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Heritage House 9781926613338 6 x 9 x 0.25 Inches 112 pages $14.95	Victoria A History In Photographs  Peter Grant James Douglas described Victoria as a perfect Eden when the Hudson’s Bay Company first set up its trade depot in what was then Fort Victoria. A few years later, more than 30,000 miners arrived, hoping to find their own Eden in a rich gold strike that set the stage for the tiny settlement’s growth into the vibrant city that Victoria has become. Using more than 140 archival photographs and an informative, easy-to-read text, Victoria: A History in Photographs tells the city’s story in compelling visual fashion, making this a keepsake for visitors and residents alike.  Peter Grant’s interests include Vancouver Island history, geography, tourism and vintage postcards. He is the author of several books, including The Story of Sidney and Wish You Were Here: Life on Vancouver Island in Historical Postcards. He lives in Victoria, BC, with his wife and daughter.
Heritage House 9781894974929 6 x 9 x 0.25 Inches 240 pages $19.95	Bronc Busters And Hay Sloops Ranching in the West in the Early 20th Century  Ken Mather Bronc Busters and Hay Sloops tells the story of ranching in the West from the beginning of the Great War until 1960. Cowboy soldiers, bronc busters, First Nations, upper-crust Englishmen and the strong, capable women of ranching country . . . theirs are the stories told in this book. Some of these characters are larger than life, such as: Joe Coutlee, cow boss of the Douglas Lake Ranch, whose booming voice gave him the nickname “Roaring Bill”; Grover Hance, who roped one of his men and tied him to a tree until he sobered up; Florence “Bunch” Trudeau, whose pet moose got a little too big for comfort; Ollie Matheson, one of the only women to ride in the Williams Lake Stampede’s death-defying Mountain Race; Anne Paxton, who tended cattle, guided big-game hunters, ran pack horses and a ranch; Bill Arnold, who could ride “anything that wore hide.” Ken takes readers inside sprawling ranches, which were self-contained communities in themselves, and small family-run homesteads scratched out of the wilderness. Like his first book on ranching history, this is an engaging look at fascinating times and the people who made them so.  Ken Mather has been involved in researching, writing and interpreting western Canadian heritage for the past 33 years. He started out as a researcher for Fort Edmonton Park in 1973. In 1979, Ken moved to BC to work at Barkerville Historic Park; he became the park’s curator in 1982. From 1984 until 2004 he was the manager/curator of the historic O’Keefe Ranch near Vernon, BC, where he developed his love of early cowboy history. Ken lives on a small farm near Armstrong, BC.
Heritage House 9781926613345 6 x 9 x 0.25 Inches 416 pages $24.95	Roadside Geology Of Southern British Columbia Bill Mathews Jim Monger Just as important as finding these spots is knowing what to expect. Thus each location is accompanied by detailed information that any beach explorer should know before setting out. Is the beach a few level steps from a vehicle or down a high, steep bank? Is the beach suitable for children? Large groups? Kayakers? British Columbia was built by some 500 million years of geologic discord along the western margin of the North American tectonic plate. That turmoil continues today, as the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate inches beneath Vancouver Island, triggering earthquakes and generating the magma that feeds the volcanoes of the Cascades. Roadside Geology of Southern British Columbia explains the province’s geologic history in simple terms, covering southern British Columbia from the northern tip of Vancouver Island to the BC–Alberta border. Thirty-one descriptive road guides, complete with maps, photographs and diagrams, help you locate and interpret the rocks and landforms visible from the province’s highways and ferry routes. Discover a lava flow that chilled beneath ice, learn how Ripple Rock claimed 24 ships before engineers finally blew it up, and drive across a slow-moving earthflow that has played havoc with roads since the gold-rush days. Roadside Geology of Southern British Columbia conveys a sense of the geology’s importance to everyone who lives in and passes through the province. Bill Mathews (1919–2003) was born in Vancouver, where he completed his Master of Applied Science degree at the University of British Columbia in 1941. He obtained his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley and taught there from 1949 to 1951, when he returned to Vancouver to join the faculty of UBC. He retired in 1984. Jim Monger was born in England in 1937 and received his geological education at the universities of Reading and Kansas. He obtained his PhD from UBC in 1996. He joined the Vancouver office of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1964 and worked there for 30 years.
Heritage House 9781894974998 6 x 9 x 0.25 Inches 112 pages $14.95	Canada's Rocky Mountains A History in Photographs Faye Holt The grandeur of the Canadian Rockies has captivated hearts and minds, challenged the daring and athletic and fired the imaginations of writers, photographers and other artists. In this book, images ranging from simple to iconic to surprising capture that rich heritage. Discover the people, legends and little-known facts of this area’s past. Meet the men and women who conquered peaks and built lives in mountain communities. Through narrative and image, revel in the parks and hinterlands that have endlessly fascinated tourists. Faye invites locals and tourists alike to marvel at the photos, consider the science of the mountain landscape and catch glimpses of yesterday in the sports, culture and real-life adventure of Canada’s Rocky Mountains. Faye Reineberg Holt was born in Alberta and lives in Calgary. Formerly a high school English teacher and an educational officer for Glenbow Museum, she is an alumnus of the University of Alberta and a member of numerous historical societies and writing organizations. Faye’s numerous books on western Canadian history explore subjects through both image and narrative. She knows that a photo is both a work of art and a medium to convey stories.
