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Kim Dorland by Katerina Atanassova, Robert Enright and Jeffrey Spalding

"Kim Dorland" explores the mind and work of one of Canada's most intriguing contemporary artists. Named Globe and Mail 'Artist of the Year' in 2013, Dorland has captured the public's imagination with his tour-de-force, visceral creations. His paintings are at once referential, material, psychological, beautiful, and uncomfortable, resulting in a body of work that is seemingly disparate but undeniably connected through its idiosyncratic - and maximal - use of paint in all its forms

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Katerina Atanassova is the chief curator of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Since her appointment in 2009, she has led and curated several special exhibitions, among them The Tree: Form and Substance (2011) and You Are Here: Kim Dorland and the Return to Painting (2013). She was also the co-curator for the enormously successful international touring exhibition, Figure 1 Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. She is a graduate of On Sale: Oct 3/14 Sofia University and holds an M.A. from the Centre for Mediaeval Studies, 10.35 x 8.81 University of Toronto. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of 9781927958254 • $45.00 • cl Art History and Visual Culture at York University, where she is working on Architecture / Landscape urban visuality and the emergence of urban culture in Canada.

Robert Enright is the senior contributing editor and film critic for Border Crossings magazine and the University Research Chair in Art Theory and Criticism in the School of Fine Art and Music at the University of Guelph. He is the author of a number of books and has contributed introductions, interviews, and essays to hundreds of books and catalogues. He was a nominator and contributor to both Vitamin P2 and Vitamin D2. In 2005 he was made a member of the Order of Canada. He lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba Jeffrey Spalding is an artist, writer, and (...)

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Deadhead Cedric, Nathan and Jim Bomford by Barbara Cole and Jen Weih, edited by Lorna Brown

The Deadhead publication presents a rich visual narrative of an ambitious sculptural project by the Bomfords that leads the reader through phases of early research, studio production, installation, life on the water and final deconstruction. Mounted to a barge and towed to different locations during the summer of 2014, this large-scale installation acted as a curious marine outpost asserting a presence that both troubled and delighted. In amongst paddleboats, pleasure craft, passenger ferries, cruise ships, freighters and barges stacked high with global commodities, Deadhead introduced art as valuable cargo within a constantly changing flotilla of economic exchange. As a platform from which cultural activities unfolded, Deadhead hosted a lively program of events including weekly open houses, film screenings, workshops, choir performances and a series of improvisational sunset performances. Photographs by Cedric Bomford, Nathan Bomford, Barbara Cole, Maegan Hill-Carroll, Michael Love, Philip Nee Nee, David Peters, Bob Ross, Rachel Topham, Karen Zalamea Figure 1 On Sale: Sep 10/16 10.66 x 9.53 • 112 pages Author Bio 127 illustrations 9780986681936 • $35.00 • pb Lorna Brown is a Vancouver-based visual artist, curator, writer and editor. Art / Canadian Independent projects include the public artwork "Digital Natives", and "Ruins in Process: Vancouver Art in the Sixties". Brown is Associate Director/Curator of the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery at the University of British Columbia.

Kimberly Phillips is Director/Curator of Access Gallery, a Vancouver artist-run centre committed to supporting the work of emergent and experimental artists. She has authored, edited and contributed to numerous exhibition catalogues and her writings have appeared in Artforum, C Magazine, and Filip.

Jen Weih is and artist and educator based in Vancouver. Her projects range from printmaking to video to participatory movement events to projects in public programming and community engagement. She is an instructor at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

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The Games are Open Folke Kobberling and Martin Kaltwasser by Barbara Cole and Barbara Holub, edited by Lorna Brown

The Games are Open by the Berlin-based artist team of Folke Köbberling and Martin Kaltwasser used materials recycled from the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Athletes’ Village to create a sculpture in the form of a larger-than-life bulldozer. Constructed from 1,000 sheets of wheatboard, the artwork gradually transitioned from sculpture to garden, it’s decomposition providing fodder for new growth. The Games are Open publication is designed as a hand-held flipbook, which animates the project’s transformation over a four-year period. The book features over 172 images taken by Vancouver- based photographer Hans Sipma, who passed by the sculpture each day on his bicycle commute to work. Interspersed on facing pages, curator Barbara Cole traces the project’s remarkable series of co-options, interventions and adoptions through an annotated chronology. Back pages feature a text by Barbara Holub, a Vienna-based artist, educator and writer whose transdisciplinary practice moves between art, urbanism, architecture and theory. Photographs by Hans Sipma and Barbara Cole. Figure 1 On Sale: Sep 10/16 8.83 x 5.09 • 288 pages Author Bio 172 colour photos 9780986681943 • $30.00 • pb Lorna Brown is a Vancouver-based visual artist, curator, writer and editor. Art / Canadian Independent projects include the public artwork "Digital Natives", and "Ruins in Process: Vancouver Art in the Sixties". Brown is Associate Director/Curator of the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery at the University of British Columbia.

Barbara Cole is an artist, educator and founder and Executive Director of Other Sights for Artist's Projects. She is also the Principal of Cole Projects, a public art consulting firm that promotes experimental approaches to public art planning and commissioining. Based in Vienna, Barbara Holub co-founded transparadiso as a transdiciplinary practice between art, urbanism, architecture and therory. She is external expert for direct urbanism at Social Design/University of Applied Arts Vienna and lectures at the Vienna University of Technology.

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A Sublime Vernacular The Landscape Paintings of Levine Flexhaug by Nancy Tousley and Peter White

A Sublime Vernacular: The Landscape Paintings of Levine Flexhaug examines the extraordinary career of Levine Flexhaug (1918 - 1974), an itinerant artist who sold thousands of variations of essentially the same idyllic mountain scene in national parks, resorts, department stores, restaurants and bars across western Canada from the late 1930s through the 1960s. A self- described "speed painter", he turned out paintings in a matter of minutes, often working on several at the same time, that mesmerized customers as they watched them come to life. Flexhaug was painting a generic landscape fantasy for a society that had been shaped by the Dust Bowl and Depression, but the way he turned that popular formula inside out resulted in paintings of extraordinary richness and invention. This book features more than 120 colour reproductions of his paintings and historic photographs. Essays explore his relationship to the tradition of ideal landscape painting, the Prairie influence on his art and career, and his place within both the history of "market-driven" art (...) Figure 1 On Sale: Aug 17/15 10.50 x 8.50 • 160 pages Author Bio 9780994726902 • $45.00 • cl Art / General Nancy Tousley is an art critic, arts journalist, and independent curator. She was art critic of the Calgary Herald for more than thirty years and has been a contributing editor of Canadian Art since 1986. She has organized exhibitions and written numerous catalogue essays for public art galleries across Canada. In 2002 she was recognized for outstanding achievement in arts journalism by the Canadian Museums Association and in 2011 received a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts for her contributions to contemporary Canadian art. She lives in Calgary, Alberta.

Peter White is an independent curator and writer. Formerly a journalist for the Globe and Mail and curator/director of the Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, he has organized numerous exhibitions of contemporary and historical art for public art galleries in Canada. He is author of It Pays to Play: British Columbia in Postcards 1950s-1980s (Arsenal Pulp Press, 1996) and co-editor of Beyond Wilderness: The Group of Seven, Canadian Identity, and Contemporary Art (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007). He lives in Montreal, Quebec.

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LEAD Sister and I in Alaska by Emily Carr, edited by David A. Silcox

Full of humour and delight, with a playful text and whimsical full colour illustrations, Sister and I in Alaska documents Emily and Alice's trip to Skidegate, Juneau and places beyond, an adventure that proved seminal in the development of Carr as one of the foremost painters of the last century.

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David P. Silcox has received the Order of Canada and a Governor General’s Award for his many contributions to all the disciplines of the arts in Canada. He has written several award-winning books: Painting Place: the Life and Work of David B. Milne, Tom Thomson: The Silence and The Storm (with Harold Town), The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson, and Christopher Pratt, as well as numerous articles, catalogues, and reviews on artists and the arts.

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Harold Town by Iris Nowell

The extraordinary life and art of one of Canada's most exciting painters

Harold Barling Town (1924 - 1990) began drawing as a three-year-old and never stopped. A prodigious worker, his oeuvre totals some 9,000 works - paintings, collages, monoprints, lithographs, silk screens and linocuts, as well as assemblages, sculptures and murals. A founding member of Painters Eleven, the group that propelled Abstract Expressionism to the forefront in Canada in 1953, Town gained international recognition for his technically inventive Single Autographic Prints. They were shown at the 1956 Venice Biennale and won him his first of numerous international prizes at Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia), in 1957. His work is held in the world's renowned art museums - the Tate Modern, London; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and the Galleria d'Arte, Lugano, Switzerland, among them. Alfred H. Barr, MoMA director, held Town in high regard as printmaker, and MoMA was the first Figure 1 international museum to purchase his work. On Sale: Oct 21/14 In this definitive monograph, Iris Nowell presents a dazzling account of the life 7.50 x 9.25 • 224 pages and art of Harold Town. Her insightful text is accompanied by 120 110 images reproductions of Town?s work highlighting his epic, brilliant career. 9781927958094 • $45.00 • cl Art / Canadian Author Bio

Iris Nowell is the author of seven books, this volume her fourth art book. Her memoir Hot Breakfast for Sparrows: My Life with Harold Town¸ 1992, provides a unique perspective on Town'’s life and art. Joyce Wieland: A Life in Art, 2001, has become a staple in women’'s studies in Canadian universities, and Painters Eleven: The Wild Ones of Canadian Art, 2010, winner of an Alcuin Society Award for Book Design Excellence in Canada, is now in its third printing.

Iris Nowell’'s extensive background in art includes working on art projects in both the public and private sectors, and she is also an active public speaker on art. She serves as Trustee on the Board of Directors of the Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery in Oshawa, Ontario, whose permanent collection of Painters Eleven art and archives is the largest in Canada. Iris Nowell lives and works in Toronto.

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A Discerning Eye The Walter C. Koerner collection of European ceramics by Carol E. Mayer

Like the ceramics he collected throughout his life, Walter C. Koerner was a survivor of turbulent times. Born in Moravia in 1889, Koerner fled his homeland shortly before the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. After immigrating to Canada and settling in B.C., he prospered in business and became one of the University of British Columbia's most significant benefactors.

