PDX Hiking 365 (Second Edition)

by Matt Reeder

Author	: Matt Reeder
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2023-04-28
Genre	:
ISBN	: 9780988912557

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Where should we go this weekend? Like most Portland hikers, you want to go outside year-round, rain or shine. But most guidebooks tantalize you with places you can only access a few months a year. This second edition of PDX Hiking 365 breaks through the fog to provide you fantastic hikes all year long, from January to December. Organized by month, 365 gives you ten great hikes for each month of the year, from New Years Day to New Years Eve. With PDX Hiking 365, you should be able to explore year-round for years to come.

Fifty Places to Hike Before You Die

by Chris Santella

Author	: Chris Santella
Publisher	: Abrams
Total Pages	: 443
Release	: 2012-11-16
Genre	: Travel
ISBN	: 1613120508

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A breathtaking guide to fifty of the world’s greatest locations to hike, as selected by the experts who have been there. Fifty Places to Hike Before You Die is the latest offering in the bestselling Fifty Places series. Chris Santella, along with top expedition leaders, explores the world’s greatest walking adventures. Some, such as the Lunana Snowman Trek in Bhutan and the Kangshung Valley Trek in Tibet, are grueling multiweek adventures at high altitudes. Others, such as Japan’s Nakesando Trail, move leisurely from village to village, allowing walkers to immerse themselves in the local culture. Whether it’s climbing the Rwandan mountains to view mountain gorillas or strolling through bistros along Italy’s Amalfi Coast, there’s a memorable hike at everyone’s level within these 50 chapters. With commentaries from expert trekkers and insider tips that lead the reader off the beaten path, Santella has again captured the special characteristics that make these must-visit destinations.

Off the Beaten Trail

by Matt Reeder

Author	: Matt Reeder
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2013-02
Genre	: Hiking
ISBN	: 9780988912502

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Are you ready to get off the beaten trail? This collection of 50 hikes explores some of the most obscure and beautiful hikes in northwest Oregon and southwest Washington. You'll follow an abandoned railroad through the Coast Range, climb high up the west slope of Mount Hood to incredible wildflower meadows, discover colossal old-growth forest deep in the Clackamas River canyon and get up close and personal with one of Oregon's greatest waterfalls high in the Mount Jefferson backcountry. With detailed descriptions of each hike and maps created using National Geographic's Topo! series, Off the beaten trail lets you discover places and hikes you never knew existed.--Provided by publisher.

Wild

by Cheryl Strayed

Author	: Cheryl Strayed
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2023-08
Genre	: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN	: 9781838959548

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'One of the best books I've read in the last five or ten years... Wild is angry, brave, sad, self-knowing, redemptive, raw, compelling, and brilliantly written, and I think it's destined to be loved by a lot of people, men and women, for a very long time.' Nick Hornby

Alcoholics Anonymous

by Bill W.

Author	: Bill W.
Publisher	: Penguin
Total Pages	: 418
Release	: 2014-09-04
Genre	: Self-Help
ISBN	: 0698176936

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A 75th anniversary e-book version of the most important and practical self-help book ever written, Alcoholics Anonymous. Here is a special deluxe edition of a book that has changed millions of lives and launched the modern recovery movement: Alcoholics Anonymous. This edition not only reproduces the original 1939 text of Alcoholics Anonymous, but as a special bonus features the complete 1941 Saturday Evening Post article “Alcoholics Anonymous” by journalist Jack Alexander, which, at the time, did as much as the book itself to introduce millions of seekers to AA’s program. Alcoholics Anonymous has touched and transformed myriad lives, and finally appears in a volume that honors its posterity and impact.

The Book of Light

by Mikaela Katherine Jones

Author	: Mikaela Katherine Jones
Publisher	: Conari Press
Total Pages	: 256
Release	: 2018-03-01
Genre	: Self-Help
ISBN	: 1633410811

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Stressed out by life? Need a little extra comfort, inspiration, and love? Whether you've lost your way or are just having a bad day, The Book of Light is the ideal pick-me-up, reminding you that you are a magnificent, powerful being of light. You are here to make a positive contribution to the world, and you are deserving of love, joy, and fulfillment. The Book of Light will help you tune in to and connect with your inner light for direction. The thoughtful passages will help you create more emotional, spiritual, and physical light in your life each day of the year. When read with intention, the affirmations, meditations, visualizations, and practical tips will help you awaken to and stay connected to your true self.

Engineering Materials 2

by Michael F. Ashby

Author	: Michael F. Ashby
Publisher	: Elsevier
Total Pages	: 380
Release	: 2014-06-28
Genre	: Technology & Engineering
ISBN	: 1483297217

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Provides a thorough explanation of the basic properties of materials; of how these can be controlled by processing; of how materials are formed, joined and finished; and of the chain of reasoning that leads to a successful choice of material for a particular application. The materials covered are grouped into four classes: metals, ceramics, polymers and composites. Each class is studied in turn, identifying the families of materials in the class, the microstructural features, the processes or treatments used to obtain a particular structure and their design applications. The text is supplemented by practical case studies and example problems with answers, and a valuable programmed learning course on phase diagrams.

101 Hikes in the Majestic Mount Jefferson Region

by Matt Reeder

Author	: Matt Reeder
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 322
Release	: 2016-03-21
Genre	: Hiking
ISBN	: 9780988912519

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High-resolution topographic maps, detailed directions and suggestions for extending hikes guides hikers to Oregon's Mount Jefferson, a scenic eroded volcanic area in the central Oregon Cascades. Includes appendices listing campgrounds, lookout towers, cabins and resorts, places you can drive to, and top 5 lists (suggestions for best hikes for old grove forests, wildflowers, rushing streams, waterfalls, lakes, panoramic views, fall colors, solitude, rainy days, winter hikes, and for children).

Math in Society

by David Lippman

Author	: David Lippman
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2012-09-07
Genre	: Electronic books
ISBN	: 9781479276530

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Math in Society is a survey of contemporary mathematical topics, appropriate for a college-level topics course for liberal arts major, or as a general quantitative reasoning course.This book is an open textbook; it can be read free online at http://www.opentextbookstore.com/mathinsociety/. Editable versions of the chapters are available as well.