This collection of over thirty essays by both well-known and emerging writers explores what it means to “be at home” on Canada’s West Coast. Here the rainforest and the wild, stormy cost dominate one’s sense of identity, a humbling...
British Columbia--Haida Gwaii
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Author:Lowther, Christine, Sinner, AnitaSummary: -
Author:Davidson, Sara FlorenceSummary:Every summer, a Haida girl and her family travel up the Yakoun River on Haida Gwaii, following the salmon. While their father fishes, the girl and her brother spend their time on the land playing and learning from Tsinii (Grandfather...
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Author:Harlick, R. J.Summary:"Skillfully weaves murder, greed, traditional customs, bonding, and betrayal into a gripping read." —Chronicle-Journal In one volume for the first time, this bundle presents the first five novels of the Meg Harris Mystery series by R.J...
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Author:Davidson, Sara Florence, Williams-Davidson, Terri-LynnSummary:Haida Gwaii, a group of islands off the northwest coast of what is now called British Columbia, is home to a rich and vibrant culture whose origins date back thousands of years. Today, the Haida People are known throughout Canada and...
- Author:Davidson, Robert, Gibbons, Janine, Davidson, Sara FlorenceSummary:
In this book, a grandfather and grandson (Robert Davidson) spend the day jigging for halibut off the northern tip of Haida Gwaii. They begin by rowing together in a wooden dinghy from their home in the village of Massett toward the...
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Author:Horwood, DennisSummary:Haida Gwaii, ancestral home of the Haida First Nation, was once as inaccessible and mysterious as it was beautiful. The tight cluster of islands off British Columbia’s northwest coast remained virtually untouchable for millennia,...
- Author:Reid, Bill, Bringhurst, Robert, Lévi-Strauss, Claude, Therrien, Joanne, Le Gall, HuguetteSummary:
« Avant qu’il y ait quoi que ce soit au monde, avant que les eaux recouvrent tout puis se retirent, avant qu’il y ait sur la terre des animaux, dans l’air des oiseaux, dans la mer des poissons, des baleines et des phoques, il y avait un...
- Author:Davidson, Robert, Williams-Davidson, Terri-LynnSummary:
A visual and cultural celebration of a traditional Haida wedding ceremony, exploring its roots, rituals, symbolism, joyfulness, and contemporary significance for a thriving Indigenous Nation. In 1996, Terri-Lynn Williams and Robert...
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Author:Cameron, JuneSummary:When June Cameron and Paul Holsinger set out in 1983 in Paul's ancient 26-foot wooden sloop, Wood Duck, to cross the perilous Hecate Strait and explore the weather-beaten west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands (now known as Haida...
- Author:Vaillant, JohnSummary:
In 1997, when a shattered kayak and camping gear are found on an Alaskan island north of the Canadian border, they reignite a mystery surrounding a shocking act of protest. The author braids together the strands of this mystery and...
