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. 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. Everyday Indian: 100 Fast, Fresh, and Healthy Recipes also offers low-fat options for the health conscious without ever compromising taste.
3. Policing the Fringe: The Curious Life of a Small-Town Mountie Charles Scheideman 978-1-55017-482-3 Harbour Publishing
One of the most revealing accounts ever written about policing in small-town Canada, this book bristles with unforgettable stories about the author’s 27 years working on the RCMP’s front lines. It will give readers new respect for the men and women who patrol Canada’s backroads—both because of the extremely taxing work they do and the good spirit with which they do it.
4. 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.
5. Tragedy at Second Narrows: The Story of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge Eric Jamieson 9781550174519 Harbour Publishing
On June 17, 1958, Vancouver experienced the worst industrial accident in its history when the new bridge being built across Burrard Inlet collapsed into the flooding tidal waters of Second Narrows, killing eighteen workers. Photos of the two broken spans tilted into the sea went around the world and provided the city with one of its iconic historical images, still familiar to school children half a century later. The shocking thing was that the bridge was not an old, decrepit structure, but a new one just in the midst of being erected with all the support and security modern engineering could provide. That somebody had made a colossal error seemed obvious, but it would take a Royal Commission to discover how and why. Even then, some mysteries will never be solved.
6. Madness, Betrayal and the Lash Stephen Bown 9781553653134 Douglas & McIntyre
From 1792 to 1795, George Vancouver sailed the Pacific waters as captain of a major expedition of discovery and imperial ambition. Britain had its eyes on Pacific North America, and Vancouver valiantly charted four thousand miles of coastline from California to Alaska. His voyage was one of history’s greatest feats of maritime daring, scientific discovery, marine cartography and international diplomacy. In this gripping tale of maritime daring and betrayal, Stephen Bown offers a long-overdue re-evaluation of one of the greatest explorers of the Age of Discovery.
7. Small Beneath the Sky: A Prairie Memoir Lorna Crozier 9781553653431 Greystone Books
Lorna Crozier vividly depicts her hometown of Swift Current, with its one main street, two high schools, and three beer parlors—where her father spent most of his evenings. She writes unflinchingly about the grief and shame caused by poverty and alcoholism. At the heart of the book is Crozier’s fierce love for her mother, Peggy. The narratives of daily life—sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking—are interspersed with prose poems. Lorna Crozier approaches the past with a tactile sense of discovery, tracing her beginnings with a poet’s precision and an open heart.
8. My Masaai LIfe: From Suburbia to Savannah Robin Wiszowaty 9781553655091 Greystone Books
A memoir of a girl’s choice to leave childhood comforts behind to live in her adoptive country of Kenya. Growing up in suburban Illinois, Robin Wiszowaty never pictured herself living with an impoverished Maasai family in rural Kenya. Yet in her early twenties Wiszowaty embarked on an incredible journey that would shake her from complacency, take her to unimaginable locales, and change her life forever. My Maasai Life follows Wiszowaty’s remarkable voyage as she explores some of the most remote areas of East Africa and has her eyes opened to the diverse issues facing the fascinating Maasai people.
9. A Traveller’s Guide to Historic British Columbia, 3rd Edition, Revised & Updated Rosemary Neering 9781552859872 Whitecap Books
Travel back in time into the history of British Columbia with the second edition of A Traveller’s Guide to Historic British Columbia, the well-loved classic that has been the curious traveler’s bible for more than a decade. Explore gold rush towns, old wagon routes, and dramatic railway lines carved into mountain ranges. Along the way, discover the stories of the places and people that have played important roles in shaping the province.
10. 109 Walks in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland: Revised & 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.
Children’s Titles
1. A Field Guide to the Identification of Pebbles Eileen Van der Flier-Keller 9781550173956 Harbour Publishing
Have you ever been walking at the beach and wondered what that pebble or rock is, or do you ever wonder what stories rocks tell? If so, then this is the guide for you. The Field Guide to the Identification of Pebbles, a full colour, laminated, accordion folded, easy to use guide with over 80 beautiful photographs of pebbles from beaches and rivers. Use the photos to identify over 28 different types of rocks and minerals.
2. A Field Guide to Seashells and Shellfish of the Pacific Northwest Rick M. Harbo 9781550174175 Harbour Publishing
There are few more enjoyable ways to spend a relaxing afternoon than at the seashore collecting ornate seashells. But there is no need to fly away to some exotic tropical locale to begin the fun. If you are in the Pacific Northwest, you will find local beaches as rich in fascinating treasures as any place on earth—or at least you will once you have this handy eight-fold guide to show you where to look and how to identify what you find. Those whose interest in shellfish is mainly gastronomic will also find this waterproof guide an essential tool.
3. 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.
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. Storm Boy Paul Owen Lewis 9781552852682 Whitecap Books
In the storm-tossed seas along the rugged Northwest Coast, an Indian 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. Just who are these beings? And what do they intend for their guest? What follows both answers — and deepens the mystery. Careful attention is paid to historical detail both in the story and in the vibrant illustrations. Storm Boy follows the rich mythic traditions of the Haida, Tlingit, and other Native peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, whose stories often tell of individuals cast mysteriously into parallel worlds inhabited by animals in human form.
* This list is compiled using data provided by TBM BookManager Ltd.
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