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Series: A Delicate ArtArtists, Wildflowers and Native Plants of the WestHardcover
Mary-Beth Laviolette9781927330050
$24.95ART
Mar 29, 2012
A Delicate Art highlights the paintings and photography of six artists in Alberta who with passion and long moments of observation have made an inspired contribution to wildflower art. Covering a period of one hundred years to the present, the story behind these creators Mary Schäffer Warren, Mary Vaux Walcott, William Copeland McCalla, Annora Brown, Robert Sinclair and Carole Harmon is also told. A blend of biography, botanical and regional art history and commentary by the artists themselves about their treasured subject, A Delicate Art is i... + Read More
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Series: An Adventurous Woman AbroadThe Selected Lantern Slides of Mary T.S. SchafferHardcover
Michale Lang9781926855219
$32.95PHOTOGRAPHY
Jun 15, 2011
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, travelling within North American borders or beyond to exotic locations was difficult at best and disastrous at worst. Mary Schaffer, born into a Pennsylvania-based Quaker family in 1861, not only conquered international travel but also excelled as an explorer, surveyor and photographer in the backcountry of Canada’s Rocky Mountains and the isolated communities of Japan and Formosa (now Taiwan). Michale Lang’s new book features more than 200 of Mary Schaffer’s colourful, hand-painted lantern slides fro... + Read More
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Series: Bow LakeWellspring of ArtPaperback
Jane Lytton Gooch9781926855059
$24.95ART
Nov 24, 2010
Bow Lake in the Canadian Rockies has inspired artists for almost a century. An early explorer who recognized the beauty of this alpine landscape was Jimmy Simpson, a legendary guide and outfitter who also collected art and painted in watercolours. He welcomed artists such as Carl Rungius, Belmore Browne and Peter and Catharine Whyte to his camp beside Bow Lake, which eventually became the storied Num-Ti-Jah Lodge. A.C. Leighton and his wife, Barbara, along with Walter J. Phillips were among the early artists at Bow Lake. This artistic traditio... + Read More
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Series: Mount AssiniboineImages in ArtPaperback
Jane Lytton Gooch9781894765978
$24.95ART
Dec 03, 2007
A century of landscape art inspired by the Mount Assiniboine area of the Canadian Rockies from 1899 to 2006. Jane Lytton Gooch's Mount Assiniboine: Images in Art is a stunning collection of 42 colour plates, only seven of which have been previously published. They represent a wide variety of styles and media from 23 artists, including: A.P. Coleman Carl Rungius James Simpson Belmore Browne Barbara and A.C. Leighton Catharine and Peter Whyte W.J. Phillips A.Y. Jackson Colour plates are divided into three sections: approaching Assiniboine fro... + Read More
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Series: BearsTracks through TimePaperback
Michale Lang9781897522820
$16.95ART
May 01, 2010
Bears: Tracks through Time is an eclectic look at our relationship with these beautiful and sometimes frightful creatures with which we co-exist in the Canadian Rockies. As a result of our close cohabitation with bears, the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies has accumulated a modest collection of art, artifacts and archival materials related to bears. This book features images and stories from the collection. The postcards sent to us from the past provide a compelling glimpse into our changing views of bears. This is neither an exhibition cat... + Read More
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Series: An Ocean of InspirationThe John Olguin StoryHardcover
Stefan Harzen9781926855806
$29.95BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Oct 10, 2011
An Ocean of Inspiration is the true-life account of John Olguin (1921–2011), Director Emeritus of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, San Pedro, California. Although born into poverty and struggling with a speech impediment for many years, John refused to take “no” for an answer when people challenged his dreams. A natural-born leader and teacher, he connected his passion for education, nature and fantasy in order to help establish one of eco-tourism’s most successful endeavors: whale-watching. Throughout his life, John experienced the world in ways ... + Read More
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Series: Leaving DublinWriting My Way from Ireland to CanadaPaperback
Brian Brennan9781926855745
$19.95BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Sep 15, 2011
Leaving Dublin: Writing My Way from Ireland to Canada is an engaging and entertaining exploration of a man’s life that begins in middle-class Dublin, includes stints as a travelling musician and broadcaster in Canada, and culminates in a career as an award-winning journalist and bestselling author. With passion, candour, humour and vivid stories, Brian Brennan tells how he left a soul-destroying job in the Irish civil service to seek new opportunities in a country where he had no friends and no family connections. He offers revealing glimpses o... + Read More
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Series: The Diva & the RancherThe Story of Norma Piper and George PocaterraPaperback
Jennifer Hamblin9781894765701
$29.95BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Sep 25, 2006
The story begins in 1903, when George left Italy and came to the Canadian Rockies with hopes of striking it rich. While establishing the Buffalo Head Ranch in the Alberta foothills, he became friendly with the neighbouring Stoney, with whom he explored much of what is now Kananaskis Country. In 1933 he returned to Italy, where he met and fell in love with Norma Piper, a young Calgary singer who had moved to Italy to study opera. They eventually married, and George took over the management of Norma’s rising operatic career. However, the onset o... + Read More
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Series: Lizzie RummelBaroness of the Canadian RockiesPaperback
Ruth Oltmann9780921102397
$9.95BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
May 01, 1983
Elizabeth von Rummel, born into aristocracy in turn-of-the-century Germany, came with her family to live on a ranch in the Alberta foothills, when working on it became the alternative to life in her World War One-ravaged homeland. Then, when most people were settling into middle age, Lizzie struck out on another challange; for 32 years she ran backcountry lodges like Skoki and Assiniboine, for which she received the Order of Canada and the friendship of hundreds of people whose lives were enhanced by her special charm.
