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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2.
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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3.
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
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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9.
Series:
Polepole
A Training Guide for Kilimanjaro and Other Long-Distance Mountain Treks
Paperback
Erinne Sevigny Adachi
9781771603133
$35.00
TRAVEL
Oct 08, 2019
“Polepole” (po-lay-po-lay) — a Swahili term meaning “slowly, slowly” — is what porters on Kilimanjaro say as you climb the mountain. It’s also how you train for other long-distance mountain treks. Of the estimated 35,000 people that attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania every year, about half do not make it to the top. There are several reasons for this, but one of the primary blocks is people arriving to the mountain physically unprepared for what their bodies are about to endure. Polepole is a comprehensive long-distance mountain tre...
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10.
Series:
With You By Bike
One Couple’s Life-Changing Journey Around the World
Paperback
Katrina Rosen
9781771603157
$25.00
TRAVEL
Sep 03, 2019
After many years together Katrina and Mike's marriage has unravelled. In a quest to mend their relationship they embark on a year long, 13,000 kilometre cycling tour with the hope of strengthening their commitment to one another.Katrina is an adventure athlete who craves the wild; her husband, Mike, watches sports with his buddies. Like many couples, after 11 years in a relationship they’ve grown apart and have become mere acquaintances, as opposed to husband and wife. When they hit rock bottom they realize it's time for a change and they make ...
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11.
Series:
In Search of Al Howie
Paperback
Jared Beasley
9781771603386
$25.00
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Oct 08, 2019
The story of Al Howie is a remarkable and at times unbelievable adventure into the heart of the longest races in the world with one of modern history’s most eccentric ultra-marathon runners.If you ran 2225 kilometres from Winnipeg to Ottawa, you’d be crazy. If the day after you arrived in Ottawa you showed up to a 24-hour race and started knocking back beers, you would be stupid. If you then ran the 195 kilometre, 24-hour race, won it, and ran all the way back to Winnipeg, you’d be a true freak of nature. If later, at 46 years old, you ran 7200...
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12.
Series:
Paul Preuss: Lord of the Abyss
Life and Death at the Birth of Free-Climbing
Hardcover
David Smart
9781771603232
$32.00
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jul 30, 2019
An intriguing biography of the renowned Austrian alpinist Paul Preuss, who achieved international recognition both for his remarkable solo ascents and for his advocacy of an ethically "pure" alpinism (meaning without any artificial aids).In the months before his death in 1913, from falling more than 300 metres during an attempt to make the first free solo ascent of the North Ridge of the Mandlkogel, Paul Preuss’s public presentations on his climbing adventures filled concert halls in Austria, Italy, and Germany.George Mallory, the famed English...
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13.
Series:
Rain Comin' Down
Water, Memory and Identity in a Changed World
Paperback
Robert William Sandford
9781771603171
$22.00
SCIENCE
Oct 22, 2019
From one of the world's foremost authorities on the connections between water, landscape, and our changing climate comes an intimate look at what drives one man's obsession with the world's most precious resource. Robert Sandford has spent a lot time watching and thinking about water. This was not because he was predisposed to do so, but because the importance of water gradually caught up with who he was and what he was doing with his life. As this self-reflective book demonstrates, when one takes up the serious study of water, one cannot but b...
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14.
Series: An RMB Manifesto
The Anthropocene Disruption
Hardcover
Robert William Sandford
9781771603195
$20.00
SCIENCE
Oct 01, 2019
An important and timely book that addresses the new reality of the Anthropocene and what we should be doing about it. In what is now being heralded as the Second Copernican Revolution, Earth scientists have discovered that our self-regulating planetary life support system is a single, dynamic integrated system, and not a collection of ecosystems as we once thought. The view that the planet needs to be understood as a unified, complex, evolving system that is more than the sum of its parts has led in turn to three linked breakthroughs in Earth s...
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15.
