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| AFTERMATH [Anne Cameron] In this powerful, shocking and highly absorbing new work, Anne Cameron picks up a thread from her prize-winning novel 'Dreamspeaker', in which an eleven-year-old abuse survivor and runaway named Peter Baxter is taken from his adopted family -- two reclusive Native elders -- only to be destroyed by the child welfare system that supposedly exists to protect him. Cameron asks why more and more kids are at risk, in spite of official inquiries, public outcries and millions of taxpayer's dollars. She finds part of the answer in the 'ordinary' nuclear family, presenting a technicolour nightmare of hand-me-down dysfunction spiked with the black humour reminiscent of her 1995 best-selling novel 'The Whole Fam Damily', and another part in the child welfare system that covers the butts of everyone except the kids. Cousins Fran and Liz are children of parents who came from violent families, then grew up and started new violent families. By the time Fran has had a few children and a long procession of 'difficult' fosters, she has begun to write down her family history and to realise just how deeply troubled her family is -- back through who-knows-how-many generations. While Fran struggles to work out her past, Liz concentrates on her violin and music career and tries to forget her own traumatic childhood. But when Peter Baxter's tragic end hits the headlines, the story affects more people than just his family members and social workers. Everyone becomes involved, from his peers at the reform school to Fran and Liz and their families. What's to be done? It's too late for Peter Baxter, but in the aftermath, one by one, people can stand up to the system and make a difference. Fran and Liz, who choose different ways to survive the horror of their childhoods, remain friends and allies as they repair the damage visited on their children and grandchildren. Anna Fleming, a social worker with an impossible case load, shows what caring really means. And Jackie, a kid who's never had a break, just keeps on running. Their story makes 'Aftermath' both deeply moving and profoundly hopeful. { 398pp, 155x230mm, April 1999; PB, £14.99, 1550171933:9781550171938 , Harbour Publishing } |
| AIRPLANE RIDE [Howard White] For ages 2-5. Since its publication in 1993, thousands of children have enjoyed the whimsical text and illustrations of The Ferryboat Ride and its companion volume, The Ferryboat Ride Colouring Book. These best selling titles have garnered praise from teachers, parents and young people, with more than 12,000 copies sold to date. Now, Greta Guzek takes her colourful paintings to the air, this time accompanied by text by award-winning author Howard White. In 'The Airplane Ride', a young boy gets on a plane for the first time to go visit his grandparents, and we experience the newness of his journey along with him. From the sculptures of the Vancouver Airport to the expanse of the Rockies, the Prairies and the Great Lakes, 'The Airplane Ride' captures the grandeur of the Canadian landscape. With its delightful combination of winning illustration and simple, playful text, 'The Airplane Ride' is a sure fire children's classic. { 32pp, 235x235mm, October 2006; HB, £11.50, 0889712247:9780889712249 , Harbour Publishing (Nightwood Editions) } |
| ALL NATURAL ALLERGY COOKBOOK : Delicious Recipes Everyone Will Love! [Jeanne Marie Martin] If you have food allergies or food sensitivities, this book was written for you. This cookbook offers a wealth of information valuable to people with food allergies and to those interested in improving their diets by cutting down on eggs, meat or dairy. The book begins with some basic cooking tips to facilitate success in the kitchen and to maximise the digestibility and nutrient content of foods. These basic tips are followed by advice on bread baking, cooking whole grains and beans, using egg substitutes, alternative thickeners, tofu and milk substitutes. The recipes are largely made without salt, sugar, gluten, yeast, or dairy. The Cookbook contains over 250 recipes, with hundreds of variations and the newest natural foods, including amaranth, quinoa, teff, spelt and kamut. The book also contains complete cooking and baking tips, a buying guide, a storage chart, food family information, a food glossary and a book guide. { 200pp, 140x215mm, July 1992; PB, £14.99, 1550170449:9781550170443 , Harbour Publishing } |
| ALL THINGS SAID & DONE [Marita Dachsel] Marita Dachsel's debut collection is a visceral exploration of the moments of life that stand out in the pages of a family album and the intervals of memory. She playfully and poignantly documents first crushes, first times, weddings and trips across town, across water, and across continents. Dachsel perceptively sprinkles these moments with the details photographs don't reveal, as in "Dispatches from an Impending Marriage": "Don't talk to me about photographers./ Nothing will capture this. A printed paper/ will only mock -- / a gaudy misrepresentation/ a plastic Jesus on the mantle -- / two dimensions of fabric, teeth and skin." { 80pp, 140x205mm, March 2007; PB, £10.99, 1894759222:9781894759229 , Harbour Publishing } |
| ALSEK'S ABC ADVENTURE [Chris Caldwell] For ages 4-8. Yukon artist Chris Caldwell blends real-life experience with her zany sense of humour to create an entertaining narrative of northern life for children. An ABC book with a northern twist. { 32pp, 152x228mm, March 2005; PB, £5.50, 1896758002:9781896758008 , Harbour Publishing } |
| AMBITIOUS CITY : A History of the City of North Vancouver [Warren Sommer] North Vancouver is one of the most historic areas of BC's Lower Mainland, with a district population of more than 120,000 people, and more than 45,000 living in the City of North Vancouver itself. The area's easy access to downtown Vancouver, its multi-use waterfront and many recreational opportunities have made it one of the province's most desirable places to live, an enviable mix of residential and commercial development in the midst of one of the most spectacular natural settings in the world. But how did this thriving multicultural city develop from a hodgepodge of wood frame buildings and muddy trails in just 100 years? The Ambitious City details the fascinating story of North Vancouver, from the migration of the Squamish people to Burrard Inlet, to the settlement of Moodyville in the 1800s through to the city's incorporation in 1907. The development of the area's shipbuilding industry and the economic and cultural revitalization of Lonsdale Avenue is also covered. Published in honour of the City of North Vancouver's 2007 centennial, The Ambitious City is a dynamic popular history that includes first-person accounts as well as a host of archival photos and illustrations. Warren Sommer skilfully connects the community's history with that of the province, covering ethnic relations, colonialism, labour history and politics. { 342pp, 220x290mm, June 2007; HB, £29.99, 1550174118:9781550174113 , Harbour Publishing } |
| ANTHROPY : Poems [Ray Hsu] The poems in “Anthropy” fuse the scope of classical traditions to the disturbing agility of the moderns. Hsu artfully presents the fierce rigour of the philosophical mind engaged with the survival of histories. This is Ray Hsu's first book-length collection, is a work of extraordinary range and precision. Excavating sites of human cruelty and endurance, intimacy and experience, Hsu puts forth the language to lead us into the inferno of our time. He brings us to a place where the living, the dead, and the imaginary cross paths. Odysseus meets Fernando Pessoa, James Dean meets Walter Benjamin. All struggle with the same problem: their pasts, visceral and desperate, continue to burn with the intensity of the present. { 82pp, 140x205mm, September 2004; PB, £9.99, 0889711976:9780889711976 , Harbour Publishing (Nightwood Editions) } |
| AROUND THE SOUND : A History of Howe-Sound Whistler [Doreen Armitage] This book traces the rich and exciting history of the Howe Sound-Whistler area, a region that has evolved from an isolated settlement into a year-round outdoor recreation paradise. Filled with the actual words of the area's First Nations residents, the European explorers and the settlers who came to farm the fertile valley and to harvest the region's natural resources, the narrative in Armitage's book is brought to life by the personal stories of the people who called the Howe Sound-Whistler area home. Meet people such as Thomas John Keeling, the adventurous settler of Anvil Island who came to Howe Sound from England after announcing to his wife and nine children, 'I am going to Canada. Who is coming with me?' Read about Captain White of the Etta White who transported settlers to their new homes and delivered their mail and supplies. Or read the account of some of the area's earliest mountaineers who, in 1889, reached the peak of the western Lion by following a herd of wild goats. { 240pp, 155x230mm, August 2001; PB, £16.99, 1550172352:9781550172355 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BACKSTAGE VANCOUVER : A Century of Entertainment Legends [Greg Potter & Red Robinson] What do Boris Karloff, Bing Crosby, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Goldie Hawn and Pamela Anderson have in common? They are all legendary entertainers who made stops in Vancouver, BC. A wonderful horde of showbiz lore has accumulated over the decades but has been jealously guarded by industry insiders. For example, Coquitlam's Steelhead Lodge, a secluded fishing retreat, was frequented by the likes of Clark Gable and Kim Novak, whose surnames grace street signs in the neighbourhood to this day. Celebrated stage and screen star Sarah Bernhardt also came for the fishing, while African-American opera singer Marian Anderson loved attending hockey games. Comedians Jack Benny and Dick Martin met their future wives in Vancouver, and swashbuckling actor Errol Flynn met his maker. Backstage Vancouver presents rarely seen photos for the first time. { 190pp, 215x280mm, September 2004; HB, £26.99, 1550173340:9781550173345 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA : Spirit of the People [Jean Barman] In 2008, BC celebrates the founding of the Crown Colony of British Columbia and 150 years of cultural diversity, community and achievement. This book celebrates this milestone, capturing the province's history, beauty and complex character in a lavish coffee-table book. The text, by respected historian Jean Barman, is ambitious in scope. Barman delves into the region's history, from the first humans to arrive in British Columbia twenty thousand years ago to the promises and hopes of the twenty-first century, including the first contact between Indigenous peoples and newcomers; the legacy of the fur trade and gold rush; the contributions of immigrant cultures; the development of communities and urban centres and the flourishing of the arts. A rich selection of archival images depicting the province's past are paired with iconic and stunning colour photographs capturing the diversity of the modern landscape. From the large stretches of open range and grassland of the Southern Interior, to the rugged geography of the Kootenays and Coast Mountains, the verdant beauty of the Gulf Islands and the excitement of the province's cities and communities, BC's geography is extravagant. Images selected from the province's most talented photographers, including David Nunuk, Chris Cheadle and Vance Hannah, showcase this diversity. Like the province of British Columbia, with its remarkable history, characters, places and achievements, "BC 150 Years" is a remarkable book and an important addition to the library of every British Columbian. { 192pp, 260x290mm, June 2008; HB, £33.50, 1550174460:9781550174465 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BC ALMANAC BOOK OF GREATEST BRITISH COLUMBIANS [Mark Forsythe & Greg Dickson] CBC Vancouver's radio show 'BC Almanac', not to be outdone by the parent corporation's countrywide search for the 100 Greatest Canadians of all time, called upon its listeners in 2004 to nominate the 100 Greatest British Columbians of