The circumpolar north has long been the subject of conflicting national aspirations and border di...

Uncommon Weather is an eclectic mix of character-driven stories that delivers a panoramic picture...

The Whales, They Give Themselves is an intimate life history of Harry Brower, Sr. (1924-1992), an...

The Thousand-Mile War, a powerful story of the battles of the United States and Japan on the bitt...

Mari Hoe-Raitto listed first on prev. ed.

The growth of modern-day Alaska began with the Klondike gold discovery in 1896. Over the course o...

As the old adage goes, 'if you can't say it in a few pages, you won't in a hundred.' The selectio...

Chronicling her quest for wildness and home in Alaska, naturalist Marilyn Sigman writes lyrically...

The Eskimo Girl and the Englishman is a sequel to the delightful story Once Upon an Eskimo Time, ...

Subzero temperatures, whiteout blizzards, and even the lack of restrooms didn't deter them. Nor d...

Through a single descendant's voice that speaks to the Sámi diaspora, this collection of poems is...

At Howard Rock's birth, a shaman predicted that he would become a great man. Born in 1911 in a so...

People love snow. They love to ski and sled on it, snowshoe through it, and watch it fall from th...

The turbulent history of Fairbanks, Alaska is far less well-known than most urban histories. With...

Lucy helps her grandfather, and her entire community, recall the traditional dance festivals that...

Diversity has always been central to Alaska identity, as the state's population consists of peopl...

Having children doesn't mean that you can't enjoy every season in the great outdoors-even if you ...

'You might be in danger.'

In the Quiet Season & Other Stories explores the human landscape of Alaska. While the stories tak...

Winner of the 2021 Permafrost Prize in fiction

In these three deeply observed novellas, award-winning author David Nikki Crouse dramatizes the l...

The northwest boreal region (NWB) of North America is a land of extremes. Extending more than 1.3...

The poems of Water the Rocks Make commit into words the turbulence of emotion and thought stirred...

'No Natives or Dogs Allowed,' blared the storefront sign at Elizabeth Peratrovich, then a young A...

Leavetaking is an Alaska-based essay collection propelled by movements of departure and return. C...

Cabin Stories: The Best of Dark Winter Nights: True Stories from Alaska is a collection of favori...

Nursery Rhymes in Black is a poetic recollection of race, roots, culture, and identity. Paying ho...

With the first headlines screaming 'Gold! Gold! Gold!' in 1896, the Klondike Gold Rush was on-and...

Mar Ka lives in and writes from the foothills of Alaska's Chugach Mountains. Be-Hooved,her new po...

Throughout the book, the author's first-hand experience lends vivid reality to the formidable cha...

Alaska Herring History is a thoroughly researched, well-documented, and comprehensive chronicle o...

A collection of essays that evoke an adventurous spirit and the craving for myth, Spirit Things e...

Sonja Luehrmann's volume examines Alutiiq history within the larger context of Russian and Americ...

This all-new collection by former Alaska poet laureate smoothly blends his life in Maine, his yea...

This collection of essays honors beloved Alaska historian Terrence Cole upon his retirement. Cont...

Cold Latitudes is a memoir in essay form based on years of working in the Alaska Arctic and Antar...

This collection of new and selected poems by the former poet laureate of Alaska, Tom Sexton, open...

Melting sea ice and rumbling volcanoes. Sled dogs racing through unnamed valleys.

Launched as part of the United States participation in the first International Polar Year, the Gr...

During the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt gave more than two hundred families from some ...

Cod is one of the most widely consumed fish in the world. For many years, the Atlantic cod indust...

The rich storytelling tradition of the Inupiat of Alaska is showcased in this remarkable collecti...

Rooted in the harsh, yet beautiful landscape of Alaska, this collection of poems is at once comfo...

After moving to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, poet Sara Ryan found herself immersed in the iso...