Search Results: Titles starting with P from Publication Consultants

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 8/1/05. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Paddling the Yukon River and its Tributaries covers more than 4,000 miles of watery trail. The Yukon, Tanana, Porcupine, Koyukuk, and Kuskokwim Rivers are the five longest rivers in Alaska, extending into the Yukon Territory. This water flows freely, almost entirely undammed. Salmon surge against current. Moose, bears, and wolves wander the banks. Birds swarm in spectacular density. Roads rarely cross. Many residents live a subsistence lifestyle. No permits are required to be here. These channels are a natural path through the last large wilderness in North America.Paddling the Yukon River and its Tributaries approaches journeys of this magnitude like a through-hiker on the Appalachian Trail, but with a canoe or kayak. Each river is described from beginning to end, detailing access points, resupply options, and navigation tips throughout the flow. There are 35 original maps. Although the… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 6/1/09. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Jeff Dunne, called to Washington, met the President in the Oval Office and was sent to China to make friends for the United States with the Chinese rulers. He came back with many positive changes to the old embassy. As a reward, he was commissioned a two star admiral and sent back to China to further the friendship--and hunt out Russian agents. After some months he found one_--with a 20-pound bar of solid gold. Then, the hunt began for gold that had been lost for more than 60 years. Other agents were uncovered with more bars of gold. Terrorist were ever present in Jeff’s life--over turning the Phillippine government, caused the sinking of two new guided missile destroyers, losing all hands, and the loss of an Aussie cruise ship with more than 700 people, and sinking cargo ships in the harbor of Shingfu. Jeff is ordered back to Washington, then to Pensecola for flight training, where he… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 1/15/10. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Certification is a valuable credential verifying a level of knowledge, skills, and ability in the payroll profession. Certification helps individuals demonstrate their payroll expertise, advance their careers, and enhance their standing within the profession. Payroll Certification Guide assists in preparing those who wish to obtain such certifications. Payroll Certification Guide covers all areas found in the make-up of the American Payroll Association’s certification guidelines. Staying compliant and ensuring that your company meets the demands placed on the payroll profession is key to the success of any organization. Compliance is the most important piece of any payroll environment. Ensuring compliance is guaranteed through payroll certification. Expanding your knowledge in the payroll arena ensures that your company is on the leading edge. Written by one of the payroll industries… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/15. First Edition. Hard Cover. Like New/Like New. “In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Australians formed what was known as “”acclimatisation societies”” to “enhance their barren forests” and released red and fallow deer from Europe and sambar and hog deer fromAsia, as well as rabbits, hares, and foxes from various locales. Meanwhile, pigs, camels, horses, donkeys, Asian buffalo, and banteng brought to Australia by farmers and others escaped and reproduced without large predators to control them. The number of feral camels in the Outback, for example, once was estimated to exceed one million and their population was doubling every nine years. Bob Penfold began hunting when there were no closed seasons or limits on most of these “invasive species.” He had been shooting kangaroos and foxes for their skins, and when he learned that buffalo were being shot for human consumption in the Northern Territory, Penfold… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 3/15/16. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Captain Meadows had a worried call from an old friend and asked Trooper Penny Rossiter to stop on her way home after shift to check on the old man. It was eleven miles out Funny River Road to the home of Gus Sampson. Gus told the small red-haired, pretty, trooper he was worried about a friend who lived up the road, asking her to please check on him. She allowed Gus to ride along. Arriving at the cabin she asked him to wait while she checked it out. She found Will Goodson beaten to death in his own living room. Penny called the crime scene team to investigate. The five member team headed by David Haskins collected evidence as Penny took Gus back to his cabin. While returning home she had a call asking her to fly a search mission looking for two blond sisters and their young boys missing on Resurrection Trail between Hope and Cooper Landing, Alaska. This file, too, became a cold case. Later… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 9/1/17. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “People in the Americas before the Last Ice Age Glaciation Con- cluded: An Emerging Paradigm on Western Hemisphere Population Origin covers the turn of the century emerging science on the origin of human popu- lation in the western hemisphere. It is a booklet that is designed to provide a reference bridge until the new information can be included in textbook presentations. With the ability to examine DNA evidence on extremely old human remains and findings at greater depth than formerly considered, information grows at a rapid rate. The science is in its infancy, but surprising finds occur moment by moment.”

