<p>On September 3, 2010, the RCMP in Grande Prairie, Alberta, received a 911 call from Mat Crichton about a shooting on a local farm. Seconds later, miles from home, Holly Crichton got a...
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Author: Giblin, DavidSummary:<p>"Tall tales of coastal adventures, colourful locals, privileged tourists, and elusive fish abound in this hilariously offbeat sequel to The Codfish Dream. David Giblin's stint as a...
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Author: Armstrong, JohnSummary:<p>"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...
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Author: Bowering, GeorgeSummary:<p>A fictionalized account of the McLean Gang, halfbreeds who terrorized the Canadian West in the 1870s. The novel traces their idealistic beginning--stealing cattle and guns with the intention...
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Author: Bowering, GeorgeSummary:<p>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...
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Author: Bowering, GeorgeSummary:<p>In the mid 1890s, a whip toting cowgirl is bent on getting revenge on the man who murdered her brother. In the rough country outside Kamloops, B.C. she comes face to face with his killer....
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Author: Thomas-Peter, B.A.Summary:<p>1950s, New Denver: Pavel and Nina are among 200 Russian Doukhobor children separated from their families and community, and placed in a residential facility in the Kootenay region of BC....
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Author: Buday, GrantSummary:<p>"In Grant Buday's new novel, three captivating stories intertwine at the site of the New Brighton Hotel on the shores of Burrard Inlet. In 1858 the serious and devoted Sir Richard...
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Author: Macy, HaroldSummary:<p>"For Clayton Monroe, the last hope for refuge is a struggling setttlement at the far northwest corner of Vancouver Island. San Josef is his sanctuary from the imagined demons and real...
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Author: Sasges, MichaelSummary:<p>"Our well beloved dead who died that we might live. In the town of Merritt, in British Columbia's Nicola Valley, stands a granite cenotaph erected in memory of 44 men who died...
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Author: May, ElizabethSummary:<p>Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve is located in the southernmost part of Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), 130 kilometres off the mainland of British Columbia,...
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Author: Alexander, CherylSummary:<p>An enchanting and evocative look at the unique relationship between a solitary, island-dwelling wolf and a renowned wildlife photographer.A lone wild wolf lives on a small group of...
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Author: Nördlinger McDonnell, LillooetSummary:<p>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...
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Author: Warland, BetsySummary:<p>"After moving to Vancouver's West End in 2014, The Human is drawn to a small body of water called Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park. Daytime visits, with a surprising array of wildlife,...Genre: Poetry
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Author: Lohman, JackSummary:<p>"A provocative, progressive rejoinder to the status quo, from the perspective of a disrupter and global leader in the museum world. The challenge to transform museums is...