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	After the Ice Age: The Return of Life to Glaciated North America • E.C. Pielou • NATURAL HISTORY • An environmental history of North America over the last 20,000 years. The author describes -- in vivid detail -- the changes in the physical and biological environment. (ALA41, $22.50)
	Alaska Light: Ideas and Images from a Northern Land • Kim Heacox • NATURAL HISTORY • Photographs and essays from all over Alaska. (ALA122, $22.95)
	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)
	Alaska's Bears: Grizzlies, Black Bears and Polar Bears • Bill Sherwonit • FIELD GUIDE • A pocket photographic guide to Alaska's bears. (ALA63, $12.95)
	Alaska's Birds, A Pocket Guide to Selected Species • Robert H. Armstrong • FIELD GUIDE • A pocket guide to 200 species of Alaskan birds. (ALA03, $14.95)
	Alaska's Inside Passage • Kim Heacox • NATURAL HISTORY • This coffee table book captures the region's natural beauty in a series of color photographs and informative essays (ALA43, $39.95)
	Alaska's Mammals, A Guide to Selected Species • Dave Smith • FIELD GUIDE • This handy pocket guide is a surprisingly useful, informative and illustrated introduction to 35 commonly encountered mammals from caribou to humpback whales and walrus. (ALA79, $12.95)
	Alaska, National Geographic Guide to America's Outdoors • Nan Elliot • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, illustrated guide to Alaska featuring National Geographic's usual careful attention to maps and color photography along with suggested itineraries, resources and attractions. (ALA130, $24.00)
	Alaska, The Cruise-Lover's Guide • Paul Grescoe • Audrey Grescoe • GUIDEBOOK • A compact handbook to Southeast Alaska and beyond, featuring a good overview of the nature and history of the region. (ALA71, $17.95)
	Alaska: Reflections on Land and Spirit • Robert Hedin • Gary Holthaus • ANTHOLOGY • A wonderful collection of writing, both contemporary and historic, on the Alaskan spirit. (ALA48, $19.95)
	Arctic Crossing, A Journey Through the Northwest Passage and Inuit Culture • Jonathan Waterman • HISTORY • A riveting account of a 2,200 mile solo journey across the Arctic from Prudhoe Bay to the Gulf of Boothia by kayak, accomplished in stages from 1997-1999. (ARC98, $16.95)
	Bear Attacks, Their Causes and Avoidance • Stephen Herrero • NATURAL HISTORY • Despite its frightening title, this book is a helpful introduction to the natural history and behavior of the bear by a long-term researcher in the field. With useful tips on "avoidance." (BST21, $16.95)
	Best Places Alaska, The Locals' Guide to the Best Lodgings, Outdoor Adventure, Sights, Shopping, and Restaurants • Kate Ripley • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to the sights, highlights and attractions of Alaska. (ALA226, $21.95)
	The Big Year, A Tale Of Man, Nature, And Fowl Obsession • Mark Obmascik • NATURAL HISTORY • Obmascik, himself an over-the-edge birder, recounts with glee and page-turning detail the race to see the most birds in North America in a year. It's an utterly compelling account of a three-way race (roofing contractor, tycoon, software nerd), likely never again to be equaled. (BRD29, $15.00)
	The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife • Christopher W. Leahy • Gordon Morrison • NATURAL HISTORY • A handsome, fully illustrated survey of the birds of North America, organized A to Z, covering birds, bird biology, conservation and birdwatching. (NAM21, $19.95)
	Canada's Yukon and South Central Alaska Map • Coastal Cruise Tour Guides • Featuring handsome topographic maps that fold down into a booklet, this guide also includes sections on visitor attractions and highlights. With seven fold-out maps of Prince William Sound, Kodiak Island, Denali National Park, Katmai and Kenai Peninsula. (ALA55, $15.95)
	Chilkoot Trail/Klondike Map • Trails Illustrated • An excellent, detailed hiker's map of the Chilkoot Trail at the Alaska/Canada border. (ALA237, $9.95)
	Commerical Fishing in Alaska • Terry Johnson • NATURAL HISTORY • An engaging and authoritative overview of the seafood industry in Alaska, featuring color photos and drawings of fish and invertebrates and the gear used to harvest them. (ALA157, $25.00)
	Compass Guide Alaska's Inside Passage • Ann Chandonnet • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, illustrated guide and overview of the history, culture, nature and attractions of the region with chapters on Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Juneau, Skagway and Haines. With a 20-page section of practical information. (ALA227, $18.95)
