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Old Bones

Old Bones

by Ron Chudley
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Resting on what was left of the bench was something else, lighter in shade than the background, round, about the size of a cabbage. There were two large holes close together, a smaller pair below, then two rows of wedge-shaped objects. The pattern suddenly coalesced: in atavistic and chilling familiarity . . .

In a remote British Columbia lake, an …

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The Maquinna Line

The Maquinna Line

A Family Saga
by Norma Macmillan
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A murder, a tryst, a mysterious child. A Victoria aristocrat who obsesses over her Churchill relatives. A repressive Welsh mother with a royalty fixation. A once-carefree Hesquiat girl from Nootka Sound. A dashing Icelandic philanderer. And quiet, steady Julia Godolphin, trying to rise above it all. The lost novel of Norma Macmillan, the Vancouver …

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Scammed

Scammed

by Ron Chudley
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When Greg Lothian’s mother and famous artist father are scammed of their life savings by cruel con men, his orderly life is torn apart. When the same criminals steal Greg’s own identity, the normally law-abiding Victoria, BC accountant turns his analytical mind to plotting revenge. This uncharacteristic decision plunges him into the strange and …

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Never Sleep with a Suspect on Gabriola Island

Never Sleep with a Suspect on Gabriola Island

by Sandy Frances Duncan & George Szanto
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In this new mystery series set on the islands off the coast of British Columbia and Washington State, Noel Franklin and Kyra Rachel team up to form Islands Investigations International. Quickly they come to realize that some crimes respect no boundaries.

Their first job takes Noel and Kyra to Gabriola Island and the unsolved murder of an art galler …

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A Man Called Moses

A Man Called Moses

by Bill Gallaher
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“The Black Barber of Barkerville,” as Wellington Delaney Moses was known, came to British Columbia from San Francisco, looking for a new home and a place of peace. He was among the first black people to arrive in B.C., hoping that the colony, with its Creole governor, James Douglas, would offer a more tolerant and welcoming frontier than had Ca …

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The Promise

The Promise

Love, Loyalty & the Lure of Gold
by Bill Gallaher
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It was 1862 and the Cariboo Gold Rush was in full swing. Sophia Cameron, the Beauty of Barkerville, lay dying of typhoid when her husband, John Cariboo Cameron, made one last promise to his fading young wife. The Promise is a compelling story of a great love and an epic struggle to honour a dying wife's final request: to take her body home to easte …

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Stella

Stella

Unrepentant Madam
by Linda J. Eversole
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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, …

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The Frog Lake Massacre

The Frog Lake Massacre

by Bill Gallaher
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In the spring of 1884, Jack, an adventurous young man, packs his bags in Victoria, BC, and heads for the prairies, looking for a new life and hoping to get involved in an Indian war. Instead, he lucks into an exciting job in the fur trade and meets and befriends many of the great chiefs of the Cree nation, such as Poundmaker and Big Bear, and ends …

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Packhorses to the Pacific

Packhorses to the Pacific

A Wilderness Honeymoon
by Cliff Kopas
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Babes in the woods. That’s how Ruth and Cliff Kopas were described by one of many colourful characters the pair encountered on their amazing journey across the Rockies through to British Columbia’s west coast in 1933.

Married on the day they left on their dangerous trek, Ruth and Cliff were eager for adventure, and their courageous spirits and r …

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Seaweed in the Soup

Seaweed in the Soup

by Stanley Evans
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Silas Seaweed is back on the beat as the street-smart Coast Salish cop. A gardener is found dead and the prime suspects are two young local party girls. Silas is handed the case that soon takes a bloodier turn when a policeman’s wife is killed. Silas begins to suspect that these murders and other events are related to the recent tide of gang-rela …

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The Buffalo Head

The Buffalo Head

by R.M. Patterson
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The wildest, loveliest and least-travelled region of Alberta was R.M. Patterson’s home territory in the 1930s and ’40s. The Buffalo Head ranch was located in the foothills of the majestic Canadian Rockies. With the mountains as a backdrop, this dude ranch hosted visitors from around the world. Patterson bought it from its founder, a wild Italia …

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Seaweed on the Street

Seaweed on the Street

by Stanley Evans
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Pretensions, conspiracy, lies ... all play a part in this riveting book that kicks off TouchWood Editions’ new mystery series featuring Coast Salish investigator Silas Seaweed.

A billionaire’s daughter with an unsavoury past has mysteriously disappeared. Silas Seaweed, a savvy, street-smart investigator based in Victoria, B.C., is put on the ca …

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Seaweed Under Water

Seaweed Under Water

by Stanley Evans
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I knew that if I dived deep enough, the bullets would lose their killing velocity. I heard, or sensed, another explosive blast. My left arm was useless. I kept diving, down and out into deeper, blacker water . . .