Series:
Following the Good River
The Life and Times of Wa'xaid
Hardcover
Briony Penn
9781771603218
$32.00
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
May 26, 2020
Based on recorded interviews and journal entries this major biography of Cecil Paul (Wa’xaid) is a resounding and timely saga featuring the trials, tribulations, endurance, forgiveness, and survival of one of North American’s more prominent Indigenous leaders. Born in 1931 in the Kitlope, Cecil Paul, also known by his Xenaksiala name, Wa’xaid, is one of the last fluent speakers of his people’s language. At age ten he was placed in a residential school run by the United Church of Canada at Port Alberni where he was abused. After three decades of...
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16.
Series:
Bad Law
Rethinking Justice for a Postcolonial Canada
Paperback
John Reilly
9781771603348
$25.00
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Oct 01, 2019
From the bestselling author of Bad Medicine and its sequel Bad Judgment comes a wide-ranging, magisterial summation of the years-long intellectual and personal journey of an Alberta jurist who went against the grain and actually learned about Canada’s Indigenous people in order to become a public servant.”Probably my greatest claim to fame is that I changed my mind,” writes John Reilly in this broadly cogent interrogation of the Canadian justice system. Building on his previous two books, Reilly acquaints the reader with the ironies and futilit...
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17.
Series:
Bad Medicine - Revised & Updated
A Judge’s Struggle for Justice in a First Nations Community – Revised & Updated
2nd edition
Paperback
John Reilly
9781771601948
$25.00
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Aug 13, 2019
This revised and updated edition details the latest legal developments surrounding tribal leadership and the state of governance on Canadian reserves.When Bad Medicine first appeared in 2010 it was an immediate sensation, a Canadian bestseller that sparked controversy and elicited praise nationwide for its unflinchingly honest portrayal of tribal corruption in a First Nation in Alberta.Now, in a new, revised and updated edition, retired Alberta jurist John Reilly sketches the latest legal developments surrounding tribal leadership at Morley and...
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18.
Series:
Bad Judgment – Revised & Updated
The Myths of First Nations Equality and Judicial Independence in Canada
2nd edition
Paperback
John Reilly
9781771601962
$25.00
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Aug 13, 2019
This revised and updated edition looks at the future of the Canadian legal and political systems as they relate to this country’s indigenous communities.During John Reilly’s more than 30-year career with the Provincial Court of Alberta he became interested in how the Canadian judicial system dealt with Indigenous societies. He saw the failure of the “white” legal system to do justice for First Nation peoples, the harm caused to them by Canadian colonialism, and the failure of all levels of government, including tribal leadership, to alleviate t...
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19.
Series:
The Wild Coasts of Canada
Hardcover
Scott Forsyth
9781771603331
$60.00
PHOTOGRAPHY
Oct 08, 2019
An astounding collection of photographs and essays celebrating the grandeur of Canada’s most remote regions located along the three ocean coastlines. Divided into three main sections—the Atlantic (Newfoundland and Labrador), the Arctic (Nunavut and The Northwest Passage), and the Pacific (Haida Gwaii and The Great Bear Rainforest)—the book will highlight features of geographical and cultural significance using glorious full-colour photographs and personal reflections. These stunning photographs and warm-hearted stories will inspire the reader t...
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20.
Series:
Feel the Wild
Hardcover
Daniel Fox
9781771603713
$40.00
TRAVEL
Oct 08, 2019
Feel the Wild is an intimate and powerful story about Nature and our relationship with it, told through stunning photography and thought-provoking writing. To “Feel the Wild” is to connect with the wilderness – the untamed Nature, the untamed Us, the essence of Life, through all of our senses and experience everything it has to offer – the physical, the emotional, the philosophical, and the spiritual. Daniel Fox's book of outdoor photography is ultimately about learning who we are and our place on this planet. It is a journey of growth told thr...
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21.
Series:
Nuptse and Lhotse in the Land of the Midnight Sun
Hardcover
Jocey Asnong
9781771603096
$18.00
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 8
Oct 08, 2019
With imaginative text and colourful artwork, Nuptse and Lhotse's latest adventure showcases the history, culture, and environment of the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. Welcome to the Land of the Midnight Sun! While waiting for the first snowfall of winter to arrive, Nuptse and Lhotse are excited when they find an unusual snow globe in their home that can change the weather. With the help of Roald, a Polar Explorer Fox, they set off together on an adventure to northern Canada and the Arctic, on a quest to find the great treasure of t...
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22.
Series:
Nuptse and Lhotse in the Land of the Midnight Sun
Paperback
Jocey Asnong
9781771603102
$12.00
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 8
Oct 08, 2019
With imaginative text and colourful artwork, Nuptse and Lhotse's latest adventure showcases the history, culture, and environment of the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. Welcome to the Land of the Midnight Sun! While waiting for the first snowfall of winter to arrive, Nuptse and Lhotse are excited when they find an unusual snow globe in their home that can change the weather. With the help of Roald, a Polar Explorer Fox, they set off together on an adventure to northern Canada and the Arctic, on a quest to find the great treasure of t...
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23.
Series:
Discovering People: English * French * Cree
Board book
Neepin Auger
9781771603270
$12.00
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 0 - 3
Oct 08, 2019
The fourth book in this colourful and unique series introduces twenty-two basic words in English, French, and Cree relating to familiar people at home and in the community. Neepin Auger's books for children contain original, brightly coloured images and early education level concepts familiar to everyone. Playful and bold, this dynamic series will educate and entertain preschoolers, parents, and teachers alike. In addition to the English words presented, the French and Cree equivalents are also given, making these some of the most dynamic and u...
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24.
Series:
Discovering Numbers: English * French * Cree — Updated Edition
2nd edition
Board book
Neepin Auger
9781771603317
$12.00
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 0 - 3
Dec 10, 2019
This updated edition is expanded to include more numbers and new illustrations, making it an even finer resource for teaching the basics of counting in English, French, and Cree. Neepin Auger’s books for children contain original, brightly coloured images and early education level concepts familiar to everyone. Playful and bold, this dynamic series will educate and entertain preschoolers, parents, and teachers alike. In addition to the English words presented, the French and Cree equivalents are also given, making these some of the most dynamic...
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25.
Series:
Discovering Words: English * French * Cree — Updated Edition
2nd edition
Board book
Neepin Auger
9781771603294
$12.00
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 0 - 3
Dec 10, 2019
This updated edition includes a few replacement words and new artwork, gently refreshing the content to help teach the basics of early language in English, French, and Cree. Neepin Auger's books for children contain original, brightly coloured images and early education level concepts familiar to everyone. Playful and bold, this dynamic series will educate and entertain preschoolers, parents, and teachers alike. In addition to the English words presented, the French and Cree equivalents are also given, making these some of the most dynamic and ...
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26.
Series:
Cedar and Salt
Vancouver Island Recipes from Forest, Farm, Field, and Sea
Hardcover
DL Acken
9781771512947
$45.00
COOKING
Oct 08, 2019
Homegrown, 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 a bounty of wild foods, heritage grains, organic produce, sustainable meats and artisan-crafted edible delights. This thoughtfully curated, beautifully photographed cookbook brings Vancouver Island’s abundant food scene into the kitchens of home cooks everywhere.While celebrating such treasures suc...
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27.
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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28.
Series:
In Nature's Realm
Early Naturalists Explore Vancouver Island
Hardcover
Michael Layland
9781771513067
$40.00
HISTORY
Oct 08, 2019
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 Menzies, accompanied English and Spanish explorations investigating the coastal geography for colonial expansion. D...
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29.
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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30.
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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31.
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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32.
Series:
Emily Carr's B.C.
Book Three - South Coast to the Interior
Paperback
Laurie Carter
9781927878057
$24.95
TRAVEL
Apr 21, 2019
The final volume of Laurie Carter’s groundbreaking trilogy, Emily Carr’s B.C., presents the culmination of a journey far beyond anything Carter ever imagined when she set out to explore the landscapes, historical environment, and First Nations traditions that shaped an icon. Author and artist Emily Carr led a merry chase to some of the best-loved destinations and remotest outposts of the province, revealing her character and motivation every step of the way. Wherever this epic traveller (and her trusty canine companions) ventured, Carter was de...
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33.
Series:
Emily Carr's B.C.
Northern B.C. & Haida Gwaii
Paperback
Laurie Carter
9781927878033
$24.95
TRAVEL
Jun 30, 2016
Journalist Laurie Carter knew she had a tiger by the tail when she set out to retrace the epic travels of Emily Carr, delving into the life, landscapes, and First Nations traditions that shaped an icon. She too has trekked more than 20,000 kilometres, though in greater comfort and probably raising fewer eyebrows than the lone artist and her dog. In this journey, Carter seeks to provide modern context while revealing the artist/author through Carr’s own words. Following up her Vancouver Island adventures, book two of Emily Carr’s B.C. explores C...
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34.
Series: Emily Carr's BC
Emily Carr's B.C.
Vancouver Island
Paperback
Laurie Carter
9781927878019
$24.95
TRAVEL
May 14, 2015
Emily Carr was an epic traveller. She covered more than 20,000 kilometres in British Columbia during a time when women rarely set off on their own—certainly not with the intention of visiting remote aboriginal villages. While this wanderlust and fearless sense of adventure fuelled her reputation as an eccentric, it also propelled her to become the artist and author we revere today. Laurie Carter set out to rediscover Vancouver Island by following Carr’s path, delving into the home life, landscapes and First Nations traditions that shaped the wo...
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35.
Series:
My Father, Fortune-tellers & Me
A Memoir
Book
Eufemia Fantetti
9781896949758
$21.95
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Oct 25, 2019
My Father, Fortune-tellers & Me: A Memoir is a powerful and witty coming-of-age story of fate versus free will. As the daughter of southern Italian immigrants joined in an acrimonious arranged marriage, Eufemia Fantetti weathered the devastating consequences of her mother’s treatment-resistant schizophrenia for years before moving to the West Coast to escape the constant turmoil. In her search for meaning beyond a host of ancestral superstitions—malocchio, maledictions and stregheria—she writes, cracks jokes, meets counselors, studies the sky f...
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36.
Series:
What Is Long Past Occurs in Full Light
Book
Marilyn Bowering
9781896949727
$21.00
POETRY
Aug 13, 2019
Beautiful meditations on absences and loss interwoven with personal, local and cultural memories.This new and remarkable book of poetry weaves beautifully crafted and intuitive meditations on absences and loss, with personal, local and cultural presence and memories. The poems awaken transformative interconnections between literature, ecology, civilization, history and individual study. A story of acknowledgment and philosophical and spirit renewal are told from various points of view and identities; from vanished figures from a Victoria childh...
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37.
Series:
This Little Finger
Paperback
Sandra Butt
9781999484606
$11.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Reading age from 4 - 8
Jun 30, 2019
A joyful, sing-along counting rhyme that also teaches you left and right, with numbers 1 to 10 in ASL (American Sign Language) and BSL (British Sign Language).Sing, count, learn left and right, and how to count from 1 to 10 in SIGN LANGUAGE.This much loved sing-along counting rhyme is a great way to learn to count from 1 to 10. Put a band-aid on, or mark the little finger on the right, and quickly learn left from right.Included are the hand signs for 1 to 10 in ASL (American Sign Language) and BSL (British Sign Language), a beginner vocabulary ...
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38.
Series:
How to Catch a Mole
Wisdom from a Life Lived in Nature
Hardcover
Marc Hamer
9781771644792
$29.95
NATURE
Oct 01, 2019
“An extraordinary book; I've read no other like it. Thank goodness Marc Hamer stopped killing moles and sat down to write.”—Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus At once a highly original memoir and an ode to the outdoors, this unexpected—and delightfully strange—book reveals, at its core, a rare vision of the natural world. Kneeling in a muddy field, clutching something soft and blue-black, Marc Hamer vows he will stop trapping moles—forever. In this earnest, understated, and sublime work of nonfiction literature, the molecatcher sha...
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39.
Series:
Every Little Scrap and Wonder
A Small-Town Childhood
Hardcover
Carla Funk
9781771644662
$29.95
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Oct 15, 2019
From an award-winning essayist and acclaimed poet comes this radiant, observant, and warmly funny memoir about childhood, family, and small-town life. Carla Funk grew up in a place of logging trucks and God, pellet guns and parables. Every Sunday, she sat with her mother and brother in the same pew at the Mennonite church while her dad stayed home with his cigarettes and a fridge full of whiskey. In these tender, humorous stories, Funk stitches together the wondrous and the mundane: making snow angels and carrying sacks of potatoes, tossing pig...
