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Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Khanty, People of the Taiga has been selected for inclusion in Choice's annual OAT list.


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The Fur Farms of Alaska

Two Centuries of History and a Forgotten Stampede

Sarah Crawford isto

After its rudimentary beginning in 1749, fur farming in Alaska rose and fell for two centuries. The Fur Farms of Alaska brings this history to life by capturing the remarkable stories of the men and women who made fur their livelihood.


Sea Life of the Aleutians

An Underwater Exploration

Reid Brewer, Heloise Chenelot, Shawn Harper, and Stephen Jewett.  Foreward by Sylvia Earle.

In the nearshore waters of Alaska's remote and pristine Aleutian Islands is an astoundingly diverse and beautiful undersea world that is captured here for the first time, through color photographs taken by research divers.