25 Years of Exploration and Discovery of the British Columbia Coast by Paddle, Oar and Sail In this collection of narratives Victoria technologist, environmentalist and writer Alex Zimmerman tells stories not only of self-propelled travel and adventure but also of
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Early one Spring morning, in 1888, on Texada Island, British Columbia, the body of Ernie Tsan washed ashore with the tide, and landed at the feet of a young newspaper reporter, Evelyn Walker. Eve is Canada’s first female journalist, on
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Lifelong Learning with friends and family Beyond the Floathouse, Lifelong Learning with friends and family is the sequel to Gunhild’s Granddaughter. In this book a very shy, ordinary girl, who grew up enveloped by an insular loving family and surrounded
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Gunhild’s Granddaughter When Myrtle Rae Forberg steps from her father’s boat to the floating dock at Rock Bay, and walks along the board walk to school, she takes her first steps from the water-constrained world in which she has lived
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One family’s journey from the farmlands of Norway to the coast of British Columbia from FJORD TO FLOATHOUSE is the saga of hardy pioneers who worked and lived along the remote mainland coast of British Columbia in the first half
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Embracing Vulnerability “Your so lucky” they told her but what no-one realized is she narrowly escaped a violent hostage situation. The only “luck” she had was that her upbringing taught her to be a fighter. A journey through one girls
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A novel of Intrique, Danger, and Global Warming The story begins when a Russian scientist, Ivan Mazurenko, discovers a chilling new source of methane emissions from the Barents Sea where extensive oil and gas drilling are taking place. Ivan and
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A Novel “Wow – what a rich, imaginative, insightful book! I enjoyed reading it and felt it was a privilege to see a little bit of the life of the character Liv and her place and time. The story invites
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