Heritage House 9781894974974 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25 Inches 240 pages $26.95	Secret Beaches of Southern Vancouver Island Qualicum to the Malahat Theo Dombrowski This is your guide to dozens of spectacular and often hidden beaches on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island between Qualicum and the Malahat. While some of them are well used by people living nearby, many are virtually impossible to find without combing through official maps and back-road guides. From tiny rocky coves to broad sandy beaches, these public-access spots are enormously diverse. All of these questions and many more are answered in this book, which includes Theo’s hand-drawn maps, photographs and artwork. Watch sea lions in the winter (Higginson Road) Paint one of the few great views of Mt. Arrowsmith--go before noon for dramatic light (Rowland Road) Head to the most child-friendly beach between Crofton and the Malahat (Cherry Point Nature Park) Splash and swim in warm water over sand (Benwalden Road)  Refresh your pleasure in the shore and head out to picnic, play, launch kayaks, watch winter storms or just enjoy the waves.  Theo Dombrowski is a retired teacher who was involved for many years in international education, primarily at Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific outside Victoria, BC. A writer, photographer and artist, he has a PhD in English and spent many years teaching literature and writing. He studied drawing and painting at the Banff School of Fine Arts and in the University of Victoria Fine Arts Department and has worked as a professional artist. Theo is donating his proceeds from this book to the local environmental group Georgia Strait Alliance and to the international humanitarian support group Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
Heritage House 9781894974981 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25 Inches 240 pages $26.95	Secret Beaches of Greater Victoria View Royal to Sidney Theo Dombrowski Secret Beaches of Greater Victoria is a comprehensive review of nearly 100 beaches on the Saanich Peninsula and in the Greater Victoria area. While some of these are well used by people living nearby, many are virtually impossible to find without combing through official maps and back-road guides. Even the seemingly well-known shoreline from Oak Bay to Beacon Hill hides its own tiny pocket beaches and obscure coves. Just as important as finding these spots is knowing what to expect. Thus each location is accompanied by detailed information that any beach explorer should know before setting out. Is the beach a few level steps from a vehicle or down a high, steep bank? Is the beach suitable for children? Large groups? Kayakers? All of these questions and many more are answered in this book, which includes Theo’s hand-drawn maps, photographs and artwork. Take a few steps off a grassy area and enter a world of miniature reefs and islets (Lansdowne Road) Watch boats navigating Enterprise Channel from a hidden headland (Radcliffe Lane) Relax on an expanse of beautiful white sand (Gonzales Beach) Explore a beach where you can see low-tide critters like anemones, starfish and crabs (Beaufort Road, Sidney) Refresh your pleasure in the shore and head out to picnic, play, launch kayaks, watch winter storms or just enjoy the waves.  Theo Dombrowski is a retired teacher who was involved for many years in international education, primarily at Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific outside Victoria, BC. A writer, photographer and artist, he has a PhD in English and spent many years teaching literature and writing. He studied drawing and painting at the Banff School of Fine Arts and in the University of Victoria Fine Arts Department and has worked as a professional artist. Theo is donating his proceeds from this book to the local environmental group Georgia Strait Alliance and to the international humanitarian support group Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
Heritage House 9781894974868 6 x 9 x 0.25 Inches 192 pages $19.95	Edward S. Curtis Above the Medicine Line Portraits of Aborginal Life in the Canadian West Rodger Touchie Edward S. Curtis Above the Medicine Line is both an introduction to the Seattle-based photographer and a tribute to a true visionary. While Curtis’s photographs will long be his legacy, his own story is likewise compelling. Curtis built his first camera at 12 and developed that interest into a large Seattle photo studio by the age of 30. Then, on an expedition to Alaska in 1899, Curtis was exposed to First Nations cultures in a way that affected him profoundly. First Nations people had been decimated due to the diseases and aggressions of white settlers. Curtis, alarmed that their traditional ways of life were in danger of disappearing forever, made an incredible effort to capture their daily routines, character and dignity through photography and audio recordings. Curtis had planned to document only the First Peoples of the United States and Alaska, but his exposure to Canada’s Blackfoot Nation spurred him to include all of North America. The visual result was The North American Indian, a 20-volume record of 75 of North America’s Native peoples. This collection of Curtis’s images includes 100 of his most striking images and a biography. Rodger D. Touchie was first attracted to writing when his MBA thesis was published in three parts by Canadian Business magazine. Rodger continued writing, including books on BC history and travel, before becoming the owner/publisher of Heritage House in 1995. He and his wife, Pat, divide their time between Nanoose Bay and Victoria, BC.
Heritage House 9781926613635 12 x 12 x 0.25 Inches 24 pages $15.95	Skywatchers 2011 A Sky-Guide Calendar by Stan Shadick Stan Shadick Winner of the Calendar Marketing Association’s Silver Award for Most Original Calendar NOW IN ITS 15TH YEAR! Black holes, stars, planets, meteor showers, comets and galaxies are just part of what the night skies have to offer. Stan Shadick explains all things celestial in this award-winning calendar that features star maps horizon scenes for orienting novice stargazers to the heavens; inset maps illustrating planetary conjunctions and other events; and daily commentaries that describe constellation mythology, cosmic events and celestial discoveries. Find out what to watch for in the skies every night of the year. On a dark night, most of the stars described in this calendar can be viewed with the unaided eye or with binoculars. Skywatchers 2011 is the perfect way to explore the mysteries of the heavens. Stan Shadick teaches introductory and advanced astronomy courses at the University of Saskatchewan and supervises the university observatory. He is an active advocate for recreational stargazing and writes an astronomy column for various newspapers. This is his 15th Skywatchers calendar.
