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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) |
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Alaska By Cruise Ship
Anne Vipond
GUIDEBOOK
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 Explorer Map
Ocean Explorer Maps
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
Photographs and essays from all over Alaska.
(ALA122, $22.95) |
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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) |
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Alaska Wildlife
Pocket Naturalist
FIELD GUIDE
A laminated card featuring color drawings and short descriptions of commonly encountered birds, mammals and reptiles of Alaska.
(ALA123, $5.95) |
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Alaska's Bears: Grizzlies, Black Bears and Polar Bears
Bill Sherwonit
FIELD GUIDE
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
Color photographs and profiles of 200 species of Alaskan birds.
(ALA03, $14.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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The Best of Robert Service, Illustrated Edition
Robert Service
Clarence Kinsey
Clarke Kinsey
LITERATURE
FAMILY
A bank teller in Whitehorse during the Klondike gold rush, Service immortalized the frontier personalities and character in his colorful read-out-loud sagas. Features period photographs by brothers Clarke and Clarence Kinsey.
(ALA37, $19.98) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Christopher Columbus and the Conquest of Paradise
Kirkpatrick Sale
EXPLORATION
A new edition of this wide-ranging and lucid portrait of the man and the legends surrounding him, originally published in 1990. Columbus is no hero in Sale's view but rather a sea-faring adventurer in search of glory, gold and god.
(USA134, $15.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Enterprising Women, 250 Years of American Business
Virginia Drachman
HISTORY
Profiles of the most important women in American industry, from colonial times through the twentieth century.
(GEN317, $39.95) |
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Field Guide to the Grizzly Bear
Lance Olsen
FIELD GUIDE
OUT OF PRINT
A brief introduction of the ecology, natural history and conservation of the grizzly, sponsored by the Great Bear Foundation.
(BST38, $6.95) |
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Flyfishing Alaska
Anthony J. Route
GUIDEBOOK
A useful guide to the diversity of sport fish in Alaska.
(ALA138, $17.95) |
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Fodor's Alaska
Fodor's Guides
GUIDEBOOK
A popular, practical guide to Alaska.
(ALA225, $19.95) |
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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) |
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Gilead
Marilynne Robinson
LITERATURE
A story about fathers and sons whose family history intersects with the U.S. Civil War. Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
(USW441, $14.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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, $13.00) |
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The Grizzly Bear
Thomas McNamee
NATURAL HISTORY
A natural history of "ursus arctos horribilis" -- lyrical, well written and provocative. An appropriate introduction to the beast for anyone traveling to grizzly country. McNamee also wrote "The Return of the Wolf to Yellowstone."
(BST39, $16.95) |
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A Guide to Alaska Seabirds
Alaska Northwest
FIELD GUIDE
(ALA69, $4.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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, $23.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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, $22.95) |
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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) |
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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, $13.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Map
Trails Illustrated
A durable, folded, topographic recreation map of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
(ALA33, $9.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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, $27.95) |
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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) |
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Moose
Valerius Geist
Michael H. Francis
NATURAL HISTORY
A natural history and photographic portrait of the moose.
(BST56, $21.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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National Geographic United States Atlas for Young Explorers
National Geographic
REFERENCE
MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
The third edition of this colorful guide to the U.S. -- state by state and region by region.
(USA93, $24.95) |
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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, $40.00) |
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A Naturalist in Alaska
Adolphe Murie
NATURAL HISTORY
A wide-eyed look at the cycle of animal life in Alaska.
(ALA44, $19.95) |
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The Nature of Southeast Alaska
Rita O'Clair
Robert Armstrong
Richard Carstensen
FIELD GUIDE
An authoritative general field guide to the natural history of the region, its plants and animals, marine mammals and habitats. With line drawings and color photos.
(ALA24, $18.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Out of Work, A History of Wage-Earning Women in the United States (20th Anniversary Edition)
Alice Kessler-Harris
HISTORY
A historical examination of the changing role of women in the workplace in the United States.
(GEN318, $24.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Poet of the Appetites, The Lives and Loves of M.F.K. Fisher
Joan Reardon
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A biography of the prolific food and travel writer, who wrote over thirty books from 1943 until her death in 1992.
(GEN316, $15.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
Phillip Hoose
NATURAL HISTORY
MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
An engaging and well-researched history of the ivory-billed woodpecker, and the struggles surrounding its survival. It's a suspenseful and entertaining book about modern conservation and environmental issues for middle-school readers.
(BRD30, $21.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Seabirds of the World, A Photographic Guide
Peter Harrison
FIELD GUIDE
OUT OF PRINT
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
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
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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Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
Mark Carwardine
FIELD GUIDE
In the trademark, graphic Eyewitness style, this sturdy guidebook colorfully describes the world's cetaceans with numerous illustrations, range maps, fluke drawings and a few paragraphs on each species.
(FG02, $20.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Trout, An Illustrated History
James Prosek
NATURAL HISTORY
An illustrated chronicle of the variety and history of trout, featuring Prosek's magnificent watercolors.
(FSH03, $35.00) |
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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) |
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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, $14.95) |
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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) |
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Winter Watch
James Ramsey
Laura Dasson
HISTORY
A diary of life in the Brooks Range.
(ALA78, $9.95) |
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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) |
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Working on the Edge, Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession
Alan 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) |
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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, $9.95) |
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