Search Results: Titles starting with A from Publication Consultants

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 2/1/13. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Academia: The Law of the Jungle by Author Carl Douglass, neurosurgeon turned author who writes with such gripping realism, is a novel of a driven man who finally gets to be a surgeon in training and then an academic neurosurgeon on his way to the top of his profession. He watched the fall from glory of his mentor, and came face to face with his greatest opponents in the fang-and-claw competition of a merciless competition at the heights of prestige.”

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 10/1/05. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Above the Arctic Circle transports the reader back in time to the Alaska of 1911 into the Athabaskan Indian village of Fort Yukon and beyond. It was a time when travel was by trail or river on routes shared by man and wild beast, when communication reached only as far as the echo of one’s voice, and when the first order of each new day was survival in the face of unyielding natural elements. This is the time and place chronicled in the personal journals of James A. Carroll: explorer, pioneer, dogsled musher, trapper, trader, husband, and father. It is an authentic first-hand account of a young man’s first decade in the territory of Alaska, a straightforward telling of the adversity and adventures of life on the far north frontier. This story, told with honesty and more than a little humor, offers a kind of kinship connecting author and reader thereby extending a personal invitation to… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 11/1/06. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Balto, the great Alaska sled dog, has been dead since 1933. But he still stands larger-than-life on Dogdom’s Mount Olympus, where the world’s great canines are immortalized. Yet few people know Baltos true story. Only one small part has been told, and even it has been distorted. Several Balto books have been written. There’s even a Balto animated movie, but it, too, is largely fiction. (Balto was NOT part wolf!) Like the books, the movie leaves off where this book begins _— and tells the best part of the story. Balto was only three years old when he helped carry serum across Alaska from Nenana to Nome on the Iditirod Trail to save the town’s children from diphtheria. As leader of the last dog team in the life-saving relay race, he became an overnight sensation — a BONEa fide international celebrity. But much more happened after that. Balto lived for eight more years. His… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 9/1/20. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Join the legendary superhero, Peanut Power, as he takes on the challenges and adven- tures of The Last Great Race, Alaska’s famous Iditarod. Along with his troop of 13 remarkable sled dogs, Peanut Power faces over 900 miles of frozen tundra, fierce snowstorms and temperatures cold enough to freeze kibble solid. Armed with the help of his many friends and family, Peanut Power manages to mush on and overcome many obstacles on his way to the finish line. Peanut Power and his team cross paths with Dalzell, a huge Alaskan moose, who shows them that sometimes those we think are our enemies can become our greatest friends. Goober, the runt of the team, replaces Walnut the lead dog after he is trampled by Dalzell. Goober learns the strongest power to finish a race is the indomitable spirit to never give up Read the full story to follow Peanut Power’s adventure to Nome and find out who wins this… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 1/1/13. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Agattu is the biggest animal around, and proud of it! Until Mr. Moose confronts him and his worst fears come true—he’s no longer the tallest. Agattu takes drastic measures to be taller than Mr. Moose, and ends up in the middle of a lake! It isn’t until he see’s his reflection that he realizes he is special just the way he is.”

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 9/1/00. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Take note -- James A. von der Heydt, as formality requires, introduces you to Champagne Charlie. Learn how he got his most interesting name and what drew him to the far north, how he fared once there. Meet, too, Mollie, young lady of the gold rush era, who mined by herself in the Nome goldfields as a proper Victorian lady was not supposed to do. You will like Mollie, alone, pursuing success in a man’s world. The memory of Joe Filmore will stay with you, a young wanderer, uneducated, who returns to his boyhood home after many year’s absence to find more trouble than any man is entitled to. You will remember well Old Eskimo Simon who fulfills his promise of long before to his own grandfather, to return to that special place, to contact for the last time the ancient spirits of the whale, seal, and caribou. These, and other adventures fill the pages of Alaska, The Short and Long of It. They,… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 8/1/05. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Children everywhere will love the chants and poems in Alaska Animals, We Love You! and accompanying CD. Whether alone or in groups, they will learn to speak and read through this medium. Usuing rhythm, rhyme, ostinatos, isstruments or melody, each poem instructs about langue. Most of these poems or chants teach scientific facts about Alaska animals. The sparkling illustrations will dazzle every animal-loving heart. The CD, which is included in this hard cover book, will Alice Wright graduated from California State University, Los Angeles, with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education and a minor in Music. She received a Master of Arts in Special Education from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Alice’s teaching assignments have included regular classroom, orchestra, bilingual, and special education. She is a violinist, having played in Shreveport Symphony, Anchorage Symphony, and… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 6/1/01. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Alaska Animal Antics, an entertaining book for all ages, is a compilation of stories about life with animals on the Last Frontier. These humorous animal tales come from Elverda’s friends, who graciously gave her their written, oral, and taped manuscripts. Alaska Animal Antics is about animals, wild and tame, from moose to mosquitoes, and their involvement with people. You’ll soon discover that it is sometimes difficult to decide who you’re laughing at -- animals or people. Although Alaska Animal Antics is really about animals, and the funny things they do as they associate with people, without peoples’ antics, animals’ antics wouldn’t be nearly so funny. Life in Alaska is different and challenging -- Alaska Animal Antics proves it.”