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Series: R.M. PattersonA Life of Great AdventureHardcover
David Finch9780921102755
$29.95BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
May 01, 2000
"I think that will be a great adventure" said R.M. Patterson's mentor at the Bank of England when informed of the young man's decision to leave for Canada in 1924. He could not have known all the adventures that awaited Patterson in the Canadian wilds. This biography goes with Patterson to the Peace River country of northern Alberta where he homesteaded and on to the Northwest Territories, where he lived out his dream-questing after the fabled Nahanni gold on the River of Death. There, his escapades earned him the title "Hard to Kill" and prov... + Read More
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Series: Don ForestQuest for the SummitsPaperback
Kathy Calvert9781894765374
$9.95BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
May 01, 2003
Biography of one of the most colorful, some might say eccentric, people the Canadian West has thrown out who also happens to be a climber. At a time when most men are thinking of retirement from strenuous activities, Don was busy setting records: the first person to climb all the 11,000 foot peaks in the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains and the oldest person to climb Mount Logan, Canada's highest mountain. Apart from Don's climbing achievements, for which he received the Banff Mountain Festival's Summit of Excellence Award in 1990, Don ... + Read More
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Series: Cowboys & ChuckwagonsCome'n Get ItPaperback
Beulah Barss9780921102526
$9.95COOKING
May 01, 1996
This story is about cowboys and chuckwagons during the early days of cattle ranching in Western Canada. The lifestyle, customs, dress and food of the cowboy is an interesting and important part of Canada's heritage. Mouth-watering recipes such as Son-of-a-Gun-in-a-Sack have been thoroughly tested and adapted for 20th century cooks. The Come'n Get It cookbooks are a unique combination of down-home recipes, early western Canadian ranch lore and archival photographs. Material had been gathered from manuscripts, history books, family cookbooks and... + Read More
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Series: Coyote Musicand other humorous tales of the early westPaperback
Grant MacEwan9780921102267
$9.95FICTION
May 01, 1993
In this lighthearted and charming collection of stories, popular historian Grant MacEwan captures the homespun humour, the outrageous antics, and the colourful characters that brought laughter and joy into the often difficult lives of the early pioneers. Among these pages you will meet the likes of: Pegleg Paul, king of woodenleg mirth and permanent fixture at the Fleet Livery's Hot Stove Liars' League; and Tom Sukanen, inventor and mechanical genius, obsessed with the singlehanded construction of a 43-foot, 15-tonne seaworthy ship on the bank... + Read More
This updated Valley of Rumours relates the fascinating history of Alberta's Kananaskis Valley from the Neolithic Indians to the present-day tourist. In the mid 1800s Sinclair and Palliser travelled the valley in search of a pass across the Rocky Mountains. Later the valley was a source of lumber, coal and power, and POWs were housed in the valley during WW II. Nowadays the valley is part of Kananaskis Country, a wildland recreation area. The author has pieced together the story through archival records and by talking with people who have lived ... + Read More
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Series: The Glittering Mountains of CanadaA Record of Exploration and Pioneer Ascents in the Canadian Rockies, 1914-1924Paperback
J. Monroe Thorington9781927330067
$29.95HISTORY
Jun 15, 2012
"This then is a book of mountaineering, not presenting the Canadian Rockies in their entirety — no single volume will ever do that — but including many of the finest things. It is also a book of mountain travel, under conditions such as perhaps the European traveller experienced in the Alps during the Eighteenth Century. Finally, it is a book of mountain history; for here is Geography in the making, and with a tradition behind it — a story that has never been properly gathered together, and whose details, in part at least, are gone forever." —... + Read More
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Series: The Glittering Mountains of CanadaA Record of Exploration and Pioneer Ascents in the Canadian Rockies, 1914-1924Hardcover
J. Monroe Thorington9781927330074
$99.95HISTORY
Jun 15, 2012
