Adult Titles

1. Whitewater Cooks at Home  Shelley Adams  978-0-9811424-0-1  Alicon Holdings Ltd.

FINALLY – a stunning new collection of tasty treats! These recipes, like snowflakes – each one unique, each one dancing out of the heavens to melt on our tongues- have been gathered with love from friends, family, local celebrities and the ‘box in the back’ of the Fresh Tracks Cafe to ensure that for years to come, Whitewater Cooks at Home.

2. Barbecue Secrets DELUXE! The Very Best Recipes, Tips & Tricks from a Barbecue Champion  Ron Shewchuk  9781552859490  Whitecap Books

Rockin’ Ronnie Shewchuk is obsessed with outdoor cooking. His enthusiasm for the grill has been called both “contagious” and “evangelical.” His wife has even described herself as a “barbeque widow.” Now in Barbecue Secrets DELUXE!, Rockin’ Ronnie has compiled all the best recipes, tips and insights he has collected on his road to barbecue enlightenment.

3. The Big Picture: Reflections on Science, Humanity, and a Quickly Changing Planet  Dr. David Suzuki, Dave Robert Taylor  9781553653974  Greystone Books/David Suzuki Foundation

David Suzuki and Dave Robert Taylor look beyond our environmental problems to examine the forces that are preventing real change. Whether they’re discussing how to reconcile economy with ecology or why we may need to start eating jellyfish for dinner, they point in the direction we must go if we hope to meet the environmental challenges we face in the twenty-first century.

4. 109 Walks in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland: Revised and Updated 6th Edition  Mary Macaree & David Macaree  9781553654438  Greystone Books

Since its publication in 1976, this classic has sold more than 85,000 copies. From wooded dales within Vancouver to seaside strolls along Burrard Inlet, from alpine meadows on the North Shore and in the Whistler corridor to rural ambles through the Fraser Valley, 109 Walks offers a route for everyone who likes to be outdoors. In this sixth edition, longtime authors Mary and David Macaree provide walks of four hours or less for visitors and lifelong residents, occasional recreationalists, and avid walkers alike.

5. Everyday Indian: 100 Fast Fresh and Healthy Recipes  Bal Arneson  9781552859483 Whitecap Books

This exciting new cookbook introduces a modern concept in Indian cuisine-it can be simple, quick and delicious. With most of the healthy recipes in Everyday Indian: 100 Fast, Fresh, and Healthy Recipes ready in less than 25 minutes, Bal Arneson proves that Indian cooking doesn’t have to be complicated. Her recipes use everyday spices and common techniques to create simply mouthwatering dishes that the novice cook and experienced home chef alike can whip up at home.

6. The Doctor is In(sane): Indispensable Advice from Dr. Dave  Dave Hepburn MD  9781515365408  Greystone Books

Irreverent yet authoritative, Dr. Dave Hepburn’s practical medical advice for everyday ailments in The Doctor Is In(Sane)is entertaining and informative. In the style of Dave Barry and Rick Reilly, GP and well-loved syndicated columnist Dr. Dave takes on all kinds of health issues, including smoking (“the nicotine patch works best when placed directly over the mouth”), dandruff (“a funny little fungus called malassezia furfur—need a real unique name for the next kid?”), and the body mass index (“useless, corrupt and irrelevant, the Chicago Cubs of measurements”).

7. Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent  Andrew Nikiforuk  9781553654070  Greystone Books

Combining extensive scientific research and compelling writing, Andrew Nikiforuk takes the reader to Fort McMurray, home to some of the world`s largest open-pit mines, and explores this twenty-first-century pioneer town from the exorbitant cost of housing to its more serious social ills. He uncovers a global Deadwood, complete with rapturous engineers, cut-throat cocaine dealers, aimless bush workers, American evangelicals, and the largest population of homeless people in northern Canada. He also explains that this micro-economy supplies gasoline for 50 percent of Canadian vehicles and 16 percent of U.S. demand.

8. Never Shoot a Stampede Queen: A Rookie Reporter in the Cariboo  Mark Leiren-Young  9781894984523  Heritage Group

The night Mark Leiren-Young drove into Williams Lake, British Columbia, in 1985 to work as a reporter for the venerable Williams Lake Tribune, he arrived on the scene of an armed robbery. And that was before things got weird. For a 21-year-old from Vancouver, a stint in the legendary Cariboo town was a trip to another world and another era. Never Shoot a Stampede Queen is a collection of true-life tall tales about a rookie reporter`s adventures in Canada`s still-very-wild West.

9. One Native Life  Richard Wagamese  9781553653646  Douglas & McIntyre

In One Native Life, Wagamese looks back down the road he has travelled in reclaiming his identity and talks about the things he has learned as a human being, a man and an Ojibway in his fifty-two years. Whether he’s writing about playing baseball, running away with the circus, attending a sacred bundle ceremony or meeting Pierre Trudeau, he tells these stories in a healing spirit. Through them, Wagamese celebrates the learning journey his life has been.

10. Legacy in Wood: The Wahl Family Boat Builders  Ryan Wahl  9781550174335  Harbour Publishing

Centuries before steel, fibreglass, aluminum and automation were applied to shipbuilding, early twentieth century British Columbian shipwrights hand built fish boats entirely out of wood. Legacy in Wood is an illustrated story of one of those shipwrights, Ed Wahl. With the help of his six sons, Wahl created the most successful commercial fish-boat building enterprise on British Columbia’s north coast, and one of the most well known boat shops on the entire British Columbia coast. Threaded with memories of Ed’s sons and the crew of the Wahl boatyards, Legacy in Wood provides a unique look into a family business that enabled the fishing industry to be a mainstay of British Columbia’s economy.

Children’s Titles

1. A Field Guide to the Identification of Pebbles  Eileen Van der Flier-Keller  9781550173956 Harbour Publishing

A full colour, laminated, accordion folded, easy to use guide with over 80 beautiful photographs of pebbles from beaches and rivers.

2.Jessie’s Island Sheryl McFarlane and Sheena Lott 9780920501764 Orca Book Publishers

When Jessie writes to invite her city cousin to visit them in the country, she wonders what she will say. But as she looks out over her island home, she sees a world of endless variety, from killer whales in the strait and bald eagles soaring overhead to anemones and tiny hermit crabs on the shore. She thinks of countless days spent exploring, fishing, swimming and canoeing. Now, as she bends over her letter to her cousin, Jessie knows exactly what she will write.

3. Salmon Forest  Sarah Ellis & Dr. David Suzuki  9781553651635  Greystone Books/David Suzuki Foundation

David Suzuki and Sarah Ellis’s charming and informative text, accompanied by Sheena Lott’s exquisite watercolors, magically evoke the spirit and mystery of the West Coast rain forest. Together, text and illustrations illuminate the interconnectedness of the forest and the sea and of all life.

4. Timmy the West Coast Tug  Jeremy Moray, Dee Gale  9781550170054  Harbour Publishing

Timmy’s home is the Strait of Georgia, where he tows barges to BC’s tiny logging communities, large port cities and everything in between, in all kinds of weather. Timmy, Captain Jones and the denizens of the west coast people – otters, whales, seagulls – introduce children to the life and work of the BC coast in fun, colourful style.

5. Welcome Song for Baby  Richard Van Camp  9781551436616  Orca Book Publishers

From renowned First Nations storyteller Richard Van Camp comes a lyrical lullaby for newborns. Complemented with stunning photographs, this evocative board book is perfectly suited as a first book for every baby.

* This list is compiled using data provided by TBM BookManager Ltd.

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