all time. This cornucopia of West Coast characters collected and bound by BC Almanac's host Mark Forsythe and director Greg Dickson is the edifying and entertaining result. { 158pp, 230x285mm, November 2005; HB, £26.99, 1550173685:9781550173680 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BENT PROPS & BLOW POTS : A Pioneer Remembers Northern Bush Flying [Rex Terpening] Crash landings were part of the job in the early 1930s, when Rex Terpening started out in arctic aviation. As an air engineer for Canadian Airways in the Northwest Territories, Terpening took the right-hand seat in the cockpit and flew 'on operations' daily, warming the oil and the engine on winter mornings, refuelling, and inevitably mending both engine and aircraft when things went wrong. Terpening's beat stretched from Fort McMurray to the Arctic Ocean, and his remarkable bush-flying stories tell of planes wandering lost over unmapped muskeg, perilous rescue missions to retrieve stranded missionaries, dogged searches for downed flyers lost on the Barrens and emergency landings in blizzards on nameless pothole lakes. But there is humour, too, in tales of a drunken wolverine, a planeload of rambunctious sled dogs and a trip in a tiny Fairchild with a Catholic priest and the wife of an Anglican minister. And there are vivid evocations of the sheer joy of flying over the Arctic's raw beauty. Rex Terpening not only kept a meticulous journal from which these stories are derived, he carried his camera everywhere, snapping pictures of downed machines, their step-by-step resurrections, the men who flew them and those who fixed them. Most of those men and machines are gone now, but they live on in Bent Props and Blow Pots. { 338pp, 155x230mm, October 2006; PB, £16.99, 1550173812:9781550173819 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BEST OF JIM COLEMAN : Fifty Years of Canadian Sport from the Man Who Saw It All [Jim Taylor (ed)] Jim Coleman saw Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth slam homers in training camp and was there when Jack Dempsey KO'd Jack Sharkey and interviewed young Jackie Robinson. He won his greatest fame through the horse racing's shedrow with Johnny Needle-Nose, the Blow-Back Kid, Knifey, the Good Kid, and Sir Benjamin Stockley. Coleman earned the honor of Canada's first nationally syndicated sports columnist, membership in five Canadian Sports Halls of Fame, and the Order of Canada. THE BEST OF JIM COLEMAN is a fall-down funny, lump-in-the-throat history from the man who witnessed great moments and characters of sports. { 288pp, 155x230mm, November 2005; HB, £23.50, 1550173596:9781550173598 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BEYOND REMEMBERING : The Collected Poems of Al Purdy [Al Purdy] By the time Al Purdy succumbed to lung cancer at his waterfront home in Sidney BC on 21 April 2000, he was universally acknowledged to be one of the greatest writers Canada has produced. In five decades as a published author he had produced over forty books and received innumerable distinctions, including two Governor General's Awards and the Order of Canada. A hands-on writer who delighted in co-producing speciality publications and small press titles in addition to his major collections with leading publishers, Purdy left a massive and diverse body of work, much of it long unavailable to the public. The Collected Poems, edited by Purdy critic Sam Solecki with the full participation of the author, for the first time brings all of Purdy's poetic writings together in one volume, including all his later books, work previously uncollected from earlier periods as well as several excellent new poems he completed in the months before his death. It is, as he said, everything he wished to be remembered for. { 606pp, 155x230mm, October 2000; HB, £29.99, 1550172255:9781550172256 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BIJABOJI : North to Alaska by Oar [Betty Lowman Carey; Edited by Neil G Carey] Bijaboji is a classic of boating literature worthy of a place beside The Curve of Time by Muriel Wylie Blanchet, whose coastal narrative dates from the same period. Betty Lowman was 22 years old in June 1937 when she climbed into her beloved red dugout canoe, Bijaboji, and set out on a journey from Puget Sound to Alaska. Traversing some of the most treacherous waters on earth, the journey would have been a risky act for an extreme adventurer in any era; for a young woman in the conservative 1930s, it was a venture of almost unimaginable daring. Betty pulled it off, and now, 67 years later, she accomplishes an equal feat -- a book of pure adventure. Bijaboji is a classic of boating literature worthy of a place beside The Curve of Time by Muriel Wylie Blanchet, whose coastal narrative dates from the same period. Betty slips through quiet water by moonlight, her oars dripping with phosphorescence. She goes deer hunting with a young Native man near Sechelt. She travels with a boat full of exuberant Boy Scouts for a few days and she visits lightkeepers, loggers, fishermen, doctors, missionaries and other coast dwellers who live in beautiful, isolated places and who speak openly about their lives, loves and politics. She also braves storms, rapids and blistering heat. In Douglas Channel Bijaboji capsizes and Betty loses her oars and everything she owns, except her boat and her sleeping bag. She is trapped on a precarious rock ledge for three harrowing days until rescued by Native fishermen. Through it all, she copes with her growing celebrity as people all along the coast watch for her, at the same time as they wait for news on the abdication of Edward VIII and on the disappearance of another female adventurer, Amelia Earhart. This is an amazing account written by a smart, strong, funny, independent woman with a glad heart and an abiding love of the BC coast. { 288pp, 155x230mm, February 2006; PB, £16.99, 1550173928:9781550173925 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BIJABOJI : North to Alaska by Oar [Betty Lowman Carey; Edited by Neil G Carey] Bijaboji is a classic of boating literature worthy of a place beside The Curve of Time by Muriel Wylie Blanchet, whose coastal narrative dates from the same period. Betty Lowman was 22 years old in June 1937 when she climbed into her beloved red dugout canoe, Bijaboji, and set out on a journey from Puget Sound to Alaska. Traversing some of the most treacherous waters on earth, the journey would have been a risky act for an extreme adventurer in any era; for a young woman in the conservative 1930s, it was a venture of almost unimaginable daring. Betty pulled it off, and now, 67 years later, she accomplishes an equal feat -- a book of pure adventure. Bijaboji is a classic of boating literature worthy of a place beside The Curve of Time by Muriel Wylie Blanchet, whose coastal narrative dates from the same period. Betty slips through quiet water by moonlight, her oars dripping with phosphorescence. She goes deer hunting with a young Native man near Sechelt. She travels with a boat full of exuberant Boy Scouts for a few days and she visits lightkeepers, loggers, fishermen, doctors, missionaries and other coast dwellers who live in beautiful, isolated places and who speak openly about their lives, loves and politics. She also braves storms, rapids and blistering heat. In Douglas Channel Bijaboji capsizes and Betty loses her oars and everything she owns, except her boat and her sleeping bag. She is trapped on a precarious rock ledge for three harrowing days until rescued by Native fishermen. Through it all, she copes with her growing celebrity as people all along the coast watch for her, at the same time as they wait for news on the abdication of Edward VIII and on the disappearance of another female adventurer, Amelia Earhart. This is an amazing account written by a smart, strong, funny, independent woman with a glad heart and an abiding love of the BC coast. { 288pp, 155x230mm, September 2004; HB, £23.50, 1550173405:9781550173406 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BIRCH SPLIT BARK : Poems [Diane Guichon] In her debut collection of poems, Birch Split Bark, Diane Guichon uses a quintessentially Canadian image -- a birch bark canoe -- to speak of those private waters that make us universally human. By writing in the first person of a father, a mother, a son and a daughter, she bridges age to gender, myth to memory and hatred to reconciliation. These poems are brave and brilliantly voiced and her descriptions are as haunting as a loon's concerto on a silent summer lake. Guichon's characters speak to the plurality of Canadian identity; in four distinct voices, Guichon pulls apart the myths that have created us and continue to dictate who we must be. Birch Split Bark proves that canoes will always write history upon their waters just as poets will write humanity upon the page. { 100pp, 140x200mm, November 2007; PB, £11.50, 0889712158:9780889712157 , Harbour Publishing (Nightwood Editions) } |
| BIRDS OF THE RAINCOAST : Habits & Habitat [Harvey Thomassen & Kevin Hutchings] This book represents the next step in West Coast bird books, a book that moves beyond simple identification to probe deeper into the lives of our feathered friends. Richly illustrated with excellent photographs, it examines birds in their environments, noting what they do, and where and when they can be found. In an engaging, familiar style enlivened by the authors' personal experience and highlighted with intriguing facts by renowned bird biologist Wayne Campbell, this is an indispensable tool not just for learning how to find coastal birds, but also for gaining an understanding of their natural history. { 222pp, 215x280mm, October 2004; PB, £29.99, 1550173006:9781550173000 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BLACK & WHITE & READ ALL OVER [Arthur Black] Like a well-delivered punch line, Black and White and Read All Over, the tenth book by award-winning writer Arthur Black, is guaranteed to make you laugh. The beloved radio personality and newspaper columnist tackles a range of subjects from Sasquatch hunters to nose jobs to the legalisation of pot. Known for his delight in the bizarre and derision of the absurd, Black holds nothing back as he comments on the caprices of a society in which people can leave a legacy by naming bugs after themselves, coffee beans initially 'processed' by small Indonesian marsupials sell for $110 US a pound in San Francisco, and gambling and fitness machines have combined so "all those casino addicts steadfastly clutching the plastic buckets of quarters and loonies now have a chance to lose pounds as they lose their money." In his trademark style, Black introduces readers to a colourful cast of characters, including a rock-and-roll critic en route to her 60th high school reunion, a paralysed author who wrote an entire novel by moving his left eye to indicate letters of the alphabet, and a Canadian senator who delivered a speech lasting 44 hours ("asking a politician to speak for five minutes is like expecting a great white shark to eat with a dessert spoon"). Black believes that "life, when you think of it, is really a series of accidents all strung together like a necklace fashioned by a drunkard." Dip into Black and White and Read All Over, and you'll see why. { 272pp, 155x230mm, September 2004; HB, £21.99, 1550173367:9781550173369 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BLACK GOLD : Nuggets From a Lifetime of Laughs [Arthur Black] The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour is Canada's top award for humour and nobody has won it more times than Arthur Black, who carried off his third medal in June 2006. Now, in case there is anyone left standing who still disputes Black's claim to the title of Canada's funniest man, Harbour presents the laughing proof: a retrospective of Black's best hits, high-graded from eleven previous collections stretching back over the past twenty years. The result is a landslide of laughter, a pageant of puns, a tsunami of silliness, a cornucopia of corn, in short, a bonanza of Black humour. From pointers on the medical application of duct tape to uses for that ancient Commodore 64 stashed in the closet