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	The Accidental Explorer, Wayfinding in Alaska • Sherry Simpson • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • (ALA270, $23.95)
	Ada Blackjack • Jennifer Niven • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The incredible story of a failed 1921 mission to colonize Wrangel Island that left four men dead and Ada Blackjack, a young Inuit seamstress, alone in the arctic wilderness for six months. (ALA196, $14.95)
	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 and Canada's Inside Passage • Coastal Cruise Tour Guides • This six-foot-long topographic map, at a scale of 1:1,000,000, folds into a handy booklet and includes descriptions of the major points of interest along the route from Seattle to Juneau. (ALA12, $15.95)
	Alaska at War, 1941-1945, The Forgotten War Remembered • Fern Chandonnet • HISTORY • (ALA257, $29.95)
	Alaska Birds • James Kavanaugh • FIELD GUIDE • A handy, 12-panel fold-up card illustrating the most commonly encountered birds of Alaska. (ALA207, $5.95)
	Alaska Butterflies & Moths, An Introduction to Familiar Species • James Kavanagh • FIELD GUIDE • A handy, laminated fold-up card. (ALA273, $5.95)
	Alaska Light: Ideas and Images from a Northern Land • Kim Heacox • NATURAL HISTORY • Photographs and essays from all over Alaska. (ALA122, $22.95)
	Alaska Topographic Travel and Refernce Map • Imus Geographics • This outstanding folded map, with handsome shaded relief and 3,500 features identified, shows all of Alaska at a scale of 1:3,000,000. (ALA271, $9.95)
	Alaska Trees and Shrubs • Les Viereck • Elbert L. Little • FIELD GUIDE • The classic field guide to the woody plants of the 49th state, in a revised second edition. (ALA221, $24.95)
	Alaska Wilderness, Exploring the Central Brooks Range • Robert Marshall • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A chronicle of adventures and exploration in 1930s arctic Alaska. First published in the 1950s, the book displays the author's boundless spirit and dedication to conservation. (ALA193, $19.95)
	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 • Color photographs and profiles of 200 species of Alaskan birds. (ALA03, $14.95)
	Alaska's History, The People, Land and Events of the North Country • Harry Ritter • HISTORY • A brief primer highlighting pivotal events in Alaskan history. (ALA35, $12.95)
	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 Kenai Peninsula, A Traveler's Guide • AAA Publishing • Andromeda Romano-Lax • Bill Sherwonit • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, colorful guide to exploring the nature, history and wildlife of the region. (ALA167, $12.95)
	Alaska's Prince William Sound, A Traveler's Guide • Mary Beth Holleman • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated pocket guide, featuting information on attractions and background on the history, culture and nature of the region. (ALA183, $12.95)
	Alaska's Seashore Creatures: A Guide to Selected Marine Invertebrates • Carmen Field • Conrad Field • FIELD GUIDE • A slim, illustrated guide to more than 50 invertabrates found along the coast of Alaska. (ALA80, $12.95)
	Alaska's Southeast, Touring the Inside Passage • Mike Miller • GUIDEBOOK • A popular, practical guide to cruising the Inside Passage, including a wide-ranging overview of the area's natural history, culture and geography. With maps and town plans. (ALA23, $17.95)
	Alaska, An American Colony • Stephen Haycox • HISTORY • An engaging, scholarly history, neatly divided into Russian exploration and the American period. (ALA160, $28.95)
	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, On-the-Road History • Ryan Madden • HISTORY • A compact history, covering full sweep of the history of Alsaka from its original inhabitants through the Russian period, purchase by the United States, gold boom, WWII, statehood and contemporary issues. (ALA212, $27.95)
	Alaska, Spirit of the Wild • George Casey • NATURAL HISTORY • This gorgeous film, originally produced for IMAX, showcases the spectacular landscapes, glaciers, bears, whales and wilderness of Alaska with humor, drama and some dazzling camera work. (ALA216, $14.99)
	Alaska, Tales of Adventure from the Last Frontier • Spike Walker • ANTHOLOGY • An anthology of 31 tales, classic and modern, including Jack London's famous tale of the Yukon, How To Build a Fire, and Muir's discovery of Glacier Bay. (ALA188, $15.95)
	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)
	The Aleutian Islands, Living on the Edge • Ken Wilson • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • COMING IN SEPTEMBER • A well-realized portrait of place, comprising oral history from the native Unangan people, essays on island life and hundreds of images of the Aleutians' natural wonders and wild weather. (ALA288, $65.00)
