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SNAP DECISIONS
My 30 Years as an Alaska News Photographer
by Jim Lavrakas
Snap Decisions is an illustrated memoir of a raw but talented "street shooter" who chases ambulances in pursuit
of sorrow and grief before maturing into a veteran photojournalist at the Anchorage Daily News.
In his three decades Jim Lavrakas covered the mighty and the meek, traveling across Alaska
photographing an astonishing diversity of people, places, and lifestyles from the waning years
of the oil boom to the rise of Sarah Palin.
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Other JOURNALISM books recommended
Kay Fanning's Alaska Story
When Sarah Palin Came to Town
Write Hard, Die Free
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SPLIT SECONDS
Four Decades of News Photography from the Pacific Northwest and Beyond
by Barry Sweet
A Seattle-based photo-journalist for the Associated Press for nearly 40 years, Barry Sweet shot 100,000
pictures during his career. They capture split seconds of human emotion inspired by momentous
events while offering a longer view of the unrelenting change overtaking the Pacific Northwest.
Split Seconds is an historic and nostalgic collection of 160 of the best of Sweet's photos,
with personal notes from the photographer.
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BAD FRIDAY
The Great & Terrible 1964 Alaska Earthquake
by Lew Freedman
For more than five hellish minutes on March 27, 1964, residents of Alaska's southcentral
region held on for dear life as the ground rose and shifted as much as 14 feet in North America's most powerful
earthquake ever. It leveled waterfronts, collapsed bridges, crumbled landscapes, and wrecked lives. Alaskans who
survived the 9.2 earthquake share their stories of tragedy, heroism, and community.
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Other HISTORY books recommended
Good Time Girls
North to Alaska
Sunken Klondike Gold
Two Gold Coins & a Prayer
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THE TLINGIT INDIANS
by Aurel Krause, translated by Erna Gunther
Introduction by Dee Longenbaugh
This rare, fascinating study of the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska was conducted prior to significant
cultural influence of Europeans. Aurel Krause and her brother documented their observations in 1881-82,
portraying many aspects of Tlingit life: geography, kinship system, villages and household life,
subsistence, arts and crafts, customs, mythology and shamanism, and language.
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Other NATIVE AMERICAN books recommended
Cold River Spirits
Eskimo Star
On the Edge of Nowhere
Raising Ourselves
Red Thunder
Two Old Women
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THE BRANDON ROY STORY
An NBA Role Model's Road to Stardom, Setbacks, and Comebacks
by Dan Raley
Seattle Post-Intelligencer sports writer Dan Raley follows basketball standout Brandon Roy from Seattle's
Garfield High School to the University of Washington and then to the NBA. Roy is a role model
who plays hard, respects the game, and is squeaky clean--no drugs, no alcohol, no trouble
with the law. Everybody's mother loves him.
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Other SPORTS books recommended
Shipwrecked
Iditarod Classics
Yukon Quest
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SEA TRAVELS
Memoir of a 20th Century Master Mariner
J. Holger Christensen as told to Vaughn Sherman
A native of Nome, Alaska, Holger Christensen joined the exclusive fraternity of "master mariners"
- skilled seamen licensed to operate any vessel, anywhere in the world. Raised on Bainbridge
Island, Washington, Christensen sailed to distant lands as a mariner and ship captain in World
War II before returning home to challenge the unforgiving waters of the Gulf of Alaska.
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Other MARITIME books recommended
A Fish Out of Water
Alaska Blues
Bering Sea Blues
Hooked!
Sunken Klondike Gold
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JACKSON HOLE JOURNEY
by Linda Jacobs
A gifted yet penniless chef, the lovely Francesca di Paoli arrives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in 1925.
The peaceful region is soon in turmoil after a massive landslide and flooding, and some residents
are up in arms against proposals to extend the boundaries of Yellowstone Park and about progressive
ideas about racial and ethnic equality. Francesca finds work as a cook at the Sutton family's dude
ranch, where the two sons, William and Bryce, compete for her love.
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TIMBER BEASTS
A Sage Adair Historical Mystery
by S.L. Stoner
A secret operative in America’s 1902 labor movement, leading a double life that balances precariously
on the knife-edge of discovery, finds his mission entangled with the fate of a young man accused of murder.
“We are taught that our middle class came from the heroic lives and deaths of ordinary workers.
Most authors ignore that historical fact. Stoner’s Sage Adair mystery gives us back our
history in a hard-to-put-down deeply satisfying and entertaining adventure.”
–Ross K. Rieder, President, Pacific NW Labor History Association
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SASHA PLOTKIN'S DECEIT
by Linda Jacobs
It is 1972, and the Soviet Union has planted a mole in the top echelons of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Sasha Plotkin, a potential defector from the Soviet KGB, may know the mole's identity. But does he?
