Fifty years in a law profession she loves, twenty-four spent as a judge, Nancy Morrison is a story-teller and trail-blazer. Entertaining, at times warm and witty, this memoir also reminds us of dark times, of the ever-relevant social...
British Columbia
- Author:Morrison, NancySummary:
- Author:SkaaySummary:
Skaay of the Qquuna Qiighawaay was born in the Haida village of Qquuna about 1827 and lived most of his adult life in the village of Ttanuu. He survived the epidemics that annihilated more than nine-tenths of the Haida population, and...
- Author:Stott, Jon C.Summary:
It’s no secret that Canadians love beer, and in the western provinces, the large number of successful microbreweries continues to prove that distinct beer—high-quality beer—is important to our national pint-lovers. Beer Quest West is...
- Author:Terry, Bill, Bates, RosemarySummary:
You may never look at a garden in the same way again. Though not a “how-to” book, Beauty By Design is a treasure trove of ideas and enchantment for seasoned gardeners and beginners alike. Eleven inspired artists of the garden share...
- Author:BC ParksSummary:
As BC Parks embarks on our commitment to inclusion, we look forward to continuing to work with community organizations to realize our vision. If you are a member of a community organization and are interested in being a part of BC Parks...
- Author:Barrett, DaveSummary:
This is a memoir of one of B.C.'s most colourful politicians. He served as premier for three years in the early 1970's and introduced a blizzard of legislative reforms which had lasting effect. He went on to become a talk show host and...
- Author:Westerling, A.M.Summary:
Faced with financial ruin and the loss of her good name, Rose Chadwick decides to make a new start for herself and her young daughter Hannah in the rough-and-tumble gold rush town of Barkerville, British Columbia. However, making a new...
- Author:Little, J. I.Summary:
Vancouver prides itself on being a green city, and the west coast is known for its active environmental protest culture. But the roots of this mentality reach far beyond the founding of organizations such as Greenpeace. Small campaigns...
- Author:Wickwire, WendySummary:
At the Bridge chronicles the little-known story of James Teit, a prolific ethnographer who, from 1884 to 1922, worked with and advocated for the Indigenous peoples of British Columbia and the northwestern United States. From his base at...
- Author:Nickel, Sarah A.Summary:
Established narratives portray Indigenous unity as emerging solely in response to the political agenda of the settler state. But unity has long shaped the modern Indigenous political movement. With Indigenous perspectives in the...
- Author:Scott, JoelSummary:
There's nowhere to hide in the Great Sea Reef in this heart-stopping thriller of a yarn In this follow-up to 2018's Arrow's Flight, a tale of an 18th-century sunken ship and a fortune in gold sends Arrow and her crew on a venture that...
- Author:Deverell, WilliamSummary:
A new edition of the Arthur Ellis Award winning crime novel
Arthur Beauchamp, the scholarly, self-doubting legend of the B.C. criminal bar, is enjoying his retirement on B.C.’s Garibaldi Island when he is dragged back to...
- Author:Stubbs, SallySummary:
An action-packed drama with heart, dark humour, and song, And Bella Sang with Us is inspired by Canada’s first women police officers, Constables Minnie Miller and Lurancy Harris, and a remarkable story in Ladies of the Night, a career...
- Author:Whishaw, IonaSummary:
The third book in the popular Lane Winslow mystery series by an author the Globe and Mail has called a “writer to watch.”It’s early spring of 1947 in idyllic King’s Cove, and the Hughes ladies, mère et filles, are gardening and sorting...
- Author:Thoms, Chris, Corkran, Charlotte C.Summary:
"Frogs, toads and salamanders are important indicators of the quality of the environment, and they're cute little critters too. Newly revised and updated, this innovative field guide describes the life histories, habitat requirements...
- Author:Delany, VickiSummary:
Brian Nowak went for a walk fifteen years ago and was never seen again. When a police dog discovers human remains, Sergeant John Winters reopens the investigation and finds a shattered family and townsfolk desperate to keep their...
- Author:Isaac, Brian ThomasSummary:
It's 1956, and six-year-old Eddie Toma lives with his mother, Grace, and his little brother, Lewis, near the Salmon River on the far edge of the Okanagan Indian Reserve in the British Columbia Southern Interior. Grace, her friend Isabel...
- Author:Harris, YvonneSummary:
This sweeping saga is set in the 1860s when Canada was emerging as a nation, during the Cariboo gold rush and against the backdrop the U.S. Civil War. Alice, a strong-minded woman, witnesses the injustices that surround her but is...
- Author:Converse, CathySummary:
The first book on Agnes Deans Cameron, BC's first female principal, itinerant traveller, and journalist. Agnes Deans Cameron was an extraordinary woman who was ahead by a century. Born in Victoria in 1863, she was the first female...
- Author:Twigg, AlanSummary:
Following the success of First Invaders (Ronsdale, 2004), Alan Twigg turns his attention to First Nations writers, unearthing more than 300 books by more than 170 mostly unheralded British Columbia aboriginal authors. Taking the reader...