Misty River Books

ADULTS

1. Everyday Indian: 100 Fast Fresh and Healthy Recipes  Bal Arneson  978-1-55285-948-3 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.

 

2. 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.

 

3. Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent  Andrew Nikiforuk  9781553654070  Greystone Books/David Suzuki Foundation

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.

 

4. The Doctor is In(sane): Indispensable Advice from Dr. Dave  Dave Hepburn MD  978-1-51536-540-8  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”).

 

5. Parks and Nature Places Around Vancouver from Nature Vancouver 978-1-55017-464-9 Harbour Publishing

From salmon streams to alpine mountaintops trails, seashore and woodland trails, tended gardens and parks to sandy beaches, fresh ponds and tidal pools, this is an indispensable guidebook compiled by over 40 naturalists that highlights the ecology, botany, ornithology and marine life of these easily accessible areas.

 

6. Beyond the Chilcotin: On the Home Ranch with Pan Phillips  Diana Phillips  9781550174472  Harbour Publishing

Pioneers Pan Phillips and his partner Rich Hobson carved their places in ranching history when they discovered “grass beyond the mountains” in the far reaches of the Chilcotin and founded some of the most isolated ranches in North America. This is the story of Pan Phillips’ youngest daughter Diana, who learned to trap muskrat when she was little more than a toddler, worked with haying crews before she was into her teens and was renowned far and wide as the only person feisty enough to best her legendary father in a slanging match. Beyond the Chilcotin is both an unparalleled chronicle of the old time rancher’s annual round and the testament of a remarkable woman.

 

7. One Native Life  Richard Wagamese  9781553653646  D&M Publishers Inc.

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.

 

8. Tidal Passages: A History of the Discovery Islands  Jeanette Taylor  978-1-55017-460-1  Harbour Publishing

In this book Jeanette Taylor brings the old history back to vivid life, starting in the days when First Nations held sway and progressing through the peak years of European settlement in the mid-twentieth century to modern times. What emerges from Taylor’s colourful pageant is a view of pioneer life that is quintessentially coastal: of potlatches, longhouses, stumpranchers, handloggers, beachcombers, seagoing missionaries, isolation that brought out the worst in some people and the best in others, and through it all the watery element of dugouts, steamships, ferries and tides that pulsed through islander life like a heartbeat.

 

9. Garden That You Are  Katherine Gordon  9781550391602  Sono Nis Press

The Garden That You Are explores that culture through the lives and stories of eight gardeners who all live within a square mile of each in other, in British Columbia’s bucolic and culturally diverse Slocan Valley. Some garden for a living, others garden as a passion, but all have fascinating personal histories and gardening lives.

 

10. Rowboat in a Hurricane: My Amazing Journey Across a Changing Atlantic Ocean  Julie Angus  9781553653370  Greystone Books

In 2005–06, Julie Angus rowed 10,000 kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, becoming the first woman in the world to travel from mainland to mainland in a rowboat. She was accompanied by her fiancé at the time, Colin Angus, who was completing a round-the-world expedition using human power only. Rowboat in a Hurricane is a gripping adventure story of a woman’s difficult and courageous journey with her partner in a cramped vessel. More important, it is a unique record of an amazing ecosystem, its fascinating inhabitants, and the many threats they face.

 

 

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. Miga, Quatchi and/et Sumi: The Story of the Vancouver 2010 Mascots  Michael Murphy & Vicki Wong  9781552859582  Whitecap Books

This is a very colourful and heartwarming story profiling the three chosen mascots and their sidekick for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympics. The mascots were inspired by the legends of the Pacific Northwest First Nations. Miga, a sea bear, Quatchi, a sasquatch, Sumi, a guardian spirit, and Mukmuk, a marmot are all described in terms of habitat, diet, activities and how they were chosen for the 2010 Olympics and Paralympics. The entire story is written in both English and French with full-page illustrations. Additional information regarding the Olympics and Paralympics is provided with pictures of all events. This book is co-published with VANOC.

