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Four Thousand Hooks: A True Story of Fishing and Coming of Age on the High Seas of Alaska
Four Thousand Hooks: A True Story of Fishing and Coming of Age on the High Seas of Alaska
UWP001
$19.95  
Paperback, Dean J. Adams, 264 pages, 6 x 9, 9780295993331
As  Four Thousand Hooks  opens, an Alaskan fishing schooner is sinking. It is the summer of 1972, and the sixteen-year-old narrator is at the helm. Backtracking from the gripping prologue, Dean Adams describes how he came to be a crew member on the  Grant  and weaves a tale of adventure that...
North by Northwestern (Softcover)
North by Northwestern (Softcover)
SMP063
$19.99  
Paperback, Mark Sundeen, 336 pages, 8.2 x 5.4 x 1, 9780312672546
If you never sailed, sailed once, or have sailed for a lifetime, this book is perfect for beginners but deep enough content for those interested in going beyond basics. Revised and expanded to include racing and GPS navigation, The Complete Sailor is not just a how-to sail book, but a book that...
Alaska's Wild Plants
Alaska's Wild Plants
IPS137
$19.99  
paperback, Janice Schofield, 200 pages, 5 x 8, 9781513262789
With bright color photographs and completely up-to-date information, this authoritative guidebook introduces adventurers and harvesters to more than 80 of Alaska's most common wild edible plants. Alaska’s Wild Plants   is the perfect guide to tuck in your backpack as you explore Alaska’s...
Coming Back Alive
Coming Back Alive
SMP035
$20.99  
Paperback, Spike Walker, 267 pages, 6 x 95, 9780312302566
This spellbinding work chronicles a desperate sea rescue off the coast of Alaska and an electrifying look at the U. S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue crews. Map.
On the Edge of Survival: A Shipwreck, a Raging Storm, and the Harrowing Alaskan Rescue That Became a Legend [Paperback]
On the Edge of Survival: A Shipwreck, a Raging Storm, and the Harrowing Alaskan Rescue That Became a Legend [Paperback]
SMP064
$20.99  
Paperback, Spike Walker, 304 pages, 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9, 9780312604592
Walker mines familiar territory here with this detailed look into the grounding of a freighter on the Aleutian Islands in 2004. Through multiple interviews with the Coast Guard personnel involved, he provides a minute-by-minute account of the rescue mission that was compounded when a USCG...
Iditarod
Iditarod
ARC102
$21.99  
Paperback, Tricia Brown, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9781467131049
For sled dogracing fans worldwide, the most important calendar day is the first Saturday in March, when teams convene for the start of mushings Superbowlthe Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race®. Every year, as it has since 1973, this ultimate challenge begins in the states most populated city,...
The Alaska Wild Berry Cookbook: Homestyle Recipes from the Far North, Revised Edition
The Alaska Wild Berry Cookbook: Homestyle Recipes from the Far North, Revised Edition
IPS055
$21.99  
Paperback, Alaska Northwest Books, 200 pages, 7 x 10, 9781513261195
With nearly 50 species of berries that grow wild in Alaska, this collection takes the more abundant and popular species and shares 200 tried-and-true berry recipes that have been Alaskan favorites for decades. In this newly updated edition of  The Alaska Wild Berry Cookbook , brightened...
50 Hikes in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula (2nd Edition)
50 Hikes in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula (2nd Edition)
WWN830
$22.95  
Paperback, Hiram Rogers, 288 pages, 6 x 9, 9781581573732
An Explorer's 50 Hikes guide to one of Alaska's most stunning outdoor getaways. The Kenai Peninsula, with its proximity to Anchorage, is unarguably the gateway to the great outdoors of Alaska for vast numbers of visitors and locals alike. The Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes series, with its...
Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes Around Anchorage 2ND ED.
Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes Around Anchorage 2ND ED.
WWN843
$22.95  
Paperback, Lisa Maloney, 256 pages, 6 x 9, 9781682682913
A hiker’s companion to the best treks within striking distance of Alaska’s largest city 50 color photographs, 50 maps
Bijaboji: North to Alaska by Oar
Bijaboji: North to Alaska by Oar
HPC009
$24.95  
Paperback, Betty Lowman Carey, 279 pages, 6 x 9, 9781550173925
Betty Lowman was 22 years old in June 1937 when she climbed into her beloved red dugout canoe Bijaboji and set out on a journey from Puget Sound to Alaska. Traversing some of the most treacherous waters on earth, the journey would have been a risky act for an extreme adventurer in any era; for a...
My Tiny Alaska Oven
My Tiny Alaska Oven
LDG003
$24.95  
Paperback, LaDonna Gundersen, 243 pages, 7.5 x 8.75, 9781578339518
New from LaDonna Gundersen, Author of the popular, Salmon, Dessert and Friends.
