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Adventures in Solitude
From Captain George Vancouver to Muriel "Curve of Time" Blanchet to Jim "Spilsbury's Coast" Spilsbury, visitors to Desolation Sound have left behind a trail of books endowing the …
Smithereens
In Smithereens, Terence Young ranges widely among forms, subjects, tones and moods, invoking the domestic world of family and home, as well as the associated realms of work and …
Tofino and Clayoquot Sound
Clayoquot Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island is not only a place of extraordinary raw beauty, but also a region with a rich heritage and fascinating past. Tofino and …
Sow Simple
Plants thrive thanks to back-sparing and thrifty techniques for propagation, fertilisation and transplanting, plus tips on beneficial fungi and bugs, magical mulches, edible weeds, …
Raven & Snipe
In this tale, the ever-wily, ever-hungry Raven visits the generous Snipe family, in the hope of getting lots of free food. When she gets a bit too greedy, however, she finds out …
Timmy Ties Up
In Timmy Ties Up Timmy pulls a load of dynamite from James Island up to Howe Sound. By now Timmy has been towing cargo up and down the coast for 70 years. He is not as young as he …
The Bushman’s Lair
A captivating biography of a fugitive with intriguing connections to a top-secret US military program, the infamous Bre-X mining scandal and moreIn the summer of 2002, the …
Here on the Coast: Reflections from the Rainbelt
No matter where people live on the BC coast, says Howard White, they have certain shared experiences: frustration with rain and ferries, familiarity with gumboots, bumbershoots, …
Beyond Mile Zero
In 1942, the west coast of North America was under threat after the attack on Pearl Harbor, prompting the US government to build a military road from Dawson Creek, BC, to Delta …
Orca's Song
"Orca's Song" is the tale of the love between Orca and Eagle-Flies-High, and explains the origin of the killer whale's song and exuberant dance.
I Married the Klondike
In 1907, Laura Beatrice Berton, a 29-year-old kindergarten teacher, left her comfortable life in Toronto to teach in a rough Yukon mining town. She fell in love with the North - …