"This then is a book of mountaineering, not presenting the Canadian Rockies in their entirety — no single volume will ever do that — but including many of the finest things. It is also a book of mountain travel, under conditions such as perhaps the European traveller experienced in the Alps during the Eighteenth Century. Finally, it is a book of mountain history; for here is Geography in the making, and with a tradition behind it — a story that has never been properly gathered together, and whose details, in part at least, are gone forever." —... + Read More
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Series: The Forgotten ExplorerSamuel Prescott Fay's 1914 Expedition to the Northern RockiesPaperback
Samuel Fay9781897522554
$29.95HISTORY
Oct 23, 2009
North of Jasper, in the Canadian Rockies, is a large, roadless and spectacular wilderness of alpine flower meadows, glaciated peaks, canyons, waterfalls and abundant wildlife. Compared to the millions each year who visit Banff and Jasper national parks immediately to the south, this northern area sees few visitors. Fewer still have ever attempted to travel through this wilderness in one continuous trip. The first to do so was Samuel Prescott Fay in 1914. To this day, his exact route has never been duplicated. Fay and his party set out from Jasp... + Read More
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Series: The Forgotten ExplorerSamuel Prescott Fay's 1914 Expedition to the Northern RockiesHardcover
Charles Helm9781897522561
$79.95HISTORY
Oct 23, 2009
North of Jasper, in the Canadian Rockies, is a large, roadless and spectacular wilderness of alpine flower meadows, glaciated peaks, canyons, waterfalls and abundant wildlife. Compared to the millions each year who visit Banff and Jasper national parks immediately to the south, this northern area sees few visitors. Fewer still have ever attempted to travel through this wilderness in one continuous trip. The first to do so was Samuel Prescott Fay in 1914. To this day, his exact route has never been duplicated. Fay and his party set out from Jasp... + Read More
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Series: Where the Clouds Can GoPaperback
Conrad Kain9781897522455
$40.00SPORTS & RECREATION
Jun 05, 2009
He brought glamour and imagination into the sport of mountaineering as few guides have done before him. Recalling his personality and amusing stories one should not forget that his approach to mountains was first and foremost an aesthetic one; he saw a peak first as something beautiful—the technical problem was always secondary — and nothing counted beside that vision. Of all the mountain guides who came to Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Conrad Kain is probably the most respected and well known. In this internationally anti... + Read More
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Series: Mountain Classics CollectionOld Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies100th Anniversary Limited EditionHardcover
Mary Schaffer9781926855288
$29.95HISTORY
May 15, 2011
“We seemed to have reached that horizon, and the limit of all endurance, to sit with folded hands and listen calmly to the stories of the hills we so longed to see, the hills which had lured and beckoned us for years before this long list of men had ever set foot in the country.” Mary T.S. Schaffer The year 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies, one of the best selling books ever published on the mountains of western Canada. In celebration of this remarkable work of mountain literat... + Read More
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Series: Mountain Classics CollectionThe Canadian RockiesNew & Old TrailsPaperback
A. P. Coleman9781897522509
$19.95HISTORY
May 01, 2009
Arthur Philemon Coleman was a passionate Canadian and one of the first to truly discover the beauty and majesty of this country`s mountain ranges as an explorer, geologist and mountaineer. In 1884, before the railway traversed the Rocky and Columbia mountains, Coleman headed west on the first of what would be eight mountaineering expeditions, making his way on foot and pack horse, with Native guides and without, over passes in Alberta and British Columbia. Coleman`s book gives modern-day readers a glimpse of the early days of mountaineering in... + Read More
“We seemed to have reached that horizon, and the limit of all endurance, to sit with folded hands and listen calmly to the stories of the hills we so longed to see, the hills which had lured and beckoned us for years before this long list of men had ever set foot in the country.” - Mary T.S. Schäffer Mary T.S. Schäffer was an avid explorer and one of the first non-Native women to venture into the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, where few women - or men - had gone before. First published in 1911, Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rocki... + Read More
