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From hospitals to dance halls, from the classroom to the cannery, this insightful history examines indigenous and immigrant women's positions in the workplace, home and wilderness.

An inspiring and revealing memoir by one of Canada's most revered public figures.

Could a horde of American miners have delivered British Columbia into the hands of the U.S. in 1859? The author argues that the new colony was a rifle shot away from war and annexation.

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 a

The story is told by the author's dog, Lonesome. She did not share her human's love of the wilderness, and wore a martyred expression for most of her life.

In three novellas, Lyon reveals the potential for darkness that lurks behind even the most perfect-seeming veneer, challenging the fragile illusion of goodness in our lives.

The book recalls the drama and confusion arising from the initial contacts between Europeans, Americans and the First Nations on Canada's West Coast.

Lane is not only an accomplished writer, he is also an avid gardener; and he is an alcoholic. In 1999, he went into rehab, then returned to his beloved garden, shaky but alive.

The fourteen stories in this collection present the essence of Vancouver as captured by some of Canada's most famous writers, including Pauline Johnson, Douglas Coupland, Alice Munro, Timother

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.

From a secluded cottage on Vancouver Island, Woodcock wrote for newspapers and magazines all across the country, winning various awards.

From record-breaking tea clippers to rum runners and sea monsters, life on the west coast has never been dull.

Through the eyes of a child, the novel tells the moving story of Japanese Canadians during W.W.II.

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.

The old buildings and historic places of B.C. form a "roadside memory", a tangible link with stories of settlement, change, and abandonment that reflect the great themes of our history.