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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $99, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXALA182)		  
Insight Guide Alaska  •  Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 384 PAGES
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, $24.99)		   Insight Guide Alaska
Alaska, Travellers' Wildlife Guides  •  Les Beletsky  •  Dennis Paulson
FIELD GUIDE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 456 PAGES
A handbook and guide to the most commonly encountered birds, mammals, fish, amphibians and marine invertebrates of Alaska featuring 320 handsome color illustrations and descriptive information on each species. Most of the book is devoted to a general overview of each group. With a short overview of Alaska, conservation and parks. (ALA119, $27.95)		   Alaska, Travellers' Wildlife Guides
Coming into the Country  •  John McPhee
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1976 •  PAPER  • 438 PAGES • BEST SELLER • FAVORITE
An outstanding portrayal of frontier life in Alaska, this is among the finest of this gifted writer's works. Beautifully written, it's an even-handed look at environmental issues, as well as a hilarious portrait of some unforgettable Alaskan characters. Originally published in "The New Yorker." (ALA04, $18.00)		   Coming into the Country
Marine Mammals of Alaska  •  Kate Wynne
FIELD GUIDE •  2013 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 75 PAGES
A sturdy, spiral-bound field guide with range maps, color plates and brief text, including an introduction to whales and seals. Designed for use in the field, the book features large color photographs, profiles and helpful drawings. Carry it with you on deck. Third edition. (ALA08, $25.00)		   Marine Mammals of Alaska
Alaska Explorer Map  •  Ocean Explorer Maps
2002 •  MAP
An informative, well illustrated map of Alaska. In addition to the double-sided large-scale map of Alaska (with the Inside Passage on the reverse), the map features information on native peoples, wildlife and exploration. Unlike many maps of its type, it includes the full chain of the Aleutians and Russia's Chukotka peninsula at the same scale, all at 1:3,800,000. Published by a veteran expedition leader, the map is aimed at cruise and expediton passengers in the region. (ALA153, $11.95)		   Alaska Explorer Map



Also Recommended

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, $11.50)
 		  
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve Map  •  Trails Illustrated    •  This folder, full-color map covers Glacier Bay and the surrounding area (1:94,000), including Chichagof Island and the Alexander Archipelago. (ALA112, $11.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Alaska's History, The People, Land and Events of the North Country  •  Harry Ritter   • HISTORY  •  A lively pocket history from settlement and discovery to the gold rush and present. (ALA35, $12.95)
 		  
Make Prayers to the Raven, A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest  •  Richard Nelson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Weaving his travels with history, ethnography and nature, Nelson writes movingly of the traditinal ways of life of Alaska's Koyukon, the Athabaskan people living in northern Alaska. (ALA59, $25.00)
 		  
Native Cultures in Alaska  •  Tricia Brown   • HISTORY  •  This brief portrait of Alaska's diverse indigenous populations, published by the Alaska Geographic Society, includes 90 color photographs. (ALA292, $18.95)
 		  
The Alaska Native Reader: History, Culture, Politics  •  Maria Shaa Williams   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This multifaceted anthology allows native Alaskans to speak for themselves. Composed of essays, poems, lyrical accounts of first contacts with Russian explorers, songs, maps and visual art, the sourcebook is a brilliant survey of the culture and history of the indigenous groups of the region. (ALA304, $26.95)
 		  
The Klondike Fever, The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush  •  Pierre Berton   • HISTORY  •  First published in 1958, the classic history of the Yukon and Alaska gold rush by the great Canadian historian Pierre Berton. A master storyteller, Berton captures the spirit of the rowdy days of old in loving detail. (ALA20, $19.99)
 		  
Travels in Alaska  •  John Muir   • EXPLORATION  •  The centerpiece of this beloved classic is Muir's wide-eyed account of the discovery of Glacier Bay. (ALA16, $15.00)
 		  
Two in the Far North  •  Margaret Murie  •  Olaus Murie   • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE  •  Murie's field biologist husband supplies not only fodder for the stories, but also the illustrations for this tale of life on the Alaskan frontier. (ALA57, $18.99)
 		  
Where the Sea Breaks Its Back  •  Corey Ford   • EXPLORATION  •  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, $16.99)
 		  