	All Things Reconsidered, My Birding Adventures • Roger Tory Peterson • NATURAL HISTORY • This lovely selection from Bird Watcher's Digest includes Perterson's grand adventures in Alaska, Russia, Kenya and New York City. (BRD46, $14.95)
	Anchorage & Fairbanks Map • Rand McNally Maps • A street map of Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau. (ALA156, $4.95)
	Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land • Subhankar Banerjee • Jimmy Carter • NATURAL HISTORY • This photographic tribute to the Alaskan Arctic is also an appeal for its preservation. (ALA201, $29.95)
	Arctic Refuge, A Circle of Testimony • Hank Lentfer • NATURAL HISTORY • This collection of essays, originally presented to Congress, includes contributions by Jimmy Carter, Rick Bass, Barry Lopez and others. (ALA248, $14.00)
	Attu, Birding on the Edge • Charles Osgood • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A memoir of 25 years birding on the western fringes of North America. (ALA169, $35.00)
	Away, A Novel • Amy Bloom • LITERATURE • With spare, stunning prose, Bloom draws the reader into 1920s Yiddish New York, rough-and-tough Seattle and the Alaskan wilderness in this tender, absorbing tale of a young Russian immigrant's quest to reunite with her daughter in Siberia. (USA162, $14.00)
	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)
	Beluga Days, Tracking the Endangered White Whale • Nancy Lord • NATURAL HISTORY • A naturalist and long-time resident of Cook Inlet on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, Lord combines her own observations of beluga whales with insightful interviews in this tale of natural history, culture and conservation in frontier Alaska. (BST90, $16.95)
	Beneath the Ashes • Sue Henry • MYSTERY • It's spring and Jessie Arnold's peaceful life training her sled dogs is threatened when a mysterious and deadly fire ravages a popular local pub, a troubled old friend arrives and her own cabin is burned in this seventh book in the well-plotted series of Alaska mysteries. (ALA277, $6.99)
	The Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Region of Wonders • Terry Johnson • NATURAL HISTORY • An up-to-date, fact-filled illustrated primer on the region, its geography, marine and terrestrial life, mineral resources, industry and culture. (ALA197, $25.00)
	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)
	Best Tales Yukon • Robert Service • LITERATURE • Service vividly chronicles the Klondike gold rush and the colorful characters of the Yukon Territory in these poems, chosen from The spell of the Yukon and Ballads of a Cheechako. (ALA285, $12.95)
	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, $14.00)
	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)
	The Capture of Attu, A World War II Battle As Told by the Men Who Fought There • Robert J. Mitchell • Sewell T. Tying • Nelson L. Drummond • HISTORY • One of the lesser known battles of World War II. (ALA149, $16.95)
	Caribou Crossing • Kim Heacox • LITERATURE • Alaaskan naturalist and photographer Heacox turns to fiction in this fast-paced environmental thriller set in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (ALA247, $24.95)
	Caribou Rising • Rick Bass • NATURAL HISTORY • Bass calls for protecting the traditional calving grounds of the caribou in this majestic land in this account of his travels among the native peoples of the Arctic Widllife refuge. (ALA249, $19.96)
	Caribou, Wanderer of the Tundra • Tom Walker • NATURAL HISTORY • An illustrated overview of the caribou by nature photographer Tom Walker. (ALA203, $9.95)
	Chilkoot Trail/Klondike Map • Trails Illustrated • An excellent, detailed hiker's map of the Chilkoot Trail at the Alaska/Canada border. (ALA237, $9.95)
	The Coastal Companion, A Guide to the Inside Passage • Joe Upton • GUIDEBOOK • This popular guide by a veteran writer and Alaska enthusiast includes chapters on ports and places, local artists, wildlife and geography. (ALA45, $19.95)
	Cold Company • Sue Henry • MYSTERY • Unearthing an old skeleton while rebuilding her cabin in Southcentral Alaska, musher Jessie Arnold learns that the bones might belong to the victim of a notorious serial killer from decades earlier, but in the wake of another woman's disappearance, she begins to suspect that danger has returned to Knik -- the Dog Mushing Center of the World on the Cook Inlet. The ninth novel in Henry's Alaska Mystery series. (ALA279, $7.99)
	Collected Poems of Robert Service • Robert Service • LITERATURE • This omnibus edition includes Spell of the Yukon, Rhymes of a Red Cross Man and other celebrated poems, covering the master's career until 1940. (ALA284, $25.95)
