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Publisher's Summary
Legends that endured for centuries, endure for a reason.
In the wilderness of Southeastern Alaska, the Kushtaka is one such legend.
Known as the Land-Otter Man among the Tlingit Indians, the Kushtaka are shape-shifting, time bending, mythical creatures capable of taking your deepest fears and turning them into a nightmarish reality.
Some call it a myth, some call it a hoax. But for those unfortunate souls who have come face to face with the Kushtaka, they discovered how real it can get.
Some Legends don't want to be found
What are the Kushtaka?
There are incredible stories of the sinister Kushtaka or "land otter man" as it is known by the Tlingit's all throughout Southeastern Alaska. Whether these stories are the stuff of legend and myth remains to be seen. However a legend that endures over time, endures for a reason, leaving us with the question. Is the legend and myth of the Kushtaka something that really exists? Is it based on actual events or the byproduct of a vivid imagination of a people unable to explain the unexplainable?
The purpose of this book is to explore this amazing mystery, to see if we can unlock the door to the Kushtaka and discover the truth. Joseph Campbell said myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life, that a myth helps you to put your mind in touch with the experience of being alive. In this case, in order to experience being alive, we might have to experience being scared to death.
The Kushtaka are mystical shape shifting creatures with supernatural powers. They are masters at waging psychological warfare with the ability to twist time and space creating anomalies that defy the laws of physics. It is said they possess telepathic abilities. Their ability to move freely from one place to another in an instant is legendary. Appearing as someone the victim knows is commonplace in the stories of the encounters with the Kushtaka.
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Watch out for the Kushtaka!
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Story4 out of 5 stars 227
The mysterious disappearance of Michael Rockefeller in remote New Guinea in 1961 has kept the world, and even Michael's powerful, influential family, guessing for years. Now, Carl Hoffman uncovers startling new evidence that finally tells the full, astonishing story.
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4 out of 5 stars
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'Safe Return Doubtful'
- By Mel on 03-30-14
By: Carl Hoffman
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Ishi in Two Worlds
- A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America
- By: Theodora Kroeber, Karl Kroeber
- Narrated by: Lorna Raver
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 137
The life story of Ishi, the last Yahi Indian, lone survivor of an exterminated tribe, is unique in the annals of North American anthropology. Ishi stumbled into the 20th century on the morning of August 29, 1911, when, desperate with hunger and terrified of the white murderers of his family, he was found in the corral of a slaughterhouse near Oroville, California.
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2 out of 5 stars
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you have got to be kidding
- By ron on 08-12-11
By: Theodora Kroeber, and others
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The Lost City of Z
- A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
- By: David Grann
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,918
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,046
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,057
A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy of the Amazon. After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed New Yorker writer David Grann set out to find out what happened to the British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Lost City of Z.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Worthy Read for Armchair Explorers
- By Jennifer Seattle, WA on 03-01-09
By: David Grann
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Alaska
- A Novel
- By: James A. Michener
- Narrated by: Larry McKeever
- Length: 57 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,522
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,341
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,347
The high points in the story of Alaska since the American acquisition are brought vividly to life through more than 100 characters, real and fictional.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I KNOW ALASKA LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 08-19-15
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The Golden Spruce
- A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
- By: John Vaillant
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 424
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 380
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 380
When a shattered kayak and camping gear are found on an uninhabited island, they reignite a mystery surrounding a shocking act of protest. Five months earlier, logger-turned-activist Grant Hadwin had plunged naked into a river in British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Islands, towing a chainsaw. When his night's work was done, a unique Sitka spruce, 165 feet tall and covered with luminous golden needles, teetered on its stump. Two days later it fell.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting story but ??