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 9/15/15. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “In 1860 a Scottish lass protects her younger sister from a savage beast on the windswept highlands above Pentland Firth. An Iowa farm boy discovers a dark secret on the gory battlegrounds of Shiloh in 1862. Two years later a Colonel of the Taiping Army retreats in shame after the bloody fall of Nanjing. Born of an English father and a Sioux mother, a U.S. Cavalry Scout fights for his life on the unforgiving plains of western Kansas in 1867. During autumn of the same year, a Russian fur trapper sails from Sitka, Alaska on an American ship bound for San Francisco in a farcical quest for gold. Two years later an enigmatic law student calmly departs Budapest after the brutal murder of a corrupt policeman. In Salt Lake City during the spring of 1871, a young woman a few months shy of fifteen gallops away from her wedding reception to escape an arranged marriage. And after the dawn of the… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 7/1/19. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Take an unforgettable journey on the Appalachian Trail with Bill Jack. After he turned 70 years of age, and without any hiking experience, Bill decided to try long distant hiking. Little did he know that he had picked one of the most difficult long distant hikes in the world. Besides being entertained, you will find out with Bill, what the Appalachian Trail is really like, why millions of people head there every year and the many unique ways people hike the trail. From Bill’s perseverance, a reader may be inspired to continue pursuing dreams, even when there are enormous disappointments. Diving into Perseverance just may also motivate you to attempt a new and exciting adventure of your own.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 12/1/98. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “In his thirteenth year, Pike McCallister is witness to his mother’s kidnapping by renegade Confederate soldiers. Cast in a historically correct setting, Pike McCallister brings the reader an almost true-to-life adventure of war, slavery, friendship, underground railroad, and incredible family ties and love as Pike tries to find and rescue his mother. Pike McCallister is a fast moving, unpredictable adventure story for readers of all ages.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 8/1/15. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. Pilot’s Handbook for Advanced Training was written to provide words of wisdom learned by a creative pilot over many years of flying in the Great Land. I already know that you can significantly improve your piloting skills by applying the knowledge gained in comprehending this handbook. It does not select your Advanced Training; more importantly it encourages you to learn on your own to be a . You’ll be making your own decisions on how to fly your airplane. There are no limitations on pilot upgrades and proficiency with this style of aviation progression. Pilots will exceed all expectations. You will become the best pilot you are capable of being by advancing your aviation vocation with your own choosing. This will become the highlight of your aviation career. Remember that this is not a difficult or impracticable task. You will be flying for many years and the task is to take one learning… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 3/15/16. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “In the 1950s life seemed pretty bleak for a young man working in the West Virginia coal mines and for an active carefree teenage girl who suddenly contracted infantile paralysis. A little pit pony named Bobbit is the catalyst bringing the two young people a chance to lead new lives filled with promise, despite heavy odds they must both overcome. Prepare yourself for the cruelty and hopelessness for both man and beast accompanying work in coal mines. Brace yourself to meet a vibrant active young woman who suddenly becomes a paraplegic. Find out how a small pony from the mines can help two struggling young people regain the balance that must exist for them to carry on.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 7/1/13. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Alaska Wildlife Trooper, Will Trippet, partnered with his old schoolmate, Gordy Ponset, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife officer to patrol Mystery Creek Road on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula to check bear baiting stations. While investigating tracks of an all terrain vehicle they discover a poached moose. The poacher lay dead at the scene, killed by a brown bear. This grisly scene ignites an investigation that took a year to complete. The poacher came from a family making a living taking illegal fish and game. Poacher’s Paradise gives a glimpse into duties and perils of the adventurous, dangerous routine of Alaska Wildlife Troopers. Included in Poacher’s Paradise is a true account of an early Alaska Fish and Wildlife Officer, Al ‘Bear Bait’ Thompson, written by Al’s wife, Joyce Thompson, who was with him during the entire ordeal. It gives details of the attack and mauling as well as the… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 10/1/17. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “New ways of life often provide benefits while simultaneously inflicting pain. This tendency is especially true when indigenous, ethnic, and rural people face the impacts of the modern world. Polar Bear Inc. portrays these pressures through the depiction of a fictional indigenous community and the tensions and challenges occurring in the wake of social and economic transitions. By visiting a struggling and evolving community, the reader witnesses the tensions, rivalries, and dysfunction arising due to outside intrusions and internal wrangling. Meet a wide cast of characters who must take sides in a tale of power, control, and identity as some people embrace their heritage while others turn away from it. “

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 7/1/97. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “When a mutual friend and fellow church member is murdered during a prison break, two modern-day deputy U.S. Marshals, Skip Garret and Terry McGreggor, are spurred into a horse back chase after three ruthless outlaws through the rugged mountains of northwestern Montana. The manhunt pits them, not only against vicious killers and the remote Montana wilderness, but against hate, their own spirituality, and the hard decisions a lawman must make in the discharge of his duties. Without most of the conveniences of a present-day peace officer, the friends are content to rely on their trusty mountain horses and personal strengths. Not until the most famous of all Mormon gunfighters, Orrin Porter Rockwell, pays them a visit from across death’s veil, do they come to realize the importance of relying on a power far greater than their own. Pray for Justice reads like your favorite western novel.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 12/1/17. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Prince Ali had everything: talent, charisma, and a devoted best friend, Becky Howard. He won every time he set a hoof in a show ring. He garnered more fans from personal and TV appearances. Becky was with him every step of the way, even riding him in the Swallows Day Parade in their hometown, San Juan Capistrano. Disaster struck when two thugs put Becky in a coma, drugged him and dragged Prince Ali off to sell for diabolical purposes. When their buyer realized who Ali was, he nixed the deal. That landed the pampered show horse high in the mountains in late March. One night, a week later, he discovered the corral gate unlatched. Prince Ali mustered every ounce of strength, courage, and stamina he had to walk into the wilderness searching for the best friend he couldn’t live without. “

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 8/1/17. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “How much truth can you handle and how far you would go to get it? Understanding the human condition can ignite horror and disbelief. The mind can be understood even when broken, it challenges who we really are. Psychopathic instincts drive Khedlar into his unpredicted hell and carnage he is driven to orchestrate. Through the looking glass of sanity and insanity, Khedlar battles with his mind and conscience in a world where madness is normality and fractured projections of the past are all he has left. How a psychopath is born and the need to survive combines in the ultimate psychological thriller of love, death and betrayal. How deep is the rabbit hole in the darkest corner of your mind? This is the beginning! Get ready for a chilling, accurate, fast-paced story unraveling one lie at a time. Not all that lies beneath the human psyche is beautiful.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 3/1/18. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “What emotion is left once the heart and mind stops caring? Khedlar has an unquenchable thirst for revenge and will stop at nothing to punish those responsible for the murder of his wife and child. No one is safe in his psychopathic path, not even himself. In a warped world of madness and deceit, he makes it his mission to save his daughter’s soul which pulls him deeper into the web. This unique, fast paced psychological thriller will horrify and exhilarate your senses all at once. Dawn Vines makes us question what is normality while leaving you wanting to know more. How many fragments of the puzzle were still hidden in the shadows and is Demetrius the only one who knows the untainted truth? Revenge is relentlessly gripping, with an intensely captivating story, a must read that will be impossible to put down and not for the faint hearted.