Heritage House 9781926613659 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25 256 pages $18.95	Kootenai Brown The Unknown Frontiersman William Rodney Brown’s remarkably adventurous life in Canada began in BC in 1862 during the Cariboo gold rush. He later became a BC policeman, Pony Express rider, buffalo hunter, Head Scout for the Rocky Mountain Rangers during the 1885 Riel Rebellion and a conservationist who fought to establish Waterton Lakes National Park. Here he is buried, this region of lakes and mountains his magnificent memorial. Possibly BC’s greatest frontiersman, nevertheless, in Canada he is virtually unknown. By contrast, if Kootenai had lived in the US he would be as familiar as Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone. William Rodney was born, raised and educated in Alberta. He earned a degree from the University of Alberta, then an MA from Cambridge and a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. He was later appointed a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Royal Geographical Society. Rodney has written several books, many articles and radio documentaries. For Kootenai Brown, he received the University of British Columbia’s Medal for Popular Biography. The book also won an Award of Merit and Distinction from the American Association for State and Local History. Literary awards, however, are only one aspect of Rodney's life. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and survived an operational tour with the RAF Bomber Command. This duty was extremely hazardous, with some 50 percent of the air crew killed in action. During his service Rodney won the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar. William Rodney is now enjoying retirement after his last posting as professor of history at Royal Roads Military College (now Royal Roads University) on Vancouver Island.
Heritage House 9781926613642 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25 128 pages $11.95 Available	Living Off the Sea Charlie White Living off the sea, is an interesting idea and internationally known author, Charlie White shares his experience is this very interesting book. Living off The Sea gives details on how to catch, clean and even prepare shrimp, crabs, oysters and fish such as cod and sole. Charlie White also devotes Chapter Six to exotic seafood that includes abalone, sea cucumber and seaweed. Chapter Five is about red tide and shellfish pollution. Each chapter ends with a brief description of how and when to try your luck catching the seas' bounties. Charlie White is an internationally known author, filmmaker, television personality and fish-behaviour researcher. His books on salmon and marine life have sold more than 500,000 copies, putting him among the top authors on fishing. Charlie also developed a series of Undersea Gardens marine exhibits in the United States and Canada, which allow viewers to descend beneath sea level to watch sea life in a natural environment. In 1973, he began experimenting with a remote-controlled underwater television camera to study salmon strike behaviour. His underwater close-ups, in freeze frame and slow motion, revealed for the first time many fascinating new facts about how salmon and other species approach and strike various lures. He has made three feature-length films about his work, two of which are now marketed on video (Why Fish Strike! . . . Why They Don’t and In Search of the Ultimate Lure). He has been recognized in Who’s Who for his fish-behaviour studies, and he invented a number of popular fishing products, including the Scotty downrigger, Electric Hooksharp, Picture Perfect Lures and Formula X-10 fish feeding stimulant.  The Charlie White Theatre in Sidney, BC, which opened in 2002, honours Charlie’s contribution to the community. He was also honoured by the University of Victoria as Fisherman of the Year in 2001.
Heritage House 9781926613284 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25 114 pages $9.95 Available	Rebel Women Of The West Coast Their Triumphs, Tragedies and Lasting Legacies Amazing Stories Rich Mole Here are the stories of singularly courageous West Coast women—driven, obsessed, sometimes desperate people whose nonconformist beliefs and actions made them rebels in society’s eyes. Many faced hardship and ridicule as they pursued their goals. In these vivid biographies, Rich Mole chronicles the lives of some of the most celebrated and controversial women in BC, Washington and Oregon, including: pioneer Catherine Schubert, who faced danger and starvation on her heroic journey west; ballot-box rebel Abigail Scott Duniway, who endured poverty and scathing criticism during her fight for women’s suffrage; Irene “Bonnie” Baird, who disguised herself as a Depression-era striker to write an exposé of their ordeals; complex and contradictory doctor Bethenia Owens-Adams, who broke gender barriers yet is also remembered for a more tragic legacy. By demanding equality and respect in lecture halls, shipyards, government assemblies and operating theatres, these women helped shape the society we live in today. Author and freelance journalist Rich Mole has also been a broadcaster, communications consultant and the president of a Vancouver Island advertising agency. A lifelong fascination with history fuels his desire to write about the events and people of Canada’s past. Rich is the author of numerous Klondike books, hockey histories and other non-fiction titles.
Heritage House 9781926613291 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25 Inches $9.95	Arctic Explorers In Search of the Northwest Passage Amazing Stories Frances Hern There is no saga in Canadian history as full of hardship, catastrophe and mystery as the search for the Northwest Passage. Since the 15th century, the ice-choked Arctic waterway has been sought and travelled by daring men seeking profit, glory or a chance to test themselves against the merciless North. Frances Hern takes us aboard ships with the explorers whose names are memorialized on modern maps of northern Canada: Martin Frobisher, daring privateer in the service of Elizabeth I; Henry Hudson, a navigator who may have driven his crew to mutiny; John Franklin, whose last voyage became an enduring northern mystery; the talented Orkneyman John Rae, a surgeon and surveyor on the trail of Franklin. Also vividly recounted are the gruelling overland treks of Samuel Hearne; the heroic exploits of Roald Amundsen, leader of the first expedition to traverse the passage; and the incredible voyages of Henry Larsen, captain of the RCMP vessel St. Roch. Frances Hern enjoys sailing, but only where she is unlikely to encounter pirates, frostbite or scurvy. She also likes to have accurate charts and a GPS receiver on board so that her skipper knows where he is at all times. As well as non-fiction, Frances writes poetry and children’s fiction.