And will he reveal it to his reluctant handler, Chris Holbeck, the CIA agent with whom he has been
through all this before in Stockholm, Sweden in 1969?
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Other FICTION recommended
Dancing with Eternity
Dead & Not So Buried
The Snowflake Rebellion
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MIDNIGHT SUN ARCTIC MOON
Mapping the Wild Heart of Alaska
by Mary Albanese
A young upstate New York woman begins an adventure of a life-time as she moves away from her
safe and conventional path, becoming a geological explorer in Alaska, where she maps remote
wilderness areas and journeys to the depths of her own heart. This memoir is full of rich
and eccentric characters.
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Other MEMOIRS recommended
Arctic Bush Pilot
Going to Extremes
Moments Rightly Placed
Sisters
Surviving the Island of Grace
Tales of Alaska's Bush Rat Governor
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OUTHOUSES OF ALASKA
Harry Walker
Combining quirky stories, eccentric characters, and more than 100 color photos,
Harry Walker takes you on a journey in search of the quintessential Alaska
hothouse. This is a newly released paperback edition of a long-time Alaska bestseller.
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Other TRAVEL books recommended
Alaska Travelers Sketchbook
Fly Fishing Women
Surviving Alaska
Mommy, Are We French Yet
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ALASKA CRUISE HANDBOOK
A Mile-by-Mile Guide
Joe Upton
For 20 years a commercial fisherman and journalist on the Northwest coast,
Joe Upton assembles in this lavish guide many stories, more than 300 photos,
and numerous maps--all the information a traveler needs for a fun and
exciting Alaska cruise. Sections include information about the people,
shore excursions, and wildlife viewing.
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Companion pull-out map and DVD
Explore Alaska
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RAVEN HOUSE MOUSE
Jan Steinbright
An enchanting adventure story for young readers about how a mouse came to live in a Tlingit
(Indian) clan house in Haines, Alaska and became part of the culture.
Readers will learn about the rich Tlingit history, culture, and language.
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Other CHILDREN'S books recommended
Nigel's Choice
Raising Lucy
Wild Critters
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THE FISHES & DISHES COOKBOOK
Seafood Recipes and Salty Stories
from Alaska's Commercial Fisherwomen
Kiyo Marsh, Tomi Marsh, Laura Cooper
These women challenged one of the last frontiers of male domination--the commercial fishing grounds.
They share 80 mouth-watering recipes and many funny and harrowing stories. Tempting dishes such
as Seafood and Sausage Gumbo and deviled eggs with smoked Salmon are practical and unpretentious.
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Other COOKBOOKS recommended
Salmon Patties & Rosehip Pie Cookbook
What Real Alaskans Eat
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TWO OLD WOMEN
An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival
Told and retold for generations up and down the Yukon River, this is a tragic and shocking
story--with a surprise ending--of two elderly women abandoned by a migrating tribe that
faces starvation brought on by unusually harsh Arctic weather and a shortage of fish and game.
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RAISING OURSELVES
A Gwich'in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River
Velma Wallis
This is a sobering, yet irresistible memoir filled with laughter about a generation of Gwich'in people
struggling to understand themselves. Despite grief from the past and doubt about the present, hope
for the future prevails and a new strength and wisdom emerge.
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Also recommended
Bird Girl & the Man Who Followed the Sun
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ESKIMO STAR
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 a 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.
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GOOD TIME GIRLS OF THE ALASKA-YUKON GOLD RUSH
A Secret History of the Far North
In the boomtowns of the Alaska-Yukon stampedes, where gold dust was common currency,
the rarest commodity was an attractive woman, and her company could be costly.
Author Lael Morgan takes you into the heart of the gold rush demimonde,
that world of prostitutes, dance-hall girls, and entertainers who lived on the
outskirts of polite society.
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Other Recommendations
Cold Crime: How Police Detectives Solved Alaska's Most Shocking Cases
Murder at 40 Below: True Crime Stories from Alaska
Haunted Alaska: Ghost Stories from the Far
Moonlight Madness: Tall Tales from Alaska's Copper River Valley
Strange Stories of Alaska & the Yukon
Associated Press Stylebook for Alaska
Strategic Marketing Tools for Visual Artists
Stepping Up: A Companion and Guide for Family Caregivers
Walking the Board Walk: Secrets of an Enjoyable Nonprofit Board Experience
Purely Alaska: Authentic Voices from the Far North
The Spill: Personal Stories from the Exxon Valdez
Torn: True Stories of Kids, Career & the Conflict of Modern Motherhood
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