Coast Salish investigator Silas Seaweed is back in another suspenseful page-turner. What begins as a missing-person investigation takes …

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Seaweed on the Rocks

Seaweed on the Rocks

by Stanley Evans
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In this fourth mystery of the Seaweed series, Victoria neighbourhood cop Silas Seaweed is as always sensitive to his Coast Salish culture, but when he's confronted by a ten-foot-tall bear on a marsh on the city's outskirts, he suspects that this is no creature from the unknown world but someone out to con him. And Silas is right, but his attempts t …

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Seaweed on Ice

Seaweed on Ice

by Stanley Evans
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Coast Salish street cop Silas Seaweed has his hands full. An elderly Jewish immigrant has disappeared. An old blind woman has been murdered. Valuable art stolen from German Jews during the Second World War has begun to show up for sale in Victoria's auction houses, and the word on the street is that collectors are planning to loot a priceless Coast …

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True Home

True Home

Life on a Heritage Farm
by Anny Scoones
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"Her book is a gift to all of us."— Patrick Lane, author of There is a Season

Following the lead of her earlier bestselling books, Anny Scoones once again charms and inspires readers with her insights and observations. Using her experiences on a farm as a backdrop, Anny muses on the environment, fate, time and aging.

In this collection of personal …

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Death in a Family Way

Death in a Family Way

by Gwendolyn Southin
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TouchWood Editions is proud to introduce the first female sleuth in our selection of mystery novels. Author Gwendolyn Southin uniquely blends the charm of gumshoe techniques with the fresh perspective of a developing female detective. The Margaret Spencer Mysteries offer action and suspense, with a human subtext.

At age fifty, Margaret Spencer's emp …

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Death on a Short Leash

Death on a Short Leash

by Gwendolyn Southin
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TouchWood Editions is proud to introduce the first female sleuth in our selection of mystery novels. Author Gwendolyn Southin uniquely blends the charm of gumshoe techniques with the fresh perspective of a developing female detective. The Margaret Spencer Mysteries offer action and suspense, with a human subtext.

Back in Vancouver, Maggie and Nat b …

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Deadly Innocent

Deadly Innocent

by Bill Gallaher
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Best-selling chronicler of the gold rush Bill Gallaher now brings us the compelling story of the Rennie brothers.

Lured by dreams of wealth and a better life, William, Gilbert and Thomas Rennie set out for the Cariboo goldfields in the spring of 1862. But because of their late departure, they encountered unimaginable consequences. They crossed the …

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The Rainbow Chasers

The Rainbow Chasers

by Ervin Austin MacDonald
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This first-hand account of a Canadian pioneer—the next title in TouchWood’s Classics West series—tells the story of a hard-won wilderness home and of the self-sufficient father and brothers who built it. Their tale of wanderlust begins in 1839 in Bytown, Ontario (later called Ottawa), with father Archie MacDonald, who reached his peak as an O …

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The Ranch on the Cariboo

The Ranch on the Cariboo

by Alan Fry
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It was the summer of ’43 on a Cariboo ranch. He was 12 and had to become a man. If you were a man, you could become a cowboy. Join the author on this nostalgic look back on the joys, frustrations and observations of growing up and discovering where he belongs.

Excerpt from Eldon Lee's foreword: “This book by Alan Fry is probably the best book ev …

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The Luck of the Horseman

The Luck of the Horseman

by Bill Gallaher
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A follow-up to The Frog Lake Massacre, The Luck of the Horseman is a cleverly written ride from the days of the Wild West. The story begins ten years after the Frog Lake massacre. Jack Strong is doing a poor job of dealing with a devastating personal tragedy. He reconnects with Sam Steele, an old acquaintance and police officer, to assist in a hunt …

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Trail to the Interior

Trail to the Interior

by R.M. Patterson
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Reliving the adventures of past explorers.

Trail to the Interior is R. M. Patterson's rich account of exploration and personal adventure in the Cassiar district of British Columbia. The trail is the historic track from Wrangell, Alaska, along the Stikine and Dease rivers and across the height of the land into the valleys of the Liard and the Mackenz …

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Northern Kids

Northern Kids

by Linda Goyette
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Children and teenagers experience Canada’s North in a way that adults do not. They have shaped its history, and yet how often are they asked to tell its story? Northern Kids is a collection of tales about the unforgettable young people of the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and remote regions of the western provinces. Based on personal int …

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Rocky Mountain Kids

Rocky Mountain Kids

by Linda Goyette
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Grade: 3 to 7
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With careful research and imagination, author Linda Goyette has created a collection of 25 stories based on the true stories of named children of the past and present.

