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Sainte-Carmen of the Main

Sainte-Carmen of the Main

by Michel Tremblay, translated by John Van Burek
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In Sainte-Carmen of the Main, Carmen—a character who appeared previously in Forever Yours, Marie-Lou—returns to the Rodéo from Nashville, where she has been sent to “improve her technique” in yodelling. But not only does she improve her technique, she also begins to write her own songs whose lyrics speak directly to the people about their …

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Damnée Manon, Sacrée Sandra

Damnée Manon, Sacrée Sandra

by Michel Tremblay, translated by John Van Burek
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In Damnée Manon, Sacrée Sandra, Michel Tremblay examines the sacred and the profane—their similarities and differences; how they merge and become one another. The play consists of two interweaving monologues on religion and sex spoken by Manon (from Forever Yours, Marie-Lou) and Sandra (from Hosanna). In the end, both characters realize that th …

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Breathin' My Name with a Sigh

Breathin' My Name with a Sigh

by Fred Wah
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With the publication of this present edition, Talonbooks is pleased to make available to the reader the first complete version of Fred Wah’s Breathin’ My Name with a Sigh, the seventh book of poetry from one of the most important poets in North America today.

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Real Mothers

Real Mothers

by Audrey Thomas
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In Real Mothers, a collection of short stories, Audrey Thomas journeys to France, Greece and Africa; she also writes about Galiano Island, B.C., where she lived while these stories were taking shape. Real Mothers concerns itself with women who, in one way or another, are mothers; with mothers and daughters; with mothers and husbands—or lovers; an …

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Lily Briscoe

Lily Briscoe

A Self Portrait
by Mary Meigs
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Taking as her alter-ego Lily Briscoe–the painter in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse–Mary Meigs paints a portrait of herself, her family and her friends in Lily Briscoe: A Self-Portrait, a book that is both autobiography and memoir. In it, she describes the three major decisions of her life: "not to marry, to be an artist" and to listen to he …

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The Fat Woman Next Door Is Pregnant

The Fat Woman Next Door Is Pregnant

by Michel Tremblay, translated by Sheila Fischman
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It is the glorious second day of May, 1942. The sun is drawing the damp from earth still heavy with the end of a long Quebec winter, the budding branches of the trees along rue Fabre and in Parc Lafontaine of the Plateau Mont Royal ache to release their leaves into the warm, clear air heralding the approach of summer.

Seven women in this raucous Fra …

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Orchids of North America

Orchids of North America

by Dr. William Petrie
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This practical guide to the identification of North American species is not only a useful and reliable addition to any enthusiast's library-it is also splendidly beautiful. Although many of our orchids are modest little plants, hard to find and sometimes difficult to appreciate because of their small size, they are captured here in closeups that br …

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The Impromptu of Outremont

The Impromptu of Outremont

by Michel Tremblay, translated by John Van Burek
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Each year, the Beaugrand sisters meet for their sister Yvette’s birthday party—and to have a little “impromptu”—at which they lash out at each other’s personal failures and at the failure of society to support them in their opinions about the world. The four sisters represent the French-Canadian intelligentsia of the fifties, whose inte …

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Seven Stones

Seven Stones

A Portrait of Arthur Erickson, Architect
by Edith Iglauer
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Time magazine (US) has described Canada's Erickson as a superstar in his field. Iglauer, in her best New Yorker tradition, provides a biographical portrait and a complete survey of Erickson's pioneering projects. There is a 9" x 10.5" format with 138 photographs and 32 pages in full colour. The photos are accompanied by brilliant biographical text …

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The Canadian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 17, 1979

edited by C.B. Bourne
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The Canadian Yearbook of International Law is issued annually under the auspices of the Canadian Branch of the International Law Association (Canadian Society of International Law) and the Canadian Council on International Law.

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Mooching

Mooching

The Salmon Fisherman's Bible
by David Nuttall
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A complete and accurate description of the techniques and skills required to become a highly successful moocher and eloquently transmits the big picture. Mr. Nuttall has not only given a complete and accurate description of the techniques and skills required to become a highly successful moocher, but also - has eloquently transmitted the big pictur …

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On the Track of Sasquatch

On the Track of Sasquatch

by John Green
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Both signed and unsigned copies available of this original publication from John Green in 1980. The second of three books, these originals are incredibly rare and hard to find. First-person accounts of meetings with Bigfoot. Black and white illustrations. "John Green is the pre-eminent authority on the fascinating question of whether mankind shares …

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Orienteering Handbook

Orienteering Handbook

by Anne Anthony
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The teaching of Orienteering should begin with simple activities and progress to the more complex. However, progression is dependent on the individual participant rather than being determined by any Grade level. The levels approach has been developed to reinforce this concept. The guidelines presented in this handbook are suggestions only and may b …

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Safety in Gymnastics

Safety in Gymnastics

by Gerald Carr
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A comprehensive guide to spotting and safety techniques in the gymnasium.