to people who seek immortality by naming bugs after themselves to plans for a combination gambling and fitness machine so you can lose pounds as you lose money, Black holds nothing back. { 268pp, 155x230mm, October 2006; PB, £13.50, 1550173731:9781550173734 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BLACK TO THE GRINDSTONE [Arthur Black] Arthur Black -- best-selling author, three-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, beloved radio personality, and newspaper columnist -- proves in his latest side-splitting collection of tales, Black to the Grindstone, that, without a doubt, you not only get better but funnier with age. Demonstrating once again why he is one of Canada's most loved jokesters, Black masterfully captures the laughter that often bursts out of the seams of everyday life. From an unexpected drag race to a Google search for a picture of the illusive "Arthur the Meek", you just never know when a regular day is going to turn into comedic genius. Black provides uproarious insight into uses a matador might have for a teacup, mango or simply some paper towel, the lengths one might go to defend the aural mishearing we've believed in for far too long and the bitter deception felt upon discovering that the hootenanny's bathroom really isn't "on the right" after all. But be warned -- adding these stories to your day-to-day reading may also double as a daily abdominal workout. { 302pp, 155x230mm, September 2007; PB, £13.50, 1550174428:9781550174427 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BLUE FLAMES KEEP US WARM : Mike McCardell's Favourite Stories [Mike McCardell] Mike McCardell is known to thousands of British Columbians as the tousled gent who delivers heart-warming stories at the close of Global TV's six o'clock News Hour. In the three decades McCardell has been a reporter with Global BC, he has discovered that everyone has a story to tell, and his job is to find it. His eye for the human condition, his humour and his ability to report on an enormous range of material have made him one of BC's great TV personalities. In this book, the follow-up to his best-selling "Chasing the Story God", and "Back Alley Reporter", McCardell has culled over one hundred stories from the thousands of television tales he has shared on the News Hour. These are quirky and poignant stories that best portray the rules of life, as seen from McCardell's unique point of view. Like any bowl of fine ice cream, you won't want this book to end. From the inside scoop on news-time postures, to the charming lives of gay roosters, McCardell is sure to delight, entertain, and thoroughly warm. { 272pp, April 2008; PB, £16.99, 1550174312:9781550174311 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BLUE FLAMES THAT KEEP US WARM : Mike McCardell's Favourite Stories [Mike McCardell] Mike McCardell is known to thousands of British Columbians as the tousled gent who delivers heart-warming stories at the close of Global TV's Six O'Clock News Hour. In the three decades McCardell has been a reporter with Global BC, he has discovered that everyone has a story to tell, and his job is to find it. His eye for the human condition, his humour and his ability to report on an enormous range of material have made him one of BC's great TV personalities. In "The Blue Flames That Keep Us Warm" McCardell has culled over one hundred stories from the thousands of television tales he has shared on the News Hour. These are quirky and poignant stories that best portray the rules of life, as seen from McCardell's unique point of view. "They are like little blue flames" McCardell writes, "and although sometimes they can burn fingers, mostly they warm. And they go well with ice-cream, especially chocolate. Many of them are still alive and you can visit and discover them for yourself. The last time I checked, the submarine is still on the balcony in New Westminster and Trout Lake still has kids fishing on it". Like any bowl of fine ice cream, you won't want The Blue Flames That Keep Us Warm, to end. From the inside scoop on newstime postures, to the charming lives of gay roosters, McCardell is sure to delight, entertain, and thoroughly warm. { 272pp, 155x230mm, December 2007; HB, £21.99, 1550174401:9781550174403 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BONK ON THE HEAD [John-James Ford] Bonk on the Head is the fictional account of a young man's strange and gruelling journey through military indoctrination, and the strange and gruelling family life that drives him to it. Author John-James Ford, himself a graduate of Royal Military College, presents a spirited coming-of-age novel that is at once both gripping and hilarious. The unforgettable Verbal Kempt, boy-man, flits between deranged assaults on the senses and sensory deprivation, between memory and amnesia, to define and redefine his own understanding of freedom and personality. His dilemmas take the form of private wars inside and outside the skull -- embroiling family, institutions, landscape and language. { 277pp, 140x204mm, April 2005; PB, £13.99, 0889712042:9780889712041 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BOYS,GIRLS & BODY SCIENCE : A First Book About the Facts of Life [Meg Hickling] For ages 9-12. With humour and sensitivity, this book provides no-nonsense answers for children -- and parents -- with questions about sex. Specifically designed for young readers, the book walks children through the wonders of their bodies in a direct, easy-to-read manner. The story begins with Nicholas aged 7, and Jenny ages 5, learning about different types of science in their class-from ecology to the digestive system. Then Meg Hickling, a guest speaker, comes to talk to them about a new type of science. Hickling talks about the "science names" for the children's body parts, about good and bad touches and about making babies. { 32pp, 215x280mm, September 2002; HB, £12.99, 1550172360:9781550172362 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BREATHING FIRE 2 : Canada's New Poets [Lorna Crozier & Patrick Lane (eds)] Canada's best new poets, as selected by Patrick Lane and Lorna Crozier. Breathing Fire II is Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane's new selection of Canada's finest young poets. Nine years ago the first volume of Breathing Fire was published to rave reviews, introducing 31 of Canada's finest new poets to a wide and appreciative audience of readers. The anthology has since gone into several printings and become a basic text in schools and universities across the country. And the poets within, including Michael Redhill, Karen Solie, Tim Bowling, Stephanie Bolster, Michael Crummey, Evelyn Lau, Sue Goyette and Carmine Starnino, have gone on to develop and captivate wide readerships of their own. Today a new and exciting generation of poets has come of age. Some, including Tammy Armstrong, Adam Dickinson, George Murray, Alison Pick, Shane Rhodes, Matt Robinson, Laisha Rosnau and Nathalie Stephens, have already put out books, and have even won or been short-listed for major awards. Others with work just as compelling will be introduced for the first time. Breathing Fire II collects the best from all 33 of these writers, proudly presenting the next generation of Canada's poets to the world. { 200pp, 155x230mm, September 2004; PB, £15.99, 088971195X:9780889711952 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BROUGHTONS : & Vancouver Island, Kelsey Bay to Port Hardy [Anne & Laurence Yeadon-Jones] These popular cruising companions offer charts, tips and data that will enhance the enjoyment and safety of any voyage. The guides feature informative and charming hand-drawn shoreline plans of selected marinas and small boat anchorages, ranging from safe all-weather havens to secluded picnic spots and marine parks. Intended to complement official hydrographic charts, the Dreamspeaker Cruising Guides accurately pinpoint both popular and little-known highlights in BC and Pacific Northwest coastal waters that every sailor, power-boater or kayaker should know. Aerial photos illustrate safe approaches to the destinations, while full-colour scenic photographs showcase the splendour of the Pacific Northwest Coast. { 192pp, 230x305mm, January 2006; PB, £33.50, 1550174061:9781550174069 , Harbour Publishing } |
| BY THE LENGTH OF ONE LIFE [Philip Kevin Paul] The second book of poetry by one of Canada's young first nations poets. Philip Kevin Paul's first book won the 2004 Dorothy Livesay Award for Poetry. Here Paul continues to draw upon the rich oral culture and traditions of his people. From the eye of a whale rising from the deep, to an albino pigeon being nursed back to health, Paul's work addresses nature, family and traditions that get passed on from generation to generation. A raccoon's eyes become 'holy doors of lost keys' and sockeye swim upstream. With elegance and wisdom, Paul speaks of 'the stories gone sad, / singing to the hunger that made them, / running past the voices no longer speaking.' { 80pp, 134x190mm, October 2008; PB, £11.50, 0889712204:9780889712201 , Harbour Publishing (Nightwood Editions) } |
| CHAINSAWS : A History [David Lee] "It rips, and cuts, it makes a horrible racket -- a chainsaw is a frightening thing. I write not to glorify its terrible power but to acknowledge its place in the most sweeping revolution that technology has wrought in the 20th century -- the revolution of individual empowerment". So begins author David Lee in this first-ever book on the world-wide history of the chainsaw, an invention that transformed the forest industry and eventually became the indispensable companion of every red-blooded country dweller. Chainsaws, it turns out, have a curious history and since the 19th century they have taken on many forms. From 600-pound steam-powered behemoths to gas chainsaws mounted on wheeled carriages to diesel chainsaws and electric chainsaws with portable generators, this book musters a curious collection of contraptions and inventors the like of which we haven’t seen since 'Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines'. Carefully tracing the evolutionary threads of countless short-lived pioneer devices, author Lee, working together with a world-wide network of chainsaw buffs, traces the roaring, woodchip-and-oil-sprayed progress of what is now a lightweight modern machine that holds a place of honour in the world’s woodsheds. This is a handsome gift book full of wonderful old and new photos along with priceless chainsaw ephemera that will warm the heart of anyone who’s ever held a power tool. From Andreas Stihl’s Black Forest experiments to Vancouver’s booming World War II chainsaw industry, to the post-war race to develop one-man saws, the rise and fall of Canada’s proud Pioneer brand, and the late entry into the field of the centuries-old arms manufacturer Husqvarna, it examines why the chainsaw is no good for massacres (in Texas or elsewhere), and why it is unlikely to replaced by any new high-tech inventions such as lasers. { 216pp, 285x260mm, October 2006; HB, £33.50, 1550173804:9781550173802 , Harbour Publishing } |
| CHASING THE STORY GOD [Mike McCardell] Some say Mike McCardell's 'feel-good' stories that cap the six o'clock evening news on BCTV are the best part of the program -- the only reason they watch the news. One thing is certain, over the years McCardell has earned the loyalty of hundreds of thousands of fans. In this, his first book, he presents an intriguing and often hilarious behind-the-scenes look at the world of TV journalism -- and a glimpse into the mind and heart of the man who does the feel-good features. { 280pp, August 2001; HB, £21.99, 1550172484:9781550172485 , Harbour Publishing } |
| CHILKOOT TRAIL : Heritage Route to the Klondike [David Neufeld & Frank Norris] No aspect of this harrowing journey was more difficult -- or deadly -- than the trek over the Chilkoot Trail: a fifty-three kilometre journey over the coastal mountains from the tidewaters of Alaska, through British Columbia to the headwaters of the Yukon River. But even before the gold rush, the trail was an important First Nations trade and travel route, joining the Tlingit of the coast with the First Nations of the interior. Today the Chilkoot Trail draws hikers from around the world who want to experience the area's natural beauty and soak up its rich history. In Chilkoot Trail: Heritage Route to the Klondike, two historians -- one from each side of the border give readers the feeling of what life was like on the trail before, during and after the great Klondike gold rush. { 182pp, 215x280mm, January 2005; PB, £16.99, 1550173359:9781550173352 , Harbour Publishing } |
