- canadian (616)
- friendship (478)
- post-confederation (1867-) (359)
- environmental conservation & protection (338)
- self-esteem & self-reliance (262)
- mysteries & detective stories (259)
- humorous stories (246)
- native american studies (245)
- non-classifiable (230)
- law & crime (225)
- western provinces (224)
- personal memoirs (218)
- literary (205)
- native american (199)
- values & virtues (189)
- imagination & play (154)
- hockey (143)
- siblings (141)
- essays (140)
- emotions & feelings (138)
One Union in Wood
This outspoken, thoroughly documented study covers the development of one of North America's most important industrial unions from its beginnings to the present. Personalities, issues, and conflicts are analysed with meticulous care.
"The two authors of this book, Wm. Tattam and Dr. Jerry Lembcke are to be congratulated for a job well done. They ha …
My Career with the Leafs & Other Stories
Brian Fawcett explores the connection between track and existentialism, pool and foolscap, tomato cans and the Knights of the Round Table. In the process, he becomes a horse, confronts the Red Menace and almost drowns himself. This book is for anyone who knows what it’s like to learn—literally and figuratively—the rules of the game.
Fish of the Atlantic
An invaluable field guide to Atlantic fishing. Includes handy charts, and maps based on several government publications. This guide to Atlantic coast fishes is an invaluable reference for the fisherman. Assembled from several government publications by author and fishing enthusiast Ed Ricciuti, it provides useful information on 78 fish of the Atlan …
Selected Poems
This volume includes work selected from each of Phyllis Webb’s books of poetry published prior to 1982, including: Trio, Even Your Right Eye, The Sea Is Also a Garden, Naked Poems, Selected Poems 1954-1965, Wilson’s Bowl, Sunday Water, Thirteen Anti Ghazals and Talking.
A Guide to B.C. Indian Myth and Legend
Boas, Teit, Hill-Tout, Barbeau, Swanton, Jenness, the luminaries of field research in British Columbia, are discussed here in A Guide to B.C. Indian Myth and Legend, and their work in Indian folklore evaluated. Other scholars, amateurs and Native informants of the past and present are given ample consideration, making this book a comprehensive surv …
Breathin' My Name with a Sigh
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.
Lily Briscoe
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 …
On the Track of Sasquatch
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 …
Argillite
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 …
Selected Writing
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.
Selected Poems
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.
Emily Carr
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 …
The Salish People: Volume IV
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 …
Green Water Blues
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.
How It All Began
How It All Began is the personal testimony of Michael "Bommi" Baumann, a man who, in the late 1960s and early '70s, was a member of the June 2nd Movement, one of the most spectacular urban guerrilla organizations in West Berlin.Of this book, Baumann said: "Others should understand why people take the road of armed struggle, how they come to it, ho …
Les Canadiens
Les Canadiens begins on the Plains of Abraham in 1759 when a French-Canadian soldier throws his rifle to his son and it becomes a hockey stick. It ends in the Montreal Forum on the night of November 15, 1976, when Montreal Canadien fans turn a hockey game into an election victory rally for the indépendantiste Parti Québécois. In between, it is a …
Fogswamp
A trilogy of stories by the Edwards family about their fascinating life in the Bella Coola area. Trudy, daughter of Ralph Edwards, continues the Lonesome Lake story. She, her husband and daughter carried on the work with the trumpeter swans that Ralph had begun. The book tells of their life on the isolated farm they built for themselves in the Chil …
Eskimo Life of Yesterday
Detailed account of life as an Eskimo.This book was first published as a tribute to the Eskimo peoples. It presents a simple and classic view of Eskimo life from Labrador, the Canadian Arctic, Alaska and Siberia at the turn of the Century.
Raincoast Chronicles First Five
A book that has become a west coast institution - articles, stories, poems, drawings covering every imaginable aspect of northwest history and folklore. The first five issues of Raincoast Chronicles, dating back to 1972.
Winner of the first Eaton's British Columbia Book Award, this is the innovative institution at the heart of BC regional publishing …
Alan Crawley and Contemporary Verse
Little magazines like Alan Crawley's Contemporary Verse are the life blood of literary culture. They provide an ongoing forum in which both well established and new poets can experiment and present their latest work, and it is often with the little magazines, therefore, that litearary change and oringiality have their beginnings. In this book Joan …
Checklist of Printed Material Relating to French-Canadian Literature
This second enlarged edition of Gérard Tougas' Checklist is essentially a primary bibliography of French-Canadian literature from the nineteenth century to 1968. The Checklist, containing over 2800 titles, represents the holdings of the University of British Columbia Library. The UBC collection comprises a substantial portion of the total body of …
British Columbia–Yukon Sternwheel Days
Over 300 sternwheelers plied the BC-Yukon waters, a record in North America. In icy northern lakes, rivers and the open sea, these flat-bottomed steamers served for 100 years. Ripped open by rapids, gutted by fire, crushed by ice, they left a memorable wake that altered history forever. This book includes portraits of flamboyant captains and crews, …
The Canadian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 08, 1970
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.
The Yearbook contains articles of lasting significance in the field of international legal studies, a notes and comments s …
The Canadian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 07, 1969
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.
The Yearbook contains articles of lasting significance in the field of international legal studies, a notes and comments s …
