The Fugitive Wife: A Novel10 reviews Peter C. Brown W. W. Norton, 2007 A New Great American Story + A Trip Through Nome's Gold Rush + Storytelling At Its Finest + A fine yarn             Eskimo Essays: Yup'ik Lives and How We See Them Ann Fienup-Riordan Rutgers University Press, 1999 "A wonderful gift to all Alaskans and to thinking people everywhere." --Alaska History Eskimo Essays introduces the reader to important aspects of the ideology and practice of the Yup'ik Eskimos of western Alaska, past and present.The essays point the way toward a fuller recognition of how Yup'ik Eskimos differ from the popular Western image of the Eskimo that was born largely without reference ...             The Terror: A Novel223 reviews Dan Simmons Little, Brown and Company, 2007 an all-time favorite + Pretty good. + Fantastic story, and much of it true The funny part about this, is that I hesitated buying the book. The only book I had read from Dan Simmons was Darwin's blade, and I didnt like it at all. But after reading a positive review in USA Today I thought I'd give him another shot. Am I ever glad I did! Quite simply, maybe the best book ...             The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk53 reviews Jennifer Niven Hyperion, 2001 Another amazing arctic adventure story + Could not put it down! + Great Book! + ABSOLUTELY ENTHRALLING!             Raising Ourselves9 reviews Velma Wallis Epicenter Press, 2003 Sad, but true..... + A family history and their adaptation to the advances in society in Alaska. + Wonderful! + The Facts of Life in An Alaskan Village + Thank You, Velma             The People's Act of Love: A Novel13 reviews James Meek Canongate U.S., 2006 "No deep and strong feeling + Full of Surprises + Strange read such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to us to be a victim." Yuri Zhivago, who uttered these words in Boris Pasternak's classic tale Dr. Zhivago, would no doubt find common bond with the ...             Alaska's Daughter: An Eskimo Memoir of the Early Twentieth Century1 review Elizabeth Bernhardt Pinson Utah State University Press, 2004 Alaska's Daughter The history in this book is interesting and the writer brings the reader into the setting nicely.             The Solitude of Thomas Cave: A Novel3 reviews Georgina Harding Bloomsbury USA, 2007 a novel of grandeur and profound sorrow + Simple Theme and Storyline, Intricately Woven Subthemes + THINK IT OVER Be forewarned! This is not "a bewitching ghost story" (the blurb on the back cover.) There is nothing light or inconsequential about this novel; it is difficult and at times brutal and painful, full of grandeur and profound sorrow. But then, you can't speak truthfully about human nature and ...             Ordinary Wolves: A Novel38 reviews Seth Kantner Milkweed Editions, 2005 A Tale of Truth + What differentiates an ordinary wolf from an extraordinary one? + Best book on Alaska + a favorite, a great one to pass along to friends + Ordinary Wolves -- not ordinary at all!             Running with Reindeer: Encounters in Russian Lapland5 reviews Roger Took Basic Books, 2005 Essential information on the Author + Fantastic peek into a relatively unknown area of Russia! + Into Europe's "Last True Wilderness" No doubt an interesting book, but I feel any prospective reader should be aware that Roger Took as been sentanced to 9 years in prison for numerous offences of the most appauling child sexual abuse, it is quite possible that he was pursuing and committing this kind of crime whilst in the process of ...             Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name: A Novel19 reviews Vendela Vida Ecco, 2007 Poetic Journey + Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name - loved it + Compelling... + Viva Vendela             Storytellers' Club: The Picture-Writing Women of the Arctic2 reviews Loretta Outwater Cox Alaska Northwest Books, 2005 Native Stories and Picture Drawings Warm a Sod House + Our Inupiaq Lifestyle documented This is an excellent follow-up to "The Winter Walk," an old survival tale from the Arctic. Here Loretta Outwater Cox sets the scene so perfectly. In the 1920s in Northwest Alaska, six middle-aged women meet in a sod house to tell stories and draw pictures about characters, animals, camp sites, the ...             The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change8 reviews Charles Wohlforth North Point Press, 2005 What do you know? + A Most Balanced View + I am reading parts of this book aloud to my children + The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change + Global warming given a personal perspective             Flight of the Goose31 reviews Lesley Thomas Far Eastern Press, 2005 A Mesmerizing Story and a Timely Tale + A Beautiful Journey + Top of the world + Extraordinary!             Children of the Midnight Sun: Young Native Voices of Alaska2 reviews Tricia Brown Alaska Northwest Books, 2006 good introduction to young Native life + awesome! This is a fun read filled with good quality photographs. Though I wish it were longer and more specific about the children's schooling and future plans.             Social Life in Northwest Alaska: The Structure of Inupiaq Eskimo Nations2 reviews Ernest Burch University of Alaska Press, 2006 comprehensive anthropological study of this group of Eskimos with many illustrations + A remarkable survey. The Inupiaq Eskimos live in an inhospitable region of Alaska where "the Arctic Circle crosses it about seventy-five miles (120 km) north of its Southern border." This is the area of northwest Alaska bordered by the Chukchi Sea. Burch is a research associate at the Smithsonian Institute who has ...             The Final Frontiersman: Heimo Korth and His Family, Alone in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness24 reviews James Campbell Atria, 2005 Fantastic people + Family Life in the Arctic + The Final Frontiersman: Heimo Korth and His Family + so you think that you are tough. + A Five Star Pile-on             Cold River Spirits: The Legacy of an Athabascan-Irish Family from Alaska's Yukon River7 reviews Jan Harper Haines Epicenter Press, 2000 Cold River Spirits + Memorable + A cultural snapshot of an Interior Alaskan family. + Best book since TWO OLD WOMEN + Cold River Spirits             Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change46 reviews Elizabeth Kolbert Bloomsbury USA, 2006 I was not an environmentalist. Now I am. + Excellent + a mind opener This book will change the way you look at your impact on the world. Whether you consider the environment to be an important issue or not, it is well worth your time to read this short yet powerful book. The world is changing, fast, and it is becoming impossible to reasonably deny that fact. News ...             Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner1 review Paul Apak Angilirq Coach House Press, 2002 attractive book Nice book for fans of the movie. The screenplay in both English and Inuktitut, many glossy photos (both movie shots and other related material), and background info both on the movie and on Inuit culture, history, geography, etc. I would've liked even more background information, for example on ...