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The unlikely true story of Jennie Butchart, who saw the possibility of beauty in a hole in the ground and built a public garden that attracts millions of visitors from around the world.

A fully illustrated social history profiling forty historic hotels spread over five regions of the southern interior of British Columbia, covering the time period of the 1890s to 1950s.

In River of Mists, best-selling author and award-winning historian Geoff Mynett returns to the Skeena River community of Hazelton to shed new light on the wide spectrum of characters who left their

A collection of connected short stories set in a fictional town in BC's Gulf Islands where attitude is everything, and everybody has one.

The long awaited sequel to Grant Lawrence's bestselling memoir Adventures in Solitude.

An invaluable resource for educators looking to actively participate in reshaping education to include historically silenced voices in the classroom.

Red Robinson: The Last Deejay details the life and career of Red Robinson, one of Canada's most celebrated pioneers of rock and roll.

Each fisherman steps onto the docks, sees Peter Gordon's boat the MV Kalua, glances at the other members of the charter and feels a rush of anticipation.

Salmon: Swimming for Survival introduces us to the dramatic life story of salmon.

Stanley Park, Vancouver, September 2014. A fourteen-foot bronze-cast cedar sculpture is being erected.

Coastal historian Jeanette Taylor unveils the unique past of Twin Islands.

His name was Horace Wrinch. It was 1880. He was fourteen years old, a farmer's boy from England travelling on his own to Quebec.

The year 1983 began like any other year in Canada's West Coast province. Then suddenly everything changed.

Collected wisdoms, reflections and stories from Indigenous Elder Naanii Nora of the Haida Nation.

Nick Raeside worked at many jobs in the logging business but the one that he specialized in was starting fires—small, (hopefully) controlled fires used to clean up logging slash or debris-laden sit