Alaskan Travels, Far-Flung Tales of Love and Adventure  •  Edward Hoagland   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  From the Arctic Ocean to the Kenai Peninsula, backstreet bars of Anchorage and a 500-mile adventure on the Yukon, Edward Hoagland traveled the "real" Alaska on a grand journey some thirty years ago. Drawing on his journals of the time, Hoagland commemorates the lives of an astonishing and unforgettable array of prospectors, trappers, millionaire freebooters, drifters, oilmen, Inuits and others he enountered along the way. In the tradition of Twain's Life on the Mississippi and Jonathon Rabin's Old Glory, Alaskan Travels is a love song with a love story at its heart. The remarkably kind and competent frontier nurse Linda got him to Alaska in the first place. (ALA364, $22.95)
 		  
Bering, The Russian Discovery of America  •  Orcutt Frost   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The first modern biography of the great explorer -- and an excellent account of still little-known regions of Kamchatka and the Russian Far East. The author draws on new evidence to reinvigorate the life and adventures of the seafaring Dane. (SIB33, $35.00)
 		  
Fifty Miles from Tomorrow, A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People  •  William L. Hensley   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Hensley writes across the arc of his remarkable life from growing up as a young man north of the Arctic Circle on the shores of Kotzebue Sound to his work on the landmark Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to his time in the Alaska senate. (ALA333, $15.00)
 		  
Into the Wild  •  Jon Krakauer   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Krakauer leaves no stone unturned in this gripping account of his investigation into the real life story of a young man searching for experience, wilderness and self, who meets his end in the wilds north of Mt. McKinley. (ALA52, $14.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
A Deeper Sleep, A Kate Shugak Novel  •  Dana Stabenow   • MYSTERY  •  A shocking tale about a man who gets away with murder -- or does he? Anchorage P.I. Kate Shugak is on the trail of an acquitted murderer who she believes to be guilty in this thrilling mystery. (ALA265, $7.99)
 		  
Alaska  •  James Michener   • LITERATURE  •  Michener tackles the 49th state in this rousing epic tale of men and wildlife on the frontier. (ALA56, $15.95)
 		  
Rock, Water, Wild: An Alaskan Life  •  Nancy Lord   • LITERATURE  •  A former Alaska Writer Laureate, Lord muses on the wildlife and landscapes, the cultures and communities that make up the vast northern state in this atmospheric paean to her adopted homeland. (ALA360, $17.95)
 		  
The Reader's Companion to Alaska  •  Alan Ryan   • ANTHOLOGY  •  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, $22.95)
 		  
Guide to the Birds of Alaska  •  Robert Armstrong   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A handsome photographic introduction to Alaskan birds, illustrating all 443 species. (ALA09, $27.95)
 		  
The Great Alaska Nature Factbook  •  Susan Ewing   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Perfect for Alaska-bound families, this new edition of Susan Ewing's pocket encyclopedia gathers facts and figures on the 49th state's natural history, with short illustrated essays on everything from murrelets to volcanoes, bears and salmon. (ALA28, $14.95)
 		  
Treasures of Alaska, Last Great American Wilderness  •  Michael Melford  •  Jeff Rennicke   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A beautifully illustrated, magazine-style portrait of the Alaskan wilds in the National Geographic Destinations series. (ALA170, $15.00)
 		  
Alaska Birds  •  James Kavanaugh   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Slip it into your daypack: a handy, 12-panel fold-up card illustrating the most commonly encountered birds of Alaska. (ALA207, $5.95)
 		  
Alaska Wildlife  •  Pocket Naturalist   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This laminated card features color drawings and short descriptions of commonly encountered birds, mammals and reptiles of Alaska. We also carry Alaska Birds. (Item ALA207) (ALA123, $5.95)
 		  
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America  •  Jon Dunn   • FIELD GUIDE  •  From Alaska to Baja California, Nova Scotia and Florida, this guide is the veteran's choice for birding anywhere in the United States. Tabbed for easy access, the color range maps in this sixth edition are outstanding. (FG09, $27.95)
 		  
Scats and Tracks of Alaska  •  James C. Halfpenny   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A pocket identification guide to 69 common and characteristic species of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, each with detailed black-and-white illustrations by Todd Telander. Take it along! (ALA345, $9.95)
 		  
The Nature of Alaska  •  James Kavanagh   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This clear illustrated field guide to mammals, birds, seashore life, fishes, trees, shrubs and wildflowers features 300 color illustrations. (ALA137, $14.95)
 		  
 
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