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Read Local BC 2017

Created by ABPBC on April 17, 2017
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Whale in the Door

Whale in the Door

A Community Unites to Protect BC's Howe Sound
by Pauline Le Bel, foreword by Elizabeth May, photographs by Richard Duncan
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : environmental conservation & protection

The hidden life of Howe Sound and the transformative power of Coast Salish culture and environmental science. An exhilarating mix of natural history and personal exploration Whale in the Door is a passionate account of a woman's transformative experience of her adopted home. For thousands of years, Howe Sound, an inlet in the Salish Sea provided abundant food, shelter, and stories, for the Squamish Nation. After a century of contamination from pulp mills, a chemical factory, and a copper mine, t …

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At Home in Nature

At Home in Nature

A Life of Unknown Mountains and Deep Wilderness
by Rob Wood
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : environmental conservation & protection, essays, sustainable living

The compelling story of one family’s life among the rugged landscapes of British Columbia's Coast Mountains, converting youthful ideals, raw land and a passion for the outdoors into a practical off-grid homestead.

Rob Wood grew up in a village on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors, where he eventually developed a preoccupation with rock climbing. After studying architecture for five years at the Architectural Association School in London, England, he made his way to Montreal and ended up in Calgar …

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Fernie at War

Fernie at War

1914-1919
by Wayne Norton
edition:Paperback
tagged : canada

From "enemy alien" internment camps to WWI disillusionment - these are the five pivotal years that shaped Fernie, BC, a city instrumental to the national identity of Canada. Fernie, a small community located in BC's Kootenay region, entered the First World War in 1914 with optimism and a sense of national pride-it emerged five years later having experienced staggering losses and multiple controversies that threatened to tear their community apart. As a resource-based economy with unusually large …

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The Haunting of Vancouver Island

The Haunting of Vancouver Island

Supernatural Encounters with the Other Side
by Shanon Sinn
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : supernatural

A compelling investigation into supernatural events and local lore on Vancouver Island.

Vancouver Island is known worldwide for its arresting natural beauty, but those who live here know that it is also imbued with a palpable supernatural energy. Researcher Shanon Sinn found his curiosity piqued by stories of mysterious sightings on the island—ghosts, sasquatches, sea serpents—but he was disappointed in the sensational and sometimes disrespectful way they were being retold or revised. Acting …

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Refugium

Refugium

Poems for the Pacific
edited by Yvonne Blomer
edition:Paperback
tagged : anthologies (multiple authors)

New poetry written by prize-winning BC poets, musicians, and artists such as Bruce Cockburn, Brian Brett and Lorna Crozier, anthologized by Victoria's city poet-laureate. While in the world of politics there are still climate change deniers, the poets watch the warming seas, the dying birds slicked in oil, the whales, the jellies, the sea otters and the octopus. They stand, as close to the shore as possible, watch the slow turning tide. In this collection of poems from the coast of B.C., Califor …

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Narrow Bridge

Narrow Bridge

by Barbara Pelman
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : canadian

Lyric poems that are open to readers; Strong imagery; Poems that describe the need to build "bridges" between people; Interesting accounts of a single woman in Italy; The difficulties involved in learning to age gracefully; The act of writing as a means of living with courage in crossing the narrow bridge of life. COMPARATIVE TITLES: The Road in Is Not the Same Road Out by Karen Solie (Anansi, 2015); The Wrong Cat by Lorna Crozier (McClelland & Stewart, 2015); The Waking Comes Late by Steven Hei …

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