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 12/1/16. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Just as they love the first book, Alaska Animals, We Love You!, children everywhere will adore Alaska Animals, We Love You! 2. The fun of learning about animals with music is simply delightful. The musical education and science learning are too special to miss. The drawings and the CD bring LaVon and Alice right into the home or classroom for all to enjoy. “

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 11/1/19. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “I served as chief of police in the Alaska bush community of Seldovia for nearly 32 years. Alaska Bush Cop is the first of four books describing what actually took place during those years. When I took the chief’s position, I had no training, and in this book, you’ll find what I endured while learning how to be a police officer. I write about mistakes made and their repercussions. The events in Alaska Bush Cop did take place and are depicted the way they actually occurred. I think you will find it surprising when you read about many of the cases I write about. Many people feel a police officer in a small community has very little, or noting, to do. In reality, I kept busy in this one, and at times, two-man police department. I hope you find Alaska Bush Cop informative, enlightening, and entertaining.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 5/1/17. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “ALASKA BEARS: Shaken and Stirred is a collection of 24 stories describing Jake’s personal experience hunting and guiding for all the species of bears in Alaska. Bear biology, hunting techniques, cabin depredations and avoidance thereof, and other aspects of bear pursuits are detailed. These are true stories except for the names of some of the hunting guests from Jake’s fifty years of living and hunting in Alaska. “

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 3/1/18. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Few experiences in life are true adventures; even fewer are truly extraordinary. Rarely, very rarely are they both; where the past and the future collide in an unforgettable present moment. Where the senses, the intellect and the spirit and harmony in the experience. I hadn’t imagined that an Alaska Peninsula bear hunt would be one of those adventures. I’ve experienced moments of truth when hunting—the rush of spotting game, the stalk, and the shot. But that changed on this hunt. Connecting to the transcendent silence of Alaska, nature as pure as it comes; that became my real moment of truth. It became my real world, more than the one I had le behind. My bear hunt was more than I expected and maybe more than I was prepared for, but not more than I wanted, or needed, and in the end it had little to do with getting a bear. “