Heritage House 9781926613307 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25 Inches 144 pages $9.95 Available	British Columbia Murders Notorious Cases and Unsolved Mysteries Amazing Stories Susan McNicoll Susan McNicoll digs deep in the police files to tell the dramatic tales of British Columbia’s most notorious murders. In July 1924, Scottish nursemaid Janet Smith was murdered in Vancouver’s wealthy Shaughnessy Heights. Her killer was never apprehended, but the investigation exposed police corruption and the ugly undercurrent of racism. In the mid-1940s, 15-year-old Molly Justice was stabbed to death in a Saanich park as she walked home one evening. The murderer was never charged, even though police were virtually certain of his identity for more than 50 years. In the 1960s, a well-known Vancouver radio personality slowly poisoned his wife with arsenic. What led him to commit such a horrendous crime? Susan has chosen stories that span a century of crime, from a 1904 murder in a Victoria Chinatown theatre to a modern cold case from Vernon solved through an unusual DNA analysis. These intriguing cases show that securing justice is not always easy. Susan McNicoll lives in Vancouver, BC, where she divides her time between writing and running a bookkeeping business. Although she is now a die-hard British Columbian, her heart still belongs to the Toronto Blue Jays. Susan's lifelong love of words and history has been the main focus of her writing career, which began with five years as a reporter for the Ottawa Journal.
Heritage House 9781926613314 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25 Inches 144 pages $9.95	The Graveyard Of The Pacific Shipwreck Tales from the Depths of History Amazing Stories Anthony Dalton On January 22, 1906, the passenger ship Valencia lost her way in heavy fog and rain and rammed into the deadly rocks at Pachena Point on the west coast of Vancouver Island. As the wreck was shattered by the pounding waves, the survivors clung desperately to the rigging. Few made it the short distance to shore through the frigid and turbulent waves—117 of the 164 souls aboard perished. A year earlier, the King David had been wrecked on Bajo Reef near Nootka Sound. The fate of her sailors was much more mysterious. Today, the magnificent Pacific coastline of Vancouver Island draws hikers, surfers and storm-watchers to marvel at its natural splendour. But the ghosts of the Valencia, King David, Janet Cowan, Pacific, Soquel and dozens of other lost ships still haunt the rugged shores of the Graveyard of the Pacific. Anthony Dalton tells the incredible stories of many of these ships and their courageous crews, who often discovered that their nightmares had only begun once they made it ashore. These true tales of disaster and daring rescues are a fascinating adventure into British Columbia maritime history. Anthony Dalton is a British-born Canadian adventurer, writer and photographer. His expeditions have taken him across the Sahara, through the deserts of the Middle East, through the Sundarbans jungle of Bangladesh and into the Arctic. His adventure and boating-related articles have been published in magazines and newspapers in 20 countries and in nine languages. Dalton lives with his wife, Penny, and their Dalmatian, Mr. Parker, on the bluffs of Tsawwassen, BC, and commutes on weekends to their waterfront home on Mayne Island. He is an enthusiastic boater, owning a 33-foot sloop and a 21-foot Polynesian outrigger motorboat of his own making.
Heritage House 9781926613321 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25 Inches 144 pages $9.95	David Thompson A Life of Adventure and Discovery Amazing Stories Elle Andra-Warner For over 28 years, David Thompson explored and mapped the uncharted wilds of North America. By 1812, he had surveyed over three million kilometres—one-fifth of the continent—and become the first European to navigate the entire length of the Columbia River. Yet Thompson died in poverty and relative obscurity, after receiving little credit for his achievements, and his travel narrative would remain unpublished until 1916. Elle Andra-Warner follows Thompson from his early years with the Hudson’s Bay Company through his amazing accomplishments with the North West Company to his later struggle to claim his legacy. Surveyor, map-maker, fur trader and entrepreneur, Thompson left a wealth of detail about the country in his journals and spent two years creating a map so accurate and detailed that it was the basis of many Canadian government maps for the next century. This is the exciting life story of one of the greatest geographers of all time. Elle Andra-Warner is a bestselling author, journalist and photographer. Her award-winning articles appear regularly in major publications, and her newspaper columns have been in print since 1994. She has given journalism workshops throughout Canada, is an online guest journalism lecturer for the University of California, Los Angeles, and is the co-editor of the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society’s annual journal. Estonian by heritage, Elle was born in a post–Second World War United Nations displaced persons camp for Estonians in Eckernforde, West Germany.
