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.
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