1.
Series:
Cedar and Salt
Vancouver Island Recipes from Forest, Farm, Field, and Sea
Hardcover
DL Acken
9781771512947
$45.00
COOKING
Oct 08, 2019
A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book that Shaped 2019Winner of a 2019 Alcuin Society Award for Excellence in Book DesignWinner of a 2020 Gourmand World Cookbook Award in CanadaFinalist for a 2021 Pacific Northwest Book Award Finalist for a 2020 Taste Canada AwardFinalist for a 2020 BC and Yukon Book PrizeHomegrown, modern recipes that feature the most treasured local ingredients from Vancouver Island’s forests, fields, farms and sea.Off the shore of Canada’s west coast lies a food lover’s island paradise. Vancouver Island’s temperate climate nurtures ...
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Series:
In Nature's Realm
Early Naturalists Explore Vancouver Island
Hardcover
Michael Layland
9781771513067
$40.00
HISTORY
Oct 08, 2019
Winner of the 2020 Basil Stuart Stubbs Prize Winner of the 2019 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing A celebration of the richly diverse flora and fauna of Vancouver Island as explored through the records of explorers, settlers, and visitors, and with due respect to the wealth of Indigenous traditional knowledge of the island’s ecosystems.In Nature’s Realm gathers initial reports, recorded histories, and personal accounts left by Vancouver Island’s early naturalists who studied the region’s flora and fauna.Many, such as Archibald ...
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Series:
E. J. Hughes Paints British Columbia
Hardcover
Robert Amos
9781771513104
$35.00
ART
Nov 05, 2019
A retrospective on one of BC’s most famous artists that features beautifully reproduced landscape paintings from all over mainland BC, and unveils new photographs, sketches, and ephemera from the artist’s estate.E. J. Hughes (1913–2007) is British Columbia’s best-loved landscape painter. His lavish, picturesque views of the province are appreciated by art professionals and the public alike.Following the success of his previous volume, E. J. Hughes Paints Vancouver Island, author and artist Robert Amos tracks the footsteps of Hughes as he travel...
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4.
Series:
Return to Spinner's Inlet
Stories
Paperback
Don Hunter
9781771513081
$22.00
FICTION
Oct 29, 2019
A collection of connected short stories set in a fictional town in BC’s Gulf Islands where attitude is everything, and everybody has one.For years, “Spinner's Inlet” was Don Hunter's beloved serialized newspaper column that ran in the Province, Vancouver’s newspaper. Eventually Hunter compiled the columns to create Spinner's Inlet, the bestselling book published in 1989. Thirty years later, Hunter revisits the fictional coastal community and its quirky inhabitants, who are ready to entertain a brand-new generation of readers.Although the cast o...
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5.
Series:
Dance Me to the End
Ten Months and Ten Days with ALS
Paperback
Alison Acheson
9781927366868
$22.00
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Oct 08, 2019
A profoundly honest and intensely personal story of a woman who cares for her husband after the devastating terminal diagnosis of ALS.Marty, age 57, was given a preliminary diagnosis of ALS by his family doctor. Seven weeks later, the diagnosis was confirmed by a neurologist. Ten months and ten days later, Marty passed away. From day one, Alison, Marty’s spouse of over twenty-five years, kept a journal as a way to navigate the overwhelming state of her mind and soul. Soon the rawness of her words harmonized to tell the story of Marty’s diagnosi...
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Series:
Radiant Voices
21 Feminist Essays for Rising Up Inspired by EMMA Talks
Paperback
Carla Bergman
9781927366844
$22.00
LITERARY COLLECTIONS
Oct 08, 2019
A collection of essays inspired by EMMA Talks, a speakers’ series committed to amplifying the voices of thinkers, activists, scholars, artists, and community builders who are also women-identified, trans, and gender-nonconforming folks.From Idle No More to Black Lives Matter to the Me Too movements and more, one thing is certain: There is a burgeoning collective desire to hear non-dominant voices in subtle, curious, generative ways.The Vancouver-based EMMA Talks speakers’ series amplifies the voices of women-identified, trans, and gender-noncon...
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