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Series: Mountain Classics CollectionOn the Roof of the RockiesThe Great Columbia Icefield of the Canadian RockiesPaperback
Lewis Freeman9781897522462
$19.95HISTORY
Jul 03, 2009
With the horses picking up weight and strength all the way, we cantered into Banff on October 24th, 10 weeks after our departure from Lake Louise. Not one horse had been lost; not one had been permanently lamed, in the whole course of what was probably the roughest continuous pack-train journey made in the Rockies since the time of the pioneers. First published in 1925, On the Roof of the Rockies details the amazing efforts undertaken by Lewis Freeman and Byron Harmon to scientifically explore and comprehensively photograph during their 70-da... + Read More
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Series: Mountain Classics CollectionThe Rockies of CanadaA Revised & Enlarged Edition of Camping in the Canadian RockiesPaperback
Walter Wilcox9781897522141
$19.95HISTORY
Aug 15, 2008
As I paused on a massive ledge far out on the moraine I was nearly overcome with the deathly silence. The power and majesty of mountains stand forth most clearly when accompanied by some great sound, the crashing of thunder or avalanche or the roar of a rushing stream. First published in 1900, The Rockies of Canada is based on one of the first major works to be written about the mountains of western Canada, Camping in the Canadian Rockies (1896). Focusing upon the escapades of the Lake Louise Club, a group of relatively inexperienced climbers ... + Read More
First published in 1903, Climbs & Exploration in the Canadian Rockies details the mountaineering adventures of Hugh Stutfield and J. Norman Collie while the two were together during various explorations in the area north of Lake Louise, Alberta. Between 1898 and 1902, Stutfield and Collie journeyed through the mountain towns, valleys and passes of the Rockies, where Collie completed numerous first ascents and discovered fresh views of Lake Louise and the Columbia Icefields.
There is a wonderful fascination about mountains. Their massive grandeur, majesty of lofty height, splendour of striking outline crag and pinnacle and precipice seem to appeal both to the intellect and to the inmost soul of man, and to compel a mingled reverence and love ... James Outram First published in 1923, In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies is Outram s record of his adventures and exploits in the early years of the 20th century among the massive mountains straddling the Alberta/British Columbia boundary. Throughout his time in western C... + Read More
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Series: No Ordinary WomanThe Story of Mary Schaffer WarrenPaperback
Janice Sanford Beck9780921102823
$24.95BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jul 26, 2006
Artist, photographer, writer and explorer Mary Schaffer Warren overcame the limited expectations of women a century ago in order to follow her dreams. Born into a wealthy Pennsylvania Quaker family, Mary Sharpless was a precocious child who longed to experience the world beyond her sheltered home. An 1889 cross-Canada trip with her new husband, doctor and botanist Charles Schaffer, proved to be the turning point in her life: it was when she fell hopelessly in love with the Canadian mountains. After her husband’s death in 1903, Mary embarked up... + Read More
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Series: Jimmy SimpsonLegend of the RockiesPaperback
E.J. Hart9781897522257
$24.95HISTORY
May 11, 2009
The Stoney Indians called him Nashan-esen meaning "wolverine-go-quick" because of his speed in travelling on snowshoes over the rugged landscape of the Canadian Rockies. This book is the story of Jimmy Simpson's 80-year epic as one of the most important guides, outfitters, lodge operators, hunters, naturalists and artists in the Canadian Rockies. The story takes him from blazing the trails in the valley bottoms to ascending some of the highest peaks in the range, from leading scientists, mountaineers, big-game hunters and world-famous artists t... + Read More
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Series: Live Green, CalgaryLocal Programs, Products and Services to Green Your Life and Save You MoneyPaperback
Lauren Maris9781897522578
$9.95HOUSE & HOME
Oct 13, 2009
When it comes to living greener, our primary resource is knowledge. The purpose of this book is to boil down the information that is out there into one complete package of environmentally sensitive products, services and programs available to Calgarians. Live Green, Calgary! gives you precise, applicable information that will save you time. And there are money-saving tips, too! Live Green, Calgary! puts local green programs, products and services at your fingertips so you can live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. As always, greener c... + Read More
