art, academic and non-fiction books
publishers’ Eastern and Central European representation

Name your list

Log in / Sign in

ta strona jest nieczynna, ale zapraszamy serdecznie na stronę www.obibook.com /// this website is closed but we cordially invite you to visit www.obibook.com

Sort and filter the results:
Fighter in Velvet Gloves Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich
ISBN: PB: 9781602233706, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, April 2019
80 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 25 halftones
"No Natives or Dogs Allowed", blared the storefront sign at Elizabeth Peratrovich, then a young Alaska Native Tlingit. The sting of those words would stay with her all her life. Years later, after becoming a seasoned fighter for equality, she would d...
PB:
£13,00
QTY:
Wildcat Women Narratives of the Women Breaking Ground in Alaska's Oil and Gas Industry
ISBN: PB: 9781602233546, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, August 2018
200 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 25 halftones, 2 maps
Subzero temperatures, whiteout blizzards, and even the lack of restrooms didn't deter them. Nor did sneers, harassment, and threats".Wildcat Women" is the first book to document the life and labor of pioneering women in the oil fields of Alaska's Nor...
PB:
£17,00
QTY:
Threadbare Class and Crime in Urban Alaska
ISBN: PB: 9781602233409, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, July 2017
125 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Alaska's perch at the geographic corner of civilization isn't all wilderness and reality TV. There's a darker side too. Above the 49th parallel some of the nation's highest rates of alcoholism, suicide, and violent crime can be found. While it can ea...
PB:
£12,00
QTY:
Building Fires in the Snow A Collection of Alaska LGBTQ Short Fiction and Poetry
ISBN: PB: 9781602233010, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, September 2016
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Diversity has always been central to Alaska identity, as the state's population consists of people with many different backgrounds, viewpoints, and life experiences. This book opens a window into these diverse lives, gathering stories and poems about...
PB:
£22,50
QTY:
Alaska Native Cultures and Issues Responses to Frequently Asked Questions
ISBN: PB: 9781602230910, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, July 2010
102 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 map, 16 halftones
Making up more than ten percent of Alaska's population, Native Alaskans are the state's largest minority group. Yet most non-Native Alaskans know surprisingly little about the histories and cultures of their indigenous neighbors, or about the importa...
PB:
£11,50
QTY:
Natalia Shelikhova Russian Oligarch of Alaska Commerce
ISBN: PB: 9781602230736, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, May 2010
250 pp., 23x15 cm, 10 halftones
This volume makes available for the first time in English a variety of primary source materials relating to the life and work of Natalia Shelikov, a pioneering nineteenth-century Russian-American businesswoman. As a principal of the Russian-American...
PB:
£22,50
QTY:
Before the Storm A Year in the Pribilof Islands, 1941-1942
ISBN: PB: 9781602230767, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, April 2010
385 pp., 25.5x17 cm, 30 halftones
From June of 1941 through the following summer, Fredericka Martin lived with her husband, Dr. Samuel Berenberg, on remote St. Paul Island in Alaska. During that time, Martin delved into the complex history of the Unangan people, and "Before the Storm...
PB:
£30,00
QTY: