Author - Frank Oberle

The day he was elected mayor of Chetwynd, B.C., was a special one in Frank Oberle’s life. As a youth he had made his way across the battle-scarred landscape of Germany, the bombs of Dresden still ringing in his ears. As a teen he had crossed the Atlantic in the bowels of a derelict freighter, finally reaching the refugee barracks at Halifax. With bleak prospects on the eastern seaboard, he made his way across Canada to find work in the remote Queen Charlotte Islands. And that was the beginning of a new life that eventually saw Oberle rise from self-educated immigrant to politician.
 

After many years of eating backpackers' standard meals, Laurie Ann March set out to replicate her home kitchen favourites in the outdoors. With more than 200 trail-tested recipes, March will transform your expectations for backcountry cooking possibilities. Don't just crave a gourmet adventure-create one!


 

Author - Steven Sandor

Alberta has long been a big part of the frantic Canadian hockey scene, and even before Alberta became a province in 1905, the intense hockey rivalry between Calgary and Edmonton was in full swing.
 

Alexandra Morton’s new book is a stunning portrayal of life on the central British Columbia coast. Through her striking photography, art work, and well-researched text, she presents an in-depth understanding of the coastal eco-system, as well as allowing us a glimpse into the 20 years she has spent working in the area.
 

Alexandra Morton’s new book is a stunning portrayal of life on the central British Columbia coast. Through her striking photography, art work, and well-researched text, she presents an in-depth understanding of the coastal eco-system, as well as allowing us a glimpse into the 20 years she has spent working in the area.
 

Author - Ken Buck

Bill Mason: Wilderness Artist is the story of Canada’s most famous canoeing artist. The camera lens and the pallet knife were his instruments. The wild places were his inspiration.
 

This nautical journal combines the elements of a functional log book with safety information, intriguing tips, and quotes.
 

In the years before the First World War, the daily papers used few news photographs; the technology had not been developed to the point where photos could be used on short notice in any significant number. At the same time, however, the postcard photographer could have his news photographs on the street the day after an event took place. George Alfred Barrowclough was one of these photographers.
 

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

The history of Victoria is preserved in the very beams and joinery of its buildings. These structures serve as mute reminders of a bygone era, providing a peek into our past and a glimpse at the lives of the people who built them.
 

Experience life as a park warden in Canada’s national parks with Close Calls on High Walls, a moving memoir from a former warden.
 

Rarely in the history of Canadian politics has there been a flash in the sky that shone as brightly and faded as quickly as that of British Columbia’s former premier, Glen Clark.
 

To this day, more questions than answers surround the 1918 outbreak of a deadly flu pandemic that threatened to destroy the world. History has put death estimates as high as 50 million people worldwide. The American death toll from the flu was more than 10 times than that of World War I. In Canada, the flu started in Halifax and, wearing the name Spanish flu or “Spanish Lady,” spread steadily west to the Vancouver domain of public health officer Dr. Fred Underhill.
 

With sharp, witty reviews of the best spots in town to slake your thirst, Drinking Vancouver: 100+ Great Bars in the City and Beyond is the pocket-sized booze bible for locals and visitors craving a night out on the town.


 

Author - R.M. Patterson

The stories in Far Pastures take readers to R.M. Patterson’s homestead in the Peace River country of northern Alberta.
 

Author - Frank Oberle

Franz (Frank) Oberle was nine years old when his family was relocated from Germany to Poland. There, he was taken from his parents to an isolated school where adolescents were being indoctrinated into the Hitler Youth.
 

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

Author - Jayne Seagrave

While the road from the mind to the marketplace is frustrating and far from easy, Jayne Seagrave’s highly entertaining book, From the Mind to the Marketplace: The Story of an Inventor, The Home Improvement Industry, His Wife and Her Lovers, sets out how to succeed in taking a new idea to market, how to expand those markets, and how to effectively run a new business.
 

Getting Fresh is a detailed guide to local organic farms, box programs, seasonal markets, shops and restaurants. It contains outstanding recipes from farmers, vendors and well-known chefs.
 

