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Fiction

Burning Daylight

London Jack

ISBN: PB: 9781602233676, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, April 2019
260 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

In Jack London's lifetime, "Burning Daylight" was one of his best-selling books, yet it has been largely out of print for decades. Now the novel is being brought back for a new generation of readers to discover. The story features one of London's mos...

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America

Across the Shaman's River John Muir, the Tlingit Stronghold, and the Opening of the North

Lee Henry Daniel

ISBN: PB: 9781602233294, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, December 2017
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 60 halftones, 1 map

"Across the Shaman's River" is the story of one of Alaska's last Native American strongholds, a Tlingit community closed off for a century until a fateful encounter between a shaman, a preacher, and John Muir. Tucked in the corner of Southeast Alas...

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Fiction

Echo of Ice Letting Go

LeMay Julie

ISBN: PB: 9781602233119, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, February 2017
112 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm

Rooted in the harsh, yet beautiful landscape of Alaska, this collection of poems is at once comforting and disquieting, permeated with wisdom, darkness, and resilience. Taken together, the poems form a powerful narrative, as Julie Hungiville LeMay re...

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Anthropology

Sea Life

Made of Salmon Alaska Stories from the Salmon Project

Lord Nancy

ISBN: PB: 9781602232839, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, May 2016
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 16 colour plates

All over the world, salmon populations are in trouble, as overfishing and habitat loss have combined to put the once-great Atlantic and Pacific Northwest runs at serious risk. Alaska, however, stands out as a rare success story: its salmon population...

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Children's Books

Mary's Wild Winter Feast

Lindoff Hannah

ISBN: PB: 9781602232327, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, September 2014
40 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, illustrated in colour throughout

When winter rain washes away Mary's chances for a sledding day, she thinks there is no hope for excitement. But with a little imagination and a brimming pantry she soon finds herself caught up in a colorful journey. Together with her father she reliv...

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Children's Books

Ollie's First Year

London Jonathan

ISBN: PB: 9781602232297, ISBN: HB: 9781602232280, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2014
32 pp., 20.3x25.4 cm, illustrated in colour throughout

It's easy to find joy in a playful, agile creature that enjoys sliding on its belly. River otters are among the most adorable, charismatic animals in North America, and with a territory that spans the continent, they're a far-reaching favorite".Ollie...

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Children's Books

Gone Again Ptarmigan

London Jonathan

ISBN: PB: 9781602232044, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, August 2013
32 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 32 colour illus.

Every winter, willow ptarmigan birds put on new feathery coats, softly white and perfect for hiding in snow. In the spring they take on a spotted brown more suited to nesting. This is just one of the captivating changes that take place in the Far Nor...

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Biography & Memoires

History of Art

Ted Lambert The Man Behind the Paintings

Lambert Ted

ISBN: PB: 9781602231658, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2013
176 pp., 23x15 cm, 10 colour illus.

Ted Lambert is regarded as one of the premier Alaska artists, a true pioneer. Born in 1905, and raised in the Chicago area, Lambert moved to Alaska in 1925 and went to work as a miner near McCarthy. He held several jobs, predominantly working at a co...

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Biography & Memoires

Gaining Daylight Life on Two Islands

Loewen Sara

ISBN: PB: 9781602231986, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, February 2013
140 pp., 23x15 cm, 1 map, 20 halftones

For many the idea of living off the land is a romantic notion left to stories of olden days or wistful dreams at the office. But for Sara Loewen it becomes her way of life each summer as her family settles into their remote cabin on Uyak Bay for the...

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Culture Studies

Ecology

North by 2020 Perspectives on Alaska's Changing Social-Ecological Systems

Lovecraft Amy Lauren, Eicken Hajo

ISBN: PB: 9781602231429, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, November 2011
784 pp., 25.5x18 cm, colour illus.

Originating from a series of workshops held at the Alaska Forum of the Fourth International Polar Year, this interdisciplinary volume addresses a host of current concerns regarding the ecology and rapid transformation of the arctic. Concentrating on...

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