	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 • John A. Murray • Don Pitcher • Nick Jans • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	The Cruelest Miles, The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic • Gay Salisbury • Laney Salisbury • HISTORY • The gripping tale of the 1925 serum run from Seward to Nome, a tribute to the spirit and gumption of the dog drivers and sled dogs of Alaska. The authors bring the individual men, their dog teams and the conditions of early 20th-century backcountry Alaska to life in vivid detail. (ALA173, $14.95)
	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, $16.95)
	Dead North • Sue Henry • MYSTERY • Henry picks the Alaska Highway as the setting for this eighth novel in her Alaska mystery series. On her way back to Alaska from Idaho in a Winnebago, Jessie Arnold picks up a teenage runaway, who plunges her and her faithful lead dog, Tank, into the wilderness -- where a killer lurks. (ALA276, $7.99)
	Deadfall • Sue Henry • MYSTERY • When she and her dogs are threatened by an obvious madman at the Iditarod, Jessie Arnold goes into hiding on an island in Kachemak Bay, only to discover a killer on the loose -- and her boyfriend Alaska trooper Alex Jensen hundreds of miles away. The fifth book in the series. (ALA283, $6.99)
	Death Trap • Sue Henry • MYSTERY • Foregoing her sled dog training after knee surgery, a bored Jessie Arnold goes to help in an Iditarod booth at the Alaska State Fair, but when the event is overshadowed by a murder and the disappearance of her lead dog Tank, she finds herself targeted by a killer. Number 10 in the series. (ALA280, $7.99)
	Degrees of Separation • Sue Henry • MYSTERY • Naturally, the hunt for a killer sidetracks getting back into shape for the Iditarod when Jessie Arnold and her boyfriend, Alaska State Trooper Alex Jensen stumble upon a corpse during a practice run on local trail. Twelfth in the series. (ALA274, $23.95)
	Denali National Park and Preserve Map • Trails Illustrated • A durable, fold-up topographic map of Denali and surroundings at a scale of 1:300,000. (ALA88, $11.95)
	Distant Shores, The Odyssey of Rockwell Kent • Constance Martin • Rockwell Kent • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A striking collection of work by the great American illustrator and adventurer. (ART34, $24.95)
	Drifting Home, A Family's Voyage of Discover Down the Wild Yukon River • Pierre Berton • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An account of a 1972 voyage on the Yukon river in the wake of an 1898 Klondike Gold Rush voyage by the author's father. (ALA213, $12.95)
	Fairbanks, A Gold Rush Town That Beat the Odds • Dermot Cole • HISTORY • A colorful history of Fairbanks by a local historian and newspaper columnist, featuring many archival photographs. (ALA186, $14.95)
	Fairbanks, Alaska's Heart of Gold • Tricia Brown • Roy Corral • GUIDEBOOK • A slim, illustrated pocket guide to Fairbanks (founded during the 1902 Alaska gold rush), its geography, history, culture, wildlife and attractions. (ALA155, $12.95)
	Faith, Food, and Family in a Yupik Whaling Community • Carol Zane Jolles • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An overview of the people of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. (ALA182, $24.95)
	Falcon Guide, Hiking Alaska: A Guide to Alaska's Greatest Hiking Adventures • Dean Littlepage • GUIDEBOOK • A practical and comprehensive guide to 100 trails and hiking locations throughout the state. Includes information on food, gear and safety tips, as well as dozens of black-and-white maps and photographs. (ALA236, $19.95)
	Father of the Iditarod: The Joe Redington Story • Lewis Freedman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • In this memoir, Freedman (author of more than a dozen books about Alaska) takes on the legend of Redington, the founder of the Iditarod. (ALA210, $19.95)
	Fishes of the Pacific Coast • Gar Goodson • FIELD GUIDE • A pocket guide featuring 500 color illusrtations of the fishes from Alaska to Peru. (PAC187, $13.95)
	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)
	Fodor's Alaska Ports of Call • Inc. Fodor's Travel Publications • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining. (ALA255, $16.95)
	The Forgotten War, A Pictorial History of World War II in Alaska and Northwestern Canada, Vol. 2 • Stan B. Cohen • HISTORY • A concise, illustrated history of Alaska during World War II, with much of the action taking place on the Aleutian Islands. (ALA150, $14.95)
	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)
	Frommer's Alaska • Charles P. Wohlforth • GUIDEBOOK • A practical travel guide featuring excellent annotated listings of what to do and where to eat and sleep. With one-color maps and suggested excursions. (ALA254, $19.99)
