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The Spokane River

Author : Paul Lindholdt
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 029574314X
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (957 download)

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Download or read book The Spokane River written by Paul Lindholdt and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2018-04-02 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Lake Coeur d’Alene to its confluence with the Columbia, the Spokane River travels 111 miles of varied and often spectacular terrain—rural, urban, in places wild. The river has been a trading and gathering place for Indigenous peoples for thousands of years. With bountiful trout, accessible swimming holes, and challenging rapids, it is a recreational magnet for residents and tourists alike. The Spokane also bears the legacy of industrial growth and remains caught amid interests competing over natural resources. The contributors to this collection profile this living river through personal reflection, history, science, and poetry. They bring a keen environmental awareness of resource scarcity, climate change, and cultural survival tied to the river’s fate.

The Cold Millions

Author : Jess Walter
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062868101
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book The Cold Millions written by Jess Walter and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the most captivating novels of the year.” – Washington Post NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Best Book of the Year: Bloomberg | Boston Globe | Chicago Public Library | Chicago Tribune | Esquire | Kirkus | New York Public Library | New York Times Book Review (Historical Fiction) | NPR's Fresh Air | O Magazine | Washington Post | Publishers Weekly | Seattle Times | USA Today A Library Reads Pick | An Indie Next Pick From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins comes another “literary miracle” (NPR)—a propulsive, richly entertaining novel about two brothers swept up in the turbulent class warfare of the early twentieth century. An intimate story of brotherhood, love, sacrifice, and betrayal set against the panoramic backdrop of an early twentieth-century America that eerily echoes our own time, The Cold Millions offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation grappling with the chasm between rich and poor, between harsh realities and simple dreams. The Dolans live by their wits, jumping freight trains and lining up for day work at crooked job agencies. While sixteen-year-old Rye yearns for a steady job and a home, his older brother, Gig, dreams of a better world, fighting alongside other union men for fair pay and decent treatment. Enter Ursula the Great, a vaudeville singer who performs with a live cougar and introduces the brothers to a far more dangerous creature: a mining magnate determined to keep his wealth and his hold on Ursula. Dubious of Gig’s idealism, Rye finds himself drawn to a fearless nineteen-year-old activist and feminist named Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. But a storm is coming, threatening to overwhelm them all, and Rye will be forced to decide where he stands. Is it enough to win the occasional battle, even if you cannot win the war? Featuring an unforgettable cast of cops and tramps, suffragists and socialists, madams and murderers, The Cold Millions is a tour de force from a “writer who has planted himself firmly in the first rank of American authors” (Boston Globe).

The Rotarian

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 946 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Rotarian written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner)

Author : Sherman Alexie
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316219304
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner) written by Sherman Alexie and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller—over one million copies sold! A National Book Award winner A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live. With a forward by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and black-and-white interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.

We Live in Water

Author : Jess Walter
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062099205
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book We Live in Water written by Jess Walter and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2019 From the New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins, the first collection of short fiction from Jess Walter—a suite of diverse and searching stories about personal struggle and diminished dreams, all of them marked by the wry wit, keen eye, and generosity of spirit that has made him a bookseller and reader favorite These twelve stories—published over the last five years in Harper’s, The Best American Short Stories, McSweeney’s, Playboy, and other publications—veer from comic tales of love to social satire to suspenseful crime fiction, from hip Portland to once-hip Seattle to never-hip Spokane, from a condemned casino in Las Vegas to a bottomless lake in the dark woods of Idaho. This is a world of lost fathers and redemptive conmen, of meth tweakers on desperate odysseys and men committing suicide by fishing. We Live in Water is a darkly comic, heartfelt collection of stories from a “ridiculously talented writer” (New York Times), “one of the freshest voices in American literature” (Dallas Morning News).

The Rotarian

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rotarian written by and published by . This book was released on 1913-04 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.

You and Me and Him

Author : Kris Dinnison
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544301129
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book You and Me and Him written by Kris Dinnison and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2015 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maggie Bowers thinks she knows what to expect her junior year of high school, but when she and her out-of-the-closet best friend Nash have feelings for the same boy she wonders if winning someone's heart means losing her soul mate.

American Lumberman

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1531 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book American Lumberman written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 1531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Love, Lies & Lab Coats

Author : D. Bostic
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1452014035
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Love, Lies & Lab Coats written by D. Bostic and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love, Lies & Lab Coats brings a unusual group of people together at their place of employment, The South Hill Medical Center in Spokane, Washington. An egocentric Surgeon; a brilliant Medical Technologist, an insecure co-worker mending a broken heart, two parking lot attendants from divergent backgrounds, a high priced call girl, a talented chef who overindulges on junk food , a mountain woman hiding from her past, and a sick child, take us on a wonderful journey. They share stories that we will recognize as our own or help teach us something new. These dissimilar characters tackle some difficult yet realistic, everyday issues, through social commentary and soul searching. Some will help us take a step back and hopefully a look within. The road to love, forgiveness, redemption, self acceptance and awareness can be long, discouraging, arduous and extremely challenging. However, these rather colorful characters offer a little something for everyone. So many issues we would prefer to ignore or forget, grab us right in the middle of a love story that develops between an unlikely pair. As the story unravels, they weave their way through their trials and tribulations and will keep you wanting more as they find a place in your heart. I hope you enjoy the ride!

This Is Chance!

