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  • Following the Curve of Time

    The Legendary M. Wylie Blanchet

    by Cathy Converse ...
    Who was this skipper, this mother, this writer? These questions motivated Cathy Converse to re-trace the route of famous pacific seafarer M. Wylie Capi Blanchet, and write a biography in the process. Widowed in 1926, Blanchet cruised the coast with her five children and their dog in a 25-foot boat that had been rescued from the seafloor. The Curve of Time, Blanchet's resulting book, remains a ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Frances Barkley

    Eighteenth-century Seafarer

    by Cathy Converse ...
    Series series Amazing Stories
    A rivetingly imagined re-telling of the voyages of Frances Barkley (1769–1845), who as a young woman travelled the world on a trading mission with her sea captain husband.Over two hundred years ago, Frances Barkley, a seventeen-year-old girl fresh out of a convent school in France, met twenty-six-year-old sea captain, fell deeply in love, and married him after a six-week courtship. Five weeks ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • Against the Current

    The Remarkable Life of Agnes Deans Cameron

    by Cathy Converse ...
    Received an Honourable Mention for the 2018 Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Historical WritingThe first book on Agnes Deans Cameron, BC’s first female principal, itinerant traveller, and journalist.Agnes Deans Cameron was an extraordinary woman who was ahead by a century. Born in Victoria in 1863, she was the first female school principal in the province, but she worked tirelessly to achieve work ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • The Remarkable World of Frances Barkley

    1769-1845

    by Beth Hill, Cathy Converse ...
    Frances Barkley was just eighteen when she became the first European woman to set foot on the west coast of North America. After a sheltered upbringing in England, Frances found herself boarding the Imperial Eagle in 1786 to set sail on an adventurous, round-the-world voyage with her husband, Captain Charles William Barkley.With great wisdom and wit, Frances recounted her eight years at sea in her ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Auntie Vie

    A Life of Pickles and Pearls

    by Cathy Converse ...
    Brought into the media spotlight by her great-niece Pamela Anderson, Auntie Vie burst onto the scene as Pamela’s biggest supporter on “Dancing with the Stars.” Unexpectedly, Auntie Vie’s distinctive balance of earned wisdom and chic glamour quickly charmed the media and viewers of all ages. Her door suddenly stormed by cameras and reporters, Auntie Vie never missed a beat. Having harnessed the ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

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  • To the Lighthouse

    An Explorer's Guide to the Island Lighthouses of Southwestern BC

    by Peter Johnson, John Walls ...
    Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands are home to over two dozen active lighthouses. For over a century, these coastal beacons have guided ships through the fog and represented hope for countless mariners. Today, the lighthouses on BC’s southern islands are ideal destinations for day trippers and coastal explorers of all ages who are looking for historical sites in spectacular maritime settings.To ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Rupert's Land

    by Meredith Quartermain ...
    At the height of the Great Depression, two Prairie children struggle with poverty and uncertainty. Surrounded by religion, law, and her authoritarian father, Cora Wagoner daydreams about what it would be like to abandon society altogether and join one of the Indian tribes she’s read so much about.Saddened by struggles with Indian Agent restrictions, Hunter George wonders why his father doesn’t ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Rosina, the Midwife

    by Jessica Kluthe ...
    Between 1870 and 1970, 26 million Italians left their homeland and travelled to places like Canada, Australia and the United States, in search of work. Many of them never returned to Italy. Against this historic backdrop comes the story of Rosina, a Calabrian matriarch, who worked as a midwife in an area where only one doctor served three villages. She was also the only member of the Russo family ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Unsettling Canada

    A National Wake-Up Call

    by Arthur Manuel, Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson ...
    Unsettling Canada, a Canadian bestseller, is built on a unique collaboration between two First Nations leaders, Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ron Derrickson.Both men have served as chiefs of their bands in the B.C. interior and both have gone on to establish important national and international reputations. But the differences between them are in many ways even more interesting. Arthur Manuel is ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • The Clock of Heaven

    by Dian Day ...
    Esa Withrod is a young woman struggling over recent events in her personal life—a failed first relationship and resulting pregnancy—as well as the legacy of her desolate upbringing. Eccentric and enigmatic, Esa’s childhood has prepared her to deal with the world with endurance and resilience, but not with joy. She remains “mystified by kindness” and the friendship offered to her by her employer, ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Whisper

    by Chris Struyk-Bonn ...
    Sixteen-year-old Whisper, who has a cleft palate, lives in an encampment with three other young rejects and their caregiver, Nathanael. They are outcasts from a society (in the not-too-distant future) that kills or abandons anyone with a physical or mental disability. Whisper’s mother visits once a year. When she dies, she leaves Whisper a violin, which Nathanael teaches her to play. Whisper’s ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • Touch

    by Gayleen Froese ...
    Series Book 18 - Nunatak First Fiction Series
    Anna Gareau has a secret. Unwanted visions of strangers' lives haunt her when she touches certain objects. What she wants most is a normal life but Anna is far from normal. Travelling through Victoria, BC, Anna gets an unwelcome glimpse into a murderer's mind. She meets Colette Kostyna and senses Colette may be the next victim. Caught between her desire for self-preservation and her knowledge that ... Read more

    $9.89 USD