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Series: Flo & Eddy's Water AdventurePaperback
Lori Nunn9781926855622
$14.95JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8
Oct 15, 2011
Flo, a particularly peculiar pelican, and her younger companion Eddy, a crazy and curious cormorant, fly together on their annual fall migration. While playing around, they’re thrown off course and end up on a mountaintop. Flo gets them back on track by using the natural flow of water as a directional map, travelling downstream from mountain watersheds to the ocean, a journey filled with adventure! The fresh water takes the pair from mountain glaciers to underground rivers, into glacial lakes and downstream to the waters that flow into the foo... + Read More
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Series: Dude, Where's Your Helmet?Paperback
David A. Duncan9781897522592
$9.95JUVENILE NONFICTION
Sep 14, 2009
When Dan met Jack to go mountain biking, he saw that Jack had forgotten something IMPORTANT. Dan asked, “DUDE, WHERE’S YOUR HELMET?” Jack replied, “My head gets too hot. I don’t need my helmet!” So off they went mountain biking. Dan and Jack were having fun riding down, down, down the mountain. Then all of a sudden Jack hit a rock and went FLYING over his handlebar. He landed HEADFIRST on the ground. Jack hurt his head badly, so Dan rushed Jack to the hospital. Doctor Lindy patched up Jack and then said firmly, “NO MORE MOUNTAIN BIKING FOR YOU... + Read More
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Series: NedThe Story of Bear Six Nine ThreeHardcover
Joe Pavelka9781894765954
$9.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8
Oct 17, 2007
A curious, young grizzly bear named Ned and his mother, Betty Lou, struggle with the ever-increasing problem of urban encroachment on their habitat. Despite his mother’s guidance, Ned continues to associate with well meaning townspeople and hikers alike, becoming habituated to humans and thus enjoying the perks that living close to an expanding community can provide. With the playful text of Joe Pavelka and illustrated throughout with the lush paintings of Lynne Huras, Ned is certain to provide readers with an insightful look at the basic issu... + Read More
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Series: SuperGuideSuperGuide: BearsPaperback
Kevin Van Tighem9781897522202
$9.95NATURE
May 04, 2009
Informative and visually exciting, this book is your complete guide to bears. Kevin Van Tighem draws from his considerable firsthand experience with bears to describe their habitat, family life and behaviour, as well as the way they are perceived in human culture and the ecological forces that make this great species' survival ever more precarious. This is a comprehensive picture of bears of all kinds, promoting a deeper understanding of these powerful yet vulnerable creatures.
“An elk without asters is not an elk. And western Canada without wildlife is not truly western Canada,” says author Kevin Van Tighem. This book is an excellent guide to all the major wild animals that live in western Canada. There are over 40 descriptions and stories that range from grizzly bears to ground squirrels, and from chipmunks to whales. Features: Full-colour photographs for every animal Comprehensive descriptions of over 40 wild animals Authentic tales of wildlife encounters by the author Excellent as a trail-side handbook
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Series: Coming WestA Natural History of HomePaperback
Kevin Van Tighem9781551539119
$9.95NATURE
Jan 01, 1997
This collection of essays neatly captures the emotion, pragmatism, and whimsey of one of Canada's foremost conservationists. The essays are a subtle blend of the insightful romanticism of Barry Lopez and the natural philosophy of Stan Rowe. Kevin's poignant storytelling and descriptions of real conservation issues once and for all dispel the myth that science and emotion are incompatible. (Paul C. Paquet PHD )
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Series: Home RangeWritings On Conservation and RestorationPaperback
Kevin Van Tighem9781551539126
$9.95NATURE
Jan 01, 2000
North America has had such a rich history of Conservation visionaries: people who have made it their mission to explain the intricacies of nature, to help us recognize the links between man and other creatures, to show us that everything we do in our world affects the natural world. These visionaries have included the likes of Aldo Leopold, Henry David Thoreau, George Bird Grinnell, John Muir and Canada's own Andy Russell and Roderick Haig-Brown. It's time to add a new name to this austere list: Kevin Van Tighem.
