Follow the delightful story of four young children who get caught up in an unexpected adventure in the Alaskan wilderness.   “Fun and entertaining from beginning to end! I read it to my 6 year old and he was hanging on every word! I appreciated the surprise ending. The story has you guessing, as it leads you on a fun, engaging adventure of four young children.” Natalie Gustafson - Mother and Teacher  I thought the story was funny. I liked it very much. I liked it when people thought Grandma was a witch. - Robert Klopp - Age 8  Children will lie still under the covers waiting with excitement as this wonderful story uncovers itself. Tony Tupper - Father and Grandfather  Unique, a page-turner for adults, even. Trust your Grandma. - Greg Burkman  This book is captivating and kids of all ages will enjoy reading it. It takes your imagination away where things are simple and full of adventure. - Ivy Tupper - Mother and Grandmother  Alaskan Troll Eggs is a delightful story teaching us that the innocent imagination of children can lead us on an adventure through the Alaskan wilderness in search of Troll Eggs. - Sue and Dan Schaaf - Grandparents  Alaskan Troll Eggs by Kathleen Wallace is a delightful stroll through a child’s imagination and the insatiable thirst for adventure that resides therein. The writer perfectly captures the benign capriciousness of childhood as she follows the four children Robert, Leife, Jude, and Ky and their encounter with the strange, old woman and her “troll eggs”. Written in the passive voice of most children’s books, Ms. Wallace’s narrative occurs within the active imaginations of the children, themselves. One remembers and can easily understand the child’s needs to create an exotic, yet more accessible, overlay. I certainly do. Sure, she may be the grandmother you see on holidays and special occasions, but life becomes infinitely more interesting when she transforms into the “Crazy, Old Woman of the Woods”. Likewise, the tasty purple potatoes in grandma’s garden assume a new dimension of mystery as troll eggs. This, then, is the area I feel the writer has achieved something of significance. Creating the fantasy world of the children (whimsically illustrated by Brian Collins) while explaining that world through metaphor. Ms. Wallace allows us to reconnect with our own childhood in the most subtle of ways. In this, her debut effort, the writer succeeds and we are the ones who are rewarded. - J.C. Campione

Alaskan Troll Eggs

Teen & Young Adult

Wallace, Kathleen

Literature & Fiction

Alaska Dreams Publishing

"One Woman's Search for the Cause of the Violence that Tore Apart a Family and Destroyed a Marriage"This book is more than just another story about abuse. It is one woman's search to discover the root of the disease that attacked her family. A search that took her into her husband's past and beyond to his family's past. A search that took her into her own past looking for the reasons that put a young girl on the path into such a situation. It is the story of her growth, her determination and her will to survive, to go on in hope of a better life.

Inside The Circle: "One Woman's Search for the Cause of the Violence that Tore Apart a Family and Destroyed a Marriage"

Biographies & Memoirs

Simon, Karen J.

Memoirs

There is a juncture where fantasy and reality co-exist and sometimes the lines between the two get blurry. This is the tale of a lonely boy who visits that place and begins developing the friendship needed to help chart the awkward path to manhood. Set in the early 60’s, the boy has spent his life hiding behind a wall of books, movies, television and radio. His ability to come out from behind the wall and face the harsh truths of adulthood will depend on what he has learned about the value of friends.

The Silver Horn of Robin Hood

Wells, Gary

Genre Fiction

Lee's father, a local history teacher, is lost on a rugged Idaho mountain. She is continuing to search for him, three years after everyone else has given up. Trace, a young Indian orphan raised by his Grandfather, is drawn to the mountain to find acceptance in his Indian heritage and the peace he found in his grandfather's teachings. 
A chance meeting brings the two together in a brief romantic encounter. The encounter haunts him as much as his grandfather haunts his life. He runs to the wilds of Alaska in attempt to escape the memories. But it appears that his grandfather's ghost will not rest until the two are reunited.

Ghost Cave Mountain

Romance

Paranormal

Japanese Translation. Four young children take part in an adventure in the Alaskan Wilderness. This is a fully Illustrated children's book.

Alaskan Troll Eggs: Japanese Translation (Japanese Edition)

*** MAJOR EDITING REVISION JULY 2016 ***  “Operation Apache Snow” is a story of the Vietnam War, which takes place in 1969 and primarily involves members of a single battalion of the 101st Airborne Division, who engaged the 29th North Vietnamese Army Division for 11-days on Hill # 937 in the infamous A Shau Valley.   While the characters are fictional, the battle was very real and when it was over 70 Americans were killed in action, 420 were wounded and 633 North Vietnamese were confirmed dead.   Matthew Kendal, a pastor’s youngest son from a white middle-class California background, enlists in the army and volunteers for service in Vietnam to avenge his brother’s death; a Green Beret sergeant killed in 1968.   During training, Matthew becomes close friends with John Adams, a tough-skinned Afro-American youth from the poorer neighborhoods right outside our nation’s capital, and Jose Martinez, a street-wise Chicano from East Los Angeles.  Together they experience the rigors of Airborne training and journey to Vietnam to become Screaming Eagles, of the 101st Airborne.  Placed in 2nd Squad, the story follows the actual events surrounding D Company during the intense battle for Hill # 937, which would later be known as the “Battle for Hamburger Hill”.

