Author: Kimberly Corral
Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.
ISBN: 0882405039
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Two young Alaskans travel with their parents on a three-week sea kayaking journey along more than 200 miles of coastline of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
A Child's Glacier Bay
Author: Kimberly Corral
Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.
ISBN: 0882405039
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Two young Alaskans travel with their parents on a three-week sea kayaking journey along more than 200 miles of coastline of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.
ISBN: 0882405039
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Two young Alaskans travel with their parents on a three-week sea kayaking journey along more than 200 miles of coastline of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
Children of Mu-Town
Author: Jushichi Masumura
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781953629036
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Stylistically intermingling themes of gentrification and rebirth within the setting of a classic yakuza crime drama, Children of Mu-Town follows the course charted by youths of an aging residential housing complex who are struggling for their lives: burdened by financial issues, peer pressure, and uncertain futures, ensnared in the clutches of organized crime, they are searching for a way to survive. When a municipal renovation project seems to offer a future of stability for their dilapidated town, the mysterious and far-reaching consequences that their actions set into motion may leave Juichi and his friends with no option but annihilation..... A stunning modern "tenement masterpiece" work of manga, Mu-Town is a story of small town gang intimidation, escalating immigration tensions, political intrigue, and the yearning desperation of youth.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781953629036
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Stylistically intermingling themes of gentrification and rebirth within the setting of a classic yakuza crime drama, Children of Mu-Town follows the course charted by youths of an aging residential housing complex who are struggling for their lives: burdened by financial issues, peer pressure, and uncertain futures, ensnared in the clutches of organized crime, they are searching for a way to survive. When a municipal renovation project seems to offer a future of stability for their dilapidated town, the mysterious and far-reaching consequences that their actions set into motion may leave Juichi and his friends with no option but annihilation..... A stunning modern "tenement masterpiece" work of manga, Mu-Town is a story of small town gang intimidation, escalating immigration tensions, political intrigue, and the yearning desperation of youth.
Islands of the Seals
Author: Bruce Molnia
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780882401676
Category : Glaciers
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780882401676
Category : Glaciers
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Glaeolia
Author: Emuh Ruh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781953629029
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A groundbreaking anthology of contemporary literary indie manga. 332 pages. Perfect bound 7 × 10 inches format book. 1-color risograph printed interiors on a creamy natural paper stock. 4-color risograph covers, with a deluxe soft touch cover lamination. Features work from 13 artists (including the artist for the cover illustration) from the Japanese indie manga scene, almost all of whom have never been published in English before. Like the previous issue, Glaeolia no. 2 includes an essay introducing the participating authors and works to the English literary world, as well as endnotes contextualizing aspects of the stories, and a complete author biography ?section.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781953629029
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A groundbreaking anthology of contemporary literary indie manga. 332 pages. Perfect bound 7 × 10 inches format book. 1-color risograph printed interiors on a creamy natural paper stock. 4-color risograph covers, with a deluxe soft touch cover lamination. Features work from 13 artists (including the artist for the cover illustration) from the Japanese indie manga scene, almost all of whom have never been published in English before. Like the previous issue, Glaeolia no. 2 includes an essay introducing the participating authors and works to the English literary world, as well as endnotes contextualizing aspects of the stories, and a complete author biography ?section.
Children of the Midnight Sun
Author: Tricia Brown
Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.
ISBN: 0882406175
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Children of the Midnight Sun was chosen as one of Parenting Magazine's 1998 Books of the Year and School Library Journal's Best Books of 1998. For Native children, growing up in Alaska today means dwelling in a place where traditional practices sometimes mix oddly with modern conveniences. Children of the Midnight Sun explores the lives of eight Alaskan Native children, each representing a unique and ancient culture. This extraordinary book also looks at the critical role elders play in teaching the young Native traditions. Photographs and text present the experiences and way of life of Tlingit, Athabascan, Yup'ik, and other Native American children in the villages, cities, and Bush areas of Alaska.
Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.
ISBN: 0882406175
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Children of the Midnight Sun was chosen as one of Parenting Magazine's 1998 Books of the Year and School Library Journal's Best Books of 1998. For Native children, growing up in Alaska today means dwelling in a place where traditional practices sometimes mix oddly with modern conveniences. Children of the Midnight Sun explores the lives of eight Alaskan Native children, each representing a unique and ancient culture. This extraordinary book also looks at the critical role elders play in teaching the young Native traditions. Photographs and text present the experiences and way of life of Tlingit, Athabascan, Yup'ik, and other Native American children in the villages, cities, and Bush areas of Alaska.
Once Upon Alaska
Author: Nick Jans
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781880865200
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Celebrate Alaska, A land so grand and wide and far...Mark Kelley and Nick Jans are at it again, and this time for the kid in all of us! With beautiful photography and rhyming verse that makes you smile, Mark and Nick express their deep passion for Alaska in a kid book that deserves a place on your coffee table.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781880865200
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Celebrate Alaska, A land so grand and wide and far...Mark Kelley and Nick Jans are at it again, and this time for the kid in all of us! With beautiful photography and rhyming verse that makes you smile, Mark and Nick express their deep passion for Alaska in a kid book that deserves a place on your coffee table.
Glacier Bay
Author: Erwin A. Bauer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781570612107
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
This beautiful and informative book offers an intimate glimpse of Glacier Bay, the top-ranked park in the United States, and an important cruiseship destination. The Bauers, America's premier wildlife photography team, spent many hours photographing the icefield and its wildlife. Glacier Bay describes the creation of the park, its natural history and its recreation potential.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781570612107
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
This beautiful and informative book offers an intimate glimpse of Glacier Bay, the top-ranked park in the United States, and an important cruiseship destination. The Bauers, America's premier wildlife photography team, spent many hours photographing the icefield and its wildlife. Glacier Bay describes the creation of the park, its natural history and its recreation potential.
Ripples
Author: Rei Hagiwara
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781953629005
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This dream-like work dwells on memory and family, and follows ambiguous figures that stride through the snowy lands adjacent to the realm of the dead. Hagiwara Rei explores the processing of grief, and how cyclical mechanisms of human emotion map out a geography of memory inextricably intertwined with the natural world from which we spring. Prepare to be absorbed in a work unlike any other coming out now.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781953629005
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This dream-like work dwells on memory and family, and follows ambiguous figures that stride through the snowy lands adjacent to the realm of the dead. Hagiwara Rei explores the processing of grief, and how cyclical mechanisms of human emotion map out a geography of memory inextricably intertwined with the natural world from which we spring. Prepare to be absorbed in a work unlike any other coming out now.
Stickeen: the Story of a Dog
Author: John Muir
Publisher: Boston ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin Company
ISBN:
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher: Boston ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin Company
ISBN:
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Fjords of Blue Ice, Alaska's Endicott & Tracy Arm
Author: Nick Jans
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781880865354
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Tracy Arm, 32 miles long and averaging a mile wide, is surrounded by steep mountain walls rising up to 7,000 feet from sea level. It gains its visual power from the fact that so much is crammed into such a compact space. It is, in its own right, the sort of place that is worth traveling halfway around the world to see, a landscape that reminds us, residents and travelers alike, of why we came to Alaska.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781880865354
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Tracy Arm, 32 miles long and averaging a mile wide, is surrounded by steep mountain walls rising up to 7,000 feet from sea level. It gains its visual power from the fact that so much is crammed into such a compact space. It is, in its own right, the sort of place that is worth traveling halfway around the world to see, a landscape that reminds us, residents and travelers alike, of why we came to Alaska.