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Basketball Handbook

Basketball Handbook

by John Mills
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This series provides concise, basic information on a variety of Physical Education activities. The Handbooks are aimed at assisting both beginning and experienced educators in planning, teaching and evaluating their programs. Skills are clearly identified and ordered according to levels of difficulty. Each Handbook details skills, drills and teachi …

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Tennis Handbook

Tennis Handbook

by Geselle/Bob Lajoie
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  • A comprehensive source of information for teaching
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Argillite

Argillite

Art of the Haida
by Leslie Drew & Doug Wilson
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An exploration of the art of the Haida, an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their main territory is the archipelago of Haida Gwaii in northern British Columbia, Canada. Haida society continues to produce a robust and highly stylized art form, a leading component of Northwest Coast art. In particular, this work expl …

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Selected Writing

Selected Writing

Net Work
by Daphne Marlatt
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This volume includes work from each of Daphne Marlatt’s earlier books of poetry: Frames of a Story, leaf leaf/s, Rings, Vancouver Poems, Steveston and Our Lives; from the forthcoming What Matters; the prose work Zócalo; magazine selections from Imago and The Capilano Review and unpublished work.

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Selected Poems

Selected Poems

The Arches
by Frank Davey
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This volume includes work selected from six of Frank Davey’s books of poetry—Weeds, Four Myths for Sam Perry, Griffon, Arcana, King of Swords and The Clallam—as well as the manuscript edition of his War Poems.

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Selected Writing

Selected Writing

As Elected
by bp Nichol
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This volume includes work beginning with bpNichol’s visual poetry (progressing from the use of individual letters, to words, to distinct shapes on the page), moving through his sound poetry (in its written form) for one voice only, to poems which combine visual and traditional lyric qualities (leading to an excerpt from The Martyrology), and conc …

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Selected Poems

Selected Poems

Beyond Even Faithful Legends
by bill bissett
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This volume represents the most definitive and comprehensive selection of bissett’s writing from the 1960s and 1970s, in voices “erotik, politikul, humorous, lyrikul, sound-vizual, narrative, meditative, konkreet, collage, nd song-chants.”

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Sainte-Marie among the Hurons

Sainte-Marie among the Hurons

by James W. Nichol
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Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons is James W. Nichol’s play concerning the disastrous mission that the Jesuits made to the Huron Indians in the 17th century. The play is about the conscience of a priest who refuses to accept salvation of his soul through the destruction of a proud people.

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Balconville

Balconville

by David Fennario
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Balconville is Canada's first bilingual play. Three families and Thibault, the neighbourhood rubbie, sit on their balconies in the heat of a Montreal summer. It is election time and Gaétan Bolduc is running for re-election for the Liberals. His broadcast truck roams the streets making election promises in English and in French, and playing the mus …

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Waiting for the Parade

Waiting for the Parade

by John Murrell
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Waiting for the Parade is John Murrell’s play, set in Calgary during World War II, in which five women gather to work for the war effort while their men are away. Waiting for the Parade was first performed by Alberta Theatre Projects, Calgary. Subsequently, it has been performed by Northern Light Theatre, Edmonton; Bastion Theatre, Victoria; Tarr …

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Strangers in Blood

Strangers in Blood

Fur Trade Company Families in Indian Country
by Jennifer S.H. Brown
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For two centuries (1670-1870), English, Scottish, and Canadian fur traders voyages the myriad waterways of Rupert’s Land, the vast territory charted to the Hudson’s Bay Company and later splintered among five Canadian provinces and four American states. The knowledge and support of northern Native peoples were critical to the newcomer’s survi …

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The Canadian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 16, 1978

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The Canadian Yearbook of International Law is issued annually under the auspices of the Canadian Branch of the International Law Association (Canadian Society of International Law) and the Canadian Council on International Law.

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Lady Rancher

Lady Rancher

by Gertrude Minor Roger
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A modern pioneer story strongly evocative of the undaunted spirit that shaped Western Canada. Gertrude Roger's story opens at the old Cruikshank Ranch near Beechy, Saskatchewan. As a young woman, she marries John Minor and lives, works and raises a family on a large, prosperous cattle ranch. The Minor's later owned the huge Chilco Ranch in the Chil …

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Pioneer Days in British Columbia

Pioneer Days in British Columbia

by Art Downs
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Pioneer Days is a blend of words and photos that proves British Columbia's history is as interesting as that recorded anywhere else in North America. Every article is true, many written or narrated by those who, 100 or more years ago, lived the experiences they relate. Each volume contains 160 pages, plus some 60,000 words of text and over 200 his …

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Saltspring

by John Marshall
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Latakia

Latakia

by Audrey Thomas
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A brilliant and intense journey through a relationship, and through language and myth—as well as a literary journey spanning three continents.

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O Time in Your Flight

O Time in Your Flight

by Hubert Evans
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This is the memoir/novel that so astonished reviewers in 1979. In it Evans faithfully records his own turn-of-the-century Ontario boyhood through the eyes of a nine year old fictional protagonist, Gilbert Egan.