	Gates of the Arctic National Park • Trails Illustrated • A durable folded map of Alaska's Gates of the Arctic National Park at a scale of 1:400,000. (ALA202, $9.95)
	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 • OUT OF PRINT • 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 • An extraordinary book of aerial black-and-white photographs of mountains, glaciers and ice accompanied by explanatory text. This beautiful photograph collection introduces the major surface features and varieties of glaciers. (SCI07, $35.00)
	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)
	Grizzlies of Mount McKinley • Adolphe Murie • NATURAL HISTORY • Murie's natural history of the grizzlies in Denali National Park. (ALA194, $19.95)
	A Guide to Alaska Seabirds • Alaska Northwest • FIELD GUIDE • (ALA69, $4.00)
	A Guide to Marine Invertebrates, Alaska to Baja California • Daniel W. Gotshall • FIELD GUIDE • This second, revised edition of Gotshall's invaluable field guide features full color photographs and brief descriptive information on 285 species of Pacific inshore and subtidal marine invertebrates. (BJA40, $29.95)
	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)
	The Harriman Expedition to Alaska, Encountering the Tlingit and Eskimo in 1899 • George Bird Grinnell • Polly Burroughs • Victoria Wyatt • EXPLORATION • With original illustrations from the 1899 Harriman Expedition, this handsome collection of essays features George Bird Grinnell's valuable account of the people and culture of the region. (ALA246, $14.95)
	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)
	Honest Dogs, A Story of Triumph and Regret from the World's Greatest Sled Dog Race • Brian Patrick O'Donoghue • EXPLORATION • A wry, absorbing account of Brian Patrick O'Donoghue's valiant attempt to salvage his youth and honor in the 1998 Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race. (ALA206, $19.95)
	Hoshino's Alaska • Michio Hoshino • EXPLORATION • This collection of Michio Hoshino's remarkable work showcases 145 of his color photographs of the land, seascapes and wildlife of Alaska. (ALA245, $24.95)
	How To Be A Bad Birdwatcher • Simon Barnes • NATURAL HISTORY • According to Simon Barnes, the only good birdwatcher is a "bad" birdwatcher. A funny and refreshingly straight-talking guide to birdwatching from a London Times sportswriter. (BRD25, $17.95)
	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, $21.50)
	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)
	Iditarod, The Great Race to Nome • Bill Sherwonit • HISTORY • A portfolio of color and archival illustrations. (ALA185, $21.95)
	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)
	Into Brown Bear Country • Will Troyer • NATURAL HISTORY • 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)
	The Island Within • Richard Nelson • EXPLORATION • A beautifully written tribute to the Pacific Northwest. Drawn from the author's journals, this is an account of the natural and cultural history of an island in the waters of Haida Strait, with emphasis on the relationship between people and the land. (ALA17, $15.00)
	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, $24.95)
	Katmai National Park & Preserve Map • Trails Illustrated • A folded, topographic map of Alaska's Katmai National Park & Preserve. (ALA111, $9.95)
	Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Map • Trails Illustrated • A durable, folded, topographic recreation map of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (ALA33, $9.95)
	Kenai Peninsula Map • Great Pacific Map Company • A colorful regional map and guide of the Kenai Peninsula, including Homer, Seward, Kenai Fjords, and Kenai National Park at a scale of 1:475,000. (ALA208, $6.95)
	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 Last Great Race, The Iditarod • Tim Jones • HISTORY • A history of the 1,200 mile Alaskan dog race. (ALA176, $16.95)
	The Last Polar Bear, Facing the Truth of a Warming World • Steve Kazlowski • NATURAL HISTORY • A stunning celebration of the Arctic coastal plain from Herschel Island and the Yukon to Point Hope, this exquisitely photographed book features photographs of not just the polar bear but also walrus, beluga. bearded and spotted seal and Arctic fox. With accompanying essays on polar bear ecology, the impact of climate change, local people and threats to the region. (ARC204, $39.95)
	Lonely Planet Alaska • Jim DuFresne • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive practical guide to Alaska featuring maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. (ALA171, $21.99)
	Lonely Planet Hiking in Alaska • Jim DuFresne • GUIDEBOOK • A practical gudie in the popular series. (ALA172, $19.99)
	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)
