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Enrich your travels with reading! Here's a hand-picked list prepared for your journey in conjunction with the book experts at Longitude.

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Moon Handbook British Columbia including the Canadian Rockies

Moon Handbook British Columbia including the Canadian Rockies

by Andrew Hempstead

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES

This comprehensive guide stakes out the best sites throughout British Columbia, nicely balancing practical detail with a good overview of the region and its attractions. (CND132, $21.95)

A Traveller's History of Canada

A Traveller's History of Canada

by Robert Bothwell

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 220 PAGES

A readable and admirably concise march through Canadian history from prehistory to today, including a timeline. (CND82, $14.95)

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest

by Peter Alden

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1998
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 448 PAGES

A compact photographic guide to the wildflowers, trees, mosses, butterflies, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals of the Pacific Northwest. (PNW50, $19.95)

British Columbia Map

British Columbia Map

by ITMB

  • 2005
  • MAP

This attractive map ( 1:1,250,000), covers the region from Seattle to the Yukon and across to the Rockies, including Alaska's Inside Passage. (CND61, $8.95)

 
Insight City Guide Vancouver

Insight City Guide Vancouver


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A handsomely illustrated guide to the history, culture and attractions of Vancouver. (CND123, $16.95)

Great Wine Made Simple, Straight Talk From a Master Sommelier

Great Wine Made Simple, Straight Talk From a Master Sommelier


by Andra Immer Robinson

  • FOOD
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 326 PAGES

A practical, personable introduction to the world of wine, including helpful definitions of terms, label-reading tips and advice on pairing wines with food. (GEN411, $28.99)

Pacific Northwest Wining and Dining


by Braiden Rex-Johnson

  • FOOD
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 270 PAGES

Subtitled The People, Places, Food, and Drink of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia, this wonderful cookbook brings the region's varied cuisine to life through recipes, stories and lore, visits to the area's top chefs and winemakers and 186 color photos. (PNW246, $34.95)

Canadians, A Portrait of the Country and Its People

Canadians, A Portrait of the Country and Its People


by Roy MacGregor

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

A journalist and popular author, MacGregor takes the full measure of Canadian life in this irreverent, entertaining portrait of a people. (CND320, $18.00)

The West Beyond the West, A History of British Columbia

The West Beyond the West, A History of British Columbia


by Jean Barman

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 450 PAGES

A fascinating history of the Canadian province from the 18th century to the mid-1990s. The author weaves portraits of major personalities and events into a readable overview of the cultural and social influences that have shaped the region. (CND116, $43.95)

Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast


by Bill Richardson

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 152 PAGES

Lake Woebegone goes British Columbian in this humorous slip of a novel about an unconventional Vancouver B&B, which features twin bookworm brothers, a talking parrot and a motley crew of hotel guests. (CND133, $15.99)

First Fish, First People, Salmon Tales of the North Pacific Rim

First Fish, First People, Salmon Tales of the North Pacific Rim


by Meg McHutchinson | Judith Roche | One Reel

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 204 PAGES

A collection of native voices from Pacific shores, all remembering the salmon. It's a lovely book, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, and made more poignant by the salmon's decline in the coastal regions. (PNW116, $24.95)

Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest

Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest


by Katharine Berry Judson

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 204 PAGES

Presented here with 52 photographs, these traditional stories, first collected in 1910, reveal myths and traditions of creation, the salmon and noted geographical features of the territory. (PNW17, $14.95)

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America


by Jon Dunn

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

From Alaska to Baja California, Nova Scotia and Florida, this guide is the veteran's choice for birding anywhere in the United States. Tabbed for easy access, the color range maps in this sixth edition are outstanding. (FG09, $27.95)

Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska

Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska


by Andy MacKinnon | Jim Pojar

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

A terrific handbook to nearly 800 species of trees, shrubs, wildflowers, grasses, ferns, mosses and lichens found along the Pacific coast from Oregon to Alaska. (PNW02, $24.95)

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