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Description: These are books, audiobooks, videos and other materials that staff members at the Alaska State Library found interesting and hope you do too.
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1.
Residency requirements of state benefit programs, various departments.
by Alaska. Legislature. Division of Legislative Audit.
 Book : Document : State or province government publication : eBook  Computer File
Language: English
Publisher: Juneau, Alaska (P.O. Box 113300, Juneau 99811-3300) : Division of Legislative Audit, [2006]

Notes:
We're often asked what the requirements are to be considered a resident of Alaska. The answer is "it depends!" as this legislative audit report makes clear.
2.
The Barrow-Atqasuk report : a study of land use values through time
by William S Schneider; Sverre Pedersen; David Libbey; Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit. Anthropology and Historic Preservation.; North Slope Borough (Alaska)
 Book : State or province government publication
Language: English
Publisher: [Barrow, Alaska] : North Slope Borough ; Fairbanks, Alaska : Anthropology and Historic Preservation, Cooperative Park Studies Unit, University of Alaska, [1980]

Notes:
Daniel - A study of land uses in and around Barrow from earliest times up through 1980. Includes a number of village subsistence profiles.
3.
Impacts of land withdrawals on Barrow, Alaska
by Jonathan M Nielson; North Slope Borough (Alaska). Planning Dept.; North Slope Borough Planning Commission (Alaska); North Slope Borough (Alaska). Commission on History and Culture.
 Book : State or province government publication
Language: English
Publisher: [Barrow] : North Slope Borough, 1978.

Notes:
Daniel - This volume provides an overview of federal land withdrawals in and around Barrow, Alaska and documents the difficulties these actions had on the local population.
4.
Hoonah history
by Susan Ashton; Hoonah High School (Hoonah, Alaska). Alaska History Class, 1973.; et al
 Book : Local government publication
Language: English
Publisher: [Hoonah? Alaska] : Hoonah Public School, [1973?]

Notes:
Daniel - About 50 Hoonah community people -- teachers, students, Elders -- put this book together. Includes material on Native history, fox farming, stores and more.
5.
War & conflict : selected images from the National Archives 1765-1970
by Jonathan Heller; United States. National Archives and Records Administration.;
 Book : National government publication
Language: English
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Administration, 1990.

Notes:
Daniel - Images only go up to 1953, but are impressive. Great resource for conflicts from the Revolutionary War forward. WWII photos also good for images of women workers.
6.
Apollo by the numbers : a statistical reference
by Richard W Orloff
 Book : National government publication : eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2000.

Notes:
Daniel - Whether you want to know how long Apollo 11 stayed on the moon or how many aspirin they had, this is the book for you. Extensive stats for every Apollo mission.
7.
Up from the ashes : stories from the Miller's Reach Fire disaster
by Mary Ann Jehlen; Renee Georg;
 Book
Language: English
Publisher: [Anchorage? : The Compiler?], ©1996.

Notes:
Daniel - Fascinating stories and pictures from firefighters and survivors of the June 1996 Miller's Reach Fire Disaster in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
8.
Catastrophic glacier advances
by Johannes Weertman; Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)
 Book : National government publication
Language: English
Publisher: Hanover, N.H. : U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Corps of Engineers, 1962.

Notes:
Daniel - Glacial speed is sometimes a misnomer. The Black Rapids Glacier once advanced 5km in 5 months. What other glaciers have done this? How did scientists in the early 1960s try to explain it?
9.
The economic consequences of the 1989-90 Mt. Redoubt eruptions
by Bradford H Tuck; Lee Huskey; Geological Survey (U.S.); University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Institute of Social and Economic Research.
 Book
Language: English
Publisher: Anchorage : Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, 1992.

Notes:
Read about the economic consequences that came with the last eruption of Mt. Redoubt.
10.
Language of the land : the Library of Congress book of literary maps
by Martha E Hopkins; Michael Buscher; Library of Congress.
 Book
Language: English
Publisher: Washington, DC : Library of Congress : For sale by the U.S G.P.O., 1999.

Notes:
Daniel: A beautiful coffee table govdoc book. Maps of authors, where books happened and even nursery rhymes. Be sure to check out the Alaska Literary map on p.101.
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