West category: 3403 books

Set against a landscape of rail yards and skate parks, Kai Carlson-Wee’s debut collection captures a spiritual journey of wanderlust, depression, brotherhood, and survival. These poems—a “verse novella” in documentary form—build momentum as they travel across the stark landscapes of the...

Everything you need to know when you only have a Long Weekend in Vernice (Calif.). + Lodgings + Restaurants + Attractions + Shopping Other Delaplaine Travel Guides: 2013 Guide to South Beach 2013 Guide to Miami & South Beach 2013 Guide to Key West & the Florida Keys 2013...

*Includes historic illustrations depicting Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and important people in their lives.*Includes a profile of Anne and Mary from the famous English pirate history "A General History of the Pyrates".*Discusses common legends about Anne and Mary, separating fact from fiction.*Includes a...

  Enjoy your trip to the United States with the Grand Canyon 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...

  Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Vail, the ski resort town set in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, USA. Vail is divided into four zones - West Vail, Vail Village, Lionshead, and East Vail and was established as the base village to Vail Ski Resort. Vail Ski Resort's first...

Castle Rock Writers bring readers a collection of vintage images and sketches of Douglas County from approximately 1861 to 1950, covering the settling of towns such as Parker and Sedalia and rural areas like Cherry Valley and Daniel's Park. Early homesteaders, adventurers, and prospectors journeyed...

Positioned just 10 miles west of the North Dakota border, and nestled against the Yellowstone River in the south, Sidney, Montana, has a rich history filled with hearty pioneers who settled in the area starting in the 1870s. Through hard work, and in both good times and bad, those pioneers managed...

Founded as a railroad town in 1868, Rawlins was smack in the middle of the Wild West that attracted so many adventure-seekers from the East, such as Clare Espy, who rode into town alone at 12 years old and became a successful cowboy. When the town outgrew its outlaw days and was ready to be incorporated,...

Alaska is an adventurer's dream and there are few places in the United States where the Great Outdoors offers tourists quite so much. As one of the last refuges of unspoilt nature, Alaska represents all that is great in the American “Wild West”.    TABLE OF CONTENTS:  Introduction...

Foreword by Hazel V. Carby   A modern classic about power and the making of history, with a new foreword by a prominent scholar   Placing the West’s failure to acknowledge the most successful slave revolt in history alongside denials of the Holocaust and the debates over the Alamo and Christopher...

The Legacy of Eric Williams provides an indispensable and significant understanding of Eric Williams's contributions to the now independent nation of Trinidad and Tobago and his impact on the broader international understanding of the Caribbean. This book stands out because of its simultaneous investigation...

No amount of fog can hold San Francisco down San Francisco's colorful activity echoes around its steep hills and sweeps through its valleys. From inspired bread-making at Tartine, to the freshly sprayed street murals of the Mission's Clarion Alley, the always loud and sparkly clubs of the Castro,...

Travel in the American West, first published around 1900. Recollections of Bret Harte and the places that were the settings for his stories. According to Wikipedia: "Bret Harte (August 25, 1836[2] May 6, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California....

Seattle, the Emerald City on the shores of Puget Sound, is the crown jewel of the Pacific Northwest.  To the west are the jagged peaks of the Olympic Mountains and to the east are the rolling hills of the Cascade Mountain Range.  On a clear day the towering peak of Mr. Rainier dominates...