Land of the Radioactive Midnight Sun: A Cheechako's ...
and of the Radioactive Midnight Sun is the story of Lt. Sean Michael Flynn as he tries to survive his first year in Alaska. With romantic notions of Jack London and bush piloting, Lt. Flynn requests a transfer to Eileson Air Force outside of Fairbanks, ... [... more]
$24.95
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Autism in History: The Case of Hugh Blair of Borgue
This engaging story of an eighteenth century Scottish laird whose brief arranged marriage was annulled on the grounds of his mental capacity - which seen through modern eyes can be identified as autism. It is a story of villainy and innocence, and ... [... more]
$44.95
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Weavers of the Southern Highlands
Weaving centers led the Appalachian Craft Revival at the beginning of the twentieth century. Soon after settlement workers came to the mountains to start schools, they expanded their focus by promoting weaving as a way for women to help their family's ... [... more]
$40.00
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Feels Like Far: A Rancher's Life on the Great Plains
Award-winning author Linda Hasselstrom paints an intimate portrait of family, love, work, nature, and survival against the backdrop of the far-flung South Dakota prairie. [... more]
$22.95
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Struggle and Survival in Colonial America
Here are the fascinating stories of twenty-three little-known but remarkable inhabitants of the Spanish, English, and Portuguese colonies of the New World between the 16th and the 19th centuries. Women and men of all the races and classes of colonial ... [... more]
$24.95
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Small Town USA
A humorous look at the differences between rural and urban attitudes. -- Book Description [... more]
$12.95
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The Final Frontiersman: Heimo Korth and His Family, ...
In the bestselling tradition of Into the Wild and The Last American Man, an intimate portrait of how one man and his family thrive in the most remote of American landscapes: Alaska's Arctic wilderness. Hundreds of hardy people have tried to carve a ... [... more]
$25.00
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Fire, Blood and Forty Below
Fire, Blood and Forty Below is the true story of the evolution of an Alaskan firefighter/medic from Rookie to competent emergency responder. Fires rage and blood flows, and quite often its the responders who are the victims. [... more]
$26.45
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A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson
This well-balanced assessment of Sigurd Olson (1899-1982) pays as much attention to his spiritual quest as to his activism in defense of America's natural resources with such groups as The Wilderness Society and the National Parks Association. Olson ... [... more]
$19.95
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Growing Up Strong: Four North Country Women Recall Their ...
In their deep sense of family and community, in their faith in themselves, these Adirondack women found the strength to endure and grow in a harsh but beautiful environment. Here are the domestic details, the intimate life of mountain women and their ... [... more]
$12.95
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Second Age: A Recall of Things Gone By and a Bit of Now
Very enjoyable saga! Delightful 1st person account of a young man's adventures floating down the Mississippi in the 1920s. A good read - well worth one's time! Don and Marilyn Graham
Second Age So nice to enjoy an easy-to-read book that's about real life ... [... more]
$12.95
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Mean Streets: Confessions of a Nighttime Taxi Driver
A world exists on the nighttime streets that the average person cannot envision. Taxi driver Peter McSherry recounts tales of his thirty years of experience driving cabs at night on the hard-bitten streets of Canada's largest city. Drunks, punks, con ... [... more]
$15.99
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