Alaska Benchmark Road & Recreation Atlas
Alaska Benchmark Road & Recreation Atlas
BEN027
$24.95  
Paperback, 144 pages, 10.5 x 15, 9780929591148
Alaska truly is the Last Frontier. No other publication can display this rugged scenery and recreation potential with more precision than Benchmark's Alaska Road & Recreation Atlas. The Landscape Maps reveal landforms with amazing realism and detail, clearly showing how the state's vast...
Wildly Inside: A Visual Journey Through the Inside Passage
Wildly Inside: A Visual Journey Through the Inside Passage
SMC001
$24.95  
Paperback, Susan Marie Conrad, 94 pages, 8 x 8, 9780578501352
"Wildly Inside" transports you through the Inside Passage of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska--a visual journey where you'll smell the muskiness of a whale's breath, hear the thunderous waves of a wide-awake ocean, feel the reverberations of the big ships passing by, and be totally...
Rock Hounding Alaksa
Rock Hounding Alaksa
GPT250
$24.95  
Paperback, Montana Hodges, 256 pages, 6.1 x 9, 9781493034000
A complete guide to finding, collecting, and preparing the state’s gems and minerals Rockhounding Alaska  is a must-have book for collecting rocks, minerals, and fossils in the Last Frontier. This guidebook features an overview of the state’s geologic history as well as a site-by-site...
Alaska Adventure 55 Ways: Southcentral Wilderness Explorations
Alaska Adventure 55 Ways: Southcentral Wilderness Explorations
MOU130
$24.95  
Paperback, John & Rebecca Wolfe, 304 pages, 6.5 x 8.5, 9781680515428
Features hiking, skiing, paddling, biking, and more New and substantially revised trips with all new full-color photos and maps throughout Emphasis on traverses and loop trips for both summer and winter, always with simpler and shorter options Originally published in...
The Salmon Sisters: Feasting, Fishing, and Living in Alaska: A Cookbook with 50 Recipes
The Salmon Sisters: Feasting, Fishing, and Living in Alaska: A Cookbook with 50 Recipes
PGN330
$24.95  
Hardcover, Emma Teal Laukitis, Claire Neaton, 208 pages, 7.5 x 9, 9781632172259
The bright and inspiring life and work story from a pair of sisters who are Alaskan fisherwomen, along with fifty hearty and comforting recipes that honor wild foods from the sea and the shore. Share in the remarkable and wild lives of Emma Teal Laukitis and Claire Neaton, the Salmon Sisters,...
Historical Chart: Oregon Territory 1841 (36 x 25 inches)
Historical Chart: Oregon Territory 1841 (36 x 25 inches)
IHP_OT1841
$24.95  
36 wide x 42 high
This chart is made from a scan of an actual historic chart and is presented as the original with all of the marks, tears and stains.  Printed on heavy-duty paper Custom sizing available. Contact us for more info Comes rolled a a cardboard tube Suitable for framing Our...
Alaska's Whaling Coast
Alaska's Whaling Coast
ARC100
$24.99  
Paperback, Dale Vinnedge, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9781467130240
In 1850, commercial whaling ships entered the Bering Sea for the first time. There, they found the summer grounds of bowhead whales, as well as local Inuit people who had been whaling the Alaskan coast for 2,000 years. Within a few years, almost the entire Pacific fleet came north each June to...
Insight Guides: Alaska
Insight Guides: Alaska
IPS189
$24.99  
Paperback, 368 pages, 6 x 9, 9781789198713
Travel made easy. Ask local experts.  Comprehensive travel guide packed with inspirational photography and fascinating cultural insights, now with free eBook. From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this guide to Alaska is all you need to plan your perfect trip,...
Roadside Geology of Alaska, 2nd Edition
Roadside Geology of Alaska, 2nd Edition
MPP001
$26.00  
Paperback, Cathy Connor, 328 pages, 6 x 9, 9780878426195
The biggest US state is full of superlatives. Denali, the highest peak in North America at 20,320 feet, is still rising, pushed upward as a tectonic plate collides from the south. The collision has also created huge mountains along Alaska s Gulf Coast, where humid coastal air has produced the...
Adventures on the West Coast of Vancouver Island
Adventures on the West Coast of Vancouver Island
PMP012
$26.95  
Paperback, Peter Vassilopoulos
Venturing by boat on the West Coast of Vancouver Island gives access to areas many people dream about.   This book reflects on destinations on the west side of the island, including inlets, sounds, harbours and small villages that the author has visited. The book discusses alternative ways...