	The Cruise of the Corwin • John Muir • William Frederic Bade • EXPLORATION • An account of an 1881 voyage with Muir and others in search of the Jeanette Expedition, this book is also an eyewitness report of little-known lands including the Chukchi Peninsula, Diomede, Wrangel and Herald islands. (ALA76, $18.95)
	Denali National Park and Preserve Map • Trails Illustrated • A durable, fold-up topographic map of Denali and surroundings at a scale of 1:2225,000. (ALA88, $11.95)
	Eyewitness Guide Alaska • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A beautifully illustrated, comprehensive guide to the mountains, glaciers, and wildlife of Alaska, including excellent maps and practical information on where to go, stay and eat. (ALA238, $25.00)
	Flyfishing Alaska • Anthony J. Route • GUIDEBOOK • A useful guide to the diversity of sport fish in Alaska. (ALA138, $17.95)
	Fodor's Alaska • Fodor's Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A popular, practical guide to Alaska. (ALA225, $19.95)
	Frigid Embrace: Politics, Economics, and Environment in Alaska • Stephen Haycox • HISTORY • In this hardhitting economic history of the state, Haycox looks at how Alaska makes its money in fur, oil, timber and fish. (ALA161, $21.95)
	From the Land of the Totem Poles, The Northwest Coast Indian Art Collection at the American Museum of Natural History • Aldona Jonaitis • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated portrait of the people of the Northwest coast and their art, this handsome paperback features illustrations of the collection at the American Museum of Natural History as well as insightful, provocative essays by Aldona Jonaitis. (ALA14, $45.00)
	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)
	Glacier Bay National Park, A Backcountry Guide to the Glaciers and Beyond • Jim DuFresne • GUIDEBOOK • A slim guide to Glacier Bay for the adventurous traveler with much good general information about geology, history and wildlife. It includes descriptions of major kayaking and hiking routes. (ALA127, $10.95)
	Glacier Bay, The Wild Beauty of Glacier Bay National Park • Peggy Bauer • Erwin A. Bauer • NATURAL HISTORY • A photographic tribute to Glacier Bay by a husband and wife team. A short essay on the region's history and nature accompanies the dazzling images of glaciers, forests and marine life. (ALA120, $14.95)
	Glacier Ice • Austin Post • Edward R. LaChapelle • NATURAL HISTORY • A classic book of extraordinary black-and-white aerial photographs of mountains and glaciers by two devoted men of ice. Ed LaChapelle's text is paired with Austin Post's stunning aerial photographs of glaciers from Alaska and Chile to Switzerland, the Himalayas and other parts of the world. (SCI07, $27.95)
	The Great Land, Reflections on Alaska • Robert Hedin • Gary Holthaus • ANTHOLOGY • A grand tour of the state as seen through the eyes of some great writers. (ALA49, $19.95)
	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, $13.95)
	A Guide to Alaska Seabirds • Alaska Northwest • FIELD GUIDE • (ALA69, $4.00)
	Guide to Sea Kayaking in Southeast Alaska, The Best Trips and Tours from Misty Fjords to Glacier Bay • Jim Howard • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, practical guide to 41 kayak trips. (ALA136, $15.95)
	The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced: A Century of Change, 1899-2001 • Thomas S. Litwin • David Rockefeller • ANTHOLOGY • A wide-ranging selection of articles on the history, culture, and ecology of Alaska, with contributions from William Cronon, Kim Heacox, and Richard Nelson. (ALA199, $29.95)
	A History of Prince William Sound Alaska • Jim Lethcoe • Nancy Lethcoe • HISTORY • A locally published history of the region from fur trading center to tourist destination. With photographs, illustrations and maps. (ALA141, $19.95)
	Ice Ages, Solving the Mystery • Katherine Palmer Imbrie • John Imbrie • NATURAL HISTORY • An examination of the geologic evidence explaining the Earth's ice ages, written for a general audience. (GEO17, $24.50)
	Ice Window: Letters from a Bering Strait Village, 1892- 1902 • Kathleen Lopp Smith • Verbeck Smith • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A chronicle of daily life, customs and struggles on the Bering Strait at the turn of the century. With 350 letters, more than 90 period photographs, maps, drawings from the letters, and reproductions of the five issues of "The Eskimo Bulletin." (ALA152, $45.00)
