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Discover Portland Columbia Symphony: Scheherazade and Other Epic Odysseys

Scheherazade

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay

Music CD
Scheherazade

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay

Music CD
Tales From the Arabian Nights

Napoli, Donna Jo

Book
The Arabian Nights

Book
The Arabian Nights

Book
The Arabian Nights

Book
Travels

Bowles, Paul

Book
Around the World

Phelan, Matt

Book
Around the World in 80 Days

DVD
Scheherazade

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay

Printed Music

Reading list

Portland: History, Buildings, Bridges and Neighborhoods

Portland

Haneckow, Dan

Book
Portlandness

Banis, David

Book
The Streets of Chinatown

Mirk, Sarah

Book
Portland's Black Panthers

Mirk, Sarah

Book
The Vanport Flood

Mirk, Sarah

Book
The Big & Awesome Bridges...

Wortman, Sharon Wood

Book
Bridges of Portland

Bottenberg, Ray

Book
Vanishing Portland

Bottenberg, Ray

Book
Our Portland

Cody, M. J.

Book
Above Portland

Forster, C. Bruce

Book
Portland

Fortner, Walter

Book
Portland City Walks

Foster, Laura O.

Book
Portland, Oregon

Frost, Susan E.

Book
Portland From the Air

Heinl, Russ

Book
An Architectural Guidebook to...

King, Bart

Book
Vanport

Maben, Manly

Book
The Eagle & the Fort

Morrison, Dorothy Nafus

Book
Historic Photos of Portland

Nelson, Donald R.

Book
Remembering Portland

Nelson, Donald R.

Book
African Americans of Portland

Moreland, Kimberly Stowers

Book
Our Portland Story

Book
Out & About With Kids

Book
Central Library

Ritz, Richard E.

Book
Northwest Kid Trips

Shinn, Lora

Book
Larry Gets Lost in Portland

Skewes, John

Book
Portland ABC

Skewes, John

Book
Portland Names and...

Snyder, Eugene E.

Book
Spenser Goes to Portland

Book
Walk There

Book
The Portland Bridge Book

Wortman, Sharon Wood

Book
Interviews With the Twelve...

Frankel, Boaz

Book
Lone Fir Cemetery

Mirk, Sarah

Book
Lone Fir

Mathiesen, Johan

Book
Vanport

DVD
Portland Timbers

Stewart, Mark

Book
Votes for Women

Mirk, Sarah

Book
Portland's Dead Freeways

Mirk, Sarah

Book
Go Outside: Parks, Trails,...

Zamora, Sakura

Book
Nice Museums In Portland

Zhang, Jinghan

Book
The ABC's of Portland...

Kline, Harvey

Book
Walking With Ramona

Foster, Laura O.

Book
Lost Portland, Oregon

Ballestrem, Val C.

Book
Rose City Rising

Book
Portland Stair Walks

Foster, Laura O.

Book
Notable Women of Portland

Prince, Tracy J.

Book

Reading list

Lewis and Clark: Who's Who in the Corps of Discovery

Explore With Lewis and Clark

Stuckey, Rachel

Book
What Was the Lewis and Clark...

St. George, Judith

Book
The Journey of York

Davis, Hasan

Book
York's Adventures With...

Blumberg, Rhoda

Book
Sacagawea

DeKeyser, Stacy

Book
The Great Expedition of Lewis...

Edwards, Judith

Book
Sacagawea

Erdrich, Liselotte

Book
Path to the Pacific

Frazier, Neta Lohnes

Book
Your Life as A Private on the...

Gunderson, Jessica

Book
I Am Sacajawea, I Am York

Murphy, Claire Rudolf

Book
American Slave, American Hero

Pringle, Laurence

Book
Dog of Discovery

Pringle, Laurence

Book
Lewis and Clark

Robinson, Kate

Book
Sacagawea

Sutcliffe, Jane

Book
Sacagawea's Son

Tinling, Marion

Book

Reading list

Researching the Oregon Trail

How Many People Traveled the...