The famous Victoria ghost who appeared to a tour group listening to her story, the little boy with a red ball in Nanaimo, the phantom “helper” in a restaurant kitchen — these are among the true stories in Robert Belyk’s new Ghosts.
 

Author - Calvin Daniels

Saskatchewan is hockey. The only activity more pervasive is farming, and often the two are combined when farmers play hockey for their community teams. As Calvin Daniels discovered when researching and writing the first Guts and Go (2004), hockey is so intertwined with everyday life in the province that hockey stories are much more than the retelling of games and tournaments. Indeed, they are every bit as much about the people and the province as they are about the game.

In a province where mountain ranges are at odds with road and rail builders, and its capital city and a large portion of its population are on an island, it’s no surprise that the provision of an effective transportation system has been a challenging undertaking—or that mistakes have been made.
 

Author - David Finch

Hell’s Half Acre is the story of the people who lived and worked in Turner Valley, western Canada’s first commercial oilfield, located southwest of Calgary.
 

Ever since the Canadian Prairie was first settled and the Mounties marched west to establish and maintain law and order, individual officers have left their mark on the national landscape. Their long tradition has been honoured in many of the place names of Canada, especially in the West.
 

How many times have you walked by or through an interesting old house, wondering about its past and what tales its walls could whisper if they could answer your questions?
 

Edited by Sheila Harrington and Judi Stevenson

Gorgeous, fascinating and unconventional, the maps in this collection show aspects of the Gulf Islands, the “Islands in the Salish Sea,” that are most beloved by the residents, from heritage orchards, fishing spots and patches of endangered wild orchids to ancient First Nations’ sites and bird colonies. The community on each island decided what elements should be depicted, and local artists then created each of the magnificent and wildly different maps.
 

Author - Stan Leaming with Rick Hudson

Beautiful, translucent, and indestructible, jade has a mystique that’s captivated people since Neolithic times. Stan Leaming, Canada’s leading jade geologist, was fascinated by this unusual gem; he is credited with pioneering the emergence of the jade industry in British Columbia.
 

Live Green, Calgary! puts local green programs, products and services at your fingertips so you can live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. As always, greener choices help ensure that we will have an abundance of clean and healthy resources for a long time to come.

Through Goody Niosi's broad knowledge of Nanaimo and its surroundings, and through the discerning vision of local photographer Terry Patterson, Nanaimo, The Harbour City captures the human spirit and broad landscape that have clearly marked this place as being very special.
 

In the course of cruising the west coast, Marianne Scott has met a variety of fascinating people whose lives revolve around the sea. She conducted interviews from Portland to Bella Coola to bring together this engaging collection of profiles.
 

Danda Humphreys is back on the streets in her third volume of stories about the origin of Victorian street names.
 

The Order of British Columbia was established in 1989 to recognize and honour ordinary citizens who have made a difference in the lives of others. This book is an inspirational reminder that we all have the ability to find our dream, stay true to it, and live it.
 

Art lovers and outdoor enthusiasts alike will be captivated by this stunning, full-colour biography that celebrates and showcases the life and work of an extraordinary man—artist Stewart Marshall.
 

Edwardian images of Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
 

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.
 

Salmon Farming: The Whole Story is the first comprehensive, agenda-free book on the subject of B.C.'s fish-farming industry. To date, there has been little objective information on the topic, and this book fills that void. It includes history, information and context that will equip experts, lay readers and everyone in between with everything they need to know to develop an informed opinion about fish farms in B.C.
 

When the Puget Sound cod fleet sailed out of the Strait of Juan de Fuca into the grey Pacific in 1934, it represented the waning years of a great tradition. Captain Ed Shields made his first voyage that year past the Graveyard of the Pacific to the Bering Sea and would ultimately steer the last ship north in 1950.
 

"The essence of a scandal is its shock value" writes Bill Rayner. This retired west coast political journalist has watched his province reel over the years as B.C.'s politicians and protagonists have kept people shaking their heads in disgust or disbelief.
 

Sea Kayaking Around Vancouver Island covers a full circumnavigation of Vancouver Island. If you are interested in a grand expedition, a week of summer touring, or a weekend excursion, this guidebook will give you the information you need.
 