Author : Jon Mooallem
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0525509925
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book This Is Chance! written by Jon Mooallem and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling, cinematic story of a community shattered by disaster—and the extraordinary woman who helped pull it back together “A powerful, heart-wrenching book, as much art as it is journalism.”—The Wall Street Journal “A beautifully wrought and profoundly joyful story of compassion and perseverance.”—BuzzFeed (Best Books of the Year) In the spring of 1964, Anchorage, Alaska, was a modern-day frontier town yearning to be a metropolis—the largest, proudest city in a state that was still brand-new. But just before sundown on Good Friday, the community was jolted by the most powerful earthquake in American history, a catastrophic 9.2 on the Richter Scale. For four and a half minutes, the ground lurched and rolled. Streets cracked open and swallowed buildings whole. And once the shaking stopped, night fell and Anchorage went dark. The city was in disarray and sealed off from the outside world. Slowly, people switched on their transistor radios and heard a familiar woman’s voice explaining what had just happened and what to do next. Genie Chance was a part-time radio reporter and working mother who would play an unlikely role in the wake of the disaster, helping to put her fractured community back together. Her tireless broadcasts over the next three days would transform her into a legendary figure in Alaska and bring her fame worldwide—but only briefly. That Easter weekend in Anchorage, Genie and a cast of endearingly eccentric characters—from a mountaineering psychologist to the local community theater group staging Our Town—were thrown into a jumbled world they could not recognize. Together, they would make a home in it again. Drawing on thousands of pages of unpublished documents, interviews with survivors, and original broadcast recordings, This Is Chance! is the hopeful, gorgeously told story of a single catastrophic weekend and proof of our collective strength in a turbulent world. There are moments when reality instantly changes—when the life we assume is stable gets upended by pure chance. This Is Chance! is an electrifying and lavishly empathetic portrayal of one community rising above the randomness, a real-life fable of human connection withstanding chaos.

Pacific Poultryman

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pacific Poultryman written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Forbid Them Not

Author : Michael Farris
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1433669498
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (336 download)

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Download or read book Forbid Them Not written by Michael Farris and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two families find themselves on the brink of the unimaginable - removal of their children from their care - as the UN makes them the test case for the recently ratified Rights of the Child.

The Financial Lives of the Poets

Author : Jess Walter
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061916048
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book The Financial Lives of the Poets written by Jess Walter and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matt Prior is losing his job, his wife, and his house, and he's about to lose his mind--until he discovers a way that he might possibly be able to save it all.

The Hub

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Hub written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Carl Maxey

Author : Jim Kershner
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295800399
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book Carl Maxey written by Jim Kershner and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carl Maxey was, in his own words, “a guy who started from scratch - black scratch.” He was sent, at age five, to the scandal-ridden Spokane Children's Home and then kicked out at age eleven with the only other “colored” orphan. Yet Maxey managed to make a national name for himself, first as an NCAA championship boxer at Gonzaga University, and then as eastern Washington's first prominent black lawyer and a renowned civil rights attorney who always fought for the underdog. During the tumultuous civil rights and Vietnam War eras, Carl Maxey fought to break down color barriers in his hometown of Spokane and throughout the nation. As a defense lawyer, he made national headlines working on lurid murder cases and war-protest trials, including the notorious Seattle Seven trial. He even took his commitment to justice and antiwar causes to the political arena, running for the U.S. Senate against powerhouse senator Henry M. Jackson. In Carl Maxey: A Fighting Life, Jim Kershner explores the sources of Maxey's passions as well as the price he ultimately paid for his struggles. The result is a moving portrait of a man called a “Type-A Gandhi” by the New York Times, whose own personal misfortune spurred his lifelong, tireless crusade against injustice.

The Presbyterian Magazine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 587 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Presbyterian Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sometimes It Feels Like Far

Author : Gary Spetz
Publisher : Sky Pond Press
ISBN 13 : 0977092267
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Sometimes It Feels Like Far written by Gary Spetz and published by Sky Pond Press. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the wilds of Montana, this contemporary saga evolves from a coming-of-age tale to a “leeward side of life’s” soul-search. It is the story of a young Midwest man who ventures to America’s great Inland Northwest, seeking adventure and summer employment. He finds both and more, and in the process develops a passion for the beautiful, untamed landscape and its colorful, rural culture. And, during his stay, after exhausting several romantic prospects, he also meets the girl who will redefine his life. A glorious Indian summer ensues, bolstering youthful infatuation. Haakon and Kari’s burgeoning love melds seamlessly into their surrounding wilderness playground. Their splendor grows and, in their confidence, they feel it manifest itself as a ripple racing across the cosmos. Yet, the carefree warm daylight hours eventually recede. The Northwest’s signature cold and dampness returns. Though the lovers procrastinate, they know a hard decision is imminent, and that fate threatens to launch them on two separate trajectories. College, marriage, career, parenthood, graduations, and retirement come to pass and, in time, Haakon finds himself at a crossroad. His choice, and an unlikely event, grant him a second chance to make amends for a previous, painful decision. Sometimes It Feels Like Far is a tale of adventure, beauty, and lost love -- all in a romanticized world where the mountains and the sky and the mist merge into one. Gary Spetz tells of a “time and place and people” he had known well. As a lifelong painter, he vividly portrays Haakon's journey with brushstrokes of words. He writes like he paints -- boldly and with earthy realism. To author/artist Spetz, the setting of Sometimes It Feels Like Far is as paramount as the novel’s sentiments.