Then, Donal Keneally, an Irish giant who thought he could invent the world, led a band of faithful followers from rural Ireland to Vancouver Island in search of Eden. In the course of his search, he founded the Revelations Colony of...
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Auteur:Hodgins, JackSommaire: - Auteur:Yee, PaulSommaire:
When her father is lost at sea during a typhoon and her family no longer has enough to eat, Yenyee travels to Vancouver as a servant, across the ocean which she feels betrayed her.
- Auteur:Choy, WaysonSommaire:
This is a novel based on the short story written by Choy as a for a Creative Writing class taught by Carol Shields. Three children living in Vancouver's Chinatown tell three different versions of the same events.
- Auteur:Leiren-Young, MarkSommaire:
The fascinating and heartbreaking account of the first publicly exhibited captive killer whale—a story that forever changed the way we see orcas and sparked the movement to save them.
Killer whales had always been seen as...
- Auteur:McAllister, IanSommaire:
The book describes the author's experiences over the 17 years he's spent exploring the north coast of B.C., one of the last places on the planet where wolves live in an undisturbed way. He follows two packs of wolves, one that dominates...
- Auteur:Downs, ArtSommaire:
Gold rush fever in the 1860s brought thousands of miners to the new territories of British Columbia and the Yukon armed with rifles, revolvers, and bowie knives. Among them were thugs and outlaws lured by the promise of easy riches....
- Auteur:Downs, ArtSommaire:
The far-ranging officers of the BC Provincial Police covered an area larger than California, Oregon, and Washington combined. In Yukon, a force of nineteen Mounties were charged with upholding the law across all of Arctic Canada. Set in...
- Auteur:Stonier-Newman, LynneSommaire:
Keeping the peace in turn-of-the-century B.C. Murderers, thieves and drunks tested the will of Superintendent Fred Hussey, the B.C. Provincial Police officer appointed to keep the peace in rough-and-tumble, turn-of-the-century B.C. But...
- Auteur:Hak, GordonSommaire:
This comprehensive history of the left in British Columbia from the late nineteenth century to the present explores the successes and failures of individuals and organizations striving to make a better world. Nineteenth-century coal...
- Auteur:Clark, CecilSommaire:
From 1858 until 1950, the BC Provincial Police were responsible for maintaining law and order in British Columbia. Numbering only 100 men in 1900, they patrolled this vast area by horseback, boat, snowshoes and dog team until the...
- Auteur:Baart, NicoleSommaire:
From Florida's beaches to British Columbia's vineyards, Abigail pursues a handsome, charismatic man. On her quest, she is awash with memories of her beautiful yet vulnerable sister. But as past and present converge, Abigail's mission...
- Auteur:Cannings, Richard, Cannings, SydneySommaire:
Discover a whole new dimension to taking a car trip with this fascinating guide to the roadside ecology of the major highways in British Columbia. Each of the 13 chapters covers one highway in the province. Beginning with an overview of...
- Auteur:Henthorne, ColinSommaire:
The 2006 sinking of the BC Ferries passenger vessel Queen of the North. Ten years later, questions are still being asked. How did a ship that sailed the same course thousands of times fall victim to such an inexplicable error? Was the...
- Auteur:Hobson, Richmond P.Sommaire:
Adventures of a pioneer cattle rancher and his city-bred bride in the back country of Northern British Columbia.
- Auteur:Halle, KarinaSommaire:
One of PopSugar's Top Summer Reads of 2021! An ordinary summer goes royally awry when a prince and princess move next door, bringing their handsome bodyguard with them, from New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle. Piper Evans:...
- Auteur:McAllister, Ian, Read, NicholasSommaire:
Extensively illustrated with Ian McAllister's magnificent photographs, The Salmon Bears explores the delicate balance that exists between the grizzly, black and spirit bears and their natural environment, the last great wilderness along...
- Auteur:Huson, Brett D.Sommaire:
To the Gitxsan people of Northwestern British Columbia, the sockeye salmon is more than just a source of food. Over its life cycle, it nourishes the very land and forests that the Skeena River runs through and where the Gitxsan make...
- Auteur:Preston, DaveSommaire:
How did Jenny Butchart turn an ugly, disused limestone quarry into the world’s most famous private garden? Over 100 years later, Butchart Gardens still attracts almost a million visitors from around the globe, to enjoy a world created...
- Auteur:Pearson, KitSommaire:
In 1932, after the death of their father, ten-year-old Polly and her older sister Maud must leave their home in Winnipeg and begin a new life with their grandmother on a remote island off the coast of B.C. Maud goes off to boarding...
- Auteur:William, GerrySommaire:
A magical landscape as close as your own backyard, populated by the spirits of the animals and people, The Woman in the trees is a mythical exploration of the first contact between the Okanagans (the syilx) and early settlers, between...
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