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: Bill Gordon earned the name “Alaska’s flying bishop” for his near-constant ministerial travel around the state. His well-written biography serves as both engaging narrative and historical document.
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.
She joins a handful of American poets who have received the prize, which has been dominated by novelists since the first award in 1901.
Book review: Inupiaq poet and educator Marie Tozier’s deceptively simple poems enlarge with repeated readings and leave a reader with much to contemplate.
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: 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: 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: 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: 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.
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: "Alaska in the Progressive Age" brings together formative events in Alaska’s transition from faraway possession to territorial status at the turn of the 20th century.
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: Author Buddy Levy brings a fine novelist’s sense of storytelling to his narrative histories. "Labyrinth of Ice" is an essential volume in recent literature concerning the far north.
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: “The Big Wild Soul of Terrence Cole” is an engaging, eclectic collection of essays by friends, colleagues, and students.
Book review: The guidebook “Northwest Coast and Alaska Native Art” is a handy introduction that provides cultural contexts and makes room for the voices of contemporary practitioners.
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: As we set out to explore our own massive backyard more closely than usual, a dependable resource is a good thing to have. Alaskan outdoors and travel writer Lisa Maloney provides just that.
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.
