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shimmer_144.jpg A Shimmer of the Horizon
Can$24.95 Can$16.95 On Sale!
1-55143-140-8
Author-Philip Teece


Seasoned coastal cruisers and armchair adventurers alike will delight in A Shimmer on the Horizon, Philip Teece's latest recounting of simply messing about in boats along Canada's west coast.
 

 
sternwheeldays_s.gif BC-Yukon Sternwheel Days
Can$14.95 Can$8.95 On Sale!
0-919214-63-0
Author-Art Downs


Over 300 sternwheelers were to ply B.C. - Yukon waters, a record matched nowhere else in North America. Despite being ripped open in rapids, gutted by fires, swamped in storms, crushed by ice and torn apart by boiler explosions, they served where needed and for as long as required - 100 years.
 

 
bc100yearsago_144.gif British Columbia 100 Years Ago
Can$39.95 Can$19.95 On Sale!
1-894384-49-0
Author-Fred Thirkell & Bob Scullion


This book features an impressive collection of black-and-white lithograph images that were sold to the public in the early twentieth century.
 

 
butterside_144.jpg Butter Side Up
Can$15.95 Can$7.95 On Sale!
0-920663-32-X
Author-Gray Campbell


This book chronicles the rich lives of Gray and Eleanor Campbell, from a cattle ranch in Alberta to starting Gray's Publishing, the first publishing company in British Columbia.
 

 
cries_s.jpg Cries of the Wild
Can$14.95 Can$9.95 On Sale!
189581146-5
Author-Jeff Lederman


Cries of the Wild are the journals of Jeff Lederman, a wildlife rehabilitator. From Saltspring Island, Jeff owns and operates the Island Wildlife Natural Care Centre where he cares for injured birds and animals.
 

 
deepcurrents_144.jpg Deep Currents
Can$32.95 Can$19.95 On Sale!
1-55143-108-4
Author-Roderick and Ann Haig-Brown


For many years Roderick and Ann Haig-Brown led very public lives. Now their eldest daughter Valerie has written an intimate biography of her parents that reveals the private lives behind the public figures.
 

 
dreamislands_144.jpg Dream of Islands, A
Can$12.95 Can$6.95 On Sale!
0-920501-20-6
Author-Philip Teece


This book chronicles the author's twenty-year odyssey amongst the channels, straits, bays and coves of the Gulf Islands in Georgia Straitof the British Columbia coast.
 

 
frankgowanhc_144.jpg Frank Gowen's Vancouver 1914-1931
Can$39.95 Can$24.95 On Sale!
1-894384-25-3
Author-Fred Thirkell and Bob Scullion


Photographer Frank Gowen emigrated to Canada from Britain near the beginning of the First World War, and fell in love with British Columbia.
 

 
graywhales_144.jpg Gray Whales
Can$19.95 Can$9.95 On Sale!
1-55143-114-9
Author-Robert H. Busch


In Gray Whales, Wandering Giants Robert Busch chronicles man's historic fascination with and affection for the marine mammal tha has become a huge attraction on its twice-yearly migration along the west coast of North America.
 

 
nuktessli_s.jpg Nuk Tessli
Can$17.95 Can$12.95 On Sale!
1-55143-133-5
Author-Chris Czajkowski


At once a riveting adventure story and a testament to one woman's resourcefulness, Nuk Tessli is also a heartfelt elegy to the true wilderness and a cry for its preservation and sensible use.
 

 
premiersinprofile_144.jpg Premiers in Profile
Can$28.95 Can$12.95 On Sale!
1-895811-71-6
Author-William Rayner


Over the past 130 years, the electorate of British Columbia, sometimes swallowing hard, has watched 32 different individuals sworn in as premier. William Rayner has studied both them and their tenure, and he has painted a fascinating portrait of the province's leaders up to the end of the 20th century.
 

 
ridingskyline_144.jpg Riding the Skyline
Can$16.95 Can$6.95 On Sale!
0-920663-26-5
Author-M. Allerdale Grainger


Grainger had a gently humorous talent for describing his friends, his much-loved horses, and the simple joys of life in the open air.
 

 
rockyhorrorsfrozensmiles_144.jpg Rocky Horrors, Frozen Smiles
Can$14.95 Can$7.95 On Sale!
1-894384-12-1
Author-Peter Austen


A Mountaineer at the End of His Rope - Peter Austen has found humour in it all. Life-threatening falls on rock and ice, avalanches, lightning on mountain tops, high altitude diseases, grizzly bears, the unpredictability of people under extreme stress, hypothermia, and even exploding volcanoes—these are Peter’s Rocky Horrors.
 

 
starblanket_144.jpg Stars My Blanket, The
Can$14.95 Can$8.95 On Sale!
0-920663-39-7
Author-Beryl Smeeton


After the restrictions of an Edwardian girlhood, Beryl Smeeton cherished the freedom to travel alone, and became a globetrotter on an epic scale.
 

 
talesofapioneerjournalist_s.gif Tales of a Pioneer Journalist
Can$16.95 Can$8.95 On Sale!
1-895811-24-4
Author-David William Higgins


From Gold Rush to Government Steet in 19th Century Victoria.
 

 
thoseweredays_144.jpg Those Were the Days
Can$9.95 Can$5.95 On Sale!
0-920663-23-0
Author-Peter Stursberg


Elegance and gentility still reigned in Victoria when Peter Stursberg was a young reporter for Victoria's Daily Times. Life will never be the same again, but those were the days!
 

 
writtenwind_144.jpg Written by the Wind
Can$12.99 Can$5.95 On Sale!
1-55143-003-7
Author-Randy Stoltman


Wilderness is full of unknowns, of mystery—the last remnants of the uncharted terrain of pioneer days.
 

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