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Now, inspired by her own family’s history, Padma Viswanathan’s novel The Ever After Sylvia Berstein of Ashwin Rao (Random House $29.95) is Aquaponic Gardening: A Step-by-Step Guide to set almost twenty years after the terrorist Raising Vegetables and bombing of the Air India flight from Vancou- Fish Together (New Society Publishers $29.95) ver that killed 329 people off the coast of Ire- by Sylvia Berstein Large Reclining Nude (The Pink Nude) by Henri Matisse, 1935 • land. This Day in Vancouver (Anvil Press $38) As the long trial of terrorist suspects by Jesse Donaldson Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri • HOW A GREAT ARTIST GOT Dark Seed: No-one Knows is underway, Ashwin Rao, an Indian psycholo- What Evil Grows (Promontory Press $17.99) gist trained in Canada, returns to interview by Lawrence Verigin • people who—like himself—lost loved ones on Tribute (Red Tuque Books $18.95) by Ted Moore the plane. His “study of LOST & BOUND • Ting Ting (Sono Nis Press comparative grief” “You want to mutilate my work!” — Henry Matisse $9.95) by Kristie Hammond unexpectedly leads • FTER HIS PROLONGED INTERVIEW WITH SWISS ART CRITIC PIERRE Haunting Vancouver: him into a deep A Nearly True History Courthion that spanned several days in Lyon and Nice in 1941, (Harbour $32.95) association with A by Mike McCardell Henri Matisse was incensed when he discovered the editing process • one family in par- Indian Horse (D&M $21.95) had reduced the interview text from 310 pages to 260 pages. by Richard Wagamese ticular. • 978-0-307-35634-5 Next Matisse was angry about the Institute in Los Angeles in the 1980s. Allen Carr’s Easy Way to paper quality selected by the prospec- Some biographers had access, but (Sandhill Stop Smoking tive publisher of the extensive inter- Matisse’s ancestors respected the publi- Book Marketing $19.95) by Allen Carr view, Skira. 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BOOKLOOK SPRING 2014 For this issue, we gratefully acknowledge the unobtrusive assistance of Canada Council, a A DAILY NEWS SERVICE Vol. 28 • No. 1 continuous partner since 1988. 3 BC BOOKWORLD SPRING 2014 CHOICE PICKS FOR SPRING Running Toward Stillness Stephen Legault Illustrated with the author’s colour photographs highlighting the tranquil beauty of Vancouver Island and exotic locations from around the world, Running Toward Stillness is a personal memoir that invites the reader to run through the woods, along the seashore and on mountain trails in order to experience moments of sublime delight, personal insight and the healing power of nature. RMB | Rocky Mountain Books $25 pb | $16.99 ebook Around the World Popular Day Hikes 3 Popular Day Hikes 4 Seaside Walks on Petar Rikic Northern Okanagan: Vernon - Shuswap - Lumby Vancouver Island Vancouver Island At the age of 19, a young Croatian by the name Gerry Shea Theo Dombrowski Theo Dombrowski of Petar Rikic decided to leave his native country Located in the interior of British Columbia, This unique and colourful guidebook sorts The perfect book for those who love to explore and travel around the world by motorcycle. His stretching from Grindrod in the north to through all of the various possibilities and the seashore but also love walking through published journals contain dozens of colour Vernon in the south and situated between the selects for the reader the very best day hikes forests and seaside meadows. Whether photos and personal reflections from a variety of Okanagan Valley and the Shuswap, this fully on Vancouver Island. Ranging from 6 km to discovering inviting stretches of sandy beach, unique and exotic locations, including a detailed illustrated guidebook features colour maps and 25 km and from easy to challenging, each hiking along rugged cliffs or strolling through account of his trip through Vancouver, Prince photographs, step by step directions and 35 hike is accompanied by a clear map, step by quiet estuaries, each walk is illustrated with George, Whitehorse, Dawson City