley Stahl, 60 minutes: "Too bad Ben Hecht never met Shelby Scates, a journalist's journalist. His memoir is an enchanting crackle of political history ( I especially loved the stories about Earl Long and JFK),war chronicles in the Middle East and [... more]
$24.95
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First Fish, First People: Salmon Tales of the North ...
Not enough stars on Amazonýs scale: This collection of poems, stories, narratives, folktales, oral histories and essays very aptly portrays the vital importance of salmon to the native peoples of the entire northern Pacific rim - not just as a [... more]
$24.95
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Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River
Exceptional history, balanced perspective: I have taught Pacific Northwest History at high school and college levels, and found this book one of the best regional histories published. Although focused on the Columbia River, it presents more of the [... more]
$18.95
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The Coming Man: 19th Century American Perceptions of the ...
Fear of the Heathen Chinee: We get a glimpse into the political/racial climate of 19th century America through cartoons and illustrations of the period. The Chinese were seen either as heathens to be spit upon or superintelligent monsters threatening the [... more]
$24.95
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Homebase
Touching Story Not Often Heard: Shawn Wong's homebase deals with a topic not widely discussed in literature. The author's early work (before American Knees) delves into his relationship between his father and heritage. the lesson I walked away was that [... more]
$12.95
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All The Conspirators
Written like film noir....: I was looking for America is in the Heart but found this one instead at my local bookstore, and I don't regret it. All the Conspirators was written sometime around the late 40s, and has not been reprinted until this edition [... more]
$14.95
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Coffee and Coffeehouses: The Origins of a Social ...
Scholarly discussion: This book presents a history of coffee and controversies related to it within the Arab world, especially the Arabian peninsula, Egypt, and Turkey. It includes 16 historical illustrations, depicting various serving implements for [... more]
$18.95
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