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Arctic Bush Pilot: From Navy Combat to Flying Alaska's Northern Wilderness by James Anderson Publisher Comments Backed by Wien Airlines, former Navy combat pilot Andy Anderson pioneered post-World War II bush service to Alaska's vast Koyokuk River region serving miners, Natives, sportsmen, geologists, adventurers, and assorted bush rats. He flew mining equipment... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper 
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The Death of Franz Liszt: Based on the Unpublished Diary of His Pupil Lina Schmalhausen by Alan (edt) Walker Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-198) and index.... (read more) Your price: $36.75 New - Hardcover
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Raising Ourselves: A Gwich'in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River by Velma Wallis Publisher Comments Born in 1960, the sixth of thirteen children, Velma Wallis comes of age in a two-room log cabin in remote Fort Yukon, Alaska. Life is defined by the business of living off the land. Chop wood. Haul water from the river. Hunt moose. Catch salmon. Trap fur.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Defiant: A True Story of Escape, Survival, & Resistance by Shalom Yoran Publisher Comments Fifty years ago, while recuperating in an Israeli hospital a young Polish refugee wrote at length about his remarkable experiences in war-torn Europe. When done, his notes were set aside as he built a new life for himself, his wife, and their children... (read more) Your price: $15.25 New - Trade Paper
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Castaways: The Penikese Island Experiment by George Cadwalader Publisher Comments Cadwalader, a Marine captain severely wounded in Viet Nam, recuperates but is unable to return to combat. Strongly influenced by his experience in the Marines, he recruits a small band of unlikely “teachers,” well-educated social drop-outs... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Trade Paper
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Riding Grace: A Triumph of the Soul by Alissa Lukara Synopsis Riding Grace: A Triumph of the Soul chronicles author Alissa Lukara's no-holds-barred 12-year quest to reclaim her life from a debilitating, presumably incurable illness, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and the trauma of childhood sexual abuse. In this raw... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Pope Benedict XVI: A Biography of Joseph Ratzinger by John L. Allen, Jr. Publisher Comments This book is the only existing biography of Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Aloysius Ratzinger on April 16, 1927, in southern Bavaria. Comprehensive in scope and intimate in content, it provides a vivid blow-by-blow of the controversies that have wracked... (read more) Your price: $18.75 New - Trade Paper
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Sisters: Coming of Age and Finding Love in the Wild Copper River Valley by Samme Gallaher Publisher Comments In 1926, Aileen Gallaher, a beautiful young woman, runs away from her difficult life in California, traveling alone by train to Seattle, then by steamship to Valdez, Alaska, where she is met by trapper Clyde C. "Slim" Williams and travels deep... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Therese of Lisieux: Living Justice (Saints & Virtues) by Ave Maria Press Publisher Comments Through her kindness to others, Therese of Lisieux, lived the virtue of justice. In her autobiography, The Little Way, Therese shows that one does not have to be great to find God. The prayers and service activities opens up Therese's spirituality to... (read more) Your price: $5.75 New - Trade Paper
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After Goodbye: A Daughter's Story of Grief and Promise by Lynette Friesen Publisher Comments Lynette Friesen shares her spiritual journey, with its struggles and challenges, through the last years of her mother's life.... (read more) List Price $10.75 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Voice That Remembers : a Tibetan Woman's Inspiring Story of Survival (97 Edition) by Ama Adhe Synopsis Ama Adhe's spirit soars over national and cultural boundaries. Her tenacious struggle to remain human in the face of inhuman torture and deprivation while imprisoned by the Chinese for 27 years inspires any reader lucky enough to encounter this... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Nobody Particular: One Woman's Fight to Save the Bays; The Diane Wilson Story by Molly Bang Publisher Comments Acclaimed graphic artist Molly Bang brings Diane Wilson's story to life in striking pictures. A vivid companion to An Unreasonable Woman. Diane Wilson lived a fairly ordinary life as a commercial shrimper and mother until she learned that she lived... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price: $4.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Franz Liszt: The Virtuoso Years, 1811-1847 by Alan Walker Publisher Comments Important developments have taken place in the world of Liszt scholarship since this volume first went to press, in 1983. This book contains many of the basic documents Ramann used to construct her 'official' three-volume biography of Liszt, which... (read more) Your price: $36.75 New - Trade Paper
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A Day in the Life of Billy Graham: Living the Message by Deborah Hart Strober Publisher Comments Living the Message. An inside look at the everyday life of an extraordinary man.... (read more) Your price: $14.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Golden Mountain: Beyond the American Dream by Irene Kai Publisher Comments A journey back in time: this is the gripping tale of four generations of Chinese women who live and die under the restrictions of their culture. Except for one: the author. Read her story of growing up in Hong Kong and her transition to New York City... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas by Diane Wilson Publisher Comments The gripping true story of one woman's fight to save her town and her way of life from deadly industrial chemicals. Diane Wilson, fourth-generation shrimp-boat captain and mother of five, proves that one "ordinary" woman can force a giant chemical... (read more) List Price $25.25 Your price: $5.00 Used - Hardcover
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On the Edge of Nowhere by James Huntington Publisher Comments His father is a white trapper, his mother an Athabascan Indian who walks a thousand miles in winter to reunite with her family. Thus, Jimmy Huntington learns early how to survive on the land. Huntington is only seven when his mother dies, and he must... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Natural Life (04 Edition) by David M. Robinson Publisher Comments Traces--on the event of the sesquicentennial of Thoreau's "Walden--the evolution of the concept of "natural life" as an ethical standard in Thoreau's writings with an emphasis on the later phase of his career and his engagement with science and natural... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Hardcover
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Manchurian Legacy : Memoirs of a Japanese Colonist (99 Edition) by Kazuko Kuramoto Publisher Comments Kazuko Kuramoto was born and raised in Dairen, Manchuria, in 1927, at the peak of Japanese expansionism in Asia. Dairen and the neighboring Port Arthur were important colonial outposts on the Liaotung Peninsula; the train lines established by Russia and... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Remarkable Life of William Beebe: Explorer & Naturalist by Carol Grant Gould Publisher Comments When William Beebe needed to know what was going on in the depths of the ocean, he had himself lowered a half-mile down in a four-foot steel sphere to see-five times deeper than anyone had ever gone in the 1930s. When he wanted to trace the evolution of... (read more) Your price: $44.50 New - Trade Paper
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