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Insight Guide Alaska
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK 2010 PAPER 392 PAGES
A profusely illustrated overview of the region, this travel guide features concise essays by well regarded authors on nature, history, peoples and culture. With hundreds of photos and maps, and some limited practical information. This award-winning series is noted for its wonderful photography, superb production and informative short essays.
(ALA42, $23.99)
Alaska, Travellers' Wildlife Guides
Les Beletsky Dennis Paulson
FIELD GUIDE 2006 PAPER 456 PAGES
A handbook and guide to the most commonly encountered birds, mammals, fish, amphibians and marine invertebrates of Alaska featuring 320 handsome color illustrations and descriptive information on each species. Most of the book is devoted to a general overview of each group. With a short overview of Alaska, conservation and parks.
(ALA119, $27.95)
Coming into the Country
John McPhee
CULTURAL PORTRAIT 1976 PAPER 438 PAGES
FAVORITE
An outstanding portrayal of frontier life in Alaska circa 1976, this is among the finest of this gifted writer's works. Beautifully written, it's an even-handed look at environmental issues, as well as a hilarious portrait of some unforgettable Alaskan characters. Originally published in "The New Yorker."
(ALA04, $17.00)
Marine Mammals of Alaska
Kate Wynne
FIELD GUIDE 2007 FLEXI-BOUND 75 PAGES
A sturdy, spiral-bound field guide with range maps, color plates and brief text, including an introduction to whales and seals. Designed for use in the field, the book features large color photographs, profiles and helpful drawings. Carry it with you on deck. Third edition.
(ALA08, $25.00)
Alaska Explorer Map
Ocean Explorer Maps
2002 MAP
An informative, well illustrated map of Alaska. In addition to the double-sided large-scale map of Alaska (with the Inside Passage on the reverse), the map features information on native peoples, wildlife and exploration. Unlike many maps of its type, it includes the full chain of the Aleutians and Russia's chukotka peninsula at the same scale, all at 1:3,800,000. Published by a veteran expedition leader, the map is aimed at cruise and expediton passengers in the region.
(ALA153, $11.95)
Alaska Map
ITMB
A detailed travel map of Alaska, including the Aleutians, the Bering Strait, and much of neighboring Siberia, at a scale of 1:2,500,000.
(ALA31, $8.95)
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve Map
Trails Illustrated
This folder, full-color map covers Glacier Bay and the surrounding area (1:94,000), including Chicagof Island and the Alexander Archipelago.
(ALA112, $11.95)
Alaska, Saga of a Bold Land
Walter R. Borneman
HISTORY
In this wide-ranging history, Borneman captures the personalities, bravura and challenges of Alaska, describing the days of the fur traders and explorers, the gold rush, the building of the railroads and current controversies.
(ALA187, $16.99)
Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast
Hilary Stewart
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A concise, illustrated overview of the diverse art produced by the peoples of the Pacific Northwest. It focuses on the spiritual and cultural meaning of common motifs that characterize the rich art of the area.
(PNW06, $17.95)
Blonde Indian, An Alaska Native Memoir
Ernestine Hayes
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Hayes's remarkable family saga weaves Tlingit oral history, the natural history of the region and poignant tales of growing up native in Juneau.
(ALA239, $16.95)
Green Alaska, Dreams From the Far Coast
Nancy Lord
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
An impressionistic, evocative account of the turn-of-the-century Harriman Expedition and the changes wrought in coastal Alaska.
(ALA77, $15.95)
Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
EXPLORATION
The gripping tale of a young man searching for experience, wilderness and self, who meets his end in the wilds north of Mt. McKinley.
(ALA52, $14.95)
Travels in Alaska
John Muir
EXPLORATION
The centerpiece of this beloved classic is Muir's wide-eyed account of the discovery of Glacier Bay. A touchstone of the early 20th-century romance with wild places.
(ALA16, $12.00)
Two in the Far North
Margaret Murie
Olaus Murie
EXPLORATION
FAVORITE
Murie's field biologist husband supplies not only fodder for the stories, but also the illustrations for this tale of life on the Alaskan frontier.
(ALA57, $16.95)
The Reader's Companion to Alaska
Alan Ryan
ANTHOLOGY
A volume of 28 eyewitness reports on the Alaskan wilderness over the last 100 years, including pieces by John Muir, Barry Lopez and Jon Krakauer. The long excerpts are presented geographically with separate sections on the Inside Passage, Anchorage, Fairbanks and Denali.
(ALA53, $17.00)
A Deeper Sleep, A Kate Shugak Novel
Dana Stabenow
MYSTERY
A shocking tale about a man who gets away with murder -- or does he? Anchorage P.I. Kate Shugak is on the trail of an acquitted murderer who she believes to be guilty in this thrilling mystery.
(ALA265, $7.99)
Alaska
James Michener
LITERATURE
Michener tackles the 49th state in this rousing epic tale of men and wildlife on the frontier.
(ALA56, $15.95)
Into Brown Bear Country
Will Troyer
NATURAL HISTORY
Filled with up-close photographs, this is an excellent introduction to the brown bears of Kodiak and Katmai, mixing natural history with the author's own experiences studying and photographing bears for nearly fifty years.
(ALA222, $24.95)
Alaska Wildlife
Pocket Naturalist
FIELD GUIDE
This laminated card features color drawings and short descriptions of commonly encountered birds, mammals and reptiles of Alaska.
(ALA123, $5.95)
Field Guide to Alaskan Wildflowers
Verna Pratt
FIELD GUIDE
With 350 color illustrations and slim enough to slip into your pocket.
(ALA40, $15.95)
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
National Geographic
FIELD GUIDE
From Alaska to Baja California, this field guide, now in its fifth edition is the one to carry.
(FG09, $24.00)
The Nature of Southeast Alaska
Rita O'Clair
Robert Armstrong
Richard Carstensen
FIELD GUIDE
OUT OF PRINT
This authoritative field guide to the natural history of the region, its plants and animals, marine mammals and habitats, includes line drawings and color photos.
(ALA24, $18.95)
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