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The guide to the hikers' paradise of Lassen Volcanic National Park--with its still-active geologic wonders, wildflower-carpeted meadows, forest-rimmed lakes, crystalline streams, and view-packed summits--has been completely updated and expanded, with new trips, photos, and maps to complement the user-friendly design of the popular Wilderness Press National Park series. Revamped by veteran Wilderness Press author Mike White, this comprehensive guide features 95 dayhike and backpack trips to popular sites such as Lassen Peak and Bumpass Hell and little-known backcountry gems like the Bucks Lake Wilderness Loop.

Not only does this book describe trips to gorgeous vistas like the Thousand Lakes Valley or intriguing volcanic features like the remnants of ancient Mt. Tehama and the bubbling mudpots of Sulphur Works, it includes walks through history along the Nobles Emigrant Trail, which was used by early pioneers seeking riches in gold and timber. Also included are trips into regions surrounding the Park, including the Hat Creek Recreation Area, greater Susanville-Chester area, Warner Valley, Butte Lake, and Drakesbad regions, McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park, plus the Thousand Lakes, Caribou, Ishi, and Bucks Lake wilderness areas.

• Includes the popular "Lassen Scenic Byway Road Log," keyed to the Park's roadside markers and points of interest.
• There are more than 150 miles of hiking trails within the park, and the trails in this book range from a simple, 0.2-mile stroll through Sulphur Works to a strenuous 19.3-mile loop in the remote eastern part of the Park.

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Now completely updated for a second edition, Backpacking Washington remains the only comprehensive guide to all of the Evergreen State's best extended backpacking trips. Ranging from three days to two weeks, these 28 adventures visit every corner of the state, including the wild beaches of the Olympic Peninsula, the vast interior of the Pasayten Wilderness, Mt. Rainier's famous Wonderland Trail, the volcanic wasteland around Mt. St. Helens, and the little-known Salmo-Priest Wilderness, where hikers may glimpse grizzly bears.

• Three new backpacking outings--in the Olympic Mountains, Pasayten Wilderness, and Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument--and 13 bonus hikes.
• Sixteen pages of full-color photographs.
• Descriptions of scenery, crowds, trail popularity, difficulty, mileage, elevation gain, length of trail, and shuttle distance provide all the information needed to plan the perfect backpacking trip.
• Award-winning author/photographer Douglas Lorain supplies clear trip narratives as well as tips about creek crossings, water availability, worthwhile side trips, potential problems, and notes and comments about weather and terrain.

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When nature kills on a grand scale, it does so indiscriminately: a murderer may be spared and an orphanage destroyed. So it was with the May 8, 1902, eruption of Mount Pelee on the Caribbean island of Martinique, author Alwyn Scarth shows in La Catastrophe, his study of the event. The explosion, more specifically, its aftermath--a 300 mph burst of superheated gas as well as roiling mudflows and tsunamis--killed more than 28,000 people, sank a dozen seaborne ships, and reduced the city of Saint-Pierre to rubble. Scarth, after briefly delineating the island's geology and history, methodically describes the increasingly fraught days before the event and, with gruesome precision, the event itself. Most welcome are his many sidebars, including firsthand accounts by survivors, newspaper stories, and lists of widespread rumors (and their dispelling). As well, the book is amply and instructively illustrated. The prose is powerful and understated, and the book somberly thrilling and perceptive. Nor does it avoid ghastly ironies. A few months after the eruption, Scarth observes, "the ruins of Saint-Pierre suffered the supreme indignity of becoming an attraction for boatloads of tourists." --H. O'Billovich.
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Tiki Style is a recognized part of American Folk Art with a longstanding history and mass appeal. Here are some of today's most exciting American Tiki artists and international artists working in the Tiki Style, including: Shag, Marco Almera, Bosko, Sunny Buick, Dave Burke, Kalynn Campbell, Dirty Donny, Crazy Al Evans, Richie Fahey, Rod Filbrandt, Mary Fleener, Bruce Gossett, Christine Karas, Joe Leonard, Sharon Leong, Mr. Lucky, Munktiki, Mitch O'Connell, Lisa Petrucci, The Pizz, Isabel Samaras, Von Franco, and more..
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