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Among Penguins
Paperback: April 2011

The year he graduated from college, 22-year-old Noah Strycker was dropped by helicopter in a remote Antarctic field camp with two bird scientists and a...

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Artisan/Practitioners and the Rise of the New Sciences, 1400-1600
Paperback: November 2011

This book provides the historical background for a central issue in the history of science: the influence of artisans, craftsmen, and other practitioners on...

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Asserting Native Resilience
Paperback: June 2012

Indigenous nations are on the frontline of the current climate crisis. With cultures and economies among the most vulnerable to climate-related catastrophes...

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Comrades of the Quest
By John Sheehy
Hardcover: April 2012

Visionary. Iconoclast. Rebel. William Trufant Foster set out in 1911 to launch the “ideal college,” and succeeded in building an intellectual liberal arts...

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Dragonflies and Damselflies of Oregon
Paperback: May 2011

Growing interest in watching and identifying dragonflies and damselflies has sharpened the need for an authoritative resource like Dragonflies and...

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Finding the River
By Jeff Crane
Paperback: December 2011

In 1992 landmark federal legislation called for the removal of two dams from the Elwha River to restore salmon runs. Jeff Crane dives into the debate over...

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Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies
Paperback: November 2011

David G. James and David Nunnallee present the life histories of the entire butterfly fauna of a North American geographic region in exceptional and...

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Light on the Devils
Paperback: October 2011

When Louise Wagenknecht’s family arrived in the remote logging town of Happy Camp in 1962, a boundless optimism reigned. Whites and Indians worked together...

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Multnomah
Paperback: June 2012

Covering people and events from 1854 to the present day, this definitive reference on the history, politics, and policy of Multnomah County provides...

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No Small Potatoes
By Al Reser
Hardcover: 2011

In 1960 when twenty-five-year-old Al Reser became president of the potato salad manufacturing business which his parents began in their Oregon farmhouse...

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