First published in 1980 to high acclaim, Burning Water won a Governor General's Award for fiction that year. A rollicking chronicle of Captain Vancouver's search for the Northwest Passage, the book has over its career been mentioned in...
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Author: Bowering, GeorgeSummary: - Author: Nördlinger McDonnell, LillooetSummary:
Explores the lives and contributions of five leading Jews living in British Columbia between 1860 and 1970. Cecelia Davies Sylvester, Hannah Director, Leion Koerner, Harry Adaskin, and Nathan Nemetz are memorable for their contributions...
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Author: Macnair, LoganSummary:When underachieving writer Larry Mann is granted the lucrative opportunity to ghostwrite the memoirs of the notorious and eccentric businessman-turned-politician Maxime Montblanc, he accepts immediately, tantalized by the financial...
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Author: Déri, Thomas ; Dupuis-Déri, FrancisSummary:"Anarchy Explained to My Father (first published by Lux Éditeur in 2014 as L'anarchie expliquée à mon père) is a provocative and accessible discussion of the revolutionary mode of thought that rejects all forms of domination and seeks,...
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Author: Stewart, Michael F.Summary:"A teenage filmmaker tries to track down the recipients of his twin sister's organs in hopes that it will help his parents move on from the loss of their daughter."--
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Author: Torti, Jules ; Arden, Jann ; Torti, JulesSummary:The German word zugunruhe translates as the "stirring before moving." It's used to describe birds and herds of animals, like wildebeests, before the great migration. Though Jules Torti is neither German nor a wildebeest, she understands...
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"This uplifting collection explores the world through the eyes of protagonists whose perspectives are informed by their unique circumstances. Some are struggling with physical challenges while others seek to overcome psychological...
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Author: Pawa, Bal.Summary:"An accessible, concise, systematic, and comprehensive primer on wellness and healing." - Dr. Gabor Mate, MD, author of When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress. Do you regularly experience chronic pain, anxiety, fatigue, gut...
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In this collection of illuminating essays, Jack Lohman, chief executive officer of the Royal British Columbia Museum, shares his views on the role of museums in the various cultures of the world, on the importance of architecture and...
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Author: Tregebov, MichaelSummary:"When the smell of October's raked leaves gives way to that of morning frost, a mature Winnipeg man's fancy turns to thoughts of curling. But this fall Blackie Timmerman has been hogging stones off the ice. His wife of twenty years...
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Author: Slade, ArthurSummary:"In the second novel of this series for teen readers, a vampire librarian learns a secret organization is behind her mother's disappearance."--
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Author: Blennerhassett, PatrickSummary:Cell: no service. Email: down. Internet: off. TV: nothing. Radio: static. Communication: minimal. Chaos: unstoppable. Press Any Key to Start. PR hack Tristan Schultz is buried deep in the endless code of Millennial life, slogging away...
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Author: Betcherman, MichaelSummary:"In this novel for teens, high-school student Matt Barnes, whose life has been upended by a serious injury, lands a summer job defending the wrongly convicted."--
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Author: Crerar, HarrySummary:"Family Walks and Hikes is an exciting new series of books written specifically for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages and abilities. These accurate, attractive guides feature expertly curated routes, informative maps, and colour...
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In 2010 a brain tumour took the life of Becky Livingston's daughter, Rachel. Twenty-three years old and an avid traveller, it was her dying wish to keep traveling. Eighteen months later, still reeling from her loss, Livingston sets off...
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"In 1967, Stuart Hodgson, a pugnacious British Columbia labour leader, was the newly-appointed Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, responsible for establishing a fledgling government in the frontier capital of Yellowknife....
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Author: Armstrong, JohnSummary:"Some human lives can be measured in dogs. Writer/musician John Armstrong is such a person, and in A Series of Dogs, he takes the measure of his own, now at nine dogs' lives and counting. A hilarious, perceptive and moving memoir that...
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Jason, 14 ans, aide son père avec son service de taxi en hydravion. Une jeune archéologue les emploie pour atteindre une caverne sur un ilot désert difficile d'accès et marquée d'un signe mystérieux. Les dangers de cette contrée sauvage...
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Author: Kloepfer, DavidSummary:Cheap Thrills takes place over the course of a single weekend, beginning with the incessantly stoned Ethan and his roommate Phil discovering the body of their weed dealer in a Vancouver alley alongside a box of porno magazines and crime...
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Author: Waltner-Toews, DavidSummary:"Authored by a leading epidemiologist, this engrossing book answers our questions about animal diseases that jump to humans--called zoonoses--including what attracts them to humans, why they have become more common in recent history,...
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