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Douglas & McIntyre is proud to announce definitive, completely redesigned editions of Emily Carr's seven enduring classic books. These are beautifully crafted keepsake editions of the literary world of Emily Carr, each with an introduction by a distinguished Canadian writer or authority on Emily Carr and her work. Emily Carr's first book, published in 1941, was titled Klee Wyck ("Laughing One"), in honour of the name that the Native people of the west coast gave to her.

Emily Carr’s journals from 1927 to 1941 portray the happy, productive period when she was able to resume painting after dismal years of raising dogs and renting out rooms to pay the bills. These revealing entries convey her passionate connection with nature, her struggle to find her voice as a writer, and her vision and philosophy as a painter.

Rock art—etched in blood-red lines into granite cliffs, boulders, and caves—appears as beguiling, graffiti-like abstraction. What are these signs? The petroglyphs and red-ochre pictographs found across Nłeʔkepmx territory in present-day British Columbia and Washington State are far more than ancient motifs. Signs of the Time explores the historical and cultural reasons for making rock art. Chris Arnett draws on extensive research and decades of work with Nłeʔkepmx people to document the variability and similarity of practices.

Stanley Park, Vancouver, September 2014. A fourteen-foot bronze-cast cedar sculpture is being erected. Dignitaries from all levels of government are present, including leaders of the Coast Salish First Nations and representatives from Portugal's Azores Islands. Luke Marston, carver/artist, supervises as his three-year project is revealed to the world. The sculpture—titled Shore to Shore—depicts Luke's great-great-grandparents, Portuguese Joe Silvey, one of BC's most colourful pioneers, and Kwatleematt (Lucy), a Sechelt First Nation matriarch and Silvey's second wife.

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. Room at the Inn reveals the long-forgotten histories of British Columbia's early hospitality industry, through the riveting stories of the men and women who built, ran, and frequented hotels, hostelries, resorts, and roadhouses in the southern Interior.

C'était l'été où Coltrane est mort, l'été de l'amour et des émeutes, l'été où une rencontre fortuite à Brooklyn a guidé deux jeunes gens sur la voie de l'art, de la ténacité et de l'apprentissage. Patti Smith deviendrait poète et performeuse, et Robert Mapplethorpe, au style très provocateur, se dirigerait vers la photographie.

Pourquoi la beauté nous fascine-t-elle ? Pourquoi avons-nous tant besoin du plaisir particulier qu'elle nous donne ? Un paysage naturel vous offre l'apaisement, une mélodie vous redonne soudain foi en vous-même, un tableau vous emporte dans quelque chose de plus grand que vous, un visage contemplé vous invite à voir le monde autrement... Chaque fois que la beauté nous touche, elle nous réapprend à nous faire confiance, à nous écouter, à ne pas nous laisser enfermer dans notre quotidien, à nous ouvrir à la promesse d'un Absolu.

An instant New York Times bestseller – Named a Best Book of 2024 by NPR, TIME, and The Economist. "Get the Picture is one of the funniest books I've read . . . Brilliant." – The Washington Post. "A gripping and often hilarious investigation into the art world . . . Bosker goes full Tom Wolfe." – TIME. "Funny, whip-smart, and gorgeously written, Get the Picture will forever transform the way you see . . . I loved every word." – Suleika Jaouad, New York Times bestselling author of Between Two Kingdoms.

Yves Saint Laurent: ce nom évoque à lui seul la mode, la création et le luxe à la française. L'homme est devenu une légende. Mais qui était-il vraiment? L'auteur est parti sur les traces de cet homme né en Algérie et qui a connu la gloire en prenant la direction de la maison Christian Dior dans les années 50—avant de fonder sa propre maison avec Pierre Bergé, son mentor et ami de cœur. Le succès, la gloire, la fortune—rien de tout cela n'a cependant rendu Yves Saint Laurent réellement heureux.

Winner of the National Book Award — It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the city from Coney Island to Forty-Second Street, and eventually to the celebrated round table of Max's Kansas City, where the Andy Warhol contingent held court.