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Author: Johnston, WayneSummary: -
Author: Bryson, BillSummary:
Covering the entire history of the English language, we learn about the quirks and byways of the world's most important and baffling language. Among other things, it examines unphonetic...
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Author: Mowat, FarleySummary:
Tales of the voyages of men against the sea between Greenland and James Bay, Frobisher, Hudson, and Captain James. Mowat links records of 600 years of Arctic exploration for the Northwest Passage...
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Author: Young, TerenceSummary:
Fergus, owner of Goodlake's Deli, is having an affair with a much younger woman - a relationship that starts out carefree but eventually collapses the foundations of everything in his life. The...
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Author: Henderson, BobSummary:
At age 18, Bob Henderson abandoned his privileged life for the challenges of the mountains of northern B.C. Mentored by the Tlogot'ine Indians and a few veteran guides, he adapted to the vagaries...
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Author: Jenkins, PhilSummary:
George Mercer Dawson is a towering figure in Canadian history — and science — as the man who led the Geological Survey during its exploration of the Canadian West, mostly from horseback or from a...
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Author: Onley, ToniSummary:Artist Toni Onley's serene and spectacular landscapes are known to millions, but the man behind the brush has remained an intriguing enigma - until now. Here, Onley paints a self-portrait in words...
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Author: Armitage, DoreenSummary:
The author captures the voices of Coast Guard Skippers, coast pilots, commercial fishermen and divers, tugboaters and deep-sea drillers. Fishermen recall the pandemonium of a fishery opening. A...
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Author: Innes, RoySummary:
RCMP Corporal Paul Blakemore is jolted from his mundane policing duties in the Monashee Mountain village of Bear Creek by the discovery of a frozen corpse on a snowy slope just outside of town....
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Author: Harcourt, Mike, Lekich, JohnSummary:An inspiring and revealing memoir by one of Canada's most revered public figures. Mike Harcourt fought back from a near-fatal accident that doctors initially thought could leave the former B.C....
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Author: Twigg, AlanSummary:The book recalls the drama and confusion arising from the initial contacts between Europeans, Americans and the First Nations on Canada's West Coast. The hub was Friendly Cove in Nootka Sound...
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Author: Boudreau, JackSummary:In the backwoods of British Columbia, Boudreau tells of adventures gone awry, bizarre encounters with creatures in the wilds, and the results of friendships gone sour. When men went missing, or...
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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...
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Author: MacLennan, HughSummary:
George and Catherine Stewart share not only the burden of Catherine's heart disease, which could cause her death at any time, but the memory of Jerome Martell, her first husband and George's...
Genre: General fiction, Canadian fiction