Three new poetry collections uncover truths and histories
New books cover homestead life, portray a struggle with dementia.
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A resilient female character stars in a young-adult thriller set in the Canadian north
Despite some incongruities, the survivalist tale brings excitement as a city girl navigates the wilderness.
Author Jon Krakauer sues over adaptation of ‘Into the Wild’
The lawsuit asks a judge to stop the playwrights from using his name and the title. His attorneys say the agreement allows him to withdraw permission.
Meet the Eagle River man who brings Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan to life
Marc Cameron, who has worked 30 years in law enforcement, is the best-selling author of 17 critically acclaimed novels.
‘Brave New Arctic’ delivers a scientific detective story
Written by the director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the book delves deep into his deep studies in Arctic climate.
A Nome doctor recounts medical adventures in his early career
Dr. Thomas Sims endured 18 difficult months in the Interior early in his career.
Thomas Merton’s spiritual journeys traced in ‘We Are All Poets Here'
Anchorage author Kathleen Witkowska Tarr weaves a roaming narrative through the lense of Merton’s writings and travels
Memoir from one of Alaska’s earliest gold prospectors takes readers along for the ride
Book review: Frederick James Currier's account of his hunt for gold in Alaska at the turn of the century is an instant classic of its genre.
Photographer documents struggle to find ‘the perfect bear’ in ‘Arctic Solitaire’
Paul Souders' obsession brings into focus a life of adventure, discovery, and occasional misery in the Canadian North
Johnson and Troll team again on ‘Cruisin’ the Fossil Coastline’
A paleobotanist and famed Alaska artist detail scientific adventures along the Pacific Coast.
Leffingwell’s contributions rescued from obscurity in ‘On the Arctic Frontier’
Book review: Enigmatic Ernest Leffingwell may not be a household name, but his accomplishments in the Arctic are vast and compelling.
Investigator Cecil Younger is back in Straley’s new Sitka-set crime novel
While readers will find sympathetic characters and laugh-out-loud humor in "Baby’s First Felony," there is also a disturbing darkness to this violence-fueled story.
‘Rowing the Northwest Passage’ recounts attempt to cross famed Arctic route in man-powered vessel
Book review: We have plenty of stories about the region from the golden age of exploration, but modern tales are fewer. “Rowing the Northwest Passage” will provide the curious with a place to start.
‘Disappointment River’ traces misdirected journey by canoe, 227 years later
Book review: Brian Castner tells the story of 18th century Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie and his own adventure following Mackenzie's path up river.
‘I am Inuit’ brings readers face-to-face with traditional culture in a changing Arctic
Book review: Inupiaq photographer Brian Adams' book “I am Inuit” shows how Alaska Natives maintain their identity even as outside pressures and the impacts of climate change challenge them on a daily basis.
In “It Happened Like This,” a young woman finds adulthood by way of Alaska’s wild places
Book review: Adrienne Lindholm's memoir describes her discoveries and epiphanies as she grew from a newly hired backcountry ranger in Denali National Park into an Alaska adulthood.
New book explores how sea otters bounced back (cuteness is part of it)
Book review: Few animals have enjoyed the sort of resurgence that sea otters have. Veteran science writer Todd McLeish sets about explaining why in his new book, “Return of the Sea Otter."
He makes mysteries of the real grit of Arctic crime
Author Stan Jones uncovered corruption that led to a governor's impeachment hearings. Now his investigative skills help inform his novels.
In new memoir, a Jamaican-American girl comes of age in Anchorage
Book review: Patrice Gopo grew up in Anchorage as the daughter of Jamaican immigrants. In her memoir, she takes readers on a journey into the social and racial issues of our time.
Book review: From Anchorage to Fairbanks, infidelity and its aftermath
Book review: The opening story of "In the Quiet Season," by Anchorage author Martha Amore, finds a couple whose marriage has taken a deep self-inflicted wound.