Despite being neighbouring provinces with long ranching histories, British Columbia and Alberta saw their ranching techniques develop quite differently. As most ranching styles were based on one of the two dominant styles in use south...
British Columbia Collection
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Author:Mather, KenSummary: - Author:Cannings, Richard, Cannings, Sydney, Nelson, JoAnneSummary:
This book tells the story of the province’s geology and the history of its living creatures. The first edition of Geology of British Columbia,, with its accessible but rigorous science, struck a chord with readers. Since it was first...
- Author:Garrett, GeorgeSummary:
Starting from humble beginnings as a farm boy in Saskatchewan, George Garrett rose through the ranks of journalism and came to be known as the reporter who, as radio personality Rafe Mair recalled, 'seemed to know details almost as soon...
- Author:Bachusky, JohnnieSummary:
Many of BC's old mining towns are now abandoned ruins, disappearing into the wilderness. These once-thriving towns and the pioneers who built them are remembered in 10 fascinating stories of hard work and heroism. A mine rescue worker...
- Author:Musgrave, SusanSummary:
The characters from Susan Musgrave’s A Cargo of Orchids are back in this brilliantly engaging novel. Rainy, the Mexican-American woman, and Frenchy, the African-American, along with Musgrave’s narrator X have returned and convincingly...
- Author:Wigmore, GillianSummary:
In a boom town dominated by a man-eating lake, Renee and Danny Chance start a new life in his grandfather’s cabin. Renee struggles to keep her head above water until she meets Crystal and Glory, bar-singer cousins fighting for footing...
- Author:Howard, IreneSummary:
Gold Dust on His Shirt is an evocative telling of the experience of a Scandinavian immigrant family of hard-rock miners at the turn of the century and up to World War II. Based on fascinating historical research, these are tales of...
- Author:Lewis, Jim, Campany, SusanSummary:
“I want to gold pan; I want to strike rich. I’ve been searching for a stream of gold. It’s these fortunes I never win that keep me searching for a stream of gold. And I’m getting old. I keep searching for my stream of gold; and I’m...
- Author:Craig, JenniferSummary:
After losing her job and learning she might also lose her house because of a bad investment, Jess, a fiercely independent and hilariously wry BC grandma, resorts to growing pot in her basement to make ends meet. She then has to juggle...
- Author:Hare, JanSummary:
- Author:Hobson, Richmond P.Summary:
Three cowhands with a dream of owning a cattle ranch make a heroic pioneer trek across uncharted mountain ranges to open up the frontier grasslands in northern British Columbia during the early 1930s.
- Author:McAllister, IanSummary:
The Great Bear Rainforest is the fabled region that stretches up the rugged Pacific coast from the top of Vancouver Island to southern Alaska. A longtime resident of the area, award-winning photographer and conservationist Ian...
- Author:McMillen, R. J.Summary:
When a series of murders targeting oil pipeline workers strikes in a remote coastal community in northern BC, Dan Connor and Walker pair up once again to solve the mystery. Five pipeline employees have been murdered and a journalist is...
- Author:Christie, MichaelSummary:
From the award-winning author of If I Fall, If I Die comes a propulsive, multigenerational family story, in which the unexpected legacies of a remote island off the coast of British Columbia will link the fates of five people over a...
- Author:Boudreau, JackSummary:
Hot on the heels of his bestseller Crazy Man’s Creek, Boudreau writes a sequel. We go back to the small community of Penny, learn what rural kids did to amuse themselves (mothers wouldn’t approve) and then look over Jack’s shoulder as...
- Author:Stenson, BillSummary:
In the 1950s Arthur Lemmons, after the death of his wife, moves himself and his daughter from Belgium to the Cowichan Valley of BC to begin a new life. Although limited in his skills, his ability to repair clocks serves him well — a...
- Author:Amos, RobertSummary:
Harold Mortimer-Lamb’s name is in the index of almost every book written on the history of Canadian art, yet his place in that world has never been clear. Photographer, writer, painter, promoter—he was a man of many parts and the ideal...
- Author:Harper, JoanSummary:
Dr. Frank Arthur Calder of BC’s Nisga’a First Nation was the first indigenous person to be elected to any Canadian governing body. For twenty-six years he served as an MLA in the legislature of British Columbia. He was the driving force...
- Author:Schwartz, EllenSummary:
Ten-year-old Kenny (Kenji in Japanese) worships his older brother, Mickey (Mitsuo), a baseball hero whose outstanding performance on the Asahi baseball team has given him fame and popularity. Despite Kenny's suspected heart condition,...
- Author:Peters, Stephanie TrueSummary:
In Whistler, British Columbia, dogs can be found riding chairlifts, perched on skiers' shoulders, and even descending from helicopters, all in the race against time to save people caught in the path of an avalanche. Meet Henry, a...
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