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Call Me Coach Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Wolfe, Steve $15.95 Steve Wolfe, fresh out of college, comes to the little town of Homer, Alaska and begins his wrestling coach career. Homer, Alaska is at the end of the road. Coach soon finds that Alaska is full of unbelievable characters—kids and adults alike—students, teachers, and neighbors. Coach's interactions with these characters make for nonstop humor and inspiration. Call Me Coach is a story of rare experiences of struggle, failure, but ultimately triumph. Alaskans and wrestlers have a common spirit—the spirit of adventure and overcoming all adversity. Call Me Coach is a humorous story of motivation and the spirit of Alaska and wrestling. Call Us Champions Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Wolfe, Steve $17.95 Steve Wolfe knows his stuff when it comes to coaching and wrestling. Call Us Champions would entertain the most avid wrestler all the way to a beginner. This is not only a excellent and fun book for those interested in wrestling but those interested in how it is to raise a family in Alaska. Wolfe writes about his young family in a way that makes you want to read more. Thanks for a wonderful book. Rainbow Saupe, San Jose, CA Steve Wolfe does a wonderful job of captivating not only the idiosyncrasies of the sport of wrestling, but the essence of the human spirit. I found myself laughing out loud of some of the humorous events within the book and appreciate having this coach share his experience with up and coming coaches like myself. Mike Illg, Lowell, MA Camp Kachemak Mystery Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Dahlstrom, Halene $12.95 Rinnie Cumberland had looked forward to girls' camp all summer long. She could hardly wait! Everything was packed and perfectly organized. But this year there would be more to camp than hikes, crafts, and s'mores. Her plans were about to be turned upside down.  What had happened to her best friend? What would she sacrifice for a secret sister?  And why did she get an eerie feeling whenever she heard the tale of the ghost girl by the lake? Almost anything can happen in the great Alaska outdoors. Rinnie Cumberland was about to become part of the Camp Kachemak Mystery. Candle Sparks Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Goodman, Lilly $12.95 Seeking adventure, dog musher Heidi Ravison moves to a tiny remote town in Alaska's interior knowing nothing about either the quirky characters that composed the community nor the harsh flavor of the land which renders it enchanting. Her many backwoods adventures, which range from having to haul drinking water at fifty degrees below zero, to searching for a wrecked bush plane, lead Heidi to realize a passionate love for the land. But when she finds herself amidst a bitter battle between conservationists and recreational snowmachiners, Heidi learns that Candle, Alaska can break hearts as well. Sprinkled with satire, Candle Sparks brings the reader along on a vivid journey into the wilds of bush Alaska. Chain of Life Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Tower, Elizabeth $14.95 Chain of Life presents a picture of the Aleut community of Unalaska-Dutch Harbor during the 1970s through the eyes of two young men -- a Japanese-American pilot searching for his Aleut mother and an Aleut orphan seeking to reestablish contact with his family. Although the plot of Chain of Life is fictional, it has historical interest. It shows the Aleutian Islands during a period when this unique region was experiencing an economic invasion by seafood processors while still recovering from the ravages of World War II and the Aleut evacuation. Christmas Connections Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Dahlstrom, Halene $9.95 Christmas Connections is the tender story of two anxious sisters: one in heaven longing for a name and family, and Suzannah on earth trying to keep her family together. Suzannah's goal is to bring about the perfect Christmas for her despondent parents; and fulfill a promise to an angel. Her efforts are rewarded with miracles -- one good deed at a time -- rippling through the lives of others living in Hometown, bringing heaven and earth together in a holiday story of renewal, hope, love, and spiritual connections. Christmas Connections is a story to be read by young and old again and again for Christmases forever! Cinch Knot Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Walden, Ron $12.95 Pipeline security guard, Dan Webster, and pump station technician, Gwen Stevens, discover a nuclear device inside an ultrasonic inspection pig, and are convinced it is a part of a sinister conspiracy involving the pipeline. They discover a multinational plot, Cinch Knot, masterminded by influential oil and shipping leaders to restrict the flow of oil by nuking the pipeline and driving the price of oil upward. Thus, the fate of the Alaska oil pipeline, Valdez, pristine, Prince William sound, and economic stability of the world, as well as the lives of thousands of people are threatened unless the bomb is disarmed and the schemers are stopped. Fast moving -- Cinch Knot's 200 pages takes the reader on an intriguing international chase to stop the scheme, and to the story's surprise ending. Coho Waterboy Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Schlegelmilch, Marianne $14.95 Retired from racing, Solo is elated to find himself back at the kennel where his adventures as an Iditarod sled dog began. Prepared to settle into a quiet life of comfort and retirement, his plans are quickly thwarted when he meets a young dog, named Coho, who reminds him of himself as a pup. Solo watches as Coho, alone without a family much like he was at the same age, embraces life with all the fervor of a champion. With more than a few challenges along the way, including the oversight of an elitist cat and Coho's own difficulties with flat feet, the old dog and the young pup form a friendship that will take their lives in a direction that neither would have expected. Coho Waterboy,the sequel to Solo Flite, will fill children, their parents, and their grandparents with all the adventure of Solo Flite and all the warmth their hearts can hold. Cottage in the Woods Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Petersen, John $17.95 Cottage in the Woods, creative nonfiction, is based on a combination of journal entries, experiences, oral histories, and stories from the Oregon Outback to Bush Alaska. Cottage in the Woods points out the wisdom each of us has, and potential existing for all of us to gather insight from one another. Cottage in the Woods demonstrates a philosophy focusing on finding strength within to enjoy life and what it brings—good or bad--to find our "Cottage in the Woods." In the rugged Alaska wilderness a near-death experience forces John Alexander to realize that he may lose the love of his life as well as his own. In the death-chill of an Alaska winter John realizes his only chance to survive is from the wisdom of people he would not normally listen to. People from every walk of life he met provide help along the trail to find his own Cottage in the Woods. The reader will walk away with a much deepened insight and appreciation for the value of self and others after reading this book. Cowboys of the Sky Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Levi, Steve $12.95 For more than 80 years, bush pilots have carried supplies, delivered mail, and transported emergency personnel over Alaska's rugged terrain. They've flown with felons handcuffed to the seat, with corpses strapped to the wing, and with drugged polar bears sleeping in the cargo compartment. Ever since aviation came to Alaska planes have been far more important than cars or truck to the residents of the far-flung bush communities. In Cowboys of the Sky: The Story of Alaska's Bush Pilots, humorist and historian Steven C. Levi takes you on a wild ride through the heyday of aviation in Alaska, from the golden years, before federal regulations curbed the more dangerous and outlandish flying practices, all the way to the present. Through photographs and anecdotes, you'll meet brave and colorful pilots, the true cowboys of the sky who carved the face of America's Last Frontier. Cures and Chaos Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Homme, Joseph $19.95 Dr. Vincent Hume was a charismatic physician, gifted with legendary talents for healing the sick. But there was a mysterious component to his personality, an element of the streets that ran counter to his pedestal position in the frontier Alaska community he served. Over the course of a decade, the origins of his street smarts, combined with a progressive illness and tragic personal events, conspired in his undoing. It was an excruciating public downfall of a respected surgeon, husband, father, friend, and neighbor; a downfall that ignited a public uproar that threatened the very fabric of the small, close knit community.