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Series: An RMB ManifestoBecoming WaterGlaciers in a Warming WorldHardcover
Mike Demuth9781926855721
$16.95NATURE
Oct 01, 2012
Becoming Water takes the reader on a tour of Canada’s glaciers, describing the stories they tell and educating the reader about how glaciers came to be, how they work and what their future holds in our warming world. By visiting Canada’s high and low Arctic and the mountain West, the reader will learn how varied and complex our glaciers really are, how they are measured and how they figure into the national and global story of inevitable change. The reader will learn to think like a scientist, in particular how to look at climate-related data t... + Read More
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Series: An RMB ManifestoLittle Black LiesCorporate & Political Spin in the Global War for OilHardcover
Jeff Gailus9781926855684
$16.95NATURE
Oct 01, 2012
Beginning in 1967 and for just over 30 years, the oil industry toiled in the relative obscurity of Northern Alberta as machines peeled away earth and boreal forest to exhume what has now become one of humanity’s most precious and contentious resources: bitumen. As the years passed, the bitumen mines sprawled, poisonous tailings ponds spread, toxins polluted the environment, cancer reared its head downstream and the price of petroleum soared beyond all expectations. As plans continue to build the Keystone and Northern Gateway pipelines, a growi... + Read More
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Series: An RMB ManifestoEthical WaterLearning to Value What Matters MostHardcover
Robert William Sandford9781926855707
$16.95NATURE
Oct 15, 2011
Fresh water is essential to both the ever-expanding human population and the ever-threatened natural landscapes that surround us. And yet, society seems to continually ignore the need for a common-sense approach to—and appreciation of—our freshwater resources and our consumption of this remarkable, life-giving substance that now exceeds its future availability. This ground-breaking and approachable work, by two of Canada’s most authoritative experts on water issues, redefines our relationship with fresh water and outlines the steps we as a soci... + Read More
Beavers are the great comeback story—a keystone species that survived ice ages, major droughts, the fur trade, urbanization and near extinction. Their ability to create and maintain aquatic habitats has endeared them to conservationists, but puts the beavers at odds with urban and industrial expansion. These conflicts reflect a dichotomy within our national identity. We place environment and our concept of wilderness as a key touchstone for promotion and celebration, while devoting significant financial and personal resources to combating “the ... + Read More
“Nifty book on honeybees . . . helpful things you can do!” — Margaret Atwood (via Twitter) In this updated bestseller (with new science and data related to North America, the United Kingdom and Australia), Dr. Reese Halter continues with his passionate crusade to save the world’s most important group of flower-visiting animals: the honeybee. Responsible for pollinating over 110 different crop types throughout the world and accounting for a quarter-trillion dollars’ worth of commerce, the incredible efforts of the honeybees are vital to humani... + Read More
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Series: An RMB ManifestoThe Insatiable Bark BeetleHardcover
Dr. Reese Halter9781926855660
$16.95NATURE
Oct 15, 2011
In our ever-warming world, trillions of indigenous bark beetles are killing billions of mature conifers throughout the forests of western North America and around the world, as they embark on their largest and most destructive feeding frenzy in modern times. In areas where cold temperatures traditionally prevented these insects from thriving, our once-healthy but now water-starved trees are becoming more and more vulnerable to the voracious appetites of these destructive pests. With aspects of both our environment and the economy at stake, Dr. ... + Read More
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Series: An RMB ManifestoThe Grizzly ManifestoIn Defence of the Great BearHardcover
Jeff Gailus9781897522837
$16.95NATURE
May 24, 2010
The grizzly bear, once the archetype for all that is wild, is quickly becoming a symbol of nature’s fierce but flagging resilience in the face of human greed and ignorance—and the difficulty a wealth-addicted society has in changing its ways. North America’s grizzlies have been under siege ever since Europeans arrived. They’d survived the arrival of spear-wielding humans 13,000 years ago, outlived the short-faced bear, the dire wolf and the sabre-tooth cat—not to mention mastodons, mammoths and giant ground sloths the size of elephants—but griz... + Read More
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Series: An RMB ManifestoDenying the SourceThe Crisis of First Nations Water RightsHardcover
Merrell-Ann Phare9781897522615
$16.95NATURE
Oct 06, 2009
First Nations are facing some of the worst water crises in Canada and throughout North America. Their widespread lack of access to safe drinking water receives ongoing national media attention, and yet progress addressing the causes of the problem is painfully slow. First Nations have had little say in how their waters are, or are not, protected. They have been excluded from many important decisions, as provinces operate under the view that they own the water resources within provincial boundaries, and the federal government takes a hands-off a... + Read More
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Series: An RMB ManifestoThe Weekender EffectHyperdevelopment in Mountain TownsHardcover
Robert William Sandford9781897522103
$16.95NATURE
Sep 09, 2008