- By robert on 01-11-14
By: John Vaillant
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To the Bright Edge of the World
- A Novel
- By: Eowyn Ivey
- Narrated by: John Glouchevitch, Christine Lakin, Kiff Vandenheuvel
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 528
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 460
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 465
In the winter of 1885, Lieutenant Colonel Allen Forrester sets out with his men on an expedition into the newly acquired territory of Alaska. Their objective: to travel up the ferocious Wolverine River, mapping the interior and gathering information on the region's potentially dangerous native tribes. With a young and newly pregnant wife at home, Forrester is anxious to complete the journey with all possible speed and return to her.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A Jumble
- By Sara on 09-04-16
By: Eowyn Ivey
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Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes
- Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
- By: Daniel L. Everett
- Narrated by: Daniel Everett
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 337
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 297
Daniel Everett, then a Christian missionary, arrived among the Pirahã in 1977 - with his wife and three young children - intending to convert them. What he found was a language that defies all existing linguistic theories and reflects a way of life that evades contemporary understanding. The Pirahã have no counting system and no fixed terms for color. They have no concept of war or of personal property.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hear Pirahã
- By Jared on 07-19-17
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The Old Way
- A Story of the First People
- By: Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story5 out of 5 stars 64
One of our most influential anthropologists reevaluates her long and illustrious career by returning to her roots and the roots of life as we know it. When Elizabeth Marshall Thomas first arrived in Africa to live among the Kalahari bushmen, she was 19, and these last surviving hunter-gatherers were living as humans had for 15,000 centuries. After a lifetime of interest in the bushmen, Thomas has come to see that their lifestyle reveals great, hidden truths about human evolution.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting first hand experience
- By Victor on 05-25-07
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Ancient Aliens and the Lost Islands
- Through the Wormhole
- By: Lars Bergen, Sharon Delarose
- Narrated by: Peter L Delloro
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 62
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4 out of 5 stars 55
Does Earth have portals to an extraterrestrial world? Do these portals lead to the legendary island paradise where the old grow young again? Our ancestors believed in a physical place that promised health, happiness, and immortality. Today we consider the old legends to be myths, nothing more than sailor's fish stories. Yet some of the most prominent names in history devoted their entire lives to searching for the lost island of paradise - and they found it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing Book
- By Nate on 11-26-15
By: Lars Bergen, and others
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Ice Ghosts
- The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition
- By: Paul Watson
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 426
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 380
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 377
Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the Lost Franklin Expedition of 1845 - whose two ships and crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice - with the modern tale of the scientists, divers, and local Inuit behind the incredible discovery of the flagship's wreck in 2014. Paul Watson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was on the icebreaker that led the discovery expedition, tells a fast-paced historical adventure story: Sir John Franklin and the crew of the HMS Erebus and Terror setting off in search of the fabled Northwest Passage.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Flawed Writing Dashes High Hopes :(
- By Gillian on 03-31-17
By: Paul Watson
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The Dragon Behind the Glass
- A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World's Most Coveted Fish
- By: Emily Voigt
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 217
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 215
A young man is murdered for his prized pet fish. An Asian tycoon buys a single specimen for $150,000. Meanwhile, a pet detective chases smugglers through the streets of New York. Delving into an outlandish realm of obsession, paranoia, and criminality, The Dragon Behind the Glass tells the story of a fish like none other: a powerful predator dating to the age of the dinosaurs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A "must read" for all fish professionals.
- By Fishgen on 06-26-16
By: Emily Voigt
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Exploration Fawcett
- Journey to the Lost City of Z
- By: Lt. Col. P. H. Fawcett
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 77
This is the true story of the real Colonel Fawcett, whose life was the inspiration for the best-selling book The Lost City of Z and an upcoming movie starring Brad Pitt. A thrilling account, it tells of Colonel Fawcett and his mysterious disappearance in the Amazon jungle, which is now considered one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rather academic, but fascinating.
- By Belinda C. on 04-03-17
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A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 260
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Story4 out of 5 stars 204
This is one of the defining novels of English writer Julian Barnes. An entertaining melange of stories starting with a contemporary account of the launch of Noah's Ark takes us into unexpected areas of human foibles, activities, and tendencies.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not what I Expected
- By Mark on 02-20-08
By: Julian Barnes
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The Tiger
- A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
- By: John Vaillant
- Narrated by: John Vaillant
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,507
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,246
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,243
It’s December 1997, and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s annihilating them, and a team of men and their dogs must hunt it on foot through the forest in the brutal cold. As the trackers sift through the gruesome remains of the victims, they discover that these attacks aren’t random: The tiger is apparently engaged in a vendetta. Injured, starving, and extremely dangerous, the tiger must be found before it strikes again.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Thy Fearful Symmetry
- By Mel on 02-16-13
By: John Vaillant
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Real Encounters, Different Dimensions and Otherworldy Beings
- By: Brad Steiger, Sherry Hansen Steiger
- Narrated by: Michael Hacker
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 221
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 185
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Story4 out of 5 stars 182
Experts on the unexplained and paranormal, Brad and Sherry Steiger turn their unique and remarkable talents to the bold storytelling of encounters with the unknown from throughout the ages. From mysterious strangers and unpredictable beings to weird behavior and paranormal phenomena, they investigate claims of visits from ghastly ghosts, otherworldly creatures, aliens living among us, phantoms, spirits, and other accounts of encounters with the unexplained.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A collection of alien interactions & stories.
- By AudioBookRomance on 12-26-17
By: Brad Steiger, and others
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American Monsters
- A History of Monster Lore, Legends, and Sightings in America
- By: Linda S. Godfrey
- Narrated by: Rachel Dulude
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 284
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 251
Bigfoot, the chupacabra, and thunderbirds aren't just figments of our overactive imaginations - according to thousands of eyewitnesses, they exist, in every corner of the United States. Throughout America's history, shocked onlookers have seen unbelievable creatures of every stripe - from sea serpents to apelike beings, giant bats to monkeymen - in every region.
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3 out of 5 stars
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was expecting more folklore... got monster quest
- By Joe on 05-20-18
By: Linda S. Godfrey
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Changing Planes
- By: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrated by: Gabrielle De Cuir
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 152
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Story4 out of 5 stars 76
The misery of waiting for a connecting flight at an airport leads to the accidental discovery of alighting on other planes - not airplanes but planes of existence. Ursula Le Guin's deadpan premise frames a series of travel accounts by the tourist-narrator who describes bizarre societies and cultures that sometimes mirror our own, and sometimes open puzzling doors into the alien.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Social Fiction
- By C. Little on 03-23-06