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5 reviews
Edith Iglauer

Harbour, 1992

A wonderful story about a British Columbia fisherman's life.
This is a wonderful non-fiction book about the life of a British Columbia fisherman written from the point of view of his wife & assistant, Edith Iglauer. Its not a "how I caught the big one" story, but instead a story of a fisherman's daily life, his relationships, and the enjoyment he gets from his work in the great outdoors. Edith Iglauer's writing style is much like the beautiful scenery ...

Ecologue

3 reviews
Ken Belford

Harbour, 2005

Free-verse poems that deal with the struggle to reconcile land, language, earth's geological history, and the role humans play
Published poet Ken Belford presents Ecologue, a collection of free-verse poems that deal with the struggle to reconcile land, language, earth's geological history, and the role humans play. Different poems bring forth different rhythm patterns, underscoring the changeable elements in both nature and human interactions. A thought-provoking, resonant anthology. "Lingua": Trading tongues / by any ...

The Raincoast Kitchen: Coastal Cuisine with a Dash of History

3 reviews
Campbell River Museum Society

Harbour, 1997

Superb
The pictures alone were worth the price of the book - such a rich history we have here in B.C., I learnt many things I had not known before. The recipes were also great. Definitely a five star review.

Voyages to Windward: Sailing Adventures on Vancouver Island's West Coast

3 reviews
Elsie Hulsizer

Harbour, 2005

"Voyages to Windward" - A very enjoyable book
The book is evocative of the beauty and charm of the remote places of the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Interesting local history is complimented by vivid photography and captured the experience of sailing the West Coast. A very enjoyable book.

Haunted Waters: Tales of the Old Coast

2 reviews
Dick Hammond

Harbour, 1999

One of the best short story collections I've ever read
I had been given a copy of this author's first book, Tales From Hidden Basin, in which Dick Hammond's father and uncle have many unusual boyhood adventures in the unexplored land of the west coast of Canada in the 1910s. In this, Hammond's second book (I believe), his father has grown up and leads a more or less solitary existence in his little boat, doing odd jobs and exploring more of this ...

Dead Man's Ticket

2 reviews
Peter Trower

Harbour, 1996

Vancouver ferry
I also found this book on the Vancouver ferry, last summer, on board to Victoria. What a pleasure it has been to read this book! I love the prose style. It must be Trower's poetry skills that make his word choice so good. Trower always uses the perfect word. He uses the 1950s slang of the Vancouver sub-culture, but the expressions always fit, and he never gets repetitious with words. They seem ...

Field Identification of Coastal Juvenile Salmonids

2 reviews
W R Pollard, G F Hartman

Harbour, 1997

Best field guide I have seen for Pacific salmonids.
The plastic bag viewing chamber is a great addition for the identification of juvenile salmonids. The illustrations are very understandable and the photography is very good, with standardized backgrounds a real plus. This manual will be very useful for our salmon and steelhead restoration project for making sure those involved will have a resource for checking the identification of salmonids ...

A Field Guide to the Identification of Pebbles

2 reviews
Eileen Van Der Flier-Keller

Harbour, 2006

GREAT idea, well executed!
This is a very understandable--and geologically accurate--guide to "geology" as most of us find it--in pebbles and other rocks that we pick up along our hikes and explorations. Written for east coast lithologies (rock types) this is a lucid, understandable, but not overwhelming, succinct guide to understanding the pebbles found in and around many New England streams--and also in the abundant ...