Nancy Lord

“The Last Speaker of Bear” draws on decades of Millman’s experiences, and many of the book’s vignettes are presented as moments frozen in time, leaving a reader wanting more.

Over 160 years old, the original text proves to include some valuable insights that can help gauge the changes to come.

In his new book “Homestead Survival,” Alaska reality TV star Marty Raney dishes out advice for would-be homesteaders looking to make a “great escape.”

From English fens to Midwestern bogs, the book documents the impact of the destruction of areas that took centuries to develop.

This coming-of-age novel entertains and explores human nature with an engaging narrator,

One part charming adventure story, one part scientific reportage, “The Last Winter” by Porter Fox engages, entertains and educates.

Works by Juneau’s Emily Wall and Anchorage’s Marybeth Holleman are both divergent and complementary.

Author Mary Emerick came to Sitka to try to find herself in the ocean layers that trace the island coastlines.

In “Extreme North: A Cultural History,” author Bernd Brunner examines the way our northernmost lands have developed and the way they’re perceived worldwide.

Thirty years ago, an Eagle River teacher helped her students navigate the cycle of life as they rallied around a 10-year-old classmate facing terminal brain cancer.

Lara Messersmith-Glavin uses single-word elements to frame writings about the experiences of her youth on a seine boat fishing outside Kodiak.

Book review: In “My Father’s Smokehouse” and “Old Woman with Berries in her Lap,” Alaskan Vivian Faith Prescott explores the traditions of the Tlingit and Sami through food, identity and a sense of place.

Book review: In “The Treeline,” author Ben Rawlence produces a page-turner that demonstrates how the forests may be the world’s last hope against climate change.

Book review: Poetry Month may have ended with the last of April, but these new volumes are worthy of reading year-round.

The Anchorage native’s eight-story collection features “a recognizable Alaska and characters living at its various edges, often in complicated, troubled relationships viewed with both humor and compassion.”