 

3.  Frog Girl  Paul Lewis Owen  97815528551931  Whitecap Books

When frogs suddenly vanish from a lake behind a village on the Northwest Coast, a nearby volcano awakens and an Indian girl is called to a dangerous adventure. Summoned to a spectaacular world beneath the lake, the girl is questioned by “Grandmother” about the disappearance of her “children”. Just who is this mysterious old woman? What will happen if her children are not returned? What follows both answers and deepens the mystery.

 

4. Storm Boy Paul Owen Lewis 978155285282 Whitecap Books

In the storm-tossed seas along the rugged Northwest Coast, a First Nations boy is thrown from his canoe into a great mystery. Washed ashore before an unfamiliar village, the boy finds his arrival has been eagerly awaited by the strange and giant “people” there.

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.

Popularity: 39% [?]

Adult Titles

1. Everyday Indian: 100 Fast Fresh and Healthy Recipes  Bal Arneson  978-1-55285-948-3 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.

2. The Doctor is In(sane): Indispensable Advice from Dr. Dave  Dave Hepburn MD  978-1-51536-540-8  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”).

3. Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent  Andrew Nikiforuk  9781553654070  Greystone Books/David Suzuki Foundation

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.

4. Tidal Passages: A History of the Discovery Islands  Jeanette Taylor  978-1-55017-460-1  Harbour Publishing

In this book Jeanette Taylor brings the old history back to vivid life, starting in the days when First Nations held sway and progressing through the peak years of European settlement in the mid-twentieth century to modern times. What emerges from Taylor’s colourful pageant is a view of pioneer life that is quintessentially coastal: of potlatches, longhouses, stumpranchers, handloggers, beachcombers, seagoing missionaries, isolation that brought out the worst in some people and the best in others, and through it all the watery element of dugouts, steamships, ferries and tides that pulsed through islander life like a heartbeat.

5. Beyond the Chilcotin: On the Home Ranch with Pan Phillips  Diana Phillips  9781550174472  Harbour Publishing

Pioneers Pan Phillips and his partner Rich Hobson carved their places in ranching history when they discovered “grass beyond the mountains” in the far reaches of the Chilcotin and founded some of the most isolated ranches in North America. This is the story of Pan Phillips’ youngest daughter Diana, who learned to trap muskrat when she was little more than a toddler, worked with haying crews before she was into her teens and was renowned far and wide as the only person feisty enough to best her legendary father in a slanging match. Beyond the Chilcotin is both an unparalleled chronicle of the old time rancher’s annual round and the testament of a remarkable woman.

6. Garden That You Are  Katherine Gordon  9781550391602  Sono Nis Press

The Garden That You Are explores that culture through the lives and stories of eight gardeners who all live within a square mile of each in other, in British Columbia’s bucolic and culturally diverse Slocan Valley. Some garden for a living, others garden as a passion, but all have fascinating personal histories and gardening lives.

7. One Native Life  Richard Wagamese  9781553653646  D&M Publishers Inc.

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.

8. Rowboat in a Hurricane: My Amazing Journey Across a Changing Atlantic Ocean  Julie Angus  9781553653370  Greystone Books

In 2005–06, Julie Angus rowed 10,000 kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, becoming the first woman in the world to travel from mainland to mainland in a rowboat. She was accompanied by her fiancé at the time,

Colin Angus, who was completing a round-the-world expedition using human power only. Rowboat in a Hurricane is a gripping adventure story of a woman’s difficult and courageous journey with her partner in a cramped vessel. More important, it is a unique record of an amazing ecosystem, its fascinating inhabitants, and the many threats they face.

9. Country Roads of British Columbia: Exploring the Interior  Liz Bryan  9781894974431  Heritage House

In Country Roads of British Columbia, Liz Bryan explores and celebrates the amazing landscapes of British Columbia and traces the early history of this, Canada’s westernmost province. Through 18 picturesque country journeys, mostly in the Interior between the Rockies and the Coast Mountains, she takes readers through some of the most diverse and beautiful scenery in the country.

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

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.