Aronin, Miriam

Book
If You Were A Kid on the...

Gregory, Josh

Book
Your Life as A Pioneer on the...

Gunderson, Jessica

Book
Oregon Trail

Young, Frank

Book
The Foul, Filthy American...

Schwartz, Heather E.

Book
The Journal of Jedediah...

Levine, Ellen

Book
Great Pioneer Projects You...

Dickinson, Rachel

Book
Rachel's Journal

Moss, Marissa

Book
Across the Wide and Lonesome...

Gregory, Kristiana

Book
How to Get Rich on the Oregon...

Olson, Tod

Book
Oregon Trail Cooking

Gunderson, Mary

Book
The Oregon Trail in American...

Stefoff, Rebecca

Book
Words West

Wadsworth, Ginger

Book
Daily Life in A Covered Wagon

Erickson, Paul

Book
Women of the Frontier

Miller, Brandon Marie

Book

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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt

Faust, Daniel R.

Book
1,000 Facts About Ancient...

Honovich, Nancy

Book
Mangy Mummies, Menacing...

Barnham, Kay

Book
Tutankhamun

Hawass, Zahi A.

Book
Curse of the Pharaohs

Hawass, Zahi A.

Book
Pyramid

Macaulay, David

Book
Egypt in Spectacular Cross-...

Biesty, Stephen

Book
National Geographic...

Rubalcaba, Jill

Book
If I Were A Kid in Ancient...

Book
Pharaoh's Boat

Weitzman, David

Book
National Geographic Kids...

Boyer, Crispin

Book
I Wonder Why Pyramids Were...

Steele, Philip

Book
Ancient Egypt

Williams, Marcia

Book
Your Life as A Pharaoh in...

Gunderson, Jessica

Book
You Wouldn't Want to Be...

Morley, Jacqueline

Book
Ancient Egypt

Amstutz, Lisa J.

Book

Reading list

Mesopotamia for Students

Ancient Mesopotamia

Faust, Daniel R.

Book
Ancient Mesopotamia

Head, Tom

Book
You Wouldn't Want to Be...

Morley, Jacqueline

Book
You Wouldn't Want to Be...

Matthews, Rupert

Book
The Sumerians

Landau, Elaine

Book
The Babylonians

Landau, Elaine

Book
The Assyrians

Landau, Elaine

Book
National Geographic...

Gruber, Beth

Book
The Epic of Gilgamesh

McCaughrean, Geraldine

Book
Empires of Mesopotamia

Nardo, Don

Book
Mesopotamia and the Fertile...

Malam, John

Book
Life in Ancient Mesopotamia

Mehta-Jones, Shilpa

Book
Ancient Mesopotamia

Schomp, Virginia

Book
Mesopotamia, Iraq in Ancient...

Chrisp, Peter

Book
Mesopotamia

Deedrick, Tami

Book
Eyewitness Mesopotamia

Steele, Philip

Book Plus CD

Reading list

The Aztec, Inca and Maya

Aztec, Inca & Maya

Baquedano, Elizabeth

Book
Before Columbus

Mann, Charles C.

Book
Cities of Blood

Ackroyd, Peter

Book
Maya

Bell-Rehwoldt, Sheri

Book
Seven Wonders of Ancient...

Woods, Michael

Book
South and Meso-American...

Bingham, Ann

Book
Aztecs

Macdonald, Fiona

Book
Hidden World of the Aztec

Lourie, Peter

Book
Montezuma and the Fall of the...

Kimmel, Eric A.

Book
National Geographic...

Cooke, Tim

Book
Civilizations of Peru Before...

Martell, Hazel

Book
Lost Treasure of the Inca

Lourie, Peter

Book
National Geographic...

Gruber, Beth

Book
You Wouldn't Want to Be...

Hynson, Colin

Book
National Geographic...

Harris, Nathaniel, 1937-

Book
Tikal

Mann, Elizabeth

Book
You Wouldn't Want to Be...

