About BC Books Online
BC Books Online was created for anyone interested in BC-published books, and with librarians especially in mind. We'd like to make it easy for library staff to learn about books from BC publishers - both new releases and backlist titles - so you can inform your patrons and keep your collections up to date.
Our site features print books and ebooks - both new releases and backlist titles - all of which are available to order through regular trade channels. Browse our subject categories to find books of interest or create and export lists by category to cross-reference with your library's current collection.
A quick tip: When reviewing the "Browse by Category" listings, please note that these are based on standardized BISAC Subject Codes supplied by the books' publishers. You will find additional selections, grouped by theme or region, in our "BC Reading Lists."
Description
The remarkable story of how a chief, an artist, and a mountaineer inspired a new form of activism.
Between 1997 and 2007, a sandbar on Squamish First Nation territory became the site of a very unusual protest. By welcoming people to the land, showing them its physical and spiritual wealth, and allowing them to experience it themselves, Squamish First Nation chief Bill Williams, artist Nancy Bleck, and the late mountaineer John Clarke mobilized ten thousand supporters who rallied to save a fifty-thousand-hectare section of land from logging -- and succeeded. Through the words and photos of those who were there, this beautiful book celebrates the role that people can play in honouring tradition, safeguarding land, and changing policy.