Today, the gallery in the Museum of Anthropology that bears Koerner's name is home to one of the most exquisite collections of European ceramics in North America. The Koerner Ceramics Gallery is a testament to elegance, craftsmanship, and the beauty of everyday objects. Yet it is also a reflection of the complex socio-political forces at work throughout four centuries of European history.

A lavish celebration of this impressive collection, "A Discerning Eye" highlights Figure 1 approximately two hundred functional and decorative wares from the sixteenth On Sale: Feb 14/15 to the nineteenth century. From Italian Renaissance maiolica, still considered 10.48 x 12.33 • 176 pages by many to be the pinnacle of European ceramic art; to Haban pottery created 9781927958186 • $45.00 • cl by (...) Art / Ceramics Author Bio

Carol E. Mayer is the head of the curatorial department at the Museum of Anthropology and an associate to UBC’'s Department of Anthropology. Internationally known for her work as a museum curator, she has published widely on museum-related topics, curated more than forty exhibitions, and received fellowships from the Smithsonian Institution and the Sainsbury Research Unit and numerous awards including from the Canadian Museums Association, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) Canada, and the Potters Guild of British Columbia.

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Heaven, Hell and Somewhere in Between Portuguese Popular Art by Anthony Alan Shelton

A powerful compilation of popular artworks that captures the playful, subversive culture of a nation forever trapped between land and sea, salvation and damnation.

Popular art expresses the passion and verve emanating from the rich imagination and the social, political and religious experiences of its creators. In Portugal, this art of the people also conveys deeply seated, idealistic views of national identity, history and character that have been molded by various personal histories, temperaments and political regimes.

Much Portuguese popular art focuses on three amorphous places: Heaven (the world of the saints, grace and salvation); Hell (the domain of the Devil, dystopia, annoyance and mischief); and Somewhere In Between (a country called Portugal whose denizens grapple with good and evil every day, as they Figure 1 have for centuries). Popular art evokes and gives form to history, On Sale: Aug 20/15 contemporary events, authorized and popular religious beliefs and the push 10.47 x 12.11 • 296 pages and pull between Portugal's powerful but ambiguous relations with the sea 120 illustrations and the land. 9781927958247 • $45.00 • cl Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions A companion piece for a major exhibition (...)

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Anthony Alan Shelton is director of the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) and professor at the University of British Columbia. An anthropologist, administrator, curator and teacher, he is a leader in museology, cultural criticism and the anthropology of art and aesthetics. Dr. Shelton has held posts at the British Museum, Royal Pavilion Art Gallery and Museum, the Horniman Museum, London, and at the universities of Sussex, University College London and Coimbra, Portugal. He has curated or co-curated 13 innovative exhibitions, including Heaven, Hell and Somewhere In Between at MOA in 2015.

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A Sense of Place Art at Vancouver International Airport by Robin Laurence

A spectacular overview of one of the most highly acclaimed art collections on the West Coast, which greets travellers at YVR as they journey between land, sea, and sky. Vancouver International Airport, known for its modern design and expansive topography, offers an impressive visual display of award-winning art and architecture. Each terminal building represents the culture heritage, natural beauty, and iconic experiences that embody British Columbia, and the artwork exhibited throughout plays an integral role in telling those stories. Revered in particular for its focus on Pacific Coast Native art, the collection is presented in the thematic groupings of land, sea, and sky - three realms that intersect at YVR.

In YVR, art historian and critic Robin Laurence will examine the commissioning of dozens of striking artworks as a response to the airport's overall architectural and design plan, and particularly as a reflection of the Figure 1 cultural heritage and natural environment identified with the province of British On Sale: Sep 18/15 Columbia. Among the highlights of the collection are monumental sculptures 8.70 x 9.95 • 128 pages by leading Northwest Coast First Nations artists including Susan A. Point 9781927958261 • $24.95 • pb (Coast Salish), Robert Davidson (Haida), Dempsey Bob (Tahltan-Tlingit), Art / Canadian Richard Hunt (Kwakwaka-wakw), Lyle Wilson (Haisla), Joe David (Nuu-chah- nulth), Connie Watts (Nuu-chah-nulth, Kwakwaka-wakw and Gitxsan), and the late Bill Reid, famed for The Spirit of Haida Gwaii: The Jade Canoe. Their art both welcomes and bids farewell to the millions of travellers who make their way through YVR each year.

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Robin Laurence is an independent writer, critic, and curator based in Vancouver. She is the visual arts critic for The Georgia Straight, and is a contributing editor for both Canadian Art and Border Crossings magazines, for which she writes regularly. She has published essays about art and artists in more than fifty books and exhibition catalogues, and has produced numerous reviews and feature articles for local, national, and international publications. Laurence holds an MA in art history and a BFA in studio arts, and was educated at the University of Calgary, the University of Victoria, the Banff School of Fine Arts, and the Instituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

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Anna Banana 45 Years of Fooling Around with A. Banana edited by Michelle Jacques

Widely recognized and admired in countercultural communities but overlooked by the mainstream for decades, Anna Banana has been fearlessly challenging convention as Town Fool and Doktor Anna Freud, producing parodic publications, creating and exchanging artist's stamps and other original artworks and staging banana-themed events that she documents for a network of like-minded artists around the world. It is this vibrant community of creative individuals that has both fuelled her work and embraced it, and it is their long history of communicating by mail-welcoming anyone interested in participating-that has laid the groundwork for today's social media networks.

Anna Banana: 45 Years of Fooling Around with A. Banana is a compelling retrospective of the artist's work and her place in art history. Michelle Jacques traces Banana's evolution from Anne Long to conceptual artist Anna Banana and the breadth of her oeuvre. Craig Saper contemplates the paradox that an artist of her stature could remain virtually unknown while subverting Figure 1 mainstream art and culture so relentlessly and so humorously for so long. On Sale: Aug 11/15 Anne Thurmann-Jajes relates the value of the Banana Rag and other 8.69 x 9.75 • 168 pages publications in publicizing the artist's actions and maintaining contact with 9781927958292 • $40.00 • cl other artists. And Edward M. Goméz highlights the importance of Banana's Art / Conceptual fun, frank and frequently experimental art in engaging new audiences and bridging the historic anti-art practices of Dada and Fluxus and today's contemporary practices. Like the artist herself, this remarkable book will enlighten, engage and surprise.

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Michelle Jacques is a curator, educator and writer. She is currently the chief curator at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and has previously held positions in the contemporary and Canadian departments at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. She has taught art history, curatorial studies and art writing at the post-secondary level. Recent and forthcoming publications include “Born in Detroit” in Introducing Suzy Lake (ed. Georgiana Uhlyarik, Black Dog Publishing, 2014); “And the winner is...,” an analysis of Camille Turner’s ongoing Miss Canadiana performance in Byproduct: On the Excess of Embedded Art Practices (ed. Marisa Jahn, YYZ Books, 2010); and “The Artist- run Centre as Tactical Training Unit” in decentre: concerning artist-run culture (YYZ Books, 2008)

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Jeff Wall North & West by Aaron Peck

Jeff Wall has lived in his hometown of Vancouver for all but four years of his life. Most of the images he has created are shot in and around that city, yet his art transcends these local subjects and addresses universal themes of history and memory. That explains why his work is celebrated around the world and has been the subject of countless international exhibitions from the Tate Modern, to MoMa, to the Art Institute of Chicago. His importance to photoconceptualism is recognized throughout the art world and his cinematographic pictures are immensely popular with the public and the academy alike.

The images he has chosen for North and West explore the meaning of history and how we remember the cities we inhabit. The towns imprinted in our minds no longer exist. Urban landscapes constantly change but the remnants of the past remain and history's influence never ends. North and West is a succinct and indispensible look into the profoundly moving and influential oeuvre of Jeff Figure 1 Wall. On Sale: Oct 13/15 10.37 x 11.16 • 64 pages 20 images Author Bio 9781927958483 • $25.00 • cl Art / Canadian AARON PECK is the author of The Bewilderments of Bernard Willis and Letters to the Pacific. He also is a frequent contributor to Artforum. In 2012, he was invited to be a participant in Documenta 13 as a writer-in-residence. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he is a lecturer at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

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Masterworks from the Audain Art Museum, Whistler by Ian Thom

A unique collection spanning two hundred years of British Columbia's remarkable visual art.

Art is a window into culture and history, and there is no collection that portrays the astonishing breadth of British Columbia's art from the early nineteenth century to the present as superbly as the one at the Audain Art Museum in Whistler. This beautiful book brings together in a single volume many highlights from the museum's permanent galleries.

Among the early works are exquisitely produced First Nations masks, many of them repatriated to British Columbia from collections around the world. Also of significant interest are a wide selection of works by Emily Carr and E.J. Hughes that span their entire careers, as well as some of the most vivid depictions of the regional landscape by Frederick Varley and William Weston. Figure 1 Stunning examples of modernism by Lawren Harris and B.C. Binning presage On Sale: Oct 9/15 images by innovative practitioners such as Jack Shadbolt, Toni Onley, Gordon 10.40 x 11.03 • 208 pages Smith and Claude Breeze. And most familiar to contemporary audiences are 9781927958490 • $45.00 • cl innovative works by photo-conceptual artists such as Jeff Wall, Rodney Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions Graham, Ken Lum and Stephen Waddell and career-defining contemporary art by First Nations artists such as Bill Reid, Robert Davidson, Beau Dick, Brian Jungen, Sonny Assu and Marianne Nicolson.

Interviews with John and Patricia Patkau, the award-winning architects of the building, and art collector and philanthropist Michael Audain set the works in context. This is the definitive guide not only to the museum but to the history of art in British Columbia.

