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On Interpretation: Sociology for Interpreters of Natural and Cultural History Edited by Gary E. Machlis and Donald R. Field, Revised edition, 1992. ISBN 0-87071-365-5. Paperback, $24.95. This book aims to help both interpreters and sociologists understand each other better in order to better serve the public. |
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On the Highest Hill By Roderick Haig-Brown. Introduction by Laurence Ricou, 1994. Northwest Reprints Series. ISBN 0-87071-518-6. Hardcover, $27.95. ISBN 0-87071-519-4. Paperback, $15.95. The complex story of a shy young man whose life and fate are ruled by his love for a woman and a place--the forests of Vancouver Island. |
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Oregon Coastal Access Guide: A Mile-by-Mile Guide to Scenic and Recreational Attractions By Kenn Oberrecht, 2008. ISBN 978-0-87071-293-7. Paperback, $22.95. This revised and updated edition of the Oregon Coastal Access Guide is essential for anyone exploring the nearly four hundred miles of coastline that lie between the Columbia River and the California border. |
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Oregon Detour By Nard Jones. Introduction by George Venn, 1990. Northwest Reprints Series. ISBN 0-87071-500-3. Hardcover, $24.95. ISBN 0-87071-501-1. Paperback, $13.95. This 1930 novel's depiction of Weston--thinly disguised as "Creston"--shocked many residents of the small eastern Oregon wheat town and created a controversy that still lingers today. |
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Oregon Indians: Voices from Two Centuries Edited by Stephen Dow Beckham 2006. ISBN-10 0-87071-088-5. ISBN-13 978-0-87071-088-9. Hardcover, $45.00 After forty years of research and writing on Native Americans and the American West, Stephen Dow Beckham has compiled a remarkable documentary history that strives to let Oregon Indians tell their own story. From ?first encounters? in the late eighteenth century to modern tribal economies, this deeply researched volume presents first-person accounts of events threatening, changing, and shaping the lives of Oregon Indians. |
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Oregon Literature Series George Venn, general editor. Ulrich Hardt, managing editor. |
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Oregon: There and Back in 1877 By Wallis Nash. Edited by J. Kenneth Munford, 1976. ISBN 0-87071-077-X. Hardcover, $19.95. Nash, a prominent London attorney, came to Oregon in 1877 to investigate possibilities for railroad building and land development. When he returned to England, he wrote this book, here reprinted with a foreword and notes. |
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The Oregon Water Handbook: A Guide to Water and Water Management Rick Bastasch 2006. ISBN-978-0-87071-181-7. Paperback, $24.95 This in-depth examination of water law and management in Oregon offers thorough yet accessible explanations of a variety of water issues and controversies, bringing focus and clarity to a murky, complex subject. From Oregonians seeking interesting facts about their state's water riches to water specialists and users in need of a handy reference to Oregon's water law, the handbook offers a key to understanding how we use this precious and scarce resource. |
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Oregon Viticulture Edited by Edward W. Hellman, 2003. ISBN 0-87071-554-2. Paperback, $44.95. Commercial winegrape growers, students, researchers, serious home viticulturists, and individuals with a strong interest in Northwest wines and the wine industry will find Oregon Viticulture to be a valuable reference and easy-to-use textbook and guide. |
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The Oregon Weather Book: A State of Extremes By George H. Taylor and Raymond R. Hatton, 1999. ISBN 0-87071-467-8. Paperback, $19.95. Oregonians are nuts for weather. They're hungry for weather news, anecdotes, statistics, trivia, and, of course, forecasts.The Oregon Weather Book will whet this insatiable appetite. |
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Oregon's Living Landscape: Strategies and Opportunities to Conserve Biodiversity Oregon Biodiversity Project. A Defenders of Wildlife publication, 1998. ISBN 0-926549-01-4. Paperback, $29.95. The first-ever statewide assessment of Oregon's biological diversity. |
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Oregon's Promise: An Interpretive History David Peterson del Mar, 2003. ISBN 0-87071-558-5. Paperback, $19.95. A concise and compelling general history that explores familiar and neglected people and movements in the state's history, while challenging readers to view Oregon's past, present, and future in a new way. |
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Pacific Northwest Women, 1815-1925: Lives,
Memories, and Writings By Jean M. Ward and Elaine A. Maveety, 1997. ISBN 0-87071-387-6. Hardcover, $34.95. ISBN 0-87071-393-0. Paperback, $21.95. This collection of writings by 30 women, some presented for the first time to a contemporary audience, challenges many myths about women who lived, worked, and wrote in the West. |
