A freshly designed, new edition of a funny weekly chronicle that offers a year-long, intimate view of the flora and fauna populating the West Coast. A Year on the Wild Side is a witty commentary on the social and natural history of...
British Columbia
- Author:Penn, BrionySummary:
- Author:McAllister, Ian, Read, Nicholas, Down, ChristianSummary:
This is an enhanced ebook with a read-along function. A Whale's World follows a pod of spy-hopping orcas as they explore the ecosystems of the Great Bear Sea while hunting for their next meal. Past rocky shores and through kelp...
- Author:Read, Nicholas, Down, ChristianSummary:
Whale's World follows a pod of spy-hopping orcas as they explore the ecosystems of the Great Bear Sea while hunting for their next meal. Past rocky shores and through kelp forests, they observe foraging wolves, hungry grizzly bears,...
- Author:Waterton, Betty, Blades, Ann, Greene, GrahamSummary:
This enhanced e-book, in celebration of Groundwood's 35th anniversary, includes a read-aloud feature of the story narrated by Graham Greene.Simon has always longed to catch a salmon. But when his luck suddenly changes and an eagle...
- Author:Whiting, GlynisSummary:
Chemist Dr. Joan Parker has the ability to name more scents that just about any other person on the planet. She can distinguish cane sugar from beet sugar, burning pine from spruce, and a man on the make from a man on the take....
- Author:Gallaher, BillSummary:
“The Black Barber of Barkerville,” as Wellington Delaney Moses was known, came to British Columbia from San Francisco, looking for a new home and a place of peace. He was among the first black people to arrive in B.C., hoping that the...
- Author:Whishaw, IonaSummary:
A Lethal Lesson(#8). Back home in the Kootenays after her Arizona honeymoon, Lane offers her assistance when neither the outgoing teacher, Rose, nor her replacement, Wendy, show up at the local schoolhouse one blizzardy Monday in...
- Author:Campbell, Nicola I.Summary:
Set in the Okanagan, BC, a First Nations family goes on an outing to forage for herbs and mushrooms. Grandmother passes down her knowledge of plant life to her young grandchildren.
- Author:Hystad, CalebSummary:
As the villagers work hard at their chores, Raven works equally hard avoiding them. After escaping to the forest, he finds himself in the middle of a dispute over a giant salmon. With the help of The Great Spirit, Frog, and the animals...
- Author:Delany, VickiSummary:
It’s the end of March and Trafalgar, British Columbia, is preparing for the last influx of the seasonal skiers. Teachers, parents and students are preparing to relax at home or head off on vacation. But for high school English teacher...
- Author:Delany, VickiSummary:
In late March, the town of Trafalgar is preparing for the last of the season’s skiers when Cathy Lindsay is gunned down on a hiking trail. Sergeant John Winters and Constable Molly Smith must discover who would want to kill a respected...
- Author:Evans, MikeSummary:
- Author:McAllister, Ian.Summary:
Black bears, grizzly bears, and spirit bears all make their home in the Great Bear Rainforest. A Bear's Life uses Ian McAllister's stunning photographs to follow these beautiful animals through a year in the British Columbia...
- Author:Purdey, Alice, Halliday, John, Macaree, Mary, Macaree, DavidSummary:
From trails to spectacular waterfalls near Squamish and historic urban forests in South Surrey, coastal headlands in Howe Sound and ridgetop meadows in the Fraser Valley, 109 Walks offers a route for everyone who likes to be outdoors....
- Author:Bryceland, JackSummary:
Southwestern British Columbia’s bestselling and most comprehensive hiking guide is bigger and better than ever. It guides hikers of all abilities around lakes, rivers, and mountains from the North Shore and Howe Sound to Squamish,...
- Author:Mole, RichSummary:
This colourful account of the Chilcotin War is an insightful and absorbing examination of an event that helped to shape the course of British Columbia history. In the spring of 1864, 14 men building a road along the Homathko River in...
- Author:Virk, ManjitSummary:
Shortlisted for the 2009 George Ryga Award. This is the story of an average family that has never been the same . . . since its eldest child was swarmed and killed by her peers on a moonlit night, November 14, 1997 . . . It is the story...
- Author:McEwen, JoanSummary:
In early-1980s Vancouver, Ivan Henry was an ex-convict still adjusting to civilian life when he was detained on a break-and-enter charge. A short time later he found himself on trial for ten charges of sexual assault—crimes he...
- Author:Maracle, LeeSummary:
I Am Woman represents my personal struggle with womanhood, culture, traditional spiritual beliefs and political sovereignty, written during a time when that struggle was not over. My original intention was to empower Native women 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,...