Nootka and Kyuquot (pronounced Ki-U-Cot) Sounds are the next step for sea kayakers who have enjoyed the Gulf Islands, the Sunshine Coast, Desolation Sound and the Broken Islands. Its wetter weather and more rugged coastline offer greater challenges as well as the rewards of pristine sandy beaches, remote islands, sea caves, rare sea otters, and historic sites.
 

For the experienced and novice alike, this comprehensive guide leads paddlers through some of the best kayaking waters on the B.C. coast. Originally released in 1990 as Island Paddling, it remains the definitive resource for paddlers exploring the Canadian Gulf Islands.
 

Unlike the typical guidebook, this beautifully illustrated work brings readers the birding experience — the thrill of spotting a particular bird for the first time, the wonder of witnessing the easy power of a gyrfalcon’s flight, or the pleasure of watching the dramatic choreography of a flock of wheeling shorebirds.
 

Simply the Best delivers rare insights on success straight from the hearts and minds of Stanley Cup winning coaches Scotty Bowman, Mark Crawford, Jacques Demers, Ken Hitchcock, and Mike Keenan. The book also features NHL and Olympic coaches Clare Drake, Dave King, George Kingston, Andy Murray, Roger Neilson, Pat Quinn, and Brian Sutter.
 

Author - Linda Eversole

A wealthy madam who was known from San Francisco to Victoria in the early part of the 20th century, Stella Carroll was glamorous, worldly and determined to succeed. Her bordellos were fashionably decorated and patronized by the affluent and the powerful; she offered the best of everything—fine food and wine, cigars, entertainment and, of course, girls.
 

Author - Liz Bryan

The Native people of the Canadian prairies have been living on the land for at least 12,000 years, finding sustainable lifestyles from the grasslands and the aspen parklands. Our knowledge of these people is limited: they had no writing, no large settlements, and very little in the way of lasting material things. Before the arrival of Europeans, they had no guns, no horses, and no hard metals. What clues we have come primarily from the work of archaeologists sifting through the buried evidence—little bits of stone, bone, and pottery, refuse heaps and firepits, ancients villages and burial sites, fingerprints, and prehistoric blood. Liz Bryan takes the clues from decades of archaeological research and presents an immensely entertaining and informative account of these ancient people.
 

In this best-selling timeless classic, Peter Gzowski recounts the 1980-81 season he spent travelling around the NHL circuit with the upstart Edmonton Oilers.
 

From Dr. Reese Halter comes a remarkable, concise account of the honeybees that have profoundly shaped our planet for the past 110 million years.


 

Author - Goody Niosi

Illustrated with lush reproductions of Grant and Nixie’s art and photographs of their amazing garden, The Romance Continues is a love story, an art-appreciation adventure and a garden tour, all wrapped up in one gorgeous volume.
 

This engaging anthology of verse, compiled by Edgar Kuhn, reflects the early history and experiences of the NWMP, RNWMP, and RCMP from the 1880s to the present.
 

After conducting decades of research and interviews with veterans on both sides of the conflict, author Brendan Coyle now reveals the campaign that included three attacks on British Columbia, an air raid on Portland, Oregon, and the harsh battles fought in Alaska.
 

This is the tale of how Canada’s high northern wilderness was brought into civilization’s fold through a frail network of wires laboriously strung between poles and trees for hundreds of desolate miles. It started in 1897, when gold was discovered in the Yukon and the government needed a faster way to communicate with its remote northern territory. The isolated residents, too, wanted a more reliable connection with the outside world. Thus was born the Yukon Telegraph.
 

John Schreiner believes in British Columbia wines and in the wineries and their people. His belief is not that of the Chamber of Commerce, but that of the connoisseur.
 

This is the tale of how Canada’s high northern wilderness was brought into civilization’s fold through a frail network of wires laboriously strung between poles and trees for hundreds of desolate miles. It started in 1897, when gold was discovered in the Yukon and the government needed a faster way to communicate with its remote northern territory. The isolated residents, too, wanted a more reliable connection with the outside world. Thus was born the Yukon Telegraph.
 

Photographic postcards have been a popular form of communication for nearly a century, and the images Peter Grant has collected provide a fascinating social history of life on Vancouver Island from 1904 to 1918.