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. Miga, Quatchi and/et Sumi: The Story of the Vancouver 2010 Mascots  Michael Murphy & Vicki Wong  9781552859582  Whitecap Books

This is a very colourful and heartwarming story profiling the three chosen mascots and their sidekick for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympics. The mascots were inspired by the legends of the Pacific Northwest First Nations. Miga, a sea bear, Quatchi, a sasquatch, Sumi, a guardian spirit, and Mukmuk, a marmot are all described in terms of habitat, diet, activities and how they were chosen for the 2010 Olympics and Paralympics. The entire story is written in both English and French with full-page illustrations. Additional information regarding the Olympics and Paralympics is provided with pictures of all events. This book is co-published with VANOC.

3. 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.

4. A Thousand Shades of Blue  Robin Stevenson  9781551439211  Orca Book Publishers

A sailing trip to the Caribbean might sound great, but sixteen-year-old Rachel can’t stand being trapped on a small boat with her family. She misses her best friend and feels guilty about leaving her older sister Emma, who lives in a group home. Her father is driving her crazy with his schedules and rules, her brother is miserable, and there is never anyone her own age around. Worst of all, there is nowhere to go when her parents fight. While their boat is being repaired, the family spends a few weeks in a small Bahamian community, where Rachel and Tim discover a secret which turns their world upside down and threatens to destroy the fragile ties that hold their family together.

5. Frog Girl  Paul Lewis Owen  97815528551931  Whitecap Books

When frogs suddenly vanish from a lake behind a village on the Northwest Coast, a nearby volcano awakens and an Indian girl is called to a dangeropus adventure. Summoned to a spectaacular world beneath the lake, the girl is questioned by “Grandmother” about the disappearance of her “children”. Just who is this mysterious old woman? And what will happen if her children are not returned? What follows both answers and deepens the mystery.

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

Popularity: 47% [?]

Adult Titles

1. Everyday Indian: 100 Fast Fresh and Healthy Recipes  Bal Arneson  978-1-55285-948-3 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.

2. The Doctor is In(sane): Indispensable Advice from Dr. Dave  Dave Hepburn MD  978-1-51536-540-8  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”).

3. Tidal Passages: A History of the Discovery Islands  Jeanette Taylor  978-1-55017-460-1  Harbour Publishing

In this book Jeanette Taylor brings the old history back to vivid life, starting in the days when First Nations held sway and progressing through the peak years of European settlement in the mid-twentieth century to modern times. What emerges from Taylor’s colourful pageant is a view of pioneer life that is quintessentially coastal: of potlatches, longhouses, stumpranchers, handloggers, beachcombers, seagoing missionaries, isolation that brought out the worst in some people and the best in others, and through it all the watery element of dugouts, steamships, ferries and tides that pulsed through islander life like a heartbeat.

4. Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent  Andrew Nikiforuk  9781553654070  Greystone Books/David Suzuki Foundation

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.

5. Beyond the Chilcotin: On the Home Ranch with Pan Phillips  Diana Phillips  9781550174472  Harbour Publishing

Pioneers Pan Phillips and his partner Rich Hobson carved their places in ranching history when they discovered “grass beyond the mountains” in the far reaches of the Chilcotin and founded some of the most isolated ranches in North America. This is the story of Pan Phillips’ youngest daughter Diana, who learned to trap muskrat when she was little more than a toddler, worked with haying crews before she was into her teens and was renowned far and wide as the only person feisty enough to best her legendary father in a slanging match. Beyond the Chilcotin is both an unparalleled chronicle of the old time rancher’s annual round and the testament of a remarkable woman.

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

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.

7. Country Roads of British Columbia: Exploring the Interior  Liz Bryan  9781894974431  Heritage House

In Country Roads of British Columbia, Liz Bryan explores and celebrates the amazing landscapes of British Columbia and traces the early history of this, Canada’s westernmost province. Through 18 picturesque country journeys, mostly in the Interior between the Rockies and the Coast Mountains, she takes readers through some of the most diverse and beautiful scenery in the country.

