Aleut Art: Unangam Aguqaadangin by Lydia T. Black
One of the few works that describes, interprets and illustrates Aleut art and artifacts.
This revised edition includes rare photographs and insights about Aleutian heritage as well as showcasing contemporary Aleut artists.

Native North American Art by Janet C Berlo & Ruth B Phillips
An innovative survey of Native North American art history which fully incorporates substantive new research and scholarship, and examines such issues as gender, representation, the colonial encounter, and contemporary arts. By encompassing both the sacred and secular, political and domestic, the ceremonial and commercial, it shows the importance of the visual arts in maintaining the integrity of spiritual, social , political, and economic systems within Native North American societies.

Amazing Birds by Roger Lederer
Here’s a book that will fascinate trivia buffs even as it captures the interest of ardent bird-watchers. Beautifully color-illustrated on virtually every page, Amazing Birds presents photos, artwork, and diagrams that show both rare and common birds, their eggs, their nests, and their hatchlings. More than 400 unusual facts about the avian world include the bird that builds the largest nest, the rarest living bird species, the longest bird migration, the fastest flyer, the remarkable bird with claws on its wings, and many other extraordinary nuggets of information.

The Carbon Buster’s Home Energy Handbook by Godo Stoyke
The first book in North America to provide a detailed carbon accounting of a family’s carbon emissions and how to reduce them, it systematically analyzes energy costs and evaluates which measures yield the highest returns for the environment and the pocketbook. It provides answers to questions such as:

* Which measure is more effective: putting solar panels on your roof, or buying a hybrid car?
* Where do I need to invest first: in high-efficiency shower-heads, or solar tubes?
* Is a $500 fridge that uses 800 kWh of power per year a good buy?

Planet Earth: As You’ve Never Seen It Before by Alastair Fothergill
A visual odyssey that will change the way we see our planet, this remarkable book, companion to the acclaimed Discovery Channel/ BBC series, is an enduring and awe-inspiring record of one of the most ambitious natural history projects ever undertaken. Using the latest aerial surveillance, state-of-the-art cameras, and high definition technology, the creators of Planet Earth have assembled more than 400 stunning photographs of wondrous natural landscapes from around the globe, including incredible footage of the rarely spotted, almost mythical creatures that live in these habitats.

Atlas of Bird Migration by General Editor: Jonathan Elphick
Every year, billions of birds leave their North American breeding grounds for winter quarters farther south. That so many birds migrate so many miles, through life-threatening conditions, and to the same place each year, is simply stunning.
The editor of this important and lavishly illustrated new book has selected a cross-section of both the most typical and the most interesting migrants. Colorful maps, photographs, calendars and fact files, with easy-to-read symbols and abbreviations, present an accurate and up-to-date profile of each species.

Stalked by a Mountain Lion: Fear, Fact, and the Uncertain Future of Cougars in America
by Jo Deurbrock
Where western wilderness unravels into suburbia, at the intersection of a recovering species and a human population hungry for space, the common wisdom that cougars prefer to avoid people has given way to a harsher reality: Mountain lions move in the shadows of our homes, and a few of them hunt there. In this gripping look at the myths and realities of cougar and human interactions, Jo Deurbrouck takes us from the fieldwork of researchers to the near misses of those who faced down these predators and to those rare, horrifying moments when everything went wrong.

The Emotional Lives of Animals by Marc Bekoff
Bekoff skillfully blends extraordinary stories of animal joy, empathy, grief, embarrassment,
anger, and love with the latest scientific research confirming the existence of emotions that common sense and experience with animals have long implied. Bekoff also explores the evolution of emotions and points to new scientific discoveries of brain structures shared by humans and animals that are important in processing emotions. He goes on to emphasize their role in establishing evolutionary continuity among diverse species and presents new findings of non-invasive neurological research and detailed behavioral studies. Filled with Bekoff’s light humor and touching stories, The Emotional Lives of Animals is a clarion call for reassessing both how we view animals and how we treat them.

Butterflies of North America by Kenn Kaufman & Jim P. Brock
The most user-friendly butterfly guide ever published, still handy and compact, now updated with the very latest information.

Wolf Mountains: A History of Wolves along the Great Divide by Karen R. Jones
Situating the wolf in the history of Canadian national parks, Karen Jones considers changing ideas of nature and wilderness and competing visions of the North American West. Wolf Mountains is a controversial study that examines the tumultuous relationship between humans and wolves in four Rocky Mountain parks. By comparing the distinctive lupine histories of specific national parks with anecdotes and narratives of wolves from Aboriginals and early Europeans from the nineteenth centuries, important shifts in attitude and policy are clearly shown.