Apache Snow (The Apache Snow Series)

Casselman, William

All Over the Road is the first book by poet and essayist, Kevin R. Carr.
As the title suggests, it contains a wide variety of styles of poetry. It also includes a diverse range of subject matter in poetry, two essays, and four collections of thoughts shared by the author on social media.
As a commentator on life and as an essayist, Mr. Carr is often amusing, sometimes thought-provoking, always entertaining. As a poet, he is candid and accessible and rarely makes a reader work hard to enjoy or understand. In fact, the poetry in this book has often been described as poetry for people who don’t normally think they like poetry. These poems are built of vivid imagery, observations on the minutia of life, honest expression of emotional responses to the world, and occasional twists of humor. 
There is something in this poetry, and in this book, for virtually everyone to enjoy.

All Over The Road: Poetry, Essays, and Observations

Carr, Kevin R

Poetry

Based in 1860's Arizona, this is a tale of the Old West and the creation of the Arizona Rangers. Captain Blake leads the only band of Rangers, where pay rarely comes on time or if at all, and the men are responsible for the procurement of their own horses, needed tack and the bullets for their pre-Civil War weaponry. Former Indian Fighters, hunting guides, desert miners and U.S. Army Scouts, these are the courageous men who join the ranks of the Arizona Rangers.Captain Blake needed men who shared in his vision to bring law enforcement to the Arizona Territory and to stop the Apache, Comanche and Ute Indians from their continuous war against the wagon trains and the settlers. In this first book of a planned series, the Territorial Government of Arizona feels it can no longer afford to provide their limited funding to the Rangers and disband them. Blake and his family live on their horse and cattle ranch outside Globe, Arizona, and when the Civil War breaks out, he and his former Rangers join up with General Hook's Army of Texas. Blake is given the rank of Captain, and his comrades become part of his mounted company. In fighting the Civil War, Blake and his men are captured by a superior force of Union Soldiers and taken by open cattle cars to the El Mira Yankee Prisoner of War Camp, New York City. Here, where conditions are wretched, with prisoners starving, and the icy weather is freezing prisoners to death, Blake and his men stage an escape, only to discover the war would be ending in only a week. Now, no longer fearful of being caught and returned to El Mira, the men have an adventurous and rewarding journey back to their homes. When Blake arrives, he finds the Apache have raided his Ranch, killing his wife and son, and his daughter was missing. His only family now is his foster-son, the only survivor of an Apache attack. A lot of the men have similar tales to tell, families gone and their property seized for owed back taxes. But, Blake finds out the Arizona Rangers are once more needed, as Arizona is hit with cattle and horse rustlers, fraudsters, and gunmen, who work for dishonest lawyers, in the pockets of East Coast land speculators. Such criminals are coming to Arizona by the hundreds. There is also the rise of the Indians, who watch in alarm as the tracks are laid for the horrifying Iron Horse. Captain Blake also learns his young daughter was not killed or living with Indians, but she has fallen victim to Comancheros, who have passed her on to white slavers. Captain Blake now begins a lengthy search to find her. While this is a work of fiction, this story is based on the history of the Arizona Rangers, and the gallant men who patrolled the Territory of Arizona.

Arizona Rangers: Blake's War

Casselman, William L.

A story, a fable or a legend, this tale begins as an elderly Libyan storyteller entertains local kids and tourists in Tripoli. He tells of three American soldiers, who are strangers to one another. Fleeing from their enemy in the jungles of Vietnam, they take shelter in a large cave. A massive earthquake strikes, rendering the men unconscious. Their modern weapons are made useless. 
The men awaken to make their way through the dark caverns, only to find themselves in 12th century Libya, and in the Land of Silene.
Arabian Knights of old take the three men as captives and into a medieval castle’s filthy dungeon they go. But soon they are rescued by a rather odd Catholic Monk, who is actually a Naval Officer from 1942.
The three men quickly demonstrate their talents and skills, and with the monk standing up for them, they are able to join up with the Army of Silene. Through a series of strange events, G.W., the chosen leader for the three soldiers, becomes intrigued with the King’s third daughter, a beautiful princess. However, the oldest princess, a crippled witch, who is quite knowledgeable in the dark arts, is out to destroy G.W. and his two friends.
The men learn of the curse that enslaves the people of Silene. There is a mighty, 50-foot tall dragon that renders death and destruction unless it is sacrificed to every two weeks. The beast lives in a large lagoon, cut off from the sea, and it has slain all the heroes brought against it. But, the three men from the 20th century recognize this dragon to be a huge Plesiosaurus, a massive sea dinosaur. The monk believes it and its ancestors had apparently become landlocked by a monstrous earthquake. Now, as his princess is set up for sacrifice by her older sister, G.W. enters in the battle to rescue his love and becomes the Legend of Silene, recognized the world over.

Legend Of Silene

Mythology & Folk Tales

After reading a transcript of "Truckin' the Skies" I'll state what I've always known, that the most important person on the airplane is the loadmaster. When the airplane isn't in the sky, it's not making the company any money.Utilization of an aircraft depends on a good loadmaster that doesn't waste time on the ground. Pre-planning is very important when moving freight.	In reading this book about worldwide travels I know a good loadmaster like "Tup" whom I have flown with on many trips has made different companies a good return in a days work.	This is a well written book that should be read by cargo airlines to see the importance of a good loadmaster.Holger "Jorgy" Jorgenson40 Years Experience andmultiple chief pilot positions

Truckin' The Skies: Alaska Aviation Stories

Engineering & Transportation

Tupper, Gary "Tup"

Transportation

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