| CLICHÉIST : Poems [Amanda Lamarche] Amanda Lamarche’s debut collection of poetry is a work of imaginative grace and power. These poems topple the normal hierarchy of everyday concerns, promoting fears unlikely in the 'normal' state of being -- the fear of buttons, of dying to the wrong song, of houses built on corners -- to the same stage and emotional impact as the more common (perhaps more clichéd) fears of car crashes and collapsing bridges. The clever combination of explorations emotional and playful carries on. Technical advice for cutting down trees is juxtaposed with the development of ominous personal overtones. The title sequence takes issue with the easy laying down of language by recasting well-worn sayings: giving them back-stories, situating them in real time and real places, and reinvigorating them by providing each its own individual universe from which to draw meaning. Amanda Lamarche’s refreshing poems refuse at all the right moments to take themselves too seriously. They have the amazing ability to make readers shift from out-loud laughter to profound insight in a gasp of breath. { 84pp, 140x200mm, October 2005; PB, £8.99, 0889712085:9780889712089 , Harbour Publishing (Nightwood Editions) } |
| COASTAL COMPANION : A Guide to the Inside Passage, Including Puget Sound, BC & Alaska [Joe Upton] Ready for a cruise up the coast? Here's a great way to explore every mile of it, including the Inside Passage. More than a guide, this book offers a fascinating meander up the coast, with stories, maps and photographs, all keyed to the author's unique milemarker system for easier orientation along these complex waterways. Complete with reference pages on birds, boats, fish and whales, port guides, a gallery of north-west artists and illustrated diary pages for writing or sketching, this companion is the best companion you could hope to have along for the scenic tour of a lifetime. { 220pp, 155x230mm, April 1995; PB, £16.99, 1550173243:9781550173246 , Harbour Publishing } |
| COASTAL COMPANION : A Guide for the Alaska-Bound Traveller [Joe Upton] Ready for a cruise up the coast? Here's a great way to explore every mile of it, including the Inside Passage. More than a guide, "The Coastal Companion" is a fascinating meander up the coast, with stories, maps and photographs, all keyed to the author's unique milemarker system for easier orientation along these complex waterways. Complete with reference pages on birds, boats, fish and whales, port guides, a gallery of north-west artists and illustrated diary pages for writing or sketching, this is the best companion you could hope to have along for the scenic tour of a lifetime. { 219pp, 155x230mm, January 1995; PB, £16.99, 0964568209:9780964568204 , Harbour Publishing (Coastal Publishing) } |
| COLD PANES OF SURFACES : A Junction Book [Chris Banks] The moving second collection of poems from award-winning author Chris Banks. Rooted in the pastoral tradition of Wordsworth, Frost and Wallace Stevens, 'The Cold Panes of Surfaces' describes the Southern Ontario landscape of trains, lakes, moose and pine with unflinchingly sharp image and metaphor. In so doing, he brings to it a distinctly modern edge, meditating on 'the rent we are paying to the planet for our waning lives'. Here, beetles become 'child kamikazes... a wallpaper of yellow-winged flames' and the planet is a 'Museum of Natural Beauty'. Banks takes imaginative leaps into the worlds of a magician's assistant, a fifteenth-century Japanese poet, and the Muse. Most of all, these poems eloquently describe childhood, loss in all its forms, the vagaries of relationships, and being 'a sullen young man / caught in the world's fist'. This is a remarkable collection, and a fitting follow-up to Banks' award-winning first book Bonfires. { 76pp, 105x205mm, November 2006; PB, £11.50, 0889712220:9780889712225 , Harbour Publishing (Nightwood Editions) } |
| COLDSTREAM : The Ranch Where It All Began [Donna Wuest] Coldstream Ranch, on the outskirts of the Okanagan city of Vernon, wasn't always crowded in the 'burbs. One of the oldest continually operating ranches in Canada, it was on the far edge of the far West when Charles Houghton founded it to provision the Cariboo Gold Rush in 1863. It's been operating so long Vernon is actually named after its second owners, the Vernon brothers. For decades it was owned by a succession of British bluebloods, including the quixotic Lord Aberdeen, who resigned his appointment as Governor General after he and his profligate brother-in-law Coutts squandered a fortune on grandiose schemes at Coldstream. Nevertheless, they proved drybelt soil could be turned into fine farmland with the aid of irrigation and pioneered the region's world-renowned orchard industry. Author Donna Wuest vividly evokes the lives of the apple pickers, packers and pruners, piggery hands, potato processors and cowhands who worked on the Ranch. It is a story rich in characters like the gruff old manager 'Fluffy' Wollaston, who is buried on the Ranch, and Nez Perce Indians, who arrived to pick hops replete with teepees, papooses and colourful head dresses. Coldstream is an affectionately written, well-researched chronicle of a historic institution. The Coldstream story is the story of the orchard and cattle industries in BC, and in many ways the story of the BC Interior. { 182pp, 216x280mm, April 2005; PB, £19.50, 155017343X:9781550173437 , Harbour Publishing } |
| COMOX VALLEY : Courtenay, Comox, Cumberland & Area [Paula Wild with Rick James] The Comox Valley is known for its natural beauty, diverse recreational opportunities and as a vibrant centre of the arts. In a blend of stunning colour photographs and light -hearted, informative text, the book explores the mountains, rivers, beaches and sheltered waters of this unique geographic region. Journey to rural farms and lively urban centres, get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of a Canadian air force base and experience the laid back charm of Denman and Hornby islands. Discover a historic mining village, ancient sites of First Nations' battles and the fossilised remains of an 80 million-year-old elasmosaur. Learn why the Comox Valley has such a high concentration of artists and meet some genuine West Coast characters including a legend from the days of old-time logging. The book will delight and entertain long-time residents, newcomers and visitors to the area, as well as armchair travellers. { 144pp, 220x280mm, October 2006; HB, £23.50, 1550174088:9781550174083 , Harbour Publishing } |
| COMPLETE BEADING FOR BEGINNERS [Karen Rempel] Everybody's beading! It's easy, it's fun, it doesn't cost much, and in one evening you can make something gorgeous to wear or give, just by learning a few simple techniques. This book shows you how to make your own brooches, rings, necklaces, dream catchers, embroidered clothes -- even your own beads. Just choose a project, check out the basic directions, and you're on your way. There are lots of diagrams to make it even easier, also trouble shooting guides, information on basic tools and materials, and inspirational tips to get you going on your own designs. There are chapters on Stringing, Earrings, Off-Loom Weaving, Loom Weaving, Beaded Rings, Barrettes, Brooches and Wall Hangings, Bead Embroidery, Making Your Own Beads, Planning and Design, Solutions to Common Beading Problems, Basic Knots, Tools & Materials. Beading is one of the world's oldest arts, and it's one of the newest. So go for it! All you need is this book, your imagination and a handful of beads. { 158pp, 215x280mm, June 1996; PB, £13.50, 155017102X:9781550171020 , Harbour Publishing } |
| COOKING FOR TWO : Revised Edition [James Barber] James Barber is back with a lively reprint of his popular "Cooking for Two" -- "Cooking, like sex and dancing, is a pleasure best shared. This is a book about what two people can do with their own four hands, and not a lot of time." Barber's saucy style and matchless gusto have made him a favourite of cooks, and wannabe cooks, world-wide. In "Cooking for Two" he emphasises having fun with a partner in the kitchen: "It ought to be a shared courtship, a foreplay to the intimacy of a shared dinner. 'Let’s cook supper' will do a lot more for your relationship than 'I'm cooking. Leave me alone". Barber's well-known and easy manner of food preparation is once again a pleasure to read and to follow, often bringing a chuckle to the cooks and certainly bringing a large measure of satisfaction with the delicious results. { 186pp, 180x255mm, April 2007; PB, £14.99, 1550174169:9781550174168 , Harbour Publishing } |
| CROSS CANADIAN CROSSWORDS 4 : 50 New Themed Puzzles [Gwen Sjogren] Puzzle designer extraordinaire Gwen Sjogren is back with the fourth book in her very popular "Cross-Canada Crosswords" series. With more puzzles than ever before this is bound to be a hit with crossword fans from Halifax to Haida Gwaii. Packed with fifty new puzzles and quirky trivia, this collection is passionately Canadian in both spellings and themes. From national nesters to goalie greats, natural phenomena to sea serpents, the book uses clever clues to decipher exclusively Canadian themes. { 120pp, March 2008; PB, £6.99, 1550174290:9781550174298 , Harbour Publishing } |
| CROSS-CANADA CROSSWORDS [Gwen Sjogren] A collection of 26 engaging and whimsical brain-teasers with a distinct maple flavour from Calgary-based crossword designer Gwen Sjogren. Most crosswords appearing in Canadian newspapers and puzzle books originate in the USA, and it shows in the spellings and cultural references. Cross-Canada Crosswords is for those who know that football has three downs, wouldn't expect to find alcohol in a Nanaimo bar and recognise that Sjogren's relentless puns betray her puckish sense of humour. Every crossword is sprinkled with references to the Great White North. Themes include Canada's entertainment exports, peacekeeping, talk-show hosts and, of course, hockey. But you don't have to be Canadian to enjoy these crosswords. Several puzzles offer non-Canadian themes, such as British authors, cacti and movies. High-quality puzzles (and paper stock to match) make Cross-Canada Crosswords the perfect gift for crossword lovers across -- and down -- Canada. { 64pp, 190x230mm, March 2005; PB, £5.99, 1550173227:9781550173222 , Harbour Publishing } |
| CROSS-CANADA CROSSWORDS 2 [Gwen Sjogren] Crossword fanatics, sharpen your pencils! Calgary-based crossword designer Gwen Sjogren, author of the very popular Cross-Canada Crosswords presents a second collection of challenging and playful puzzles in Cross-Canada Crosswords 2. Most crosswords appearing in Canadian newspapers and puzzle books originate in the USA, and it shows in the spellings and cultural references. Cross-Canada Crosswords 2 is for those who know that a loonie is money, wouldn't expect a Genie to grant wishes and appreciate punster Sjogren's knack for clever clues. Twenty-six new crosswords, including eleven jumbo puzzles, make for hours of entertainment. Maple-themed puzzles include: Canadian Roadside Attractions; Classic Canadians; and Silly Canuck Stuff; plus a few non-Canadian brain teasers such as: My Favourite Mystery Mavens; and A Titanic Test. { 64pp, 180x230mm, January 2006; PB, £5.99, 1550173766:9781550173765 , Harbour Publishing } |
| CROSS-CANADA CROSSWORDS BOOK 3 [Gwen Sjogren] Crossword fans get ready, it's time to test your knowledge of all that is uniquely Northern! Calgary-based crossword designer Gwen Sjogren is back at it again with her third collection of challenging and playful puzzles in Cross-Canada Crosswords 3. Twenty-eight new crosswords, including regular and jumbo-sized puzzles, make for hours of entertainment. { 64pp, 180x230mm, April 2007; PB, £5.99, 1550174053:9781550174052 , Harbour Publishing } |
