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Killing Grounds

by Dana Stabenow ...

Series Book 8 - A Kate Shugak Investigation
The Edgar Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling series by Dana Stabenow set in Alaska. In Killing Grounds, the death of one local man is no great surprise... but private investigator Kate Shugak's case soon takes an unexpected turn...Stabbed, beaten, strangled, drowned. Sometimes people get exactly what they deserve...Cal Meany is a cheat, a poacher, an abusive father and an adulterous husband ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

The Edgar Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling series by Dana Stabenow set in Alaska. In Killing Grounds, the death of one local man is no great surprise... but private investigator Kate Shugak's case soon takes an unexpected turn...Stabbed, beaten, strangled, drowned. Sometimes people get exactly what they deserve...Cal Meany is a cheat, a poacher, an abusive father and an adulterous husband
... Read more
Wild

From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Oprah's Book Club 2.0)

by Cheryl Strayed ...

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again.A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century**At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again.A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century**At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was
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The Indifferent Stars Above

The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party

by Daniel James Brown ...

From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat and Facing the Mountain comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier“An ideal pairing of talent and material.… Engrossing.… A deft and ambitious storyteller.” — Mary Roach, New York Times Book ReviewIn April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat and Facing the Mountain comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier“An ideal pairing of talent and material.… Engrossing.… A deft and ambitious storyteller.” — Mary Roach, New York Times Book ReviewIn April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois
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Dark Frontier

a thrilling historical adventure set in the American West

by Matthew Harffy ...

A thrilling historical western set in 1890s Oregon. An English soldier turned policeman escapes to the American West for a new future, but life on the frontier proves far harder than he ever imagined...'Slipping into Dark Frontier is like pulling on a comfortable pair of old cowboy boots. Matthew Harffy knows how to write a real western.' C.J. Box**, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Three ... Read more

$8.69 CAD

A thrilling historical western set in 1890s Oregon. An English soldier turned policeman escapes to the American West for a new future, but life on the frontier proves far harder than he ever imagined...'Slipping into Dark Frontier is like pulling on a comfortable pair of old cowboy boots. Matthew Harffy knows how to write a real western.' C.J. Box**, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Three
... Read more
Death in Yellowstone

Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park

by Lee H. Whittlesey ...

Series series Death in the National Parks
The chilling tome that launched an entire genre of books about the often gruesome but always tragic ways people have died in our national parks, this updated edition of the classic includes calamities in Yellowstone from the past sixteen years, including the infamous grizzly bear attacks in the summer of 2011 as well as a fatal hot springs accident in 2000. In these accounts, written with ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

The chilling tome that launched an entire genre of books about the often gruesome but always tragic ways people have died in our national parks, this updated edition of the classic includes calamities in Yellowstone from the past sixteen years, including the infamous grizzly bear attacks in the summer of 2011 as well as a fatal hot springs accident in 2000. In these accounts, written with
... Read more
Pacific Northwest Foraging

120 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Alaska Blueberries to Wild Hazelnuts

by Douglas Deur ...

Series series Regional Foraging Series
Discover what edible resources the Norwest has to offer with this handy guide book to foraging safely and effectively.The Pacific Northwest provides a veritable feast for foragers, and with Douglas Deur as your trusted guide you'll earn how to safely find and identify an abundance of delicious wild plants. The plant profiles in Pacific Northwest Foraging include:Clear, color photographsIdentification ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Discover what edible resources the Norwest has to offer with this handy guide book to foraging safely and effectively.The Pacific Northwest provides a veritable feast for foragers, and with Douglas Deur as your trusted guide you'll earn how to safely find and identify an abundance of delicious wild plants. The plant profiles in Pacific Northwest Foraging include:Clear, color photographsIdentification
... Read more
A Walk in the Park

The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

by Kevin Fedarko ...

*** Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award in Outdoor Literature * Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Air Mail, Smithsonian Magazine, and Financial Times“A triumph. Fedarko doesn’t describe awe; he induces it.” —The New York Times Book Review****“Passionate…memorable…life-affirming.” —The Wall Street ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

*** Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award in Outdoor Literature * Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Air Mail, Smithsonian Magazine, and Financial Times“A triumph. Fedarko doesn’t describe awe; he induces it.” —The New York Times Book Review****“Passionate…memorable…life-affirming.” —The Wall Street
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If These Walls Could Talk: San Jose Sharks

Stories from the San Jose Sharks Ice, Locker Room, and Press Box

by Ross McKeon, Dan Rusanowsky ...

