In 1958, Edward Teller, father of the H-bomb, unveiled his plan to detonate six nuclear bombs off the Alaskan coast to create a new harbor. However, the plan was blocked by a handful of Eskimos and biologists who succeeded in preventing massive nuclear devastation potentially far greater than that of the Chernobyl blast. The Firecracker Boys is a story of the U.S. government's arrogance and deception, and the brave people who fought against it-launching America's environmental movement. As one of Alaska's most prominent authors, Dan O'Neill brings to these pages his love of Alaska's...

The intriguing theory of a land bridge linking Siberia and Alaska during the coldest pulsations of the Ice Ages had been much debated since the idea was first proposed in 1589. But proof of the land bridge-now named Beringia after eighteenth-century Danish explorer Vitus Bering-eluded scientists until an inquiring geologist named Dave Hopkins emerged from rural New England and set himself to the task of solving the mystery. This compelling blend of science, biography, and history follows the life story of the eclectic Hopkins as he solves this mystery-and creates an international stir that...

In his square-sterned canoe, Alaskan author Dan O Neill set off from Dawson, Yukon Territory, onetime site of the Klondike gold rush, to trace the majestic Yukon River. His journey downriver to Circle City, Alaska, is an expedition into the history of the river and its land, and a record of the inimitable and little known inhabitants of the region. With the distinct perspective of an insider, "A Land Gone Lonesome" gives us an intelligent, rhapsodic-and ultimately, probably the last-portrait of the Yukon and its authentic inhabitants."

The villagers of Penntale had a problem. Their problem was always a young prankster named Barry Decker. Barry would not stop playing jokes and pranks on his neighbors. Everytime he was caught playing a joke, all he would say was "It wasn't me, it wasn't me, someone else must've done it " The frustrated villagers gave him the nickname of Liar Barry Finally, a strange hermit woman cast a magic spell on Barry to teach him how to behave. Her magic spell not only changed Liar Barry, but all of us as well. Read how Liar Barry becomes the first... Librarian The book is aimed at children between 5...