Search Results: Authors starting with L from Publication Consultants

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 6/1/13. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “The Langdok’s move to Anchorage, Alaska in 1969 was a daring and gutsy decision on the part of this young Wisconsin couple with a two-year-old baby daughter. It wasn’t long before exciting and unexpected challenges started to shape and mold their character; from finding a dead body, dealing with airplane crashes and police department murders to ‘homesteading’ in a log cabin with no electricity or water! A second baby girl joined the family and together they enjoyed the summer camping and fishing surrounded in breathtaking scenery, autumn horseback rides throughout the beautiful Chugach Mountains and winter snowmachining and skiing in a frosty, cold landscape. They learned to live off the land raising delicious vegetables under the midnight sun, smoking fresh-caught salmon for the larder and filling their freezer with moose and caribou. It was a good and rewarding life! Together with… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 9/1/08. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Judges of the Alaska Supreme Court have repeatedly shocked and outraged Alaskans with rulings that have negated the majority voice of the Alaska Legislature and the will of the people. The Alaska Supreme Court: Supreme Judges or Supreme Legislators? is a case study of the particular state supreme court case, The Alaska Civil Liberties Union et al. vs. the State of Alaska and the Municipality of Anchorage, which mandated that those government employer-sponsored benefits originally allocated only to dependents of married persons now be provided equally to persons in same-sex domestic relationships. This ruling was made in spite of various attempts by the Alaska legislature and by the people in amending both Alaska Statute and the Alaska Constitution. How much further will the Alaska Supreme Court go in eroding our true form of governmental democracy--the republic? In other words, how many… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 6/1/11. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Cold Climate Clips is a book for folks who are keen on adventure; appreciate diversity, travel and enjoy humor! Readers will gain a valuable vision of Alaska’s rural villages and small communities through the eyes of a person infatuated with her job and the people she worked with for more than 30 years. The stories in Cold Climate Clips take place prior to the technology we have today—before an issue could be settled with a facsimile, email or a call on a cellular phone. Enjoy the humorous and joyful adventures of the author’s childhood as a precocious girl, growing up free in small, but busy Skagway. Alaska during the 40s and 50s. Cold Climate Clips is an adventure book. Be prepared for more than a chuckle! From beginning to end Cold Climate Clips speaks to the reader about a woman who worked affably and good naturedly with a blend of people and learned her best social skills growing… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 11/1/08. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Hunts and Home Fires an account of fifty years of life spent on the last frontier. It is a reflection on the spirit of small town Alaska and of a people used to bringing home wild foods for the table. It is about youth and coming of age, about individual industry, hard work, family, and life in general. Hunting and fishing stories are the backbone, mixed with how-to information, humor, and a bit of history. There are essays regarding an interesting mix of subjects through a fifty year journey.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 1/15/15. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “The idea for this book evolved out of what he saw as a need for a new Christmas poem for children. His poem was titled The Christmas Girl. Nothing of much significance in that genre has been produced since How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Efforts to sell the poems idea for a children’s book fell on deaf ears in the publishing world but other work gradually spun off its writing. He found he liked writing rhyming prose, especially in poems about the North country where he lives. So here is Northern Verses, including The Christmas Girl.”

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/12. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Have you ever wanted to change the world? You hold the power to do just that, but you must discover the keys that open the doors. Enter the real world where you don’t have to fantasize to become a hero—you only need to unlock the power within to fulfill your own destiny. Through Government of the One, you can understand how to take control of your thoughts and actions. Then you will have confidence to change not only yourself, but influence others around you. The rippling effects will help to bring change to the family, the community, the state, the nation, and even the world. The cover graphics are symbols of personal characteristics. The constitution symbolizes a government of individual rights and responsibilities. The quill pointing to We the People emphasizes that any government is composed of the collective One. Therefore, government must always start with the One. The cherry wood… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 3/1/12. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “It’s 1935, during the Great Depression, and Paul’s family is out of work and out of money. They have nothing but a little ramshackle farm in Minnesota. Now that’s gone, too. Suddenly, an incredible opportunity opens up for 202 families, including Paul’s, but it means moving far away, to a land few people know anything about. Will his family go? Will Paul have to leave his friends, family, and beloved dog, Rascal? Then Paul meets tomboyish Maggie and adventurous Erik, also kids of new colonists, and together they face the unique realities of living in the far north. Based on true stories, follow the trials and adventures of Paul, Maggie, and Erik as their families start over in hopes of building a new life in a strange land so far away. Will they make it?

