University of Alaska Press
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Little Whale: A Story of the Last Tlingit War Canoe
$18.95 Read moreKeet, a ten-year-old Tlingit Indian boy, stows away for a voyage on his father’s canoe . . . and soon finds himself caught in the middle of a wild seastorm. The story carries him far from his home vil… [more below]
- Author: Peratrovich Jr, Roy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: August 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1602232954
- Language: English
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Black Wolf of the Glacier: Alaska’s Romeo
$15.95 Read moreIn 2003, Alaskans fell for a lolloping, dog-friendly wolf they named Romeo. Left without a pack, this lone wolf found a new family among Juneau’s domestic dogs and their owners, who became enamored wi
- Author: Vanasse, Deb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 30
- Publish Date: March 15, 2013
- ISBN10: 1602231974
- Language: English
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A Dictionary of Modern Consternation
$25.95 Add to cartWinner of the 2022 Permafrost Prize in Nonfiction
A Dictionary of Modern Consternation is a genre-bending nonfiction lyric following one family through the years from the financial crisis to the COVI- Series: Permafrost Prize
- Author: McClurg, Brook
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: July 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1646425626
- Language: English
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The Dall Sheep Dinner Guest: Inupiaq Narratives of Northwest Alaska
$32.95 Add to cartThe rich storytelling tradition of the Inupiat of Alaska is showcased in this remarkable collection of over eighty stories. Meticulously compiled from six villages in Northwest Alaska between 1966 and… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Wanni W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1646424107
- Language: English
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Seward’s Folly: A New Look at the Alaska Purchase
$28.95 Read moreThe Alaska Purchase–denounced at the time as “Seward’s Folly” but now seen as a masterstroke–is well known in American history. But few know the rest of the story.
This book aims to correct that. L… [more below]- Author: Farrow, Lee A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: December 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1602233039
- Language: English
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In Wild Trust: Larry Aumiller’s Thirty Years Among the McNeil River Brown Bears
$35.95 Read moreFor thirty years, Larry Aumiller lived in close company with the world’s largest grouping of brown bears, returning by seaplane every spring to the wilderness side of Cook Inlet, two hundred and fifty… [more below]
- Author: Fair, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: April 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1602233233
- Language: English
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Outside in the Interior: An Adventure Guide for Central Alaska, Second Edition
$29.95 Read moreWith its breathtaking vistas and countless acres of unmarked wilderness, Alaska has long attracted those who are looking for a bit of adventure in their vacations–from visitors who want to climb rugg… [more below]
- Author: Joly, Kyle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: April 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1602232806
- Language: English
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Yungcautnguuq Nunam Qainga Tamarmi/All the Land’s Surface Is Medicine: Edible and Medicinal Plants of Southwest Alaska
$31.95 Read moreIn this book, close to one hundred men and women from all over southwest Alaska share knowledge of their homeland and the plants that grow there. They speak eloquently about time spent gathering and s… [more below]
- Series: Snowy Owl
- Author: Fienup-Riordan, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: March 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1602234221
- Language: English
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Alaska Native Art: Tradition, Innovation, Continuity
$35.95 Read moreRanging from the islands of the Bering Sea to Alaska’s interior forests, Alaska Native Art celebrates the rich art of Alaska’s Native peoples, both setting their work in the context of historical trad… [more below]
- Author: Fair, Susan W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: July 15 2007
- ISBN10: 1889963828
- Language: English
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Alaska Trees and Shrubs
$26.95 Read moreAlaska Trees and Shrubs has been the definitive work on the woody plants of Alaska for more than three decades. This new, completely revised second edition provides updated information on habitat, as … [more below]
- Author: Viereck, Les
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 370
- Publish Date: January 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1889963860
- Language: English
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Across Arctic America: Narrative of the Fifth Thule Expedition
$26.95 Read moreBetween 1921 and 1924, Knud Rasmussen led a small band of colleagues in a journey of investigation across the top of North America. The full scientific report of that 20,000-mile trek by dog sled from… [more below]
- Series: Classic Reprint Series #06
- Author: Rasmussen, Knud
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 415
- Publish Date: May 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0912006943
- Language: English
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The Secret Life of a Black Aspie: A Memoir
$23.95 Add to cartAnand Prahlad was born on a former plantation in Virginia in 1954. This memoir, vividly internal, powerfully lyric, and brilliantly impressionistic, is his story.
For the first four years of his life- Author: Prahlad, Anand
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1602233217
- Language: English
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Plants That We Eat: Nauriat Nigi̱aqtaut РFrom the Traditional Wisdom of the I̱upiat Elders of Northwest Alaska
$26.95 Add to cartPlants That We Eat is a handy, easy-to-use guide to the abundant edible plant life of Alaska. Drawing on centuries of knowledge that have kept the Inupiat people healthy, the book uses photographs and
- Author: Jones, Anore
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 241
- Publish Date: June 30 2010
- ISBN10: 1602230749
- Language: English
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Skijor with Your Dog
$19.95 Add to cartSkijoring, or being pulled on skis by a dog in harness, is a great sport in which almost everyone–and almost any breed of dog–can participate. It requires little beyond a pair of skis and a dog with
- Author: Høe-Raitto, Mari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 318
- Publish Date: July 15 2012
- ISBN10: 1602231869
- Language: English
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Trouble Will Save You: Three Novellas
$18.95 Add to cartIn these three deeply observed novellas, award-winning author David Nikki Crouse dramatizes the lives of women living in Interior Alaska. Each novella acts as an extended meditation on grief, loss, an… [more below]
- Series: Alaska Literary
- Author: Crouse, David Nikki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: April 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1646423976
- Language: English
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Spirit Things
$18.95 Add to cartA collection of essays that evoke an adventurous spirit and the craving for myth, Spirit Things examines the hidden meanings of objects found on a fishing boat, as seen through the eyes of a child. Au… [more below]
- Series: Alaska Literary
- Author: Messersmith-Glavin, Lara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: May 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1602234558
- Language: English
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Cabin Stories: The Best of Dark Winter Nights: True Stories from Alaska
$21.95 Add to cartCabin Stories: The Best of Dark Winter Nights: True Stories from Alaska is a collection of favorite stories selected by the executive producers of the hit live event, radio show, and podcast Dark Wint… [more below]
- Author: Prince, Rob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1646423313
- Language: English
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The Sámi People: Traditions in Transitions
$30.95 Read moreS mi culture has undergone powerful changes recently. Traditions have been integrated with contemporary influences and perspectives. New kinds of S mi participation and activism have evolved including… [more below]
- Author: Lehtola, Veli-Pekka
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1889963755
- Language: English
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Natchiq Grows Up: The Story of an Alaska Ringed Seal Pup and Her Changing Home
$13.95 Read moreThis is the story of Natchiq, the ringed seal pup, growing up in her snow cave on the sea ice in northern Alaska with her mom Siku. Interwoven with Indigenous Knowledge from Qikiktagruk Elders from no… [more below]
- Author: Hauser, Donna D. W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: December 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1646425391
- Language: English
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Attu Boy: A Young Alaskan’s WWII Memoir
$24.95 Add to cartIn the quiet of morning, exactly six months after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese touched down on American soil. Landing on the remote Alaska island of Attu, they assailed an entire village, holding the Al… [more below]
- Author: Golodoff, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: May 15 2015
- ISBN10: 1602232490
- Language: English
