Sarah Palin has many faces: hockey mom, fundamentalist Christian, sex symbol, Republican ideologue, fashion icon, "maverick" populist. But, above all, Palin has become one thing: an American obsession that just won't go away. Edited by two senior editors at 'The Nation' magazine, this sharp, smart, up-to-the-minute book examines Palin's quirky origins in Wasilla, Alaska, her spectacular rise to the effective leadership of the Republican Party, and the nightmarish prospect of her continuing to dominate the nation's political scene. With contributions by: Amy Alexander, Max Blumenthal, Juan Cole, Joe Conason, Jeanne Devon, Eve Ensler, Michelle Goldberg, Jane Hamsher, Christopher Hayes, Mark Hertsgaard, Jim Hightower, Linda Hirshman, Naomi Klein, Dahlia Lithwick, Amanda Marcotte, Shannyn Moore, John Nichols, Rick Perlstein, Tom Perrotta, Katha Pollitt, Robert Reich, Frank Rich, Hanna Rosin, Jeff Sharlet, Matt Taibbi, Michael Tomasky, Rebecca Traister, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Jessica Valenti, Patricia Williams, JoAnn Wypijewski and Gary Younge among others.
William Bryant Logan, Susan Ochshorn Roger G. Kennedy ... From his base at Fort Vancouver , Washington , John McLoughlin of the Hudson's Bay Company ordered three log cabins built next to the falls in the winter of 1828–1829 .
A hawk , driving down out of the blue , had barely missed him . While he lay in the bush , recovering from his fright and peering fearfully out , the mother - ptarmigan on the other side of the open space fluttered out of the ravaged ...
Jessica Fletcher's scenic cruise to Alaska is transformed into a search for a killer when she is joined by her old friend Kathy, who asks her to help locate her missing sister Wilimena, who vanished from the same ship during a previous ...
Palmer Museum , 723 S. Valley Way , Palmer 99645 ; ( 907 ) 745-2880 . Colony items , farm implements , flowers and vegetables that thrive in the North . Naknek : Bristol Bay Historical Museum , P.O. Box 36 , Naknek 99633 ...
In Surviving Christmas by Valerie Hansen, Sean Murray turns to K-9 officer Zoe Trent for help when he discovers someone is following him.
The Bell Jet Ranger moved sluggishly , slowed by its cargo . A kennel - type cage dangled underneath the chopper . Inside was a live polar bear cub . The cage spun in the heavy wind , tossing the frightened bear cub from side to side .
It presently rests on the green at Fort Chilkoot near Haines . Photo taken about 1904 . ( Anchorage Museum of History and Art ) House types Tlingit and Haida winter dwellings were impressive structures . Their gabled , nearly square ...
The Way to Gaamaak Cove is more than just a great adventure, it is coming-of-middle-age in which one man confronts life's big questions, reevaluates his priorities, and discovers the biggest adventure of all-love.
Anna Lloyd's life has been completely mapped out.
He's winching in the wreck . I don't know what's happened to our guys down below . " “ You want me to blow him out of the water ? Could start a shooting war . ” “ No. Buzz the bastard . Get him to release the winch .