North Books imprint: 926 books
Fire and Ice
Tales From An Alaskan Volunteer Fire Chief
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
“Whetsell recounts his adventures in an especially amusing voice.....bubbles with punchy remininiscence...” - Anchorage Daily News
“In writing Fire and Ice, Chief Whetsell has done an incredible job of combining experience, wisdom and wit. It doesn't matter if you are a firefighter or...
The Three Brothers
When George Washington and Edmund Barton Sat Down to Dinner
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
History with a mystery
The Great War is raging.* *Mysterious circumstances cast an aging George Washington into a strained dinner with Edmund Barton, Australia’s canny and pugnacious first prime minister.
The Three Brothers presents an original and witty behind-the-scenes peek into...
True North
A Journey into Unexplored Wilderness
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
While many people dream of abandoning civilization and heading into the wilderness, few manage to actually do it. One exception was twenty-four-year-old Elliott Merrick, who in 1929 left his advertising job in New Jersey and moved to Labrador, one of Canada’s most remote regions. First published...
The Fungal Pharmacy
The Complete Guide to Medicinal Mushrooms and Lichens of North America
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
In The Fungal Pharmacy, noted herbalist Robert Rogers introduces readers to more than 300 species of medicinal mushrooms and lichens found in North America. These fungi, Rogers explains, have the capacity to heal both the body and, through the process of myco-remediation, the planet itself. Throughout...
Io Anthology
Literature, Interviews, and Art from the Seminal Interdisciplinary Journal, 1965 -1993
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Io Anthology celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of this formative journal and commemorates its role in opening a path to decades of innovative publishing. Bringing together in one volume the quirky blend of artistic and scholarly writing that characterized the literary journal, this book is a “greatest...
Time to Stand Up
An Engaged Buddhist Manifesto for Our Earth -- The Buddha's Life and Message through Feminine Eyes
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Time to Stand Up retells the story of the historical Buddha, one of the greatest sacred activists of all time, as a practical human being whose teachings of freedom from suffering are more relevant than ever in this time of global peril. Evolving onward from the patriarchal template of spiritual...
Otto Binder
The Life and Work of a Comic Book and Science Fiction Visionary
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Otto Binder: The Life and Work of a Comic Book and Science Fiction Visionary chronicles the career of Otto Binder, from pulp magazine author to writer of Supergirl, Captain Marvel, and Superman comics. As the originator of the first sentient robot in literature ("I, Robot," published in...
by Richard Grossinger, Mary Stark, Robert Kelly
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
An avant garde set of improvisational essays, Richard Grossinger’s The Bardo of Waking Life is a meditation on the Tibetan Buddhist bardo realm which, in popular culture, is viewed as the bridge between lives, the state people enter after death and before rebirth. This book examines waking life...
Come of Age
The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
In his landmark provocative style, Stephen Jenkinson makes the case that we must birth a new generation of elders, one poised and willing to be true stewards of the planet and its species.
Come of Age does not offer tips on how to be a better senior citizen or how to be kinder to our elders....
Slow Sculpture
Volume XII: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Theodore Sturgeon was a model for his friend Kurt Vonnegut’s legendary character Kilgore Trout, and his work was an acknowledged influence on important younger writers from Harlan Ellison and Robert Silverberg to Stephen King and Octavia Butler. His work has long been deeply appreciated for its...
Take-Along Knitting
20+ Easy Portable Projects from Your Favorite Authors
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Take your knitting on the run!
Are you a take-along knitter? Are you tempted to break out the needles in the library, on the bus, or even at the supermarket? Then Take-Along Knitting is for you! North Light editors have selected the best portable projects from our superstar authors, including Stefanie...
by Anna Rosa Robertsdottir
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
This beautifully illustrated, full-color guide provides everything readers need to know about the medicinal powers of 90 native herbs of Iceland--85 of which also grow in North America. Anna Rosa Robertsdottir describes the history, uses, harvesting, drying, and storage of the plants, and includes...
All the World an Icon
Henry Corbin and the Angelic Function of Beings
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
All the World an Icon is the fourth book in an informal "quartet" of works by Tom Cheetham on the spirituality of Henry Corbin, a major twentieth-century scholar of Sufism and colleague of C. G. Jung, whose influence on contemporary religion and the humanities is beginning to become clear....
A Cree Healer and His Medicine Bundle
Revelations of Indigenous Wisdom--Healing Plants, Practices, and Stories
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
With the rise of urban living and the digital age, many North American healers are recognizing that traditional medicinal knowledge must be recorded before being lost with its elders. A Cree Healer and His Medicine Bundle is a historic document, including nearly 200 color photos and maps, in that...