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 6/1/19. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “John’s life story shows the reader that his life’s experiences always revolved around fishing and the great outdoors. In his youth his family moved to many states with the military. With a fishing rod in his hand he would make friends with total strangers who sometimes became his mentors. As a young man in Alaska he made some wild reckless social decisions and still made time to fish. His priority’s in life were always fishing, friendships, fishing, laughter, fishing, chase your dreams, fishing, and live a simple life—fishing. I Fished My Way Through Life shows the reader all of that. If you were fortunate enough to fish with John Lesterson you learned how to enjoy fishing and loved the stories he would tell.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 6/15/19. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Captain Heinz Noonan, “Master of the Impossible Crime,” is called upon to solve the most puzzling of riddles. If it’s odd, you call Noonan. Why, for instance, would someone steal 200 garden gnomes and then leave them in a pattern across a city? Better yet, how can air cargo increase in weight as it flies and how can a century old Tong highbinder warrior appear in a locked warehouse and then disappear in a cloud of smoke? And why would anyone want to steal anything from a garbage dump? See if you can solve these unusual mysteries faster than the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department. Oh, then there is the theft of 8,000 gallons of water, a reappearing coelacanth, the theft of some Komodo dragon trousers and, of course, a missing duct tape tuxedo. The perfect Who dun whatfor your bookshelf and enjoyment.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 7/1/14. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “In the two decades between the Second World War and the Great Alaska Earthquake, Anchorage grew by a factor of 10. Money was, quite literally, washing down the street. The economic boom was so great that all you needed to make a million dollars was a cash register. At the same time Anchorage was one of the few cities in America where organized crime never got a firm foothold. Uptown, downtown, out of town, the locals were clever enough to keep the East Coast families out. Walrus With A Gold Tooth is a fictionalized version of crime in Anchorage over these two decades and a step-by-step history of how the local squeezed out the mob before it ever made it in. And if you know your Anchorage history, you just might be able to determine which characters are actual people whose names have been changed to protect the guilty.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/08. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “For more than 80 years, bush pilots have carried supplies, delivered mail, and transported emergency personnel over Alaska’s rugged terrain. They’ve flown with felons handcuffed to the seat, with corpses strapped to the wing, and with drugged polar bears sleeping in the cargo compartment. Ever since aviation came to Alaska planes have been far more important than cars or truck to the residents of the far-flung bush communities. In Cowboys of the Sky: The Story of Alaska’s Bush Pilots, humorist and historian Steve Levi takes you on a wild ride through the heyday of aviation in Alaska, from the golden years, before federal regulations curbed the more dangerous and outlandish flying practices, all the way to the present. Through photographs and anecdotes, you’ll meet brave and colorful pilots, the true cowboys of the sky who carved the face of America’s Last Frontier.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 7/15/16. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “How can a Greyhound Bus with four bank robbers, $10 million in cash, the contents of all of the safety deposit boxes and 12 hostages being followed by the San Francisco Police vanish off the Golden Gate Bridge? The police are stumped so a specialist in impossible crimes, Captain Heinz Noonan, the Bearded Holmes, is sent to San Francisco to solve the crime. With the clock ticking, Noonan will have to unravel how the bus was able to disappear – and why there are still hostages if the money has already been stolen and the bank robbers have vanished. Ride along with Captain Heinz Noonan, the nation’s foremost impossible crime sleuth, and see if you can solve the crime as fast as he does!