TouchWood Editions 9781926741017 10.125 x 9 in 272 pages $39.95 Available	Flavours of Cooper's Cove By Angelo Prosperi-Porta Photographs by Andrei Fedorov In this award-winning cookbook by acclaimed chef Angelo Prosperi-Porta, find over 200 inspiring recipes for food that tastes every bit as delicious as it looks. With easy-to-follow instructions, create breakfasts worth jumping out of bed for, elegant hors d’oeuvres, mouth-watering entrées and delightfully decadent desserts. Lavishly photographed, this book is also a feast for the eyes. With his partner, Ina Haegemann, Angelo owns and operates the waterfront Cooper’s Cove Guesthouse in Sooke, British Columbia. In addition to accommodation, they offer five-star cooking classes, where Angelo teaches the techniques that have earned him a recommendation from Oprah Winfrey, and praise in gourmet magazines and newspapers across North America. This cookbook shares Angelo’s secrets in the kitchen, and will have your guests awarding your meals five-star ratings, too. An award-winning chef and former member of Culinary Team Victoria (1990 and 1992) and Culinary Team Canada (1994), Angelo Prosperi-Porta trained at Malaspina College and worked as a pastry chef at Murchie’s Tearoom and the Oak Bay Beach Hotel in Victoria, and ran the pastry kitchen at the Delta Mountain Inn in Whistler. In 2001, he opened with his partner, Ina Haegemann, Angelo’s Cooking School in conjunction with Cooper’s Cove Guesthouse.
TouchWood Editions 9781894898966 9 x 5 in 160 pages $19.95 Available	Drinking Vancouver 100+ Great Bars in the City and Beyond John Lee With sharp, witty reviews of the best spots in town to slake your thirst, Drinking Vancouver is the pocket-sized booze bible for locals and visitors craving a night out on the town. Divided into eleven neighbourhoods, visit many new, revamped and unique establishments—from the heritage bars of Gastown to the slick joints of Yaletown to the gritty pubs of the Downtown Eastside. With Vancouver’s long-overdue bar renaissance upon us, travel writer John Lee offers the first hands-on guide to toast the city’s newly hot bar scene. Reviews and recommendations for over 100 Vancouver-area watering holes. Back-of-the-book bar index for easy reference. Appendix of BC’s award-winning and regional beer-makers. “Top Three” lists covering the best bars for drinking, eating and ambience. Maps of 11 neighbourhoods, great for plotting your next pub-crawl. “On the Road” sections covering the Lower Mainland, Victoria and the Okanagan. Born in the city of St. Albans (home of what is reputedly Britain’s oldest pub), John Lee has been a full-time travel and feature writer since 1999 and his work has appeared in more than 150 different publications around the world, including National Geographic Traveler, CNN Traveller, the Los Angeles Times, the Globe and Mail and the Guardian Weekly. He has also written 15 Lonely Planet guidebooks and is the author of Walking Vancouver. To read his latest stories and peruse current projects, visit www.johnleewriter.com.
TouchWood Editions 9781894898980 8 x 5.25 in 240 pages $12.95	Deadly Dues Linda Kupecek When former TV star Lulu Malone finds her evil union representative stabbed to death, her first instinct is to run. Unfortunately, the exit is crowded, as she has four actor friends with her. Without much choice, Lulu becomes enmeshed in the real-life detective hunt, one that she has only experienced as an actor on TV. With her life in danger, and her beloved dog Horatio kidnapped, Lulu’s days are filled with threats, thrift store finds, and hindrances by unknown, overweight assailants. Get ready for the Lulu Malone mysteries, a gutsy new detective series that presents meditations on the life of the artist, in between muggings, murders and mayhem. Linda Kupecek is the author of Rebel Women and The Rebel Cook. She was a columnist with The Hollywood Reporter for ten years, and her writing has been published in numerous magazines including City Palate, TV Guide and Country Collectibles. She has acted in regional theatre and in classic films such as McCabe and Mrs. Miller. After living in Los Angeles and Vancouver, Linda now lives in Calgary, AB. Deadly Dues is the first mystery in the Lulu Malone Mystery series.
TouchWood Editions 9781926741024 8 x 5.25 in 240 pages $12.95 Available	Death as a Last Resort Gwendolyn Southin It is January 1961 and Margaret Spencer and Nat Southby are relaxing on a ski holiday when their vacation takes a bone-chilling turn. While cross-country skiing the couple comes across the frozen body of Maurice Dubois, a man who went missing from a fishing resort the month before. When Maurice’s wife is also found murdered, the two Vancouver detectives are hired by the victims’ children to investigate. An energetic hunt begins, as Maggie and Nat find themselves involved in clandestine visits to a clothing factory on East Hastings Street, encounters at horse-breeding stables in Langley, a car chase to Lulu Island and eventually a pilgrimage to the fishing resort at St. Clare’s Cove in Pender Harbour. In Death As a Last Resort, the fourth book in the popular Margaret Spencer Mystery series, our favourite Vancouver female sleuth Maggie Spencer and her partner Nat Southby continue their escapades as they track down the unlawful and dangerous. Gwendolyn Southin is the author of the three previous Margaret Spencer Mysteries (Death in a Family Way, In the Shadow of Death, Death on a Short Leash). Long involved in writers’ circles and writing workshops, she also helped organize various book festivals in her community. Born in England, and having lived in Montreal, Gwen now enjoys the temperate Sunshine Coast and has made her home in Sechelt, BC. Kileasa Wong was born Wu Chewan in Hong Kong, the daughter of a family from Chaozhou in the northeast corner of Guangdong Province. She moved to Canada with her husband in 1974 and is now the secretary of Victoria's Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and the editor of the Victoria Chinatown Newsletter. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a master's degree in education from the University of Victoria, and is the foremost teacher of traditional Chinese painting in Victoria. She is also the principal of the Chinese Public School on Fisgard Street. Kileasa lives in Victoria, BC.
