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Alberta Map
• Map Art Maps
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A colorful travel map of Alberta.
(CND77, $4.95)
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Banff National Park
• Whitecap Books
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A portrait of Canada's foremost Rocky Mountain park, featuring 72 full-color photographs of Banff's mountains, glaciers and forests.
(CND151, $19.95)
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Banff National Park Map
• Gem Trek Maps
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A double-sided map and guide to Banff, Yoho and Kootenay national parks at a scale of 1:250,000.
(RKY51, $11.95)
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Bear Attacks, Their Causes and Avoidance
• Stephen Herrero
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Despite its frightening title, this book is a helpful introduction to the natural history and behavior of the bear by a long-term researcher in the field. With useful tips on "avoidance."
(BST21, $16.95)
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Bear Tales from the Canadian Rockies
• Brian Patton
• LITERATURE
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Bears hold an honored place in the mythology of the Canadian Rockies. This collection of stories draws on the adventures of hunters and trappers, Native legends, and traditional tall tales to create a portrait of the animal that has captured the wild imagination of the region.
(CND251, $14.95)
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Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw, Travels in Search of Canada
• Will Ferguson
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Ferguson (Why I Hate Canadians) dredges up odd characters and amusing icons of Canadian history on his erratic travels across Canada from the west coast, across prairies to Churchill and its famous polar bears, culminating with a visit to the Viking site at L'Anse aux Meadows.
(CND236, $14.95)
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The Big Year, A Tale Of Man, Nature, And Fowl Obsession
• Mark Obmascik
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Obmascik, himself an over-the-edge birder, recounts with glee and page-turning detail the race to see the most birds in North America in a year. It's an utterly compelling account of a three-way race (roofing contractor, tycoon, software nerd), likely never again to be equaled.
(BRD29, $14.00)
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Birds of Edmonton
• Robin Bovey
• FIELD GUIDE
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A slim guide to the birds of Edmonton.
(CND96, $9.95)
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The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife
• Christopher W. Leahy
• Gordon Morrison
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A handsome, fully illustrated survey of the birds of North America, organized A to Z, covering birds, bird biology, conservation and birdwatching.
(NAM21, $19.95)
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The Blackfeet, Raiders on the Northwest Plains
• John Canfield Ewers
• HISTORY
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A classic history of the Blackfeet, first published in 1958. It is old-fashioned, authoritatively written, factual and full of detail of daily life.
(PNW47, $24.95)
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Canada: A People's History, Volume 1
• Don Gillmor
• Pierre Turgeon
• HISTORY
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An illustrated history of Canada from a distinctly Canadian perspective.
(CND160, $60.00)
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Canada: A People's History, Volume 2
• Don Gillmor
• Pierre Turgeon
• HISTORY
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An illustrated history of Canada from a distinctly Canadian perspective.
(CND161, $60.00)
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The Canadian Rockies
• Mike Grandmaison
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An oversize portfolio of stunning peaks, valleys, lakes and rivers in Banff, Jasper, Yoho and beyond.
(CND286, $40.00)
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The Canadian Rockies Colourguide
• Brian Brennan
• GUIDEBOOK
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The revised and updated second edition of this compact and colorful illustrated guide by local experts. With varied cultural information, dining advice and sections for special interests.
(CND246, $16.95)
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The Canadian Rockies Superguide
• Graeme Pole
• GUIDEBOOK
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This essential handbook for travelers combines color photographs, excellent maps and solid information on places and attractions throughout the Canadian Rockies. It also includes a section on the geological formation of the Rockies and fascinating sidebars on wildlife and historical figures.
(CND28, $29.95)
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Castles of the North, Canda's Grand Hotels
• Barbara Chisholm
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A celebration of extravagant hotels throughout Canada.
(CND120, $29.95)
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The Curve of Time
• Muriel Wylie Blanchet
• EXPLORATION
• FAVORITE
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Blanchet's delightful, unlikely account of life aboard a 25-foot ketch with her young family. It's a funny, vivid account of Vancouver Island, full of memorable detail on people and place.
(PNW48, $15.95)
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Dinosaur Country, Unearthing the Alberta Badlands
• Renie Gross
• SCIENCE
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An overview of the Badlands of Alberta and a primer on paleontology in the region.
(CND76, $12.25)
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Emily Carr, an Introduction to Her Life and Art
• Anne Newlands
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A brief, illustrated overview of the early 20th-century Canadian artist.