Series series If These Walls Could Talk
As the radio voice of the San Jose Sharks since the team's inception, Dan Rusanowsky has witnessed more than his fair share of Sharks history up close and personal—from jaw-dropping playoff runs to the individual brilliance of stars like Owen Nolan, Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton, and Joe Pavelski. Through singular anecdotes only Rusanowsky can tell as well as conversations with current and past ... Read more

$17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

As the radio voice of the San Jose Sharks since the team's inception, Dan Rusanowsky has witnessed more than his fair share of Sharks history up close and personal—from jaw-dropping playoff runs to the individual brilliance of stars like Owen Nolan, Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton, and Joe Pavelski. Through singular anecdotes only Rusanowsky can tell as well as conversations with current and past
... Read more
Slade's Glacier

A Novel

by Robert F. Jones ...

Slade’s Glacier is a tale of discovery and destruction, betrayal and revenge, set in the rugged Great Land” of Alaska. Jack Slade and Sam Healey, flying partners during World War II, establish a bush pilot business in Alaska after the war. When their C-47 Dakota is forced down on a glacier by a wolverine in the cargo deck that breaks out of its cage, they discover a valley that offers the ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Slade’s Glacier is a tale of discovery and destruction, betrayal and revenge, set in the rugged Great Land” of Alaska. Jack Slade and Sam Healey, flying partners during World War II, establish a bush pilot business in Alaska after the war. When their C-47 Dakota is forced down on a glacier by a wolverine in the cargo deck that breaks out of its cage, they discover a valley that offers the
... Read more
Kiss The Sunset Pig

A Canadian's American Road Trip With Exotic Detours

by Laurie Gough ...

In this lyrical, poetic, and charmingly funny book, Laurie Gough drives from Ontario to California reflecting on a life spent travelling in search of new experiences and familiar sensations. Heading towards a half-remembered cave on the Pacific coast where her younger, more adventurous self once stayed, she recalls adventures in Sumatra, the Yukon and many places in between—and wonders what ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

In this lyrical, poetic, and charmingly funny book, Laurie Gough drives from Ontario to California reflecting on a life spent travelling in search of new experiences and familiar sensations. Heading towards a half-remembered cave on the Pacific coast where her younger, more adventurous self once stayed, she recalls adventures in Sumatra, the Yukon and many places in between—and wonders what
... Read more
Search for the Genuine, The

Nonfiction, 1970-2015

by Jim Harrison ...

The first general nonfiction title in thirty years from a giant of American letters, The Search for the Genuine is a sparkling, definitive collection of Jim Harrison's essays and journalism—some never before published*New York Times–*bestselling author Jim Harrison (1937–2016) was a writer with a poet’s economy of style and a trencherman’s appetites. Praised as a “national treasure” (Chicago ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

The first general nonfiction title in thirty years from a giant of American letters, The Search for the Genuine is a sparkling, definitive collection of Jim Harrison's essays and journalism—some never before published*New York Times–*bestselling author Jim Harrison (1937–2016) was a writer with a poet’s economy of style and a trencherman’s appetites. Praised as a “national treasure” (Chicago
... Read more
Adventure Guide to the Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska

by Ed Readicker-Henderson ...

... [offers] a bountiful amount of concise information... goes beyond the usual sights to present lesser-known options. Maps embellish the down-to-earth text. Prodigy Travel Board. "The ideal traveling companion, and a wonderful book for the armchair traveler." Midwest Book Review. "... packs in fine details." Reviewer's Bookwatch. "Highly recommended... " Library Journal. The focus of this book ... Read more

$8.65 CAD

... [offers] a bountiful amount of concise information... goes beyond the usual sights to present lesser-known options. Maps embellish the down-to-earth text. Prodigy Travel Board. "The ideal traveling companion, and a wonderful book for the armchair traveler." Midwest Book Review. "... packs in fine details." Reviewer's Bookwatch. "Highly recommended... " Library Journal. The focus of this book
... Read more
Hidden Mountains

Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong

by Michael Wejchert ...

NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD WINNERThe story of a climbing adventure gone wrong in a remote Alaskan mountain range, the impossible rescue attempt that followed, and the fraught cost of survivalIn 2018, two couples set out on an expedition to Alaska’s Hidden Mountains, one of the last wild ranges in North America. A rarity in modern climbing, the peaks were nearly unexplored and untouched, a place ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD WINNERThe story of a climbing adventure gone wrong in a remote Alaskan mountain range, the impossible rescue attempt that followed, and the fraught cost of survivalIn 2018, two couples set out on an expedition to Alaska’s Hidden Mountains, one of the last wild ranges in North America. A rarity in modern climbing, the peaks were nearly unexplored and untouched, a place
... Read more
Thirst

2600 Miles to Home

by Heather Anderson ...

