West Press: 337 books
Iditarod Adventures
Tales from Mushers Along the Trail
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
Advertising: Ingram E-comm to bookstores and libraries Blurbs: Quotes and reviews from key Iditarod and Alaskan VIPs Events: Author events in Alaska Materials: Advance Reader Copies, shelf talkers, posters, study guide Online: Feature on GraphicArtsBooks.com, LewFreedmanBooks.com, Facebook fan page,...
In the Shadow of Eagles
From Barnstormer to Alaska Bush Pilot, A Flyer's Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
In the Shadow of Eagles is a uniquely American saga. Rudy Billberg’s story takes readers through the great age of aviation, from his first airplane ride in Minnesota in 1927 to his bush flying career in Alaska beginning in 1941. One of the authentic aviation pioneers, Billberg writes of his countless...
Alaska Homesteader's Handbook
Independent Living on the Last Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
The Alaska Homesteader's Handbook is a remarkable compilation of practical information for living in one of the most impractical and inhospitable landscapes in the United States.
More than forty pioneer types ranging from their mid-nineties to mid-twenties describe their reasons for choosing...
by Jared Dillian
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
There are humans behind the big, bad vilified banks, there are humans behind the calculations of Wall Street, there are humans behind all the legal and illegal financial machinations in the news--they are not always the best humans, and they are not always the worst humans, but All The Evil Of This...
by Dan L. Walker
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Secondhand Summer begins in Ninilchik, a tiny Alaskan community where the Barger family fishes for salmon. The father's death forces a move from their homestead to an apartment in a poor section of Anchorage. Written in the first person and based on the author’s own experiences, the tale is about...
Alaska's Wolf Man
The 1915-55 Wilderness Adventures of Frank Glaser
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Between 1915 and 1955 adventure-seeking Frank Glaser, a latter-day Far North Mountain Man, trekked across wilderness Alaska on foot, by wolf-dog team, and eventually, by airplane. In his career he was a market hunter, trapper, roadhouse owner, professional dog team musher, and a federal predator control...
The Man Within
Feline Breeds, #2
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
He had protected Roni when she was a child, filled all her teenage fantasies, and when she became a woman, he stole her heart. Only to break it.
Now, fifteen months later, the news is out. Taber, the man she loves, is one of the genetically altered Feline Breeds, who have shocked the world...
Tempting the Beast
Feline Breeds, #1
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
He's a genetic experiment. The merging of human and lion DNA his creators call a Breed. And they have no idea just what kind of the creature they brought into being.
Callan Lyons wanted only to be left in peace to protect the small group of Breeds he rescued from a New Mexico lab, but those...
Where the Sea Breaks Its Back
The Epic Story - Georg Steller & the Russian Exploration of AK
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
Author Corey Ford writes the classic and moving story of naturalist Georg Whilhelm Steller, who served on the 1741-42 Russian Alaska expedition with explorer Vitus Bering. Steller was one of Europe's foremost naturalists and the first to document the unique wildlife of the Alaskan coast. In the course...
The Haunted Tropics
Caribbean Ghost Stories
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
The book is a collection of new and unpublished ghost stories written by some of the most celebrated contemporary writers of the Caribbean. It is the first collection of its kind, and drawing on the anglophone, francophone and hispanophone islands, the volume will be a landmark publication in Caribbean writing.
The Last Light Breaking
Living Among Alaska's Inupiat Eskimos
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
From his home in remote Eskimo Village, Nick Jans leads us into a vast, magical world: Alaska's Brooks Range. Drawn from fourteen years of arctic experience, The Last Light Breaking offers a rare perspective on America's last great wilderness and its people—the Inupiat Natives, an ancient culture...
by Tricia Brown
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Charlie loves to watch his relatives and friends get thrown high in the air during the traditional Inupiat blanket toss. But secretly, he's afraid to try it himself. At the Whaling Festival, he's ready to step up and overcome his fears. Warm humor and good energy fill the pages in this inspiring story...
by Jonathan London
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Galleys available. IPS Children’s Advance ad and e-comm. Author and illustrator signings and interviews (AK, CA). Targeted features/reviews in trade, parent/child, family, nature, and national education.
by Jonathan London
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
In Honey Paw and Lightfoot, readers are given a firsthand, compelling glimpse of grizzly bears. Illuminated by Jonathan’s London spare, lyrical text and Jon Van Zyle’s spectacular illustrations, this is the story of mama bear Honey Paw and her offspring Lightfoot, from his earliest days as a newborn,...