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	Compass Guide Pacific Northwest  •  John Doerper GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 372 PAGES This compact book provides an excellent overview of the region (covering Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and the San Juan Islands), with particular emphasis on history and visitor attractions. Handsomely illustrated with color and archival photographs, it features literary excerpts, good maps and some practical travel information. (PNW24, $22.95)
	National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest  •  Peter Alden FIELD GUIDE •  1998 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 448 PAGES A compact photographic guide to the wildflowers, trees, mosses, butterflies, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals of the Pacific Northwest. Apart from its 1,000 photographs, the book also includes an overview of the ecology and habitats of the region and a list of parks and preserves. (PNW50, $19.95)
	Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest  •  Katharine Berry Judson LITERATURE •  1997 •  PAPER  • 204 PAGES First published in 1910 and with a new introduction by Jay Miller, this book collects the oral traditions of the Klamath, Nez Perce, Modoc, Chinook and other tribes of the Pacific Northwest. Presented here with 52 photographs, the stories reveal myths and traditions of the creation of the universe, rebirth of the salmon and, most interestingly, the formation of noted geographical features of the territory. It's a wonderful introduction to the traditional mindset and importance of the land to Native Americans of the region. (PNW17, $14.95)
	Undaunted Courage, Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, And The Opening of the American West  •  Stephen Ambrose EXPLORATION •  1997 •  PAPER  • 528 PAGES A fast-paced, marvelously detailed account of the exploration of the American West. Biographer Ambrose relies on newly published materials and original journals to recreate the high adventure and politics of late 18th-century America. This best-selling book is rich in details of geography, flora, fauna and Native American life. It is considerably enlivened by many maps -- and the author's own modern journey in the footsteps of Captain Lewis and the Discovery Corps. Ambrose knows how to tell a story and this is a great one. (USW20, $17.00)
	The Good Rain  •  Timothy Egan NATURAL HISTORY •  1991 •  PAPER  • 254 PAGES Here the Seattle correspondent for the "New York Times" offers a wonderfully readable mix of journalism, history, politics and geography. In the footsteps of 1853 visionary Theodore Winthrop, Egan travels to towns along the Columbia River throughout Washington and Oregon. This book is a fine portrait of the Pacific Northwest, its people and contemporary issues, as the region struggles with its historical emphasis on natural resources. (PNW11, $14.95)
	Pacific Northwest Map  •   Hallwag 2006 •  MAP This detailed regional map covers all of Washington, Oregon and Idaho, at a scale of 1:1,200,000. With a gazetteer, national parks, and more detailed insets of major cities. It includes Galcier and Yellowstone national parks, Crater Lake and Seattle. (PNW71, $12.95)

	British Columbia Map  •   ITMB    •  A colorful traveler's map of British Columbia, at a scale of 1:1,500,000. (CND61, $8.95)
	Map of the Northwest  •   National Geographic    •  A folded physical relief map of the Pacific Northwest. (PNW45, $7.95)
	San Juan Islands Map  •   Great Pacific Map Company    •  A detailed map and guide to the San Juan Islands at a scale of 1:70,000. (PNW68, $5.95)
	Washington Oregon Map  •   Map Art Maps   • COMING IN OCTOBER  •  A regional map of Oregon and Washington at a scale of 1:975,000. (PNW12, $4.95)
	Atlas of the Pacific Northwest  •  Philip Jackson   • REFERENCE  •  This authoritative reference covers the geography, history and culture of Idaho, Washington and Oregon in 200 maps. (PNW231, $24.95)
	Eyewitness Guide Pacific Northwest  •   Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This superb guide to the Pacific Northwest features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the area's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (PNW151, $25.00)
	Fodor's Seattle's 25 Best  •   Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A shirt-pocket guide to Seattle, this slim book includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights. (PNW56, $11.95)
	Insight City Guide Seattle  •   Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This handsome guide gives a profusely illustrated overview of Seattle, featuring concise essays by well regarded authors on history, art, and culture. With hundreds of photos and maps. (PNW83, $16.95)
	Insight Guide Pacific Northwest  •  Janie Freeburg  •  Diana Ackland   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An overview of the region, featuring photographs and insightful essays on history, culture and nature. (PNW73, $23.95)
	Karen Brown's Pacific Northwest: Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries  •  Karen Brown   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A survey of inns and other lodging of character, along with itineraries and highlights of the region. (PNW132, $19.95)
	Moon Handbook Columbia River Gorge  •  Stuart Warren  •  Brian Litt   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This practical guide covers the Columbia River and surrounding regions of Oregon and Washington, providing essential information on history, culture, nature and attractions. (PNW167, $14.95)
