A fast and powerful crime novel full of action, vengeance, twists, and dark humour Grey Stevens took over the family business after his uncle passed away, and now he grows the best pot in Whistler. It's called Eight Miles High and the...
British Columbia
- Author:Kalteis, DietrichSummary:
- Author:Hawkins, GordonSummary:
This biography explores what drove William Smith to change his name, in the gold fields of California in the 1850s, to Amor De Cosmos. Hawkins traces how De Cosmos became one of the most feared journalists in British Columbia and then...
- Author:Ross, Jane, Kyba, DanielSummary:
A classic, full-colour guide to one of Alberta’s most spectacular and underrated wilderness areas, The David Thompson Highway Hiking Guide continues to introduce adventurous tourists and locals to the heart of the Canadian Rockies....
- Author:Deverell, WilliamSummary:
Twenty members of a cult are found massacred on an isolated island on Canada's West Coast. Their leader, Shiva Ram Acharya, is brought to trial, and the great Arthur Beauchamp defends him, assisted by his junior counsel Max Macarthur....
- Author:Blanchet, M. WylieSummary:
After her husband died in 1927, leaving her with five small children, everyone expected the struggles of single motherhood on a remote island to overcome M. Wylie Blanchet. Instead, this courageous woman became one of the pioneers of...
- Author:Mangan, MikeSummary:
- Author:Laut, Agnes C., French, DianaSummary:
Agnes C. Laut’s The Cariboo Trail is a fascinating history of the Canadian gold rush that began in 1858. When, in early 1849, a group of ragged miners arrived in the sleepy town of Victoria from California, no one would have believed...
- Author:Buddle, MelanieSummary:
Throughout history, Western women have inhabited a conceptual space divorced from the world of business. But women have always engaged in business. Who were these women, and how were they able to justify their work outside the home? The...
- Author:Peck, FrancesSummary:
Vancouver. A day like any other. Kyle, a successful cosmetic surgeon, is punishing himself with a sprint up a mountain. Charlotte, wife of a tech tycoon, is combing the farm belt for local cheese and a sense of purpose. Back in the city...
- Author:Argyle, RaySummary:
Edward Mallandaine was there! To prove it he thrust himself into the historic photograph of the "Last Spike" being driven to mark the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Surrounded by the railway dignitaries of the time, his...
- Author:Gauthier, ClaytonSummary:
A mother bear shares with her cubs how to be grateful for all they have in the natural world. The Bear's Medicine shows the interconnectedness of all things in the world they live in and how each season brings changes and blessings for...
- Author:Walsh, AnnSummary:
Presenting the three titles in the acclaimed Barkerville mystery series. This series based in 1860s British Columbia focuses on strange events in the life of teenager Ted MacIntosh. In Moses, Me, and Murder, Ted gets caught up in the...
- Author:Smith, Alisa DawnSummary:
- Author:Shenher, LorimerSummary:
In this searing personal account, ex-police detective Lori Shenher (who transitioned to male in 2015, and is now known as Lorimer) describes his role in Vancouver's infamous Missing Women Investigation and unflinchingly reveals his...
- Author:Campbell Gaetz, DayleSummary:
A new life in Canada! What could be better? Plenty of land to farm and even gold to be found in the hills!
Well…except Katherine’s parents aren’t farmers. Having spent everything on sailing from England to Canada and setting up...
- Author:Razzell, MarySummary:
Falling in love creates an enchanted time, and when it’s on the magical Sunshine Coast of British Columbia during WWII, it is never to be forgotten. The increased emotions of a country at war are always present, as well as the heartache...
- Author:Gear, AlisonSummary:
Taan's moons is an art-based picture book developed by Alison Gear, Kiki van der Heiden, and the student artists of Haida Gwaii. In Haida language taan refers to the bear, and the Haida people have a unique way of recording time...
- Author:de Vries, MaggieSummary:
Ally isn't able to live with her mother. Instead she lives far, far away, on the other side of the country, with her gram and great-aunt. But one summer Ally goes to stay with her aunt and uncle in the "big city by the ocean" and gets...
- Author:Wyatt, RachelSummary:
Veteran author Rachel Wyatt is at her very best as she exposes the fears, desires and prejudices of the human condition, with subtle sensitivity and ruthless steel.
Candace Alison Wilson is missing.
As the hours since her... - Author:Chudley, RonSummary:
The sound of the river, ever-present, had finally intruded on his consciousness. If Nate was playing by himself outside, that damn river was too close for comfort. Instantly forgetting everything else, John hurried to the door, pushed...