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"Alaska, 1974. Ernt Allbright came home from the Vietnam War a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes the impulsive decision to move his wife and daughter north where they will live off the grid in America's last true frontier. Cora will do anything for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown. Thirteen-year-old Leni, caught in the riptide of her parents' passionate, stormy relationship, has little...
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The daughter of notorious, high-profile thief Bobby Rose, journalist Sophie Rose leaves her job at a major Chicago newspaper for a small local paper, but when she stumbles into the middle of a bizarre story, she follows the trail of the mystery north to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, accompanied by a bodyguard, Jack Prescott, a sexy FBI agent.
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After his anger erupts into violence, fifteen year-old Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the Native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.
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Nate Burke has moved from Maryland to Lunacy, Alaska, population 506. This is his last chance . As a Baltimore cop, he watched his partner die--and the guilt still haunts him. Maybe serving as chief of police in this tiny, remote town, where darkness falls by mid-afternoon and temperatures plunge to zero and below, will bring some kind of solace. It isn't as if he had anywhere else to go.
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Twenty years after he lost his partner Susan to her husband's murderous rage, Beau is drawn into a missing persons case when Susan's son needs his help, becoming tangled in a web of family secrets where a killer with nothing left to lose waits to take another life.
As a homicide detective with the Seattle PD, J. P. Beaumont's partner, Sue Danielson, was murdered. Volatile and angry, Danielson's ex-husband came after her in her home and, with nowhere...
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The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike goldfields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack. Includes illustrations and extended captions providing background information on history, geography, social customs, animals, architecture, literature, and science pertinent to the story.
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"An uplifting Christmas tale, set in the Alaskan wilderness, about finding love where it's least expected...Before beginning her new job as sous chef at one of Seattle's finest restaurants, Josie Stewart takes on a six-month position cooking at a lodge in an Alaskan lake town. It's only temporary--or so she thinks, as she becomes a valued part of the local community, falling in love with the people who call Klutina Lake home. But one Alaskan man,...
9) ARCTIC SEA
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"New threats surface in the aftermath of WWIII-this time, in the remote waters of the Arctic. Arctic Sea is the next thrilling entry in David Poyer's critically-acclaimed future war series. In the aftermath of a world war with China, Admiral Dan Lenson is assigned to set up a US Navy base on the rugged North Slope of Alaska, in response to Russian seabed claims that reach nearly to the US coast. Yet the current administration seems oddly reluctant...
10) The tenth circle
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When the ghost of his murdered fourteen-year-old daughter identifies her boyfriend as her killer, an overprotective father with a secret past decides to take the law into his own hands, a choice that takes him from a small New England community into the wilds of the Alaskan bush. By the author of Vanishing Acts.
11) White Fang
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Born in the howling storm, in the arctic famine, his brothers and sisters starve to death-but White Fang survives to join the world of the wild wolf, where cold and hunger favor the strong, and spare no pity for the weak. Deadly, harsh, but innocent, this is White Fang's universe....until he is captured.
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[2021]
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After a CIA covert mission goes badly awry, U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Nicholas Flynn is exiled to guard a remote radar post along Alaska's Arctic frontier. This dead-end assignment is designed to put his career permanently on ice, but Flynn's not the type to fade quietly into obscurity. So when Russia and the U.S. square off on the brink of all-out-war, it's up to Nick to find a missing bomber and prevent a potential nuclear holocaust.
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Capstone Press, a capstone imprint
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[2018]
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"Set in the Alaskan wilds, the Iditarod is one of the most extreme races on the planet. As the musher and leader of a high-powered dog sledding team, choosing the right lead dog is just the first of your important decisions. From there, each choice you make will affect whether you come in first, fifth, last, or not at all. You Choose how this adventure ends." --