At the Bridge chronicles the little-known story of James Teit, a prolific ethnographer who, from 1884 to 1922, worked with and advocated for the Indigenous peoples of British Columbia and the northwestern United States. From his base at...
British Columbia
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Auteur:Wickwire, WendySommaire: - Auteur:Scott, JoelSommaire:
There's nowhere to hide in the Great Sea Reef in this heart-stopping thriller of a yarn In this follow-up to 2018's Arrow's Flight, a tale of an 18th-century sunken ship and a fortune in gold sends Arrow and her crew on a venture that...
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Auteur:Deverell, WilliamSommaire:Arthur Beauchamp, the scholarly, self-doubting legend of the B.C. criminal bar, is enjoying his retirement on B.C.’s Garibaldi Island when he is dragged back to court to defend an old client. Nick “The Owl” Faloon, one of the world’s...
- Auteur:Stubbs, SallySommaire:
An action-packed drama with heart, dark humour, and song, And Bella Sang with Us is inspired by Canada’s first women police officers, Constables Minnie Miller and Lurancy Harris, and a remarkable story in Ladies of the Night, a career...
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Auteur:Whishaw, IonaSommaire:The third book in the popular Lane Winslow mystery series by an author the Globe and Mail has called a “writer to watch.”It’s early spring of 1947 in idyllic King’s Cove, and the Hughes ladies, mère et filles, are gardening and sorting...
- Auteur:Thoms, Chris, Corkran, Charlotte C.Sommaire:
Frogs, toads and salamanders are important indicators of the quality of the environment, and they're cute little critters too. Newly revised and updated, this innovative field guide describes the life histories, habitat requirements and...
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Auteur:Delany, VickiSommaire:Brian Nowak went for a walk fifteen years ago and was never seen again. When a police dog discovers human remains, Sergeant John Winters reopens the investigation and finds a shattered family and townsfolk desperate to keep their...
- Auteur:McKinnon Crook, MarionSommaire:
In the long-awaited sequel to Always Pack a Candle, intrepid public health nurse Marion Crook juggles marriage, children, and a vast array of patients and cases in rural British Columbia in the 1970s. It has been over a decade since...
- Auteur:Isaac, Brian ThomasSommaire:
It's 1956, and six-year-old Eddie Toma lives with his mother, Grace, and his little brother, Lewis, near the Salmon River on the far edge of the Okanagan Indian Reserve in the British Columbia Southern Interior. Grace, her friend Isabel...
- Auteur:Harris, YvonneSommaire:
This sweeping saga is set in the 1860s when Canada was emerging as a nation, during the Cariboo gold rush and against the backdrop the U.S. Civil War. Alice, a strong-minded woman, witnesses the injustices that surround her but is...
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Auteur:Converse, CathySommaire:The first book on Agnes Deans Cameron, BC's first female principal, itinerant traveller, and journalist. Agnes Deans Cameron was an extraordinary woman who was ahead by a century. Born in Victoria in 1863, she was the first female...
- Auteur:Province of British ColumbiaSommaire:
The Government of British Columbia's accessibility plan as updated in 2022.
- Auteur:Province of British ColumbiaSommaire:
A standard is a set of rules or guidelines. The Service Delivery Standard provides guidance on how to remove barriers for people with disabilities accessing goods or services from an organization. The goal is that events, activities,...
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Auteur:Twigg, AlanSommaire:Following the success of First Invaders (Ronsdale, 2004), Alan Twigg turns his attention to First Nations writers, unearthing more than 300 books by more than 170 mostly unheralded British Columbia aboriginal authors. Taking the reader...
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Auteur:Penn, BrionySommaire:A freshly designed, new edition of a funny weekly chronicle that offers a year-long, intimate view of the flora and fauna populating the West Coast. A Year on the Wild Side is a witty commentary on the social and natural history of...
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Auteur:McAllister, Ian, Read, Nicholas, Down, ChristianSommaire:This is an enhanced ebook with a read-along function. A Whale's World follows a pod of spy-hopping orcas as they explore the ecosystems of the Great Bear Sea while hunting for their next meal. Past rocky shores and through kelp forests...
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Auteur:Read, Nicholas, Down, ChristianSommaire:Whale's World follows a pod of spy-hopping orcas as they explore the ecosystems of the Great Bear Sea while hunting for their next meal. Past rocky shores and through kelp forests, they observe foraging wolves, hungry grizzly bears,...
- Auteur:Wright, L.R.Sommaire:
Murder casts a dark shadow over Canada's Sunshine Coast in this Edgar Award-winning crime series-the basis for the Fox TV and Hulu series Murder in a Small Town. Gordon Murphy has a Midas touch for business, but he's all...
- Auteur:Red Braid Alliance for Decolonial SocialismSommaire:
A Separate Star collects the decolonial socialist ambitions of Red Braid Alliance through reflections on struggle, popular philosophical inquiries, and revolutionary strategy. The roots of the collectively-authored book are in Red Braid...
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Auteur:Waterton, Betty, Blades, Ann, Greene, GrahamSommaire:This enhanced e-book, in celebration of Groundwood's 35th anniversary, includes a read-aloud feature of the story narrated by Graham Greene.Simon has always longed to catch a salmon. But when his luck suddenly changes and an eagle...
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