| DAHLIA CASSIDY : A Novel [Anne Cameron] Dahlia Cassidy is a delightful and hilarious satire on relationships from one of British Columbia's favourite writers -- a rollicking, light hearted novel with a cast of irresistible characters struggling to make sense of life in a small coastal town. Dahlia Cassidy was so angry with herself that if she weren't busy driving her '57 Chev back from Tofino, she'd have used both feet to boot herself in the arse. She figured she was just about ready to swear off sex altogether, probably forever. She had let herself get talked into leaving her kids with a babysitter and spending a wild weekend at Long Beach with a Frenchman she met at Toby's bar, where she and her fiddle provide the live entertainment. Dahlia hasn't had much luck with men, including the different fathers of her kids. For years she clung to the hope that she'd just been fishing in the wrong bay and if she moved around often enough, sooner or later, with or without the help of God and the angels, she'd happen upon a man who had more in mind than some friction. Her big sister Iris says her man troubles are her own fault because she won't risk losing control. As much as she hates to agree with anything Iris says or does, there is a sting of truth in Iris' charge. Dahlia is a survivor and the main survival tactic she'd devised for herself and her kids is self-sufficiency. In addition to playing bars at night she spends her days furiously picking wild mushrooms, planting trees and working her small farm. She is determined to be responsible for herself and beholden to nobody, and if that means hardening her heart to the risks of love, so be it. But Dahlia's shell is not quite as tough as it seems, and one day at a softball game, everything changes. Dahlia Cassidy is a delightful and hilarious satire on relationships from one of British Columbia's favourite writers -- a rollicking, lighthearted novel with a cast of irresistible characters struggling to make sense of life in a small coastal town { 264pp, 155x230mm, October 2004; PB, £16.99, 1550173448:9781550173444 , Harbour Publishing } |
| DARIEN GAP : Travels in the Rainforest of Panama [Martin Mitchinson] If you want to drive from North America to South America, you'll have a hard time when you reach Panama's southernmost province, Darien. The Pan-American Highway ends just sixty miles short of Colombia. It's the only missing link in what would otherwise be uninterrupted highway from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. When Balboa marched through these jungles to cross the narrow isthmus in 1513, he was the first European to sight the Pacific from its eastern shores. For the next four centuries, countries fought to control the traffic and trade through Darien. Yet today, Darien has returned to its original state - road-less backwater between the two massive American continents, home to native communities, Colombian guerrillas, and the descendants of black slaves and Spanish colonists. For twenty years, Martin Mitchinson has travelled in Central and South America. Fascinated by tales of Darien, he arrived aboard Ishmael, his 36-foot sailboat, and spent 18 months there, navigating both physical challenges and native politics. Mitchinson learned to travel as the natives do, moving silently through the rainforest, gliding alone in a narrow dugout. He found temporary shelter in native communities, not staying in any place for long since gringos are easy targets for kidnappers in Panama's Darien Gap. With two Kuna guides, he set off to follow the route Balboa took when he made his historic crossing to the Pacific. Drawing on first-hand accounts from Spanish explorers, pirates, Scottish colonists, and the US navy to illuminate the history of the region, and recounting his travels with extraordinary honesty and grace, Mitchinson has produced the first of what we hope will be many fine travel narratives. { 283pp, 140x215mm, April 2008; PB, £17.99, 1550174215:9781550174212 , Harbour Publishing } |
| DAUGHTERS OF COPPER WOMAN [Anne Cameron] Since its first publication in 1981, "Daughters of Copper Woman" has become an underground classic, selling over 200,000 copies. Now comes a new edition that includes many pieces cut from the original as well as fresh material added by the author. Here finally, after twenty-two years of gathering dust, is the complete version of the groundbreaking best-seller. In this, her best-loved work, Anne Cameron has created a timeless retelling of north-west coast Native myths that together create a sublime image of the social and spiritual power of woman. Cameron weaves together the lives of legendary and imaginary characters, creating a work of fiction with an intensity of style matched by the power of its subject. { 199pp, 135x190mm, May 2002; PB, £13.50, 155017245X:9781550172454 , Harbour Publishing } |
| DENISON'S ICE ROAD [Edith Iclauer] In savage blizzards, blinding whiteouts and 60-below-zero temperatures, steel axles snap like twigs; brakes and steering wheels seize up; bare hands freeze when they touch metal. The lake ice cracks and sometimes gives way, so the road-builders drive with one hand on the door, ready to jump. John Denison and his crew waited for the coldest, darkest days of winter every year to set out to build a 520-kilometre road made of ice and snow, from Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories to a silver mine on Great Bear Lake, above the Arctic Circle -- this is their story. Edith Iglauer was the first outsider ever to accompany them as they worked. This is her chronicle of a gruelling, fascinating journey through Canada's north. { 236pp, 155x230mm, December 1991; PB, £14.99, 1550170414:9781550170412 , Harbour Publishing } |
| DESOLATION SOUND : A History [Heather Harbord] Beautiful Desolation Sound, 150 km north of Vancouver, has for many years been the most popular cruising destination on the BC coast, but is today almost as devoid of local occupants as it was in 1792 when the dyspeptic Captain George Vancouver gave it its misleading name. It has not always been this way. Thick clamshell middens in remote bays, rotted pilings on silent estuaries, ambitious stone terraces on vacant hillsides, overgrown fences around deserted fields, even abandoned railroads -- all contribute to an impression that this is an area full of ghosts, an area with a storied past. In Desolation Sound, author Heather Harbord details that remarkable past and brings those ghosts back to unforgettable life. 'Desolation Sound' is a captivating book full of great characters, heroic deeds, humorous anecdotes and well-researched fact. It fills a crucial hole in the history of the BC coast. { 260pp, 155x230mm, June 2007; PB, £16.99, 155017407X:9781550174076 , Harbour Publishing } |
| DESOLATION SOUND & THE DISCOVERY ISLANDS : Revised Second Edition [Anne & Laurence Yeadon-Jones] These popular cruising companions offer charts, tips and data that will enhance the enjoyment and safety of any voyage. The guides feature informative and charming hand-drawn shoreline plans of selected marinas and small boat anchorages, ranging from safe all-weather havens to secluded picnic spots and marine parks. Intended to complement official hydrographic charts, the Dreamspeaker Cruising Guides accurately pinpoint both popular and little-known highlights in BC and Pacific Northwest coastal waters that every sailor, power-boater or kayaker should know. Aerial photos illustrate safe approaches to the destinations, while full-colour scenic photographs showcase the splendour of the Pacific Northwest Coast. { 184pp, 230x305mm, January 2006; PB, £33.50, 1550174045:9781550174045 , Harbour Publishing } |
| DIARY OF A WILDERNESS DWELLER [Chris Czajkowski] This book recounts the struggles, the triumphs and the lessons learned while carving a home and a living from one of British Columbia's most remote areas. A veteran of the outdoors, Chris Czajkowski captures the beauty of the place with a lyrical intensity that touches and inspires. { 208pp, 155x230mm, September 2005; PB, £13.50, 155017357X:9781550173574 , Harbour Publishing } |
| DISASTER ON MOUNT SLESSE : The Story of Western Canada's Worst Air Crash [Betty O'Keefe & Ian MacDonald] A gripping account of Western Canada's worst aviation disaster. Mount Slesse, a jagged 2,500-metre peak near Chilliwack BC known locally as 'The Fang' lived up to its evil reputation on December 9, 1956, when Trans Canada Airlines Flight 810 slammed into it, killing all 62 aboard. For five months nobody knew what happened. Flight 810 had just disappeared into the night. Adding to the sensation was the fact that the flight carried five professional football players fresh from the CFL All Star game in Vancouver and a mystery man by the name of Kwan Song who was rumoured to be carrying a sizeable fortune in cash. Finally on May 10, 1957, a diminutive female mountaineer named Elfrida Pigou discovered the gruesome crash site, setting off a stampede of macabre treasure hunters. It wasn't until May 25, 1995, that the BC government placed a protective zone around the debris field, declaring it a Heritage Wreck Site. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of this historic tragedy, Betty O'Keefe and Ian Macdonald have written a gripping, blow-by-blow account of western Canada's worst aviation disaster, carefully examining its context, causes and aftermath. { 176pp, 155x230mm, October 2006; PB, £14.99, 1894759214:9781894759212 , Harbour Publishing (Caitlin Press) } |
| DREAMSPEAKER [Anne Cameron] First a multiple award-winning film produced for television, then a novel and winner of the 1978 Gibson Literary Award, then a perennial bestseller, Dreamspeaker is the powerful and deeply moving story of a boy caught between two worlds, who learns too late the healing strength of faith and love. In a desperate attempt to escape the institution where he has been committed and to exorcise the unnamed evil that haunts him, Peter Baxter runs deep into the forests of British Columbia. Hungry, injured and pursued by inescapable horror, Peter is rescued by an old Native Dreamspeaker and his mute companion. Through their teachings, Peter discovers the power of the Indian spirit world -- and the courage to face his terror alone. { 126pp, 130x190mm, February 2005; PB, £6.99, 1550173642:9781550173642 , Harbour Publishing } |
| EARTH'S CRUDE GRAVITIES : Poetry [Patrick Friesen] Earth's Crude Gravities is both a meditation and an argument, a compelling series of poems on the world of matter and the world of spirit. Acclaimed poet Patrick Friesen muses on the religion that has been such a key part of his own background -- but he also raises uncertainties. Whether he is discussing his love of the material world or the fictional creation of a narrative in religion, Friesen's poetry is elegant, eloquent and imagistic. { 102pp, 140x215mm, April 2007; PB, £11.50, 1550173995:9781550173994 , Harbour Publishing } |
| EASYKAYAKING BASICS : A Paddling Handbook for the Pacific Northwest [Gary Backlund & Paul Grey] From craft selection to paddling technique to navigation to safety gear, veteran kayakers Gary Backlund and Paul Grey offer advice and share secrets drawn from decades of experience and hundreds of expeditions. The authors combine clear, concise instruction with warm and humorous accounts of their own paddling adventures. Photographs and line drawings illustrate every aspect of the sport. { 168pp, 140x215mm, April 2004; HB, £11.50, 155017309X:9781550173093 , Harbour Publishing } |
| ECOLOGUE : Poems [Ken Belford] This is the culmination of Ken Belford’s lifelong quest to reconcile land and language, innovation/development and earth’s geographical history, nature and humankind’s place within it. He extends this deep contemplation to the relationship between poem and reader, deftly shaping his lines into a pure expression of where “ritual and mystery loiter, beyond supervision and the noise of the narrative.” { 86pp, 155x230mm, March 2005; PB, £11.50, 1550173499:9781550173499 , Harbour Publishing } |