Matthews, Rupert

Book
Ancient Maya

Edwards, Sue Bradford

Book
Ancient Aztecs

Kenney, Karen Latchana

Book
Inca

Kovacs, Lawrence G.

Book
Inca

Kovacs, Lawrence

eBook

Reading list

European Explorers & Exploration

Great Explorers

Buckley, James

Book
Explorers

Arlon, Penelope

Book
Explorers

Oxlade, Chris

Book
1493 for Young People

Mann, Charles C.

Book
Before Columbus

Mann, Charles C.

Book
Explore With Christopher...

O'Brien, Cynthia

Book
Explorer

Matthews, Rupert

Book
Who Was First?

Freedman, Russell

Book
The World Made New

Aronson, Marc

Book
Lives of the Explorers

Krull, Kathleen

Book
Explorers of the New World

Mooney, Carla

Book
Around the World in A Hundred...

Fritz, Jean

Book
The Look-it-up Book of...

Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody

Book

Reading list

Native American tribes and Indian nations - Megasites

An Indigenous Peoples'...

Mendoza, Jean

Book
An Indigenous Peoples'...

Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne

eBook
The First Oregonians

Book
The American Indian Rights...

Braun, Eric

Book
Young Water Protectors

Tudor, Aslan

Book
Before Columbus

Mann, Charles C.

Book
Looks Like Daylight

Ellis, Deborah

Book
Lasting Echoes

Bruchac, Joseph

Book
Urban Tribes

Book
The Standing Rock Sioux...

MacCarald, Clara

Book
Native Peoples of the...

Goddu, Krystyna Poray

Book
Native Peoples of the...

Lowery, Linda

Book
Native Peoples of the...

Lowery, Linda

Book
Native Peoples of the...

Sonneborn, Liz

Book
Native Peoples of the Arctic

Kallen, Stuart A.

Book
Native Peoples of the Great...

Goddu, Krystyna Poray

Book
Native Peoples of the...

Kallen, Stuart A.

Book
Native Peoples of California

Lowery, Linda

Book
Native Peoples of the Plateau

Goddu, Krystyna Poray

Book
Native Athletes in Action!

Schilling, Vincent

Book
A Kid's Guide to Native...

Dennis, Yvonne Wakim

Book
Native Peoples of the Americas

Book
Before the Storm

Lassieur, Allison

Book
First People

King, David C.

Book
North American Indian

Murdoch, David Hamilton

Book
The Kids' Multicultural...

Michaels, Alexandra

Book
The Story of the American...

Fletcher, Sydney E.

Book
Explore Native American...

Yasuda, Anita

Book
A History of Native Americans

DVD
Tools of Native Americans

Kavin, Kim

Book
Native American Life

DVD
Native Americans

Haslam, Andrew

Book

Reading list

If you liked the Chronicles of One series by Nora Roberts

The Passage

Cronin, Justin

eBook
The Flight of the Silvers--...

Price, Daniel

eBook
Station Eleven

Mandel, Emily St. John

eBook
Dies the Fire

Stirling, S. M.

eBook
The Dog Stars

Heller, Peter

eBook
Bird Box

Malerman, Josh

eBook
Cell

King, Stephen

eBook
Wanderers

Wendig, Chuck

eBook
Wonderblood

Whicker, Julia

eBook
Oryx and Crake

Atwood, Margaret

eBook
The Cabin at the End of the...

Tremblay, Paul

eBook
The Turn

Harrison, Kim

eBook
The Cruel Stars

Birmingham, John

eBook
The Country of Ice Cream Star

Newman, Sandra

eBook
Sip

Carr, Brian Allen

eBook
Wool

Howey, Hugh

eBook
The Book of Joan

Yuknavitch, Lidia

eBook
The Islands at the End of the...

Aslan, Austin

eBook
Last Ones Left Alive

Davis-Goff, Sarah

eBook
The Stand

King, Stephen

eBook