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Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A 'lusty, funny, heart-breaking' (Carmen Maria Machado) debut about a sex-obsessed young woman seeking out experience on a remote Alaskan homestead. Tourists arrive all summer, by boat or seaplane, at Lew and Maureen Jenkins's Lavender Island Wilderness Lodge in the Kodiak Archipelago, expecting adventure. But the spontaneity of their authentic 'Alaskan wilderness' experience is meticulously scripted, except when real danger rears its head. Lew and...
Publisher
Barbour
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Surviving the rugged frontier of Alaska is a daunting task. But even in that hostile wilderness, God allows the tender flower of love to bloom. From the gold rush, through a diphtheria epidemic, to the building of the Alcan Highway, each story is filled with human emotion - loneliness, anger, fear, joy, and love. But can romance truly flourish in a frozen frontier?
Author
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Lonely men in Hard Luck, Alaska, looking for women. Our town might be cold, but our hearts are warm. Location: north of the Arctic Circle. Population: 150 (mostly men). But the three O'Halloran brothers, who run a bush-plane charter service called Midnight Sons, are heading a campaign to bring women to town.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A lyrical and heartfelt collection by an award-winning writer that connects the lives of young people from small towns in Alaska and the American west. Each story is unique, yet universal."--
Each story in Hitchcock's collection connects the lives of young people from small towns in Alaska and across the American West. From the repercussions of wildfire to the ordinary actions such as ice-skating or going to church, Hitchcock explores fury, secrets,...
365) Call of the wild
Publisher
Fries Home Video
Pub. Date
2008, c2000
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Miles Challenger, living in an Alaskan mining town, befriends a dog named Buck and find his life changed forever.
Author
Series
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Jessica's much-deserved cruise becomes a working vacation when her friend Kathy tags along, hoping to locate her sister Wilimena, who vanished from the same vessel. Distantly related to Alaska's most famous madam-a woman who may have struck it rich during the Gold Rush-Wilimena apparently took the cruise to find the treasure. Now, as Jessica and Kathy investigate Wilimena's disappearance, they learn that she was quite outspoken about her gold claim-and...
367) The uglified ducky
Author
Series
Maynard Moose tales volume 1
Publisher
August House LittleFolk
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Resets Hans Christian Andersen's tale, The ugly duckling, in the Northern Piney Woods of Alaska, where a baby moose is raised by a family of ducks who try to teach him to waddle, quack, and fly but cannot see his true beauty. Accompanying sound disc includes text narration.
368) Wild heat
Author
Series
Northern fire volume 1
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In the quaint little town of Cailkirn, Alaska, it's impossible to keep a secret, especially one as juicy as the unexpected return of Kitty Grant. Tack MacKinnon remembers her wild red curls and even wilder spirit--and still feels the sting from when she shattered his heart in college. But there's a pain in Kitty's gorgeous eyes that guts him to the core and Tack is determined to do whatever it takes to see the woman he still loves smile again--even...
369) Finn
Author
Series
7 brides for 7 brothers volume 7
Publisher
Castlelough Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
�2016
Language
English
Description
Finn Brannigan has a need for speed. Fast cars, fast jets, and the fast life that comes with being a Topgun aviator. He's flying missions over Afghanistan when his media mogul father dies unexpectedly, leaving Finn an airline in the wilds of the Alaskan wilderness. Which is a cool surprise, though he hasn't a clue what he's supposed to do with three small planes half a world away. After escaping death, not once, but twice, Finn leaves the Navy and...
370) Christmas in Alaska
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
TWO CHRISTMAS WEDDINGS?IN ALASKA! Gold River, Alaska, isn't your average town. After being jilted by her fiance, Caroline Myers ends up there?thanks to her matchmaking aunts, who send her on what appears to be a vacation. Not surprisingly, they have something different in mind. Something that involves spending a snowy Chrimas in handsome Paul Trevor's home?as his Mail-Order Bride. There's nothing typical about Snowbound, Alaska, either. Jenna Walsh...
Author
Series
Krewe of hunters volume 19
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When Clara Avery, an entertainer working on the Fate, an Alaskan cruise ship, goes to nearby Bear Island, she comes across a scene of bloody mayhem. She also comes across Thor Erikson, who will soon be a member of the FBI's elite paranormal unit, the Krewe of Hunters. Thor's been sent from the Alaska field office to investigate several grotesque killings, with the dead posed to resemble the victims of notorious murderers. The prime suspect is a serial...
372) Village in the dark
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Detective Cara Kennedy thought she'd lost her husband and son in an accident, but harrowing evidence has emerged that points to murder-and she will stop at nothing to find the truth in this riveting mystery from the author of City Under One Roof. On a frigid February day, Anchorage Detective Cara Kennedy stands by the graves of her husband and son, watching as their caskets are raised from the earth. It feels sacrilegious, but she has no choice....
Author
Series
Snow Falls Alaska Cozy Mystery volume 1
Publisher
Majestic Owl Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Bethany Lights never expected to be accused of murder. Determined to start life anew in the beautiful and snowy state of Alaska after the death of her abusive husband, Bethany dreams of healing and reliving her happy childhood memories as she opens up a cozy and quiet coffee shop. But after a man arrives to threaten her - and suspiciously turns up dead shortly after - Bethany is thrust head-first into a murder investigation... and all eyes are...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Ranging from the wicked noir Shanghai of 1946, to the echo chambers of Hollywood, to remote, snow-covered mountains, Stuart Archer Cohen's This Is How it Really Sounds follows three men, each in search of a different life. Small town Alaskan "Harry" Harrington is a legend in a small circle, once the world's greatest extreme skier, racing avalanches and knocking back flips off of cliffs. Peter Harrington is a world-famous financier, hated across the...
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It's the winter of 1924 and a diptheria outbreak is threatening the population of Nome, Alaska. The only way to stop the deadly illness from causing a full blown epidemic is to immediately deliver one million units of the diptheria antitoxin to the affected communities --a task that seems impossible given that the only way to reach any place in Alaska at this time of year is by dog sled. The stakes are high, and the snow is piling higher. Will the...
376) Paws and Prejudice
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Pub Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
It's up to a trio of adorable rescue huskies to make two lonely hearts in a coastal Alaskan town realize that true love is worth too much to turn tail and run. Glaciers have nothing on Kelsey Porter when she decides to freeze someone out. After getting burned once, she's not about to let it happen again. And right now all that icy contempt is focused on one annoyingly attractive and entitled interloper: Ian Roth. Not only is he looking to take advantage...
377) Fire and rain
Author
Series
Wildest Alaska volume 1
Publisher
Pamela Clare
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Lives shattered... Sean McKenna joined the Coast Guard to save lives. Now a flight mech, he loves living and operating in the wilds of Alaska. When a mission goes terribly wrong, Sean is badly injured. But no pain can compare to the guilt he feels over the loss of his best friend. It was Sean's job to keep Justin, the rescue swimmer, safe. Now Justin is dead, leaving his wife, Eden, without a husband and their toddler son, Maverick, without a father....
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