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Alaska's Deadly Dozen is a comprehensive account of 12 murder cases investigated and solved by Alaska police investigators over 30 years. Alaska is a land of extremes and its people include good citizens, those who prey on them and a few weird ones.

James W. Brooks packed several lifetimes of adventure into his sixty-five years in Alaska - working as a fisherman, trapper, musher, miner, wartime flyer, bush pilot, and whale biologist. In a beautifully written memoir, Brooks tells of being drawn to the North, where he lived off the land in the final years of the Territory of Alaska. Later, he served as commissioner of fish and game under two governors. Literally, Brooks lived and worked amo...

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Velma Wallis and her mother were chopping wood at the mouth of the Porcupine River, where it flows into the Yukon, when Wallis first heard the legend of the Two Old Women - an elderly pair's "journey into hardship." Passed from mothers to daughters for many generations, the ancient story of abandonment is tragic and shocking but comes with a surprise that will lighten your heart. In 1993, Velma Wallis's retelling of the legen in book form chal...

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This is an epic account of the volcano's awesome display of raw-throated power, the heartbreak and anger of survivors whose lost loved ones were largely unaware that they were in danger, even 30 miles away, the thrill of scientific discovery, and, ultimately, the recovery of nature and healing of the human body and spirit.

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The blazing marquee of the plush Astor Theater in New York City billed the 1933 premier of "Eskimo" as "THE BIGGEST PICTURE EVER MADE, " propelling an 27-year-old Inupiat Eskimo from Candle, Alaska, to overnight stardom. The handsome actor was not only the first Alaskan to become a Hollywood movie star but also the first non-white actor to play in a leading role. This is the story of Ray Wise Mala, the talented and enterprising son of an itine...

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Leigh Ann Hieronymous has become a familiar and public face of Fred Meyer, developing hundreds of delicious recipes that take advantage of the outstanding food products available at Fred Meyer. Her popular TV segments, Fresh Ideas with Leigh Ann, have been seen on Oprah, the Today show, Ellen, and other national programs. She has now collected the very best of these recipes in this collection of more than 140 contemporary recipes with over 140...

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Charles W. Adams was an able, smart business college graduate who bought a share of the Lavelle Young in his mid-20s. He became one of the North's great riverboat captains, lived enough adventure in the north to fill several lifetimes, and played a crucial role in the founding of Fairbanks, Alaska.

In the midst of a life filled with adventure and spirit, Dick Mackey's 1978 Iditarod win, beating Rick Swenson by one second, still makes Alaskans shake their heads in amazement.