THE TOP 10 Bestselling Books For the month of August 2022 Description Title Author 1 Alaska's Wild Berries and Verna Pratt Berry-Like Fruit 2 Cold Mountain Path 3 4 Out of the Wilderness: Escaping My Father's Prison Berry Song 5 Alaska's Wild Plants: Guide to Alaska's Edible 6 7 Alaska Adventure 55 Ways: Southcentral Wilderness The Snow Child 8 Alaska's Mushrooms: A Wide-Ranging Guide 9 The Boreal Herbal: Wild Food & Medicine Plants of the North 10 Balto and the Great Race Tom Kizzia LACE Michaela Goade Elishaba Doerksen Janice J. Schofield John Wolfe & Rebecca Wolfe Eowyn Ivey Gary A. Laursen Brought to you by FIRESIDE BOOKS Elizabeth Cody Kimmel Compact field guide of Alaskan berries (edible and poisonous) with descriptions, color photos, and maps. Beyond the whimsical reminiscing of old-timers, this book is a serious environmental history: a meditation on ghost towns, a funhouse-mirror reflection of modern Alaska, and an on-the-ground recounting of the conservation battle to create the country's largest national park. On an island at the edge of a wide, wild sea, a girl and her grandmother gather gifts from the earth. Salmon from the stream, herring eggs from the ocean, and in the forest, a world of berries. This is the first time that Elishaba, the oldest of the Pilgrim children, has told her side of a story - what it was like living with Papa Pilgrim and how she overcame some of the worst trauma a daughter can experience at the hands of a father. An introductory field guide to the most common edible plants in Alaska, including photograph, botanical names, harvesting direction, food and medicinal use, and more. Alaska's most beloved guidebook, now wholly revised and reimagined, featuring hiking, skiing, paddling, biking trips, and more, plus all new color photos and maps. Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart. In a moment of levity, they build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is gone-but they glimpse a young girl running through the trees. Detailed descriptions of 114 species with color photographs; family & common names; genus & species; field characters; macro- & micro-descriptions; habitat & role; edibility, taste, & odor; look-alikes. Beverley Gray A guide to harvesting, preserving, and preparing- indispensable for identifying and using northern plants for food and medicine. Balto has a quiet life as a sled dog until dozens of children in Nome become sick with diphtheria. Without antitoxin serum, they will perish-and the closest supply is 650 miles away! Heading bravely into a brutal blizzard, Balto leads the race for life. Order online or come in and browse* Make the World FIRESIDE BOOKS Give You Time to Read! CURRE 720 S. Alaska St., Palmer 907-745-2665 www.goodbooksbadcoffee.com THE TOP 10 Bestselling Books For the month of August 2022 Description Title Author 1 Alaska's Wild Berries and Verna Pratt Berry - Like Fruit 2 Cold Mountain Path 3 4 Out of the Wilderness : Escaping My Father's Prison Berry Song 5 Alaska's Wild Plants : Guide to Alaska's Edible 6 7 Alaska Adventure 55 Ways : Southcentral Wilderness The Snow Child 8 Alaska's Mushrooms : A Wide - Ranging Guide 9 The Boreal Herbal : Wild Food & Medicine Plants of the North 10 Balto and the Great Race Tom Kizzia LACE Michaela Goade Elishaba Doerksen Janice J. Schofield John Wolfe & Rebecca Wolfe Eowyn Ivey Gary A. Laursen Brought to you by FIRESIDE BOOKS Elizabeth Cody Kimmel Compact field guide of Alaskan berries ( edible and poisonous ) with descriptions , color photos , and maps . Beyond the whimsical reminiscing of old - timers , this book is a serious environmental history : a meditation on ghost towns , a funhouse - mirror reflection of modern Alaska , and an on - the - ground recounting of the conservation battle to create the country's largest national park . On an island at the edge of a wide , wild sea , a girl and her grandmother gather gifts from the earth . Salmon from the stream , herring eggs from the ocean , and in the forest , a world of berries . This is the first time that Elishaba , the oldest of the Pilgrim children , has told her side of a story - what it was like living with Papa Pilgrim and how she overcame some of the worst trauma a daughter can experience at the hands of a father . An introductory field guide to the most common edible plants in Alaska , including photograph , botanical names , harvesting direction , food and medicinal use , and more . Alaska's most beloved guidebook , now wholly revised and reimagined , featuring hiking , skiing , paddling , biking trips , and more , plus all new color photos and maps . Alaska , 1920 : a brutal place to homestead for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel . Childless , they are drifting apart . In a moment of levity , they build a child out of snow . The next morning the snow child is gone - but they glimpse a young girl running through the trees . Detailed descriptions of 114 species with color photographs ; family & common names ; genus & species ; field characters ; macro- & micro - descriptions ; habitat & role ; edibility , taste , & odor ; look - alikes . Beverley Gray A guide to harvesting , preserving , and preparing indispensable for identifying and using northern plants for food and medicine . Balto has a quiet life as a sled dog until dozens of children in Nome become sick with diphtheria . Without antitoxin serum , they will perish - and the closest supply is 650 miles away ! Heading bravely into a brutal blizzard , Balto leads the race for life . Order online or come in and browse * Make the World FIRESIDE BOOKS Give You Time to Read ! CURRE 720 S. Alaska St. , Palmer 907-745-2665 www.goodbooksbadcoffee.com