The construction of the Alcan highway, a fifteen-hundred-mile roadway connecting Dawson Creek, British Columbia and Fairbanks, is chronicled

Rough Road to the North: Travels Along the Alaska Highway

History

Christy, Jim

Americas

DOUBLEDAY

The Price of Power: A Biography of Charles Eugene Bedaux

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

DOUBLEDAY CANADA LTD.

Flesh and Blood a Journey Into the Heart

Douglas&McIntyre

Traveling Light: A dozen encounters

Travel

Travel Writing

Dundurn Press

There is only one human impulse as old as the desire to build a house - the desire to decorate it.From a house made entirely of embalming fluid bottles created by an ex-undertaker, to a miniature backyard Dodge City built by a devoted "Gunsmoke" fan, to a junk castle assembled from old bedsteads, metal fans, and washing machine parts for a fine arts doctoral project - these are some of the uncommon homes and gardens found throughout western Canada and the United States.Meet some of the people who created these weird but magnificent places: Tim Anderson, from Roundup, Montana, who erects his graceful pillars and whirligigs from scrap iron and is said to be directed by visions; Rasmus Petersen, of Redmond, Oregon, who immigrated from Denmark in 1906 to clear 300 acres of rock and forest and created an extensive rock garden with the by-product of his labours; and John Keziere, who hails from Esquimalt, BC, a former whaler and merchant marine who modelled his garage on Davey Jones' locker.This exuberantly illustrated book is a tribute to men and women in Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Washington and the Yukon who have created domestic monuments that are out on the margins. Strange Sites: Uncommon Homes and Gardens of the Pacific Northwest celebrates the creative spirit in us all, the spirit that defies the trends, the neighbours and the building codes to construct unique, joyous and very strange sites.

Strange Sites: Uncommon Homes & Gardens of the Pacific Northwest

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Harbour Publishing

This book offers a unique look at the phenomenon of Charles Bukowski, the battered and scarred postal clerk, odd-jobs man, and lowly factotum who became the best-known "underground" writer in the English language. His work—raw, crude, heartbreaking, and hilarious—has inspired imitators, emulators, sycophants, and detractors. This book chronicles the man, the myth, and his work.

The Buk Book: Musings on Charles Bukowski

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

ECW Press

One of the most widely read and influential American writers of the 20th century, Jack Kerouac is often misunderstood. This study examines the confessions of a 20th-century St. Augustine and traces the progress of a great pilgrim through the decline of modern civilization. Christy focuses on the last ten years of Kerouac's life, from the influential New York Times rave review of On the Road until his death in 1969, a period in Kerouac's life that until now has been dismissed by most biographers as nothing more than a drunken decline. Christy asserts that Kerouac was a madman and mystic whose last days were wilder and more fascinating than any of the adventures he wrote about. As Christy reveals, in the last decade of his life Jack Kerouac was racing to obtain his goal of being safe in heaven dead.”

The Long Slow Death of Jack Kerouac

Rough Road to the North: A Vagabond on the Great Northern Highway (Tramp Lit Series)

Historical

Feral House

Literary Nonfiction. Biography. History. National Books for Everybody pick (Canada). Never before have as many outrageous and out-sized characters appeared in one place at the same time. Words like rogues, rascals, rapscallions, reprobates and rodomontades don't completely describe these individuals; they are more than each or any combination thereof. They are scalawags. People who claim to push the envelope are stamped, sealed and delivered compared with this bunch. They may be conmen or conwomen, adventurers, fabulists and/or delusional but they all share the extreme passion for life—always more Life! Some are of the modern era, some go way back, but their lust and spirit link them throughout the ages. This book, like its predecessor, SCALAWAGS: ROGUES, ROUSTABOUTS, WAGS &amp; SCAMPS, is devoted to the celebration of that passion that refuses to be stifled by convention. Read about the adventurous lives and wild exploits of Caroline Otero, Andre Malraux, Lord Timothy Dexter, Suzanne Valadon, William Hunt, Mata Hari, Emma Hamilton, Bata Kindai Amgoza, and many more in this second volume of Scalawags! "As noble and valorous as our favorite heroes are, many of us can't resist a good tale of villainy. Christy writes about real-life con artists, adventurers, and hedonists that span ages and continents to deliver us juicy stories of skullduggery and debauchery. And if you like this one, it's the sequel to another book that you could also devour—just, try not to break anything if it inspires you to practice swashbuckling in your living room, aye?"—Book Riot, "5 Small Press Books to Read in January" "Words like rogues, rascals, rapscallions, reprobates and rodomontades don't completely describe these individuals. These are stories about con artists, adventurers, fabulists and the delusional—who all share an extreme passion for life. Some are of the modern era, some go way back, but their lust and spirit link them throughout the ages. This book, like Christy's predecessor, Scalawags: Rogues, Roustabouts, Wags and Scamps, published in 2008, is devoted to the celebration of that passion."—Coast Reporter Praise for SCALAWAGS: ROGUES, ROUSTABOUTS, WAGS &amp; SCAMPS: "Christy's work reminds us that losers are cool, that the middle-of- the-road might be smoother but the ditches are more interesting, and that every rounder has a good story to to tell."The Globe and Mail

Rogues, Rascals, and Scalawags Too: More Ne'er-Do-Wells Through the Ages

Literature & Fiction

Anvil Press

Castle is back on the beat on the gritty streets of old Vancouver!    Terminal Avenue is a fast-paced new ‘noir’ thriller from the author of Shanghai Alley and Princess and Gore. Set in 1939 in Vancouver, BC as the first winds of war drift across the Atlantic, Terminal Avenue combines history and mystery into an absorbing tale of intrigue and violence.  Once again we follow tough-talking, bullet-eating Vancouver gumshoe Gene Castle as he searches for the kidnapped daughter of a Nazi resistance leader. With bombshell Louise Jones as a side-kick and a cast of mobsters and hobos, Castle’s adventures are both dangerous and entertaining.  Jim Christy’s acclaimed Vancouver Trilogy combines roman noir crime-writing with social and political commentary in a remarkably accomplished and enjoyable fashion. Filled with action, adventure and memorable street-wise characters, Terminal Avenue ranks high among the most literate and engaging Canadian crime fiction.

Terminal Avenue

Ekstasis Editions

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