Larry Kaniut

What's Bruin? True Tales and Tall Memories from Bear Country by Larry Kaniut When Larry Kaniut's wife, Pamela, suggested he write a book about "non-violent" bear encounters, she probably didn't imagine the result would be this much fun. In What's Bruin?, the bestselling author of Alaska Bear Tales turns his keen eye and trademark humor toward the lighter side of bear life. These pages explore the behavior, intelligence, and quirks of bears through real accounts both comical and curious. Readers meet Stan Price-the old-timer who raised eighty-two orphaned brown bear cubs-and follow Norway's famed outdoorsman Lars Monsen across Admiralty and Kodiak Islands as he encounters bruins in their natural world. Drawing on decades of firsthand experience and fresh discoveries, Kaniut reveals surprising truths about bear behavior, misused pepper spray, misunderstood attacks, and even Alaska's celebrity polar bears, Binky and Nuka. Blending curiosity, research, and good humor, What's Bruin? offers readers a front-row seat to the secret life of bears-a collection of true stories that entertain, educate, and remind us why these remarkable creatures continue to fascinate us all. A must-read for bear enthusiasts and outdoor adventure lovers

Alaska... Comin' 'Atcha is an anthology of Larry Kaniut's thrilling true-life stories about Alaska life, survival, bear encounters, and more. The most popular stories from Larry's best-selling books have been carefully selected and bound in one collection, with a few new stories included.

Larry Kaniut, famous for his Alaska Bear Tales, brings you another book filled with exploits to keep you on the edge of your seat. Based on extensive research and interviews with survivors, Some Bears Kill will thrill and chill any lover of real-life adventure stories. You'll also find invaluable tips on how to save your own life if the next person to tangle with a bear is you.

Nothing prepares you for a bear encounter better than learning from those who have experienced bears first-hand. Alaska Bear Tales is a collection of more than 200 real-life accounts filled with all the horror, courage, and even humor inherent when man meets bear. These bear tales are so intriguing-so unbelievable-that they often read like fiction.

Just as travel and danger walk hand in hand in the Far North, Swallowed Alive, volume 2, follows in the footsteps of Swallowed Alive, volume 1, presenting stories of misadventure in the arms of Mistress Alaska. Danger is but a whisper away from those who travel Alaska's trails. And danger never falters in her efforts to unseat man.Stories of crevasses; dog team, river and ATV travel; bigfoot; trapping; hiking; fighting marlin; bear, bird, mouse, seal, sea lion, whale, caribou, moose and wolf situations; lost on a mountain and in the snow; teenage disappearance; exaggerated bear story; snow cornice. These stories embody totally unbelievable events...such as the bear and the frying pan.You will shake your head in disbelief and marvel at these stories. All true. And exceptional.

Swallowed Alive, Fighting for Life in Alaska (volume 1) chronicles forty-two spine-tingling misadventures of mayhem at the mercy of Mother Nature. Gathered from personal interviews and media research in the wildest reaches of Alaska, volume one contains stories like two men freezing atop airplane floats as their plane rests upside down in a lake; a kayaker nailed by a calving glacier; river runners misreading the river's water, and a snowboarder disappears into a glacial crevasse, these tales of survival or extreme death will keep you on the edge of your seat. Whether it is freshwater, saltwater, glaciers, air turbulence, mountains or flat land, danger exists everywhere in Alaska. Outdoorsmen need be aware of both topography and weather as well as have survival supplies and skills in order to avoid being swallowed alive by nature. Join best-selling author Larry Kaniut in his newest book of misadventures: Swallowed Alive, Volume 1.

authoritative volume providing details for staying out of a bear's mouth. For those who know more about bears, information in this book could save your life. Too many people do not know about safety from bears. The answers to many questions about this 4-legged predator abound in this book. The weaponry of the North American bears is no match for man. Injuries inflicted by bears run the gamut. Contrary to popular belief, bears are NOT cuddly critters to which mankind can bond. Quite the opposite. If your pet Doberman can kill you, how much easier would it be for a wild animal to achieve the same results? Kaniut discusses the causes for attacks, primarily defensive or predatory. Stories of specific attacks provide ample evidence of the bear's craftiness and power, and the need for man's bear-oriented knowledge. Starting with the habituated bear, the most dangerous of all, Kaniut lists those items that attract bears, those that deter the animals, and what to look for if you are in bear territory. Along with the bear's nature, the author covers numerous myths and talks about the new bear--the one man has cozied up to in order to be tolerant. The author addresses pepper spray in the section on "spraying and playing." In way too many cases, the public blames man for his bear-related injuries...or death, even prioritizing bears as more valuable than mankind. Kaniut shares multiple types of weapons used to stop bears. And he makes a strong argument for the necessity for a bonafide weapon, one which will not tickle but will drop the curtain on bruin. Some of the information cites bear "experts" dispensing advice that is either wrong or contradictory to that of other "experts." Kaniut pleas for public safety and provides a formula for safety from bear attacks.

