Visiting Gig Harbor
Author: Tanya Braumiller
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Published: 1983-09-01
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9780933992283
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Author: Tanya Braumiller
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Published: 1983-09-01
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9780933992283
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Donald R. Tjossem
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0738596027
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGig Harbor, located in southern Puget Sound, received its name from the Wilkes Expedition in 1841. History indicates that the captain's gig led the expedition into this small harbor during a storm that came up quite suddenly, hence the name, "Gig." Following the Native Americans, the early settlers were fishermen, farmers, boatbuilders, and lumbermen. Gig Harbor was dependent mostly upon land and water travel until 1940, when the first Narrows Bridge was built; however, it collapsed in less than a year after being built. The replacement bridge was not completed until 1950, but with its construction, Gig Harbor grew very quickly and became a bedroom district of Tacoma and the greater Puget Sound area. Fishing remains one of the mainstays of Gig Harbor commerce, although there are presently no sawmills or lumber mills in the area.
Author: Scott McArthur
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2012-10-01
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0870045709
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDistributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Although the Pacific Northwest was the area furthest removed from the actual battles of the Civil War, it was nonetheless profoundly affected by the war. The Enemy Never Came examines the everyday lives of the volunteer soldiers who battled Native American renegades of the region and of the settlers who were deeply affected by the war yet unable to do much about it. Pacific Northwest pioneers soon chose sides, most allying with the North, others supporting the southern states’ right to withdraw from the union. Still others attempted to ignore the entire issue of the War between the States, leaving “that problem” to the folks back east. Because communication with the rest of the nation was slow and tenuous during the early years of the war, the early settlers of what are now Oregon, Washington, and Idaho concentrated on controlling the restive Native Americans whose land and society had been overwhelmed by white settlers. These same settlers, however, nonetheless vigorously argued politics and worried about invaders from the south, from the British colonies to the north, and from the sea—none of whom ever materialized.
Author: Jack R. Evans
Publisher: Scw Publications
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781877882012
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Eric E. Peterson
Publisher: NavPress
Published: 2020-06-02
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 1641581115
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHave you ever felt in over your head? When Eric Peterson became the pastor of a brand-new church, he quickly and wisely turned to his dad for guidance. Eugene Peterson, author of more than thirty books including his bestselling memoir The Pastor and his groundbreaking Bible The Message, here reflects on pastoral ministry in all its complexity--from relationships to administration to the sheer audacity of leading God's people in a particular place. This is Eugene Peterson at his best--lifelong wisdom written with deep love. As the reader, you will glimpse into the tender, witty, personal side of Eugene mentoring his own son. These intimate letters will be treasured by all who read, and applicable to church leaders around the globe. Purchase individually or together with Letters to a Young Congregation as a memorable gift for a church leader or seminary graduate.
Author: Matthew Ralph
Publisher:
Published: 2019-10-02
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 9781916242203
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA cute rhyming children's picture book about a speedy sloth who feels different than the others, and goes on an adventure of self-discovery.
Author: Gregg Olsen
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2005-05-03
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 0307238393
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this true story—a haunting saga of medical murder set in an era of steamships and gaslights—Gregg Olsen reveals one of the most unusual and disturbing criminal cases in American history. In 1911 two wealthy British heiresses, Claire and Dora Williamson, arrived at a sanitorium in the forests of the Pacific Northwest to undergo the revolutionary “fasting treatment” of Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard. It was supposed to be a holiday for the two sisters, but within a month of arriving at what the locals called Starvation Heights, the women underwent brutal treatments and were emaciated shadows of their former selves. Claire and Dora were not the first victims of Linda Hazzard, a quack doctor of extraordinary evil and greed. But as their jewelry disappeared and forged bank drafts began transferring their wealth to Hazzard’s accounts, the sisters came to learn that Hazzard would stop at nothing short of murder to achieve her ambitions.
Author: Wisconsin. Department of Transportation
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 54
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ruha Benjamin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2019-07-09
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 1509526439
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen social inequity. Benjamin argues that automation, far from being a sinister story of racist programmers scheming on the dark web, has the potential to hide, speed up, and deepen discrimination while appearing neutral and even benevolent when compared to the racism of a previous era. Presenting the concept of the “New Jim Code,” she shows how a range of discriminatory designs encode inequity by explicitly amplifying racial hierarchies; by ignoring but thereby replicating social divisions; or by aiming to fix racial bias but ultimately doing quite the opposite. Moreover, she makes a compelling case for race itself as a kind of technology, designed to stratify and sanctify social injustice in the architecture of everyday life. This illuminating guide provides conceptual tools for decoding tech promises with sociologically informed skepticism. In doing so, it challenges us to question not only the technologies we are sold but also the ones we ourselves manufacture. Visit the book's free Discussion Guide here.
Author: Rand McNally
Publisher:
Published: 2004-06-21
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ISBN-13: 9780528955839
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