Off-the-grid expert Nick Rosen offers a portrait of some of the Americans who have opted for freedom from the utility grid.
In "Nobody Turn Me Around", academic and author Charles Euchner does an excellent job of telling the lesser-known story of the internal contradictions that nearly destroyed Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic speech.
Before the lights go out, those currently charged with developing energy policy would do well to consult Spencer Abraham's thoughtful and clearly stated prescriptions for a healthy energy future.
Ted Stevens, who was aboard a plane that crashed Monday night, has been called the most influential Alaskan in state history. Here's Uncle Ted's story, as told by Don Mitchell.
When low enrollment threatens to shut down a small island's school in this new middle-grades novel, residents come up with a unique solution: take in foster children to bolster class size.
Two new books -- one a tale of tragedy and heroism, the other about people searching the depths of the Earth -- try to answer why extreme risk doesn't deter adventurers.
This wide-ranging collection of honest, rural Alaskan voices is a book you won't find written by any other state's residents.
Eric Jay Dolin's fifth book, "Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America," chronicles the American fur trade from birth to extinction.