	In Denali: A Photographic Essay of Denali National Park and Preserve • Kim Heacox • NATURAL HISTORY • This handsome portrait of Denali, by a well-known writer, photographer and naturalist, features color photographs along with an overview of the wildlife, habitats, human history and conservation. (ALA26, $22.95)
	Inside Passage Activity Guide • Nancy Reynolds • GUIDEBOOK • Explore Ketchikan, Sitka, Juneau, Haines and Skagway with this slim guide featuring walks and activities, each keyed to a detailed map (ALA184, $16.95)
	Inside Passage Route Planning Map: Columbia River & Puget Sound to Grenville Channel, British Columbia • Fine Edge Nautical Publishing • At a scale of 1:634,000 this accordion-fold map covers the Inside Passage from Puget Sound and Vancouver to the Queen Charlotte Islands. (PNW238, $19.95)
	Insight Guide Alaska • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • 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. (ALA42, $23.99)
	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)
	John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide • John Shaw • REFERENCE • An updated edition of Shaw's guide to taking better photographs of plants, animals and landscapes. The book offers solid advice on equipment and basic techniques, and is highly recommended as the best reference for the wildlife photographer. (PHT01, $24.99)
	Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Map • Trails Illustrated • A durable, folded, topographic recreation map of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (ALA33, $11.95)
	The Kid's Guide to Cruising Alaska • Eileen Ogintz • GUIDEBOOK • FAMILY • With illustrations, fun facts about the glaciers and Alaska's Inside Passage, and tips for kids who are new to cruises, this book is a must-have for any family planning to take one of these popular cruises. (ALA198, $8.95)
	Killer Whales of Prince William Sound • Craig Matkin • FIELD GUIDE • A guide to the history and ecology of orcas Prince William Sound by Craig Matkin, a marine mammal specialist with the North Gulf Oceanic Society in Homer, Alaska. (ALA142, $12.95)
	Kingbird Highway, The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand • Kenn Kaufman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Kaufman's absorbing account of coming-of-age as a Wichita teenager on the road in 1973 with a summer's pay in his pocket and the goal of seeing as many birds as he could in a year. (BRD27, $14.00)
	The Klondike Fever, The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush • Pierre Berton • HISTORY • First published in 1958, the classic history of the Yukon and Alaska gold rush by the great Canadian historian Pierre Berton. A master storyteller, Berton captures the spirit of the rowdy days of old in loving detail. (ALA20, $16.95)
	Looking at Totem Poles • Hilary Stewart • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An excellent survey of 110 totem poles set along the coast of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska. Introductory chapters feature background information of the making, history and spiritual meaning of the carvings. (ALA13, $17.95)
	Make Prayers to the Raven, A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest • Richard Nelson • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A literate and meditative portrait of the Koyukon people. (ALA59, $21.00)
	Mammals of North America • Roland W. Kays • Don E. Wilson • FIELD GUIDE • Fully revised, this second edition covers 462 mammals found throughout the United States and Canada. With 112 color plates, range maps and concise descriptive information. (NAM11, $19.95)
	Mammals of North America, Temperate and Arctic Regions • Adrian Forsyth • NATURAL HISTORY • A handsome, illustrated reference to the mammals of North America. (NAM02, $29.95)
	The Milepost: Trip Planner for Alaska, Yukon Territory, British Columbia, Alberta & Northwest Territories • Kris Valencia Graef • GUIDEBOOK • This comprehensive guide, published annually in March, is an essential reference and trip planner for an extended trip to Alaska. With detailed information on lodging, transportation, national parks and activities, as well as numerous helpful maps. (CND115, $29.95)
	Moon Handbook Alaska • Deke Castleman • Don Pitcher • GUIDEBOOK • From whitewater rafting to hiking, this comprehensive guidebook is an excellent overview of the places, culture and nature of Alaska and the Yukon. (ALA90, $21.95)
