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Alaska By Cruise Ship
• Anne Vipond
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, illustrated guide to ports of call, excursions and sightseeing from Seattle to Anchorage. With a short overview of the culture, nature and history of Alaska, a full-color pull-out map and excellent town maps.
(ALA125, $21.95)
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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 Map
• ITMB
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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)
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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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Commerical Fishing in Alaska
• Terry Johnson
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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Denali National Park and Preserve Map
• Trails Illustrated
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A durable, fold-up topographic map of Denali and surroundings at a scale of 1:300,000.
(ALA88, $11.95)
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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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Glacier Bay, The Wild Beauty of Glacier Bay National Park
• Peggy Bauer
• Erwin A. Bauer
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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Glacier Ice
• Austin Post
• Edward R. LaChapelle
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A classic book of extraordinary black-and-white aerial photographs of mountains and glaciers, accompanied by explanatory text by two devoted men of ice. The text is by Ed LaChapelle, an avalanche researcher, glaciologist, mountaineer, skier, author and professor, who died in 2007 at 80 of a heart attack while on the slopes in Colorado. Austin Post's stunning aerial photographs of glaciers along the North Pacific Coast of North America and into the interior ranges of Alaska is supplemented with groundbased photographs from the Himalayas, Switzerland, Chile, and other parts of the world.
(SCI07, $27.95)
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The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced: A Century of Change, 1899-2001
• Thomas S. Litwin
• David Rockefeller
• ANTHOLOGY
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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)
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In Denali: A Photographic Essay of Denali National Park and Preserve
• Kim Heacox
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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Into Brown Bear Country
• Will Troyer
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Filled with up-close photographs, this is an excellent introdution 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)
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Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Map
• Trails Illustrated
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A durable, folded, topographic recreation map of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
(ALA33, $11.95)
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The Kid's Guide to Cruising Alaska
• Eileen Ogintz
• GUIDEBOOK
• FAMILY
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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)
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National Geographic Traveler 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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Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska
• Andy MacKinnon
• Jim Pojar
• FIELD GUIDE
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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)
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Seabirds of the World, A Photographic Guide
• Peter Harrison
• FIELD GUIDE
• OUT OF PRINT
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A definitive, compact guide to all the world's seabirds, featuring 740 photographs.
(FG16, $29.95)
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Shaman Pass
• Stan Jones
• MYSTERY
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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, $11.00)
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Shaman Pass
• Stan Jones
• MYSTERY
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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, $11.00)
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The Stars, the Snow, the Fire
• John Haines
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Life in the Alaskan wilderness near Fairbanks, where Haines (a poet) homsteaded for 25 years.
(ALA154, $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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Trains of Discovery, Western Railroads and the National Parks/Collector's Guide
• Alfred Runte
• HISTORY
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An illustrated tribute to American railroads and national parks, featuring period advertisements, posters and memorabilia of Glacier, Grand Canyon and Denali National Parks.
(USW56, $19.95)
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Where the Sea Breaks its Back
• Corey Ford
• EXPLORATION
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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)
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The Wilderness of Denali, Explorations of a Hunter-Naturalist in Northern Alaska
• Charles Sheldon
• C. Hart Merriam
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A classic account of camping and hunting in the area surrounding Mt. McKinley, originally published in 1930.
(ALA108, $21.95)
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Wilderness, A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska
• Doug Capra
• Rockwell Kent
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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This journal, featuring Kent's woodcuts, describes a trip to Alaska with his 9-year-old son in 1918.
(ALA106, $18.95)
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Wildflowers of Denali National Park
• Verna Pratt
• Frank G. Pratt
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact guide to wildflowers of Denali, organized by color and featuring large color photographs along with handy checklists. With an overview and of good spots within the park to appreciate plants.
(ALA75, $16.95)
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Winterdance, The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod
• Gary Paulsen
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Working on the Edge, Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession
• Alan Walker
• HISTORY
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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)
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Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park Map
• Trails Illustrated
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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)
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