Too often the youngest Canadians are erased from our historical memory. Rocky Mountain Kids provides firstperson creative non-fiction narratives from the region's children, many of wh …

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In the Shadow of Death

In the Shadow of Death

by Gwendolyn Southin
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TouchWood Editions is proud to introduce the first female sleuth in our selection of mystery novels. Author Gwendolyn Southin uniquely blends the charm of gumshoe techniques with the fresh perspective of a developing female detective. The Margaret Spencer Mysteries offer action and suspense, with a human subtext.

Just one year later, Margaret is co …

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The Chief Factor's Daughter

The Chief Factor's Daughter

by Vanessa Winn
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Chief factor: In the Hudson’s Bay Company fur-trade monopoly, the title of chief factor was the highest rank given to commissioned officers, who were responsible for a major trading post and its surrounding district.

Colonial Victoria in 1858 is an unruly mix of rowdy gold seekers and hustling immigrants caught in the upheaval of the fur trade gi …

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Stolen

Stolen

by Ron Chudley
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The sound of the river, ever-present, had finally intruded on his consciousness. If Nate was playing by himself outside, that damn river was too close for comfort. Instantly forgetting everything else, John hurried to the door, pushed it right open, stepped to the edge.

John Quarry is on vacation with his small son, Nate, when a tragedy occurs: duri …

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Act of Evil

Act of Evil

by Ron Chudley
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Hal Bannatyne is a successful actor in town to shoot a big-budget film. Spotting an old flame, Mattie, he immediately becomes involved with her family. When Mattie’s father-in-law tries to protect his land from the hands of a fervent land developer, Bannatyne soon finds he is mixed up in the conflict. Thus the intrigue begins, with a crooked land …

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Dark Resurrection

Dark Resurrection

by Ron Chudley
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Elizabeth and Tom Drummond are living quietly in Mill Bay, B.C., when their tranquil existence is disrupted by a singular event: out of the ashes of 9/11, borne by a person believed long dead, come riches beyond anyone's wildest dreams. But with the wealth comes danger-lies, secrets, insidious temptation and relentless pursuit by a grim figure whos …

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Fish On

Fish On

Seafood Dishes that Make a Splash
by Ingrid Baier
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In this mouth-watering collection of seafood recipes, simplicity and great taste are key. For every home cook who has ever been intimidated by seafood, Fish On is a call to foster one’s own tastes and opinions. The book focuses exclusively on preparing and cooking the most commonly harvested seafood found on the Pacific West Coast. Try your hand …

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Always Kiss the Corpse on Whidbey Island

Always Kiss the Corpse on Whidbey Island

by Sandy Frances Duncan & George Szanto
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"Duncan and Szanto bring their A-game to this daring and complex novel."—Lou Allin, Crime Writers of Canada

 

Sandro Vasiliadis, a nurse at the Whidbey Island General Hospital, has died of an apparent heroin overdose. When his grieving mother bends over to kiss her son’s corpse at the viewing, she shrieks, “That’s not Sandro!” Convinced tha …

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Following the Curve of Time

Following the Curve of Time

The Legendary M. Wylie Blanchet
by Cathy Converse
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Who was this skipper, this mother, this writer? These questions motivated Cathy Converse to re-trace the route of famous pacific seafarer M. Wylie Capi Blanchet, and write a biography in the process. Widowed in 1926, Blanchet cruised the coast with her five children and their dog in a 25-foot boat that had been rescued from the seafloor. The Curve …

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For a Modest Fee

For a Modest Fee

by Freda Jackson
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Trained as a nurse and midwife, Elizabeth Evans never wanted to help set up the fledgling town of Aspen Coulee, Alberta, but travels there with her father when he agrees to become the town doctor. Housekeeper at the Evans’ house, Ann Montgomery hoped to keep all her San Francisco secrets locked in her ancient wedding chest.

It is 1907, and the Can …

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Go Nuts

Go Nuts

Recipes that Really Shell Out
by Debbie Harding
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Nuts make the most mundane foods extraordinary. The added crunch or buttery smoothness of a certain nut can change the dish completely. They are versatile, tasty, a great source of protein, available and affordable.

 

This exciting culinary collection has something for everyone, from the seasoned cook to the budding new chef. The recipes are of easy- …

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Beauty in the Rocks

Beauty in the Rocks

The Photography of David M. Baird
by David M. Baird
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Walk softly, lest in your haste You miss a thousand things of beauty.

Autumn leaves dry in the sun, curling to make endless abstract patterns of curved surfaces and shadows. Or are they leaves? A closer look with Dr. David M. Baird reveals not leaves but layers of mud, which have shrunk into leaf-like shapes as they dried.