TouchWood Editions 9781926741079 8.5 x 5.5 in 312 pages $19.95	Cheadle's Journal of Trip Across Canada 1862-1863 Walter B. Cheadle Introduction by Stephen R. Bown Walter B. Cheadle’s diary tells his incredible story of travelling with Lord Milton, as they journeyed along the uncharted Yellowhead route in 1862–63. A miraculously successful expedition, the men traversed the continent, making their way from Quebec, through Saskatchewan, Alberta, up the Athabasca River, risking their lives opening the trails through the Canadian Rockies, and eventually arriving in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1863. Cheadle’s candid and gritty but also humorous account tells, in intimate detail, what life and travel was like in the Northwest and BC during the latter days of the fur-trade era. He acknowledges the heavy debt owed by all the early explorers to the Plains Indians, who passed on to the first white men their sophistication in the ways of the wilderness. He also records the gradual demoralization of the Native people under the impact of European culture. A welcome addition to the Classics West series, Cheadle’s Journal is a rare and important document of a remarkable life and time. Walter Butler Cheadle was educated at Gaius College, Cambridge, and studied medicine at St. George’s Hospital, London. In 1861, he interrupted his studies to join Lord Milton on the expedition documented in Cheadle’s Journal. Mount Cheadle, located in the Monashee Range of British Columbia, was named in honour of his trip to this area. Intrumental in his field of medicine, Cheadle was an avid advocate of women’s rights in the study of medicine, and was the first man to lecture at the London School of Medicine for Woman. He is also credited as having distinguished scurvy from rickets in 1878. Walter Cheadle died in London, England, in 1910.
TouchWood Editions 9781926741031 7.5 x 5.5 in 288 pages $19.95	The Maquinna Line A Family Saga Norma Macmillan A murder, a tryst, a mysterious child. A Victoria aristocrat who obsesses over her Churchill relatives. A repressive Welsh mother with a royalty fixation. A once-carefree Hesquiat girl from Nootka Sound. A dashing Icelandic philanderer. And quiet, steady Julia Godolphin, trying to rise above it all. The lost novel of Norma Macmillan, the Vancouver actress who lived much of her life in New York and Hollywood, is the work of a woman steeped in the American entertainment industry but deeply in love with the history of her native province, which eventually drew her home before her death in 2001. The Maquinna Line: A Family Saga is set on Vancouver Island from 1871 to 1945, with a nod to the meeting of Captain Cook and Chief Maquinna in 1778. It traces the stories of the five families of varied social standing, including two descendents of Chief Maquinna. In the end, they’re all ordinary people trying to find happiness in the face of intrigue, ambition, misunderstanding and changing social and sexual mores. Norma Macmillan had a wide-ranging career in the arts, but she is best known as the actress who was the voice of television’s Gumby and Casper the Friendly Ghost. Her name is honoured on Vancouver’s Starwalk. Norma’s plays were produced in Vancouver and New Jersey, and she worked on The Maquinna Line until her death in 2001. Vancouver author and journalist Charles Campbell edited the manuscript into its present form.
TouchWood Editions 9781926741048 7.5 x 5.5 in 288 pages $19.95	Peter O'Reilly The Rise of a Reluctant Immigrant Lynne Stonier-Newman Powerful and diligent, Peter O’Reilly played a role in shaping British Columbia in the last quarter of the 1800s. An immigrant from Ireland, O’Reilly landed in Victoria during the height of the Cariboo Gold Rush and was appointed gold commissioner for BC. He held the position of county court judge, and sorted settler and Native disputes, despite often having to function as an assistant land commissioner. From 1880 to 1898, O’Reilly was the federally appointed BC Indian Reserve Lands commissioner. Many of his decisions about the location and size of Native reserves continue to be challenged in the courts to this day. In Peter O’Reilly, we also see the private side of this industrious man, a man who enjoyed the vast wilderness for years, on horseback or by foot, on snowshoes or in a canoe. He had many acquaintances and two close friends, Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie and Edward Dewdney. He lived with his cherished wife, Caroline Trutch O’Reilly, and their children at Point Ellice House in Victoria, BC. Lynne Stonier-Newman is a freelance writer, historian and communications consultant who is the author of articles, poetry and plays about BC. She was born in Quesnel, where her father was the BCPP patrolman. She is the author of Policing a Pioneer Province and The Lawman: Adventures of a Frontier Diplomat and was a contributor to the 2008 CBC Radio One book The Trail of 1858.
Rocky Mountain Books 9781897522783 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25 Inches 272 pages $26.95	In Plain Sight Exploring the Natural Wonders of Southern Alberta Neil Jennings In Plain Sight highlights a selection of natural wonders and outdoor adventures located in southern Alberta. The places featured in this book have been chosen for their utter uniqueness, beauty and splendour. Some are easy to get to and easy to get around in; others require a bit more time and energy. Overall, you will be stimulated, enlightened, delighted, amazed, uplifted and broadened by the experience. These are truly awesome places, in the very real denotation of that adjective. All are in plain sight, though they are little visited by locals or tourists. The book contains chapters on Waterton Lakes National Park, Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Dinosaur Provincial Park, the Whaleback and a number of other special places. The narrative covers the geological record and the natural and human history of the places in order to explain how each locale is unique and worthy of further investigation. Neil Jennings is an ardent flyfisher, hiker and photographer. He has fly-fished extensively in a variety of places around the world, in both fresh water and salt water, and has taught fly-fishing-related courses in Calgary for over 30 years. His writing and photography have appeared in a number of outdoors magazines, and he is the author of numerous books published by RMB, including a book on fly-fishing titled Behind the Counter and several full-colour guides to western wildflowers.
