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Changes are coming to the small town of Mitford. Father Tim Kavanagh, the Episcopal priest, and his wife Cynthia are thinking about retirement, the two candidates for mayor seem to be splitting the town in half, the bakery may be closing, and a real estate company out of Florida ...
Johnson was an Indian Princess, daughter of a Mohawk chief and an Anglican mother. This is a collection of the customs and legends of the Squamish tribes which grew out of the friendship between Johnson and then Chief Joe Capilano.
The story of two young lovers, Nathan and Leah, who meet in 1913. Defying the strict morality of the day, they run off to spend a few months together amid the splendour of the rural coast before being banished to separate continents. With the outbreak of WWI, the young rebels f...
In 1924, Phyl Munday did what no woman had done before - reached the summit of Mt. Robson, the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies. She climbed nearly 100 mountains; her physical prowess legitimized her in the largely male world of mountaineering. She found her lifetime cl...
Travel writer Maria Coffey and her husband, photographer Dag Goering, embark on a 3-month journey by wooden boat along Canada's western shores. Leading the way are legendary boat builders and sailors Allen and Sharie Farrell aboard China Cloud; they visit their old haunts along ...
The author's spirited account of her solo two-month journey by canoe to Alaska and through some of the most treacherous waters of the Inside Passage, at a time when much of the area was wild and inaccessible. The travels with minimal supplies, almost no money, and often without ...
Sixty years ago, Britannia was the home of the largest copper mine in the British Empire, where several thousand people lived in its two main communities; the Beach and the Townsite. Although it was a scant 50 km. from Vancouver, it was completely isolated, accessible only by bo...
The author's memoirs of growing up in Nova Scotia, the hardship of life on the prairies, her marriage, her children, and her working life as a teacher. She has recounted the stories and memories for her family.
In the tinder-dry summer of 2004 the author discovers her enchanted mountain realm facing an unprecedented menace: wildfire. The book culminates with a white-knuckle account of the Lonesome Lake fire. Every day the firestorm rampages closer to the author's homesite until final...
The joys and sorrows, excitements and mishaps, of life on a working farm. The author also shares stories of travels to other parts of the world, offering keen observations of her experiences away, and also her perspective from afar on the importance of having a place to return to...
Glamorgan Farm is one of the oldest farms on Vancouver Island. The original log barns house rare breeds of livestock; heirloom plants thrive in its orchards and gardens. Owner Anny Scoones meets the challenges of restoring and preserving the farm with humour, generosity and com...
Tucked into the foothills of the Rockies lies the charming village of Lumby, where quirky and tolerant townsfolk usually make the best of any situation. How Lumby has come to host a hot-air balloon festival is a long story, but the residents are jumping right into preparations, ...
Just a dot on the map of the Northwest, Lumby looms big in the hearts of its residents. When one of the most important paintings of the twentieth century, "The Barns of Lumby" is stolen, a media frenzy descends on the town. Then one of the actual barns from the paining disappea...
Margaret Mitchell is a social activist who pioneered community development in Vancouver, was a courageous feminist MP for Vancouver East, and an international adventuress. Her book is a testament to the struggles and achievements of women MPs, and chronicles her life's adventures...
M. Wylie Blanchet's book "The Curve of Time", introduced an adventurous woman who cruised the coast in a 25-foot boat with her five children and their dog. Beyond this incredible story, however, little is known about the rest of her life. Insiders' recollections and her own trave...
A compilation of 12 cover stories first presented in the pages of the "Vancouver Courier".
Second in the From the heart trilogy. A beautiful antiques dealer and a New York City cop are ensnared in the dangerously destructive world of internationa smuggling.
Ken Voight, the first husband of Isabelle Barney, still believes that her second husband, David, killed her, even though David has been acquitted. Kinsey Millhone's investigation leads to new evidence. Bestseller 1992. * Some strong language *.