8. Rowboat in a Hurricane: My Amazing Journey Across a Changing Atlantic Ocean  Julie Angus  9781553653370  Greystone Books

In 2005–06, Julie Angus rowed 10,000 kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, becoming the first woman in the world to travel from mainland to mainland in a rowboat. She was accompanied by her fiancé at the time,

Colin Angus, who was completing a round-the-world expedition using human power only. Rowboat in a Hurricane is a gripping adventure story of a woman’s difficult and courageous journey with her partner in a cramped vessel. More important, it is a unique record of an amazing ecosystem, its fascinating inhabitants, and the many threats they face.

9. Had a Glass: Top 100 Wines for 2009 under $20  James Nevison & Kenji Hodgson  9781552859377 Whitecap Books

Alongside the under $20 reviews (and a special splurge section for when you’re feeling flush), Had a Glass delivers pretty much every other morsel of information the casual, yet dedicated, wine drinker needs to know. Along with easy charts that decode varietals and offer suggestions, a glassware glossary and a section of food and wine pairings, Hodgson and Nevison even suggest wines to match your frame of mind. Where can you find a good Wednesday wine for your middle of the week blues? Only in Had a Glass.

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. Miga, Quatchi and/et Sumi: The Story of the Vancouver 2010 Mascots  Michael Murphy & Vicki Wong  9781552859582  Whitecap Books

This is a very colourful and heartwarming story profiling the three chosen mascots and their sidekick for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympics. The mascots were inspired by the legends of the Pacific Northwest First Nations. Miga, a sea bear, Quatchi, a sasquatch, Sumi, a guardian spirit, and Mukmuk, a marmot are all described in terms of habitat, diet, activities and how they were chosen for the 2010 Olympics and Paralympics. The entire story is written in both English and French with full-page illustrations. Additional information regarding the Olympics and Paralympics is provided with pictures of all events. This book is co-published with VANOC.

3. 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.

4. Soccer Sabotage: A Graphic Guide Adventure  Liam O’Donnell, Michael Deas  9781551438849  Orca Book Publishers

Nadia is playing for her local soccer team, and they have made it all the way to the national tournament—against some very determined opposition. Unfortunately, Nadia’s challenges don’t just come from her opponents but from her teammates as well. After their coach is injured in a suspicious accident and the threats against the team mount, it is up to Nadia and her younger brother Devin to pull the team together and take a run at the championship.

5. Jessie’s Island  Sheryl Mcfarlane  9780920501761  Orca Book Publishers

Jessie shares the beauty of her island home. Jessie’s Island reminds us of the joy of unstructured play and the pleasures to be found in the natural world around us.

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

Popularity: 65% [?]

ADULT TITLES

1. Everyday Indian: 100 Fast Fresh and Healthy Recipes  Bal Arneson  978-1-55285-948-3 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.

2. The Doctor is In(sane): Indispensable Advice from Dr. Dave  Dave Hepburn MD  978-1-51536-540-8  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”).

3. Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent  Andrew Nikiforuk  9781553654070  Greystone Books/David Suzuki Foundation

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.

4. Tidal Passages: A History of the Discovery Islands  Jeanette Taylor  978-1-55017-460-1  Harbour Publishing

In this book Jeanette Taylor brings the old history back to vivid life, starting in the days when First Nations held sway and progressing through the peak years of European settlement in the mid-twentieth century to modern times. What emerges from Taylor’s colourful pageant is a view of pioneer life that is quintessentially coastal: of potlatches, longhouses, stumpranchers, handloggers, beachcombers, seagoing missionaries, isolation that brought out the worst in some people and the best in others, and through it all the watery element of dugouts, steamships, ferries and tides that pulsed through islander life like a heartbeat.

5. Country Roads of British Columbia: Exploring the Interior  Liz Bryan  9781894974431  Heritage House

In Country Roads of British Columbia, Liz Bryan explores and celebrates the amazing landscapes of British Columbia and traces the early history of this, Canada’s westernmost province. Through 18 picturesque country journeys, mostly in the Interior between the Rockies and the Coast Mountains, she takes readers through some of the most diverse and beautiful scenery in the country.