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Paradise Wild: Reimagining American Nature By David Oates, 2003. ISBN 0-87071-553-4. Paperback, $21.95. In this lively, genre-hopping book, Oates tells stories, explores the literature of nature, and analyzes how the misapplied myth of Eden has mired Americans in a hopeless "Paradise Lost" mentality that belies the true, ever-present wildness in our lives. Paradise Wild will move and provoke readers, at the same time that it contributes to the ongoing debate over the meanings of "nature" and "wilderness." |
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Peace at Heart: An Oregon Country Life By Barbara Drake, 1998. ISBN 978-0-87071-455-9. Paperback, $18.95. Reflection on a life turned to the land, set on a small farm in Western Oregon. |
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People, Fire, and Forests: A Synthesis of Wildfire Social Science Edited by Terry C. Daniel, Matthew S. Carroll, Cassandra Moseley, and Carol Raish 2007. ISBN-978-0-87071-184-8. Paperback, $24.95 The first book of its kind to integrate the social science literature on the human dimensions of wildfire, People, Fire, and Forests reviews current studies from this broad, interdisciplinary field and synthesizes them into a rich body of knowledge with practical management implications. It's designed to make relevant social science information more available and useful to wildfire risk managers and policy makers, as well as to scholars and students. |
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A Place for Wayfaring: The Poetry and Prose of Gary Snyder By Patrick D. Murphy, 2000. ISBN 0-87071-479-1. Paperback, $21.95. A Place for Wayfaring offers the only comprehensive guide to one of the most influential cultural and literary voices of the twentieth century. |
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Place Matters:
Geospatial Tools for Marine Science, Conservation, and Management in the Pacific Northwest
Edited by Dawn J. Wright and Astrid J. Scholz Foreword by Sylvia A. Earle 2005. ISBN 0-87071-057-5. Paperback, $29.95. Marine scientists are increasingly using the geographic information system (GIS) to map, interpret, and manage ocean environments. Place Matters explores how marine GIS is contributing to the understanding, management, and conservation of the shores and ocean of the Pacific Northwest, where scientists, resource managers, and conservationists- often in collaboration- are making advances in the way that data are collected, documented, used, shared, and saved. |
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Planning a New West: The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area By Carl Abbott, Sy Adler, and Margery Post Abbot, 1997. Culture and Environment in the Pacific West. ISBN 0-87071-392-2. Hardcover, $29.95. The inaugural volume in the "Culture and Environment in the Pacific West" series. |
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Planning the Oregon Way: A Twenty-Year Evaluation Edited by Carl Abbott, Deborah Howe, and Sy Adler, 1994. ISBN 0-87071-381-7. Hardcover, $29.95. Examines the Oregon land-use system, describes its strengths and weaknesses, and explores ways to improve and refine it. |
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Plants of the Oregon Coastal Dunes By Alfred M. Wiedemann, La Rea J. Dennis, and Frank H. Smith, 1999. ISBN 0-87071-457-0. Paperback, $12.95. Plants of the Oregon Coastal Dunes offers a useful, informative guide for visitors to the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area or anyone spending time on the state's remarkable beaches. |
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Portland: People, Politics, and Power, 1851-2001 By Jewel Lansing, 2003. ISBN 0-87071-559-3. Hardcover, $29.95. This is the definitive book on Portland's political, social, and cultural history, beginning in 1845 when a 16-lot townsite was laid out on the bank of the Willamette River and continuing through April 2001, the 150th anniversary of Portland city government. |
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The Prairie Keepers: Secrets of the Zumwalt Marcy Houle 2007. Northwest Reprints Series. ISBN 978-0-87071-186-2. Paperback, $19.95 In the remote northeast corner of Oregon lies the ruggedly beautiful Zumwalt Prairie, one of the last native prairies in the United States. It also is home to one of the highest concentrations of hawks in North America. Marcy Houle first went to the Zumwalt, which is almost entirely managed by cattle ranchers, to discover what attracts and sustains the hawks there in such startling abundance. Her findings, eloquently reported, show that ranchers and wildlife not only can coexist, but in some instances must coexist if we are to save the last of the native prairies. |
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Propagation of Pacific Northwest Native Plants By Robin Rose, Caryn E. C. Chachulski, and Diane L. Haase, 1998. ISBN 0-87071-428-7. Paperback, $21.95. This first publication of its kind provides propagation information on nearly one hundred and forty native plants. |
