West Press: 337 books
David Muench's National Parks
Native Ceremony and Myth on the Northwest Coast
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
Award winning photographer David Muench captures the popular and iconic national parks that millions of Americans love and cherish as well as the lesser known places and wilderness areas where few travelers venture. Ruth Rudner's moving essays coupled with Muench's visual celebration of these great...
The Nature of Southeast Alaska
A Guide to Plants, Animals, and Habitats
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014
Everything you ever wanted to know about the flora and fauna of Southeast Alaska is contained in the third edition of this lively field guide to the natural world, from bears to banana slugs, mountains to murrelets. Highlighting the most fascinating and unusual aspects of Southeast Alaska natural history, the book is also a guide to the most frequently seen plants and animals.
The Wolves of Alaska
A Fact-based Saga
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Jim Rearden is Alaska's most popular outdoors journalist. He holds two degrees in wildlife management and was Professor of Wildlife Management at the University of Alaska Fairbanks 1950-54. As a member of the Alaska Board of Game 75-82 he helped develop the Tanana Flats wolf control program. He details...
On Patrol
True Adventures of an Alaska Game Warden
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Take to the air with veteran bush pilot and game warden Ray Tremblay in these lively adventure stories of Alaska’s early game-law enforcement. During a career spanning nearly thirty years, Tremblay earned the respect of his fellow pilots and game cops, as well as biologists, trappers, hunters, and...
Native Cultures in Alaska
Looking Forward, Looking Back
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
In the minds of most Americans, Native culture in Alaska amounts to Eskimos and igloos....The latest publication of the Alaska Geographic Society offers an accessible and attractive antidote to such misconceptions. Native Cultures in Alaska blends beautiful photographs with informative text to create a striking portrait of the state's diverse and dynamic indigenous population.
The Great Alaska Nature Factbook
A Guide to the State's Remarkable Animals, Plants, and Natural Features
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
This guidebook is organized into three easy-to-read sections: animals, plants, and the natural features of Alaska which is the largest and most varied of all the states in America. Entries in each section are listed alphabetically. This book contains fascinating factoids, line art drawings, and a...
A Tender Distance
Adventures Raising My Sons in Alaska
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
This is a mother's story about raising her two boys in Alaska were wilderness is just out the back door of their home. Written with wit, wisdom, and a grateful heart, A Tender Distance presents fifteen finely-crafted vignettes that explore the perils and joys of raising two fearless boys from toddlerhood...
Alaska's First Bush Pilots, 1923-30
And The Winter In Siberia For Eielson and Borland
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
This book follows the careers of Alaska's pioneering pilots, who, with cranky open-cockpit biplanes, started the great change in Alaska's way of travel. Aviation first arrived at Fairbanks, the trade center of mainland Alaska, from which dog sled trails spider-web to mines, villages, and trap-lines....
Potlatch
Native Ceremony and Myth on the Northwest Coast
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2013
Among the Northwest Coast Indians (Tlingit, Haida, and others), potlatches traditionally are lavish community gatherings marking important events, such as funerals or marriages. In celebrations that often last many days, sumptuous meals are served; legends about clans and ancestors are sung and enacted...
by Roger Hosein, Jeetendra Khadan, Ranita Seecharan
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016
The book provides both a comprehensive and a perceptive examination of Caribbean regional integration since the 1950s, combining an historical account with economic and policy analysis to illustrate the changing and multifaceted nature of the region's integration process.
Alaska's History
The People, Land, and Events of the North Country
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1993
A lively, take along account of Alaska's sweeping history made vivid with historical photos and entertaining essays. Topics covered include Native lifestyles before contact with the Europeans; Alexander Baranov and the Russian fur trade; John Muir's visit to Glacier Bay in 1879; the Klondike gold...
Southern Crafted
Ten Nashville Craft Breweries Dedicated to Making Sure the Beer Is Drinkin’ Good
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
This gift book and guide features ten of Nashville's top craft breweries and is organized to include: what sets each apart; editor's top choices; more information such as taproom, availability, website; and a signature beer.
Koga's Zero
The Fighter that Changed World War II
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Found upside down in an Alaskan bog in the eighth month of our war with Japan, a Japanese fighter plane was retrieved and soon test flown by U.S. pilots. Knowledge gained from those flights ended the dominance of the Zero in the Pacific
Running with Champions
A Midlife Journey on the Iditarod Trail
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
?Lisa Frederic was just your average Alaska fisherwoman when a vacation in Nome to see the burled-arch finish of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race changed her life forever. The mushers’ devotion to their dogs and the sheer grit required to complete the epic race lit a spark in Lisa. She started as...