	Moose • Valerius Geist • Michael H. Francis • NATURAL HISTORY • A natural history and photographic portrait of the moose. (BST56, $21.95)
	National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Western Region • Richard Spellenburg • National Audubon Society • FIELD GUIDE • A photographic field guide to 654 species of wildflowers found in the West. (USW406, $19.95)
	National Geographic Alaska • Robert S. Devine • Michael Melford • GUIDEBOOK • A compact guidebook by National Geographic with the publisher's usual attention to maps and color photography. With a good overview of history, nature, culture and attractions. (ALA228, $22.95)
	Native Universe, Voices of Indian America • Clifford E. Trafzer • ANTHOLOGY • This sumptuously illustrated cultural history, written exclusively by Native Americans, is published in celebration of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. (USA95, $22.00)
	A Naturalist in Alaska • Adolphe Murie • NATURAL HISTORY • A wide-eyed look at the cycle of animal life in Alaska. (ALA44, $19.95)
	The Northern Lights, The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis • Lucy Jago • SCIENCE • The compelling story of Kristian Birkeland, the turn-of-the-century Norwegian scientist who devoted his career to understanding the aurora borealis, this book also covers the science, history, myth and romance of the phenomenon. (ARC104, $14.00)
	An Observers Guide to the Geology of Prince William Sound • Jim Lethcoe • FIELD GUIDE • A locally published overview and guide to the geology of Prince William Sound with 78 photographs, maps and descriptions of 124 sites. It includes a history of mines and mining. (ALA139, $17.95)
	Out of the Channel, The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Prince William Sound • John Keeble • Natalie Fobes • HISTORY • First published in 1990, this book has been updated to reflect the impact of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, ten years after the event. (ALA86, $14.00)
	Peoples of the Northwest Coast, Their Archaeology and Prehistory • Kenneth Ames • Herbert Maschner • ARCHAEOLOGY • A readable, nicely illustrated survey of the culture and history of peoples along the along the Pacific Coast of North America from California to Alaska. (PNW106, $24.95)
	Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska • Andy MacKinnon • Jim Pojar • FIELD GUIDE • A terrific handbook to nearly 800 species of trees, shrubs, wildflowers, grasses, ferns, mosses and lichens found along the Pacific coast from Oregon to Alaska. (PNW02, $24.95)
	Portrait of Alaska's Inside Passage • Kim Heacox • NATURAL HISTORY • Heacox's stunning color photos and informative essays celebrate Southeast Alaska's nature, wild coastlines, mountains and glaciers. (ALA36, $12.95)
	Prince William Sound, West Map • Trails Illustrated • A topographic map of Prince William Sound (including Chugach National Park) at a scale of 1:105,600. (ALA85, $11.95)
	Return to Wild America, A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul • Scott Weidensaul • NATURAL HISTORY • An eye-opening trek in the footsteps of conservation pioneers Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher, whose 1953 journey across America resulted in the classic Wild America. (USA123, $16.00)
	Roadside Geology, Alaska • Cathy O'Connor • Daniel O'Haire • NATURAL HISTORY • The geologic history of Alaska as imagined through a car window. (ALA46, $18.00)
	Russian Refuge: Religion, Migration and Settlement on the North American Pacific Rim • Susan Hardwick • HISTORY • A comprehensive account of the Russian immigrant experience in California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and British Columbia since the first settlements over two hundred years ago. (PNW204, $25.00)
	The Sea Runners • Ivan Doig • LITERATURE • This novel of high adventure and derring do, originally published in 1983, evokes the land and people of the Russian Alaska. (PNW200, $13.00)
	Shaman Pass • Stan Jones • MYSTERY • The second installation in Jones's Nathan Active mystery series, starring an Alaska state trooper from Anchorage living in Chukchi. Active investigates the theft of an Inupiat mummy in this mystery. (ALA214, $14.00)
	The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America • David Sibley • FIELD GUIDE • A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird. (USW418, $19.95)
	Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas • Ronald Wright • HISTORY • A powerful history of imperialism and resistance in the Americas, with a focus on the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois. Wright draws on an impressive range of archival material in reconstructing this classic account. (NAM20, $17.00)
	To See Every Bird On Earth: A Father, A Son, And A Lifelong Obsession • Dan Koeppel • NATURAL HISTORY • In this enormously appealing memoir of a life devoted to birds. Koeppel chronicles his father's growing obsession and accomplishment as an elite birdwatcher, one of a handful of people who have tallied 7,000 species. (BRD28, $14.00)
	To the Top of the Continent • Frederick A. Cook • EXPLORATION • The 90th anniversary edition of the much-debated account by Frederick Cook of his first-ever ascent of Mount McKinley (1903-1906). (ALA83, $19.95)
	Tongass, Pulp Politics and the Fight for the Alaska Rain Forest • Kathie Durbin • NATURAL HISTORY • An environmental history of North America's largest temperate rainforest. (ALA105, $19.95)
	Trading Beyond the Mountains, the British Fur Trade on the Pacific, 1793-1843 • Richard Somerset MacKie • HISTORY • A history of early fur trade and exploration in the Pacific Northwest (PNW123, $35.95)
	Treasures of Alaska, Last Great American Wilderness • Michael Melford • Jeff Rennicke • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A magazine-style portrait of the Alaskan wilds in the National Geographic Destinations series. (ALA170, $15.00)
	Trout, An Illustrated History • James Prosek • NATURAL HISTORY • Prosek's 70 magnificent watercolors depict the various common, rare and extinct species of these spendid freshwater salmonids. (FSH03, $35.00)
	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)
	Under Northern Lights, Writers and Artists View the Alaskan Landscape • Kesler Woodward • Frank Soos • NATURAL HISTORY • Sixteen essays and 38 color plates show the diversity of the Alaskan landscape. (ALA132, $39.95)
	The Verb to Bird, Sightings of an Avid Birder • Peter Cashwell • NATURAL HISTORY • A memoir of the birding life, its pleasures, obsessions and pitfalls. Based in the Carolinas (where he teaches English), Cashwell recounts in these essays the birds he's encountered, the why and wherefores of the birding life and some very entertaining anecdotes. (BRD26, $16.95)
	The Way of the Masks • Claude Levi-Strauss • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An interpretation of the social meaning behind a variety of masks created by Pacific Northwest Indian cultures by the famous French anthropologist. (PNW58, $22.50)
	Where the Sea Breaks Its Back • Corey Ford • EXPLORATION • Ford paints a vivid portrait of Georg Steller and his first encounters with the wildlife of Kamchatka, the Bering Sea and Alaska in this gripping tale of discovery and hardship on Bering's Great Nordic Expedition of 1741. (ALA07, $14.95)
	Winter Watch • James Ramsey • Laura Dasson • HISTORY • A diary of life in the Brooks Range. (ALA78, $9.95)
	Winterdance, The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod • Gary Paulsen • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A man and his dogs against 1,150 miles of icy wilderness in the dead of winter. Paulsen, a novice, survived the 17-day journey with his sense of humor intact. (ALA58, $15.00)
	Woodsong • Gary Paulsen • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • YOUNG ADULTS • Three-time Newbery Award-winner Paulsen offers an autobiographical book divided into a series of reflections and stories followed by a day-by-day account of racing the Iditarod. (ALA209, $17.95)
	Working on the Edge, Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession • Spike Walker • HISTORY • Enthralling, if not somewhat pulpy, these true-life tales of crab fishing expeditions off the coast of Alaska capture all the danger and adrenaline that go with making a living at sea. (ALA158, $15.95)
	Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park Map • Trails Illustrated • A folded, full-color map of Alaska's Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park with good topographic relief at a scale of 1:375,000. (ALA110, $11.95)
	Yukon Alone: The World's Toughest Adventure Race • John Balzar • SPORT • Balzar follows mushers on the 1,023-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, an excellent opportunity to examine the rugged landscape and those who inhabit it. He adroitly profiles some of the trappers and mushers on the race. (ALA211, $17.00)

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