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A vivid portrait of the Columbia River Bar that combines maritime history, adventure journalism, and memoir, bringing alive the history—and present—of one of the most notorious stretches of water in the worldOff the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the Columbia River Bar: a watery collision so turbulent and deadly that it’s nicknamed the Graveyard of the Pacific.Two thousand ships have been wrecked on the bar since the first European ship dared to try to cross it in the late 18thcentury. For decades ships continued to make the bar crossing with great peril, first with native guides and later with opportunistic newcomers, as Europeans settled in Washington and Oregon, displacing the natives and transforming the river into the hub of a booming region. Since then, the commercial importance of the Columbia River has only grown, and despite the construction of jetties on either side, the bar remains treacherous, even today a site of shipwrecks and dramatic rescues as well as power struggles between small fishermen, powerful shipowners, local communities in Washington and Oregon, the Coast Guard, and the Columbia River Bar Pilots – a small group of highly skilled navigators who help guide ships through the mouth of the Columbia.When Randall Sullivan and a friend set out to cross the bar in a two-man kayak, they’re met with skepticism and concern. But on a clear day in July 2021, when the tides and weather seem right, they embark. As they plunge through the currents that have taken so many lives, Randall commemorates the brave sailors that made the crossing before him – including his own abusive father, a sailor himself who also once dared to cross the bar – and reflects on toxic masculinity, fatherhood, and what drives men to extremes.Rich with exhaustive research and propulsive narrative, Graveyard of the Pacific follows historical shipwrecks through the moment-by-moment details that often determined whether sailors would live or die, exposing the ways in which boats, sailors, and navigation have changed over the decades. As he makes his way across the bar, floating above the wrecks and across the same currents that have taken so many lives, Randall Sullivan faces the past, both in his own life and on the Columbia River Bar.

Intended for everybody, visitors and locals alike, who would like to explore the city in depth, this guide seeks to dispel the misguided image of a megalopolis that is often superficially dismissed or even disliked. But it can also be read as a declaration of love for the City of Angels.

Sechsundzwanzig, Studium abgeschlossen und keinen Plan, wie es weitergehen soll? Willkommen in Zoes Welt!Also packt sie ihre Sachen und geht für ein Jahrespraktikum in die Vereinigten Staaten, wo prompt das passiert, was sie um jeden Preis vermeiden wollte: Zoe verliebt sich. Und das ausgerechnet in ihren Mitbewohner Dean, den leidenschaftlichen Sammler von Frauentrophäen schlechthin.Natürlich geht auch Zoe ihm ins Netz. Es ist der Auftakt einer wilden Romanze, die die beiden sogar auf eine unglaubliche Reise durch den Westen der USA führt.Immer mit an Bord: Zoes kleines Ich, ihre innere Stimme, die liebend gern ihren Senf dazu gibt. Aber was sich tatsächlich hinter Deans Pokerface verbirgt, kann auch Zoes Minikopie nicht im Entferntesten erahnen.

A fun way to explore Portland, Oregon through it's vibrant Dive Bar scene.

My Love Affair with an Alien: And a Little Town Called Roswell is a heartfelt memoir that takes readers on a poignant journey of personal growth and self-discovery. After a heartbreak that leaves her questioning her place in the world, Laura Knighton Curtis, a single mother, shifts her dreams from marital bliss to unearthing the mysteries of the renowned UFO crash site, Roswell.This compelling narrative charts Laura's six visits to the intriguing town, documenting her explorations and personal revelations, as well as the town's captivating allure and fervent patriotism. Laura's relentless quest to uncover the truth about the 1947 Roswell incident reflects her strength, curiosity, and resilience.Laura's story is an invitation to single and independent individuals, particularly women, to redirect their search for love and companionship towards experiencing the wonders of the world. Roswell, with its rich history and thrilling stories of possible extraterrestrial encounters, emerges as the perfect symbol of adventure and the unknown.Through My Love Affair with an Alien: And a Little Town Called Roswell, Laura challenges the notion of conventional love affairs, demonstrating that love can take many forms, and often, the most profound love affair is with oneself and one's passions.

