Author: Sid Marty
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co. Ltd.
Keywords: wind, leaning
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2009-05-12
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 189497462X
ISBN-13: 9781894974622

Winner of the Mountain Environment and Culture Award at the 1995 Banff Mountain Book Festival. Created by the crashing together of tectonic plates, worn down by the passage of ice and time and shaped by hot, dry chinook winds, the foothills of the Rocky Mountains are a special place. In composing his ode to the land he loves, bestselling author and mountain man Sid Marty skillfully weaves together First Nations legends with the harrowing tales of miners, early homesteaders and his own familys experiences living in an old ranch headquarters. The result is a passionate and vivid book: dense with

Author: Roxanne Snopek
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co. Ltd.
Keywords: stories, cats, amazing, exceptional, tales, inspirational, cat
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 2004-10-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 155153777X
ISBN-13: 9781551537771

Author: Dale Auger
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co. Ltd.
Keywords: paint, medicine
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2009-06-23
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1894974751
ISBN-13: 9781894974752

One of Canadas most evocative modern painters, Cree artist Dale Auger was a gifted interpreter of First Nations culture, using the cross-cultural medium of art to portray scenes from the everyday to the sacred and dissemble stereotypes about Indigenous peoples. Augers striking oil paintings use bold, bright colours to explore the intricate links between spirituality and the natural laws of the land. Birds, beasts and human forms are carried from the dreamworld onto canvas, their spirits channeled through his paintbrush and presented in brilliant yellows, mystic blues, vibrant reds and swirls o

Author: Charlie White
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing
Keywords: bottomfish, catch
Number of Pages: 123
Published: 2003-06
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 1894384601
ISBN-13: 9781894384605

Bottomfish are tasty and easy to catch. This revised edition of ’How to Catch Bottomfish’ shows how to catch cod, sole, perch, snapper, rockfish and other bottomfish. Best tackle, rigs and baits, when and where to fish.

Author: Faye Reineberg Holt
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co. Ltd.
Keywords: photographs, history, alberta
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2009-04-23
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1894974875
ISBN-13: 9781894974875

To many people, Alberta represents the true Canadian frontier. It is known for the rugged independence of its residents whether they are homesteaders, cowboys, explorers, oilmen, grassroots politicians or strong-willed feminists. This book is a wonderful collection of images and stories that tell of Alberta’s many roots. Beginning in the 18th century and continuing into the present day, this collection of over 150 photographs chronicles the development of Alberta from a frontier society into a modern-day economic powerhouse.

Authors:Dan Langford, Sandra Langford,
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing
Keywords: railway, valley, kettle, cycling
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2002-03
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0921102887
ISBN-13: 9780921102885

Tunnels and trestles are what cyclists remember most about the spectacular 600 km-long Kettle Valley Railway-one of the premier rail trails in Canada. Destined to become part of the Trans Canada Trail system, this abandoned railway corridor and its connectors offer the cyclist everything from easy day-riding to multi-day adventures through the magnificent scenery of southern B.C. between Midway and Hope.

Authors:Karla Decker (Editor), Karla Decker,
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing
Keywords: three, chilcotin, cariboo, heart
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-04-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1894974425
ISBN-13: 9781894974424

Another instalment in the story of British Columbia s Cariboo Chilcotin region, this book is a delightful collection of spirited tales by the area s most talented authors, plus a couple of outsiders. Joining well-known Cariboo favourites Rich Hobson, Paul St. Pierre and Eric Collier are Barry Broadfoot and his touching tribute to Cariboo legend Fred Lindsay, historian/journalist Bruce Ramsey and his description of Barkerville s Chinatown, and pioneer Bill Hong and his account of what was done with Barkerville s deceased Chinese residents. From Edith Beeson s Dunlevey comes a gripping eyewit