Mix the memories of a master shipbuilder, some family history thu three generations, a brief but surprisingly thorough look at British Columbia's past and present steel-shipbuilding industry, and top it all off with comprehensive details on every vessel built by Allied Shipbuilders Ltd, from 14' tugboats to sophisticated icebreakers that opened up Canada's North for oil production-that's what this book provides. Both authors wrote well and the book production is superb, with plenty of photos. I liked Ships of Steel" immensely!

A great, thrilling courtroom drama about a little known law - the law on slander. A very surprising twist to the story. Women liberationists will love it! Even though it was written by a man it is definately a woman's story. Should be better known and better reviewed in this country. Definately a hidden gem. I hope that a good U.S. publisher picks it up and promotes/sells it like it deserves.

Paul St. Pierre does for ranchers in British Columbia what James Herriott does for animals in Yorkshire. He has a knack for turning some of the most insignificant events of daily life into interesting stories. His characters start out as impulsive oddballs, but by the end of the story they become quite rational folks. This is one of those books that sneaks up on you. The first time I read it I thought it was entertaining, but nothing to visit again. But every once in a while one of the characters from the book pops into my mind and I dwell on the character and story for a few days. I usually re-read it every couple of years (I have a worn 1987 edition, now in retirement.)

I couldn't find a sample from your data base but I did read a rough copy from the author. The book is compeling and sometimes chilling. Has tantalizing moments

It's been interesting, especially today, the final day of thecongressional impeachment hearings; to be able to look up thesespecific items on this book and of course, the starr report. Objective interpretation, is not as difficult as you would think, if you considered the $MONEY$ involved. Interesting as it may be to some, and equally exciting or disgusting to others, I know in my heart that no REPUBLICAN is going to walk away clean. They have been the ones to force me to lock out news channels (i.e. Fox) because I didn't appreciate my young sons watching cartoons in the afternoon, with newsbreaks busting in with "B*'s" and the like. In order to throw dirt, you must get dirty; the Republicans have wallowed in it for too long and it is obvious they are not concerned with the conduct of the OIC, our opinions, our hard earned dollars, or the supposed conservative people they represent, like me. If you don't like a dog, fine. If the dog is down, don't be seen kicking him. You look worse than that bad dog. Remember folks, someones watching.

Any book that Barth writes is a must read! This newly translated book is no exception. Barth presents his views on the difference between the Reformed confessions of the Reformation and following with the Lutheran confessions found in the Book of Concord. Then he works through what the Reformed Confessions teach. This is a very helpful book for Presbyterians or others interested in Reformed theology. The Guders have done us all a service in translating this book into English.

This is a wonderful collection of thoughtful essays by an writer who deserves to be much better known. With the newspapers full of so much distortion and plain untruth, Glavin's great respect for facts and his endless effort to dig them out, particularly with regard to fisheries issues, and First Nation (Indian, Native) issues, stand out like a candle in the dark. Nobody can claim to understand BC, especially the coast of BC, without having read Glavin, I would say. My favorite essays in this collection are "Last Day in Alexis Creek," which is pure pleasure just for the quality of the writing, and "From the Old Rice Mill to Annieville Drift," which reveals a sadly common example of how the people of BC were misled by their own federal government.

I also happen to very much like Glavin's other book "The Last Great Ocean," .... I've just finished reading it for the third time.

Edmund Augustus Porcher was the captain of a Royal Navy vessel serving an Esquimalt-based tour of duty on Vancouver Island. Porcher was also a watercolor artist who made an impressive array of sensitive and skillfully executed paintings of what he saw. A Tour Of Duty In The Pacific Northwest: E. A. Porcher and H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, 1865-1868 is an impressive and uniquely informative work drawn from the ship's record and Captain Porcher's commentaries, enhanced with his superb paintings and illustrations presenting the reader with a kind of "window in time" to understand and feel what it was like in those times and places along Canada's Pacific coasts, as well as the complex and multifaceted roles and functions of a British war vessel. A Tour Of Duty In The Pacific Northwest is a unique and highly recommended contribution that will be greatly appreciated by students of maritime, and Canadian nineteenth century history.

This book is a delightful series of stories and events that are of interest to folks with their roots and family life along the banks of the Fox River. It is very important to me because my father, Edwin C. Tagatz, provided some of the information used by the authors. The book answers some of the questions of why early settlers found the area so appealing for them to settle in. I have an autographed copy of the book and I pick it up and remember how is was many times each year. We can only go back in time in thought and memeories but this book makes both easy.