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 9/1/20. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Alaska Bush Cop: And the Beat Goes On is the second of a four-book series, outlining my nearly 32-year career as police chief of a small Alaska bush community. I was hired off the street, with no previous experience, and was asked to single-handedly police a community of nearly 800 people. The position turned into a career of nearly 32 years, setting a record for the longest serving chief of police in Alaska history. In my first book, Alaska Bush Cop: The Beginning, I took you through my first few years of learning be a cop. I outlined many of the stumbling blocks which accompanied me, and I acquainted you with the many police officers and dispatchers, who played a vital role in my being successful. You will be surprised by the number of different criminal activities, which took place in our small community. All the stories in Alaska Bush Cop are factual, and they took place in and around,… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/17. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Violent incidents on the Kenai River and on commercial fishing grounds of Cook Inlet prompted Trooper, Andy Biggs, to contact State Senator Price in an attempt to change fishing regulations causing harsh attitudes leading to violence. The good senator formed a panel composed of commercial fishermen, sports fisherman, subsistence users, fish and game biologists and regulators, sport fishing guides and other special interest group leaders to hold hearings on the matter. Outside interests, meaning non-Alaskans, pay protesters to disrupt the hearings. Every faction of Alaska’s fishing industry has strong, self-serving, opinions, and a personal stake, in the issues being considered by the panel; which leads to even more violent incidents. Several state politicians involve themselves in the argument and are paid for their votes by cannery owners rejecting the proposed changes. Alaska Fish Wars… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 10/1/16. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Alaska Fish and Fire is a journey of a true Alaskan, who arrived in territorial Alaska by boat from Seattle as a young child. Author, Mike Chihuly, has lived in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Ninilchik, and bush Alaska and travelled all over the state as he fished, hunted, trapped, was educated, worked as a fisheries biologist, guided fishermen on Cook Inlet, and ran a fire department. His life, with his Russian/Aleut wife, Shirley, who was born on Afognak Island and survived the 1964 Good Friday earthquake, has centered around Alaska’s waters. From the streams and rivers giving life to salmon, to the fire quenching waters of a life-saving fire hose, water has been an integral part of the Mike’s life. Share this exciting journey through the eyes of someone who has had their boots on the ground and in the water in Alaska for more than 60 years.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/16. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “ALASKA FLYING: Surviving Incidents and Accidents encompass many short stories about Jake’s experiences gained from 1967 to the present as a pilot in Alaska. Though he logged time as pilot in command in other parts of the world, including Southern Rhodesia, Namibia, Australia, Bolivia, Hawaii, Arizona and other locations, the stories in this collection relate exclusively to Alaskan flying.”

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/00. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “If you can garden well in Alaska, with its immense size and varied climates, you should be able to garden in any northern area, from Canada to Maine, from Norway to Northern Oregon. Alaska Gardening Guide is a hands-on, how-to book which reveals the secrets of generations of experts in cold climate gardening. It provides Alaskans (whether cheechako or sourdough) with the special knowledge they need to succeed in their state, and other northern gardeners the techniques that will help them meet their own unique growing challenges, no matter where they live and garden. Alaska Gardening Guide is arranged in three parts; a section on planting basics for the beginning gardener, a more in-depth section dealing with specific problems encountered in the various areas in Alaska (like cold soil, premature bolting to seed, or heavy precipitation), and a final section packed full of techniques and tips… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 8/1/13. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Alaska Hunting: Earthworms to Elephants, a collection of 39 stories, is intended to be seasoning for a Hunters’ pie, rural Alaska style. Most hunters extol the charismatic mega fauna, but pursuit of lesser game often takes center stage. Occasionally hunting discoveries lead to other endeavors, from jade mining to gold prospecting and fossil recovery. Possibilities are limitless. As we engage in hunting and fishing pursuits memories are laced with the big ones—the exceptional, genetically endowed giants—but some of the brightest memories are of average representatives of their species. What made them so memorable was the combination of circumstances under which they were taken—or lost. Companions, whether human or animal, often make the hunt memorable and its recollections of trophy quality.”

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 9/15/14. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Jerre Wills was in his late teens when he began feeling something tugging at his shirt-tail, and finally pulling with the force of a 300 pound barn-door halibut heading for deep water on the end of a fishing line. Whatever the powerful pull was, its 5,000 mile beckon, brought the young Wills family to Alaska in March of 1959. First it was the homestead; hunting soon followed; commercial fishing, an improbable occupation became a passion; and becoming a pilot and flying small bush-planes was justified by guiding big game hunters. All of these adventures gave Jerre an appreciation for Alaska’s land, sea, and air. Alaska’s allure became a 55-year love affair with the Greatland. Alaska Is My Mistress is the story of Jerre Wills’ non-stop Alaska seduction.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 7/1/15. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Learn about Alaska’s unique indigenous people who have lived thousands of years in a subsistence economy and unconquered. See how today’s Alaska Native people exhibit remarkable resilience and adaptability despite the arrival of foreigners to Alaska in the mid-1700s, who sought natural resources and brought death and disease that claimed many indigenous lives. Clear descriptions, facts, charts, lists, and maps tell about the 230 Alaska Native tribes and more than 350 Alaska Native–owned for profit and nonprofit organizations that have emerged over the past 65 years. A stunning 25,000 year timeline depicts archeological sites which helped provide the basis for aboriginal land rights in the historic Alaska Native Land Claims Settlement in 1971. Today, Alaska Native people comprise about 20 percent of Alaska’s population and their institutions are a major player in Alaska’s diverse… Read More