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101 Dives: From the Mainland of Washington and British Columbia 1 review
Betty Pratt-Johnson
Heritage House Publishing, 1997
A great guide for any Puget Sound diver
This is an excellent book! More information than any of the other similar books I've purchased. Good maps, succinct descriptions of conditions and animal life, tide information, and site warnings. Although the entire book is in B&W, there are interesting photographs mixed in with the text. For the most part, information in the book has been correct and consistent with my own observations. ...
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Nechako Country: In the Footstes of Bert Irvine2 reviews
June Wood
Heritage House, 2007
Nechako Country
June Wood's book comes straight from her heart into the hearts of her readers; this is a love story devoted to her father and the expansive and awe inspiring country in which she has lived her rich life: Nechako, British Columbia, Canada. Wood's writing is crafted to evoke in her readers the challenges provided early settlers of the area in terms of terrain, climate, and general survival. She ...
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Haunted San Francisco: Ghost Stories From the City's Past2 reviews
Heritage House Publishers, 2004
Providing over two dozen spanning over 150 years
Rand Richards' Haunted San Francisco represents the first anthology of ghost stories completely set in San Francisco, providing over two dozen spanning over 150 years and including both literary writers and other popular writers of both fiction and non-fiction. The broad range of story styles, choices and settings will enhance the unusual San Francisco geographical locale, appealing to both San ...
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How to Catch Crabs: A Pacific Coast Guide4 reviews
Charlie White
Heritage House Publishing, 1998
it's all good
I make commercial crab traps for a living and this book has it all. When I mention this book to commercial crabbers most already know, they own the book! This book even talks about a ropes 'scope' when you put a trap in the water. A rookie commercial crabber I knew didn't clue into this fact and 'deadheaded' a string of thirty traps! Why a trap should be round is explained. Why a traps entrances ...
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Simply the Best: Insights and Strategies from Great Hockey Coaches3 reviews
Heritage House Publishing, 2004
A must for any hockey coach
This is a great book and a must for any hockey coach. Where else can you get the mind set of so many great coaches? The George Kingston section alone is priceless and I didnt even know who he was! This isnt a book on X's and O's. Its a book on motivation and leadership. Something that carries over into the "real" world....or at least anything outside of hockey.
I use the info in this book ...
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Cadborosaurus: Survivor from the Deep4 reviews
Paul H. Leblond, Edward L. Bousfield
Heritage House Publishing, 2000
Strong evidence for the existence of sea serpents.
Cadborosaurus: Survivor From the Deep is a chronicle of the search for evidence that sea serpents exist off the coast of British Columbia, Canada and the adjacent coastal waters of the several American states. The title is based on the creature of the same name which has been seen for more than a century by many reliable and upstanding witnesses. Dr. Paul Leblond, former head of the Dept. of ...
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British Columbia Recreational Atlas3 reviews
Ptc Phototype Composing Ltd
Heritage House Pub Co Ltd, 1997
Fantastic for the BC adventurer!
The most comprehensive guide to back-country tourism for the British Columbia traveller. Whether you decide to travel on or off the road you'll find detailed maps and destination spots throughout the BC Rec. Atlas. All the small back-roads and logging-roads are detailed in this 1:200,000 scales mapbook. Even campsites are listed! Your best bet for discovering BC.
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Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering2 reviews
Chic Scott
Heritage House Publishing, 2000
Pushing the Limits - a super Canadian mountaineering book
This book is a joy to read and a "must have" as a reference book that tells you all you would like to know and more about the history of mountaineering in Canada. Beautifully published with many pictures of the "greats and near greats" of the Canadian mountaineering scene since it all began in the mid 1800's. Chic Scott has produced a book that has already become a classic in mountain literature.
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Mountie Makers: Putting the Canadian in Rcmp2 reviews
Robert Gordon Teather
Heritage House Publishing, 1998
"Mountie Makers" may just inspire you to join the RCMP...
