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Of Darkness and Light Poems by Kim Cornwall
ISBN: PB: 9781602233744, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2019
50 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 halftone
This is the hardest kind of listening. / And who will care? / Most do not. / It's all applause, / applause applause. / How is it possible / to ask for more than that? An honest work, stunningly passionate: Kim Cornwall's spirit-infused poetry weaves...
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£12,00
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Outside in the Interior An Adventure Guide for Central Alaska, Second Edition
ISBN: PB: 9781602232808, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, April 2016
328 pp., 20.3x13.9 cm, 100 colour plates, 70 maps
With its breathtaking vistas and countless acres of unmarked wilderness, Alaska has long attracted those who are looking for a bit of adventure in their vacations – from visitors who want to climb rugged peaks to those content to push a stroller down...
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£20,00
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Our Perfect Wild Ray & Barbara Bane's Journeys and the Fate of Far North
ISBN: PB: 9781602232785, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, February 2016
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 74 colour plates, 2 maps
Ray and Barbara Bane worked as teachers in Barrow and Wainwright, Alaska, in the early 1960s – but they didn't simply teach the children of their Ia±upiat Eskimo and Koyukon friends and neighbors: they fully embraced their lifestyle. Doing so, they r...
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£18,50
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Overwinter
ISBN: PB: 9781602232532, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2015
60 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
A debut collection from an exciting new voice in Alaska poetry, "Overwinter" reconciles the natural quiet of wilderness with the clamor of built environments. Jeremy Pataky's migration between Anchorage and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park inspires t...
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£11,50
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Ollie's First Year
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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£10,00
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£12,00
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Oil and Water A Novel
ISBN: PB: 9781602232006, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, February 2013
260 pp., 23x15 cm
What happens when the American dream collides head-on with a nation's dependence on fossil fuels? "Oil and Water", a novel by Mei Mei Evans, focuses on precisely this question. Starting with a star-crossed supertanker, a wayward fishing boat, and a w...
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£12,00
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On Time Delivery The Dog Team Mail Carriers
ISBN: PB: 9781602231672, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, April 2012
160 pp., 23x15 cm, 3 maps, 50 halftones
From the turn of the twentieth century in interior Alaska, dog team mail carriers were charged with maintaining the trail systems and carrying the mail until they were replaced in the late 1930s and '40s by airplane mail service. With the advent and...
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£19,00
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On Sea Ice
ISBN: HB: 9781602230798, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, June 2010
664 pp., 25.5x17 cm, 354 graphs and figures
Covering more than seven percent of the earth's surface, sea ice is crucial to the functioning of the biosphere – and is a key component in our attempts to understand and combat climate change. With "On Sea Ice", geophysicist W. F. Weeks delivers a n...
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£64,00
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