Ecosystems & Habitats
Against the Seas
By Mary Soderstrom
An incredible read. … While unflinching in her analysis, Soderstrom nevertheless gifts us with a message of hope and resilience. — MAUDE BARLOW, activist and author of Still Hopeful: Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism.
What can we learn about coping with rising sea levels ... Read more
Bay of Fundy's Hopewell Rocks
By Kevin Snair
“A remarkable and magical placed enriched and enlivened by Kevin’s tenderness, sensitivity, and skill. ” — Deborah Carr, author of Sanctuary: The Story of Naturalist Mary Majka.
Every year, thousands of visitors from around the world descend the staircase at Hopewell ... Read more
Before We Lost the Lake
By Chad Reimer
For thousands of years, the broad expanse between Sumas and Vedder Mountains east of Vancouver lay under water, forming the bed of Sumas Lake. As recently as a century ago, the lake's shores stood four miles across and six miles long. During yearly high water, the lake spilled ... Read more
Casting into Mystery
By Robert Reid
By (artist) Wesley W Bates
Casting into Mystery celebrates the meditative sport of fly fishing, rejoicing in the camaraderie and quietude to be found not only in the gentle flow of river currents, but also in the community and culture of anglers past and present.
Earthkeeping
By Gary Saunders
The author of Alder Music, Gary Saunders returns with an evocative, lyrical, and immersive collection of personal essays on our relationship with nature and with each other.
In nine sections, Earthkeeping ruminates on the necessity of love and earthkeeping, on forage fish and ... Read more
Fifty Percent of Mountaineering is Uphill
By Susanna Pfisterer
Winner of the 2017 Alberta Readers' Choice Award!
is the enthralling true story of Jasper's Willi Pfisterer, a legend in the field of mountaineering and safety in the Rocky Mountains. For more than thirty years, Willi was an integral part of Jasper's alpine landscape, guiding ... Read more
Ground-Truthing
By Derrick Stacey Denholm
Derrick Stacey Denholm has spent twenty-five years as a forestry field worker, planting trees, marking cutblock boundaries and timber-cruising. In Ground-Truthing, he combines this experience with his perspective as a poet and artist to guide us through the tangle of social, ... Read more
Imminent Domains
By Alessandra Naccarato
Imminent Domains: Reckoning with the Anthropocene invites readers to join a contemplation of survival—our own, and that of the elements that surround us. Using research, lyric prose, and first-hand experiences, Alessandra Naccarato addresses fundamental questions about our ... Read more
Island
By J. Edward Chamberlin
Ever since humans have been travelling and telling tales, we have been fascinated by islands. Creation stories around the world speak of land rising out of the water, of islands beginning on the backs of turtles or as a result of the ingenuity of birds. The tradition continues ... Read more
Lost Wilderness, The
By Nicholas Guitard
Finalist, New Brunswick Book Award (Non-Fiction)
Every summer between 1882 and 1929, naturalist William Francis Ganong travelled through the wilderness of New Brunswick, systematically mapping previously uncharted territories, taking photographs, and documenting observations ... Read more