Baird's amazing photographs …

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Painter, Paddler

Painter, Paddler

The Art and Adventures of Stewart Marshall
by Andrew Scott
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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.

For much of the past two decades, Stewart Marshall has travelled hundreds, sometimes thousands, of miles in a hand-built kayak, living off the land and …

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A Measure of Value

A Measure of Value

The Story of the D'Arcy Island Leper Colony
by Chris Yorath
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Between 1891 and 1924, D’Arcy Island, near Victoria, B.C., was a prison for a society of outcasts. The press called them “The Unfortunates.” Why? They had leprosy and they were Chinese. Their only contact with the outside world was a supply ship that came every three months to drop off food, opium and coffins.

Follow one “unfortunate,” Lim …

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If More Walls Could Talk

If More Walls Could Talk

Vancouver Island's Houses From the Past
by Valerie Green, illustrated by Lynn Gordon-Findlay
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Valerie Green and Lynn Gordon-Findlay have put their ears to the walls of Vancouver Island’s historic homes and transcribed the whispered secrets of bygone days when folk of every description left their echoes in the buildings where they lived, worked, played, and died.

If the walls of a venerable mansion could speak, what stories would it tell? H …

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Sailing Uphill

Sailing Uphill

An Unconventional Life on the Water
by Sam McKinney
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Sam McKinney has spent many of the best parts of his life on the water -- sailing a dory along Canada’s west coast, crewing on the deck of a river steamer, shipping out deep-sea in freighters across the Atlantic. In the middle of his life, when he sold the hull of an ocean-going sailboat which had absorbed two years of his love and labour, he loo …

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Islands in the Salish Sea

Islands in the Salish Sea

A Community Atlas
selected by Sheila Harrington, preface by Robert Bateman
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Gorgeous, fascinating and unconventional, the Islands in the Salish Sea show aspects of the Gulf Islands 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 …

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Gardening Under the Arch

Gardening Under the Arch

Homespun hints and money-saving tips from the rigorous high country of Alberta
by Millarville Horticultural Club
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A passion for gardening

First released in 1982, Gardening Under the Arch has long been hailed as the gardening bible for the challenging chinook region of southwestern Alberta. Now, for the first time since its original publication, this hugely successful book has been revised and updated into a full-colour edition by some of its original contributo …

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The Rescue of Nanoose

The Rescue of Nanoose

by Mary Borrowman, illustrated by Jacqueline Wang
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On September 23, 1994, an unusual rescue operation took place in the chilly waters off Telegraph Cove, a tiny, picturesque village perched on Vancouver Island’s north coast. It was not stranded hikers or fishermen who needed help, but a large humpback whale, which had become hopelessly entangled in a rope that had fallen off a fishing boat.

The r …

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Seasons With Birds

Seasons With Birds

by Bruce Whittington
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With growing numbers of people turning to birdwatching as their favourite outdoor activity, this delightful book will be welcome.

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 …

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Upstarts & Outcasts

Upstarts & Outcasts

Victoria's Not-So-Proper Past
by Valerie Green
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The popular view of Victoria's genteel history—all aristocratic colonists and Royal Navy dances—is about to be exploded. Yes, there were wealthy and well-born settlers, but the city's pioneers also included madams and murderers, seamstresses and saloonkeepers, who would never have been seated at the dinner tales of the upper class.

But all these …

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If These Walls Could Talk

If These Walls Could Talk

Victoria's Houses From The Past
by Valerie Green, illustrated by Lynn Gordon-Findlay
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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? Although many of Victoria's heritage homes have disappeared, some remain—some rich and elegant and some working class. All have stories to tell.

Valerie Green offers the stories …

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Sailing with Vancouver

Sailing with Vancouver

A Modern Sea Dog, Antique Charts and a Voyage Through Time
by Sam McKinney
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“Could I have been one of them?” That was what Sam McKinney wondered as he retraced, alone, the explorations of Captain George Vancouver and his men from Puget Sound to Queen Charlotte Sound. In the 1790s, they rowed for long hours day after day, camping on rocky beaches in all weathers and charting the intricate coastline for the first time. T …

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Pender Harbour Cowboy

Pender Harbour Cowboy

The Many Lives of Bertrand Sinclair
by Betty Keller
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Cowboy, logger, fisherman, writer, social activist, and grand adventurer! Sinclair’s fascinating life is set against the changing ranching, logging, fishing and mining industries that he wrote about and the publishing industry for which he wrote.

His story takes the reader from the old west of Montana, life in California, on to Vancouver and the l …

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