Search Results: Titles starting with S from Publication Consultants

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 6/1/08. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “As summer begins, the bears are anxious to start fishing and none more so than Mama Bear’s twins. Follow her young cubs to the river and see what happens as they try to master a skill that has fattened up bears throughout history. The story is brought to life with charming cut-outs handcrafted from construction paper. This winning combination is sure to delight children and adults alike as well as encourage an important principle for life. “

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 10/1/06. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Anxious for hibernation to be over, mischievous twins sneak away from their cave...and Mama Bear. Salmon and Sockeye, a pair of Alaska brown bear cubs, decide to explore the wonders of spring on their own. But what happens when they realize it’s not so easy to get back to their cave...and Mama Bear? The artwork features clever cut-outs handcrafted from construction paper. This story is sure to delight children and parents alike as well as reinforce an important rule for safety. “

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 11/1/10. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Margaret Swensen loved to be outdoors, but she was not a hiker or an angler; she was first a mother and a quilter, but at 55 years old she did all the research, even hiked many of the trails, and wrote the Hiker’s Guide to Alaska; and did all the research and wrote most of the Angler’s Guide to Alaska. She compiled and published the poems of her grandfather, Willis Eugene Robison, in the book As Life Passes. Margaret loved words and she loved writing. Say It Again, 1,500 Times is the compilation of the expressions that governed her life. It’s the stuff she used to train her children, teach classes, and incorporated in life’s tales she enjoyed tellin--and others enjoyed hearing. Say It Again, 1,500 Times is truly Margaret’s favorite thought and words of wisdom.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 6/1/13. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “In spite of spending his early childhood in Berlin, Germany during WWII, Wolfgang had developed a love for animals and nature as well as for adventure. After the war, living with his parents and his younger siblings in Braunschweig, Germany, he finished school, became a journeyman glassblower, got married and settled down to, what would be for most people, a promising future. But his childhood dreams of adventure grew to a restless longing for distant lands, and soon he had talked his young wife into emigrating to Canada with him. A year later the couple was on their way to California, USA and heading toward a divorce. Being single again in California during the 60s had attractions for a young man in his 20s, but with a couple of like-minded friends Wolfgang soon was heading north again, all the way to Alaska. In Alaska new opportunities for the fulfillment of his childhood dreams pre-… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 12/15/16. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “When granddaughter Sarah learns that her grandmother Opal and niece Jessica are missing, she decides to search for her. When the car is found with two flat tires, Sarah and her boy friend from college, travel up and down the rural roads and creeks of southern Iowa to look for her missing relatives. Because of the storm that Saturday night, would they seek shelter in an abandoned barn, house or maybe even a coal mine whose opening has been uncovered? Were they abducted? Who would have a grudge against the gentle woman who only tried to help people through her church’s SPARKLE Club? “