"Beautiful and deftly written and intimate and searing in its honesty, Anish’s is a quest to conquer the trail and her own inner darkness." -- Foreword Reviews"Filled with ruminative self-reflection, soaring natural descriptions and delightful accounts of the gracious, life-sustaining 'trail magic' of hiking culture, Thirst is a testament to human endurance, inspiring to hikers and non-hikers ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

"Beautiful and deftly written and intimate and searing in its honesty, Anish’s is a quest to conquer the trail and her own inner darkness." -- Foreword Reviews"Filled with ruminative self-reflection, soaring natural descriptions and delightful accounts of the gracious, life-sustaining 'trail magic' of hiking culture, Thirst is a testament to human endurance, inspiring to hikers and non-hikers
... Read more
Astoria

John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival

by Peter Stark ...

In the tradition of The Lost City of Z and Skeletons in the Zahara, Astoria is the thrilling, true-adventure tale of the 1810 Astor Expedition, an epic, now forgotten, three-year journey to forge an American fur-trading empire on the Pacific Coast. Peter Stark offers a harrowing saga of survival in which a band of explorers battled nature, starvation, and madness to establish the first American ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

In the tradition of The Lost City of Z and Skeletons in the Zahara, Astoria is the thrilling, true-adventure tale of the 1810 Astor Expedition, an epic, now forgotten, three-year journey to forge an American fur-trading empire on the Pacific Coast. Peter Stark offers a harrowing saga of survival in which a band of explorers battled nature, starvation, and madness to establish the first American
... Read more
Something for Your Money: A History of Las Vegas Casinos

by David G. Schwartz ...

Las Vegas has been a gambling town since its 1905 founding. Its gambling halls, casino hotels, and resorts made it first a local curiosity, then a national obsession, and finally a global destination. The modern American casino resort was born on a lonely stretch of road that, within a decade, would become known as the Las Vegas Strip. This was a place where America could cut loose, enjoying ... Read more

$12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Las Vegas has been a gambling town since its 1905 founding. Its gambling halls, casino hotels, and resorts made it first a local curiosity, then a national obsession, and finally a global destination. The modern American casino resort was born on a lonely stretch of road that, within a decade, would become known as the Las Vegas Strip. This was a place where America could cut loose, enjoying
... Read more
100 Things Avalanche Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

by Adrian Dater, Adrian Dater ...

Series series 100 Things...Fans Should Know
Most Colorado Avalanche fans have attended a game at the Pepsi Center, seen highlights of a young Joe Sakic, and were thrilled by the team's run to the Stanley Cup in its inaugural season in Denver. But only real fans know how many players have had their numbers retired or why the team's name isn't the Rocky Mountain Extreme. 100 Things Avalanche Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ... Read more

$15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Most Colorado Avalanche fans have attended a game at the Pepsi Center, seen highlights of a young Joe Sakic, and were thrilled by the team's run to the Stanley Cup in its inaugural season in Denver. But only real fans know how many players have had their numbers retired or why the team's name isn't the Rocky Mountain Extreme. 100 Things Avalanche Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the
... Read more
Breakup

by Dana Stabenow ...

Series Book 7 - A Kate Shugak Investigation
The Edgar Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling series by Dana Stabenow set in Alaska. The discovery of a dead body and a brutal bear attack may be linked, and it's up to Kate Shugak to investigate in Breakup.The first day of Spring: a bad day to be in Alaska.Breakup: the time of year when Alaska awakens from its Arctic slumber. Snows melt. Rivers flood. Winter's secrets emerge.This spring, ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

The Edgar Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling series by Dana Stabenow set in Alaska. The discovery of a dead body and a brutal bear attack may be linked, and it's up to Kate Shugak to investigate in Breakup.The first day of Spring: a bad day to be in Alaska.Breakup: the time of year when Alaska awakens from its Arctic slumber. Snows melt. Rivers flood. Winter's secrets emerge.This spring,
... Read more
Itch

A Pacific Northwest Trail Story

by Nick Fowler ...