"Deep in the California woods on an evening in late August, Jane Pearson is camping with her husband Leo and their five-year-old son Benjamin. As dusk sets in, she drifts softly to sleep in a hammock strung outside the tent where Leo and Benjamin are preparing for bed. At that moment, every single person with a Y chromosome vanishes around the world, disappearing from operating theaters mid-surgery, from behind the wheels of cars, from arguments and acts of love. Children, adults, even fetuses are gone in an instant. Leo and Benjamin are gone. No one knows why, how, or where. After the Disappearance, Jane forces herself to enter a world she barely recognizes, one where women must create new ways of living while coping with devastating grief. As people come together to rebuild depopulated industries and distribute scarce resources, Jane focuses on reuniting with an old college girlfriend, Evangelyne Moreau, leader of the Commensalist Party of America, a rising political force in this new world. Meanwhile, strange video footage called "The Men" is being broadcast online showing images of the vanished men marching through barren, otherworldly landscapes. Is this just a hoax, or could it hold the key to the Disappearance? A gripping, beautiful, and disquieting novel of feminist utopias and impossible sacrifices, The Men interrogates the dream of a perfect society and the conflict between individual desire and the good of the community"--

Robert lebt mit Lara und ihrer adoptierten Tochter Maple in Telluride. Sie pflegen eine enge Freundschaft sowohl mit Sophia und Mary, wie auch Bill und Frank, zwei homosexuellen Paaren, welche sie 1973 in San Francisco kennengelernt hatten.Alles läuft rund in ihrem privaten, beruflichen und schulischen Leben. Doch im Frühsommer 1982 erreicht die Familie die Nachricht, dass sich Frank das Leben genommen hat. Er hatte seit wenigen Monaten eine sehr schwere Immunschwächekrankheit. Erst im Spital hatten Frank und Bill erfahren, dass es bereits viele andere schwule Männer gab, die von der Krankheit betroffen und auch daran gestorben waren. Der Krankheit wurde von der Seuchenschutzbehörde der USA 1981 offiziell der Name GRID Schwulenbezogene Immunschwäche gegeben.Robert versucht Bill in seiner Verzweiflung zu unterstützen. Er ist jedoch selber stark überfordert und macht sich Vorwürfe, dass er die letzten Monate nicht für Bill und Frank dagewesen war. Gleichzeitig ist er befremdet über das ausschweifende Sexleben, welches Bill und Frank geführt hatten. Die Sorge, Bill könnte die Krankheit bereits haben, wächst mit jedem neuen Einblick in die Schwulenszene der späten 70er-Jahre.

Cade Wilson is a troubled man. The shadows of his past are haunting him, and he knows he must make things right----but he feels so far away from where he started and no closer to where his heart belongs.As Viper, he was one of three elite warriors trained by a deadly samurai from Japan to fight in the service of their Benefactor and expand their master's landholdings in the New Mexico Territory.Then he experienced love and a glimpse of the normal life he so desperately wanted, and it gave him a new perspective and sense of purpose.Now he is the last of the samurai cowboys, and the blood on his hands cannot be undone. His Benefactor seeks retribution and will stop at nothing to see that Viper does not interfere with his business.To be free, Cade must take a dangerous journey to confront his Benefactor and fight his sensei, who taught him everything he knows.But he is not alone, and he will find new allies to ride with him as he faces new enemies.Way of the Viper is the second action-packed book in The Samurai Cowboys series.

The Sword and the GunIn 1865, the American Civil War comes to an end, and the United States enters the Reconstruction era of postwar rebuilding and industrial development.In 1868, Japan establishes a more modern, centralized government, and the feudal era, during which dozens of independent states had been at war with one another for hundreds of years, also comes to an end. The samurai class, without masters to serve or battles to fight, is abolished a few years later.The transcontinental railroad is completed in 1869, connecting the United States from coast to coast. This starts a race between companies to extend miles of track across open land and introduces immigrants and their culture from Asia and the Pacific.The big expansion of the American West welcomed everyone bold enough to make the journey and strong enough to survive. Many moved to the vast wide-open territory to chase fortunes in gold and silver, while others sought to own land for ranching, farming, and other natural resources. And others just wanted a new life.It was a time of opportunity and lawlessness, with stories of famous cowboys and gunfighters. But some of those stories have remained untold ... until now.Warriors of the Forgotten Way is Nate Wagner's debut novel, and book one of The Samurai Cowboys series. This action-packed 'samurai western' is based on historic events and tells a bold story of lost souls finding each other, and being forced to choose between loyalty, love, and redemption in the American West.

