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Newlyweds, Doug and Mara Williams, chose to settle in Homer, Alaska, owning both a small home on the bluffs overlooking lower Cook Inlet and a fishing seiner docked among a fleet of other working boats in the picturesque harbor at the end of the Homer Spit. With the warning prophecies of Alaska native...

Get swept away to the north with this emotional children's book as Little Moose opens his eyes for the first time to discover the world around him through the majesty of Alaska's unique animals, places, and scenes. Through the height of mountains, through the beauty of sunrises, and the brightness of...

A dramatic bush plane crash in coastal Alaska leaves the pilot injured. The passengers, a team of Special Olympic Athletes, must fend for themselves to survive. An Alaska storm first threatens to overwhelm them during the night as they care for their unconscious pilot. Each must confront the challenges...

As a toy designer, sculptor, and illustrator for Disney, Hallmark Cards, Hasbro, and others, Mike Spindle has helped bring to market a variety of toys and gifts for more than 35 years. From L.A. to New York, and places in between, Mike has met, illustrated, and sculpted notable characters including...

The Bossy Boulder is on top of the world when Time and Change push him off his high place. His world crumbles and his is broken. Again and again he falls and breaks. He goes through the stages of grief and as he gets smaller he comes to acceptance. Soon he is sand among sand; no bigger no smaller--only then does he realize that he is one with the mountain.

Douglas Avenue is the story of an immigrant Armenian family, the Stepanians, whose children grow up during the Great Depression. In the midst of their poverty, like so many other Armenians, the Stepanians cling to their hope for a better tomorrow and cherish their children above all else. It is a...

Betty L. Stoelting was born in South Dakota on February 18, 1928. She moved with her family to Iowa about 1935, where she attended high school until graduation. She went to college and received her masters degree in elementary education. Betty loves children and taught kindergarten for many years in Marin County California until she retired in Iowa. She loves writing stories for children.

Imagine living deep in the Alaska wilderness where survival depends on your ability to hunt, fish, and gather. A place where as far as you can see is dense forest, rivers and sparkling lakes, set against a backdrop of majestic, snow covered mountains where the only sounds are those of nature; the...

Alaska State Trooper Dan Patterson fears a serial killer is murdering women on Kodiak Island. A woman was found floating in the boat harbor in May. In October, an off-duty trooper stumbled upon the body of an 18-year-old girl in the woods, and later that month, two young boys discovered the bones...

Time travel. It's always been a crowd-pleasing topic for most. The power sought after and craved by everyone—whether they missed the lottery by a single digit or had a rough childhood that they decided needed changing. But, despite all the fantastic dreams, the world knows time travel isn't real....

At British Petroleum's power plant on the oil-field at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, a worker experienced nearly a decade of health issues. Repair of a contamination source in the drinking water system, with its sudden resolution of some of the symptoms, both revealed the problem and presented an unexpected...

In the 1800s, when Alaska was still a territory, many came for the gold, abundant fisheries, and the fur trade—but some came to swindle, to take advantage, and prey on the innocent. Yukon was Canadian, Alaska was U.S. The two territories were intertwined, and dependent on one another. When circumstances...

In 1860 a Scottish lass protects her younger sister from a savage beast on the windswept highlands above Pentland Firth. An Iowa farm boy discovers a dark secret on the gory battlegrounds of Shiloh in 1862. Two years later a Colonel of the Taiping Army retreats in shame after the bloody fall of Nanjing....

Some women learn from their mistakes—some don't! Penelope married a man who first charmed her—then abused her. Fear killed the love she had for him. Then fear branched off into hatred. Should she fight back; should she try to escape? When in desperation fear and hatred collided, it produced a...