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40.
Series:
In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond
In Search of the Sasquatch
Hardcover
John Zada
9781771645188
$32.95
NATURE
Aug 27, 2019
An Amazon Best Book of the Month for July 2019 This evocative work of nature writing traverses the world’s largest temperate rainforest to uncover the legend of the Sasquatch. Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest is home to trees as tall as skyscrapers and moss as thick as carpet. According to the people who live there, another giant may dwell in these woods. For centuries, locals have reported encounters with the Sasquatch—a species of hairy man-ape that could inhabit this pristine wilderness. Driven by his childhood obsession with the Sasquatch, ye...
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41.
Series:
The Rise of Wolf 8
Witnessing the Triumph of Yellowstone's Underdog
Hardcover
Rick McIntyre
9781771645218
$34.95
NATURE
Oct 15, 2019
The astonishing true story of one of the first wolves to roam Yellowstone in more than 60 years. Book One in The Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone: A Trilogy [Rick McIntyre] is first and foremost a storyteller whose encyclopedic knowledge of Yellowstone’s wolf reintroduction project is unparalleled."—Nate Blakeslee, author of American Wolf Yellowstone National Park was once home to an abundance of wild wolves—but park rangers killed the last of their kind in the 1920s. Decades later, the rangers brought them back, with the first wolves arriving from ...
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42.
Series:
The Obesity Code Cookbook
Recipes to Help You Manage Insulin, Lose Weight, and Improve Your Health
Hardcover
Jason Fung
9781771644761
$36.95
COOKING
Dec 10, 2019
The companion cookbook to the international bestseller The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung has inspired thousands of people around the world to transform their diets with his groundbreaking books The Obesity Code, and The Diabetes Code. Now, The Obesity Code Cookbook makes it even easier to follow Dr. Fung’s weight-loss advice. 100 mouth-watering recipes—from slow-roasted pork shoulder to chia pudding and almond cake—showcase healthy fats, nutrient-dense foods, and low or no carbs. The Obesity Code Cookbook is an indispensable tool for ...
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43.
Series:
Strangers in the House
A Prairie Story of Bigotry and Belonging
Hardcover
Candace Savage
9781771642040
$32.95
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sep 24, 2019
A renowned author investigates the dark and shocking history of her prairie house. When researching the first occupant of her Saskatoon home, Candace Savage discovers a family more fascinating and heartbreaking than she expected. Napoléon Sureau dit Blondin built the house in the 1920s, an era when French-speakers like him were deemed “undesirable” by the political and social elite, who sought to populate the Canadian prairies with WASPs only. In an atmosphere poisoned first by the Orange Order and then by the Ku Klux Klan, Napoléon and his you...
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44.
Series:
Voice of Rebellion
How Mozhdah Jamalzadah Brought Hope to Afghanistan
Hardcover
Roberta Staley
9781771644136
$32.95
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Oct 22, 2019
The first-ever biography of Mozhdah Jamalzadah: refugee, pop singer, and champion of women’s rights. Many have tried to silence her, but Mozhdah Jamalzadah remains the most powerful female voice of her generation in Afghanistan, boldly speaking out about women’s rights. Voice of Rebellion charts her incredible journey, including arriving in Canada as a child refugee, setting her father’s protest poem to music (and making it a #1 hit), performing that song for Michelle and Barack Obama, and, finally, being invited to host her own show in Afghani...
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45.
Series:
The Making of You
The Incredible Journey from Cell to Human
Hardcover
Katharina Vestre
9781771644921
$26.95
SCIENCE
Oct 08, 2019
A quirky and inspired guide to your very own origin story. This enlightening and irresistible book for adults explains how you were made—not with the standard euphemisms told to us as children, but with vivid, exacting prose that unveils all the complex processes we never knew produced human life. With a brilliant talent for thoughtful, charming science writing, Katharina Vestre takes us from cell to human and shares surprising facts along the way—such as that sperm have a sense of smell and that hiccups were likely inherited from our ancient, ...
