From record-breaking tea clippers to rum runners and sea monsters, life on the west coast has never been dull. Rich in seafaring legend and adventure, these stories will take you on a voyage of discovery into the past and around the...
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Author:Mason, AdrienneSummary: -
Author:McCardell, MikeSummary:Mike McCardell has spent over 30 years on a B.C. news program showing that the truly important events that make our world go round are not the wars and murders that grab the headlines, but the little things that happen on back streets...
- Author:Bakan, JoelSummary:
Bakan contends that the corporation is created by law to function much like a psychopathic personality whose destructive behaviour, if left unchecked, leads to scandal and ruin. Backed by extensive research, the book draws on...
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Author:Gallaher, BillSummary:Dozens of "Overlander's" left their wives and families behind as they set out toward a brighter future. As well as facing extreme natural dangers, the travellers were torn by religious arguments and personal rivalries,...
- Author:McAllister, IanSummary:
The book describes the author's experiences over the 17 years he's spent exploring the north coast of B.C., one of the last places on the planet where wolves live in an undisturbed way. He follows two packs of wolves, one...
- Author:Coates, KenSummary:
In 1918, the steamer Princess Sophia left Alaska for Vancouver, but during a storm she ran aground on Vanderbilt Reef - there were no survivors. Tracing the stories of many of the 353 aboard the Sophia - how they had gone to the north,...
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Author:Lane, PatrickSummary:Lane is not only an accomplished writer, he is also an avid gardener; and he is an alcoholic. In 1999, he went into rehab, then returned to his beloved garden, shaky but alive. For a year, he stayed close to home, gardening and slowly...
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Author:Jamieson, EricSummary:On June 17, 1958 the bridge being built across Burrard Inlet collapsed, killing eighteen workers. That somebody had made a colossal error seemed obvious, but it would take a Royal Commission to discover how and why. Still today, some of...
- Author:Cruise, DavidSummary:
The story begins during the Ice Age and moves through history, revealing a fascinating cast of characters. A young girl faces the prospect of marriage into a faraway tribe; a Russian cartographer nearly meets his end at the hands of...
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Author:Holmes, Leslie W.Summary:In the summer of 1981, as teenagers in British Columbia's lower Mainland disappeared, members of the RCMP swung into action. When they started discovering bodies, they began to wonder if this was the work of a single person. A...
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