Book review: “Of Bears and Ballots” is the story of Lende's experience running for election, winning, learning the intricacies (and challenges) of governing, and, finally, surviving a recall election.
Book review: “Mostly Water” by Mary Odden is an especially welcome antidote to the discord of our current times, a reminder of the pleasures to be found in friendships, families and the unexpected.
Book review: Tara Neilson reflects in this fascinating memoir on her childhood, when her family of seven lived at the remote site of a burned-down cannery surrounded by the Tongass Forest.
Book review: Yuri Rytkheu was born in 1930 to a family of hunters and trappers. A delightful small book, “When the Whales Leave” will remind Alaska readers of the ties between our northern peoples.
Book review: Author Rick Steiner has combined in one volume a succinct and up-to-date summary of our global environmental situation along with a well-formulated examination of solutions.
Review: It’s the fiction in this edition that’s perhaps most outstanding. The majority would be considered “realistic,” and among the most emotionally effective present the lives of children.
Book review: In “Under Nushagak Bluff,” Mia Heavener has gifted readers with a story both dreamy and authentic.
From “Raven’s Gift” to “Shadows on the Koyukuk," here are David James and Nancy Lord’s top picks.
Book review: “Rinn’s Crossing” is a political thriller, mystery, procedural, environmental treatise, cultural commentary, morality tale and romance.
Book review: In “What is Time to a Pig?” the year is 2027, “seven years after the U.S. president’s war with North Korea, and the whole world had gone a little crazy.”
Book review: In “The Adventurer’s Son," Dial’s seamless writing takes us though searches in the jungle, bureaucratic tangles, surprise friendships, illegal poaching and mining, and tips and dead ends.
Book review: “Steller’s Orchid” is a perfect example of literature that can entertain while also teaching about place, history and the human heart.