(CND118, $14.95)
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Footprint Western Canada Handbook
• Matthew Gardner
• GUIDEBOOK
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Covering Vancouver, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, the Canadian Rockies, and the Yukon, this guidebook is an excellent resource for deciding where to go and what to do in the Canadian West. With maps, color photographs, and short sections on history and culture.
(CND264, $19.95)
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Frommer's British Columbia & the Canadian Rockies
• Bill McRae
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical travel guide featuring excellent annotated listings of what to do and where to eat and sleep. With one-color maps and suggested excursions.
(CND298, $18.99)
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Glacier Ice
• Austin Post
• Edward R. LaChapelle
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An extraordinary book of aerial black-and-white photographs of mountains, glaciers and ice accompanied by explanatory text. This beautiful photograph collection introduces the major surface features and varieties of glaciers.
(SCI07, $35.00)
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The Great Divide, A Biography of the Rocky Mountains
• Gary Ferguson
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The exciting adventurers -- trappers, hippies and women's suffragists -- of the Rocky Mountains, past and present, come to life in Ferguson's account of the lands that have always encouraged exploration, inspired dreams and represented American freedom.
(RKY84, $16.95)
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How Old Is That Mountain?, A Visitor's Guide to the Geology of Banff and Yoho National Parks
• Chris Yorath
• FIELD GUIDE
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(CND253, $24.95)
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How To Be A Bad Birdwatcher
• Simon Barnes
• NATURAL HISTORY
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According to Simon Barnes, the only good birdwatcher is a "bad" birdwatcher. A funny and refreshingly straight-talking guide to birdwatching from a London Times sportswriter.
(BRD25, $17.95)
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How to be a Canadian, Even If You Already are One
• Ian Ferguson
• Will Ferguson
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A tongue-in-cheek portrait of Canadian people and society, written by two native sons. Not entirely (but mostly) in jest, the book is an insightful look at the Canadian national character.
(CND208, $18.95)
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The Illustrated History of Canada
• Craig Brown
• HISTORY
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A good, nicely illustrated history of Canada, featuring contributions by six Canadian historians, along with hundreds of engravings, maps, photographs and illustrations.
(CND19, $32.95)
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Insight Guide Canada
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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An illustrated guide to Canada with essays on history, culture and nature.
(CND42, $23.95)
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Into the Dinosaurs' Graveyard: Canadian Digs and Discoveries
• David A. E. Spalding
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A spirited history of personalities and politics of dinosaur collecting in Canada.
(CND137, $13.95)
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Kingbird Highway, The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand
• Kenn Kaufman
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Kaufman's absorbing account of coming-of-age as a Wichita teenager on the road in 1973 with a summer's pay in his pocket and the goal of seeing as many birds as he could in a year.
(BRD27, $14.00)
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The Last Spike, The Great Railway, 1881-1885
• Pierre Berton
• HISTORY
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Part two in Berton's exhilarating narrative of the boldest project in Canadian history, the building of the transcontinental railroad.
(CND179, $24.95)
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Leaning on the Wind, Under the Spell of the Great Chinook
• Sid Marty
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A personal quest to capture the Pacific wind and the spirit of the Canadian Rockies.
(CND185, $18.95)
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Lonely Planet Canada
• Mark Lightbody
• Thomas Huhti
• Ryan Ver Berkmoes
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, practical guide to Canada.
(CND54, $26.99)
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Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast
• Hilary Stewart
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A concise, illustrated overview of the diverse art produced by the peoples of the Pacific Northwest. It focuses on the spiritual and cultural meaning of common motifs that characterize the rich art of the area.
(PNW06, $17.95)
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Mammals of North America
• Roland W. Kays
• Don E. Wilson
• FIELD GUIDE
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The most comprehensive guide to mammals found north of Mexico.
(NAM11, $19.95)
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Moon Handbook Alberta and the Northwest Territories
• Andrew Hempstead
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to northern Canada from the Arctic and the high mountain ranges of the Canadian Rockies to the fossil rich Alberta Badlands and cities such as Calgary, Banff, Jasper and Edmonton.
(CND75, $21.95)
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Moon Handbook British Columbia including the Canadian Rockies
• Andrew Hempstead
• Jane King
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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The National Dream, The Great Railway, 1871 to 1881
• Pierre Berton
• HISTORY
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An exhilarating narrative of the boldest project in Canadian history, the building of the transcontinental railroad. The first of two parts, this book follows the railway from idea to the beginning of construction.