	Olympic, A Visitor's Companion  •  George Wuerthner  •  Douglas W. Moore   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact guide featuring an overview of the natural history of Olympic National Park and 250 color illustrations of typically encountered plants and animals. (PNW97, $19.95)
	The Food Lover's Guide to Seattle  •  Katy Calcott  •  Nicholas Calcott   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Eat your way through Seattle's specialty shops, bakeries and ethnic markets with this comprehensive guide. (PNW144, $16.95)
	Time Out Vancouver  •  Tom Charity   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An up-to-date guide on what to do and where to go by the people who publish Time Out Magazine. (CND255, $19.95)
	Cedar: Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians  •  Hilary Stewart   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Cedar figured prominently in the early societies of the Pacific Northwest, and this handsome, illustrated book examines its many incarnations, from totem poles and canoes, to shelter and clothing. (PNW109, $29.95)
	Crater Lake National Park, A History  •  Rick Harmon   • HISTORY  •  A short, readable history of Crater Lake by the editor of the Oregon Historical Quarterly, published in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the park's formation. (PNW156, $19.95)
	Empire Express, Building the First Transcontinental Railroad  •  David Haward Bain   • HISTORY  •  A magisterial history of the railroad that connected the East to the West -- and radically changed the face of America. It is quite a tale, featuring greed, corruption, disaster and many memorable characters. (USW135, $20.00)
	Art of the Northwest Coast  •  Aldona Jonaitis   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A survey of Pacific Northwest art and artistic traditions from Puget Sound to Alaska, featuring thought-provoking essays by art historian Jonaitis along with 152 illustrations, 89 in color. (PNW208, $26.95)
	Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast  •  Hilary Stewart   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A concise, illustrated overview of the diverse art produced by the peoples of the Pacific Northwest. It focuses on the spiritual and cultural meaning of common motifs that characterize the rich art of the area. (PNW06, $17.95)
	Peoples of the Northwest Coast, Their Archaeology and Prehistory  •  Kenneth Ames  •  Herbert Maschner   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A readable, nicely illustrated survey of the culture and history of peoples along the along the Pacific Coast of North America from California to Alaska. (PNW106, $24.95)
	Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest  •  Derek Hayes   • EXPLORATION  •  An impressively researched, fascinating collection of maps covering exploration and discovery from British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and the Yukon. (PNW119, $40.00)
	The Curve of Time  •  Muriel Wylie Blanchet   • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE  •  Blanchet's delightful, unlikely account of life aboard a 25-foot ketch with her young family. It's a funny, vivid account of Vancouver Island, full of memorable detail on people and place. (PNW48, $15.95)
	The Egg and I  •  Betty MacDonald   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  MacDonald's uproarious account of raising chickens and children on a dilapidated 40-acre farm on the rainy, remote Olympic Peninsula. (PNW51, $13.95)
	The Island Within  •  Richard Nelson   • EXPLORATION  •  A beautifully written tribute to the Pacific Northwest. Drawn from the author's journals, this is an account of the natural and cultural history of an island in the waters of Haida Strait, with emphasis on the relationship between people and the land. (ALA17, $15.00)
	Snow Falling on Cedars  •  David Guterson   • LITERATURE  •  A beautifully wrought, extremely evocative novel set on San Piedro Island in Puget Sound in the 1950s. Readers are rewarded not only with some fine storytelling and beautiful prose, but with a vivid glimpse of life on these islands in Puget Sound. (PNW52, $14.95)
	Ten Little Indians  •  Sherman Alexie   • LITERATURE  •  A splendid collection of nine stories, both hilarious and poignant, each a richly described window onto contemporary life, mostly on Indian reservations in the Pacific Northwest. (USA75, $24.00)
	The Raven Steals the Light  •  Robert Bringhurst  •  Bill Reid  •  Claude Levi-Strauss   • LITERATURE  •  A classic collection of 10 Haida myths and legends with accompanying black and white etchings by Vancouver artist Bill Reid. These stories capture the storytelling traditions of the Haida. (PNW53, $14.95)
	Winterkill  •  Craig Lesley   • LITERATURE  •  A highly acclaimed novel by a Pacific Northwest literary lion, this book is a tale of fathers and sons, of modern Native American life, of the salmon and the spirit world. (PNW117, $14.00)
	A River Lost, The Life and Death of the Columbia  •  Blaine Harden   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A provocative social and environmental history of the Columbia River by a "Washington Post" journalist and native of the Pacific Northwest. This superbly reported, insightful history combines interviews and personal commentary with solid information. (PNW25, $15.95)