Rocky Mountain Books 9781897522790 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25 Inches 224 pages $26.95	The Aspiring Hiker's Guide 1 Mountain Treks in Alberta Gerry Shea This first volume in The Aspiring Hiker’s Guide series is meant to encourage beginner and intermediate hikers, backpackers and scramblers to step into and explore the backcountry in Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Jasper National Park, Kananaskis Country and the Icefields Parkway with both confidence and excitement.  Many aspects of venturing into these areas are investigated, including expert advice on gear, clothing, food and equipment; procedures related to safety and etiquette; and considerations as to physical fitness and first aid. Routes and trails are detailed with colour photographs and maps, GPS coordinates, elevation gain charts, distances, natural landmarks and tips on arriving at the destination safely. Best routes to summits are described in detail to prevent confusion and injury. As well, the general histories of the trails, routes and naming conventions for some mountains are presented so as to add an element of understanding and intrigue as to what was experienced by the First Peoples and early European explorers who set foot in these beautifully wild areas of western Canada. Gerry Shea moved to Kamloops from Vancouver at the age of 9, which is when he became enchanted by the nearby hills. It was on a family vacation many years later that he discovered the Canadian Rockies and began hiking and climbing in his spare time, gathering knowledge and experience which he has since used to help beginning hikers, scramblers and backpackers to trek safely. Gerry lives in Kamloops with his wife and children and continues to explore the Canadian Rockies. The second volume in this series, The Aspiring Hiker’s Guide 2: Mountain Treks in British Columbia, will be released in Spring 2011.
Rocky Mountain Books 9781897522806 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25 Inches 224 pages $26.95	Life of the Trails 5 Emerson Sanford Janice Sanford Beck When authors Emerson Sanford and Janice Sanford Beck began backpacking together nearly 20 years ago, they often wondered whose footsteps they were retracing and how today’s Rockies trails came to be there. In Life of the Trail, they share their findings with hikers and history buffs, adventurers and armchair travellers. Life of the Trail 5 details the routes in the area bounded on the north by Lake Minnewanka and the Bow River and on the west by Altrude Creek and the Vermilion and Kootenay rivers. Featuring such historical characters as Duncan McGillivray, David Thompson, George Simpson, Tom Wilson, Walter Wilcox and Bill Peyto, Volume 5 in this remarkable series also sheds light on the early days of the now world-renowned Kananaskis Country. Emerson Sanford, originally from Nova Scotia, first visited the mountains of western Canada in the summer of 1961. Eleven years later, he moved to Alberta and has been hiking ever since. Emerson has solo hiked every historic route and most long trails between Mount Robson and the Kananaskis Lakes—over 3000 km in the past five years! He now lives in Canmore with his wife, Cheryl. Janice Sanford Beck is the author of the bestselling No Ordinary Woman: The Story of Mary Schäffer Warren (Rocky Mountain Books). She has also written the introduction to the latest edition of Mary Schäffer’s Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies (Rocky Mountain Books) and, with Cheryl Sanford, researched the Mary Schäffer Warren portion of the Glenbow Museum’s permanent exhibit called “Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta.” Janice lives in Saskatoon with her partner, Shawn, and their children.
Rocky Mountain Books 9781897522837 4.75 x 7 x 0.25 Inches $16.95	The Grizzly Manifesto In Defence of the Great Bear RMB Manifestos Jeff Gailus The grizzly bear, once the archetype for all that is wild, is quickly becoming a symbol of nature’s fierce but flagging resilience in the face of human greed and ignorance—and the difficulty a wealth-addicted society has in changing its ways. North America’s grizzlies have been under siege ever since Europeans arrived. They’d survived the arrival of spear-wielding humans 13,000 years ago, outlived the short-faced bear, the dire wolf and the sabre-tooth cat—not to mention mastodons, mammoths and giant ground sloths the size of elephants—but grizzly bears in much of Turtle Island succumbed to 375 years of unrelenting commercialization and industrialization, disappearing from the Great Plains and much of the mountain West. Despite their relatively successful recovery in Yellowstone National Park, the bears’ decline continues largely unchecked. And the front line in this centuries-old battle for survival has shifted to western Alberta and southern BC, where outdated mythologies, rapacious industry and disingenuous governments continue to push the Great Bear into the mountains and toward a future that may not have room for them at all. Jeff Gailus has spent hundreds of hours observing grizzlies and guiding people through bear habitat. His poignant journalism and commitment to conservation have earned him a Doris Duke Conservation Fellowship, a Story of the Year award from the Associated Collegiate Press and numerous shortlistings and honourable mentions for his magazine writing. He recently received Canada Council for the Arts and Alberta Foundation for the Arts grants to work on Original Griz, an environmental history of the Great Plains grizzly. His follow-up to The Grizzly Manifesto will be a similar volume on wolves, to be published by RMB in Fall 2010.
