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Books from the Thompson-Okanagan region of BC.
Let's Eat

Let's Eat

Sustainable Food for a Hungry Planet
by Kimberley Veness
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook
tagged : agriculture, environmental science & ecosystems, cooking & food

All the food you eat, whether it's an apple or a steak or a chocolate-coated cricket, has a story.

Let's Eat uncovers the secret lives of our groceries, exploring alternative—and sometimes bizarre—farm technology and touring gardens up high on corporate rooftops and down low in military-style bunkers beneath city streets. Packed with interesting and sometimes startling facts on agriculture around the world, Let's Eat reveals everything from the size of the biggest farm in the world to how man …

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Crossing Home Ground

Crossing Home Ground

A Grassland Odyssey through Southern Interior British Columbia
by David Pitt-Brooke
edition:Hardcover
tagged : western provinces, personal memoirs

Like John Muir, David Pitt-Brooke stepped out for a walk one morning--a long walk of a thousand kilometres or more through the arid valleys of southern interior British Columbia. He went in search of beauty and lost grace in a landscape that has seen decades of development and upheaval. In Crossing Home Ground he reports back, providing a day-by-day account of his journey's experiences, from the practical challenges--dealing with blisters, rain and dehydration--to sublime moments of discovery an …

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Okanagan Slow Road

Okanagan Slow Road

by Bernadette McDonald, illustrated by Karolina Born-Tschümperlin
edition:Paperback
also available: Paperback eBook
tagged : western provinces

A book that invites you to slow down and explore the Okanagan Valley from a local’s point of view.

Whether it’s spying a rare canyon wren, cycling the historic Kettle Valley Railroad across heart-stopping trestle bridges, or hiking through fields of spring flowers, travel alongside the authors as they draw you into the exquisite, unforgettable experience of savouring one of Canada’s most beautiful destinations.

Generously offering a compilation of the Okanagan Valley’s best food, drink, an …

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Flagship Wines from British Columbia's Best Wineries
by John Schreiner, photographs by Christopher K. Stenberg
edition:Hardcover
tagged : wine & spirits, consumer guides, wine

Finalist for the 2017 Taste Canada Food Food Writing Awards
Winner of a 2017 Gourmand Cookbook Award in English Canada
Finalist for a Gourmand Cookbook Best in World Award

A gorgeous gift-worthy collection of tasting notes and collector’s information on British Columbia’s highest-calibre wines, written by Canada’s most authoritative and prolific wine writer.

British Columbia now has such an array of high-calibre winemakers that John Schreiner has compiled a book showcasing the icon wines fro …

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25 Places in Canada Every Family Should Visit

25 Places in Canada Every Family Should Visit

by Jody Robbins
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : family

Silver prize-winning guidebook in the Society of American Travel Writers' Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition

Now is the perfect time to explore this vast country with your kids while finally experiencing the spectacular Canadian destinations you’ve been dreaming about.

Planning a family getaway can be overwhelming, but award-winning freelance travel writer and blogger Jody Robbins puts you on the right path with savvy suggestions for families who are keen to explore Canada with their li …

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25 Places in Canada Every Family Should Visit

25 Places in Canada Every Family Should Visit

by Jody Robbins
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
tagged : family

Silver prize-winning guidebook in the Society of American Travel Writers' Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition

Now is the perfect time to explore this vast country with your kids while finally experiencing the spectacular Canadian destinations you’ve been dreaming about.

Planning a family getaway can be overwhelming, but award-winning freelance travel writer and blogger Jody Robbins puts you on the right path with savvy suggestions for families who are keen to explore Canada with their li …

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Ranch Tales

Ranch Tales

Stories from the Frontier
by Ken Mather, illustrated by Rob Dinwoodie
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : post-confederation (1867-), historical

An entertaining, fast-paced look at early ranching in British Columbia.

Frontier historian Ken Mather is known for his fascinating, in-depth profiles of the men and women who established a distinctive ranching culture in Western Canada over a hundred years ago. Now, in this concise collection of stories—based on Mather’s column in the Vernon Morning Star—readers will meet even more colourful characters, gain insightful tidbits on cowboy culture, and read about little-known cattle drives tha …

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Ranch Tales

Ranch Tales

Stories from the Frontier
by Ken Mather
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
tagged : post-confederation (1867-), historical

An entertaining, fast-paced look at early ranching in British Columbia.

Frontier historian Ken Mather is known for his fascinating, in-depth profiles of the men and women who established a distinctive ranching culture in Western Canada over a hundred years ago. Now, in this concise collection of stories—based on Mather’s column in the Vernon Morning Star—readers will meet even more colourful characters, gain insightful tidbits on cowboy culture, and read about little-known cattle drives tha …

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