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Ian M. Thom is one of Canada's foremost advocates for British Columbia art. Now Senior Curator - Historical at the Vancouver Art Gallery, he has organized more than 100 exhibitions throughout his career, on subjects as diverse as Rembrandt, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol. He is best known, however, as an expert on Canadian art and especially the work of Emily Carr. His books, which include Challenging Traditions; Shore, Forest and Beyond; and Art BC, and scholarly publications are all highly respected and appeal to a wide audience. A member of the Order of Canada for his contributions to Canadian art, Thom lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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I had an interesting French Artist to see me this summer Emily Carr and Wolfgang Paalen in British Columbia by Colin Browne

A original new look at the life and art of Emily Carr and her relationship to the international art of her time

“I had an interesting French Artist to see me this summer”: Emily Carr and Wolfgang Paalen in British Columbia brings together new research concerning the French/Austrian artist Wolfgang Paalen (1905-1959), and the great Canadian modernist, Emily Carr (1871-1945), both of whom dedicated their most productive years to what Paalen called “the direct visualization of the forces which move our body and mind.” Accompanying an exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery scheduled for July 1 to November 13, 2016, the catalogue will tell the story of how both artists met in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1939, and how the creative vision of each one expanded in reaction to the landscape and the monumental art of the Northwest Coast Figure 1 First Nations. The catalogue will present an essay by the scholar Colin On Sale: Jun 9/16 Browne, ancillary archival materials, as well as full colour reproductions of 8.09 x 8.20 • 80 pages both early and (...) 9781927958780 • $24.95 • pb Art / Canadian Author Bio

Colin Browne is a poet, documentary filmmaker and non-fiction writer whose most recent book, The Hatch, was published in the spring of 2015. His films include Linton Garner: I Never Said Goodbye, Father and Son and White Lake, nominated for a Canadian Film Award as Best Feature Length Documentary. He was an editor of Writing magazine and a co-founder of the Kootenay School of Writing, the Praxis Centre for Screenwriters and the Art of Documentary workshops. He is currently researching the history and legacy of surrealists’ engagement with the ceremonial art of the Northwest Coast for a book entitled Scavengers of Paradise, and has completed a monograph on artist Charles Edenshaw and the helmsman galaga snaanga—known as Fungus Man—a figure from the Haida epic, Raven Travelling. Browne has a keen interest in film preservation and participated in the reconstruction of Edward Curtis’ 1914 feature In the Land of the Head Hunters, filmed with a Kwakwaka’wakw cast and crew in tsaxis (Fort Rupert) on Vancouver Island. Until recently, he taught film production, film history and critical writing in the SFU School for the Contemporary Arts, where he is a Professor Emeritus. He continues to work with graduate students.

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Grand Complications 50 Guitars & 50 Stories from Inlay Artist William "Grit" Laskin by William "Grit" Laskin

Grand Complications is the story behind the story of fifty of these original designs from 2003 to the present. It is a look inside guitarmaker William "Grit" Laskin’s creative process—how he teases out a client’s interests and intentions, how he develops and refines his ideas, and how he brings them to life in his mind and on paper. From “Short Stories” that fill only the headstock of a guitar to full narratives that run the length of the neck, each inspired design is the product of research, deep thinking, and a little alchemy. Featured here are projects ranging from an homage to John Lennon to a paean to humpback whales to a tribute to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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William "Grit" Laskin is a master guitarmaker, a musician and songwriter, an Figure 1 artist and a storyteller. For more than forty-five years, he’s been hand-building On Sale: Oct 4/16 guitars for such luminaries as Stan Rogers, Jesse Cook, Rik Emmett, and k.d. 8.22 x 12.31 • 232 pages lang, inlaying many of these instruments with his personalized designs. 150 photographs A member of the Order of Canada, winner of the Saidye Bronfman Award for 9781927958841 • $45.00 • cl Excellence (Canada’s most prestigious craft award), and founder of Borealis Music / Musical Instruments / Guitar Records, Laskin is a true craftsman and his insights make fascinating reading for lovers of art, music—and the creative process.

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Plasticiens and Beyond: Montreal, 1955 - 1970 by Roald Nasgaard and Michel Martin

"The bestselling author of Abstract Painting in Canada explores one of Canada's only avant-garde movements, The Plasticiens"

By the mid-1950s, young Montreal artists were turning their backs on the surrealist spontaneity of the Automatistes. Painting in Montreal paralleled the New York pattern of following the "hot" of Abstract Expression with the "cool" of Post-painterly Abstraction. But Montreal produced a late Modernist practice markedly distinct and independent from New York's - a movement known as The Plasticiens. Sumptuously illustrated, this volume features seventy-five paintings by Louis Belzile, Charles Gagnon, Yves Gaucher, Jean Goguen, Jauran (Rodolphe de Repentigny), Jean-Paul Jérôme, Denis Juneau, Fernand Leduc, Guido Molinari, Fernand Toupin, and Claude Tousignant

Author Bio Figure 1 On Sale: Jun 1/13 Roald Nasgaard, eminent art historian andformer chief curator at the Art 9.48 x 10.21 • 176 pages Gallery of Ontario, is the author of the critically acclaimed books The Mystic Varley Art Gallery of Markham and Musee Nationale North, Abstract Painting in Canada, andThe Automatiste Revolution, and des Beaux Arts many exhibition catalogues. Michel Martin was the curator of contemporary art 9782550667421 • $42.75 • pb at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec from 1978 to 2008. His Art / Canadian many exhibitions include John Heward: A Trajectory, Fernand Leduc: Freeing the Light, and Yves Gaucher: Recurrences.

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Leaving Home The Remarkable Life of Peter Jacyk by John Lawrence Reynolds

The inspiring story of a penniless wartime refugee's rise to prominence in Canada's business and cultural worlds

Petro (Peter) Jacyk survived two of the most horrendous events of the twentieth century: the Ukrainian famine of the 1930s, instigated by Stalin and responsible for the deaths of untold millions and waves of invasion and slaughter from Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany. Fleeing post-war Europe in 1949, he arrived in Canada with $7 in his pocket and horrific images in his memory.

His adopted country would inspire a deep and life-long love in Jacyk. Here at last, as he put it, he was “free to live and free to succeed.” Through the Toronto building and land development firm he founded, he established himself as an economic and cultural powerhouse. Exacting in his dealings Figure 1 with others, yet a generous mentor, he sought excellence in all of his pursuits. On Sale: Sep 1/13 6 x 9 • 224 pages In time, the man who had begun as a “poor-penny immigrant” became one of 9780991858811 • $29.95 • cl the country’s most prominent (...) Biography / Business Author Bio

John Lawrence Reynolds, a native of Hamilton, Ontario, holds two degrees from McMaster University (English and Psychology). He began his career in advertising, becoming VP-Creative Services of a major ad agency before pursuing a career in feature writing, photography, and film/video production and direction.His travel and feature writing has appeared in periodicals including Financial Post, Toronto Life, Report On Business, Leisureways, Canadian Living, and others. He has published over 25 fiction and non-fiction books, winning various awards including two Arthur Ellis Awards and a National Business Book Award for Free Rider: How a Bay Street Whiz Kid Stole and Spent $20 Million (McArthur & Co.). He lives in Burlington, Ontario.

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Answering the Call How Brian Canfield Shaped Canada's Telecom Industry by Steven Shepard

A handsomely illustrated biography of one of Canada’s most successful and respected business leaders.

In 1956 Brian Canfield got his first job at the BC Telephone Company as an apprentice installer. He was just out of high school, only eighteen years old, a local kid born and raised in New Westminster, and he took to this new opportunity like he would to any new opportunity in his career: with passion and wonder and huge commitment. Over a career spanning almost six decades, Canfield rose through the ranks of BC Tel, first in technical roles where he discovered his love for technology and learning how things work, and eventually as a manager and executive, where he found his passion for leadership, strategic planning and mentorship. He became President and CEO in 1990, then Chairman in 1993, and over his twenty-four-year tenure at the helm, he steered the company through a period of massive change in the telecom industry, eventually making the decision to make the company a Figure 1 national carrier. On Sale: Apr 13/16 9.07 x 10.02 • 208 pages A much-loved, well respected employee, executive and leader, Canfield 9781927958315 • $29.95 • cl exemplifies the values that guide modern day TELUS, a company that strives Biography / Business to innovate and give back to the community. Told in a lively and engaging manner, and featuring full colour photographs throughout, Answering the Call is an inspirational look back at one man’s remarkable career.

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Steven Shepard is the founder of the Shepard Communications Group in Williston, Vermont, co-founder of the Executive Crash Course Company, and the founder of Shepard Images. A professional author, photographer and educator, he visits dozens of countries a year as a consulting analyst to the technology industry. He received his undergraduate degree in Spanish and Romance Philology from the University of California at Berkeley, his Master’s Degree in International Business from St. Mary's College, and his doctorate from the Da Vinci Institute in Rivonia, South Africa. He lives in Vermont with his wife Sabine.

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LEAD Journey after Midnight India, Canada and the Road Beyond by Ujjal Dosanjh

A beautifully written and evocative memoir of one of Canada’s most distinguished politicians.

A midnight's child of poor rural India, Ujjal Dosanjh emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1964 at the age of eighteen, and spent nearly four years making crayons, car parts and shunting trains while he attended night school and learned English by listening to BBC Radio. He moved to Canada in 1968, to the west coast, where he pulled lumber in a sawmill for a few years, eventually earning a B.A from Simon Fraser University in 1973 and then his law degree from the University of British Columbia three years later. He practiced law for many years, and was a social justice advocate who fought for the rights of farm and domestic workers. After many years as a Member of the Legislative Assembly he became Attorney General and then Premier of British Columbia, the first person of Indian descent to hold these offices anywhere in the country. Figure 1 On Sale: Apr 19/16 This is a deeply personal and (...) 7.82 x 9.12 • 448 pages 9781927958568 • $34.95 • cl Biography / Political Author Bio

Ujjal Dosanjh is the former Premier of British Columbia and a former Minister of Health for Canada. He became the Attorney General of British Columbia in 1995, and then Premier of British Columbia from February 2000 to June 2001 before he entered federal politics. He lives in Vancouver with his wife Rami.

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They Desire a Better Country / Ils desirent une patrie meilleure The Order of Canada in 50 Stories / L'Ordre du Canada en 50 histoires by Lawrence Scanlan, translated by Daniel Poliquin

Twice a year, in summer and in winter, appointments to the Order of Canada are posted in newspapers across the country. The range of professions represented is often dizzying, but there are common themes in the choices: excellence, service to the nation, passion, innovation, commitment, dedication, brilliance. The order's motto effectively captures the generous and selfless spirit of these people: Desiderantes meliorem patriam-they desire a better country.

The Order of Canada-our nation's highest honour-was launched fifty years ago in 1967 by then-Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Since then, almost seven thousand Canadians have received the award for service to their communities, to the nation and, in some cases, to the world. Figure 1 On Sale: Feb 20/17 To celebrate the Order of Canada's fiftieth anniversary in 2017, the Rideau 10.30 x 11.53 • 272 pages Hall Foundation commissioned this exceptional book with the aim of 50 photographs encouraging Canadians to learn about some of the remarkable individuals 9781927958766 • $45.00 • cl who have garnered this prestigious award. And although this book captures Biography & Autobiography / General only a handful of their stories, it is (...)

