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Series: Everyone’s Welcome The Art of Living and Eating Allergen Free Hardcover Amanda Orlando 9781771512732 $40.00 COOKING May 07, 2019

Easy, delicious recipes and helpful tips to inspire confidence in adults who live with life-threatening allergies.Not everyone outgrows childhood allergies. When Amanda Orlando learned firsthand that the social and emotional impact of anaphylactic reactions affects adults, she started blogging about it, and EverydayAllergenFree.com was born.Her new cookbook, Everyone’s Welcome, is for people with anaphylactic allergies to any of the “big eight”: peanuts, tree nuts, dairy, eggs, soy, wheat, fish, shellfish. Most of the recipes are free from all ... + Read More
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Series: The Olive Oil and Vinegar Lover’s Cookbook Revised and Updated Edition 2nd edition Hardcover Emily Lycopolus 9781771513029 $45.00 COOKING Jun 25, 2019

A brand-new updated edition of The Olive Oil and Vinegar Lover’s Cookbook, which has sold more than 13,000 copies to date. There’s nothing like fresh extra-virgin olive oil, infused and fused olive oils, and flavoured white and balsamic vinegars—but how, exactly, do we use them? Elevate the flavour of your fare using products like Rosemary or Herb de Provence infused olive oil, Blood Orange fused olive oil, Apricot white balsamic, and more by diving into this easy-to-use, gorgeously photographed book. Discover recipes that use 50 of the most po... + Read More
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Series: Island Craft Your Guide to the Breweries of Vancouver Island Paperback Jon C. Stott 9781771512923 $25.00 COOKING Apr 30, 2019

Winner of a 2020 Gourmand World Cookbook Award in Canada A timely exploration of the vibrant and growing craft beer scene on Vancouver Island. Hopheads, rejoice! Take the ultimate beer-lover’s road trip from Victoria, BC’s craft beer capital, to Campbell River, visiting almost forty craft breweries and brewpubs in between. Your guide? Jon Stott, born and bred in Victoria—and beer enthusiast extraordinaire. In 1961, Vancouver Island had just one brewery. In 2018, Stott visited thirty-three breweries on the island—and six more breweries were slat... + Read More
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Series: Island Home Out and About on Vancouver Island Paperback Anny Scoones 9781771512589 $20.00 HUMOR Apr 30, 2019

A collection of humorous essays about Vancouver Island’s unique quirks by the convivial and thoughtful storyteller Anny Scoones.Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands are celebrated for their ineffable charisma, laid-back pace, and distinct grooviness. Anny Scoones travels the length of Vancouver Island to explore the nooks and crannies of coastal communities, inland towns, and iconic places, sharing observations, musings, and tidbits about the region’s fascinating and layered history.Whether it’s an account of the chainsaw carving festival in C... + Read More
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Series: Boom & Bust The Resilient Women of Historic Telegraph Cove Paperback Jennifer L. Butler 9781771512985 $26.00 HISTORY Jun 04, 2019

Received Honourable Mention for the 2019 Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Historical WritingA century of life in Telegraph Cove as told by the resourceful and resilient women who turned this isolated coastal village into a tight-knit community.Telegraph Cove, one of Vancouver Island’s most visited tourist destinations, has humble origins as a one-shack telegraph station, established a century ago. The community grew, first with a salmon saltery and sawmill, then with new industries developed by the ingenuity of the Cove’s inhabitants. From the 1... + Read More
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Series: Along the E&N A Journey Back to the Historic Hotels of Vancouver Island Paperback Glen A. Mofford 9781771512879 $22.00 HISTORY Apr 30, 2019

An exploration of the fascinating history of more than thirty historic hotels—with some still in operation—nestled along Vancouver Island’s E&N Railway, spanning from Esquimalt to Campbell River. In 1886, Vancouver Island’s E&N rail service was established to carry coal to smelters and ships, and the towns in the railway’s path prospered as the tracks expanded and passenger travel flourished. Along the E&N celebrates the historic and still-surviving hotels and roadhouses that sprung up near the E&N. Within this carefully researched historical n... + Read More
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Series: A Lane Winslow Mystery A Deceptive Devotion A Lane Winslow Mystery Paperback Iona Whishaw 9781771513005 $16.95 FICTION Apr 23, 2019

Wedding bells, a grisly murder, and a defecting Russian spy bring drama to King’s Cove in the newest Lane Winslow mystery, a series that the Globe and Mail calls “terrific.” A wedding is on the horizon for Lane Winslow and Inspector Darling. As one of the few Russian speakers in her community, Lane is obliged to act as translator and hostess for Countess Orlova, an elderly Russian woman who has tracked her missing brother to the Nelson area. Nelson PD investigates, but then the murder of a lone hunter in the hills above King’s Cove takes top pr... + Read More
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Series: Meteorites Stories Paperback Julie Paul 9781927366820 $22.00 FICTION May 21, 2019

Shortlisted for the 2020 ReLit Award for Short FictionA collection of captivating stories that explore family dynamics and frailty, loss and atonement, faith and redemption.A young man takes his father to Hawaii, even though he’s been dead for months. An organ player won’t let her newly amputated arm stand in the way of Sunday duties. A grad student decides to take the fate of a homeless man into his own hands. A couple of criminals, new to rural living, find their idyllic life in jeopardy when nature strikes back. A stepdaughter moves in, a br... + Read More
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Series: From Bear Rock Mountain The Life and Times of a Dene Residential School Survivor Hardcover Antoine Bear Rock Mountain 9781927366806 $30.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 28, 2019

In this poetic, poignant memoir, Dene artist and social activist Antoine Mountain paints an unforgettable picture of his journey from residential school to art school—and his path to healing.In 1949, Antoine Mountain was born on the land near Radelie Koe, Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories. At the tender age of seven, he was stolen away from his home and sent to a residential school—run by the Roman Catholic Church in collusion with the Government of Canada—three hundred kilometres away. Over the next twelve years, the three residential scho... + Read More
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Series: A Year on the Wild Side A West Coast Naturalist's Almanac 2nd edition Paperback Briony Penn 9781771512671 $26.00 NATURE Mar 19, 2019

Shortlisted for a 2020 BC Yukon Book PrizeA freshly designed, new edition of a funny weekly chronicle that offers a year-long, intimate view of the flora and fauna populating the West Coast.A Year on the Wild Side is a witty commentary on the social and natural history of Vancouver Island. Composed of short, readable essays arranged into 12 monthly chapters, this engaging book reveals the magic and humour of the natural world and reminds us of our place within it.As the weeks and seasons unfold with the turning of the pages, you’ll be in sync w... + Read More