"Treasure State Tycoon is the first full-length biography of Nelson Story, a pioneering prospector, cattleman, and entrepreneur whose influence profoundly shaped the development of Montana. Like many other leading capitalists of his era, Story was a complicated figure, at once ruthless in his business dealings and a philanthropic pillar of the community, and led a life driven by uncommon ambition"--

Timing matters when you have a biological clock ticking, when you've pictured your life one way but the years slip by and nothing changes.Anna has been waiting patiently (ok maybe not that patiently) for her boyfriend of five years to be ready for marriage and kids, and at thirty-two she feels that she can't wait much longer. If he hasn't realized that she's 'the one' by now, will he ever?When Anna discovers a poorly hidden diamond ring in Darren's sock drawer, she realizes the future she's always dreamed of is about to be hers. With an upcoming trip to Hawaii, she figures that's where it will happen and she's right. But when Darren is down on one knee, what he's proposing isn't everything she thought it would be and she's forced to make a choice between the man she loves and the family she's always dreamed of.Choosing to stay behind in Hawaii in hopes of gaining clarity, Anna will learn if timing really is everything and if true commitment is a wedding or something else entirely. But before she can make it home, a new variant of COVID triggers a global lockdown. Anna and Darren's relationship survived the first pandemic...will it survive another?Exploring themes of motherhood and marriage, All We Have Is Today offers an honest view of what it means to commit yourself to another and how women are seen and feel as girlfriends, wives, mothers or not.

Three metropolises on divergent paths

In eight brilliant essays, Fox explores many of the major playas of the American West, examining locations as diverse as Nellis Air Force Base and Frenchman Flat, where the federal government has tested experimental aircraft and atomic weaponry; the Great Salt Lake Desert, where land-speed records have been broken; and the Black Rock Desert of Northern Nevada, site of the colorful Burning Man arts festival. He analyzes the geological and climatological conditions that created the playas and the historical role that playas played in the exploration and settlement of the West. And he offers lucid and keenly perceptive discussions of the ways that artists have responded to the playas, from the ancient makers of geoglyphs to the work of contemporary artists who have found inspiration in these enigmatic spaces, including earthworks builder Michael Heizer, photographer Richard Misrach, and painter Michael Moore. The ensemble is a compelling combination of natural history, philosophy, and art criticism, a thoughtful meditation on humankind's aversion to and fascination with the void.

A magical novel about Howard Harvard, who is retiring from his longtime job with a little help from a skeleton and Abraham Lincoln. Humor, mystery, fantasy for all ages.

John Steinbeck modtog Nobels Litteraturpris i 1962. John Steinbecks giver i Et mægtigt gilde et charmerende portræt af mennesker på kanten af ​​samfundet, der er afhængige af hinanden for at kunne overleve både fysisk og følelsesmæssig. Handlingen udspiller sig i ’Cannery Row’, der ligger i Monterey. Her ligger konservesfabrikken med deres millioner af blinkende sardiner, her har Lee Chong sin butik med alt fra whisky til fyrværkeri og her ligger Dora ’etablisiment’. På ungdomsherberget ’Palace’ bor Mack og hans venner. En flok dagdrivere, der elsker at fordrive tiden i hinandens selskab med vin og mad og som ikke trænger sig på, når der skal arbejdes.Bogen fokuserer på, at man må acceptere livet som det er: både overflod af fællesskab, men også ensomhed hos den enkelte. Steinbeck giver et indlevende billede af indbyggerne i Monterey, Californien, og han sammenvæver historierne om gadens beboer, hvor kun de stærkeste overlever.Med Et mægtigt gilde har Steinbeck skabt en roman, der på en gang er både er t af hans mest humoristiske og mest gribende værker.

This is the story of how the North Cascades Institute grew from humble beginnings to become a model nonprofit environmental education organization admired throughout the United States.

Completely revised and updated, Fly Fishing in Northern New Mexico is a comprehensive guide to more than thirty streams and twelve lakes. This revised edition contains new, specialized information on access, equipment, stream characteristics, trout species and size, timing of insect hatches, as well as artificial fly >From the trophy waters of the San Juan and Rio Grande to the Chama and the Brazos, New Mexico is home to more than four thousand miles of cold-water streams teeming with cutthroat, brown, rainbow, and brook trout. With the state's year round fishing season, anglers can find water matched to any level of skill and style of fly fishing.In addition to chapters devoted to specific streams and lakes, the book includes detailed maps, important information on regulations, the fishing year and environmental concerns.

When Montana Territory was established in 1864, it was a land of tepees and ramshackle cabins, of lawless vigilantes and miners scraping out meager livings. One hundred and fifty years later, the dramatic changes to the Treasure State are overshadowed only by the startling similarities. On the occasion of Montana's 150th territorial anniversary, and with a perspective born from a lifetime's devotion to the history of his home state, author Aaron Parrett compares where we started with where we are today, and along the way shows us a Montana we never could have previously imagined. "In the tradition of Joseph Kinsey Howard and K. Ross Toole, Aaron Parrett interrogates Montana as both place and idea, revealing that what has long distinguished the state-robust island communities surrounded by a sea of redemptive space-has largely survived." Edwin Dobb U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism "Aaron Parrett has told Montana's story entertainingly without shying from the darker bits. The result is a romp through our state's history that is at once lighthearted and intelligent." Molly Holz Editor, Montana The Magazine of Western History "Aaron Parret's Montana: Then and Now stitches together the tapestry that is Montana's 150-year-long history with the perspective born of years of sincere appreciation and study. This account gives us pause and at the same time gives us hope, that Montana's next generation realizes its role in preserving the unique qualities inherent in the 'last best place.'" Stephanie Ambrose Tubbs Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day Off and Other Lessons of the Lewis and Clark Trail