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Lawrence Scanlan is the author or co-author of two dozen books, including A Year of Living Generously: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Philanthropy. As a ghostwriter, he has worked with Robert Bateman, Margaret Trudeau, Olivia Chow and Richard Peddie, among others, on their memoirs. The veteran journalist (former producer with CBC Radio's ’Morningside and Writers & Company, managing editor of Harrowsmith magazine, and literary editor of The Kingston Whig-Standard) has won three National Magazine Awards.

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LEAD Moolala Guide to Rockin' Your RRSP Start Rockin' in Five Easy Steps by Bruce Sellery

Get a handle on your money so you can enjoy the retirement you want!

"Most of us become anxious, annoyed, and almost certainly bored when the topic of "retirement planning' comes up. We are smart, capable people, yet we know we could be doing more and perhaps should be doing more to set up our eighty-year-old selves for success.

In The Moolala Guide to Rockin' Your RRSP, bestselling author, television host, and popular speaker Bruce Sellery makes retirement relevant to your life today, even though it may be decades before you leave your career behind. He provides a simple plan to help you rock your RRSP immediately, and most importantly, he inspires you to get off your duff and take action.

This book takes you through five painless steps and combines interactive exercises, personal stories from people like you, and great practical advice to Figure 1 help you get a handle on your retirement savings. It is written specifically for On Sale: Jan 1/14 those of us who could use (...) 5.92 x 8.40 • 208 pages 9781927958001 • $19.95 • pb Bus & Econ / Personal Finance / Retirement Planning Author Bio

Bruce Sellery is author of the Globe and Mail bestselling book Moolala: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things with Their Money (and What You Can Do About It). He is a columnist for MoneySense, Canada's personal finance magazine, and a regular contributor on CBC-TV's The Lang & O'Leary Exchange. Bruce hosted Million Dollar Neighbourhood on the Oprah Winfrey Network and was one of the founding staff members of CTV's Business News Network. He is a member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers and an alumnus of the Governor General's Leadership Conference. He earned an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Queen's School of Business in Kingston, Ontario, and, prior to his move into business journalism was a brand manager at Procter & Gamble. He lives with his family in Toronto, Ontario.

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LEAD Build Your Family Bank A Winning Vision for Multigenerational Wealth by Emily Griffiths-Hamilton

A fresh and accessible guide to successful wealth transition - for many generations

Why do 70% of wealth transition plans fail? This is the question that Emily Griffiths-Hamilton sets out to answer in Build Your Family Bank, a book that looks closely at the core causes of wealth erosion and failed transition plans and offers a set of strategies for building successful wealth transition plans that will benefit many generations.

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Emily Griffiths-Hamilton is a chartered accountant and Investment Advisor who brings three generations of experience to the subject of succession and wealth-transition planning. Her maternal grandfather, veterinarian Dr. William Figure 1 Ballard, was one of North America's greatest dynamic wealth creators. Her On Sale: Aug 25/14 father, Frank A. Griffiths, FCA, built a highly successful sports and media 5.82 x 8.61 • 168 pages empire. Griffiths-Hamilton herself has been the co-owner of a National Hockey 9781927958070 • $25.00 • cl League team, the Vancouver Canucks; a National Basketball Association Bus & Econ / Personal Finance / Money Mgmt franchise, the Vancouver Grizzlies; and a state-of-the-art arena.

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Power Smart How A Simple Idea Revolutionized the Way We Use Electricity by Kerry Gold

In 1989, BC Hydro launched a program that would revolutionize how British Columbians lived, how businesses achieved their bottom lines, and how building codes and appliance standards were written. It was a simple but game-changing idea called Power Smart. Since then, Power Smart has become a household name in B.C., synonymous with the efficient use of electricity. It is one of the greatest Canadian conservation-marketing campaigns in a generation.

Power Smart has affected every B.C. resident, whether through their use of the popular Refrigerator Buy-Back Program or the CFL light bulb, which has now replaced the old-fashioned incandescent. Power Smart did nothing less than transform BC Hydro into a cultural force that sold the concept of electricity conservation to its customers ¾ a counterintuitive, creative, and bravely progressive achievement. Figure 1 Using electricity more efficiently, rather than continually generating more, has On Sale: Apr 17/15 brought significant savings to residential, commercial, and industrial 7.59 x 10.97 • 64 pages consumers. And it's brought a new awareness, both to the public and within illustrations throughout BC Hydro itself, of the fine balance between producing and conserving 9781927958223 • $14.95 • pb electricity in a world that can't afford to squander its natural resources. This is Bus & Econ / Industries / Energy Industries the story of how that transformation came to be, and of the people who made it happen.

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Kerry Gold is a veteran journalist who's written for The Vancouver Sun and The Globe and Mail, among other publications. She is also the author of several books, including Michael Bublé: Onstage, Offstage and The White Spot Cookbook. She lives in Vancouver.

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Business is ART and science, gut instinct, hard work, and a certain amount of luck by Jon Umstead

Estimates say that as many as eight out of ten new businesses fail within the first eighteen months. More conservative estimates say that about half of new business start-ups are still in business four to five years later. In either case, the likelihood of business failure is very high. Studies prove that good planning practices more than double the chance of business success. Yet, the vast majority of small to medium sized businesses operate without a formal plan, and of those who do build a plan, only a handful carefully measure their targeted objectives and adjust their plans accordingly.

Business is ART provides business leaders with an easy-to-follow approach to business success. The book is intended for any business owner, executive or organizational leader, but is especially designed for the small to medium sized organization. Figure 1 Its purpose is to provide a simple process—with templates—that business and On Sale: Aug 5/15 organizational leaders can follow, from the creation of a powerful vision, to 7.63 x 8.49 • 280 pages strategic business plans, to performance metrics and back again in a 9781927958445 • $21.00 • pb continuous cycle of improvement. Bus & Econ / General Created by Jon Umstead, and tested over a thirty year business career, the ART program shows business leaders how to successfully Articulate their vision, Revise their plans, and Track their progress. Umstead draws on personal anecdotes and experience, as well as wisdom from other business leaders, to create an engaging, accessible and empowering guide to business success.

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Jon Umstead holds a Bachelor degree in Management Science and an Executive MBA. With over thirty years of professional experience, he has managed teams as small as four employees to one as large as 700. He led a business that was earning twenty million dollars in annual revenue when he first joined and grew those revenues to nearly ninety million dollars by the time he left. It was during that time that he defined and followed the Business is ART approach. Umstead now heads up a business consulting firm called SeaSeven Consulting, based out of Urbana, Ohio.

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Reaching for a Star The Extraordinary Life of Milan Kroupa by Josef Cermak

The rags-to-riches saga of one of Canada’s most successful entrepreneurs.

After a turbulent childhood in Communist Czechoslovakia, Milan Kroupa turned his back on a promising career in soccer and fled the country of his birth. He arrived in Canada as a refugee in 1968 at the age of twenty-five, with a new wife, and a new baby. He had little more in his pocket than good advice from his father, who taught him that there are as many opportunities in the world as there are stars in the sky, and that the secret is to grasp the star that attracts you and never let it go.

Following that advice, Kroupa quickly learned English, then threaded his way through the jungle of the business world, side-stepping scammers and gaining valuable experience from a series of enlightened bosses who taught him the ropes and gave him room to advance. By 1977, he was ready to go into business for himself. The company he founded (...) Figure 1 On Sale: Dec 14/15 7.60 x 9.27 • 224 pages Author Bio 9781927958599 • $32.95 • cl Bus & Econ / General Josef Cermák is an accomplished lawyer and writer. He has been active in the affairs of the Czechoslovak community in Canada for his entire career. He’s been a key member of many of the most important community organizations, serving on their boards and providing them with legal services expertise. Josef ended his active legal career as a partner in the Toronto law firm of Smith, Lyons, Torrance, Stevenson & Mayer. As a writer, Josef was a frequent contributor of articles and poems to most of the major Czech and Slovak publications in Canada. His novel, Going Home, was published by Vintage Press in New York. After the fall of Communism in 1989, he brought out a number of books in the Czech Republic, including a biography of Winston Churchill, a book of poetry, and a non-fiction book called Fragments from the Life of Czechs and Slovaks in Canada. His most substantial work, which has also been translated into English, is It All Started with Prince Rupert: The Story of Czechs and Slovaks in Canada. Reaching for A Star is Josef Cermák’s most recent book. It appeared first in Czech in 2014 under the title Rozlet (Taking Off). Paul Wilson is a freelance journalist, editor, and translator of Czech literature. His work has appeared in many North (...)

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The Performance Principle A Practical Guide to Understanding Motivation in the Modern Workplace by Mackenzie Kyle

An engaging and accessible guide to getting the most from your workplace teams.

The Performance Principle is written for any manager, supervisor, or business leader who feels there must be a better, more systematic way to motivate their team and achieve phenomenal results. It tells the fictional story of Will Campbell, the newly promoted executive in charge of the Hyler manufacturing facility. The company has fallen on hard times and Campbell is given a year to turn around Hyler’s fortunes, a feat made all the more challenging because of the discontent among all of Hyler’s employees, from management to sales to the unionized shop floor. Over the course of several tumultuous months, Campbell and his team learn the unique principles of performance management and the powerful results it can deliver. Figure 1 On Sale: Mar 24/16 Unique, lively and powerfully effective, The Performance Principle illustrates 8.09 x 8.53 • 256 pages the fundamentals of performance management, providing a model that allows 9781927958650 • $21.00 • pb the reader to understand exactly what motivates people in the workplace, and Bus & Econ / General how to align this with the organization's strategy.

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Mackenzie Kyle has more than 25 years' experience in operations and process improvement, and has provided specific assistance in everything from strategic planning to performance management to managing projects. He focuses on assisting clients with identifying and implementing strategic change and improving team performance, providing a unique approach that bridges the gap between theory and practical application of technique.

He has worked in a variety of industries including manufacturing, transportation, telecommunications, as well as the public sector and internationally in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. His first book, Making It Happen: A Non-technical Guide to Project Management, has sold more than 40,000 copies.