| EDENBANK : The History of a Canadian Pioneer Farm [Oliver N Wells] A richly illustrated chronicle that captures more than a century of life on a landmark Fraser Valley farm. This fascinating account details farming methods of a bygone era and all the toil, triumph and tragedy behind the establishment of a championship dairy herd. When Allen Casey Wells passed through the valley of the Chilliwack River en route to the Cariboo goldfields in the spring of 1862, he observed some lush natural meadows on the prairie. Several years later, he returned to take up land here for himself and his young family, establishing a farm on Luckakuck Creek that would come to be known as Edenbank -- home to the Wells family for the next four generations. AC's grandson, the late Oliver N Wells, tells of the days when teamsters rode horses and cows were milked by hand. He relates how several generations of his family, with extraordinary determination and vision, pioneered farming techniques and developed an award-winning herd of Ayrshire cattle that they exhibited across the country. His account also provides insight into the life of a contented man who loved the land and his birthplace and left an important legacy. { 186pp, 220x285mm, October 2003; HB, £24.99, 1550173030:9781550173031 , Harbour Publishing } |
| ENCHANTED ISLES : The Southern Gulf Islands [David A E Spalding; Photography by Kevin Oke] The southern Gulf Islands between Nanaimo and Victoria are among British Columbia's greatest scenic treasures, projecting an appeal so powerful as to make nesomanes (island lovers) of the most unromantic souls. Ranging in size from Saltspring (pop. 12,000) to unoccupied D'arcy, they first began to attract European settlers in 1859 and have been home to a special breed of freedom-loving denizen ever since. Author David Spalding and photographer Kevin Oke are both members of this unique tribe and in this book pay tribute to their chosen region with the sensitivity and insider knowledge only long-time residents can provide. Brimming with gorgeous colour photographs by Oke, ENCHANTED ISLES begins with a historic overview detailing how the islands served as a favoured hideaway of some of BC's most distinguished eccentrics. Remittance men and other escapees from British stuffiness form one stream of islanders, but there have been many others. A census of Saltspring in 1895 included a Patagonian, Germans, Portuguese, Hawaiians, Americans, Shetlanders and Scandinavians. Today you may expect to find individuals from virtually anywhere in the world. ENCHANTED ISLES showcases local wildlife, captures local character and history and offers insider tips for visitors. It is a spectacular coffee-table book that shows why the Gulf Islands rank with Whistler and the Pacific Rim as one of the most popular tourist destinations in BC. { 144pp, 215x280mm, November 2007; HB, £23.50, 1550174223:9781550174229 , Harbour Publishing } |
| EXPLORING THE BC COAST BY CAR : Revised Edition [Diane Eaton & Allison Eaton] With its island-studded Inside Passage, towering fjords, open-ocean beaches, quaint villages and sparkling cities, the BC coast is known as one of the world's great maritime cruising destinations. What many travellers may not realise is that you don't need to own a yacht or go on a cruise ship to explore it. This indispensable book shows how you can use BC's world-class ferry and coastal road system to reach the coast's most spectacular places in the comfort of your family car. And for those who want to go farther, lace on your hiking boots, grab a paddle, hop aboard a floatplane, or switch into four-wheel-drive and head off into the back of beyond -- there's a lot more than just road travel in this book. Newly revised and updated in 2008, each chapter has simple, straightforward "getting there" directions, information on recreation opportunities and local must-sees and points of interest. To inspire readers along the way and help dream up new trips, the book includes anecdotes and facts on local plants, trees, wildlife and sea life -- all infused with the enthusiasm of two writers whose love of the coast spills over onto every page. { 400pp, 140x215mm, April 2008; PB, £16.99, 1550174150:9781550174151 , Harbour Publishing } |
| FALSE MAPS FOR OTHER CREATURES [Jay Millar] This collection expands the taxonomy of insects, mushrooms and trees to inventive meditations on life and language. A fascinating and multi-layered journey across the geography of the imagination, "False Maps for Other Creatures" is the perfect book for those of us with no interest in the obvious. { 95pp, 140x215mm, March 2005; PB, £11.50, 0889712034:9780889712034 , Harbour Publishing (Nightwood Editions) } |
| FAMILY RESEMBLANCES : A Novel [Anne Cameron] This novel is the story of two women who seem similar but are very different: Cedar Campbell and her mother Kate. Cedar comes into the world a few months after her parents' shotgun wedding and grows up with her father, who is violent and adulterous, and with Kate, who is far too accommodating and forgiving. By the time Cedar is ten years old she's spending most of her time at a neighbour's farm, finding solace in the animals and the straightforward hard work, and after she finishes high school she moves to the farm permanently. Kate is disappointed and jealous, seeing Cedar's choice as a defection or a rebuke, and Cedar is determined to keep moving, to be her own person and to avoid being haunted by past horrors. Through the years, from the time Kate is a young woman to the time Cedar is a middle-aged one, both women must grapple with the powerful and sometimes contradictory forces of love, anger, fear and forgiveness -- each in her own way, in her own life. { 306pp, 155x230mm, October 2003; PB, £16.99, 1550173014:9781550173017 , Harbour Publishing } |
| FAR WEST : The Story of British Columbia [Daniel Francis] For ages 9+. British Columbia's colourful story has been told many times, but until now no one has attempted to relate the chronicle specifically for young readers. From the gold rush to the Gumboot Navy and from 'bride ships' to WAC, Bennett, BC history comes alive in this highly illustrated and vivid account by award-winning writer and historian Daniel Francis. Starting with the story of BC's aboriginal people and their lives prior to the arrival of the Europeans, 'Far West' recounts first contact with early explorers such as Captain James Cook and Captain George Vancouver and the changes the fur trade brought to the 'New World'. Francis then describes how BC was born, starting with the gold rush and Confederation eras, going through to modern times and speculating on BC's future. Richly illustrated with archival photos, colourful paintings, maps and original illustrations. { 175pp, 215x280mm, October 2006; HB, £24.99, 155017410X:9781550174106 , Harbour Publishing } |
| FIELD GUIDE TO SEASHELLS AND SHELLFISH OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST [Rick M Harbo] Ages 9 to 12 years. Next to collecting colourful pebbles, 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. The most common clams, oysters and mussels are well-known, but which are safe to eat? Is there any truth in the old saying about months with the letter "R" in them? How long should a harvester wait after a bout of red tide? How do you tell a Manila clam from a butter clam? Where does the fabled geoduck lurk? Is there any foolproof method for catching the elusive razor clam? And what about the multitude of other shell-dwellers that populate our beaches -- do they all have names? The guide answers all these questions and more. Here for the first time is a pocket-sized, user-friendly guide to the most popular of all beach creatures, written and photographed by one of the region's most outstanding marine life experts. { August 2008; FG, £5.50, 1550174177:9781550174175 , Harbour Publishing } |
| FIELD GUIDE TO GOLD, GEMSTONES & MINERALS : Volume 1: Vancouver Island [Rick Hudson] Vancouver Island is an excellent place to hunt for unusual minerals, gems, semi-precious stones, fossils and gold. With its unique geological environment it is one of the finest locations for rockhounding in Western Canada. Featuring detailed maps ranging from Victoria through the Chemainus Valley and up to Port Hardy, this guide covers over 100 sites on Vancouver Island and adjacent islands. { 214pp, 155x230mm, August 2008; PB, £17.99, 155017455X:9781550174557 , Harbour Publishing } |
| FIELD GUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF PEBBLES [Eileen Van der Flier-Keller] 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. A great resource for Earth Science curriculum units in schools, the short text deals with how rocks form and how to tell if a rock is igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic. It also provides some fun facts about minerals in our daily lives. { 120x230mm (folded), March 2007; PB, £5.50, 1550173952:9781550173956 , Harbour Publishing } |
| FINDING FT GEORGE [Rob Budde] The poetic record of Rob Budde's growing love of Prince George and the Cariboo north-central region of BC. The poems are an act of discovery and they describe the various social, political, historical and environmental systems that Budde encounters with the eye of a patient, astute observer. Engaging in the language of location, each poem explores a place, a time and the process of building a relationship between the two. Sometimes gritty, sometimes ironic, sometimes barely able to see the place at all, the poems are all love poems to a new home -- gifts of arrival. { 124pp, 140x205mm, December 2007; PB, £10.99, 1894759273:9781894759274 , Harbour Publishing (Caitlin) } |
| FISHING WITH JOHN [Edith Iglauer] This is a love story; an unlikely convergence of two people from different worlds who were able to make a rich and tender life together, and not only endure each other's company in alarmingly close quarters but revel in it. Edith Iglauer was born in Cleveland and lived an urban, sophisticated life in New York until she met and married John Daly, a commercial fisherman in British Columbia. She spent more than four years on his forty-one-foot troller, the Morekelp until his sudden death. John Daly was an impassioned and greatly talented fisherman who was convinced that he could 'think like a fish'; an amateur philosopher who worked out, and followed, an original set of beliefs and principles; a mystic who, after forty years of fishing, felt himself to be at one with the sea and the mountains along the British Columbia coast; a scholarly looking, high-spirited, full-blown eccentric who covered the white walls of his pilothouse with his favourite quotations in bold black letters (Lawyers spend their professional careers shoveling smoke -- O W Holmes). 'Fishing With John' established Edith Iglauer as one of BC's most popular writers. { 305pp, 155x230mm, January 2000; PB, £16.99, 1550170481:9781550170481 , Harbour Publishing } |
| FLASH BLACK [Arthur Black] The author of 'Black Tie and Tales' and 'Black in the Saddle Again', both winners of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, returns with a new collection guaranteed to tickle your funny bone and make you scratch your head at the absurdities of life in the early years of the new millennium. In slyly ironic, pointedly witty essays, Black takes aim at the vagaries of the English language, the moribund political correctness movement, and a host of rural and urban eccentrics. In fact, there's not much that Black won't write about, be it the banality of bumper stickers, the ingenuity of crows, or such everyday subjects as outhouses, hammocks and blue jeans. So sit down, settle back and loosen your belt to leave room for a belly laugh or three. The book is witty, weird, one hundred percent Canadian and guaranteed to delight. { 210pp, 155x230mm, April 2004; PB, £13.50, 1550173308:9781550173307 , Harbour Publishing } |