Alaska's Mushrooms: A Wide-Ranging Guide
Alaska's Mushrooms: A Wide-Ranging Guide
IPS006
$26.99  
Paperback, Gary A. Laursen & Neil McArthur, 224 pages, 6 x 9, 9781943328499
For the seriously dedicated as well as the merely curious ’shroomer,  Alaska’s Mushrooms  is a wide-ranging guide to the fungi of the Last Frontier. The book, featuring detailed descriptions of 114 species, includes: color photographs; family and common names; genus and...
Audubon Guide to the Pacific Northwest
Audubon Guide to the Pacific Northwest
RAN201
$27.95  
Paperback, National Audubon Society, 428 pages, 4.25 x 7.75, 9780679446798
A fine, compact and sturdy regional guide to birds, animals, trees, wildflowers, insects, weather, nature preserves and much more that makes the Northwest unique. 1,500 color photos, drawings and maps bring the subjects to life. A little gem of a guide.
The Alaska From Scratch Cookbook
The Alaska From Scratch Cookbook
MPS187
$27.99  
hardcover, Maya Wilson, 272 pages, 7.8 x 9.4, 9781635650631
From Alaska from Scratch blogger Maya Wilson comes a beautifully scenic cookbook celebrating Alaska and its ocean-to-table, homemade food culture. When Maya Wilson and her three kids transplanted to Alaska in 2011, she didn’t know what to expect. But what she ended up finding was home—and she...
Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate
Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate
IPS140
$30.00  
Hardcover, Mark Kurlansky, 416 pages, 7.5 x 9, 9781938340864
"Henry David Thoreau wrote, 'Who hears the fishes when they cry?' Maybe we need to go down to the river bank and try to listen." In what he says is the most important piece of environmental writing in his long and award-winning career, Mark Kurlansky, best-selling author of   Salt   and...
Living Within the Wild: Personal Stories & Beloved Recipes from Alaska
Living Within the Wild: Personal Stories & Beloved Recipes from Alaska
IPS187
$34.99  
Paperback, Jack Kerouac, 192 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780802130747
Living Within the Wild   features over 100 original recipes, accompanied by personal stories and stunning photographs, to illustrate the lives of one Alaska family that has learned to live well amidst the intense but scenic backcountry of Alaska. "When I stayed five nights at Winterlake...
The Salmon Sisters: Harvest & Heritage: Seasonal Recipes and Traditions that Celebrate the Alaskan Spirit
The Salmon Sisters: Harvest & Heritage: Seasonal Recipes and Traditions that Celebrate the Alaskan Spirit
PGN416
$35.00  
Hardcover, Emma Teal Laukitis , Claire Neaton, 272 pages, 8 x 11, 9781632174338
"A cookbook that celebrates abundance, and pays tribute to precious landscapes that offer us such satisfying meals." Food & Wine magazine Follow the Salmon Sisters as they celebrate the seasons through the food, traditions, and rituals of their Alaskan home. Lush photography,...
Proud Raven, Panting Wolf: Carving Alaska's New Deal Totem Parks
Proud Raven, Panting Wolf: Carving Alaska's New Deal Totem Parks
UWP006
$39.95  
Hardcover, Emily L. Moore, 288 pages, 7 x 10, 9780295743936
Among Southeast Alaska's best-known tourist attractions are its totem parks, showcases for monumental wood sculptures by Tlingit and Haida artists. Although the art form is centuries old, the parks date back only to the waning years of the Great Depression, when the US government reversed its...
Charlie's Charts: NORTH TO ALASKA 6th Edition (Covers the Inside Passage) - Guide Book
Charlie's Charts: NORTH TO ALASKA 6th Edition (Covers the Inside Passage) - Guide Book
IHP_CHC009*
$59.95  
Paperback, Charles and Margo Wood, 276 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9781951116392
This edition was prepared using the original maps and photos with many new photos added. Some valuable information has also been updated to accommodate the mariner undertaking this voyage. While this edition has been revised for an updated look, we have made every effort to maintain the...
Exploring Puget Sound & British Columbia
Exploring Puget Sound & British Columbia
EVE053
$79.99  
Paperback, Stephen Hilson, 130 pages, 15.8 x 12, 9780945265481
Long out-of-print, this much sought reference atlas of nautical charts filled with historical notes and anecdotes has been reissued. Contains 107 pages of charts, 63 color aerial photos and an index listing over 3,000 locations. A must for every boater.
Exploring Alaska & British Columbia
Exploring Alaska & British Columbia
EVE054
$79.99  
Spiral-Bound, Stephen Hilson, 126 pages, 12.2 x 15.5, 9780945265597
Reissue of Stephen E. Hilson's original 1976 historical & nautical atlas, covering the west coast of Vancouver Island and north to Skagway, Alaska. Large scale charts filled with historical anecdotes; colored aerial photos and an index of over 3,000 locations.
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