Driftwood Valley, A Woman Naturalist in the Northern Wilderness  •  Theodora Stanwell-Fletcher  •  Wendell Berry NATURAL HISTORY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES • COMING IN A classic account of pioneer life and the natural history of British Columbia, originally published in 1946 and thankfully returned to print. The estimable Wendell Berry provides an introduction to this edition. The author is not only an excellent writer (the book won the John Burroughs medal) but also earned her a doctorate in animal ecology (one of the first from Cornell). With animal illustrations by her husband John, photographs, and a list of plants and animals in the area. Stanwell-Fletcher spent three years in the wilderness of north-central British Columbia at a cabin that they built on a lake. Enchanted with the wild places, she also wrote Tundra World and Clear Lands and Icy Seas, A Voyage to the Eastern Arctic. (PNW148, $18.95)
Spirit Bear, Encounters with the White Bear of the Western Rainforest  •  Charles Russell  •  Andy Russell NATURAL HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 144 PAGES An illustrated account of the elusive Kermode or Spirit Bear on Princess Royal Island in British Columbia. Russell and his crew have the chance to photograph and interact with the white bears up-close, giving the reader a glimpse into the life of this rare morph. (CND85, $29.95)
Field Guide to the Grizzly Bear  •  Lance Olsen FIELD GUIDE •  1992 •  PAPER  • 48 PAGES • COMING IN A brief introduction to the ecology, natural history and conservation of the grizzly sponsored by the Great Bear Foundation. (BST38, $6.95)
Seabirds of the World, A Photographic Guide  •  Peter Harrison FIELD GUIDE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 317 PAGES • COMING IN A field edition of Harrison's definitive seabird identification guide, featuring 740 color photographs. It illustrates all the world's seabirds, many in a variety of plumages. The book also contains a convenient key to identifying the confusing albatrosses, petrels and other tubenoses, as well as range maps and information about habitats and distribution. This is the book that you'd carry on any sea voyage; our ten-year-old edition has been everywhere. (FG16, $29.95)
Notes from the Century Before, A Journal from British Columbia  •  Edward Hoagland  •  Jon Krakauer TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES • COMING IN A classic portrait of a disappearing way of life in Northwest British Columbia. In 1966, Hoagland spent three months in the backcountry chatting up the locals. His essays introduce a lively cast of old-timers and capture the essence of a way of life quickly slipping away. First published in 1969. (CND189, $13.95)