Growing Up Grizzly by Amy Shapira and Douglas H Chadwick
Emmett wasn’t a little cub. He wasn’t a yearling cub either. He was two years old. That’s when grizzly bears usually leave home. Emmett was old enough to live on his own. But he didn’t seem to want to. Maybe he wasn’t sure what to do now that he was away from his old family and the place where he grew up.
Growing Up Grizzly is a true story about a mother bear named Baylee, her three cubs, and the young bear they adopted into their family in every way. Mother grizzly bears are extremely protective of their young and generally do not tolerate outside bears. But, like people, every grizzly bear is a little different from every other one.

The Arctic by Catherine Guigon, Francis Latreille, Fredric Malenfer
Renowned photographer Francis Latreille has captured stunning images of the animals, people, and geography of the Arctic. Readers will learn about the ingenious ways that inhabitants of the Arctic have found to adapt to its challenges. Oversized full-color photographs filled with sweeping vistas and surprising sightings will delight young adventurers while sending a strong environmental message about the Arctic’s uncertain future.

Alaska by Shelley Gill
Blending poetry and humour, Alaskan author and adventurer Shelley Gill explores the 49th state’s history, culture, wildlife, and geography. Explosive volcanoes, extreme climates, massive mountains, shimmering Northern Lights, and dog-mushing races are just some of the sights captured in crisp photographs.

Gold Rush Grub by Ann Chandonnet
Now in softcover!
Ann Chandonnet brings us a rollicking history of gold rush food complete with hearty recipes ranging from sourdough flapjacks to stewed porcupine. From miners’ meals and home remedies to holiday fare, beverages, and housekeeping, Gold Rush Grub follows the trail of stampeders from Sutter’s Mill in California to Alaska and the Klondike. The first food history of its kind, Gold Rush Grub presents a panoramic view of an exciting period in American history.

The Illustrated Robert Service by Robert Service
This premier edition of classic Robert Service poetry is amply illustrated with turn-of-the century photos, many taken during the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush. It is the first published-in-the-North edition to capture the mood of Service with photos of the events depicted in his poetry — still popular more than 100 years after the Gold Rush.

Docks and Destinations: The Complete Guide to Pacific Northwest Marinas by Peter Vassilopoulos
This is the latest revised and new edition of the highly successful Docks and Destinations. Layout and format are designed to provide quick and easy reference to marinas and facilities for mariners in the Pacific Northwest. It covers Puget Sound, the popular San Juan Islands, the Gulf Islands, Desolation Sound and places along the way between these destinations as well as up the Inside Passage to the southern tip of Alaska.

Trout Fly Patterns, An International Guide to 300 Flies by Taff Price
300 of the most effective flies throughout the history of fishing. From the mundane to the bizarre, a lavishly illustrated collection of patterns from around the world.
An essential reference for the modern angler.

The Fellowship of Ghosts: Travels in the Land of Midnight Sun by Paul Watkins
Certain geographies speak to people. We are awed by mountains, challenged by the ocean, haunted by the bleakness of deserts. The effect of landscape on human consciousness is at the heart of novelist Paul Watkins’s exhilarating travel story. Long bewitched by the stark beauty of the Scandinavian Alps, Watkins sets off among the ice-clad peaks and dark fjords of the arctic with only a tent and rucksack. On the way, he stops at rustic inns, follows the paths of other solitary travelers, navigates the punishing weather, and confronts the magisterial presence of the past among these mountains–a journey that makes for one of our finest accounts of the life and the land in the frozen north.

Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton’s Ross Sea Expeditions by Kelly Tyler-Lewis
Now in paperback!
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the Endurance to make history by crossing the Antarctic continent. Shackleton’s story is legend, but few know the harrowing story of the Ross Sea party, Shackleton’s support group dispatched to the other side of the continent to build a lifeline of food and fuel depots to bear his crossing.

“I had not anticipated that the work would present any great difficulties,” Shackleton wrote. Yet everything went tragically wrong when the Ross Sea ship, the Aurora, tore free of her moorings and disappeared in a gale, leaving ten men marooned with only the clothes on their backs and few provisions. With little hope of rescue from a world embroiled in World War I, the men decided to accomplish their mission against all odds.

Long overshadowed by the mission these men bargained their lives to sustain, this heartrending story of survival against all odds now gets its due in this definitive, surprising account of the final journey of the heroic age of polar expedition.

The Best Travel Writing 2007: True Stories from Around the World Edited by James O’Reilly, Larry Habegger, and Sean O’Reilly
The Best Travel Writing 2007 is the fourth volume in the annual best Travelers’ Tales series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world’s best travel writing—from Nobel Prize winners to emerging writers. These 29 stories cover the globe, from probing the depths of a culture in Jerusalem to riding the rails in India and trying to save a life in Costa Rica. The points of view and perspectives are global, and themes encompass high adventure, spiritual growth, romance, absolute hilarity and misadventure, service to humanity, and encounters with exotic cuisine.

Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder
In September 1857, the S.S. Central America, a side-wheel steamer carrying passengers returning from the gold fields of California, went down during a hurricane off the Carolina coast. More than 400 men–and 21 tons of gold–were lost. In the 1980s, a maverick engineer named Tommy Thompson set out to find the wreck and salvage its treasure from the ocean floor.

With knuckle-biting suspense, Gary Kinder reconstructs the terror of the Central America’s last days, when passengers bailed freezing water from the hold, then chopped the ship’s timbers to use as impromptu liferafts. He goes on to chronicle Thompson’s epic quest for the lost vessel, an endeavor that drew on the latest strides in oceanography, information theory, and underwater robotics, and that pitted Thompson against hair-raising weather, bloodthirsty sharks, and unscrupulous rivals.

National Geographic Traveler: Canada (2nd edition) by Michael Ivory
The National Geographic Society’s guide to Canada. Designed for the non-Canadian visitor with plenty of information and history of the country.
Many maps are present with complete visitor information.

2007 Trailer Life RV Parks, Campgrounds & Services Directory
The new 2007 Directory is a comprehensive, updated, detailed and a downright indispensable planning tool. The Trailer Life Directory continues to be the #1 preferred campground directory by RVers. If you are looking for an easy-to-use and helpful informational reference, you need the New 2007 Trailer Life RV Parks, Campgrounds & Services Directory.

The Milepost 2007
“If you’re driving to Alaska from the South 48, you need The Milepost. Don’t argue, just go get one. NOW!” - Dana Stabenow, Alaska magazine
THE guide for driving the Alaska Highway, whether you come from the lower 48 or southern Canada, all you need to know is here.

Spring is finally arriving in the Yukon as we patiently wait for the record snowfall to melt and our long, slippery lanes to our country homes to dry out. I am always amazed at how quickly the light comes back after the long dark winter with the sunset already waiting until 9pm.

After the hectic energy of the Canada Winter Games, Yukon Quest, Frostbite, and Rendezvous Festivals all packed into a busy February and March, things are back to normal and the city seems strangely calm as we clean the streets in preparation for the summer tourist rush.

Spring in the Yukon marks the return of the Trumpeter Swans to McClintock Bay and many Yukoners make their annual pilgrimage to for a visit.

Birds of Swan Lake, although not about the Swans of McClintock Bay, details another location in the Yukon of interest to birders young and old. We currently have signed copies available for sale.

In the John Hatch gallery this month:

We came across another photo of John Hatch himself enjoying a cup of coffee at the A&W. I believe this was a favorite hangout as it was near the shipyards.

A Taste of Summer in Carcross as we head into spring here in the Yukon.

And as always we are adding new images weekly and invite you to help us identify any photos you may recognize.

Spring also marks the arrival of the updated copy of the Milepost which reminds me, it is probably time I replaced my tattered, well travelled copy.

Some books that caught my eye this month:

Gold Rush Grub - a rollicking history of gold rush food complete with hearty recipes ranging from sourdough flapjacks to stewed porcupine. From miners’ meals and home remedies to holiday fare, beverages, and housekeeping, Gold Rush Grub follows the trail of stampeders from Sutter’s Mill in California to Alaska and the Klondike.

And if unusual recipes strike your fancy check out one of our out-of-print titles: Northern Cookbook - an excellent book put out by the Indian Affairs Dept in Canada which explores & details wild game cooking & preparation, excellent moose and small game recipes and includes facts & information on types of game resident in the North.

With all the publicity surrounding Al Gore’s film “An Inconvenient Truth”, The Carbon Buster’s Home Energy Handbook provides a detailed carbon accounting of a family’s carbon emissions and how to reduce them.

Planet Earth: As You’ve Never Seen It Before is a visual odyssey that will change the way we see our planet, this remarkable book, companion to the acclaimed Discovery Channel/ BBC series, is an enduring and awe-inspiring record of one of the most ambitious natural history projects ever undertaken. Using the latest aerial surveillance, state-of-the-art cameras, and high definition technology, the creators of Planet Earth have assembled more than 400 stunning photographs of wondrous natural landscapes from around the globe, including incredible footage of the rarely spotted, almost mythical creatures that live in these habitats.

And just in time for the Stanley Cup Playoffs we have acquired a rare out-of-print copy of The Dawson City Seven - a novel based on the real life story of the Dawson City Nuggets who, in 1905, went up against the Ottawa Silver Seven in a bid to win the Stanley Cup. This story is also documented in the DVD Live From Moccasin Square Gardens: The Dawson City Nuggets’ Hockey Adventure.

We invite you to browse the rest of our new arrivals: in the posts below, on our New Arrivals page or pick your favorite Category from the right hand menu.

As well, make sure to browse macsbooks.ca for new offerings from your favorite authors which are not covered below.

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