Alaskan Malamutes

Introduces the Alaskan Malamutes, where they came from, how big they can get, and how much some weigh.

Alaskan Ice ClimbingNational Geographic Footprint Reading Library, a unique new series of readers for learners of English produced by Heinle ELT in partnership with National Geographic. This series offers fascinating stories and facts from the four corners of our world, and develops the language and skills needed to understand non-fiction writing.

The first non-fiction reading series for English language learners to present captivating real-world stories inprint, audio, and video.

Level - pre-intermediate.

 

 Play With Fire - [05] Kate Shugak Mystery by  Dana Stabenow

While picking morels in an area recently burned by forest fire, series protagonist Kate Shugak (A Cold Day for Murder, Berkeley, 1992) discovers a body covered in ashes and mushrooms. Attempts to identify the man coincide with Shugak's search for a local boy's missing father-a teacher ostracized by his father's Jerry Falwell-type community. As in previous titles, Stabenow utilizes police procedural connections via Alaskan troopers, endows her writing with admirable sensory desciptions of flora and fauna, and provides unusual settings for her deceptively simple plot. A fine selection.

AUDIO NEEDED!!!

A Fatal Thaw (Second Kate Shugak Mystery)

Stabenow's ( A Cold Day for Murder ) writing has matured in her second effort featuring native Alaskan sleuth Kate Shugak. The Alaskan terrain and native culture add texture--the narrative includes both a potlatch celebration and an avalanche. Spring brings not only a thaw to the Alaskan wilderness, but a mass murderer. Roger McAniff cracks along with the ice on the first day of spring and goes on a killing spree. The investigation reintroduces readers to some of the most intriguing characters from Shugak's previous mystery, including wheelchair-bound black veteran Bobby Clark and Shugak's manipulative grandmother, Ekaterina.


AUDIO URGENTLY NEEDED!!!