Alaska Northwest Books
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By: Ewing, Susan
Alaska Is for the Birds!: Fourteen Favorite Feathered Friends
$20.99HardcoverAdd to cartPlayfully told in quick, witty verses and illustrated with gorgeously colored linocut art, Alaska is for the Birds! features 14 feathered friends found across Alaska.
“The book features Zerbetz’s signa
- Author: Ewing, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1513128663
- Language: English
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By: Weber, Jen Funk
The Puzzler’s Guide to Alaska: Games, Jokes, Fun Facts & Trivia about the Last Frontier
$12.99PaperbackAdd to cartWith 60 puzzles to delight curious minds, The Puzzler’s Guide to Alaska is an interactive introduction to the 49th state for kids 8 and up that’s one part puzzle book, one part natural history guide-a
- Series: Puzzler’s Guides
- Author: Weber, Jen Funk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1513267183
- Language: English
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By: Sherwonit, Bill
To the Top of Denali: Climbing Adventures on North America’s Highest Peak
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartIn this revised and updated third edition, Bill Sherwonit brings to life the adventure, heroism, triumph, and tragedy of climbing North America’s highest peak, Denali. He offers great insight and tale
- Author: Sherwonit, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 374
- Publish Date: October 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0882408941
- Language: English
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By: Breu, Mary
Last Letters from Attu: The True Story of Etta Jones, Alaska Pioneer and Japanese POW
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartEtta Jones was not a World War II soldier or a war time spy. She was a school teacher whose life changed forever on that Sunday morning in June 1942 when the Japanese military invaded Attu Island an
- Author: Breu, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 05 2009
- ISBN10: 0882408100
- Language: English
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By: Dixon, Kirsten
Living Within the Wild: Personal Stories & Beloved Recipes from Alaska
$34.99HardcoverAdd to cartLiving Within the Wild features over 100 original recipes, accompanied by personal stories and stunning photographs, to illustrate the lives of one Alaska family that has learned to live well amidst t
- Author: Dixon, Kirsten
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1513264370
- Language: English
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The Nature of Southeast Alaska: A Guide to Plants, Animals, and Habitats
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartEverything you ever wanted to know about the flora and fauna of Southeast Alaska is contained in the third edition of this lively field guide to the natural world, from bears to banana slugs, mountain… [more below]
- Series: Alaska Geographic
- Author: Carstensen, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: March 03 2014
- ISBN10: 0882409905
- Language: English
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By: Dixon, Ann
The Sleeping Lady
$11.99PaperbackAdd to cartGazing across Cook Inlet from Anchorage, Alaska, people have imagined that the sprawling peak across the inlet is a slumbering woman. Out of this idyllic landscape, has come a tale about a time of pea… [more below]
- Author: Dixon, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0882404954
- Language: English
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The Ship, the Saint, and the Sailor: The Long Search for the Legendary Kad’yak
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe true story about a shipwreck discovery, exciting explorations, broken alliances, and returning a lost piece of Alaskan history.
Since its sinking in 1860 while transporting a valuable cargo of ic- Author: Stevens, Bradley G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1513261371
- Language: English
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The Alaska Wild Berry Cookbook: Homestyle Recipes from the Far North, Revised Edition
$22.99PaperbackAdd to cartWith nearly 50 species of berries that grow wild in Alaska, this collection takes the more abundant and popular species and shares 200 tried-and-true berry recipes that have been Alaskan favorites for
- Author: Books, Alaska Northwest
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 23 2018
- ISBN10: 1513261193
- Language: English
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Native Cultures in Alaska: Looking Forward, Looking Back
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartIn 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 m… [more below]
- Series: Alaska Geographic
- Author: Alaska Geographic Association
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 30 2012
- ISBN10: 0882407562
- Language: English
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By: Kramer, Pat
Alaska’s Totem Poles
$14.99PaperbackAdd to cartIn this newly revised edition of ALASKA’S TOTEM POLES, readers learn about the history and use of totems, clan crests, symbolism, and much more. A special section describes where to go to view totems…. [more below]
- Author: Kramer, Pat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: June 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0882407317
- Language: English
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By: Estill, Monica
Alaska’s Wild Life: A Coloring Book Featuring the Artwork of Monica Estill
$13.99PaperbackAdd to cartThis 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: Estill, Monica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 70
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 1943328641
- Language: English
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Heroes and Heroines: Tlingit-Haida Legend
$12.99PaperbackAdd to cartOver uncounted generations the Tlingits and Haidas of Southeast Alaska developed a spoken literature as robust and distinctive as their unique graphic art style, and passed it from the old to the youn… [more below]
- Author: Beck, Mary Giraudo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0882403346
- Language: English
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Guide to the Birds of Alaska
$29.99PaperbackRead more“For those who plan to visit Alaska, this book is an obvious must, but even armchair birders will get satisfaction from reading it. Any birder will get many hours of enjoyment” —The Canadian Field-Na
- Author: Armstrong, Robert H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 13 2015
- ISBN10: 1941821421
- Language: English
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By: Keith, Sam
First Wilderness, Revised Edition: My Quest in the Territory of Alaska
$29.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe 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 this
- Author: Keith, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 11 2018
- ISBN10: 1513261657
- Language: English
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Shamans and Kushtakas: North Coast Tales of the Supernatural
$12.99PaperbackAdd to cartShaman and Kushtaka, both struck terror in the hearts of the Tlingit and Haida, for both possessed frightening supernatural powers. Among the Natives of the Pacific Northwest Coast, the shaman was hon… [more below]
- Author: Beck, Mary Giraudo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0882404067
- Language: English
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By: Ford, Corey
Where the Sea Breaks Its Back: The Epic Story of the Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartAuthor Corey Ford writes the classic and moving story of naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller, who served on the 1741-42 Russian Alaska expedition with explorer Vitus Bering.
Steller was one of Europe’s f
- Author: Ford, Corey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: June 01 2003
- ISBN10: 088240394X
- Language: English
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By: Corral, Roy
What the Elders Have Taught Us: Alaska Native Ways
$14.99PaperbackAdd to cartAs Alaska’s Native peoples confront contemporary challenges, they increasingly find strength in the traditional values and practices that have sustained their cultures for millennia. In stirring words
- Author: Corral, Roy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 108
- Publish Date: June 03 2013
- ISBN10: 0882409093
- Language: English
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By: Brown, Tricia
Alaska Homesteader’s Handbook: Independent Living on the Last Frontier
$18.95PaperbackAdd to cartA remarkable compilation of practical information for living in one of the most impractical and inhospitable landscapes in the United States. More than forty pioneer types ranging from their mid-ninet… [more below]
- Author: Brown, Tricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: November 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0882408119
- Language: English
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By: London, Jonathan
Honey Paw and Lightfoot
$16.99HardcoverAdd to cartIn Honey Paw and Lightfoot, readers are given a firsthand, compelling glimpse of grizzly bears. Illuminated by Jonathan’s London spare, lyrical text and Jon Van Zyle’s spectacular illustrations, this … [more below]
- Author: London, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1941821103
- Language: English



