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Series:
Scatterbrain
How the Mind's Mistakes Make Humans Creative, Innovative, and Successful
Hardcover
Henning Beck
9781771644013
$34.95
SCIENCE
Oct 08, 2019
In this mind-bending book, an esteemed neuroscientist explains why perfectionism is pointless—and argues that mistakes, missteps, and flaws are the keys to success. Remember that time you screwed up simple math or forgot the name of your favorite song? What if someone told you that such embarrassing “brain farts” are actually secret weapons, proof of your superiority to computers and AI? In Scatterbrain, we learn that boredom awakens the muse, distractions spark creativity, and misjudging time creates valuable memories, among other benefits of ...
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Series:
Almost Human
The Story of Julius, the Chimpanzee Caught between Two Worlds
Hardcover
Alfred Fidjestøl
9781771643856
$32.95
NATURE
Sep 17, 2019
"Alternately joyous and heartbreaking..." —Jane Goodall A moving and revealing biography of Norway’s most famous chimpanzee. Julius is a national celebrity, the inspiration behind pop hits and bestselling books. He’s also a chimpanzee, born in captivity but raised in a zookeeper’s home after his own mother rejects him. Julius’s new parents change his diapers and comfort him when he has nightmares, and their daughters play with him. But soon they must reintroduce Julius to the zoo, a challenging task that brings new learnings on primate behavior...
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48.
Series:
Winterlust
Finding Beauty in the Fiercest Season
Hardcover
Bernd Brunner
9781771643528
$32.95
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Nov 05, 2019
A sweeping, beautiful survey of all things winter. Brunner masterfully does in words what resilient and adventurous people have done in their lives for centuries; he finds beauty in blizzards and ice and the crystallized enchantment of snow.” —Dan Egan, Pulitzer finalist and author of The Death and Life of the Great Lakes In Winterlust, a farmer painstakingly photographs five thousand snowflakes, each one dramatically different from the next. Indigenous peoples thrive on frozen terrain, where famous explorers perish. Icicles reach deep underwat...
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49.
Series:
Magic Moments in BC Sports
A Century in Photos
Paperback
Kate Bird
9781771644518
$24.95
SPORTS & RECREATION
Sep 10, 2019
A striking collection of two hundred iconic sports photographs—from local heroes to international icons, pickup games to sold-out stadiums. From the growth of community sports around the province to the successful hosting of large-scale sporting events, and with the impressive development of world-class athletes, British Columbia boasts a vibrant and rich history of sports over the past century. Vancouver Sun and Province photojournalists and other local photographers have had a front-row seat to the action, producing sports photographs with th...
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50.
Series:
Birdsong
Hardcover
Julie Flett
9781771644730
$22.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 8
Sep 30, 2019
A tender, luminous portrait of art, nature, and connecting across generations.When a young girl moves from the country to a small town, she feels lonely and out of place. But soon she meets an elderly woman next door, who shares her love of arts and crafts. Can the girl navigate the changing seasons and failing health of her new friend? Acclaimed author and artist Julie Flett’s textured images of birds, flowers, art, and landscapes bring vibrancy and warmth to this powerful story, which highlights the fulfillment of intergenerational relationsh...
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Series:
Can You Hear the Trees Talking?
Discovering the Hidden Life of the Forest
Hardcover
Peter Wohlleben
9781771644341
$24.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 8 - 10
Oct 01, 2019
"A tree-treatise treat."—Kirkus (Starred Review ) A walk in the park will never be the same after kids discover this awe-inspiring book. Meet Peter Wohlleben—but you can call him Peter the Forester! With his groundbreaking, internationally bestselling book The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben established himself as a global advocate for forests and our relationship with trees. Now, Peter shares his famous imagination and storytelling style with children, asking surprising questions about trees with exciting quizzes, photographs, and hands-...
