Summary: Braving Alaska. Ventures to the Alaskan bush where four families are carving out lives for themselves in the tradition of the state's early settlers. Focuses on the daily challenges of surviving in an untamed wilderness.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ALAWalker, Lane
Summary: When Dré and his father go on a hunting trip, everything seems to go wrong: from a near plane crash to an avalanche. Then Dré and his dad find themselves hunted by a giant Kodiak brown bear and wondering if they'll live to tell the tale.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WALLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASPayton, Brian
Summary: "A gripping tale of survival and an epic love story set amid a barren and starkly beautiful landscape during one of the least-known events of World War I, the Japanese occupation of Alaska's Aleutian Islands."--Container.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Pub. 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD Fiction Payton 2014Walker, Lane
Summary: "Dr©♭'s father had planned an unforgettable hunting trip for him as a graduation present. Little did they know how unforgettable it would become and what life-threatening dangers they would face. A terrifying near plane crash, a pack of menacing wolves, and a thunderous avalanche were just the beginning of their worst nightmare. Danger surrounds them as they travel deep into the mountains with...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bakken Books 2021
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1 available in JT Series, Call number: JT Series WalkerMarshall, Linda Elovitz
Summary: "The fascinating story of Marie Curie and her sister Bronia, two trailblazing women who worked together and made a legendary impact on chemistry and healthcare as we know it"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 MARMorey, Walt.
Summary: Traces the friendship between a boy and a bear in the rugged Alaskan Territory.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 1992
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC MORCullum, Jared
Summary: "Katya and her Meema are spending another summer at their cottage in Alaska, when a chance accident leaves Katya face-to-face with the biggest creature she's ever seen... an enormous kodiak bear with a gentle heart and a knack for fishing. But when Katya must suddenly return home to Seattle, the two are torn apart, leaving Kodi to do whatever it takes to reunite with his fragile human friend....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing 2020
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Summary: Lonely Planet's Scandinavia is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Be awed by the aurora borealis, explore waterfalls in Iceland and be inspired by innovative Scandinavian design; all with your trusted travel companion.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.8 SCAKent, Rockwell
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of New England 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.984 KENBurns, Loree Griffin
Summary: On November 14, 1963, something exceptional happened in Iceland--and that's saying a lot. In a country where the average summer temperature is 50°F and the sun only appears for a few hours a day during the winter, an event has to be pretty unusual to stand out. The birth of the island of Surtsey, the newest earth on Earth, was just that. On that November day, a volcano fifteen miles offshore...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.5 BURNelson, Richard K.
Summary: Here is Nelson's luminously wise account of his exploration of an unnamed island in the Pacific Northwest. This book revises our own relationship with nature, allowing us to observe it and also to participate in it with reverence and a sense of wonder.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306 NelsoStevens, Peter F.
Summary: Discusses how the family of Commander Jim Abele found the long lost USS Grunion, a Naval submarine that disappeared in 1942.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery History 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5451 STESummary: Features Bear Grylls, who draws on his experiences as a soldier, mountaineer, and seasoned adventurer to demonstrate life-saving survival skills and techniques in some of the toughest, most treacherous environments on Earth. Shows how Bear is stranded in wilderness destinations with few supplies and is challenged to make his way back to civilization. Looks at how Bear faces sweltering desert...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Discovery Channel 2007
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Summary: "This beautifully illustrated guide from National Geographic reveals 500 of the best tent, cabin, glamping, and RV campgrounds-including opening dates, booking information, activity recommendations, and more-in all 50 states and Canada"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.54 YOGCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.54 YOGHarrison, Sue.
Summary: The story, set in Alaskan prehistory, of three individuals from different tribes who find their destinies intertwined as they fight for survival.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow and Co. 1994
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HARReid, Eliza
Summary: "Iceland is the best place on earth to be a woman--but why? For the past twelve years, the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report has ranked Iceland number one on its list of countries closing the gap in equality between men and women. What is it about Iceland that makes many women's experience there so positive? Why has their society made such meaningful progress in this ongoing...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 REIDyson, Cindy.
Summary: Accompanying her boyfriend to the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, cocktail waitress Brandy struggles to forget her painful past, while in a parallel tale, generations of Aleut women share an ancestral bond of tragedy and heroic obligation.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DYSHenry, Sue
Summary: Invited to a housewarming party at her friends' recently acquired old lighthouse on the Alaskan Inside Passage, Jessie Arnold spends the weekend helping to restore the old building, until a guest ends up dead.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Take a dream cruise around the world's most dramatic coastlines to more than 20 countries. The stunning landscapes of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton; the beauty of the Caribbean; the Mayan ruins; the Panama Canal; Big Sur's coastline; Alaska's wilderness. Norway's fjords; Scotland's lochs and glens; the Rhine's castles and medieval cities; France's rivers; Lisbon's contrasts; Gibraltar's caves;...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Questar Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.2 SCEHenry, Sue
Summary: At loose ends when a knee injury sidelines her for the dogsled racing season, Jessie Arnold is delighted to accept an invitation to help old friends Laurie and Jim restore an old lighthouse that they are turning into a bed-and-breakfast. In Alaska, though, few journeys are simple; and as Jessie makes her way to Five Finger Island via several short-haul flights, she encounters a young woman...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HENSummary: The inspiration for Darwin's theory of evolution, the Galápagos Islands are a living laboratory, a geological conveyor belt that has given birth to and seen the death of many species of plants and animals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GALGregory
Summary: A reproduction of the author's classic retelling of the heroic tales of Celtic mythology, Gods and Fighting Men, includes the original preface by poet William Butler Yeats and a pronunciation guide to Gaelic names and places.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Courage Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.22 GRETierney, Harry
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Leo Feist 1919