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12 reviews
Will Ferguson

Douglas & McIntyre, 2007

Great book, lots of laughs
I really enjoyed this book and at times belly-aching-hilarious. Canada is a great place to live and the people are wonderful regardless of what reviewer KIRKLAND, WA says. I don't hear many countries call Canadians greedy and arrogant. Pick the book up, great reading.

Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures

10 reviews
Wade Davis

Douglas & McIntyre, 2007

Plants and people
Wade Davis' long career among isolated peoples and cultures has given him an enviable insight. He manages to connect with people at many levels. They are free and open with him, an obvious outsider. Their stories, legends, life modes all come to light under his gentle persuasive powers. In this outstanding account of his travels and his studies, we share much of what he and his mentors have ...

Au Pied de Cochon: The Album

2 reviews
Martin Picard

Douglas & McIntyre, 2008

Great Tribute
I'm a big fan of this book. While many of the recipes are difficult to recreate, why would we want to go to a restaurant that had easy recipes? As 'restaurant books' go this is a wonderful tribute with great art work. It's a wonderful conversation piece to have in any foodie's collection. Great gift!

A Sto:lo-Coast Salish Historical Atlas

Douglas & McIntyre, 2006

This superbly researched, groundbreaking historical atlas presents a history of the civilization and territory of the Stó:lo, a First Nations people. Through words, archival photographs, and 86 full-color maps, the book details the mythic beginnings of the Stó:lo people and how white settlement turned their homeland into the bustling metropolis of Vancouver. An important document packed with fascinating information, the atlas also makes a ...

The Art of Emily Carr

5 reviews
Doris Shadbolt

Douglas & McIntyre, 1987

A West Coast Vision
If you are interested in expanding your knowledge of artists on this continent (North America), specifically the West Coast, I'd recommend this erudite volume on the work of Emily Carr. Emily Carr was a late-bloomer, but when she found her own she produced haunting canvases of her encounters with Northwest Coast Native Art, specifically totems. This was followed by strong formalized images of ...

The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
Thomas L. Friedman

Douglas & McIntyre, Limited, 2007

Where Hope Takes Root: Democracy and Pluralism in an Independent World

2 reviews
Aga Khan

Douglas & McIntyre, 2008

Excellent!
An excellent book by a highly respected leader in helping the world understand the importance of Pluralism. Highly recommended!

Vij's: Elegant and Inspired Indian Cuisine

17 reviews
Vikram Vij, Meeru Dhalwala

Douglas & McIntyre, 2006

Vij Family's Chicken Curry is AWESOME!
I made the Chicken Curry on page 92 and it was a unique experience. Just once in a while, you make something with such magnificent depth and flavor you wonder how it wound up in your kitchen. Judging from this dish and the mango pineapple lassi (nice, but not spectacular -- am I being too fussy?), this book is more or less my constant companion these days. I DID make my own garam masala (page ...

Klee Wyck

2 reviews
Emily Carr

Douglas & McIntyre, 2004

Beautifully written and visualized
this book by Emily Carr gives a very wonderful and descriptive account of the Pacific Northwest along British Columbia's shores. Emily Carr was a very unique woman who defied her times in her interactions with Native Peoples and her adventurous independance. This book details her explorations among the Queen Charlotte Islands. It is so descriptive it makes one feel that they are actually on ...

How to Be a Canadian

29 reviews
Will Ferguson, Ian Ferguson

Douglas & McIntyre, 2008

A Canadian primer for outsiders, with tongue firmly in cheek
Being Canadian (I am not, but know a few who are) is clearly as odd a thing as being any other nationality, but with the distinction that Canadians define themselves more often by what they are not (i.e., overly cultured, overly ambitious, American, French (if you live outside Quebec), English (if you don't) etc, etc). Canadians have a reputation for reticence about themselves, which leads many ...

Arctic Spirit: The Albrecht Collection of Inuit Art at the Heard Museum
Ingo Hessell

Douglas & McIntyre, 2006

Covering prehistoric to contemporary works of cultures from Siberia to the Bering Strait, Arctic Spirit is based on one of the world's most important collections of Inuit art. Organized by major themes ? the land, the animals, the supernatural ? the book showcases sculptures, prints and drawings, and textiles. Highlighting Canadian Inuit works but also including such rarities as ancient Alaskan ivories as well as contemporary Greenlandic ...

