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Alaska Topographic Travel and Reference Map

Imus Geographics Alaska Topographic Travel and Reference Map

This beautiful and detailed, full-color map entirely depicts the vast state of Alaska, showing national parks and monuments, national and state wildlife refuges, glaciers, roads, cities, towns and villages, islands, airports, rivers and lakes, the Iditarod Trail, and more.


Take Me to the Tide Pools
An Interactive Guide for Learning about Tide Pool Animals

Text and Photography by David Casterson
Illustrations by Anoosh Moutafian Take Me to the Tide Pools: An Interactive Guide for Learning about Tide Pool Animals

This book truly appeals to all West Coast tide pool and aquarium visitors. With excellent color photos, space for notes, and b&w photos designed to be colored in, this interactive book makes learning fun.


When You See Flukes

by Katherine Hocker and Cheryl Cook
Illustrations by Katherine Hocker When You See Flukes

Vivid illustrations, lively text, hidden picture challenges, and layers of natural history make this a book that parents, teachers and children will enjoy.


Sharks, Skates, Rays, & Chimaera of the Pacific Coast

Written & Illustrated by Val Kells Sharks, Skates, Rays, & Chimaera of the Pacific Coast

Covers 39 species of sharks—both common and rare—found both inshore and offshore, plus 24 species of electric rays, stingrays, skates, and guitarfishes.


American Dippers
Singers in the Mountain Streams

Mary F. Willson & Katherine M. Hocker American Dippers

This fascinating and concise book invites readers into the world of these fascinating aquatic songbirds. How do dippers keep warm in the frigid water? What do they eat? What do their nests look like? This natural history of one of North America's most charming songbirds answers these questions, and many more.


Sea Turtles of the Pacific Coast

Written & Illustrated by Blair & Dawn Witherington Sea Turtles of the Pacific Coast

Describes in detail the five sea turtles that inhabit the Pacific: Loggerhead, Leatherback, Hawksbill, Green, and Olive Ridley.


The Singer in the Stream

Katherine Hocker & Mary Willson, Illustrations by Katherine Hocker The Singer in the Stream

This handsome picture book, written and illustrated by two dipper researchers, introduces readers to these charming birds and their watery world. Here you will discover what dippers eat and how they get it, where and how they nest, where they go in winter, and much more.


Sibley’s Seabirds of the Pacific Coast

Written & Illustrated by David Allen Sibley Sibley’s Seabirds of the Pacific Coast

Covers 53 species, both common and rare, found along the Pacific Coast of North America. Includes migratory and year-round residents, loons, auklets, cormorants, shearwaters, storm-petrels, gulls, terns, and more.


Southeast Alaska Inside Passage
Haida Gwaii Cruise Map & Guide

G.M. Johnson Maps Southeast Alaska Inside Passage,  Haida Gwaii Cruise Map & Guide

Ideal cruise or ferry companion provides detailed info on the entire Inside Passage. Extensive text on ports of call and other sights. Two-sided, full-color map includes three large maps and eight small detail maps.


Common Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest

Text & Images by Rick Cech Common Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest

Covers 62 Species, both common and exotic: swallowtails, buckeyes, sulphur, hairstreaks and more. With species found in woodlands, fields & scrub, wetlands & swamps and inhabited areas.


Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest
Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Washington, & Oregon: A Guide to Common Edible & Poisonous Species

Text & Photos by J. Duane Sept Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest: A Guide to Common Edible & Poisonous Species

Covers 55 common mushrooms, 43 edible and 12 poisonous or not edible. Six illustrations and text explain mushroom identification and cautions.


Life around Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska

Robert Armstrong and Marge Hermans Life around Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska

This wildlife guide covers animals and plants found around Mendenhall Glacier. Excellent color photos and text discuss flora, fauna, and more.


Southeast Alaska's Natural World
Amphibians, Birds, Fish, Insects, Mammals, Plants, Other Natural Things

Robert H. Armstrong & Marge Hermans Southeast Alaska's Natural World; Amphibians, Birds, Fish, Insects, Mammals, Plants, Other Natural Things

Discover the fascinating secrets of the unique natural world found in Southeast Alaska. This beautiful book by two residents and naturalists explores both spectacular and subtle and hidden creatures that inhabit this natural world.


Beavers by the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska

Mary Willson and Robert Armstrong Beavers by the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska

This colorful book provides an excellent general survey of beavers. Illustrated with excellent color photos of beavers in their natural habitats.


A Fair Distance
Lois Boblett's Western Memoir, 1851-1922

L. Darlene Spargo A Fair Distance; Lois Boblett's Western Memoir, 1851-1922

A Fair Distance is the richly detailed memoir of Lois Boblett (1844-1925). L. Darlene Spargo weaves meticulously researched historical details through Boblett's memoir. Boblett's words provide new insight into the roles women played in the Western Migration.


Moved by a Mountain
Inspiration from an Alpine View in Alaska

Photographs and text by Tom Reed
Foreword by Thomas Campbell Moved by a Mountain; Inspiration from an Alpine View in Alaska

This gorgeous and moving book features black and white photos of surrounding mountains and glaciers taken from the author’s cabin. Reed’s text describes finding the land and explores the question, “How and why are humans inspired by mountain views?”


Photographing Nature in Alaska

Robert H. Armstrong Photographing Nature in Alaska

Bob Armstrong has been photographing nature in Alaska for 50 years, both professionally and for his own enjoyment. In this book he shares a broad variety of techniques he has used, strategies for capturing great nature images, hints for different types of photographs, and ways to use your resulting photos.


In Denali
A Photographic Essay of Denali National Park & Preserve, Alaska

Text & Photographs by Kim Heacox In Denali; A Photographic Essay of Denali National Park & Preserve, Alaska

Gorgeous book explores the grand landscapes, wildlife, plant life and history of Alaska's vast Denali National Park and Preserve, an area of six million acres.


The Mendenhall Wetlands
A Globally Recognized Important Bird Area

Robert Armstrong, Richard Carstensen, Mary Willson & Marge Hermans Osborn The Mendenhall Wetlands: A Globally Recognized Important Bird Area

This wildlife guide covers birds found around Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau, Alaska. Mendenhall Wetlands is widely recognized as one of the key stopover points for migratory waterfowl and shorebirds in coastal Alaska.


Dragonflies of Alaska, Second Edition

John Hudson & Robert H. Armstrong Dragonflies of Alaska, Second Edition

This handy book shows how to identify all 35 dragonfly species found in Alaska. With beautiful close-up color photos plus detailed line drawings, the book explores many of the fascinating aspects of dragonfly behavior.


Alaska Light
Ideas and Images from a Northern Land

Essays & Photographs by Kim Heacox Alaska Light; Ideas and Images from a Northern Land

Gorgeous book paints a mosaic of Alaska's diverse landscapes and wildlife, from the Arctic Slope to the Inside Passage, from glaciers and grizzlies to sled dogs and caribou herds.


Little Trees, Big Sky
Portrait of a Northern Wilderness

Photography Tim Hauf
Text by Conger Beasley Jr. Little Trees, Big Sky—Portrait of a Northern Wilderness

Tim Hauf made many trips into this daunting wilderness, capturing powerful images that evoke North America's far northern reaches