THE TOP 10 FIRESIDE BOKS Books For the month of October 2019 to you by rought Bestselling Title Author Comment Snow Child Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart. In a moment of levity during the season's first snowfall, they build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is gone -but they glimpse a young. blonde-haired girl running through the Eowyn Ivey trees Rent Collector Camron Wright 2 Sang Ly struggles to survive by picking through garbage in Cambodia's largest municipal dump. She embarks on a desperate journey to save her ailing son from a life of ignorance and poverty. Wild Shots: A Photographer's Life in Alaska Tom Walker Tom Walker blends natural history with stories about his wide- ranging forays into the wilderness to photograph animals just outside of Denali National Park and wilderness destinations across the state. Tale of Magic Brystal Evergreen discovers a book that introduces her to a world beyond her imagination and she learns that she is capable of magic! But women are forbidden from reading and magic is outlawed, so she is sent to the miserable Bootstrap Correctional Facility. But soon she I finds herself whisked away and enrolled in an academy of magic! Chris Colfer Blowout Corrupted Democracy Rachel Maddow With her trademark black humor, Maddow takes us on a switchback journey around the globe, revealing the greed and incompetence of Big Oil and Gas along the way, and drawing a surprising conclusion about why the Russian government hacked the 2016 U.S. election. Rogue State Russia Riding into the Heart of Nancy Pfeiffer As a novice horsewoman, Nancy Pfeiffer took off across Patagonia alone on horseback. Over the next two decades and 3,000 kilometers of rugged trail. the hospitable people who livei there took her in, and Patagonia slipped silently into her soul. This is a story of a rapidly changing cultural landscape and of of a lone woman and a horse, on the most ancient of all journeys. 6 Patagonia Colony Kids Heather Lehe It's 1935, during the Great Depression, and Paul's family is out of work, out of money, and their little ramshackle farm in Minnesota is gone. too. Suddenly, an incredible opportunity opens up for 202 families, including Paul's, but it means moving far away, to a land few people know anything about Raina Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, it soon becomes clear that her tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. Guts Telgemeier Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights Debbie Miller The animals in the wilderness near Fairbanks, Alaska, witness some of the world's greatest temperature extremes and light variations ever year. The winters may be unpleasantly frigid. but the light shows are always glorious! 9 Learning the Ropes: An Alaskan Memoir Mike Gordon In this sweeping, riveting, sometimes raucous, always brutally honest Alaskan epic. Mike Gordon takes the reader on a wild ride from the Old South through Wild West Alaska by way of blatant racial discrimination, crazy motorcycle gangs, Russian revolution, dizzying heights and the underbelly of Spenard. 10 Make the World FRONTIERSMAN Give You Time to Read!EST OF THE VALEY 2015-2019 720 S. Alaska St., Palmer 907-745-2665 Mon-Sat 10am-8pm Sun 1lam-5pm www.goodbooksbadcoffee.com Toastof the Town Awards FIRESIDE BOKS THE TOP 10 FIRESIDE BOKS Books For the month of October 2019 to you by rought Bestselling Title Author Comment Snow Child Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart. In a moment of levity during the season's first snowfall, they build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is gone -but they glimpse a young. blonde-haired girl running through the Eowyn Ivey trees Rent Collector Camron Wright 2 Sang Ly struggles to survive by picking through garbage in Cambodia's largest municipal dump. She embarks on a desperate journey to save her ailing son from a life of ignorance and poverty. Wild Shots: A Photographer's Life in Alaska Tom Walker Tom Walker blends natural history with stories about his wide- ranging forays into the wilderness to photograph animals just outside of Denali National Park and wilderness destinations across the state. Tale of Magic Brystal Evergreen discovers a book that introduces her to a world beyond her imagination and she learns that she is capable of magic! But women are forbidden from reading and magic is outlawed, so she is sent to the miserable Bootstrap Correctional Facility. But soon she I finds herself whisked away and enrolled in an academy of magic! Chris Colfer Blowout Corrupted Democracy Rachel Maddow With her trademark black humor, Maddow takes us on a switchback journey around the globe, revealing the greed and incompetence of Big Oil and Gas along the way, and drawing a surprising conclusion about why the Russian government hacked the 2016 U.S. election. Rogue State Russia Riding into the Heart of Nancy Pfeiffer As a novice horsewoman, Nancy Pfeiffer took off across Patagonia alone on horseback. Over the next two decades and 3,000 kilometers of rugged trail. the hospitable people who livei there took her in, and Patagonia slipped silently into her soul. This is a story of a rapidly changing cultural landscape and of of a lone woman and a horse, on the most ancient of all journeys. 6 Patagonia Colony Kids Heather Lehe It's 1935, during the Great Depression, and Paul's family is out of work, out of money, and their little ramshackle farm in Minnesota is gone. too. Suddenly, an incredible opportunity opens up for 202 families, including Paul's, but it means moving far away, to a land few people know anything about Raina Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, it soon becomes clear that her tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. Guts Telgemeier Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights Debbie Miller The animals in the wilderness near Fairbanks, Alaska, witness some of the world's greatest temperature extremes and light variations ever year. The winters may be unpleasantly frigid. but the light shows are always glorious! 9 Learning the Ropes: An Alaskan Memoir Mike Gordon In this sweeping, riveting, sometimes raucous, always brutally honest Alaskan epic. Mike Gordon takes the reader on a wild ride from the Old South through Wild West Alaska by way of blatant racial discrimination, crazy motorcycle gangs, Russian revolution, dizzying heights and the underbelly of Spenard. 10 Make the World FRONTIERSMAN Give You Time to Read!EST OF THE VALEY 2015-2019 720 S. Alaska St., Palmer 907-745-2665 Mon-Sat 10am-8pm Sun 1lam-5pm www.goodbooksbadcoffee.com Toastof the Town Awards FIRESIDE BOKS