Book review: For anyone wishing to understand why Alaska is the place it is today, “Alaska: An American Colony” is likely the best single source of information and analysis.
Book review: Mardy Murie’s 1962 memoir remains a classic of Alaska literature and environmental history, and this reprint edition gives it even greater context with a foreword by Frances Beinecke.
Book review: F Stuart “Terry” Chapin has been a leading figure in scientific circles for decades. "Grassroots Stewardship" emphasizes how we might move forward into an ecological model of living.
Book review: Richard Nelson, one of Alaska’s most admired writers who also recorded and narrated the radio show “Encounters,” evolved in his later years into an unlikely, irreverent holy man, his biographer writes.
Book review: Chris Lundgren has put together a remarkable book covering boat sinkings, plane crashes, wildlife encounters, hypothermia and various examples of being lost and endangered.
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.
