Alaska Northwest Books

A memoir of a daughter of an Alaskan mobster and a troubled showgirl, in pursuit of living a normal life despite her unconventional childhood--Author: Kim RichPublisher: Alaska Northwest...

A Place Beyond: Finding Home In Arctic AlaskaAuthor: Nick JansPublisher: Alaska Northwest BooksPublication Date: May 01, 2009Number of Pages: 192 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

This is a mother's story about raising her two boys in Alaska were wilderness is just out the back door of their home. Written with wit, wisdom, and a grateful heart, A Tender Distance presents...

Written in rhyming verse and featuring colorful linocut illustrations, this picture book introduces fourteen of Alaska's most beloved birds--Author: Susan EwingPublisher: Alaska Northwest...

A handy guidebook to the bears of Alaska, this informative book provides details on bear behaviors, yearly cycles, ecological niches, relations to humans, and more.Author: Bill Sherwonit, Tom...

A travel-sized history book on Alaska, with up-to-date information and historical photographs about the Last Frontier's past and present.--Author: Harry RitterPublisher: Alaska Northwest...

This collection of thirty-two quirky and whimsical drawings, inspired by Alaska's abundant wildlife, will entertain and distract colorists as they daydream of the Last Frontier.Author: Monica...

An introductory field guide to the most common edible plants in Alaska, including photographs and information on each plant's botanical name, harvesting direction, food and medicinal use, and...

Author: Jean AspenPublisher: Alaska Northwest BooksPublication Date: Mar 15, 2015Number of Pages: 240 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1941821162ISBN-13: 9781941821169

Chia and the Fox Man: An Alaskan Dena'ina FableAuthor: Barbara J. AtwaterPublisher: Alaska Northwest BooksPublication Date: Mar 03, 2020Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Profiles accompanied by photographs of ten Alaska Native kids and how they experience the intersection of their cultures and the modern world--Author: Tricia BrownPublisher: Alaska Northwest...

The story behind the best-selling book One Man's Wilderness and how author Sam Keith and Dick Proenneke met and forged an everlasting friendship. "Sam, you know right well you don't want to leave...

Chock-full of spooky stories from Alaska's Inside Passage, Bjorn Dihle covers gold rush ghosts, haunted hotels, shipwrecks, attacks from giant squids, disappeared Russian explorers, a vanished bear...

A novel set in Southeast Alaska about Keb Wisting, the last living canoe carver in his village, and his grandson Jimmy Bluefeather, who is despondent after a logging injury derails the future he...

Journeys Through The Inside Passage: Seafaring Adventures Along The Coast Of British Columbia And Alaska (Caribou Classics)Author: Joe UptonPublisher: Alaska Northwest BooksPublication Date: Mar 01,...

Life With Forty Dogs: Misadventures With Runts, Rejects, Retirees, And RescuesAuthor: Joseph RobertiaPublisher: Alaska Northwest BooksPublication Date: Apr 04, 2017Number of Pages: 230 pagesLanguage:...

Little Narwhal Lost is a heartwarming tale inspired by a true story of how a young narwhal finds himself a new family to love and accept him--a pod of beluga whales!Author: Brooke HartmanPublisher:...

A puffin's eventful first year is brought vividly to life by the acclaimed team of Jonathan London and Jon Van Zyle.Author: Jonathan LondonPublisher: Alaska Northwest BooksPublication Date: Jan 12,...

The searing debut novel of poet and writer Anne Coray, Lost Mountain is an impassioned story of love, loss, environment, and politics against a landscape facing threat of destruction. When news of an...

A collection of short stories and recipes shared from a family fishcamp on Wrangell Island. The book explores the author's way of life as she uses traditional Tlingit and S?i knowledge to care for...

In the minds of most Americans, Native culture in Alaska amounts to Eskimos and igloos....The latest publication of the Alaska Geographic Society offers an accessible and attractive antidote to such...

From the sharp, comic voice behind "Haunted Inside Passage" comes this follow-up--a collection of humorous and thoughtful short essays about hunting and fishing in Alaska. Accompanied by photos, each...

Pilot and airline owner Wien "re-creates for readers his first-hand experiences flying top-secret missions for the Air Force, viewing the devastation of the Good Friday Earthquake in Anchorage, and...

Author: Richard Louis Proenneke, Sam KeithPublisher: Alaska Northwest BooksPublication Date: Sep 11, 2018Number of Pages: 272 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1513261649ISBN-13:...

A New York Public Library "Best Books for Kids 2019" choice in nonfiction history. Discover the whimsical tale of friendship between one man and his gold pan, and their journey in the wake of the...

A personal memoir of Tara Neilson's unconventional childhood growing up in the burnt remains of an old cannery in remote Southeast Alaska--Author: Tara NeilsonPublisher: Alaska Northwest...

A look into what school and recess is like at 20 degrees below zero for kids in Alaska, one of America's coldest places --Author: Cindy Lou AillaudPublisher: Alaska Northwest BooksPublication Date:...

Roar Of The Sea : A Tale Of Treachery, Obsession, And The World'S Most Valuable WildlifeAuthor: Deb VanassePublisher: Alaska Northwest BooksPublication Date: Feb 01, 2022Number of Pages: 280...

Running With Champions: A Midlife Journey On The Iditarod TrailAuthor: Lisa FredericPublisher: Alaska Northwest BooksPublication Date: Apr 01, 2006Number of Pages: 224 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

A sled dog on an Alaskan dog team relates her exciting adventures, including a trek across the Arctic with explorer Pam Flowers.Author: Pam Flowers, Bill FarnsworthPublisher: Alaska Northwest...