Harbour Publishing Co Ltd : 124 books
Raincoast Chronicles 23
Harbour Publishing 40th Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2015
When the first edition of Raincoast Chronicles was produced by a couple of novice publishers in the unlikely location of Pender Harbour in 1972, it boldly announced that it was going to put BC character on the record.” Printed in sepia ink and decorated with the rococo flourishes characteristic...
None of This Was Planned
The Stories Behind the Stories
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2016
Vancouver news icon and co-host of CTV’s The Last Word,” Mike McCardell is the crafter of human-interest stories that counteract the doom and gloom of conventional news programming. With his unerring instinct for teasing out the powerful hook” of human connection from the most innocuous...
Raven Walks Around the World
Life of a Wandering Activist
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2017
In 1970, twenty-two-year-old Thom Henley left Michigan and drifted around the northwest coast, getting by on odd jobs and advice from even odder characters. He rode the rails, built a squatter shack on a beach, came to be known as "Huckleberry" and embarked on adventures along the West Coast...
That Went By Fast
My First Hundred Years
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2014
Ex-logger and gas station owner Frank White says living to the age of one hundred is not all it’s cracked up to be but it has some plusses. When he trundles down to the local shopping centre in Pender Harbour pretty girls hug him and everybody in town seems to be glad he’s lived another day. But...
Brewing Revolution
Pioneering the Craft Beer Movement
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
The inspiring story behind today’s craft beer revolution is the subject of this lively memoir by Frank Appleton, the English-trained brewmaster who is considered by many to be the father of Canada’s craft-brewing movement. Appleton chronicles fifty years in the brewing business, from his early...
Chasing Smoke
A Wildfire Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2017
"At first I'm calm as the trees fall. But suddenly a rat's nest of wood, bent horizontal and cribbed into the trees above us, comes down in a rush of a hundred machine gun snaps. Trees caught in the nest flail around before hitting the ground. Our eyes dart everywhere, trying to keep track of...
Boats in My Blood
A Life in Boatbuilding
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2016
The Farrell name is respected all along the British Columbia coast. Barrie’s father, Allen Farrell, was a much loved eccentric who created offshore sailing vessels from beachcombed lumber using only basic hand tools.
Barrie built his first boat in his early teens using only a dull handsaw,...
Don’t Never Tell Nobody Nothin’ No How
The Real Story of West Coast Rum Running
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2018
“We operated perfectly legally. We considered ourselves philanthropists! We supplied good liquor to poor thirsty Americans ... and brought prosperity back to the Harbour of Vancouver ...”—Captain Charles Hudson
At the stroke of one minute past midnight, January 17, 1920, the National...
Tails Don't Lie 2
A Pack of Dog Cartoons
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
A dog’s tail is incredibly versatile. They use them to communicate everything from the furious, full-body wiggling “I’m so happy to see you I could burst!” to the tucked-under-the-bum “N-O-O-O! Is that the vet’s office we’re pulling up to?” They also keep noses warm on cold nights...
by Armand Garnet Ruffo
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2015
Norval Morrisseau’s revered work has been honoured, copied and recognized throughout the art world and beyond. Less widely known but equally captivating is the artist’s personal life story, which poet and biographer Armand Garnet Ruffo related in his powerful narrative biography, Norval Morrisseau:...
Some Useful Wild Plants
A Foraging Guide to Food and Medicine From Nature
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2017
With over forty years since its original printing, and over 30,000 copies sold, this bestselling guide still remains a trusted and much-consulted reference for those interested in identifying, foraging and growing wild plants for food and medicine. Now Some Useful Wild Plants is back in print for...
by Mike McCardell
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
These are stories of the defender of a handicapped parking spot, a woman who has delivered homemade Valentine cards to neighbours for twenty years, and love between a widower and a woman who had never been on a date before. They are the stories that never make front page headlines, but that Mike,...
Hudson Mack
Unsinkable Anchor
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2015
For decades, Hudson Mack has been the face of television news on Vancouver Island. In 2004, when he crossed the street” from CHEK to The New VI, it was an industry-wide sensation. As he recalls that life-changing event in this autobiography he admits he wasn’t sure where his new path might lead....
Cam Tait
Disabled? Hell No! I'm a Sit-Down Comic!
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2015
I have cerebral palsy much like I have blue eyes and have-or should I say had?-brown hair. It is simply a part of who I am. When I speak to groups about my situation I can even joke about it. Think of CP as Canada Post,’ I tell them. My brain sends out signals, and God knows where they wind...