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LEAD Which Way Back Featuring Luna, Chip, and Inkie by Michael Mayes, illustrated by Rory O'Sullivan

The lovable Knowledge Kids characters Luna, Chip and Inkie get lost in the forest. Can they work together to find their way back home? Or will they be lost... forever?

In Luna, Chip and Inkie's first adventure the trio gets lost after following a butterfly into the woods. Stuck in an unfamiliar part of the forest, they all begin to worry. After a bit of squabbling and a bit of creative thinking they each contribute with their own ideas and unique talents to find their way back home. A story of friendship, creativity and collaboration, Which Way Back? is an action-packed picture book with vibrant illustrations from front to back.

Created by British Columbia's public broadcaster, Knowledge Network, for kids, parents and teachers everywhere. Figure 1 On Sale: Aug 19/13 Author Bio 9.34 x 11.01 • 40 pages 9780991858835 • $14.95 • cl Juvenile Fiction / General • Ages 3-6 Michael Mayes was born in Calgary, went to business school in Montreal then worked as an advertising writer in Calgary, Toronto and Vancouver before becoming Creative Director of TAXI Vancouver (an advertising agency, not a cab company) in 2007. After 14 years of writing ads, emails and presentations, Michael began writing longer stories in 2010 and is currently working on his first novel. He lives in Vancouver

RORY O’SULLIVAN (ILLUSTRATOR) Rory O'Sullivan graduated from the IDEA Program at Capilano University in 2005. Since then he has worked as a graphic designer and art director at Rethink Communications and St. Bernadine Mission Communications. Rory has worked on design and illustration projects for such clients as Knowledge Network, Langara College, Coast Capital Savings, R&B Brewing Company and BC Hydro. Rory's work has been recognized by Communication Arts, Applied Arts, Creative Review, ADCC, TED Conference and the Lotus Awards. He lives in Vancouver

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LEAD Burgoo Food for Comfort by Justin Joyce and Stephan MacIntyre

The long-awaited first cookbook from one of Vancouver's most beloved restaurants

Burgoo is the name of a thick soup or stew from the American South and, historically, of a thick porridge served aboard ships. In Vancouver, Burgoo is synonymous with comfort food, served from four neighbourhood bistros in North Vancouver, Point Grey, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. When the first restaurant opened in 2001, its menu featured hearty bowl foods served in a casual, welcoming ambience.

Today, those original soups and stews share pride of place with signature starters, salads, sandwiches and desserts, many designed for sharing. True to its roots, Burgoo's menu is about foods that nourish and comfort. From its popular Potage Grand-maman, a traditional Quebecois pea soup, to its Figure 1 sinfully addictive Gooey Cheesy Grillers, a British import, to its extra-garlicky On Sale: Oct 21/13 Caesar, the traditional Mexican salad taken to new heights of flavour, and its 7.76 x 10.47 • 144 pages fresh and fragrant lamb tagine reminiscent of Morocco, the bistro's dishes full colour throughout span the globe. What are common to (...) 9780991858842 • $29.95 • pb Cooking / Courses & Dishes / General Author Bio

Stephan MacIntyre is the executive chef of Burgoo Bistro, a position he's held since the business's first day. His career in the culinary industry spans 25 years, from apprenticeships in restaurants and catering companies in Montreal to stints with high-end and film catering businesses in Vancouver, with a few restaurant gigs in between. He likes to surf, ski, travel and sample cuisines from around the world. He lives in Vancouver. Justin Joyce is the President and COO of Forehand Foods Group, better known as Burgoo Bistro and Wing Nuts Restaurants. He's launched, developed and managed many restaurants in Vancouver, including the Funky Armadillo Cafe, Fringe Cafe, Ouisi Bistro and Fear Itself Seasonings, and he's consulted for such multinational franchises as Boston Pizza. He lives in Vancouver.

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LEAD White Spot Cookbook by Kerry Gold

From Western Canada's legendary restaurant chain, a cookbook that the whole family can enjoy

Produced in celebration of White Spot's 85th anniversary, the White Spot Cookbook will be an engaging, visually-rich collection of recipes, memories and memorabilia, designed toshowcase the legacy of one of BC's most enduring brands. The book will convey the spirit ofthe legendary restaurant, conveying White Spot's evolution from a single drive-in location in 1928 to a modern family restaurant with more than 65 locations in two provinces.

Beautifully designed, the book will take readers on a journey through the restaurant'shistory, showcasing White Spot's enduring commitment to serving the finest, freshest food to people of all ages.

Figure 1 On Sale: Nov 15/13 7.71 x 10.11 • 160 pages Full colour throughout; 50-60 recipes 9780991858873 • $24.95 • pb Cooking / Canadian

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LEAD Grilling with House of Q Inspired Recipes for Backyard Barbecues by BBQ Brian Misko

BBQ Brian Misko shares the secrets of successful grilling in this collection of his best recipes from the backyard and the competition BBQ circuit.

If you love the taste of barbecue but worry about cooking the perfect steak or if you’re a whiz with burgers but want to grill other foods or if you harbour aspirations of presenting your own smoked brisket to a panel of trained judges, then this book is for you.

BBQ Brian has spent more than a decade smoking and grilling foods, competing against other pit masters and learning from some of the best in the business. And not only does he regularly win awards for his barbecue and House of Q BBQ sauces, but he’s now one of the most sought-after teachers around. Why? Because he tells a great story, makes learning fun and easy and freely shares his recipes and his love of good food. Figure 1 On Sale: Feb 23/15 Grilling at House of Q is part handsome cookbook, part instruction manual 8.10 x 9.54 • 192 pages and part story collection. The result is that rare volume that entertains and 90 photos becomes your go-to for delicious, no-fail smoked ribs, shrimp tacos, pulled 9781927958100 • $24.95 • pb pork and pit beans—or burritos, mac ’n’ cheese and baklava—all prepared on Cooking / Methods / Barbecue & Grilling your grill and all eagerly anticipated by friends, backyard neighbours and barbecue judges.

"BBQ Brian's passion for grilling and smoking foods is shown throughout this book of deliciousness. Pages of sticky goodness! Fire up your barbecue and make something tasty! I suggest you try his ribs - the ribs of a champion BBQ competitor!"

CHEF TED READER. AUTHOR OF GASTRO GRILLING

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Brian Misko is co-owner of House of Q, a competition BBQ team based in Surrey, BC. The team has attended the Jack Daniel's World Championship in Lynchburg, Tennessee, and twice has gone to the Best of the Best Competition at the National BBQ Festival in Douglas, Georgia. In 2010 and 2012, it was honoured as the Team of the Year for British Columbia.

In 2014 House of Q took home top prize in the rib category at the World Food championships in Las Vegas. BBQ Brian was a guest chef at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and his "BBQ Tips" segment is now seen regularly on

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LEAD Miss Vickie's Kitchen Family Recipes from Vickie Kerr, Creator of Miss Vickie's Potato Chips by Vickie Kerr

A cookbook of delectable and easy-to-prepare recipes from the creator of the legendary Miss Vickie's potato chips.

Vickie Kerr has always been passionate about preparing nutritious meals for her family, and it was her desire to make a healthier snack for her four young children that resulted in the recipe that launched one of the most successful potato chip brands in North America.

Now, after more than thirty-five years preparing food for her family in her kitchen, Vickie Kerr has written her first cookbook.

Miss Vickie's Kitchen is both a collection of recipes and the story of a family Figure 1 legacy spanning decades. The book features more than seventyrecipes, On Sale: Sep 12/14 fromhealthful salads and sides, to delicious entrées, hearty soups, and 8.85 x 10.56 • 144 pages comforting casseroles,through classic desserts and preserves. Beautifully full color designed with full-colour photographs, itoffers instructions that are so simple 9781927958155 • $29.95 • cl and straightforward that even the newest cooks will feel confident getting into Cooking / General the kitchen. Also included are Vickie's family stories, photos, and anecdotes that are sure to inspire readers to gather loved ones around the table for a meal prepared with their very own hands.

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Vickie Kerr is an entrepreneur and creator of the Miss Vickie's brand of potato chips. She launched the brand in 1987 after creating an original recipe that used potatoes her husband, Bill, grew on their farm. Vickie is also a dedicated home cook and advocate for the idea of creating a family legacy through food. She believes everyone can cook healthy, delicious meals at home and that they are meant to be shared around the table with family and friends. This is her first book. She divides her time between Arizona and Ontario.

www.realmissvickie.com

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LEAD Dirty Apron Cookbook Recipes, Tips and Tricks for Creating Delicious, Foolproof Dishes by David Robertson, foreword by Vikram Vij

Extraordinary recipes from one of Canada's leading chefs

Unleash your inner chef with this collection of the best tried-and-true recipes from Vancouver's acclaimed Dirty Apron Cooking School.

Want to impress your dinner guests? Need to diversify your regular menu? Nervous about trying a new cooking technique? Tired of eating alone? The Dirty Apron Cooking School caters to a range of students - both beginners and more experienced cooks—looking to come away with delicious menus and more confidence in the kitchen. The Dirty Apron Cookbook brings together the best of these recipes along with many of the tips and tricks shared in the school's classes. Figure 1 On Sale: Oct 14/14 Featuring more than 80 of the school's time-tested signature dishes - —from 9.36 x 10.03 • 208 pages quick-and-easy starters to seasonal soups, sandwiches and entrées to sinfully 40 food shots, 40 atmosphere shots more-ish desserts - this cookbook will become your go-to volume for delicious 9781927958179 • $37.95 • cl everyday meals and foolproof dinner party dishes. Lavishly illustrated with full- Cooking / Canadian page food photos and instructional sequences, loaded with chefs' notes and tricks of the trade and written with the home cook in mind, The Dirty Apron Cookbook is like your own private cooking class - a reference you can return to again and again.

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David Robertson is the founder and co-owner of the Dirty Apron Cooking School and Delicatessen. Trained in classical French cuisine, he has cooked in Europe, the UK and Australia and with Thomas Henkelman at the Homestead Inn near New York City. He was the inaugural chef-de-cuisine at the highly acclaimed Chambar in Vancouver. Since 2009, he has indulged his passions for teaching and food styling at The Dirty Apron. He and his staff now teach more than 35 classes to roughly 8000 students each year. He lives with his family in Vancouver, BC.

