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| Book Reviews What do other people have to say about our books?
Below, find reviews for a selection of TouchWood Edition titles. |
 $18.95 B.C. History 0-920663-82-6 5.5 x 8.5, 288 pages Softcover 2002 |
Book
Guy "Retired among us are so many with stories to tell and lives they have changed .... The quiet inspirers are often teachers, creators, physicians, ministers and librarians. .... In Book Guy, Overend looks back over a book guy's career that saw him develop libraries, put books into the hands of school children who lived far from major centres and find readers along the isolated reaches of the Alaska Highway and through the 110, 000 square miles of Peace Country. .... Book Guy is informative, interesting and compelling
reading." "Book Guy, A librarian in the Peace, its 288
pages with numerous pictures, is a must for anyone with even a remote
interest in local history or in any way connected with library services
.... [It] is highly recommended to anyone who loves non-fiction brimming
with love of life and gentle humour."
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A Man Called Moses “Gallaher’s historical novel encompasses
Moses’ intriguing life. Leaving his birthplace in the Caribbean
in 1843, Moses traveled to the United States … [and] then sailed
to B.C. In early-colonial Victoria he … became a popular man about
town. But the spirit of adventure and the tragic mystery that haunted
his wife drove him to head north to the goldfields.” |
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$17.95 |
A
Measure of Value "... well written and well documented." |
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$44.95 |
Painter, Paddler The book is an exhibition of his work, a biography
of his life, and a unique prespective on paddling the coast. It’s
both visually compelling an a fascinating story. Author Andrew Scott frequently
quotes from Marshall’s own journal and reproduces many of the art
works in full colour. This is a book for everyone interested in art, paddling,
or life as an adventure. "[Painter, Paddler] is a well-written,
richly illustrated collaborative biography of a B.C. traveling painter
more at home on the water and in the wild than in the conventional art
scene of exhibits and galleries. |
 $18.95 History/Biography 1-894898-08-7 6 x 9, 224 pages Softcover 2003 |
The Remarkable World of Frances Barkley “The book is largely extracts from the
reminiscences Barkley wrote when she was 66 … [But these] reminiscences
have gaps — some several pages in length. And where they do, the
Hill-Converse duo has turned to other documents, ships’ logs, letters,
baptismal records and archival documents in fill them in. The result is
a seamlessly insightful version of turn-of-the-century life on the high
seas and in the ports of call where the East India Company ruled with
an iron fist.” “As the first European woman to visit
British Columbia, Frances Barkley wrote the earliest text by a woman to
be published about B.C.” “[The Barkleys’] eight years of
important discoveries and observations received scant interest from historians
because Charles Barkley had published no account of them. Perhaps the
thorough research of both Hill and Converse will address that.” “In addition to the personal details
revealed, this book sheds light on the politics of exploration and provides
a perspective on the ‘new world’ by an interested visitor
and observer.” |
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$18.95 |
Upstarts
and Outcasts "... bring[s] the colourful characters and
their times vividly to life." |
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