Itch is a story about a novice hiker falling in love with the outdoors and chasing after a dream: to thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail faster than anyone's ever done before. When it catches fire, he makes a last-minute decision to switch to the 1,248-mile Pacific Northwest Trail, not knowing what he's getting into.Imagine crossing seven different mountain ranges--from the Pacific Ocean to the ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Itch is a story about a novice hiker falling in love with the outdoors and chasing after a dream: to thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail faster than anyone's ever done before. When it catches fire, he makes a last-minute decision to switch to the 1,248-mile Pacific Northwest Trail, not knowing what he's getting into.Imagine crossing seven different mountain ranges--from the Pacific Ocean to the
... Read more
More Than Cowboys

Travels Through the History of the American West

by Tim Slessor ...

So many books about the American West leave out the more intriguing details:When, in 1803, the young USA doubled its size with the purchase from France of an unexplored vastness called La Louisiane, it was a British bank which lent the Americans most of the 15 million that they didn't have. So the financial papers for the biggest real-estate deal in history are, to this day, held in a London vault ... Read more

$17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

So many books about the American West leave out the more intriguing details:When, in 1803, the young USA doubled its size with the purchase from France of an unexplored vastness called La Louisiane, it was a British bank which lent the Americans most of the 15 million that they didn't have. So the financial papers for the biggest real-estate deal in history are, to this day, held in a London vault
... Read more
Seattle Travel Guide (Quick Trips Series)

Sights, Culture, Food, Shopping & Fun

by Jody Swift ...

Enjoy your trip to the United States with the Seattle Travel Guide: Sights, Culture, Food, Shopping & Fun.The Quick Trips to the United States Series provides key information about the best sights and experiences if you have just a few days to spend in the exciting destination of Seattle.So don't waste time! We give you sharp facts and opinions that are accessible to you quickly when in Seattle. ... Read more

$4.99 CAD

Enjoy your trip to the United States with the Seattle Travel Guide: Sights, Culture, Food, Shopping & Fun.The Quick Trips to the United States Series provides key information about the best sights and experiences if you have just a few days to spend in the exciting destination of Seattle.So don't waste time! We give you sharp facts and opinions that are accessible to you quickly when in Seattle.
... Read more
Arctic Traverse

A Thousand-Mile Summer of Trekking the Brooks Range

by Michael Engelhard ...

National Outdoor Book Award Winner • Independent Publisher Book Award Winner • Nautilus Book Award Winner • Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist"Engelhard locates life—biological, cultural, and geophysical—in every mile of this vast, wild landscape." —Robert Moor, author of On Trails: An ExplorationA lyrical memoir that interweaves wilderness, homeland, cultural connections, historical ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

National Outdoor Book Award Winner • Independent Publisher Book Award Winner • Nautilus Book Award Winner • Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist"Engelhard locates life—biological, cultural, and geophysical—in every mile of this vast, wild landscape." —Robert Moor, author of On Trails: An ExplorationA lyrical memoir that interweaves wilderness, homeland, cultural connections, historical
... Read more
Maui Revealed

The Ultimate Guidebook

by Andrew Doughty ...

The finest guidebook ever written for Maui. Now you can plan your best vacation— ever. This all new 12th edition is a candid, humorous guide to everything there is to see and do on the island. Best-selling author and longtime Hawai'i resident, Andrew Doughty, unlocks the secrets of an island so lush and diverse that many visitors never realize all that it has to offer. Explore with him as he ... Read more

$29.49 CAD

The finest guidebook ever written for Maui. Now you can plan your best vacation— ever. This all new 12th edition is a candid, humorous guide to everything there is to see and do on the island. Best-selling author and longtime Hawai'i resident, Andrew Doughty, unlocks the secrets of an island so lush and diverse that many visitors never realize all that it has to offer. Explore with him as he
... Read more
Gambling on a Dream: The Classic Las Vegas Strip 1930-1955

by Lynn M. Zook ...

Series Book 1 - Classic Las Vegas
Everyone thinks they know the history of the Las Vegas Strip but the real story is one that many people will be surprised to learn that they know only parts of the story. Want to know what was there before the Bellagio, the Wynn and the Encore, the SLS, the Venetian, or those empty plots of land that look out of place? Why is the Flamingo one of the oldest and most surviving hotels on the ... Read more

$13.73 CAD

Everyone thinks they know the history of the Las Vegas Strip but the real story is one that many people will be surprised to learn that they know only parts of the story. Want to know what was there before the Bellagio, the Wynn and the Encore, the SLS, the Venetian, or those empty plots of land that look out of place? Why is the Flamingo one of the oldest and most surviving hotels on the
... Read more

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