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LEAD Winnipeg Cooks Signature Recipes from the City's Top Chefs by Robin Summerfield

Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver may be bigger and flashier, but foodies in the know have been whispering another city's name under their breath for years. The rest of us are about to be let in on the secret.

Where do you go if you want to experience a taste of farm-fresh cooking with an international flare? Or a slice of cake to make the angels sing? How about some traditional perogies made with some decidedly untraditional ingredients? What if you're looking to try out a nouveau supper club, or a public feast at a family farm?

You go to Winnipeg.

In Winnipeg Cooks, thirty-five of the city's epicurean trailblazers share stories and recipes from the frontlines of an emerging culinary hotspot. From the hearty eastern European standards of the working class North End to storied Figure 1 steakhouses that have fed generations to an explosion of bold hybrid menus On Sale: Sep 21/15 by risk-taking young chefs - this is how Winnipeg cooks. 8.38 x 10.11 • 208 pages 9781927958308 • $34.95 • cl If you're looking for inspiration for your next meal, look no further. Featuring Cooking / Individual Chefs & Restaurants the stunning photography of Ian McCausland and 70 mouth-watering and chef-tested recipes, Winnipeg Cooks will leave you hungry for more.

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Robin is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in newspapers across Canada. She is a former features writer and columnist at the Calgary Herald, and editor of Ciao! magazine. She is food contributor to CBC and writer for Flavours magazine. Robin is also the writer and photographer behind pegcitygrub.com, a culinary tourism website for Tourism Winnipeg. Her stomach and palate have been frequently enlisted to judge culinary competitions. At home in Winnipeg, she often freestyles in the kitchen, throwing in most any ingredient and leaving out little. This cooking approach has been met with moderate success. It has, however, given her an appreciation for the talent of chefs everywhere, including the remarkable crew assembled here. These days she cooks for a husband who will eat anything and a young son who eats pretty much nothing.

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LEAD Montreal Cooks A Tasting Menu from the City's Leading Chefs by Jonathan Cheung and Tays Spencer

There has never been a more exciting time to eat in Montréal. With the established food scene being joined by an explosion of new, globally minded, locally focused restaurants, Montréal has evolved into a city of unparalleled culinary excellence.

Montréal Cooks presents 80 recipes from 40 of Montreal's most talented and unique chefs. Written with the home cook in mind, this cookbook is designed to make recipes from fan-favorite restaurants achievable for everyone.

Montréal Cooks is written by Tays Spencer and Jonathan Cheung, owner of Appetite for Books with a foreword by culinary expert, food writer and television personality, Gail Simmons.

Author Bio Figure 1 On Sale: Oct 6/15 Jonathan Cheung is originally from Vancouver, BC, but currently calls 8.41 x 10.09 • 264 pages Montreal home. He is the owner and chef of Appetite for Books, Montreal's 9781927958377 • $37.95 • cl premier cookbook shop and cooking school. From a very young age, Cooking / Individual Chefs & Restaurants Jonathan has been surrounded by food, whether it was hanging out in his grandmother's kitchen or eating through a number of his family's restaurants in Vancouver and Hong Kong. With over 15 years of professional cooking experience, Jonathan has been featured on Anthony Bourdain's The Layover, Eat St. and CTV Montreal and in the Montreal Gazette and on local radio. He is also a regular presenter on Breakfast Television Montreal.

Tays Spencer was born in Montreal and raised on Eastern European cuisine. She has eaten her way across the globe through her extensive travels and her own passion for cooking. Although her career is freelancing as a graphic and interior designer, she has also fallen into the business of food through Jonathan. Tays has co-founded and run a successful food truck business, and she works behind the scenes for Appetite for Books. Her most recent and proud accomplishment is getting their little toddler to eat his greens.

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LEAD Edmonton Cooks Signature Recipes from the City's Best Chefs by Leanne Brown and Tina Faiz

Edmonton is in the midst of a food renaissance. Over the last ten years, a new brigade of passionate farmers, butchers, bakers, and chefs have set up shop in the city by the river. Here, they take the best of our native land, with its beauty and bounty, and add their own cultural nods to make something uniquely Edmonton. Edmonton Cooks is a celebration of this vibrant culinary scene, a dazzling collection of more than 75 recipes from the city's finest chefs. It is a delicious compilation of classic and contemporary recipes that are a pleasure to make and a joy to eat. With mouth-watering photography and invaluable tips straight from the chefs, Edmonton Cooks let's you feel like you're cooking alongside the city's best. Bon appétit.

"The majority of recipes in Edmonton Cooks are icons that have weathered the capricious storm of diners' whims." - The Globe and Mail Figure 1 "Edmonton's restaurants are as remarkable as any found in the world's top On Sale: Sep 2/16 culinary destinations. With this book we celebrate the beauty and bold 7.88 x 9.30 • 224 pages flavours of this magnificent city and its talented chefs." - Alessandro Porcelli, 80 photographs founder of Cook it Raw 9781927958520 • $37.95 • cl Cooking / Canadian Author Bio

Leanne Brown is a writer and avid home cook born and raised in Edmonton but currently living in New York City. She believes everyone deserves to eat good food every day and that cooking is the key. Most recently she wrote the award-winning, bestselling, Good and Cheap, a cookbook of appealing, beautiful food for very low incomes. She has been delighted by cooking and baking ever since she realized that they were the closest things we have to magic. Tina Faiz loves to ask questions and loves to eat. It's no wonder this award-winning journalist's insatiable curiosity (and appetite) helps her unearth stories about food as well as politics, design, art, and culture for newspapers and magazines across the country, including the Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald, National Post, Ottawa Citizen, Vancouver Sun, and Montreal Gazette, among others, and in a regular food column for CBC Radio. She's Western Living magazine's former Edmonton Editor and regularly judges food competitions in the city. When she's not writing, she is co-owner and strategist at Big Pixel Creative, helping clients use digital communications for social good.

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LEAD Ottawa Cooks Signature Recipes from the Finest Chefs of Canada's Capital Region by Anne DesBrisay

Ottawa is not your typical national capital. It straddles two provinces, bridges three founding cultures, and may be better known for its Hill and canal than for its cooking. Ottawa Cooks changes that.

Award-winning food writer Anne DesBrisay brings together recipes from forty- one of the Capital Region’s most inspiring cooks. From fine restaurants, food trucks and farmhouse kitchens, here are signature dishes, favourite staff meals and traditional family recipes that assert what people in Ottawa already know: for more than twenty years, this capital has been quietly and steadily growing one of the most interesting and diverse food cultures in the country.

Beautifully photographed by Christian Lalonde, Ottawa Cooks showcases more than eighty recipes featuring the best of the region’s local products with Figure 1 globally inspired flavours—and the gifted chefs who create them. On Sale: Sep 6/16 8.42 x 10.21 • 240 pages "For locals or visitors, it's an invaluable guide to where to eat in the under- 80 photographs appreciated capital, from Canadian Culinary Champion Marc Lepine's 9781927958537 • $37.95 • cl molecular cuisine to the homey muffins at Bridgehead coffeeshops. Because Cooking / Canadian DesBrisay steered chefs away from their show-off dishes to ones most can make at home, it's a wonderful cookbook too" - Laura Robin, Ottawa Citizen

"A gorgeous, hunger-inducing collection of recipes from 41 top area chefs and a guide to the city's best restaurants." - B>The Ottawa Citizen

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Anne DesBrisay is an award-winning food writer and the author of Capital Dining, the most trusted guidebook to the best places to eat in Ottawa. The region’s leading culinary voice for more than twenty years, she is the restaurant critic for Ottawa Magazine, a senior editor for Taste & Travel and a judge for Ottawa Gold Medal Plates and the Canadian Culinary Championships. She lives in Ottawa.

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LEAD Araxi Roots to Shoots: Farm Fresh Recipes by James Walt and Andrew Morrison

Gordon Ramsay calls it the best restaurant in Canada. The chefs at Araxi Restaurant and Oyster Bar call it a celebration of where they live. In this follow-up to their James Beard–nominated cookbook, award-winning chef James Walt and his team share 80 classic recipes from Araxi’s dining room and signature Longtable events, all adapted for delicious home cooking.

James Walt s cooking is clean and focused. His attention to detail is unparalleled in Whistler, and his dedication to local ingredients shines through in his recipes. A truly beautiful book! - David Hawksworth, executive chef, "Hawksworth Restaurant"

Everything about Araxi embodies great food and great hospitality. It is the culinary jewel of Whistler. Savour and read with passion. - Vikram Vij, CEO of "Vij s Group of Companies" Figure 1 " You could call it a celebration of the fresh foods of British Columbia, or a On Sale: Aug 22/16 landmark in Canadian cookbook publishing, or just the best-looking book of 9.69 x 11.32 • 224 pages the year." - Julian Armstrong, Montreal Gazette 50 photographs 9781927958735 • $37.95 • cl "This collection of recipes is a great example of what makes James Walt one Cooking / Canadian of the top five chefs in Canada." - David McMillan, owner and chef of Joe Beef

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One of the country’s leading chefs, cookbook author and “farm-to-table” pioneer James Walt continues to inspire his guests, creating compelling regional cuisine based on local, sustainable ingredients. A graduate of the Stratford Chefs School, his impressive culinary career spans some of British Columbia’s leading restaurants including a four-year tenure at Sooke Harbour House and as opening chef to sister restaurant Blue Water Cafe in Vancouver. James was also Executive Chef to the Canadian Embassy in Rome, Italy; an experience that helped shape the way he cooks today.

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CinCin Wood-Fired Cucina by Andrew Richardson, foreword by Francis Mallmann

What is the essence of Italian cuisine? CinCin’s renowned Chef Andrew Richardson believes it is cooking in rhythm with the seasons and allowing fresh, local ingredients to shine. CinCin: Wood-fired Italian Cucina showcases the restaurant’s signature wood-oven cooking techniques and Chef Richardson’s traditional Italian dishes married with seasonal West-Coast flavours.

