Notable Women of Portland, Hardcover

Biographies of women of the north east who have made local, national and international contributions to society.

Reducere. A young boy's simple answers to his mother's inquiries at bedtime introduce the reader to his recollection of his ordinary day. Q: "How are you doi...

In That Way Madness Lies, fifteen acclaimed writers put their modern spin on William Shakespeare's celebrated classics "From comedy to tragedy to s...

Join more than 20 photographers on a visual tour of eccentric urban Portland and its wild outlying areas, including Mount Hood and the Columbia Riv...

Reducere. The book title begs the question and the answers come through obstacles which become opportunities in this comical romp. Curiosity, frustration, im...

Celebrated artists, designers, photographers, writers, actors, and activists offer personal reflections on the essence of home in this inspirationa...

Reducere. The author characterizes the book as a memoir, entitled, Notable Encounters. As such, he has diligently documented his recollection of dozens of me...

Reducere. Here come the Portland babies, ready to give you a tour of their city in this appealing board book. Spirited and charming images pair with quirky t...

DescriptionBid goodnight to your favorite, iconic things in rainy Portland, Oregon. This endearing parody of the classic Goodnight Moon bedtime boo...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. The combined expertise of Art Bermstein and Andrew Jackman make this book a special one, more than just another guidebook. The authors are naturali...

Reducere. A collection of 18 must-visit places for afternoon tea in the United States from luxury hotels to independently owned tearooms will delight those w...

Reducere. Delilah Goodnight is a grieving WW11 widow when Nathan McCarthy rents a room from her in wartime Portland, Oregon. While he's trying to complete hi...

Reducere. By, For, and About Marines is a nonfiction collection of notable quotes giving voice to U.S. Marines throughout its storied and illustrious history...

DescriptionWhen Peleg Wadsworth built his family home on Congress Street in 1786, he could see the Fore River from his front door. The city grew up...

Reducere. DescriptionAssembled over the last four decades and still growing, the Mary and Cheney Cowles collection of Japanese art is one of the finest in pr...

Publisher: Notable PublishingAuthor(s): John HuddlesNumber of pages: 228Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 236 x 28Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

Reducere. DescriptionAs Portland has grown and changed, so has its architectural landscape. Once prominent landmarks have disappeared--the Marquam Building c...

Reducere. A collection of dinner parties and recipes inspired by notable architects and their lens on the world. This is a project by the Tulane School of Ar...

Publisher: Flatiron BooksAuthor(s): Dahlia AdlerNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 137 x 210 x 26Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

In the nineteenth century, the art of photography revolutionized police methods of criminal identification as detectives made collections of crimin...

DescriptionThe headlines shook Portland, Oregon. The brutal Ardenwald axe murders. The retribution killings by Chinatown tongs. The fiendish acts o...

A detailed examination of the beautiful and sensitively realized addition to the famed Portland Japanese Garden by contemporary Japanese architect ...

It's no puzzle why folks visit Portland or even call it home! From Voodoo Doughnuts to the International Rose Test Garden and Powell's Books, there...

Reducere. In the hardscrabble early days of Portland's seaport, shanghaiing" or "crimping" ran rampant. The proprietors of crooked saloons and sailors' board...

Reducere. This work describes the monumental accomplishments of the World War II shipyards in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. Working twenty-fou...

Reducere. In this engaging narrative, author JD Chandler crafts a people's history of Portland, Oregon, sharing the lesser-known stories of individuals who s...

Reducere. Gaylon Finklea Hecker and Marianne Odom began the interviews for this book in 1981 and devoted a professional lifetime to collecting the memories o...

The extraordinary journals of Pratt, who started a journal aged 15 in 1925, and kept writing until just a few days before her death in 1986: the re...

Reducere. Proud Women is a coffee table style book that features more than 100 fierce, brave women in the LGBTQ+ community and their stories. Our goal was to...

Hold on tight, Buckman Journal 003 is a bronco of a wild ride. Stories of action, humor, and wonder alongside a bunch of leaping-page art. A new fo...

Publisher: Unity Print and Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Nick ManningIllustration(s): 103 colour illustrations and 81 black and whiteNumber of pages: 13...

Reducere. Wildsam Field Guides: Portland leads travelers into the most authentic experience of the Oregon city, working closely with an eclectic team of trus...

Private investigator Tess Grey discovers that someone from her past is pursuing a deadly vendetta ? and she could be the next to die. ?If I?m dead,...

Reducere. From Nobel laureate, world-renowned doctor, and noted human rights activist Dr. Denis Mukwege comes an inspiring clarion call-to-action to confront...

Reducere. Un vrajitor atragator, care a facut-o sa-si doreasca sa viseze... Bunny Fletcher venise la Portland pentru a studia potentialul fabricii lui Alec G...

This volume contains the contents of George Kiraz's catalogue of over 1300 people and places related to the Syriac tradition, expanded to include L...

Reducere. The ordeals of two famous African Americans This special Leonaur edition combines the account of Harriet Ann Jacobs with that of Frederick Douglass...

When opposites attract...? In this Portland Midwives story, midwife Hazel is not looking for a relationship. So, why is she so drawn to Dr Caleb? E...

Reducere. An incisive history of self-serving white feminists and the inspiring women who've continually defied them Women including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, ...

Reducere. Covering trails and loops around Portland and Seattle, this guidebook of the Pacific Northwest provides avid hikers with full-color photographs and...

Reducere. After decades of singing Bach's music and lecturing about Bach and the world of the early 18th century, renowned Bach tenor David Gordon has compil...

A full-color illustrated collection of riveting, inspiring, and stereotype-shattering stories that reveal the beauty, diversity, and strength of Mu...

DescriptionA fantastically inspiring collection of interviews with 40 successful and empowering women, including Maya Angelou, Isabel Allende, Mary...

Reducere. By, For, and About Marines is a nonfiction collection of notable quotes giving voice to U.S. Marines throughout its storied and illustrious history...

Publisher: Graphic Arts BooksAuthor(s): Betsy BeierIllustration(s): Full-color illustrations throughoutNumber of pages: 112Collection: Wanderlust G...

Friday, December 19, 1777, dawned cold and windy. Fourteen thousand Continental Army soldiers tramped from dawn to dusk along the rutted Pennsylvan...

For this 2014 edition the latest depths have been applied throughout - in particular at Start Bay, R. Dart entrance, Tor Bay, Exmouth, The Shambles...

Reducere. A daring and timely feminist retelling of The Iliad from the perspective of the women of Troy who endured it--an extraordinary follow up to The Sil...