"Mountie Makers" is, quite simply, one of the greatest books, of any type, that I have ever read. Expecting a lot of boring, cliche' RCMP training horror stories, I began reading. However, I was pleasantly surprised. I instantly became interested and quickly became attached to the characters. All of them have that "Hey- I know a guy just like that" kind of quality to them. It wasn't long ...
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The Game of Our Lives1 review
Peter Gzowski
Heritage House Publishing, 2004
The Game of Our Soul
I first read this book when I was 11 years old and once again 12 years later. Both times it made me realize that hockey in Canada is a right of passage that is one of the few threads holding our nation together. It also helped me to understand that for those of us who love this fast graceful and violent game happiness is only a frozen pond away. The book follows the trials and tribulations of the ...
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Carving the Western Path: By River, Rail, and Road Through B.C.'s Southern Mountains (Carving the Western ...1 review
R. G. Harvey
Heritage House Publishing, 1999
Ramming Through to the West Coast!
Harvey describes in considerable but not tedious detail the factors that led to the past and present tranportation corridors in southern British Columbia, spanning a period from the mid-nineteenth century, into the second half of the 20th. Every citizen should become familiar with the shenanigans of the big corporate and government interests that retarded transportation development, and the ...
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Bill Miner: Stagecoach and Train Robber (Frontier Series)1 review
Frank Anderson
Heritage House Pub Co Ltd, 1998
The greatest history book I'v ever read!
My grandpa did an excellent job writing this book. When he republished it I was hired to do the type-setting for the book. Once I got going I could not stop. It was a good book. Way to go grandpa. Read his others. They are all the same
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Robert Service: Under the Spell of the Yukon1 review
Enid Mallory
Heritage House, 2006
IT IS DIFFICULT NOT TO LOVE THIS POET
Robert Service, if anyone, could be called "the grandfather of cowboy poets." This has been a popular genre over the past few years and much of the work done by these wonderful men and women can be traced back to Service's poems and style. Being called the "Bard of the Yukon" is certainly true, but sells this particular writer short. His works include so much more that just the delightful ...
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Carving the Western Path: By River, Rail and Road Through Central and Northern B.C (Carving the Western Path)1 review
R. G. Harvey
Heritage House Publishing, 1999
Crashing North, (eventually) to Alaska!
Like Harvey's previous and companion volume, "Carving the Western Path - By River, Rail, and Road Through BC's Southern Mountains", this is an entertaining, informative, and stimulating read. Here he deals with transportation development along the upper Fraser River, the Peace River, and basically everything in the northern half of British Columbia. This is a book about how paddlewheel ...
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Caves Of The Canadian Rockies And Columbia Mountains1 review
Jon Rollins
Heritage House Publishing, 2004
Solid Cave Guide
I have not yet had the chance to visit the area this book covers.
From reading it:
This is one of the most comprehensive cave guides I have seen for an area giving maps, photos and solid descriptions.
The photos are excellent and make this book worthwhile on their own. A good summary of cave fomation and geology is included for many of the caves.
American cavers generally frown on this ...
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Hockey Night in Dixie: Playing Canada's Game in the American South1 review
Jon C. Stott
Heritage House, 2006
Hockey night in Dixie
If you are a fan of minor pro hockey read this book. It offers a great insight into the game both on and off the ice. Thanks for the great book!
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Rocky Horrors, Frozen Smiles: A Mountaineer at the End of His Rope1 review
Peter Austen
Heritage House Publishing, 2001
rocky
an updated version of rocky horrors. Again an amazingly funny yet cautionary book. How come peter is still alive?
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Mr. Easy teaches phonics1 review
Katharine Bagaley
Heritage House, 1977
Simply the best
This is the first book to teach phonics, and still the easiest for parents to use for their children. Light years ahead of the current phonics approaches, yet delightfully innocent in its approach. No one but a dedicated school teacher could have written such a magnificently illustrated book.
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