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 5/15/14. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Sybil Goes From Public Celebrity to CIA Secret Spy—In Secrets, Dr. Sybil Norcroft feels as if she has gotten in over her head in a welter of secrets and conflicts. She undergoes a lie detector test, gets a major national award, and gets inveigled into a secret association with the CIA, all in a dizzyingly brief period of time. She used to think her career as a practicing neurosurgeon was serious; but, after she is vetted for her CIA position, she gains a new appreciation for “serious”. The director asks her, “After you are actively engaged in Company work, failing the lie detector test may mean a Company trial and swift and sure justice—the least noxious being dismissal. Any questions about the seriousness of that kind of justice?” Sybil felt chilly after completing that line of questioning. Her first assignment is to hack into the Russian president’s computer system. The… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 11/1/14. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Sybil Goes From Secret Spy to Top-Secret CIA Mole Hunter—In this, the 4th in the Sybil series, Sybil is given an ultra-top-secret clearance rating based on her previous performance and her ice-in- the-veins way of going about the Company’s business. Now she has to juggle life as a wife and mother keeping secrets, as a famous public figure in her profession as a network medical consultant news reporter, and as a CIA agent who is under threat of assassination from an unseen and unnamed mole in the intelligence community. When three of her fellow agents are murdered, Sybil is offered the job of finding the mole which considerably increases her chances of meeting harm. What she does will involve secrets and scandals at the highest level of government.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 8/1/15. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Color-illustrated, Self-Reliant Pilot focuses on flying small taildragger aircraft and landing them in remote and challenging terrain in wild Alaska. It displays the inspiration of flying in Alaska, defining who are the incredible pilots that fly Alaska’s backcountry and showing the training necessary to become the best pilot you can be. It discusses the weather related problems of flying in Alaska and shows ways to minimize the difficulties. It also discusses the elevated aircraft accident rate in Alaska and how to substantially reduce such incidences. Self-Reliant Pilot serves as a primer for Alaskan style training. Once a pilot learns how to train according to the book, additional or new training can be carried out, without difficulty, because the pilot has already learned the foundation for training. Self-Reliant Pilot is a classical training manual because it is written in a… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 5/1/04. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “For an old “”stick”” named Clutch, it’s just another blizzard blowing in from the north across the lonely Wyoming prairie. But this is Christmas Eve. On this special night, Clutch begins a journey where mysterious and unforgettable characters will change his life forever. A Semi For A Sleigh is a colorful narrative, complete with original musical score and songs on a companion CD. This timeless tale is destined to become the highway Christmas classic.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 6/1/13. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Sheep Dog and the Wolf: A Story of Terrorism and Response, and the Sheep Dogs Who Protect, tells about Hunter Caulfield--a man who had long since shaken off his extraordinary past—Hunter had been in the nefarious CIA Phoenix program during the ‘police action’ in Vietnam, and had learned a dangerous skill set. His old buddy, now the assistant DCIA, recruits him to be a Sheep Dog—a man who protects the rest of us, the sheep. The U.S. tries diplomacy, bellicosity, threats, embargoes, and a police approach to terrorist devils-incarnate, but none of them works. The president cannot reasonably launch another Iraq or Afghanistan without more harm coming to America. The American public is growing ever more restive. Senior diplomats, military officers, and the administration need a new approach, a new weapon. Sheep Dog is that weapon--an assassin who is a nearly perfectly crafted hunter and… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 6/15/19. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Darcey Anderson stared at the lights of Juneau reflecting off the water of Gastineau Channel. She saw none of the beauty of Alaska’s capital city. In her mind, she still was looking at the body of her husband, Trent Marshall, lying bleeding on the deck of the yacht. His father’s friend, Robert Monk, covered Trent’s body with his own, the small, semiautomatic handgun searching for a target. Captain Hannigan, skipper of the Nanuq, knelt beside the old man with his own weapon, joining Monk in seeking the shooter who had brought down their friend.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/12. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Should I Not Return is the story of a young east coast climber, who joins his brother in Alaska to climb Mount McKinley. What set their climb apart from those before it, and even those afterward, was a disaster of such magnitude that it became know as North America’s worst mountaineering tragedy. Prior to July of 1967 only four men had ever perished on Denali, and then, in one fell swoop, Denali--like Melville s, Great White Whale, Moby Dick--indiscriminately took the lives of seven men. The brothers survive one danger after another: a terrible train accident, a near drowning in the McKinley River, an encounter with a large grizzly, a 60 foot plunge into a gaping crevasse, swept away by a massive avalanche, and finally a climactic escape from the terror of 100 mph winds while descending from the summit. Should I Not Return is a one of a kind cliffhanger packed with danger, survival under… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 7/15/16. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “The indigenous peoples of Alaska have a rich and colorful history. Come to the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics (WEIO) to learn more about it. The games, all rooted in Native history, are made up of such diverse events as blanket tossing, high kicking, knuckle hopping, fish cutting, seal skinning, muktuk eating, and beautiful babies in Native regalia. WEIO is one way those histories are kept alive. Through his work at the Alaska Native Heritage Center and in the Native Studies Program at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, Casey Ferguson is making a career of making sure the old ways are celebrated.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/14. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Sky Streak of Terror, a novel about heroism, love, and betrayal, when a young man from the small community of Spruce Hills, Alaska, has his peaceful farming life turned upside down, when he learns that he is responsible for freeing an immortal and murderous, extra-terrestrial prisoner from a fallen meteorite. The gifted young man with newly aquired enhanced abilities, is soon forced into action. He entered the conflict between the devastating alien shape-shifter and nearby military’s doomed and decimated troops, in order to save mankind from imminent destruction, while also battling his personal feelings of guilt and demons of tragedy. Sky Streak of Terror is a sci-fi, alien superthriller, that will keep readers guessing with suspense through each and every page. The story is loaded with explosive action and powerful suspense and drama. And its romance, along with the many twist, turns,… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 8/1/13. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Slugs Forever is a fictional tale of summer life in a Homer, Alaska backyard. It is a lighthearted story of challenges and hope, problems and solutions, conflicts and resolution, but mostly it is a lesson in life that shows us that none of us are too small or too insignificant to matter, and that--in paraphrasing a popular Beatle’s song--love really is all you need.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 10/15/16. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “As a toy designer, sculptor, and illustrator for Disney, Hallmark Cards, Hasbro, and others, Mike Spindle has helped bring to market a variety of toys and gifts for more than 35 years. From L.A. to New York, and places in between, Mike has met, illustrated, and sculpted notable characters including Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Care Bears, Muppets, Bugs Bunny, Phineas and Ferb, and Doc McStuffins, just to name a few. But, the call of the wild brought Mike north to Alaska. It was only natural that he met silly Dall sheep who knit socks and ties. He was told it was to protect their feet, but Mike believes the sheep just want to wear the latest fashions. This is one of the ALASKA TALES.”