(CND178, $24.95)
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Nch'I-Wana: The Big River, Mid-Columbia Indians and their Land
• Eugene Hunn
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A scholarly, fascinating survey of the Native American people of the eastern Washington and Oregon with a focus on ecology and the environment. The author includes a chapter on contemporary life.
(PNW29, $22.50)
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Of Wolves and Men
• Barry Lopez
• NATURAL HISTORY
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This eloquent, powerful book is an outstanding overview of the wolf, as well as a survey of wolf mythology and its relationship to human society. First published in the 1980s, it has been reprinted with a new afterword by the author.
(BST31, $18.00)
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The Old North Trail: Life, Legends and Religion of the Blackfeet Indians
• Walter McClintock
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A portrait of Blackfoot culture.
(USW411, $19.95)
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Plants of Southern Interior British Columbia and the Inland Northwest
• Robert Parish
• FIELD GUIDE
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(CND252, $24.95)
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Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska
• Andy MacKinnon
• Jim Pojar
• FIELD GUIDE
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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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Plants of the Rocky Mountains
• Linda Kershaw
• FIELD GUIDE
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(RKY87, $22.95)
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Return to Wild America, A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul
• Scott Weidensaul
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An eye-opening trek in the footsteps of conservation pioneers Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher, whose 1953 journey across America resulted in the classic Wild America.
(USA123, $15.00)
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Rising from the Plains
• John McPhee
• NATURAL HISTORY
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McPhee's sophisticated, elegant and accessible volume describes the geology of Wyoming and the Rockies combined with a profile of U.S. Geological Survey scientist David Love.
(USW18, $15.00)
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A River Lost, The Life and Death of the Columbia
• Blaine Harden
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A provocative social and environmental history of the Columbia River by a "Washington Post" journalist and native of the Pacific Northwest. This superbly reported, insightful history combines interviews and personal commentary with solid information.
(PNW25, $15.95)
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Southwest Alberta - Southeast British Columbia Map
• Gem Trek Maps
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Fairly detailed map covering Edmonton to the US Border.
(CND29, $5.95)
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Southwest British Columbia and Northern Washington Map
• Gem Trek Maps
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Covering all Vancouver Island, this handy, full-color map covers the region from Seattle and the coast of British Columbia to the Columbia River in detail.
(PNW21, $5.95)
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Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas
• Ronald Wright
• HISTORY
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A powerful history of imperialism and resistance in the Americas, with a focus on the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois. Wright draws on an impressive range of archival material in reconstructing this classic account.
(NAM20, $17.00)
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Thompson / Cariboo Region Map
• ITMB
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A nicely detailed color map of the Thompson Cariboo region of Eastern British Columbia.
(CND213, $5.95)
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To See Every Bird On Earth: A Father, A Son, And A Lifelong Obsession
• Dan Koeppel
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In this enormously appealing memoir of a life devoted to birds. Koeppel chronicles his father's growing obsession and accomplishment as an elite birdwatcher, one of a handful of people who have tallied 7,000 species.
(BRD28, $14.00)
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The Verb to Bird, Sightings of an Avid Birder
• Peter Cashwell
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A memoir of the birding life, its pleasures, obsessions and pitfalls. Based in the Carolinas (where he teaches English), Cashwell recounts in these essays the birds he's encountered, the why and wherefores of the birding life and some very entertaining anecdotes.
(BRD26, $14.95)
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Victoria, A History in Photographs
• Peter Grant
• HISTORY
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The story of Victoria, British Columbia from its days as a mining colony to its development into a city. Nearly 150 archival photographs are organized together with a short text.
(CND117, $12.95)
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Voyage of a Summer Sun, Canoeing the Columbia River
• Robin Cody
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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In this sparkling account of adventure, encounters and the river, Cody chronicles an 82-day voyage from source to sea, interweaving history and commentary with suspenseful tales of wind, weather, imposing dams, fearsome rapids, boulders and bears.
(PNW39, $14.95)
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Wildflowers of the Columbia Gorge
• Russ Jolley
• FIELD GUIDE
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A comprehensive field guide illustrating 774 species of wildflowers.
(PNW32, $24.95)
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Wonderful Life, The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
• Stephen Jay Gould
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A now-classic -- and still provocative -- study of the 600 million-year-old fossils found in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia. An intriguing look at a heated scientific debate, and an eloquent account of paleontology.
(CND86, $16.95)
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