"Andrew Richardson is the most thoughtful chef that I know. With their purity and simplicity, the recipes in CinCin offer a real insight into who he is and how he cooks. No noise, no fussjust lots of heart and simple goodness." - Terry Laybourne, chef + owner, "21 Hospitality Group"

Andrew Richardson fully captures, in this colorful and imaginative cookbook, the essence and philosophy of Mediterranean cuisine. This book reflects his qualities as a human beingmodest, full of integrity, passionate, creative and Figure 1 drivenwhich are also the very qualities of the extraordinary chef that he is. - On Sale: Oct 3/16 Chapeau! Pino Posteraro, owner + executive chef, "Cioppino's 9.50 x 11.12 • 224 pages Mediterranean Grill" 50 photographs 9781927958742 • $37.95 • cl Cooking / Canadian Author Bio

Andrew Richardson began his illustrious career in Newcastle, UK, at the Michelin-starred 21 Queen Street, followed by a stint at Brasserie 21, which won the Michelin Bib Gourmand rating. Other career highlights include Vancouver's stellar restaurants, Cioppino's and West, and Northern California's, Carter House Inn (Eureka), and the famed French Laundry.

Richardson said, “I believe in simplicity, and the interaction of absolutely prime ingredients on the plate—the passionata, as the Italians say. Less is often more, especially in Italian cookery.

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LEAD The Natural Eclectic A Design Aesthetic Inspired by Nature by Heather Ross

A lusciously photographed guide for nature-lovers, designers and flea-market foragers from acclaimed stylist Heather Ross

The Natural Eclectic offers a glimpse into the inspiring world of West-Coast artist, photographer and stylist Heather Ross. Through her stunning images and philosophical musings on beauty, nature and design, Heather shows how to bring a nature-inspired aesthetic to life. With the same artist’s touch she brings to her eclectic boutique, she shares professional tips on creating engaging displays and vignettes through the art of placement. Known for her serene color palette described as “where the sea meets the shore,” Heather sheds light on the subtle use of color. Readers who want to style their own natural eclectic spaces can glean from Heather’s creative approach to foraging for new, old and found treasures.

Figure 1 Author Bio On Sale: Mar 1/16 10.10 x 11.12 • 216 pages Heather Ross is known for her elegantly natural aesthetic, inspired by her 9781927958469 • $42.95 • cl West Coast upbringing and years of living in Paris and traveling throughout Design / Interior Decorating Europe. Her love of nature is the common thread running through her many artistic ventures, from artist and photographer to writer, stylist and merchant. Her eclectic Vancouver boutique has earned a loyal following since opening in 2001. She is a regular contributor to lifestyle magazines, including House & Home, for which her photography has been nominated three times for a national award. Her evocative paintings and art prints are in numerous international collections.

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Francisco Kripacz Interior Design by Arthur Erickson

Arthur Erickson was one of the 20th century's premier architects, but little has been written about the man who designed the interiors of Erickson's award- winning buildings, whom everyone in the business simply called 'Francisco'. A decade before his death, Erickson wrote this manuscript to pay tribute to Kripacz and to tell the world of the importance of Francisco's creations. With stunning images from some of greatest photographers of the day, such as Yousuf Karsh, this book looks at Erickson's key projects and the crucial contributions made by Kripacz to their feel and glamour. It includes Erickson's extended commentary on some of his most famous architectural projects from the 1970's through the 1990s, including Roy Thomson Hall, the Eppich Houses, Napp Laboratories, and the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC., all of which had stunning interior designs and furniture by Kripacz. As this book goes to press, the Erickson and Kripacz-designed furniture line, the Erickson Design Collection, is being brought into manufacture, with (...) Figure 1 On Sale: Sep 1/15 Author Bio 9.46 x 10.08 • 192 pages 9781927958506 • $50.00 • cl Born in Vancouver, Canada, Arthur Erickson studied at the University of British Design / Interior Decorating Columbia and later at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, where he graduated in Architecture with honours. Advanced studies brought Erickson to Greece, Italy, the Middle East, and Japan, where he discovered the nuances of architectural style in different climates and terrains. In 1963, Erickson reached a landmark moment in his career when he won a competition to design Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. Upon the university's completion, Erickson's integrative design gained international acclaim, opening the gateway to a long and distinguished career.

As both architect and professor, Erickson contributed much to the architectural community. His noteworthy contributions and innovative design work earned him the Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects in 1986, the highest honour bestowed by the AIA. Erickson was the first Canadian to receive the reward. He also received numerous other awards and degrees, including gold medals from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in 1984 and the French Académie d'Architecture in 1986.

Arthur Erickson is the author of two earlier books on his work, a memoir, and many essays and speeches.

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Lifelines Unlock the Secrets of Your Telomeres for a Longer, Healthier Life by Elaine Chin

Unlock the secrets of your telomeres for a longer, healthier life. They’re like the plastic tips of your shoelaces that keep them from fraying. But they’re at the ends of your DNA and they keep you from disease and dying too young. The discovery of telomeres was one of the true miracle breakthroughs in contemporary medicine. Nobel-winning scientist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn’s research has opened a world of promise when it comes to living longer and healthier. Today, we have the know-how to slow the disintegration process to beat our biological clock and prevent disease. Noted personalized medicine physician, Dr. Elaine Chin, tells you how to use these new lifelines to extend your own by partnering with healthcare professionals to create a road map for maximizing your peak health. In this first-ever handbook containing comprehensive information on diet, the Figure 1 potential of supplements, hormone-replacement therapy, sleep patterns and On Sale: Sep 22/15 mental health, Lifelines will show you how to use our knowledge of telomere 5.50 x 8.50 • 288 pages science to change your life for the better. Dr. Chin offers practical and realistic 9781927958407 • $21.00 • pb ways to optimize the length of your telomere to give you an advantage in what Health & Fitness / General really counts most in life – how long and how well you will live.

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Elaine Chin, MD, MBA is a North American trailblazer of personalized medicine. Using leading edge diagnostic tools to support her goal, she has discovered the power of telomere science to support her claim that everyone can help themselves live longer, perform better – and feel younger too. She is the founder of Executive Health Centre, a premiere executive health practice in Toronto, Canada focusing on peak performance through an integrative science based approach to maintaining optimal health. She works with senior executives and corporations to ensure peak health will lead to peak performance in the workplace. Her clinic’s work with telomeres has been highlighted in the Globe & Mail, Macleans and CTV National News. Her writing has appeared in Maclean’s and Canadian Business. She is also a consultant for TELUS Communications, in the role of Chief Wellness Officer. Dr. Chin received her medical degree from the University of Toronto, Canada and her MBA from the same university’s Rotman School of Management.

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Whitehorse An Illustrated History by Helen Dobrowolsky and Linda Johnson

The saga of a legendary city from pre-history to the present day, accompanied by stunning archival photos

Whitehorse: An Illustrated History traces the storied past of Yukon’s capital city, from its origins in ancient aboriginal camps through the epic changes of the Klondike Gold Rush, the building of the Alaska Highway and the settlement of First Nations land claims. Set amidst rolling mountains on the edge of theYukon River’s swift green waters, the city today blends aboriginal traditions with the tastes, music and cultures of people from around the world.

Yukon authors Helene Dobrowolsky and Linda Johnson headed up a talented team of writers and researchers to create this portrait of a legendary place. Whitehorse takes its name from the deadly rapids spilling down from the canyon to its south, called Kwanlin--“fast water rushing through a narrow Figure 1 place”--in the Southern Tutchone language. From its early days, the town was On Sale: Nov 7/13 Yukon’s transportation hub, linking the Pacific with trails, then rails, to the 9.47 x 10.95 • 336 pages elegant sternwheelers that steamed downriver to Dawson City until highways b&w images and air travel took their place. The town hosted a dazzling parade of people 9780991858866 • $50.00 • cl over the centuries, many of whom appear in these pages: hunters, traders, History / Canada / General gold-seekers, soldiers, miners, ships’ captains, entrepreneurs, dog-mushers, storytellers, sports icons, politicians, community builders, adventurers and artists. Filled with lively writing, colourful anecdotes and an impressive array of contemporary and archival photos, this book celebrates the history of a very special place.

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Helene Dobrowolsky is a historian and an author based in Whitehorse, where she has operated a heritage consulting business with her partner, Rob Ingram, since 1988. Their many projects have included research, planning, writing, exhibit development and interpretation. This is her sixth published book of Yukon history. She lives in Whitehorse.

Linda Johnson moved to the Yukon from Ontario in 1974. She served as Yukon Territorial Archivist for eighteen years and was a founding member of the Yukon Historical & Museums Association. Her publications include three books on northern history and cultures.She lives in Whitehorse.

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Placemakers Emperors, Kings, Entrepreneurs - A Brief History of Real Estate Development by Herb Auerbach and Ira Nadel

What do Alexander the Great of Macedonia, Cardinal Richelieu, defender of Quebec, and Napoleon III of the Second French Empire have in common? Besides wielding political power and securing their own survival, all three played a leading role in real estate development. Placemakers examines their contributions to “place” along with those of other, sometimes unlikely candidates. From Augustus, emperor of ancient Rome, responsible for shaping the world’s largest city into an imperial capital, to Joseph Smith of frontier America, who preached about the “Promised Land” while practicing land speculation, this illustrated volume focuses on the visionaries and profiteers who put their stamp on history—and on the land. Meanwhile, it examines their motives, which range from slum clearing to utopian dreams to social engineering. What these developers built was sometimes monumental; examples include Figure 1 the ziggurat of Ur, a truncated pyramid, and the Pharos of Alexandria, the On Sale: Oct 25/16 world’s first lighthouse and tallest structure of the ancient word. At other times 9.36 x 8.33 • 208 pages their vision changed society—think shopping malls (...) 100 photographs 9781927958797 • $34.95 • cl Author Bio History / Civilization Herb Auerbach teaches a course on real estate development at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. His lengthy career as an architect and real estate development consultant included work for I.M. Pei & Associates in New York City and Concordia Estates in Montreal. He has an abiding interest in history, travel and the visual arts.

Ira Nadel is a professor of English at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He has published biographies of Leonard Cohen, Tom Stoppard and David Mamet and critical studies of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf. With the San Francisco architect Donald MacDonald, he has published books on the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and the new Bay Bridge.

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LEAD Miracle at the Forks The Museum that Dares Make a Difference by Peter C. Newman and Allan Levine

The engaging story of the making of Canada's fifth national museum - a beautifully designed homage to Izzy Asper's dream of making a difference"

It was on July 18, 2000 that Israel (Izzy) Asper, the renowned Canadian businessman and philanthropist, first discussed his idea of building a human rights centre in Winnipeg. He wanted to build a museum that would make a difference; that would help educate visitors to the museum about human rights issues, all with the aim of making the world a better, more humane place. He shared this vision with Moses (Moe) Levy, the Executive Director of the Asper Foundation, and gave Levy the mandate to make the museum happen.

