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Alaska Birds
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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Slip it into your daypack: a handy, 12-panel fold-up card illustrating the most commonly encountered birds of Alaska.
(ALA207, $5.95)
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Alaska Explorer Map
• Ocean Explorer Maps
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An informative, well-illustrated map of all Alaska at a scale of 1:3,800,000, aimed at cruise and expedition travelers in the region.
(ALA153, $11.95)
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Alaska Light: Ideas and Images from a Northern Land
• Kim Heacox
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Photographs and essays from all over Alaska.
(ALA122, $22.95)
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Alaska's Bears: Grizzlies, Black Bears and Polar Bears
• Bill Sherwonit
• FIELD GUIDE
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A pocket photographic guide to Alaska's bears.
(ALA63, $12.95)
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Alaska's Birds, A Pocket Guide to Selected Species
• Robert H. Armstrong
• FIELD GUIDE
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A pocket guide to 200 species of Alaskan birds.
(ALA03, $14.95)
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Best Places Alaska, The Locals' Guide to the Best Lodgings, Outdoor Adventure, Sights, Shopping, and Restaurants
• Kate Ripley
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide to the sights, highlights and attractions of Alaska.
(ALA226, $21.95)
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Compass Guide Alaska
• John A. Murray
• Don Pitcher
• Nick Jans
• GUIDEBOOK
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This wonderfully written handbook features outstanding color photography, good maps and in-depth information on the culture, history and nature of Alaska.
(ALA146, $22.95)
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Denali, The Story Behind the Scenery
• Don S. Follows
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An beautifully photographed, brief overview of Denali's natural history and wildlife.
(ALA303, $9.95)
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Fodor's Alaska
• Fodor's Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A popular, practical guide to Alaska.
(ALA225, $19.95)
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Mammals of North America
• Roland W. Kays
• Don E. Wilson
• FIELD GUIDE
• COMING IN NOVEMBER
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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)
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Mount McKinley Map
• Bradford Washburn
• CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
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A full-color, folded, shaded-relief topographic map of Denali at scale of 1:50,000, surveyed by legendary mountaineer Bradford Washington.
(ALA224, $27.00)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Western Region
• Richard Spellenburg
• National Audubon Society
• FIELD GUIDE
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A photographic field guide to 654 species of wildflowers found in the West.
(USW406, $19.95)
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National Geographic Alaska
• Robert S. Devine
• Michael Melford
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Treasures of Alaska, Last Great American Wilderness
• Michael Melford
• Jeff Rennicke
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A magazine-style portrait of the Alaskan wilds in the National Geographic Destinations series.
(ALA170, $15.00)
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To the Top of the Continent
• Frederick A. Cook
• EXPLORATION
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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)
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Alaska, Saga of a Bold Land
• Walter R. Borneman
• HISTORY
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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, $16.95)
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Bear Attacks, Their Causes and Avoidance
• Stephen Herrero
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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The Reader's Companion to Alaska
• Alan Ryan
• ANTHOLOGY
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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)
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