| FLYING COLOURS : The Toni Onley Story [Toni Onley & Gregory Strong] If you're strolling a beach or ferry deck as sunset casts its glow on British Columbia's Coast Mountains, there's a good chance someone within earshot will say, "It looks just like a Toni Onley". That's how closely Onley is identified with the landscape of Canada's West Coast. Don't be fooled. The serenity of those watercolours reflects only one facet of Onley's work -- and very little of his tumultuous life. This book gives you the whole canvas, from a rustic riverbank on the Isle of Man to a plane wreck on a mountain glacier. With sly humour, disarming candour and an artist's eye for detail, Onley recalls a life of professional triumphs and personal tragedies. For a painter known for landscapes and collages, Onley proves a dab hand at word portraits, from haughty maharajahs and quirky Manxmen to the alcoholic -- and even homicidal -- habitués of an artists' colony in Mexico. None is more colourful than Onley himself. From the cocky schoolboy painting an extra petal on a daffodil to the Rolls-Royce rebel facing down Revenue Canada -- and winning -- Onley's passion for art and zest for life leap from every page. Art lovers will cherish his lucid, unaffected insights into the creative process, not to mention the lavish illustrations, representing every stage of Onley's career. { 336pp, 155x230mm, October 2003; HB, £24.99, 1550172980:9781550172980 , Harbour Publishing } |
| FLYLINES & FISHTALES : The Story of Glimpse Lake Lodge [John Grain] In 1981, John Grain's passion for the outdoors led him to create a consortium that purchased Glimpse Lake Lodge, a neglected fishing camp near Merritt, BC. The discovery of a tattered diary inspired him to write this book before time and age erased the events completely or exaggerated them beyond belief. It combines a brief history of the homestead that became Glimpse Lake Lodge, with the hilarious, tender and sometimes heart-breaking events that marked the group's years of ownership from 1981 to 1987. Each day was a new adventure marked by unexpected encounters with wildlife, intriguing people and even ghosts. This book weaves a stirring and remarkable journey of a young family who abandoned the urban frenzy and embraced the tranquility and serenity of a rural lifestyle. In so doing, they learned those family values and precious life lessons that will be passed on for generations. { 160pp, 140x215mm, January 2008; PB, £11.99, 1894759265:9781894759267 , Harbour Publishing (Caitlin Press) } |
| FOLLOWING THE BOULDER TRAIN : Travels with Prospectors & Rock Doctors [Tomy Henry] Mining is BC's second largest industry but you'd never know it to visit any BC bookstore. Books on logging, fishing, and tourism are there in abundance, but the subject of mining is practically untouched. As Tom Henry proves beyond a doubt in this lively volume, it is not for any lack of wonderful stories about the men and women who have been bitten by the rock-chipping bug over the years. Henry actually took a course in exploration geology and experienced first hand the unique way of looking at the world peculiar to mineral hunters. Every rock is an 'outcrop' with a story to tell about the forces that formed the local landscape, and what mineral treasures may be hidden beneath. Following the Boulder Train is full of remarkable life histories of legendary prospectors who made fortunes but couldn't take enough time away from bushwhacking to enjoy them, and of others who enjoyed them too much, making and losing so many fortunes they can't remember them all. The book offers memorable insights into the driven, obsessed world of mineral exploration and the mining industry in BC. { 192pp, 155x230mm, October 2006; HB, £23.50, 1550173774:9781550173772 , Harbour Publishing } |
| FORAGE : Poems [Rita Wong] Self-described as "impassioned rants against the abuses of power", Rita Wong's latest collection of poems is a vividly described, fierce commentary on our international political landscape and the injustices it breeds. All of the poems in "Forage" hold sharply modern and timely opinions that are aching to tear off the page and race down the street in a whirl of fury and Third World pride: "the time for business as usual is over. It died with the first colonial casualty". "Forage" is accompanied by marginalia, Chinese characters and photos that give depth to the political context in which most of Wong's poems are situated. Wong's ability to bridge cultures and contexts is clear; she is instructive without being pedantic, and thought-provoking while still calling forth humour and beauty. This is an important work written for an important time. { 85pp, 135x190mm, December 2007; PB, £11.50, 0889712131:9780889712133 , Harbour Publishing (Nightwood Editions) } |
| FORTUNE'S A RIVER : The Collision of Empires in Northwest America [Barry Gough] This is the most authoritative and readable account to date of just how British Columbia became British and how Oregon, Washington and Alaska became American. By the closing years of the 18th century, the stage was set for a major international confrontation over the Northwest Coast. Imperial Russia was firmly established in Alaska, Spain was extending its trade routes north from Mexico, Captain James Cook had claimed Northwest America for England and Captain Robert Gray had claimed the Columbia River region for the United States. Open warfare between Spain and England was narrowly averted during the Nootka Sound Controversy of 1789-1794, and again between Britain and the US in the War of 1812, when a British warship seized American property in Oregon. In FORTUNE'S A RIVER, noted historian Barry Gough re-examines this Imperial struggle for possession of the future British Columbia and fully evokes its peculiar drama. It turned out the great powers were reluctant conquerors in this area. Russia and Spain withdrew of their own accord. Britain was in a position to dominate, but couldn't be bothered. The US vaguely wished to fulfil its manifest destiny by securing the Northwest Coast, but it was not a priority. In the end the battle was carried on by private enterprise and individuals of vision. Alexander Mackenzie established an overland route to the coast and with his partners Simon Fraser and David Thompson, set up a network of fur trading forts south to Oregon. US president Thomas Jefferson countered by sending out the Lewis and Clark expedition to strengthen American claims and an American entrepreneur, John Jacob Astor, established a lonely US outpost at Astoria. Gough examines each of the players in this territorial drama, bringing them fully to life and vividly recounting their hardships and struggles. "Fortune's A River" is a major historical work that reads like a wild west adventure. { 413pp, 155x230mm, December 2007; HB, £24.99, 1550174282:9781550174281 , Harbour Publishing } |
| FROM THE WHEELHOUSE : Tugboaters Tell Their Own Stories [Doreen Armitage] Towboats have been a part of British Columbia's history since 1836, when the Hudson's Bay Company's ungainly side-wheeler SS Beaver made the first powered tow up the coast. Over the years, tugs and their crews have towed just about everything, including food, machinery, rocks, paper, oil, salt, lumber, oil rigs, deep-sea ships, cars and houses. The humble but admirable tug has kept BC's marine economy vital and industrious. This book captures the ins and outs of working in this often overlooked but important industry: relentless tides, wild weather, breakaway barges, the boredom, the practical jokes, superstitions, camaraderie and the agony of a failed rescue attempt. Author and historian Doreen Armitage interviewed 16 old-time tugboat captains, engineers and deckhands to assemble this intimate and often hair-raising account of life aboard BC tugs. Tugs are called to emergencies on the water, working with the Coast Guard and fireboats to save lives and retrieve damaged vessels. Storms, fog, riptides and whirlpools, bridges, even other boats operated by inexperienced or careless hands can put a tug and its crew in jeopardy. Beautifully illustrated with archival photos and images from the personal collections of the skippers who appear within its pages, this is both a lively, personal look at the history of towboating in BC and an engaging portrait of the famous coastal characters and vessels that have shaped this region's maritime history. { 182pp, 215x280mm, October 2003; HB, £26.99, 155017293X:9781550172935 , Harbour Publishing } |
| FROM THE CHILCOTIN TO THE CHILKOOT : Selected Hikes of Northern British Columbia [Vivien Lougheed] Insatiable traveller Vivien Lougheed has hiked many of the world’s most renowned peaks, including the Andes and the Himalayas, and published several books detailing her adventures. Now, with “From the Chilcotin to the Chilkoot”, she turns her attention to the northern woods and the place she calls home. Hiking, says Lougheed, doesn’t have to be a strenuous adventure. It can be as simple as a walk in the park. The hikes in the book illustrate her philosophy, ranging from laid-back, one-hour, off-the-highway meanders to challenging, multiple-day trips. { 216pp, 155x230mm, April 2005; PB, £16.99, 1894759028:9781894759021 , Harbour Publishing (Caitlin Press) } |
| FROM THE WHEELHOUSE : Tugboaters Tell Their Own Stories [Doreen Armitage] Doreen Armitage interviewed 16 old-time tugboat captains, engineers and deckhands to assemble this intimate and often hair-raising account of life aboard BC tugs. Tugs are called to emergencies on the water, working with the Coast Guard and fireboats to save lives and retrieve damaged vessels. Storms, fog, riptides and whirlpools, bridges, even other boats operated by inexperienced or careless hands can put a tug and its crew in jeopardy. Beautifully illustrated with archival photos and images from the personal collections of the skippers who appear within its pages, From the Wheelhouse is both a lively, personal look at the history of towboating in BC and an engaging portrait of the famous coastal characters and vessels that have shaped this region's maritime history. { 182pp, 215x280mm, October 2006; PB, £19.50, 1550173839:9781550173833 , Harbour Publishing } |
| GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND : 2005 Edition [Chris Yorath] Vancouver Island’s peaceful, bucolic nature betrays little of its violent natural history, but in “Geology of Southern Vancouver Island” fascinating events in the turbulent geological history and architecture of the Island are revealed. Updated and expanded, this revised edition includes: New sites of interest, including the Alberni Valley, Pacific Rim National Park and the Nanoose Peninsula; All new photographs of the areas discussed in the book; Additional information on the science of geology. This book reveals the Island in a whole new way as it points out fault lines, glacier erratics, fossils and other interesting natural formations. In a clear and straight-forward manner, author C.J. Yorath guides geologists and amateur naturalists alike to some of the most interesting geological sites on the southern island. { 205pp, 155x230mm, March 2005; PB, £16.99, 1550173626:9781550173628 , Harbour Publishing } |
| GIANT TREES OF WESTERN AMERICA & THE WORLD [Al Carder] As a child growing up in the Fraser Valley, Al Carder was awed by the ancient Douglas-fir forests and spent hours staring up at trees that commonly stood over 300 feet high. Sixty years later, after retiring from his career as a plant biologist, he set out to find trees that had transfixed him in his youth. This book reveals outstanding examples from each of the most noteworthy tree species Dr Carder found -- including some that are thousands of years old and over 400 feet high. Featuring over 40 scale drawings, this collection of giant trees outlines the intriguing characteristics of each species as well as the histories of famous trees. { 152pp, 180x280mm, October 2005; PB, £17.99, 1550173634:9781550173635 , Harbour Publishing } |
| GO LEAVING STRANGE : Poems [Patrick Lane] This is the latest collection from award-winning poet Patrick Lane -- it is filled with poems that explore the darker side of human consciousness and desire. A man kills his own six-year-old child in 'Weeds'. An addict strives to keep ahead of death in 'Smack'. But amid this bleak landscape of pity and regret, there is also redemption and hope, life and beauty - in the wisteria seed that 'shines between the folded legs of the pod, demure, waiting for spring...', in the polished silver bowl of a spoon, or in the 'blue flare' of an 'old blacksmith tempering iron in dust and fire'. And the poet's presence is everywhere as he seeks to find meaning in this existence. { 117pp, 155x230mm, April 2004; PB, £11.50, 1550173286:9781550173284 , Harbour Publishing } |