	Looking Both Ways, Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People • Aaron Cromwell • Amy Steffian • George Pullar • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A marvelously illustrated, absorbing introduction to the coastal people of the Kodiak archipelago and South-central Alaska, covering history, art and contemporary culture. (ALA180, $24.95)
	Looking for Alaska • Peter Jenkins • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An account of an Alaskan adventure complete with eccentric local characters. (ALA166, $15.95)
	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, $19.00)
	Mammals of North America • Roland W. Kays • Don E. Wilson • FIELD GUIDE • The most comprehensive guide to mammals found north of Mexico. (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)
	Marine Mammals of the Eastern North Pacific • Sea Grant Alaska • Pieter Folkens • FIELD GUIDE • This 8-panel waterproof card illustrates Alaska's whales, dolphins, sea otters and seals. (ALA143, $8.95)
	Moon Handbook Alaska • Deke Castleman • Don Pitcher • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to 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)
	Murder on the Iditarod Trail • Sue Henry • MYSTERY • The award-winning novel that launched the best-selling series of Alaska mysteries. Sergeant Alex Jensen has his work cut out for him when he is called in to investigate the deaths of leading competitors in Alaska's famous dogsled race. (ALA281, $7.99)
	Murder on the Yukon Quest • Sue Henry • MYSTERY • Henry weaves plenty of information about the Yukon gold rush -- and the modern race from Whitehorse to Fairbanks, billed as the world's toughest in this tale of dog-sled racer Jessie Arnold, who sets out to find a fellow racer who has been abducted -- before it's too late. The sixth book in the Alaska Mystery series. (ALA275, $7.99)
	My Lead Dog Was a Lesbian, Mushing Across Alaska in the Iditarod � the World's Most Grueling Race • Brian Patrick O'Donoghue • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An account of an amateur musher's ill-advised attempt to compete the 1991 Ititarod. (ALA178, $13.95)
	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 Traveler 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 • An anthology of essays and color illustrations of Native American artrwork, with selections by Louise Erdrich and Sherman Alexie. (USA95, $40.00)
	Natives of the Far North, Alaska's Vanishing Culture in the Eye of Edward Sheriff Curtis • Shannon Lowry • Edward S. Curtis • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A collection of black-and-white photographs and stories collected by Curtis. A member of the 1899 Harriman Expedition, he went on to spend 30 years among the Aleut and other peoples of the Bering Strait. (ALA145, $29.95)
	A Naturalist in Alaska • Adolphe Murie • NATURAL HISTORY • A wide-eyed look at the cycle of animal life in Alaska. (ALA44, $19.95)
	The Nature of Alaska • James Kavanagh • Raymond Leung • FIELD GUIDE • A basic, illustrated field guide to the mammals, birds, seashore life, fishes, trees, shrubs and wildflowers of Alaska with 300 color illustrations. (ALA137, $11.95)
	The Northern Lights, The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis • Lucy Jago • SCIENCE • The story of Kristian Birkeland and his quest to explain the aurora borealis. (ARC104, $14.00)
	Northern Lights: The Science, Myth and Wonder of Aurora Borealis • Calvin Hall • Daryl Pederson • George Bryson • NATURAL HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • An essay and collection of photos of the aurora borealis. (ARC126, $19.95)
	Northland Stories • Jonathan Auerbach • Jack London • LITERATURE • London's turn-of-the-century tales of life in the remote wilderness, inspired by the Gold Rush of 1897. (ALA131, $13.00)
	Northwest Field Guide, Inside Passage to Glacier Bay • Rainforest Publications • FIELD GUIDE • With full color illustrations of the wildlife of the Pacific Northwest, including Puget Sound, the Georgia Straits, the Inside Passage, and Glacier Bay, this seven-panel, folded and laminated card is an easy-to-carry identification guide to fish, marine and land mammals, and sea and shore birds. (PNW211, $6.95)
	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)
	The Only Kayak, A Journey into the Heart of Alaska • Kim Heacox • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • (ALA230, $16.95)
	Ordinary Wolves • Seth Kantner • LITERATURE • Raised on the Kobuk River in northwest Alaska, a beautiful, wild place, rich in resources, Kantner draws on his experiences living close to the land in this beautifully drawn semi-autobiographical novel of a white boy from Chicago adapting to Alaskan ways. (ALA286, $14.95)
