In Switchbacks, Sid Marty draws on his own memories and those of friends and former colleagues in relating a series of true mountain tales. Among his subjects are: the old guide who built a staircase up a cliff; the stranded snowshoer...
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Author:Marty, SidSummary: - Author:Legault, StephenSummary:
A veteran of burnout himself, Legault looks at the culture of self-sacrifice that permeates the work done by volunteers and paid staff in the environmental conservation movement, and dissects how to manage our own time, energy, and...
- Author:Martel, LynnSummary:
Since moving to the Rockies of western Canada in 1984, Lynn Martel has spent countless hours and days exploring the mountain wilderness with her many experienced friends as well as some of the best known and well-informed professional...
- Author:Mason, AdrienneSummary:
From record-breaking tea clippers to rum runners and sea monsters, life on the west coast has never been dull. Rich in seafaring legend and adventure, these stories will take you on a voyage of discovery into the past and around the...
- Author:Mickenberg, RisaSummary:
Real taxi drivers know more than how to get you there without a GPS. Philosophers all, they know how to get you there in life. This 20th anniversary edition of the wise and hilarious classic, as true now as ever, is a celebration of the...
- Author:Péan, StanleySummary:
Stanley Péan's Taximan is the trace, the record of exile from Haiti. It is also a portrait of urban North America through its displaced people who, despite their native sadness, turn up the music and drive.
- Author:McCardell, MikeSummary:
Mike McCardell has spent over 30 years on a B.C. news program showing that the truly important events that make our world go round are not the wars and murders that grab the headlines, but the little things that happen on back streets...
- Author:Giblin, DavidSummary:
A colourful portrait of life in an eccentric fishing village on the BC coast. After spending fifteen years as a fishing guide on the BC coast, David Giblin decided that the offbeat people and places he encountered during that colourful...
- Author:Calgary Herald, Nenshi, NaheedSummary:
The Flood of 2013 chronicles an unforgettable summer of angry rivers, unprecedented flooding, and undeniable human spirit. This book looks at how the disaster irrevocably changed southern Alberta and its people. In the face of disaster...
- Author:Fessler, Ann.Summary:
In this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for the first time the astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for adoption due to enormous family and...
- Author:Paul, MarkSummary:
The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told is an inspiring personal narrative about a filly who broke through the male-dominated world of horseracing and inspired crowds of men and women alike, along with a trio of gamblers who embark on an...
- Author:Duthie, JamesSummary:
If you’re a sports fan, you know James Duthie.
The biggest games, the biggest trades, the juiciest rumours—chances are Duthie is the guy you tuned in to hear talk about them. There are other experts and insiders, stats guys and...
- Author:Regan, PatrickSummary:
Few things are harder to capture in words than the feeling of true friendship. But that certainly hasn't deterred people from trying. The Heart of Friendship shares what some of the most insightful writers have had to say about this...
- Author:MacGillivray, RoyceSummary:
"Beneath the deadly dull history of Ontario lies a myriad of fascinating, but little-known stories. Did you know: Sir John A. Macdonald was born in an Ontario town, not in Scotland? Karl Marx was once a visitor to Toronto? The...
- Author:Flinn, KathleenSummary:
The author of The Sharper Your Knife tells the inspiring story of how she helped nine others find their inner cook. After graduating from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, writer Kathleen Flinn returned with no idea what to do next, until one...
- Author:Bernhardt, DarrenSummary:
Manitoba's history is one of being carved. Ice sculpted the land before nomadic first people pressed trails across it. Southern First Nations dug into the earth to grow corn and potatoes while those in the north mined it for quartz...
- Author:Morris, ThomasSummary:
"Delightfully horrifying."-Popular Science This wryly humorous collection of stories about bizarre medical treatments and cases offers a unique portrait of a bygone era in all its jaw-dropping weirdness. A puzzling series of dental...
- Author:Braithwaite, Max.Summary:
Max Braithwaite has the unique capacity to be both tender and caustic – both nostalgic and uncompromisingly honest. He is also one of Canada’s few original humorists. All these qualities are present in his latest bittersweet...
- Author:Choyce, Lesley, Swan, JuliaSummary:
“Alistair MacLeod was the most deeply satisfied person I ever met,” writes Alexander MacLeod of his father, “and every day I miss his quiet presence in my life, his unhurried walk, his slow breathing, his certainty.” Anne Murray says...
- Author:Fischer, JennaSummary:
An intimate, behind-the-scenes celebration of beloved The Office co-stars Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey's friendship, and an insiders' view of the unforgettable cast of the hit series' iconic characters.
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