Praise for The Weekender Effect: What happens to paradise when you carve it up into lots and sell it? Bob Sandford writes about it with clarity and a deep love of the places he knows so well. Sandford's story of one town's mutation from a quiet mountain haven to an overcrowded, generic 'outpost of globalization' is essential reading for those who care about community and our last few glorious spaces. —Thomas Wharton, author of Icefields, Salamander and The Logogryph Equal parts manifesto, meditation, and love song to mountain communities ever... + Read More
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Series: Bad MedicineA Judge’s Struggle for Justice in a First Nations CommunityPaperback
John Reilly9781926855035
$22.95BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Oct 01, 2010
Early in his career, Judge John Reilly did everything by the book. His jurisdiction included a First Nations community plagued by suicide, addiction, poverty, violence and corruption. He steadily handed out prison sentences with little regard for long-term consequences and even less knowledge as to why crime was so rampant on the reserve in the first place.In an unprecedented move that pitted him against his superiors, the legal system he was part of, and one of Canada’s best-known Indian chiefs, the Reverend Dr. Chief John Snow, Judge Reilly o... + Read More
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Series: Restoring the FlowConfronting the World's Water WoesPaperback
Robert William Sandford9781897522523
$24.95NATURE
Oct 26, 2009
I believe that it is up to people like us to find the language, create the images and imagine the solutions that will allow us to break out of the vicious circle that threatens public health by threatening our landscapes and water sources . . . Together we can work toward this end. And, we can do it with humour. We can do it with style. And we can do it with grace. Try as we might, parts of North America may not escape the impacts of the global water crisis. The same kinds of water supply and quality issues that have appeared around our crowd... + Read More
Growing populations, increasing industrial use and heavy agricultural demand are beginning to tax water supplies in many regions of Canada. Since many rivers are already fully allocated to numerous uses, future economic and social development will depend upon how much we know about our surface and ground water resources and how effectively we manage them—especially in the face of climate change. The message to take home from this eloquent book is that it is time to dispel the myth of limitless abundance of water in Canada and throughout North... + Read More
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Series: Alpine BeautyAlpine and Subalpine Wildflowers of the Canadian Rockies and Columbia MountainsPaperback
Neil L. Jennings9781894765831
$19.95NATURE
Apr 18, 2007
Alpine Beauty explores the wildflowers and flowering shrubs commonly found in the subalpine and alpine environments in the Rocky Mountains of western Canada. Due to harsh weather conditions, the plants that exist at higher elevations are generally different than those at lower elevations. In this environment, low shrub and herb communities become the rule.
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Series: Prairie BeautyWildflowers of the Canadian PrairiesPaperback
Neil L. Jennings9781894765848
$19.95NATURE
Apr 18, 2007
Prairie Beauty explores the wildflowers and flowering shrubs commonly found in the prairie environment of western Canada. Written for the enjoyment of all who venture outside and wish to identify the wild flowering plants they encounter, the book is directed at readers with little or no background in things botanical.
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Series: Central BeautyWildflowers and Flowering Shrubs of the Southern Interior of British ColumbiaPaperback
Neil L. Jennings9781897522035
$19.95NATURE
Mar 31, 2008
Central Beauty: Wildflowers and Flowering Shrubs of the Southern Interior of British Columbia is a follow-up to three previous volumes on wildflowers written by Neil Jennings and published by Rocky Mountain Books. It is being published at the same time as Coastal Beauty Wildflowers and Flowering Shrubs of Coastal British Columbia and Vancouver Island, making a set of five books in the series. All five books include exceptional photographs and interesting information about each plant. For ease of reference, the books are arranged by flower colo... + Read More
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Series: Coastal BeautyWildflowers and Flowering Shrubs of Coastal BC and Vancouver IslandPaperback
Neil L. Jennings9781897522028
$19.95NATURE
Mar 31, 2008
Coastal Beauty is a follow-up to three previous volumes on wildflowers written by Neil Jennings and published by Rocky Mountain Books. It is being published at the same time as Central Beauty: Wildflowers and Flowering Shrubs of The Southern Interior of British Columbia, making a set of five books in the series. All five books include exceptional photographs and interesting information about each plant. For ease of reference, the books are arranged by flower colour and by plant family. A complete index is included, using both the common and th... + Read More
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Series: Uncommon BeautyWildflowers and Flowering Shrubs of Southern Alberta and Southeastern BCPaperback
Neil L. Jennings9781894765756
$19.95NATURE
May 02, 2006
Uncommon Beauty explores the wildflowers and flowering shrubs of a large area including Jasper down to Cranston, over to Glacier National Park in Montana, and up to Lethbridge and Edmonton. Extensively researched by author and outdoors enthusiast Neil L. Jennings, this guide will inform and intrigue the reader, while also assisting with plant identification and recognition. Exceptional photographs of over 200 species of flowering plants, plus information about each plant, make Uncommon Beauty the ideal field guide for hikers (and amblers) of a... + Read More
54.
