1.
Series:
The Survival Guide to British Columbia
Paperback
Ian Ferguson
9781772032840
$19.95
HUMOR
Oct 15, 2019
A completely satirical yet oddly practical guide to surviving and thriving in Canada’s westernmost province.So you’ve arrived in British Columbia. Perhaps you’re just passing through; perhaps you want to stay a while. You may even be contemplating making British Columbia your home. What you need is a well-researched, comprehensive guide to living and even prospering in Canada’s westernmost province. This isn’t it. However, the information contained in this book will allow you to experience British Columbia with minimal damage to your well being...
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Series:
Christmas in Mariposa
Sketches of Canada's Legendary Little Town
Paperback
Jamie Lamb
9781772032871
$19.95
HUMOR
Oct 01, 2019
A funny and heart-warming tribute to Canada’s most famous small town, and its most celebrated humourist, Stephen Leacock.Many Canadians grew up in small towns, or at least in neighbourhoods that felt like small towns. But what if you grew up in Canada’s most famous small town—Stephen Leacock’s Mariposa? This was the world that journalist Jamie Lamb was raised in, the actual place that inspired Leacock’s Canadian classic, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, over a century ago. The Mariposa of Lamb’s time is slightly different, yet still embodies...
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Series:
The Group of Seven Reimagined
Contemporary Stories Inspired by Historic Canadian Paintings
Hardcover
Karen Schauber
9781772032888
$24.95
ART
Oct 01, 2019
A celebration of Canada’s most famous group of painters, expertly blending visual artistry with evocative works of short fiction. Founded in 1920, the Group of Seven has captured the imagination and hearts of Canadians for a century, helping to shape our national identity with their stunning landscape paintings representing every region of the country. In honour of the one-hundred-year anniversary of the Group’s formation, The Group of Seven Reimagined takes a fresh look at twenty-one paintings from the Group’s vast oeuvre, extracting narrative...
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4.
Series:
Fishes of the Salish Sea
Puget Sound and the Straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca
Hardcover
Theodore Pietsch
9781772032932
$179.00
NATURE
Aug 06, 2019
A comprehensive, visually stunning, scientifically accurate guide to the vast variety of fish species in the Salish Sea. Fishes of the Salish Sea is the definitive guide to the fishes of Puget Sound and the Straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca. Featuring striking illustrations of the Salish Sea’s 260 fish species by noted illustrator Joseph Tomelleri, this comprehensive three-volume set details the ecology and life history of each species, and recounts the region’s rich heritage of marine research and exploration.Leading scientists Theodore Piet...
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5.
Series:
Four Who Dared
Inspiring Stories of Canadian Airmen in the Second World War
1st edition
Paperback
Kenneth B. Cothliff
9781772032949
$22.95
HISTORY
Oct 29, 2019
An absorbing testament to the contributions of four brave young Canadian volunteers who flew with British Bomber Command in the Second World War.More than one million Canadians volunteered to serve in the Second World War—both in the Canadian armed forces and in forces across the British Commonwealth. In Four Who Dared, author and historian Kenneth B. Cothliff lifts four Canadian volunteer pilots out of obscurity, highlighting their personal stories and acts of heroism.Unknown to each other, the four pilots in this book are forever united in th...
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6.
Series:
Driving to Treblinka
A Long Search for a Lost Father
Paperback
Diana Wichtel
9781772032994
$22.95
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Aug 13, 2019
An intimate memoir recounting a woman’s quest to solve the mystery of her Holocaust survivor father’s death.As a child growing up in Vancouver in the 1950s and early ’60s, Diana Wichtel knew there was something different about her family. Her parents were far from forthcoming about the harrowing details of her Jewish father’s journey from Poland to Canada during the Second World War, often leaving young Diana with more questions than answers.She was told that during the War, Benjamin Wichtel and several members of his family were herded onto a ...
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7.
Series:
Scallywag on the Salish Sea
Paperback
Sara Cassidy
9781772032789
$9.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 7 - 9
Aug 20, 2019
A nameless boy finds treasure, courage, and clues to his past in this hilarious high-seas adventure. The Greasy Lobster, a pirate ship run by the notorious Captain Gallows, is no place for a kid. But when a young orphan arrives on board, the boy has no choice but to take the captain’s orders and get to work gutting fish in the galley. Without family, freedom, or even a name to call his own, the boy’s fate appears to be sealed, until fortune arrives in the least likely (and most disgusting) of places. Can he really turn his luck around in this s...
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8.
Series:
Magical Beings of Haida Gwaii
Hardcover
Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson
9781772032963
$22.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 8
Nov 19, 2019
Based on ancient Haida narratives, this vibrantly illustrated children's book empowers young people and teaches them to live in harmony with nature.Haida Gwaii is home to a rich and vibrant culture whose origins date back thousands of years. Today, the Haida People are known throughout Canada and the world for their artistic achievements, their commitment to social justice and environmental protection, and their deep connection to the natural world. Embedded in Haida culture and drawn from ancient oral narratives are a number of Supernatural Be...
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