Book review: At age 11, Elisabeth’s twin sister walked away from home, saying she would return soon. She never did, and that mystery drives the plot of Raymond Fleischmann’s riveting debut novel.
Book review: Barrie Gilbert’s nearly fatal mauling is described in a few pages of “One of Us,” but his primary objective is to talk bears, with personal observations, hard science and a call for more study of the causes of bear behavior.
From apocalyptic young adult fiction to memoirs and a cookbook, these are the works that stood out in an unusual year.
Book review: Laura Waterman finds her way into the thinking of the explorers to discern where the point of no return lies, the moment when living men are willing to eat their dead compatriots in a final desperate attempt at staving off their own deaths.
Book review: Whether the reader has never visited a glacier or has devoted their life to exploring them, they will find new perspectives and appreciations for these behemoth rivers of ice in this book.
Book review: Reissued with an afterword by UAF English professor Eric Heyne, “Burning Daylight” was Jack London’s final novel to incorporate Alaska and the Klondike into its settings.
Book review: “Without a Paddle” touches on topics ranging from the Civil War to the backwoods of Alaska to the travails of social media. These poems are brief, yet each tells a story.
Book review: “Fortune’s Distant Shores” by National Park Service historian Chris Allan, tells the story of a rush that had its origins in one of those classic late-19th century con jobs.
Book review: In “The Way to Gaamaak Cove,” Doug Pope is in middle age and cynicism is setting in. That’s when he meets his wife-to-be, Beth, and the cynicism mostly recedes. The adventures don’t, however.
Book review: Nourishment for the mind, it seems, was as critical for survival as food for the body, concludes David H. Stam in “Adventures in Polar Reading.”
Book review: Of the many convoys that traversed northern seas ferrying goods to Soviet ports during World War II, none met a fate as awful as the one numbered PQ-17.
Book review: Greci drew national attention in 2015 book, “Surviving Bear Island.” In his new novel, four young people survive a massive earthquake in a story that shifts from survival saga to political thriller.