Series: Okanagan OdysseyJourneys through Terrain, Terroir and CulturePaperback
Don Gayton9781897522813
$16.95NATURE
May 10, 2010
Okanagan Odyssey is a quirky and lyrical examination of British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. Sticking to the backroads and byways, Gayton gently pokes and prods local ecosystems, histories, vineyards and people. From Osoyoos in the south to Armstrong at the head of the Valley, the author revels in the biological and social diversity while sampling local wines and fruit along the way. In his unique version of wine pairing, Gayton matches up local books and landscapes with local vintages, giving terroir a whole new meaning. An ecologist by profess... + Read More
55.
Series: Cowboy WildHardcover
David Campion9781926855981
$39.95PHOTOGRAPHY
May 15, 2012
Love it or hate it, the Calgary Stampede is a place where myth, history and spectacle collide. 100 years after an American vaudeville cowboy first dreamed it up, the Stampede remains an unrivalled homage to the West. Cowboy Wild was more than a decade in the making. Photographer David Campion roamed the world’s biggest Wild West show and brought back a collection of images that speak to our fascination with the cowboy. With wry humour, these photographs pull back the curtain and probe the contradictions that lie at the heart of a myth that tran... + Read More
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Series: The Calgary StampedeA Collection of Vintage PostcardsHardcover
Ken Tingley9781927330005
$24.95PHOTOGRAPHY
Jun 01, 2012
By 1912 the large-scale cowboy ranches of the Old West had been disappearing for years and the Calgary Stampede — along with other exhibitions, like Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show — was set-up to commemorate a fading way of life for younger generations and for those who still remembered the mythic era. The Canadian Northwest shared in that grand tradition, and the time was right for a great Canadian cowboy showcase. After a century of international acclaim, the western dream continues and to commemorate the early days of the great Calgary Stamp... + Read More
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Series: The Will of the LandHardcover
Peter Dettling9781926855004
$39.95PHOTOGRAPHY
Oct 01, 2010
Peter Dettling first visited Canada's internationally renowned Rocky Mountains national parks as a Swiss tourist in 1993. Immediately, he fell in love with the untouched wilderness, breathtaking landscapes, diverse flora and abundant animal life, all seemingly free from human intervention and manipulation. With wide-eyed exuberance, Dettling moved to the heart of the Canadian Rockies in 2003, working as an artist and nature photographer. For years he documented the beauty and splendour of life in the mountains of western Canada, selling his ar... + Read More
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Series: Last CallHardcover
George Webber9781926855028
$39.95PHOTOGRAPHY
Oct 01, 2010
As North American cities continue to grow and downtown cores evolve into suburban shadows of their former urban selves, the shabbier realities of contemporary life at the city’s heart are forced to migrate and disappear as “villages” are torn down, reimagined and redeveloped into upscale properties. With a gentle touch, George Webber takes his camera into the mysterious half-light of these disappearing interior spaces, penetrating them with a thought-provoking humanity and then withdrawing without creating a ripple. This is an area that transc... + Read More
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Series: Last CallHardcover
George Webber9781926855080
$99.95PHOTOGRAPHY
Oct 01, 2010
As North American cities continue to grow and downtown cores evolve into suburban shadows of their former urban selves, the shabbier realities of contemporary life at the city’s heart are forced to migrate and disappear as “villages” are torn down, reimagined and redeveloped into upscale properties. With a gentle touch, George Webber takes his camera into the mysterious half-light of these disappearing interior spaces, penetrating them with a thought-provoking humanity and then withdrawing without creating a ripple. This is an area that transce... + Read More
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Series: Bruno Engler PhotographySixty Years of Mountain Photography in the Canadian RockiesHardcover
Vera Matrasova-Engler9780921102854
$24.95PHOTOGRAPHY
May 01, 2001
Bruno Engler was born in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1915. He came to Canada in 1939 and spent over 60 years photographing the Canadian Rockies. The last of the Swiss mountain guides hired by Canadian Pacific he was a climber, ski instructor, cinematographer, occasional actor, writer, story teller and high altitude photographer. He was the recipient of numerous awards including the Alberta Achievement Award for Excellence, the Premier Cup for Photography and Mountaineering, and the prestigious Rose Award presented at the World Environmental Festiv... + Read More
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