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Arctic Mirrors: Russia and the Small Peoples of the North
• Yuri Sleskine
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1996 •
PAPER
• 456 PAGES
A Russian term, the "small peoples" were historically the 26 ethnic groups of the north: the circumpolar hunters and gatherers, trappers, fishers and reindeer herders. For better or worse, the Lapps, Eskimos, Aleuts, Uralic and Turkic nomads were all outsiders in Russia. Unbaptized and illiterate, these traditional peoples became a target for Russification. This Russian view of the non-Russian inhabitants of half its territory is interesting for its perspective -- and a good introduction to Siberia's little-known ethnic groups.
(ARC22, $27.95) |
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The Curve of Time
• Muriel Wylie Blanchet
EXPLORATION •
1993 •
PAPER
• 170 PAGES
• FAVORITE
• COMING IN
When in 1927, at the age of 36, the author was left widowed with five children in remote Vancouver Island, her relatives counseled that she'd never manage on her own. But manage she did -- and she wrote this delightful book about the pleasures of exploring the coastal wilderness in a 25-foot boat. It's a funny, vivid account of the region, full of memorable detail on people and place.
(PNW48, $15.95) |
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The Eskimos
• Ernest S. Burch, Jr.
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1988 •
HARD COVER
• 128 PAGES
An ethnographic portrait of Eskimo society, culture and beliefs, featuring 120 color photographs by Werner Forman and accompanying essays by anthropologist Ernest Burch. The oversize book shows the range and diversity of peoples of the circumpolar north with examples from eastern Siberia, the Aleutians, Alaska, Canada and Greenland. Its focus is on the Eskimo peoples of Alaska.
(ARC165, $19.95) |
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Glacier Bay, The Wild Beauty of Glacier Bay National Park
• Peggy Bauer
• Erwin A. Bauer
NATURAL HISTORY •
2001 •
PAPER
• 80 PAGES
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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Last Stand of the Great Bear
• National Geographic Society
NATURAL HISTORY •
2006 •
DVD
National Geographic joins conservation experts on a 250-mile adventure along the coast of British Columbia, one of the world's largest temperate rainforests and home to diverse wildlife, including the rare Spirit Bear, wolves and grizzlies.
(BST126, $19.98) |
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Passage to Juneau
• Jonathan Raban
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2000 •
PAPER
• 435 PAGES
Setting out from his home in Seattle, sailing alone aboard a 35-foot ketch, Jonathan Raban made his way through Alaska's Inside Passage. This book is the story of that voyage, but it is more than just a travelogue. Raban delves into the past, trying to discover what draws men to the sea, and he ultimately learns a great deal about himself. A favorite writer, Raban (Bad Land, Coasting) is a British expatriate living in Seattle.
(ALA94, $15.95) |
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The Russian Far East, A History
• John J. Stephan
HISTORY •
1996 •
PAPER
• 487 PAGES
The first history of Russia's least-known region in any language, this comprehensive book is a readable, scholarly history of the Russian Far East from prehistory to the break-up of the Soviet Union. With biographical notes, geographic glossary, lengthy notes and bibliography.
(RUS34, $32.95) |
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The Sea Runners
• Ivan Doig
LITERATURE •
2006 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
In this novel of high adventure and derring do, set in 1873 in Russian Alaska, four men steal a canoe and escape from a labor camp in Sitka, 1,200 miles to Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River. Originally published in 1983, this classic American novel intertwines local history and fiction to evoke the land, people and texture of the Pacific Northwest.
(PNW200, $13.00) |
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The Shaman's Coat, A Native History of Siberia
• Anna Reid
HISTORY •
2003 •
PAPER
• 224 PAGES
Reid, a talented journalist and intrepid traveler, interviewed hunters, reindeer herders, storytellers and dozens of other original inhabitants across Siberia for this eye-opening book. With chapters on the Khant, Buryat, Tuvans, Sakha, Ainu and Chukchi people.
(SIB28, $13.00) |
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