	Guardians of the Whales, The Quest to Study Whales in the Wild  •  Graeme M. Ellis  •  Bruce Obee   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A loving tribute to the whales of the Pacific Northwest and those who study them, this handsomely produced book includes long chapters on the orca, pacific gray, humpback and minke. (BST07, $34.95)
	Salmon Country, A History of the Pacific Salmon  •  Robert H. Busch   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A lively, illustrated natural history of Pacific Salmon. Robert H. Busch mixes plenty of biology with a history of the fishing industry and conservation issues. (FSH05, $17.95)
	Song for the Blue Ocean, Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas  •  Carl Safina   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A grand tour of our blue planet, divided geographically, this book is an excellent resource -- fascinating to read and full of hope. It combines a personal journey, hundreds of interviews with fisherman and scientists around the world, and a tour of important watery habitats. (OCE09, $18.00)
	The Emerald Sea, Exploring the Underwater Wilderness of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska  •  Dale Sanders  •  Diane Swanson   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An illustrated overview of the diverse underwater life of the Pacific Northwest featuring hundreds of color photographs. (PNW54, $34.95)
	The Great Northwest Nature Factbook  •  Ann Saling   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  From rain forests to glaciers and geoducks to rattlesnakes, this is a fun, take-along guide filled with fascinating facts about Washington, Oregon and Idaho. (PNW230, $14.95)
	The Olympic Peninsula, The Grace and the Grandeur  •  Mike Sedam   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A collection of photography that captures the diverse natural beauty of the Olympic Peninsula and Olympic National Park. (USW420, $29.95)
	The Restless Northwest, A Geological Story  •  Hill Williams   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A popular geological history of the region by a native Washingtonian and former science writer for the Seattle Times. He divides the book between ancient and quaternary geology, explaining not only the formation of the varied terrain but also the ongoing geologic processes giving shape to the landscape. (PNW135, $19.95)
	Between Pacific Tides  •  Edward F. Ricketts  •  Jack Calvin  •  Joel W. Hedgpeth  •  David W. Phillips  •  John Steinbeck   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A handbook to the rocky shores and tide pools of the Pacific Coast of the United States. Each intertidal zone is discussed in depth, augmented by black-and-white photographs and diagrams. (FG34, $31.95)
	British Columbia Seashore Life  •   Pocket Naturalist   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A fold-up, laminated card featuring color drawings and short descriptions of common marine plants, echinoderms, mollusks, crustaceans, nearshore fish, birds and mammals of British Columbia. (CND233, $5.95)
	Cascade-Olympic Natural History, A Trailside Reference  •  Daniel Mathews   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A comprehensive, illustrated guide and source book on the plants, animals and geology of this spectacular natural area, written by a local naturalist. (PNW59, $24.00)
	Coastal Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest  •  Elizabeth Horn   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A handy photo-identification guide to 200 species from British Columbia south to northern California, divided by habitats and plant family. (PNW15, $14.00)
	Northwest Field Guide, Inside Passage to Glacier Bay  •   Rainforest Publications   • FIELD GUIDE  •  With full color illustrations of the wildlife of the Pacific Northwest, including Puget Sound, the Georgia Straits, the Inside Passage, and Glacier Bay, this seven-panel, folded and laminated card is an easy-to-carry identification guide to fish, marine and land mammals, and sea and shore birds. (PNW211, $6.95)
	Plants and Animals of the Pacific Northwest  •  Eugene Kozloff   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A convenient single-volume introduction to the natural history of the Pacific Northwest. Divided by habitat, it covers plant life in detail with some information on associated invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians and a few mammals. (PNW10, $35.00)
	Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska  •  Andy MacKinnon  •  Jim Pojar   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A terrific handbook to nearly 800 species of trees, shrubs, wildflowers, grasses, ferns, mosses and lichens found along the Pacific coast from Oregon to Alaska. (PNW02, $24.95)
	Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises  •  Mark Carwardine   • FIELD GUIDE  •  In the trademark, graphic Eyewitness style, this sturdy guidebook colorfully describes the world's cetaceans with numerous illustrations, range maps, fluke drawings and a few paragraphs on each species. (FG02, $20.00)
	Wild Plants of the San Juan Islands  •  Scott Atkinson  •  Fred Sharpe   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A comprehensive field guide to flowers, mosses, shrubs, grasses, trees and wild areas of the islands, illustrated with line drawings. More than 190 species are thoroughly described. (PNW18, $14.95)

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