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Series:
Spur, a Wolf's Story
Hardcover
Eliza Robertson
9781771643412
$22.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 5 - 9
Sep 30, 2019
This captivating tale will inspire children across the world to build compassion for an iconic yet vulnerable animal. In award-winning author Eliza Robertson’s stunning debut children’s book, a young, brave wolf named Spur is looking for food with her brother when, suddenly, a flying beast appears in the sky. What was that thing? And where did her brother go? The next time the helicopter appears, Spur knows just what to do to save her wolf pack and reunite with her brother. Stirring, gorgeous illustrations of wolves, snow, and trees illuminat...
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53.
Series:
Hello, Crow
Hardcover
Candace Savage
9781771644440
$22.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 8
Sep 30, 2019
Will Franny ever prove to her dad that crows and kids can be friends? Franny has a new friend—a crow who brings her presents in its beak. Like a red button! And a silver heart! Franny’s dad doesn’t believe her. He says crows and kids can’t be friends. But Franny knows better. How will Franny prove her new playmate is real? And what will the crafty crow bring next? Award-winning author Candace Savage, whose crow expertise is lauded in popular books such as Bird Brains, motivates families to be present when exploring parks, backyards, balconies,...
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Series:
The Moose of Ewenki
Hardcover
Gerelchimeg Blackcrane
9781771645386
$26.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 5 - 9
Sep 30, 2019
A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year! A Junior Library Guide Selection pick! From one of China’s most beloved, bestselling children’s authors comes this touching story of friendship and empathy, which celebrates the traditional way of life for the Indigenous Ewenki peoples of Mongolia. When a Mongolian elder named Gree Shrek hunts a female moose by mistake, her young calf is left behind. Saddened by her loss, Gree Shrek names the calf Xiao Han (“Little Moose”) and the moose and man form an authentic attachment. Xiao Han accompanies Gree Shr...
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Series:
FLUEVOG
50 Years of Unique Soles for Unique Souls
Hardcover
John Fluevog
9781928055532
$65.00
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Nov 05, 2019
An homage to wild and whimsical John Fluevog shoes and their free-spirited fans, written by the Canadian cult shoe designer and featuring lush photography, graphics, and hand-drawn illustrations. Colorful and quirky, Fluevog shoes have graced the feet of celebrities such as Madonna, Jack White, and Lady Gaga, as well as legions of lifelong fans who consider themselves more a community than mere customers. Known for cheeky slogans such as "no, you're weird" and the message engraved on the soles of their iconic Angel shoes: "Resists alkali, water...
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56.
Series:
The AI-Powered Enterprise
Harness the Power of Ontologies to Make Your Business Smarter, Faster and More Profitable
Hardcover
Seth Earley
9781928055501
$32.99
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Apr 28, 2020
Learn how to develop and employ an ontology, the secret weapon for successfully using artificial intelligence to create a powerful competitive advantage in your business. The AI-Powered Enterprise examines two fundamental questions: First, how will the future be different as a result of artificial intelligence? And second, what must companies do to stake their claim on that future? When the Web came along in the mid-90s, it transformed the behavior of customers and remade whole industries. Now, as part of its promise to bring revolutionary ch...
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57.
Series:
Rooted, Resilient, and Ready
Empowering Teen Girls As They Grow
Paperback
Lindsay Sealey
9781928055440
$23.99
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
Mar 17, 2020
How to help—and how not to hinder—your teenage daughter’s healthy development as she prepares to step into her own circle of power. Today’s teen girls face pressures such as an increase in mental health concerns, mounting demands to be both beautiful and successful, and addiction to social media and the approval of others, all of which can result in a damaging decline in personal satisfaction and self-esteem. Rooted, Resilient, and Ready explores how today's teen girl assembles her identity through the interweaving of genetics, family, and fr...
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Series:
Parenting Right From the Start
Laying a Healthy Foundation in the Baby and Toddler Years
Paperback
Vanessa Lapointe
9781928055389
$19.99
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
Oct 08, 2019
In this book, her follow-up to the bestseller Discipline Without Damage, Dr. Lapointe advises new parents how to put their child on a path to optimal development during the crucial early years. The baby and toddler years are the most important period for any child's emotional and psychological development. Parents naturally want to do what's best for their kids, but they often struggle to know what that is, especially when dealing with the big "battlegrounds" of sleep, feeding, and managing aggression. The latest scientific research indicates...
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