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Fortune's A River: The Collision of Empires in Northwest America

Winner of the John Lyman Book Award for best Canadian naval and maritime historyFinalist for the Nereus Writers' Trust Non-fiction AwardFinalist for the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, BC Book PrizeLonglisted for the 2007 Victoria Butler Book...

Ben the Sea Lion

Tsimshian storyteller and artist Roy Henry Vickers shares an adventure from his childhood in the Indigenous Pacific Northwest village of Kitkatla.When Uncle Johnny accidentally catches an orphaned sea lion pup in his fishing net, young Roy and his cousin...

Luschiim’s Plants: Traditional Indigenous Foods, Materials and Medicines

An invaluable compendium of Hul′q′umi′num′ traditional knowledge.Respected Cowichan Tribe Elder and botanical expert, Luschiim Arvid Charlie, began his education in early childhood, learning from his great grandparents and others of their...

Whelks to Whales: Coastal Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest, Newly Revised and expanded Third edition

Newly revised and updated with additional photographs and up-to-date names, this full-colour field guide to the marine life of coastal British Columbia, Alaska, Washington, Oregon and northern California is perfect for divers, boaters and beachcombers...

Never Say P*g: The Book of Sailors’ Superstitions

The nautical reference book you never knew you needed: a compendium of all superstitions maritime and marine. Learn your A-B-Seas of sailors’ guiding magic and mythos―and why you should never stir your tea with a knife, lest you invite trouble and...

A Is for Anemone: A First West Coast Alphabet (BOARD)

Bestselling and award-winning children’s book collaborators Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd come together again to create a colourful West Coast alphabet board book.With crisp, luminous illustrations by celebrated Indigenous artist Roy Henry Vickers,...

Plants of Haida Gwaii: Third Edition

For many thousands of years the lands and waters of Haida Gwaii have been home to the Haida. Plants of Haida Gwaii, written with the cooperation and collaboration of Haida knowledge holders and botanical experts, is a detailed and insightful record of...

A Field Guide to Crabs of the Pacific Northwest

Crabs can be found in abundance along the shorelines from Oregon to BC, burrowed under sand, soil and rocks. Keep this portable field guide handy on trips to the seashore to identify over forty species of crabs and hermit crabs in all shapes and sizes...

Chainsaws: A History

With hundreds of full-colour photographs and fascinating ephemera, combined with an authoritative text listing hundreds of chainsaw models from the 1800s to the present,Chainsawscarefully traces the evolutionary threads of countless pioneer...

A Field Guide to Marine Life of the Outer Coasts of the Salish Sea and Beyond

The common marine life of the transition waters and more exposed coasts of the Salish Sea are abundant and diverse: giant green anemones, amazing sea stars and thick kelp forests. This eight-fold field guide is a useful aid to coastal exploration from BC...

A Field Guide to Marine Life of the Protected Waters of the Salish Sea

Rick Harbo, one of the Pacific Northwest’s leading marine writers and photographers, is back with a new addition to Harbour Publishing’s popular series of pocket-sized field guides.A Field Guide to Marine Life of the Protected Waters of the Salish...

The New Beachcomber's Guide to the Pacific Northwest: Completely Revised and Expanded 2019

The Pacific Northwest coast is home to one of the most diverse displays of intertidal marine life in the world, including sponges, clams, snails, crabs, sea stars, sea anemones, jellies, fishes, seaweeds and more.The New Beachcomber’s Guide to the...