| GOALS & DREAMS : A Celebration of Canadian Women's Soccer [Shel Brodsgaard & Bob Mackin] This book offers a detailed, in-depth look at how a diverse group of soccer-crazed Canadians developed into one of the world’s best teams. Through unique access to the players’ world -- both on- and off-field -- the authors reveal the passion and commitment these players have for the game and how they balance school, work and training. It follows their journey from the Edmonton Under-19 Women’s World Championships -- where 50,000 fans plus a huge TV audience cheered them on -- to the Women’s World Cup -- where they beat Argentina, Japan and China to capture fourth place -- and concludes with the Under-19 World Championships held in Thailand in November 2004. It features interviews with world-class stars like Charmaine Hooper and Christine Sinclair as well as up-and-coming teenagers like Brittany Timko, Kara Lang and Aysha Jamani. It also contains a brief history of women’s soccer in Canada, as well as information on national team selection, chances for a professional career and training routines. The book includes an introduction by stellar midfielder Andrea Neil, who helped the Canadian Women’s soccer team to their fourth-place finish in the recent World Cup and is their longest-serving midfielder. She recently played in her one-hundredth match for Canada. { 120pp, 155x230mm, March 2005; PB, £9.99, 0889712050:9780889712058 , Harbour Publishing (Nightwood Editions) } |
| GOIN' DEEP : The Life & Times of a CFL Quarterback [Matt Dunigan & Jim Taylor] "Put aside the fact that it ended my playing career, punched holes in my memory and put life as I knew it on indefinite hold, it wasn't that tough a hit." Thus begins "Goin' Deep", Matt Dunigan's gritty, often startling memoir of his 14-year journey as a Canadian Football League quarterback, a career brought to a shattering halt on an afternoon in Hamilton in 1996 in a game he still cannot remember. It is a story that takes readers where football fans cannot go -- down the stadium runway into the dressing rooms -- where injury is a fact of life, injections can put agony on temporary hold, and the tough-minded live by the credo that "Pain is mind over matter. If you don't mind the pain, it doesn't matter. But "Goin' Deep" is more than a football story. The concussion suffered in that game against the BC Lions marked the end of Dunigan's brilliant Hall of Fame career in the no-quarter world of professional football -- and the beginning of another journey still in progress, where some days start third-and-long and memories can be shrouded in a drifting, frustrating fog that may or may not clear. { 304pp, 155x230mm, November 2007; HB, £21.99, 1550174487:9781550174489 , Harbour Publishing } |
| GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST : Canada's Forgotten Coast [Ian & Karen McAllister] Between Vancouver island and Alaska, the mainland BC coast winds through a 250-mile wonderland of forested islands and inlets every bit as enchanting as the southern half, but still very much as nature created it, a wonderfully complex and delicate rainforest masterpiece ten thousand years in the making. The area is one of the northern hemisphere's richest unprotected wildlife habitats, the home of Canada's largest grizzly bears as well as the rare all-white spirit or Kermode bear. Ian and Karen McAllister, both environmental campaigners, have spent over ten years exploring, photographing and researching this once-forgotten coast. The book contains over 150 stunning colour photographs, including some of the most extraordinary images of wild bears ever seen in print, lush river valleys where grizzly bears feast on salmon, dramatic Coast Range mountaintops, exotic plants of the ancient rainforest, and some of the most magnificent coastline in Canada. With these photographs, a personable, informative commentary by Ian and Karen and environmental writer Cameron Young, and full-colour maps and drawings, this book is the first to unveil the beauty and magnificence of this unique place. { 144pp, 280x260mm, October 1997; HB, £26.99, 1550171666:9781550171662 , Harbour Publishing } |
| GREAT NORTHERN LOST MOOSE CATALOGUE [Lost Moose] The third edition in the series of the Yukon way of knowledge. { 224pp, 240x365mm, March 2005; PB, £10.99, 1896758029:9781896758022 , Harbour Publishing } |
| GRIZZLY BEAR MOUNTAIN [Jack Boudreau] Hot on the heels of his best seller, 'Crazy Man's Creek', Jack Boudreau writes his sequel. We go back to the small community of Penny, learn what rural kids did to amuse themselves -- mother wouldn't approve -- and then look over Jack's shoulder as he develops his fascination with the grizzly bear, first as a hunter, then as a photographer. The grizzly bear, according to Jack, is not a threatened species, at least not in the McGregor Mountain Range. Through Jack's eyes, we begin to understand and appreciate this marvellous beast. For example, did you know that grizzlies ski? As well as giving us a greater understanding of this magnificent bear, Jack speaks of his love of the rugged mountain country of Northern British Columbia where he feels lucky to have lived most of his life. { 243pp, 155x230mm, October 2000; PB, £12.99, 0920576818:9780920576816 , Harbour Publishing (Caitlin Press) } |
| GULF ISLANDS & VANCOUVER ISLAND : Victoria & Sooke to Nanaimo [Anne & Laurence Yeadon-Jones] These popular cruising companions offer charts, tips and data that will enhance the enjoyment and safety of any voyage. The guides feature informative and charming hand-drawn shoreline plans of selected marinas and small boat anchorages, ranging from safe all-weather havens to secluded picnic spots and marine parks. Intended to complement official hydrographic charts, the Dreamspeaker Cruising Guides accurately pinpoint both popular and little-known highlights in BC and Pacific Northwest coastal waters that every sailor, power-boater or kayaker should know. Aerial photos illustrate safe approaches to the destinations, while full-colour scenic photographs showcase the splendour of the Pacific Northwest Coast. { 192pp, 230x305mm, January 2006; PB, £33.50, 1550174029:9781550174021 , Harbour Publishing } |
| HACKERS TO TIMBER HARVESTERS : The History of Logging in British Columbia's Interior [Ken Drushka] The first complete history of logging in BC's interior documents the characters, companies and innovations that have helped make BC a world leader in the forest products industry. This large-format book includes over 200 historical photographs and scores of oral histories from the loggers, mill-workers and policy-makers who made the industry what it is. { 240pp, 215x280mm, January 1998; HB, £29.99, 1550171895:9781550171891 , Harbour Publishing } |
| HAIDA QUEST [Mary Razzell] For ages 12+. "Mike wants to head up north to the Beaufort Sea, he's got himself a good job there with an oil rig. There's no place for you, and I think you better stay in one place... Don't look so panicky! Abandoning you? I'm not abandoning you!" With those words Lucy Haley is forced from her Chicago home into an unfamiliar world. She is placed with a grandmother she has never met in a place she has never been. Despite this alien setting, she learns over time to love both her grandmother and her new home on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. Talking to her grandmother and old friends of her mother's, she also comes closer to finding out the identity of her biological father. But when she attempts to contact him, she is met only with coldness; he is an internationally renowned Haida artist with a new family, and has no time for his daughter. When Lucy becomes pregnant and her grandmother becomes ill, she has no one to turn to. What follows is a story of one girl's journey from the innocence of childhood to the experience of motherhood. Along the way she is met with racism and other difficult barriers, but ultimately the love and respect taught by her Native culture brings her fractured world together. { 142pp, 140x215mm, March 2002; PB, £7.50, 1550172492:9781550172492 , Harbour Publishing } |
| HARD TALK [Rafe Mair] BC's most outspoken broadcaster and writer is back with a collection of all-new essays that are sure to provoke, enrage and entertain. With this book you will find out why Rafe refuses to fish anymore; what happened when he had an interview with a director he'd never heard of named Michael Moore; why he thinks baseball is the greatest sport, ahead of soccer and even (gasp!) hockey; why Canada may not be a democracy after all; and what really p****s him off. { 288pp, 155x230mm, September 2005; PB, £16.99, 155017374X:9781550173741 , Harbour Publishing } |
| HARDSCRATCH ROW [Anne Cameron] Of the six grown-up siblings at the heart of the story, one lives with children she and her husband produced; one has children by more than one father, including three brothers she calls the Three Wise Men; and one has a foster child whose short past is too unbearable to contemplate. The others don't have families -- unless you count the eccentric brother who takes on the bad-girl niece because she sees the same ghosts he does, or the sister and her woman lover who end up co-parenting a troubled little boy, or the other sister who mothers some of her kids' half-siblings when their 'real' mother takes off without warning. And just to keep everyone on their toes, there are regular but unpredictable appearances by the squeyanx, a character related to no one and to everyone, part ghost, part trickster, part Greek chorus, who is visible only to those who want to see. { 378pp, 155x230mm, October 2002; PB, £16.99, 1550172905:9781550172904 , Harbour Publishing } |
| HEALING IN THE WILDERNESS : A History of the United Church Mission Hospitals [Bob Burrows] Healing in the Wilderness is an intriguing account of the United Church's 115 year-long commitment to providing medical aid to people scattered throughout Canada's vast wilderness. This unforgettable story reveals how medical missionaries responded to crises, emergencies and sudden illnesses -- including grizzly bear attacks and aeroplane crashes -- without modern technology or urban hospitals. It portrays the small missions and infirmaries and tells how their staff handled life and death in the deep bush, on mountain ranges, in Native villages, on trackless prairies and on distant islands. It describes the sacrifices of devoted physicians, nurses and their families as they healed the sick and wounded, often under dreadful circumstances and in primitive conditions. Author Bob Burrows is uniquely qualified to relate this fascinating narrative of the United Church Mission Hospitals. A United Church minister for more than four decades, he has piloted an aircraft and captained a ship to deliver care to remote areas of British Columbia. He has also worked for both the BC and federal governments in positions of public trust dedicated to ensuring the human rights of aboriginal people, women and minority groups. Extensively researched and illustrated with many never before-seen photographs, Healing in the Wilderness will be a revelation and an inspiration to Canadians interested in the development of health care across the remotest regions of the country. { 240pp, 155x230mm, October 2004; PB, £17.99, 1550173383:9781550173383 , Harbour Publishing } |
| HEARTY VEGETARIAN : Soups & Stew [Jeanne Marie Martin] Wholesome and filling, yet low in calories and cholesterol, these tempting soups and stews are made with a cornucopia of fresh vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and zesty herbs and spices. There are recipes for hot soups, chilled soups and hearty stews, all made with vegetarian soup stocks so delicious you'll never miss the meat. There's a complete shopping guide, an ingredient substitution chart and lists of tasty alternatives to meat, dairy products and wheat, for allergies or special diets. { 93pp, 140x215mm, June 1992; PB, £11.99, 1550170503:9781550170504 , Harbour Publishing } |