Book Passage
Take a trip on a BC Ferry this summer and discover a bounty of reading riches to while the time away. En route to Nanaimo, Prince Rupert, Haida Gwaii, or Vancouver, all 15 of the following BC books can be found aboard any ship with a Passages Gift Shop.
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Writing & Art
Darwin’s Bastards: Astounding Tales from Tomorrow
edited by Zsuzsi Gartner, ISBN 978-1-55365-492-6, $21.95
These 23 stories take us on a twisted, wild ride into dystopian futures and parallel universes where characters as diverse as a one-legged international actuarial forensics specialist, a pharmaceutical guinea pig, and a far-sighted fetus engage in their own games of survival of the fittest.
www.dmpibooks.com
Delivery: A Novel
by Betty Jane Hegerat, ISBN 978-088982-257-3, $19.95
When Lynn’s daughter Heather announces an adoption plan for her three-week-old baby, Lynn does what any desperate grandmother would do. With the baby in a laundry basket, she drives to a cabin on Quadra Island. There she wrestles with an old secret while waiting for Heather’s arrival.
www.oolichan.com
Visions of British Columbia: A Landscape Manual
edited by Bruce Grenville & Scott Steedman, ISBN 978-1-55365-500-8, $40.00
From the earliest days, artists have played a critical role in recording and shaping the public perception of BC. Visions of British Columbia introduces the province through the art of its most notable visual and literary artists, whose visions reveal the extraordinary diversity of the region and its many people and places.
www.dmpibooks.com
Creative Non-Fiction
Flights of Imagination: Extraordinary Writing about Birds
edited by Richard Cannings, ISBN 978-1-55365-535-0, $22.95
A stellar collection of superb writing about birds and birdwatching from a foremost birder and natural historian. This timeless evocation of our passion for birds features 20 works from such esteemed writers as Terry Tempest Williams, Ellen Melroy, Barbara Kingsolver, Richard Mabey, Diane Ackerman, and William Fiennes.
www.dmpibooks.com
Island Kids
by Tara Saracuse, ISBN 978-1-89714-243-1, $12.95
Amazing kids have always lived on the islands off British Columbia’s coast. Now it’s their turn to tell their stories. With 22 stories told by real-life kids—from ancient times to today—Island Kids is your whirlwind tour of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Carefully researched. Dramatically told.
www.brindleandglass.com
The Way of a Gardener: A Life’s Journey
by Des Kennedy, ISBN 978-1-55365-417-9, $22.95
A personal and revealing exploration of a life lived close to the earth, from one of Canada’s best-loved gardeners. “Green-thumb rogue” Des Kennedy describes his life journey from a childhood of strict Irish Catholicism in Britain to a charmed existence amid the gardens of his Gulf Island home in British Columbia.
www.dmpibooks.com
BC in Pictures
Edward S. Curtis Above the Medicine Line: Portraits of Aboriginal Life in the Canadian West
by Rodger D. Touchie, ISBN 978-1-89497-486-8, $19.95
Often thought to have done all of his work in the United States, Edward Curtis also cruised Puget Sound, the British Columbia coast and ventured into the lands of the First Nation tribes of Alberta. With over 150 images from these areas, this is a beautifully illustrated biography of one of North America’s most important photographers.
www.heritagehouse.ca
The Salmon Bears: Giants of the Great Bear Rainforest
by Ian McAllister & Nicholas Read, ISBN 978-1-55469-205-7, $18.95
Extensively illustrated with Ian McAllister’s magnificent photographs, Salmon Bears explores the delicate balance that exists between the grizzly, black, and spirit bears that inhabit the last great wilderness along the central coast of British Columbia and their natural environment.
www.orcabook.com
Waterfront: The Illustrated Maritime History of Greater Vancouver
by James P. Delgado, ISBN 978-0-98093-043-6, $24.95
The sea and a mighty river dominate Greater Vancouver. This book is a magnificently illustrated, authoritative, and lively tour of the dynamic ebb and flow between the water, the surrounding land and, above all, the people who strove and dreamed along the waterfront.
www.s-a-d-publishers.ca
Outdoor BC
Coastal Beauty: Wildflowers and Flowering Shrubs of Coastal British Columbia and Vancouver Island
by Neil L. Jennings, ISBN 978-1-89752-202-8, $26.95
Coastal Beauty explores the wildflowers and flowering shrubs commonly found in the coastal regions of British Columbia, including Vancouver Island, and also Coastal Washington and Oregon. Coastal Beauty is conveniently arranged by flower colour and by plant family and includes exceptional photographs.
www.rmbooks.com
Hiking Trails 2: South-Central Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands
by Richard Blier, ISBN 978-0-96976-677-3, $26.00
The completely revised and updated (new trails and colour maps added) 9th edition of Hiking Trails 2 is your guide to south-central Vancouver Island. This bestselling classic continues to be one of three essential hiking guides to one of the most spectacular islands in the world.
www.orcabook.com
Parks and Nature Places Around Vancouver
by Nature Vancouver, ISBN 978-1-55017-464-9, $24.95
A guide to 61 locations around the Lower Mainland, every one of which includes simple routes via public transportation. Tips on where to go to see marine life or majestic old growth giants are offered by over 40 naturalists from Nature Vancouver, a society working to study and protect British Columbia’s nature spots.
www.harbourpublishing.com
Plants of Haida Gwaii
by Nancy Turner, ISBN 1-55039-144-5, $38.95
A detailed and insightful record of the uses and importance to the Haida of over 150 species of native plants. It explains the knowledge and understanding that enabled the Haida to use the resources of their islands from one generation to the next for thousands of years. Richly illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and illustrations.
www.sononis.com
The Secret Beaches of Greater Victoria: View Royal to Sidney
by Theo Dombrowski, ISBN 978-1-89497-497-4, $26.95
Discover the unexplored parts of Victoria in this comprehensive review of nearly 100 beaches on the Saanich Peninsula and in the Greater Victoria area. Find and enjoy the tiny pocket beaches and obscure coves just slightly off the beaten path with this companion book, Secret Beaches of Southern Vancouver Island: Qualicum to the Malahat.
www.heritagehouse.ca
Waterfalls of British Columbia: A Guide to BC’s 100 Best Falls
by Tony Greenfield, ISBN 978-1-55017-462-5, $26.95
A unique guidebook, which reveals the power of nature in one of its most awe-inspiring mediums: the waterfall. British Columbia is rich with waterfalls, from the large and fearsome to the quiet falling stream. Waterfalls of British Columbia provides up-to-date maps and trail descriptions for one hundred of these natural wonders.
www.harbourpublishing.com