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In Kristin Hannah's The Great Alone, a desperate family seeks a new beginning in the near-isolated wilderness of Alaska only to find that their unpredictable environment is less threatening than the erratic behavior found in human nature.
Alaska, 1974. Ernt Allbright came home from the Vietnam War a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes the impulsive
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2018.
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English
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Six years ago Maddie lived in Washington D.C. with her father, a Secret Service agent assigned to the President's family, and her best friend was Logan, the President's son; but after her father was wounded in an attempted kidnapping the two of them moved to a remote cabin in Alaska and Logan never replied to her letters--but now he has suddenly turned up on her doorstep, and, while she has no attention of forgiving him for his silence, she soon realizes...
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"Carrie Slayton is a successful gossip columnist, but her dream is to become a serious journalist. Finnegan Dalton is a notorious recluse whose book about living in the Alaskan wilds skyrocketed to the top of the New York Times bestseller list. Recognizing a golden opportunity, Carrie uses a little guile in tracking down Finn's whereabouts in the snowy Alaskan wilderness outside of Fairbanks, only to discover that he truly is as mysterious and withdrawn...
6) Fire and ice
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2008.
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English
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Newspaper reporter Sophie Rose, having quit a high profile position because her boss wanted her to write an exposé about her criminal father, finds her dad's reputation following her when an attempt is made on her life while she investigates the death of a runner in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, and is assigned an FBI agent as her bodyguard.
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2004.
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English
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Baltimore cop Nate Burke gives up his job after the death of his partner and accepts the position of chief of police in the small town of Lunacy, Alaska, where his newfound peace, and his relationship with Meg Galloway is threatened by a killer who struck years before Burke's arrival and is still walking the streets.
8) Darkness
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Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards continues her penchant for "fantastic storytelling" (RT Book Reviews) with this next heart-pumping romantic suspense novel, the tale of a brilliant ornithologist trapped on the remote Attu Island in Alaska, fighting for her life--and that of a handsome stranger--before they're swallowed up in darkness forever. BOOM. That's the sound that changes everything for Dr. Gina Sullivan, a renowned ornithologist...
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Yukon quest volume 3
Pub. Date
2002.
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English
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In 1898, Miranda Colton, presumed dead by her family and friends, survives after nearly drowning in the Yukon and is drawn to the loner botanist with whom she crosses paths during recovery; meanwhile, the rest of her party, including her pregnant sister-in-law, attempt to survive the winter with inadequate shelter.
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Kate Shugak volume 17
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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In Alaska, somebody disappears every day. Hunters who head into the wilderness… Fishermen who brave the great rivers…Tourists who attempt to do both. In Aleut detective Kate Shugak’s Park, people have been falling off the grid quite a bit lately. And as she and state trooper Jim Chopin are about to realize, it’s got something to do with the recent discovery of the world’s second-largest gold mine in their very own backyard.
A hostile environmental...
11) Refuge Cove
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The New Americana volume 2
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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A bride on the run from her would-be husband becomes stranded in the Alaska wilderness before accepting help from a rugged bush pilot who would reconnect with his estranged son. By the best-selling author of Texas True.--Amazon.com.
12) Alaskan holiday
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English
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"Before beginning her new job as sous chef at one of Seattle's finest restaurants, Josie Stewart takes on a six-month position cooking at a lodge in an Alaskan lake town. It's only temporary--or so she thinks, as she becomes a valued part of the local community, falling in love with the people who call Klutina Lake home. But one Alaskan man, in particular, stands out among Josie's new friends: Palmer Saxon, a quiet, intense sword craftsman, whose...
13) Though not dead
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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The residents of Alaska’s largest national park are stunned by the death of one of their oldest members, eighty-seven-year-old Sam Dementieff…even investigator Kate Shugak. Sam, a lifelong resident, was dubbed the “father” of all of the Park rats—even though he had no children of his own. Kate, his niece, is surprised to discover that in his will he’s left her everything, including a letter instructing her simply to, “find my father.”...
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Back Bay Books/Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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"Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart--he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity during the season's first snowfall, they build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is gone--but they glimpse a young, blonde-haired girl running through the trees"--Provided by publisher....
18) Granite
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Publisher
Trail Breaker Kennel
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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Shares the story of Granite, a dog raised by Susan Butcher to become the leader of her sled dog team, discussing his weakness as a puppy, the potential she nurtured in him, the injury and illness that nearly killed the dog, and his heroic feat in leading Susan and the team through a blizzard to victory in the Iditarod race.
20) Revolver
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Lexile measure
890L
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English
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Fourteen-year-old Sig is stranded at a remote cabin in the Arctic wilderness with his father, who died just hours earlier after falling through the ice, when a terrifying man arrives, claiming Sig's father owes him a share of a horde of stolen gold and that he will kill Sig if he does not get his money.
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