Anyone who has attended an American public high school can identify with The B.G. It is written in three parts: school year, suicide, and abuse of teenagers. Part one portrays a normal year in high school, following some students and their attendant tribulations and triumphs. The second part deals with two young women who have never been loved...both Tori and Dawn consider suicide. Years later some of the teens in the first part attend a class reunion in the final pages, having matured and outlived their perilous teenage years. The final part, Save the Dogs, presents a parallel between feral dogs and feral adults, the dogs attacking farm animals, and the adults targeting teenagers. The end of the book brings together the first two parts and provides a positive solution-wrapping up a "normal" American high school. The bottom line: kids matter.

Heavenly Rose is the biography of Pamela Diane Timmons Kaniut, adored wife of famous Alaskan author Larry Kaniut. When Pamela's health deteriorated, Larry was motivated to compile memories and accolades from family, friends, and neighbors hoping to encourage her through the dark moments. He had no idea at the time that the project would last for several decades. What was initially created to uplift one woman became inspirational to many others. Experience the life of Pamela from early childhood through maturity, as seen through the eyes of a man who has loved her for 62 years. "Pamela was my anchor and my guide, my compass in sunshine and storm. Like a Heavenly Rose full of beauty and sweet perfume, Pamela produces joy and compassion for everyone around her. She has greatly blessed my life." May her beautiful story inspire you too.

Stationed in Rome, Brachan is dispatched on military assignment to Jerusalem to monitor and deal with a potential threat. Upon investigating allegations of a local baptizing menace, he dismisses the Baptizer John as a creditable risk to the empire. However, Brachan's extensive spy network identifies a Nazarene named Jesus who seems more dangerous than the Baptizer. After witnessing numerous events that leave him deeply troubled, Brachan's mission continues to study Jesus as a viable threat until the Nazarene is convicted after an impromptu trial and crucified. With the threat extinguished, Brachan prepares to leave for Rome when informants tell him the body of Jesus is missing. Brachan changes his travel plans to investigate the escaped Nazarene and discover the missing body. Yet, what he uncovers and outlines in his final report signifies an enemy that even the mighty Roman empire cannot stop.

Never before have so many exciting, hair-raising tales of bear encounters been collected into one book. Read about a man who swam into a lake to try to escape a furious bear only to find to his horror that bears can swim too Or of the old gold prospector who got mauled and sewed up his own stomach-and lived to tell about it When a bear attacks, it does so with devastating ferocity. Although the average attack lasts but thirty seconds, grievous injury can result from powerful paws and jaws. Strangely enough, most attacks are nonfatal. This book is filled with true-life episodes of close-calls, maulings, and deaths by all three North American bears: black, grizzly, and polar. These stories are not fiction. All are, eerily enough, based on complete fact. Even the FOX TV show When Animals Attack uses Kaniut's material for their shows. The author of two previous best-selling books on dangerous bears brings you a cliffhanger-you won't want to miss his latest and best yet

Alaska is like no other state and few countries; men experience greater risk in her arms. This one-of-a-kind anthology captures the spine tingling adventures of daring men and women who venture into Alaska's vast wilderness and look death in the eye. "Danger Stalks the Land" relates gripping episodes of animal attacks, avalanches, aircraft disasters, fishing, hunting, and skiing accidents, and chronicles risky climbs and reckless mountaineering amid Alaska's fantastic peaks. Through exhaustive research and interviews, author Larry Kaniut has captured in one volume, the terror and beauty of man's attempt to explore a vast and unforgiving land.

This is a collection of 18 Alaska survival stories from pilots, hikers, hunters, climbers, boaters, and fishermen who confront their mortality -- and live to tell about it You will be astonished by the close calls of a young man who clings desperately to life on an iceberg in the lower Susitna River . . . a woman who struggles frantically to escape the cockpit of a small plane as it sinks below the frigid waters of a remote bay in the Southeast region . . . the mountaineers who fight stubbornly to survive as avalanche after avalanche sweeps over them . . . and the saltwater diver who tangles with a giant octopus.