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/02. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Joe Redington scooped the trembling puppy into his arms. It seemed strange to him to find such a fine animal wandering alone in the woods along the Iditarod trail. Joe gave the pup, Solo, a home until the two were separated after a plane crash. Harry Conroy found Solo and took him back to Fairbanks to his kennel, where Solo discovered his passion for sled dog racing. This passion would lead him to his destiny 1000 miles across wild Alaska. In the time it would take Solo to run in his first Iditarod, he would not only face his ultimate challenge, but also become a legend.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 9/15/14. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Solutions offers you strategies, insights, answers and revelations Some are simple, others innovative and surprising—and all ones that can change your work life for the better. Solutions offers you sixty of the best real-life dramas—and enlightening answers from Dr. Lynne Curry’s three decade weekly newspaper column run in multiple newspapers. Written by a successful management consultant and coach, Solutions offers you your personal workplace 411/911 written in Curry’s warm, personal, enlightening and fun style. You Need a Solution When: You face a problem or challenge that doesn’t solve easily Your work life is good—you want it to be great You want excellence or more than what comes easily You can’t see past your blind spot You need an answer—and now You feel stuck—and want to move forward You’re in a workplace firefight “

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 2/1/11. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Song of the Raven is a story for children about life and death in Alaska’s wilderness. I originally came up with the idea when I was explaining to my children why our dog Snicker had to be euthanized. I wanted to show children that death is a natural part of life, and although we may feel sad about it, sometimes it is for the best. In the wild, animals depend on the death of another for their own survival. Hopefully, I have been able to show death in a very positive way in Song of the Raven. Patty Kilson”

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 5/1/02. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Song of Mt. Marathon, full of interesting tidbits ranging from legend to historical fact, is a fun-filled, sing-along book. It’s happy-go-lucky verses can be read or sung and enjoyed by a wide-range of audiences, including racers and spectators alike. Song of Mt. Marathon will imprint happy impressions of a spectacular day on your memory. Sandy’s music and verses were first created for her children’s entertainment. Impressed by the community’s Fourth of July celebration and Mt. Marathon’s rugged race, she composed a song out of the event. The Song of Mt. Marathon has been performed at various 4th of July functions and is becoming an important part of Seward, Alaska’s Independence Day celebration.