As one of the most remarkable literary feats by a Canadian, O Time In Your Flight delights more and more readers each year with its technica …

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The Canadian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 15, 1977

edited by C.B. Bourne
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The Canadian Yearbook of International Law is issued annually under the auspices of the Canadian Branch of the International Law Association (Canadian Society of International Law) and the Canadian Council on International Law.

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Steelhead

Steelhead

The Supreme Trophy Trout
by Barry Thornton
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Steelhead is a tribute to this magnificent fish and to steelheaders throughout the Pacific Northwest who have worked to protect steelhead and the rivers they inhabit. Full of helpful hints and secrets for success. Steelhead, the Prince of Salmon, is the trophy trout which river anglers in the Pacific Northwest acknowledge from experience is the gre …

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Tomslake

Tomslake

by Andrew Amstatter
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Old Wooden Buildings

Old Wooden Buildings

by Donovan Clemson
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Old wooden buildings from around British Columbia. The author was farming when this photographic collection was commenced, and also contributing articles and photographs to publications with rural circulation, and this sideline led him to explore not only his own neighborhood but as much of the interior as he could without neglecting his farm opera …

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Emily Carr

Emily Carr

The Untold Story
by Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher
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An in depth look at the more personal side of one of Canada's most prominent and memorable artist/writers. Who was this woman who is generally recognized as one of Canada's foremost painters and who also achieved an enviable reputation as a writer? She is thought of by some as a cranky oddball who wore outlandish clothes, had innumerable pets, and …

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Mining in BC

Mining in BC

The History of Mining in British Columbia
by Geoffrey Taylor
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  • A Historical Account of BC's Mining Industry.
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Canadian Challenge

by Brian A. Brown
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Boiler Room Suite

Boiler Room Suite

by Rex Deverell
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Boiler Room Suite is Rex Deverell’s play about two Skid Row winos who have climbed into the boiler room of an abandoned hotel on the Prairies to seek refuge from winter and from the world, until it turns kinder. Aggie Rose is a former actress and Sprugg is a failed poet. Together they act out their fantasies, trying to bring “a little warmth, …

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The Salish People: Volume IV

The Salish People: Volume IV

The Sechelt and South-Eastern Tribes of Vancouver Island
by Charles Hill-Tout, edited by Ralph Maud
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Charles Hill-Tout was born in England in 1858 and came to British Columbia in 1891. He was a pioneer settler at Abbotsford in the Fraser Valley, where he raised his family in a log cabin. He devoted many years of field work to his studies of the Salish and published in the scholarly periodicals of the day. He was honoured as president of the Anthro …

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The Salish People: Volume I

The Salish People: Volume I

The Thompson and the Okanagan
by Charles Hill-Tout, edited by Ralph Maud
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Charles Hill-Tout was born in England in 1858 and came to British Columbia in 1891. A pioneer settler at Abbotsford in the Fraser Valley, he devoted many years of fieldwork to his studies of the Salish and published in the scholarly periodicals of the day. He was honoured as president of the Anthropological Section of the Royal Society of Canada an …

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The Salish People: Volume II

The Salish People: Volume II

The Squamish and the Lillooet
by Charles Hill-Tout, edited by Ralph Maud
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Charles Hill-Tout was born in England in 1858 and came to British Columbia in 1891. A pioneer settler at Abbotsford in the Fraser Valley, he devoted many years studying the Salish and publishing in the scholarly periodicals of the day. He was honoured as president of the Anthropological Section of the Royal Society of Canada and as a fellow of the …

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The Salish People: Volume III

The Salish People: Volume III

The Mainland Halkomaelem
by Charles Hill-Tout, edited by Ralph Maud
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Charles Hill-Tout was born in England in 1858 and came to British Columbia in 1891. A pioneer settler at Abbotsford in the Fraser Valley, he devoted many years of fieldwork to his studies of the Salish and published in the scholarly periodicals of the day. He was honoured as president of the Anthropological Section of the Royal Society of Canada an …

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Green Water Blues

Green Water Blues

by John Skapski
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First John Skapski was a commercial gillnet fisherman, then he got an MA in creative writing, then he became a lawyer. But he's still a fisherman. One of the finest books to come out of the workplace - piercing, memorable, authentic.

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The Canadian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 14, 1976

edited by C.B. Bourne
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The Canadian Yearbook of International Law is issued annually under the auspices of the Canadian Branch of the International Law Association (Canadian Society of International Law) and the Canadian Council on International Law.

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Totem Poles of the Northwest

Totem Poles of the Northwest

by D. Allen
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The illustrations primarily illustrate Haida poles, the tools carvers used, and the meaning of the symbolic figures seen on the poles.

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No Streets Of Gold

by Helen Potrebenko
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The Pacific Princesses

The Pacific Princesses

An Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Pacific Fleet on the Northwest Coast
by Robert D. Turner
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