The Big Swim puts forward the idea that personal growth arises from facing both inner tensions and threats to the biosphere. In a collection of stories that is frequently touching, surprisingly funny and always thought-provoking, author...
British Columbia Collection
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Author:Saxifrage, CarrieSummary: - Author:Kennedy, Gregory, Campbell, R. WayneSummary:
This illustrated field guide helps readers identify, understand and appreciate the birds of British Columbia. It contains full-colour illustrations and detailed descriptions of 325 species, with each account including information on: *...
- Author:McMillen, R. J.Summary:
It’s been a year since retired cop Dan Connor formed an unlikely partnership with ex-criminal Walker, to find Claire, a missing marine biologist. And it's been a year since he fell for her. Now he finally has the chance to enjoy both...
- Author:St. Pierre, Paul H.Summary:
Delore, a fifteen year old boy, has to lead the cattle drive to Williams Lake, British Columbia, from his home ranch, a distance of 200 miles. Delore's father is injured and cannot lead the drive and puts Delore in charge.
- Author:Cannings, Richard J.Summary:
- Author:Hartson, Tamara, Sheldon, IanSummary:
British Columbia Animal Tracks will help you identify tracks of all shapes and sizes, from the Mountain Lion to the Red Squirrel. This book is perfect for children, teachers, parents, backwoods explorers and naturalists: excellent...
- Author:Bradley, BenSummary:
In British Columbia by the Road, Ben Bradley takes readers on an unprecedented journey through the history of roads, highways, and motoring in British Columbia’s Interior, a remote landscape composed of plateaus and interlocking valleys...
- Author:Cornwall, Claudia MariaSummary:
Like many British Columbians in 2017, Claudia Cornwall found herself glued to the news about the disastrous wildfires across the province. Her worry was personal: her cabin at Sheridan Lake had been in the family for sixty years and was...
- Author:McNicoll, SusanSummary:
In July 1924, Scottish nursemaid Janet Smith was murdered in Vancouver’s wealthy Shaughnessy Heights. Her killer was never apprehended, but the investigation had shocking consequences. Twenty years later, Molly Justice was stabbed to...
- Author:Kennedy, Gregory, McCloskey, ErinSummary:
The British Columbia Nature Guide lets you discover the wondrous diversity of nature that lies right outside your front door. Whether you live in the city or the country, hundreds of species of plants and animals share your living space...
- Author:Mather, KenSummary:
Bronc Busters and Hay Sloops tells the story of ranching in the West from the beginning of the Great War until 1960. Cowboy soldiers, bronc busters, First Nations, upper-crust Englishmen and the strong, capable women of ranching country...
- Author:Oliphant, JohnSummary:
The history of false prophet Brother XII, who operated a spiritual community in British Columbia in the 1920s.
- Author:Mather, KenSummary:
Remarkable cattle drives, famous ranches and legendary characters are at the heart of Ken Mather's account of the early days of ranching in British Columbia. These are stories about drovers, ranchers, cowboys and "mud pups" (the...
- Author:Gibson, GordonSummary:
Logger, seaman, hotelier, politician, millionaire—Gordon Gibson was a tough man, a fast friend and a hellish enemy. Bull of the Woods is a tale of guts and raw courage from a Canadian Horatio Alger—a man big enough to tell his life...
- Author:Bowering, GeorgeSummary:
First published in 1980 to high acclaim, Burning Water won a Governor General's Award for fiction that year. A rollicking chronicle of Captain Vancouver's search for the Northwest Passage, the book has over its career been mentioned in...
- Author:Seagrave, JayneSummary:
In this fully revised, expanded, and updated edition of her bestselling camping guide, Jayne Seagrave lays the groundwork for anyone planning to get out of the city and explore the best that nature has to offer. Whether you’re camping...
- Author:Seagrave, JayneSummary:
Jayne Seagrave—author of the bestselling Camping British Columbia and Yukon—is back with a book that only an avid camper with children could write. Camping with Kids in the West: BC and Alberta’s Best Family Campgrounds is the...
- Author:Osler, SanfordSummary:
Often called one of the Seven Wonders of Canada, the canoe has played a particularly important role in British Columbia. This seemingly simple watercraft allowed coastal First Nations to hunt on the open ocean and early explorers to...
- Author:Downs, ArtSummary:
In 1858, some 30,000 gold seekers stampeded to the Fraser River. Scores perished during the gruelling journey, but some made their fortune and many pressed on northwards to the creeks of the Cariboo. Originally compiled by Art Downs,...
- Author:Harvey, R. G.Summary:
The sparsely populated southern Interior of British Columbia was rich in resources and ripe for settlement in the late 1800s. The agricultural lands of the Okanagan and Nicola valleys, and the precious metals and coal of the Kootenays,...
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