The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came to define it.In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world's greatest living ice navigator. The expedition's visionary leader was a flamboyant impresario named Vilhjalmur Stefansson hungry for fame.Just six weeks after the Karluk departed, giant ice floes closed in around her. As the ship became icebound, Stefansson disembarked with five companions and struck out on what he claimed was a 10-day caribou hunting trip. Most on board would never see him again.Twenty-two men and an Inuit woman with two small daughters now stood on a mile-square ice floe, their ship and their original leader gone. Under Bartlett's leadership they built make-shift shelters, surviving the freezing darkness of Polar night. Captain Bartlett now made a difficult and courageous decision. He would take one of the young Inuit hunters and attempt a 1000-mile journey to save the shipwrecked survivors. It was their only hope.Set against the backdrop of the Titanic disaster and World War I, filled with heroism, tragedy, and scientific discovery, Buddy Levy's Empire of Ice and Stone tells the story of two men and two distinctively different brands of leadership-one selfless, one self-serving-and how they would forever be bound by one of the most audacious and disastrous expeditions in polar history, considered the last great voyage of the Heroic Age of Discovery.

THE REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK - A literary-thriller murder mystery, set within a Native American community for fans of Firekeeper's Daughter, Sadie and the One of Us Is Lying series by a debut own voices authorSince moving to the Blackfeet Reservation with her parents, Mara Racette has felt like an outsider, taunted by her tight-knit classmates for growing up far away. So, when a local girl includes Mara in a traditional Blackfeet Giveaway to honor her missing sister, Mara thinks she'll finally make some friends.Instead, a girl from the Giveaway, Samantha White Tail, is found murdered.Because the members of the Giveaway group were the last to see Samantha alive, each becomes a person of interest in the investigation:New-girl Mara, who hated Samantha for being particularly cruel.Grief-stricken Loren Arnoux, who was Samantha's best friend until her sister's disappearance drove a wedge between them.Class-clown Brody Clark, whose unreciprocated crush on Samantha is an open secret.And tough-guy Eli First Kill, who has his own complicated history with Samantha.Despite deep mistrust, the four must now take matters into their own hands and clear their names. Even though one of them may be the murderer.In her powerful debut novel, Looking for Smoke, author K. A. Cobell (Blackfeet) weaves loss, betrayal, and complex characters into a mystery that will illuminate, surprise, and engage readers until the final word

Private Detective Lew Archer doesn't believe in coincidences...A forest fire has mysteriously broken out in the hills above southern California. Meanwhile, Lew Archer has been asked by a desperate mother to find her six-year-old son. Instead, he discovers the boy's wealthy father, murdered, and buried in a hole in the ground. The mystery will lead Archer to unearth a tragic, years-old history of abandonment, obsession and illusion, where the past won't let go of the present - and everything is connected.

'Great fun - Loretta is glorious!' Lucy Diamond'Sparkles with fun and wit' Libby Page'A fun, gossipy glimpse into Golden Era Hollywood' Julie Cohen-----You're Loretta Darling now, welcome to your brand-new flipping life.Dreams don't come true for girls like Loretta but she won't let that stop her. With her sights set on becoming a make-up artist to the stars, Loretta wangles her way from Lancashire to the bright lights of Golden Age Hollywood.Only it turns out that Sunset Boulevard is less about dashing fellas and chilled martinis - more sticky floors and misbehaving men. The gift of the gab can only get her so far but she refuses to go quietly.Hollywood has its secrets ... and so does Loretta.For a start, that's not her real name, and much more than lipstick lurks inside her beauty case.After all, revenge is a dish best served with a perfectly painted smile.-----'What a delicious dark delight of a book!' JENNA BLUM, bestselling author of Those Who Save Us'So sassy and delicious. Loretta is one cool character' JOSIE SILVER, Sunday Times bestselling author of One Day in December'Sharply observed, full of scene-stealing characters, this book is a wildly enjoyable ride. Loretta is a force of nature, truly unforgettable!' LAURA WOOD, author of Under Your Spell'Absolutely loved this romp of a book. So feisty and fun' TANIA TAY, author of The Other Woman

Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.