6. Had a Glass: Top 100 Wines for 2009 under $20  James Nevison & Kenji Hodgson  9781552859377 Whitecap Books

Alongside the under $20 reviews (and a special splurge section for when you’re feeling flush), Had a Glass delivers pretty much every other morsel of information the casual, yet dedicated, wine drinker needs to know. Along with easy charts that decode varietals and offer suggestions, a glassware glossary and a section of food and wine pairings, Hodgson and Nevison even suggest wines to match your frame of mind. Where can you find a good Wednesday wine for your middle of the week blues? Only in Had a Glass.

7.Getting to the Bubble: More Stories that Shimmer and Pop  Mike McCardell  9781550174434  Harbour Publishing

Mike McCardell, the legendary Vancouver reporter who tries to restore people’s faith in living after they’ve finished watching the appalling mayhem on the evening news, is back with another collection of simple but irresistible stories: there are the ownerless shoes, sitting day after day in a washroom used mainly by big-time celebrities. There are the big cajones one daren’t mention and the magic dachshund whose poop can clear the snow off driveways.But most of all there’s the tireless reporter combing the streets of his modern big city, looking for inspiring acts of humanity amid the urban roar. And always, always finding them.

8. 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.

9. Beyond the Chilcotin: On the Home Ranch with Pan Phillips  Diana Phillips  9781550174472  Harbour Publishing

Pioneers Pan Phillips and his partner Rich Hobson carved their places in ranching history when they discovered “grass beyond the mountains” in the far reaches of the Chilcotin and founded some of the most isolated ranches in North America. This is the story of Pan Phillips’ youngest daughter Diana, who learned to trap muskrat when she was little more than a toddler, worked with haying crews before she was into her teens and was renowned far and wide as the only person feisty enough to best her legendary father in a slanging match. Beyond the Chilcotin is both an unparalleled chronicle of the old time rancher’s annual round and the testament of a remarkable woman.

10. Rowboat in a Hurricane: My Amazing Journey Across a Changing Atlantic Ocean  Julie Angus  9781553653370  Greystone Books

In 2005–06, Julie Angus rowed 10,000 kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, becoming the first woman in the world to travel from mainland to mainland in a rowboat. She was accompanied by her fiancé at the time, Colin Angus, who was completing a round-the-world expedition using human power only. Rowboat in a Hurricane is a gripping adventure story of a woman’s difficult and courageous journey with her partner in a cramped vessel. More important, it is a unique record of an amazing ecosystem, its fascinating inhabitants, and the many threats they face.

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. Miga, Quatchi and/et Sumi: The Story of the Vancouver 2010 Mascots  Michael Murphy & Vicki Wong  9781552859582  Whitecap Books

This is a very colourful and heartwarming story profiling the three chosen mascots and their sidekick for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympics. The mascots were inspired by the legends of the Pacific Northwest First Nations. Miga, a sea bear, Quatchi, a sasquatch, Sumi, a guardian spirit, and Mukmuk, a marmot are all described in terms of habitat, diet, activities and how they were chosen for the 2010 Olympics and Paralympics. The entire story is written in both English and French with full-page illustrations. Additional information regarding the Olympics and Paralympics is provided with pictures of all events. This book is co-published with VANOC.

3. 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.

4. Jessie’s Island  Sheryl Mcfarlane  9780920501761  Orca Book Publishers

Jessie shares the beauty of her island home. Jessie’s Island reminds us of the joy of unstructured play and the pleasures to be found in the natural world around us.

5. Ramp Rats: A Graphic Guide Adventure  Liam O’Donnell & Michael Deas  9781551438801 Orca Book Publishers

Fresh from his adventures in Wild Ride, Marcus is back and helping his cousin, Bounce, learn to skate. Between learning how to ollie and do a 50-50 grind, Bounce and his friends also have to avoid the skate-park goons and take on the outlaw bikers who are terrorizing the small town. Excitement, action and some radical skating tips. Hang on for another wild ride!

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