Books from Harbour Publishing
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Tide Rips and Back Eddies: Bill Proctor's Tales of Blackfish Sound
By Bill Proctor, Yvonne MaximchukBilly Proctor, resident legend of Echo Bay, BC, recounts almost a century’s worth of experience with this collection of stories, memories and local knowledge of the central BC coast region around Blackfish Sound.
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Take the Torch
By Ian WaddellI thought at the time the Liberals, led by Lester B. Pearson, were the best party for bringing together English and French Canada, which my study of Canadian history told me was crucial for the survival of Canada.
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The Art of the Impossible: Dave Barrett and the NDP in Power, 1972 1975
By Geoff Meggs, Rod MickleburghWilliams dispatched Norman Pearson, his deputy, to investigate Stupich's work. The reports were disturbing. Not only did Stupich confirm to reporters December 27 that the entire province would bear the compensation cost of the land ...
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Shore to Shore: The Work of Luke Tsu ts'u mult Marston
By Suzanne Fournierdemanded Ian Campbell, when I met him a few weeks after the first Stanley Park dig, at the North Vancouver offices of the Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation). (Campbell, who learned the Skwxwú7mesh language as a child from his ...
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On Her Own Terms: Poems about Memory Loss and Living Life to the Fullest
By Carolyn GammonWhen they could not host me, Carla Rasmussen and Tracey Rickards stepped in with gracious hospitality and, not to be forgotten, the cat-petting sessions that transported Frances to cat-heaven! And Carla, a huge thank-you for ...
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Echoes of British Columbia: Voices from the Frontier
By Robert BuddNow, they made their way over, first, to Trapp and McDonald's place—there's one of the first lakes out along the highway is called Trapp Lake. The story, as it was told to me by my father, was that they went down to Trapp and McDonald's ...
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Tofino and Clayoquot Sound: A History
By Ian Kennedy, Margaret HorsfieldAccording to Gordon Gibson, Brinckman and his friends arrived on the coast in 1923 in their small six-horsepower boat. They settled initially at White Pine Cove, on the southern shore of Herbert Inlet, near where dozens of marines and ...
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The Year of Broken Glass
By Joe Denham“Neither had I. It's one of the symptoms of Sturge-Weber Syndrome. It's a vascular malformation in which the blood vessels, the capillaries at the surface of the skin, don't contract, so the blood is always pooling to the surface, ...
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Ranch in the Slocan: A Biography of a Kootenay Farm, 1896–2017
By Cole HarrisI have conscientiously sought out and delivered to the maternity ward every kind of bed from soft mud to 1/4" crushed quartz which looks like snow and should warm any darn female fish's heart. They also have material up to 1" which has ...
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How to Be Eaten by a Lion
By Michael JohnsonBeing eaten by a lion is a gift rather than a loss, an opportunity for grace: “Instead, focus on your life, / its crimson liquor he grows drunk on. / Notice the way the red highlights his face, / how the snub nose is softened, the lips ...
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From the Klondike to Berlin: The Yukon in World War I
By Michael Gates... W.H. Carrell, James F. Carroll, James Francis Carroll, John McLeod Carter, Arthur Carter, James B. Cassidy, George Washington Caux, Joseph Chabot, Joseph Adelard Chalifour, Amede Chambers, Frank Chambers, John Thomas Chapman, ...
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Unlikely Love Stories
By Mike McCardellThat was James Douglas, a giant of a man who rose up from running a Hudson's Bay outpost in Victoria to the top of politics, the governor of a colony. To his credit he saved the West Coast from being taken over by America.
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Haunting British Columbia: Ghostly Tales from the Past
By Mike McCardellIn Haunting British Columbia, McCardell's ghostly narrator explains how Victoria became BC's capital (spoiler, it's all because Governor James Douglas couldn't stand waiting for a ferry); how Gassy Jack gave birth to Vancouver by running a ...
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Should Auld Acquaintance: Discovering the Woman Behind Robert Burns
By Melanie MurrayI wish to thank Okanagan College for granting me financial assistance and release time to work on this book, as well as college librarians Eva Engman and Claudia Valencia-Dobson for their assistance with research sources.
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After the Hatching Oven
By David AlexanderAfter the Hatching Oven explores chickens: their evolution as a domesticated species; their place in history, pop culture and industrial agriculture; their exploitation and their liberation.
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Fake it so Real
By Susan Sanford BladesJohnny Rotten's death grip on the mic stand without the toothy maw. After the show, Shepps sidled up to Gwen and invited her and her friends to an after-party in his home—an orange Westfalia he parked at Clover Point.
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Ginger: The Life and Death of Albert Goodwin
By Susan MayseFrank Farrington of Indianapolis, an international board member, was head organizer for Vancouver Island. Johnny Marocchi remembered him as a big handsome man, a smart dresser, who courted a local girl. In the Journal he had a chequered ...
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Chainsaws: A History
By David LeeFirst published in 2006 and now with over 10,000 copies sold, this award-winning book on the worldwide history of the chainsaw will captivate all gadget fanciers, even if they've never had a chainsaw in their hands.
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Red Robinson: The Last Deejay
By Robin BrunetAt the height of its success, he had been approached by Brad Phillips, then general manager of CISL and Z95. “We were shaping CISL as a traditional golden oldies station, and to me it was absolutely imperative to get Red as the morning ...
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Deep, Dark and Dangerous: British Columbia’s World-Class Undersea Technology Industry
By Vickie JensenEach photo has a story, oen a subsea discovery, and features missions around the globe—India, Korea, Africa, Australia, Germany, Japan, China, France, Newfoundland, and under Arctic or Antarctic ice. As he strolls down the hall, ...