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 3/1/19. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Captain Heinz Noonan, Master of the Impossible Crime, is in Wyoming to solve an odd murder. A transient is under arrest, accused of murdering himself with a weapon that cannot be found at a time no one could pinpoint for an unknown motive. And how is this murder linked with three odd robberies in three different Wyoming towns in adjacent counties and what does all of this have to do with $25 million in missing Russian money from Philadelphia? See if you can solve the impossible crime faster than Detective Heinz Noonan.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 8/15/18. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “As you are reading this, banks are giving away millions of your dollars in gift mortgages. The banks are borrowing money from the federal government for mortgages, claiming the loans have ‘gone bad’ and then giving the title of the property to ‘deserving individuals.’ There is no federal check on these ‘bad loans’ so the mortgages are free and clear—and tax-free. A Writ of Mandamus filed by the author in August of 2017 may end this practice. Beating Banks At their Own Game, is a fictional approach to explaining how the process works. The Appendix includes a collection of nonfiction documents sent by the author to the FBI, SEC, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Housing Finance Administration to STOP the practice of gift mortgages. Beating Banks At their Own Game is the saga of five people who use occupational and real-life experience in banking and real… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 3/1/18. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “In The Matter of the Dematerializing Armored Car, Chief of Detectives Heinz Noonan is asked to solve the disappearance of an empty armored car and its two drivers from a tunnel with guards on both ends. Why would anyone want to steal an empty armored car and is it linked the $12 million in cash in the armored car vault under the control of the United States Department of Treasury which vanishes without a trace – legally? A suspenseful thriller of breathtaking action where the detective must solve an impossible crime before the heist can become an unsolved crime!

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 3/15/17. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Unicorn Airlines Flight 739 with no pilot, no crew, and no passengers lands at Anchorage International Airport. As the authorities are wondering what happened, a ransom demand is made for the passengers: $25 million in diamonds. Chief of Detectives for the Sandersonville, North Carolina, Police Department, Captain Heinz Noonan, is visiting his in-laws in Anchorage when he is called onto the case. He has 36 hours to determine how crew and passengers disappeared off Unicorn Airlines Flight 739 before the $25 million in diamonds is paid to the extortionists. But can he solve what appears to be an impossible crime, free the hostages, arrest the perpetrators, and resolve The Matter of the Deserted Airliner before the ransom is paid? “

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 7/15/16. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “The indigenous peoples of Alaska have a rich and colorful history. Come to the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics (WEIO) to learn more about it. The games, all rooted in Native history, are made up of such diverse events as blanket tossing, high kicking, knuckle hopping, fish cutting, seal skinning, muktuk eating, and beautiful babies in Native regalia. WEIO is one way those histories are kept alive. Through his work at the Alaska Native Heritage Center and in the Native Studies Program at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, Casey Ferguson is making a career of making sure the old ways are celebrated.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/16. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Thirteen-year-old Kathleen Camille (Kasey) Mackenzie faces challenges in Alaska that will require all the strength and courage she can muster. She is forced to struggle with everything from a dress-stealing bear to a killer storm. The unthinkable happens: the death of her beloved father in a mining accident. Her mother had died two years earlier. Now she’s alone in Alaska, but only until her grandmother comes to rescue her--whether she wants rescuing or not. Though mature beyond her years, Kasey is far from perfect. She can’t quite control a wide stubborn streak and alienates two of the people she loves most. Her strong will might help find everything she longs for—or it could be her undoing.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/11. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Russia’s most famous aviator disappears on a world record flight over the North Pole. A commercial airliner with thirty-eight people is never found. The wreckage of a strategic bomber is discovered years later and hundreds of miles from where it was lost, without its nuclear payload. Two United States Congressmen on a routine campaign tour vanish, spurring accusations of cover-up and conspiracy. These are but a few of the stories detailed in Aviation Mysteries of the North. Far distant from major media outlets and occurring over remote and unforgiving wilderness, many of the mysteries have been overlooked or forgotten, until now. Meticulously researched, the accounts are a compilation of historically significant mysteries and large capacity aircraft which have been lost over a span of four decades. From takeoff and in flight until the final moments, through searches and controversy, the… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 7/1/14. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “BROKEN WINGS reveals the tragedy of Alaska civil aviation from early bush pilots to modern jetliners, providing a unique perspective on the technology and human factors involved in aircraft mishaps. Written with expert analysis of aircraft operations, pilot procedures, weather phenomenon and aviation systems, the thirty stories detail major flying disasters in The Last Frontier, including some of the deadliest air crashes in United States history. Nowhere have civil aircraft accidents been as prevalent as in Alaska. The progression of unfortunate events and often unforeseen consequences not only offers a historical perspective on the development of aviation, but is an enduring example of the failure of even the best designed aircraft and the experienced pilots who fly them. “