	Passage to Juneau • Jonathan Raban • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • In this thoughtful account of the sea and its meaning, Raban weaves the tale of Vancouver's original voyage of discovery with his own adventures on a solo journey aboard a 35-foot ketch along the Inside Passage. (ALA94, $15.00)
	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)
	Picture Journeys in Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias • George Herben • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated portrait of the national park. In words and photographs, Herben captures the spirit of Kennecott, McCarthy and the backcountry. (ALA200, $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)
	The Presence of Whales, Contemporary Writers on the Whale • Frank Stewart • NATURAL HISTORY • In this well chosen series of essays, some of our best modern writers enlighten and entertain on the subject of whales, with pieces from Roger Payne, Diane Ackerman, and Barry Lopez. (BST02, $15.95)
	Prince William Sound Map, East • Trails Illustrated • A topographic map of Prince William Sound, the eastern half at a scale of 1:105,600. (ALA159, $9.95)
	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, $9.95)
	Race Across Alaska, First Woman to Win the Iditarod Tells Her Story • Libby Riddles • Tim Jones • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An inside look at the Iditarod from the first woman to win the rece in 1985. (ALA177, $19.95)
	Raising Ourselves, A Gwich'in Coming of Age Story form the Yukon River • Velma Wallis • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • (ALA192, $15.95)
	Remember D-Day, Both Sides Tell Their Stories • Ronald J. Drez • David Eisenhower • HISTORY • YOUNG ADULTS • An engaging and well-constructed history of the D-Day invasion for readers in grades 5 to 8, complete with anecdotes from soldiers, black-and-white photographs and plenty of historical information. (USA96, $17.95)
	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, $15.00)
	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)
	Russians in Alaska, 1732-1867 • Lydia Black • HISTORY • A masterful overview of the ordinary men and women of the first Russian colony in Alaska. (ALA241, $29.95)
	The Sea Runners • Ivan Doig • LITERATURE • This novel of high adventure and derring do, originally publsihed in 1983, evokes the land and people of the Russian Alaska. (PNW200, $13.00)
	The Settlement of the Americas, A New Prehistory • Thomas D. Dillehy • ARCHAEOLOGY • A well received, engaging survey of new theories on the peopling of the Americas; controversial yet convincing, Dillehy focuses his arguments around his findings at Monte Verde in Chile. (SAM43, $22.00)
	Seven Words for Wind, Essays and Field Notes from Alaska's Pribilof Islands • Sumner MacLeish • NATURAL HISTORY • With two maps and 23 black-and-white photographs, this small book is a vivid meditation on life in the remote Pribilofs. (ALA72, $16.95)
	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, $11.00)
	Shopping for Porcupine, A Life in Arctic Alaska • Seth Kantner • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Kantner evokes in these interconnected essays and photographs life on the Kobuk River on the Chukchi coast in northwest Alaska, a beautiful wild place, rich in resources, where his Ohioan back-to-the-land, igloo-dwelling parents raised him in the 1960s and where he still lives. (ALA272, $28.00)
	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)
	Sleeping Lady • Sue Henry • MYSTERY • Henry evokes the grandeur -- and danger -- or the Alaskan interior in this well-plotted murder mystery, third in the series, starring Alaska State Trooper Alex Jensen -- who finds a body in the wreck of a small plane near Mt. Susitna (AKA Sleeping Lady) uncovered by the spring thaw. (ALA278, $7.99)
	Snowstruck, In the Grip of Avalanches • Jill Fredston • EXPLORATION • Statistics, stories and practical information that could save your life from an avalanche expert. (ALA244, $14.00)
	Sold American: The Story of Alaska Natives and Their Land, 1867-1959 • Donald Craig Mitchell • HISTORY • A provocative, scholarly history of U.S. government relations with Alaska's native people. (ALA162, $29.95)
	Spirited Waters: Soloing South Through the Inside Passage • Jennifer Hahn • EXPLORATION • A plucky Alaskan naturalist and kayak guide, Hahn blends her own experiences with keen observations on natural history, navigation and local peoples in this captivating account. (ALA163, $24.95)
	The Stars, the Snow, the Fire • John Haines • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Life in the Alaskan wilderness near Fairbanks, where Haines (a poet) homsteaded for 25 years. (ALA154, $15.00)
	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, $