Miracle at the Forks recounts the fourteen-year ordeal of making Izzy Asper’'s dream a reality. It recounts the financial and political challenges of building a world class museum in Winnipeg, an objective that was made all the more Figure 1 difficult by Asper’'s death not six months after the public unveiling of plans (...) On Sale: Sep 23/14 9.36 x 11.08 • 200 pages 9781927958216 • $45.00 • cl Author Bio Architecture / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments Peter C. Newman is one of Canada's most successful and honoured writers. He has been editor-in-chief of the country's largest newspaper, The Toronto Star, and most influential magazine, Maclean's. The recipient of a dozen of North America's most coveted literary and journalism prizes, his sixteen books have sold more than two million copies. His chronicle of the Diefenbaker years, Renegade in Power, was hailed as a breakthrough in Canadian political reportage, as was his monumental, four-volume The Canadian Establishment, which became the country's all-time non-fiction bestseller. Peter C. Newman is a Companion of the Order of Canada, and has co-authored television documentaries which have won the CBC's Wilderness Medal, several ACTRA prizes, and the prestigious Michener Award for Journalism. Allan Levine is an award-winning author and historian who has written eleven books, including King, the critically acclaimed biography of Mackenzie King that won the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction. A diverse author who moves easily between popular non-fiction and fiction, he has written four historical mysteries. His first mystery, The Blood Libel, won the Margaret McWilliams Medal for Best Historical Fiction and was nominated for the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Arthur Ellis First Mystery Novel Award. His next book. Toronto: A (...)

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Higher Awaken to a More Fulfilling Life by Charles Hanna

A candid, practical, and inspiring guide to creating a richer and more meaningful life.

The world's great philosophers and spiritual leaders teach us that happiness depends on how we look at life. In Higher, Charles Hanna explores why and how we can create the best possible outlook. By finding our Higher Perspective, Higher Power, and Higher Purpose, he demonstrates how we can challenge our demons and become our best selves. His experience of physical, emotional, and spiritual recovery and his applications will resonate powerfully with all readers.

As a young man, Hanna emigrated from Egypt to Canada where he got an education and followed his dreams. From one perspective, his life was perfect - his family grew, his businesses flourished; yet, his doubt and addiction quietly destroyed him. It was not until Hanna finally hit bottom that he Figure 1 discovered the tools to achieve true personal freedom and happiness - a On Sale: Feb 25/16 Higher life. Through his firsthand experience and his understanding of human 8.13 x 8.41 • 208 pages nature, neuroscience, and life management, Hanna provides readers with 9781927958711 • $21.00 • pb practical and practicable techniques and ideas so that everyone can apply the Self-Help / General Higher way to their daily routines and to their dreams.

Hanna's engaging voice, fascinating realizations, and depth of understanding make Higher a valuable book for anyone, religious or otherwise, who wants to find greater meaning, beauty, and success in their lives.

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Charles Hanna is the Chairman, CEO, and founder of Brains II a third-party technology provider that he began in a basement in 1979 and built into Canada's largest independent service consolidation company with offices in all of the major cities in the country. A devoted father of three children, Hanna is involved with a range of charities including organizations that help with cancer treatment, Canadian artists, and displaced or handicapped people. He has a particularly soft spot for children and animals, and contributes his personal time in various ways to the YMCA and animal shelter groups. He divides his time between Toronto and LA.

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Picturing Transformation Nexw-ayanstut by Nancy Bleck, Chief Bill Williams and Katherine Dodds

The remarkable story of how a First Nations chief, an artist and a mountaineer evolved a new form of environmental and cultural activism, and saved 50,000 hectares of forest in the process

The history of British Columbia is rife with stories of conflict between loggers and environmentalists, First Nations and government-backed corporations. Many of them have ended in violence, arrests and clear-cutting. Between 1997 and 2007 Farm License 38 , encompassing Sims Creek in the upper Elaho Valley became the site of a wholly different kind of protest. Because of the actions of ten thousand people brought together by Squamish Nation Hereditary Chief Bill Williams, artist Nancy Bleck and the late mountaineer John Clarke, this land - a 50,000-hectare section of the Squamish First Nation now known as Wild Spirit Places--was saved. It was a stunning example of how welcoming people to the land, showing them its physical and spiritual Figure 1 wealth and allowing them to experience it themselves transformed the way On Sale: Oct 11/13 they saw it. 9.24 x 12.23 • 160 pages 9780991858804 • $39.95 • cl Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Author Bio Studies Nancy Bleck, SlanaySp'ak'wus, is an artist, photographer, educator and co- founder of Uts'am/Witness (1997-2007). She became the first artist-in- residence at the Roundhouse Community Centre in Vancouver, teaches at Emily Carr University and is a recipient of the YMCA's Women of Distinction Award for her work on Uts'am/Witness. She lives in Vancouver.

Chief Bill Williams, telàsemkin-siyam, has served as an elected member of the Squamish First Nation Council since 1980 and as a member of the community’s Hereditary Council since 1995. He is co-founder of Uts'am/Witness and his family has watched over Nexw-áyantsut since time immemorial. He lives in his traditional territory of Squamish Nation, British Columbia.

Katherine Dodds began her advertising career with Adbusters, went on to form Hello Cool World (HCW) in 2001 and is a recipient of the Women in Film "Woman of Vision" Award. She is a long-time contributor to Uts'am/Witness and wrote the text for Picturing Transformation together with Chief Bill Williams and many others. She lives in Vancouver.

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Yukon Sport An Illustrated Encyclopedia by John Firth

A lively and beautifully designed celebration of sport in the Yukon

Sport is a cornerstone of community building. It connects people and enables new arrivals to fit in, qualities valuable in regions where populations are far- flung and the climate and landscape offer dangerous challenges and irresistible enticements. Sport in the Yukon has a long and colourful history, beginning with the games played by the territory’'s First Peoples. In this entertaining, fact-filled compendium, author John Firth celebrates the impressive scope of sport in the Yukon, along with the adventurous spirit of the many people who participate.

The Yukon’'s first recorded sporting event was a snow-shovelling contest at Forty Mile in 1882. For centuries before that, the territory’'s Aboriginal people played competitive games that brought communities together and taught key Figure 1 survival skills. Today, Dene games like the snow snake, the stick pull, and the On Sale: Nov 25/14 finger pull continue under the umbrella of the Arctic Winter Games. Yukon 9.88 x 11.06 • 448 pages residents enjoy skiing, skating, and other (...) fully illustrated 9781927958209 • $60.00 • cl Sports & Recreation / History Author Bio

John Firth is the award-winning author of four books on northern sport and people who use sports to change the world around them. He received the Yukon's highest honour, the Commissioner’'s Award, in 1998 for his work to preserve Yukon history and culture. He lives in Whitehorse, where he can ski and snowshoe all winter and hike and run all summer. As far as he knows, he is the only person ever to have skied under a moose.

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LEAD Walking to Camelot A Pilgrimage through the Heart of Rural England by John A. Cherrington

A charming 300-mile romp through farm, field and English history, with two crazy Canadians as our guides.

John Cherrington and his seventy-four year old walking companion set out one fine morning in May to traverse the only English footpath that cuts south through the rural heart of the country, a formidable path called the Macmillan Way. Cherrington’s walking partner is Karl Yzerman, an irascible “bull of the woods”, a full twenty years his senior and the perfect foil to the wry and self- deprecating author. Their journey begins at Boston on the Wash and takes them through areas of outstanding beauty such as the Cotswolds, Somerset, and Dorset, all the way to Chesil Beach. Their ultimate destination is Cadbury Castle, a hillfort that many archeologists believe to be the likely location of King Arthur’s legendary centre of operations in the late 5th century when he— or some other prominent British warrior chieftain—made his last stand against the Saxons. Along the way the unlikely duo experiences many adventures, Figure 1 including a serious crime scene, a bull attack, several ghosts, a brothel, and On Sale: Mar 17/16 the English themselves. On virtually every page of the book the historical 7.84 x 8.44 • 272 pages merges with the magic of the footpath, with Cherrington making astute, often 9781927958629 • $22.95 • pb humorous observations on the social, cultural and culinary mores of the Travel / Hikes & Walks English, all from a very North American perspective.

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John Cherrington is a country lawyer and the author of three works of historical non-fiction, including Vancouver at Dawn which was awarded runner-up for the City of Vancouver Book Prize. An avid hiker, he has regularly travelled to England over the past three decades to walk its many footpaths, making careful observations of the rural life, flora and fauna along the way. He has done extensive work in heritage preservation and was awarded the 125th Anniversary Governor-General’s Medal for significant contribution to community and country. He lives with his wife, Dee, and they divide their time between their home in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley and their cottage on Pender Island.

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No Longer Captives of the Past The Story of Reconciliation on Erromango by Carol Mayer, Anna Naupa and Vanessa Warri

This bilingual book recounts the memories of a reconciliation ceremony held on Erromango, one of the South Pacific islands comprising the Republic of Vanuatu. The impetus for the ceremony was the murderin 1839 of English Presbyterian missionary John Williams and a colleague.The reconciliation ceremony originated with an act of generosity whereby Williams' descendants offered the missionary's South Pacific memorabilia to UBC's Museum of Anthropology. The museum's Pacific curator, Carol Mayer, not only accepted the items but initiated the reconciliation ceremony and resultant book. The book both describes and visualizes the event and related missionary activity with 105 compelling coloured illustrations. The result is a powerful firsthand and interpretive narrative able to be employed to good effect to remediate both comparable wrongs and everyday festering grievances.

Author Bio Figure 1 On Sale: Dec 27/13 Carol Mayer is the Head of the Curatorial Department and responsible for the 8.97 x 10.98 • 128 pages collections from the Pacific Islands at the University of British Columbia's 9780888650566 • $25.00 • cl Museum of Anthropology. Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural Anna Naupa is Secretary of the Erromango Cultural Association. She has spend the past decade researching and documenting Wrromango's traditional knowledge and history, particularly in relation to the Ralifati area of Erromango, which includes Williams Bay.

Vanessa Warri is a Project Assistant fo rthe Erromango Cultural Association and has made a significant contribution over many years to the awareness of traditional knowledge and use of Sye language among Erromango's youngest generation

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