Umberto's Kitchen: The Flavours of Tuscany

1 review
Umberto Menghi

Douglas & McIntyre, 2003

Umberto's Kitchen - Flavours of Tuscany
Good delivery - good condition - right price - everything was great. Thank you.

The Lesser Blessed: A Novel

5 reviews
Richard Van Camp

Douglas & McIntyre, 2004

Awesome!
"THE LESSER BLESSED is easily one of the most truthful, painful, powerful novels I've ever read." -Joseph Bruchac

The Immortal Beaver: The World's Greatest Bush Plane

3 reviews
Sean Rossiter

Douglas & McIntyre, 2005

He got d' Beaver Fever
All aircraft are good, or else they wouldn't land safely; only a few become legends, such as the Douglas DC - 3 and the de Havilland Beaver, the world's greatest bush plane built in Canada at Downsview, Ontario, from 1947 to 1967. The Beaver was a typically Canadian project, it is rugged, reliable, durable and practical for people who were haulers of water and hewers of wood. It is the ...

Dream City: Vancouver and the Global Imagination

1 review
Lance Berelowitz

Douglas & McIntyre, 2005

Must read for residents in Vancouver...
I absolutely enjoyed going through this book, I was so encaptured by Berelowitz's understanding of my hometown that I went through the book in just a few days. His view of the city is a pretty balanced one and his insight into Vancouver is genuine. The subjects discussed will probably resonate most with Vancouver residents but for avid tourists that share a passion for Vancouver, the books for ...

Rosa: Perpetual Motion Machine

1 review
Barbro Lindgren

Douglas & McIntyre, 1996

Neighborhood Watch
Rosa is an adorable, anvil-headed English bull terrier puppy. She loves high-energy play; she bites as hard as she can and knocks people over. She also loves turning somersaults. Rosa loves getting up to mischief which includes chewing things; digging holes outside and jumping on people. She does not like being walked on her leash, so when a chance to run loose presents itself, the ...

Souvenir of Canada 2

3 reviews
Douglas Coupland

Douglas & McIntyre, 2004

Clearly Canadian (and better than the first!)
This SECOND collection of imagery and musings from Famous Canadian Writer Douglas Coupland didn't always strike a chord with me. I'm from a different part of the country, with different history and experiences, of course. Yet enough was oddly, eerily familiar to convince me that there are few young writers better qualified to comment on the State of Our Nation than Coupland. Not as ...

Souvenir of Canada

8 reviews
Douglas Coupland

Douglas & McIntyre, 2004

My opinion of this book is biased by my love of Canadians...
I was fortunate to have found this book a couple of years ago when I was in Vancouver,BC, and I was nothing but thrilled to see 1) a new Coupland book, 2) a book about Canada, and 3) a picture book for adults. And since I've had it I have found myself reading it several times. Coupland fans who didn't like the "non-fiction journal" style of "Polaroids from the Dead" may not enjoy this book. ...

City of Glass: Doug Coupland's Vancouver

11 reviews
Douglas Coupland

Douglas & McIntyre, 2003

Homesick book
This is my homesick book, my security blanket, my Postcards from Home. For Vancouverites, it's a source of boosterist pride, a good chuckle at some in-jokes, and perhaps enlightenment on why things are as they are. For people who have moved away, it's a book of memories, recollections of a city of glass and the people who make it. For people who have never been there, it's the tourist guide that ...

The Raven Steals the Light

3 reviews
Robert Bringhurst

Douglas Mcintyre, 1996

A Haida legend primer
I brought this book on a trip to Vancouver and Victoria and read it in the evenings after returning to my hotels. As a European American, I found it indispensable to understanding much of the art I saw on vacation (especially Totem Poles). This book relates many of the best known Haida stories, including those of the noble, tragic Bear; the intrepid, versatile human fisherman-hunter Nanasigmit ...

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