Rocky Mountain Books 9781897522813 5 x 7 x 0.25 Inches 192 pages $16.95	Okanagan Odyssey Journeys through Terrain, Terroir and Culture Don Gayton Okanagan Odyssey is a quirky and lyrical examination of British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. Sticking to the backroads and byways, Gayton gently pokes and prods local ecosystems, histories, vineyards and people. From Osoyoos in the south to Armstrong at the head of the Valley, the author revels in the biological and social diversity while sampling local wines and fruit along the way. In his unique version of wine pairing, Gayton matches up local books and landscapes with local vintages, giving terroir a whole new meaning. An ecologist by profession, Gayton deftly negotiates the tension between the Okanagan that is home to many endangered species and ecosystems, and the same Okanagan that is a mecca for developers and urban refugees. Okanagan Odyssey is not a travel guide, but represents travel writing at its idiosyncratic best. Don Gayton is the 2009/2010 Haig-Brown Centenary Writer in Residence at the University of Victoria and an author of popular non-fiction. His books include Interwoven Wild, Kokanee, Landscapes of the Interior and The Wheatgrass Mechanism. He also writes for Canadian Geographic as well as technical articles on grasslands, climate change and fire ecology. His awards include the Saskatchewan Writers Guild non-fiction award, the US National Outdoor Book Award, the Canadian Science Writers Award and two shortlistings for the BC Book Awards. Gayton lives and works in Summerland, BC.
Rocky Mountain Books 9781897522820 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25 Inches 120 pages $19.95	Bears Tracks through Time Michale Lang Bears: Tracks through Time is an eclectic look at our relationship with these beautiful and sometimes frightful creatures with which we co-exist in the Canadian Rockies. As a result of our close cohabitation with bears, the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies has accumulated a modest collection of art, artifacts and archival materials related to bears. This book features images and stories from the collection. The postcards sent to us from the past provide a compelling glimpse into our changing views of bears. This is neither an exhibition catalogue nor an exhaustive study of bears, but rather an assortment of bear tales and the people, images and artifacts related to those stories. Michale Lang is Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Until 2007, she was Vice-President of Access, Collections and Exhibits at the Glenbow Museum, during which time she managed the development of Glenbow’s 24,000-square-foot permanent exhibit called “Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta.” Michale has written extensively for exhibitions and professional journals and for three years presented her popular “Alberta Mavericks” column on CBC’s Wildrose Country. Michale has a Master of Arts in Historic Resource Management and a Master of Education in Administration and Curriculum Development from Gonzaga University.
Rocky Mountain Books 9781897522769 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25 Inches 320 pages $26.95	Gillean Daffern's Kananaskis Country Trail Guide-4th Edition Volume 1: Kananaskis Valley--Kananaskis Lakes--Elk Lakes--The Smith-Dorrien Gillean Daffern With over 100,000 copies of the previous editions sold, Gillean Daffern’s bestselling hiking guides to Kananaskis Country have been completely reformatted, revised and updated. As the pre-eminent expert on the area, the author continues to offer something for every level of foot-traveller, be they novice or experienced hikers, scramblers or backpackers. Gillean’s clear and detailed text, enhanced with colour photos and maps, enables everyone to navigate safely through this complex and beautiful area. NEW! The previous two volumes have been extended into five exhaustively researched books. NEW! Each new volume includes exciting and previously unpublished trails and routes. NEW! All maps have been completely redrawn and enhanced. NEW! Full-colour photographs throughout do justice to the spectacular scenery of the Canadian Rockies. Gillean Daffern has been writing and publishing bestselling trail guides to Kananaskis Country for over 30 years, ever since the dawn of K Country in 1978. She was exploring the area well before then, too, so she knows it intimately and in every season of the year. She also travels to mountain areas outside of Kananaskis Country, and in particular enjoys visiting countries off the beaten tourist path. Gillean is the founder of Rocky Mountain Books and, along with her husband, Tony Daffern, was awarded the Banff Mountain Festival’s Summit of Excellence Award in 2006.
Rocky Mountain Books 9781897522776 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25 Inches 272 pages $26.95	Gillean Daffern's Kananaskis Country Trail Guide-4th Edition Volume 2: West Bragg--The Elbow--The Jumpingpound Gillean Daffern With over 100,000 copies of the previous editions sold, Gillean Daffern’s bestselling hiking guides to Kananaskis Country have been completely reformatted, revised and updated. As the pre-eminent expert on the area, the author continues to offer something for every level of foot-traveller, be they novice or experienced hikers, scramblers or backpackers. Gillean’s clear and detailed text, enhanced with colour photos and maps, enables everyone to navigate safely through this complex and beautiful area. NEW! The previous two volumes have been extended into five exhaustively researched books. NEW! Each new volume includes exciting and previously unpublished trails and routes. NEW! All maps have been completely redrawn and enhanced. NEW! Full-colour photographs throughout do justice to the spectacular scenery of the Canadian Rockies. Gillean Daffern has been writing and publishing bestselling trail guides to Kananaskis Country for over 30 years, ever since the dawn of K Country in 1978. She was exploring the area well before then, too, so she knows it intimately and in every season of the year. She also travels to mountain areas outside of Kananaskis Country, and in particular enjoys visiting countries off the beaten tourist path. Gillean is the founder of Rocky Mountain Books and, along with her husband, Tony Daffern, was awarded the Banff Mountain Festival’s Summit of Excellence Award in 2006.

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