Before We Were the Land’s tells a tale of immigration and resettlement that is at the same time unique and a cornerstone of Canadiana.
 

In the years before the First World War, the daily papers used few news photographs; the technology had not been developed to the point where photos could be used on short notice in any significant number. At the same time, however, the postcard photographer could have his news photographs on the street the day after an event took place. George Alfred Barrowclough was one of these photographers.
 

In her first two books Irene Stangoe established an easy reading style that spoke from the heart. Irene has earned her place among the most popular of central B.C. authors with over 10, 000 copies of her books sold.
 

Author - Stan Leaming with Rick Hudson

Beautiful, translucent, and indestructible, jade has a mystique that’s captivated people since Neolithic times. Stan Leaming, Canada’s leading jade geologist, was fascinated by this unusual gem; he is credited with pioneering the emergence of the jade industry in British Columbia.
 

Author - Norman Lee

The latest addition to TouchWood Editions’ Classics West Collection, this is the colourful tale of a formidable trek undertaken by legendary Cariboo rancher Norman Lee.
 

Charming, humorous and utterly engaging, this is a book that will make readers laugh and cry. Written from the point of view and in the voice of the author’s dog, Lonesome, its observations of life in the wilds reveal a dog with great character, charm — and attitude.
 

Everyone who lives in the western provinces of Canada has been affected by Alexander McRae. That's why Betty O'Keefe and Ian MacDonald believe the man deserves more than fleeting references in Canadian history books.
 

As told in this lively and engaging autobiography, Joe Garner’s life spanned the modern history of BC.
 

Between them, James and Amelia Douglas knew everybody who was anybody in western North America and their lives saw astonishing contrasts. Old Squaretoes and His Lady is a story of the adventure, heartbreak and devotion that lies at the roots of western Canada.
 

An unsentimental look at a war-time union, Old Stones is an inquiry into a woman’s two very different selves, as well as a candid examination of a cultural divide.
This is a work of creative non-fiction.
 

Edwardian images of Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
 

It was the summer of ’43 on a Cariboo ranch. He was 12 and had to become a man. If you were a man, you could become a cowboy. Join the author on this nostalgic look back on the joys, frustrations and observations of growing up and discovering where he belongs.
 

Author - Linda Eversole

A wealthy madam who was known from San Francisco to Victoria in the early part of the 20th century, Stella Carroll was glamorous, worldly and determined to succeed. Her bordellos were fashionably decorated and patronized by the affluent and the powerful; she offered the best of everything—fine food and wine, cigars, entertainment and, of course, girls.
 

The popular myth of Victoria’s genteel history—all upper-class colonists and Royal Navy dances—is ripe for puncturing. Yes, there were the wealthy and the well-born, but the city’s pioneers also included madams and murderers, salesmen and saloon-keepers.
 

Concensus and dissent, persistence and rapid change, were at the heart of Yarrow's rich cultural life.
 

Why did shiploads of women leave everything behind in England and come to the west coast? The answers lie in the lusty turmoil of a gold-rush frontier, the horrible disruptions of industrial England and the conflicting aims of earnest Christians and early British feminists.
 

This is the tale of how Canada’s high northern wilderness was brought into civilization’s fold through a frail network of wires laboriously strung between poles and trees for hundreds of desolate miles. It started in 1897, when gold was discovered in the Yukon and the government needed a faster way to communicate with its remote northern territory. The isolated residents, too, wanted a more reliable connection with the outside world. Thus was born the Yukon Telegraph.