Readers can once again enjoy Helene Glidden's classic, "The Light on the Island" as this 50th Anniversary Edition retells the touching story of a young girl growing up on Patos Island in the San Juan Archipelago. Her parents raised thirteen children while her father served as the Patos Island lighthouse keeper from 1905 - 1913. Helene reminisces about the adventure and heartbreak experienced on a beautiful but remote island where smugglers, old timers, and "God" weave in and out of their lives. 
The book was originally published in 1951. This 50th Anniversary Edition has added historical photos and a postscript with biographical information about Mrs. Glidden and her family.

The Light on the Island (50th Anniversary Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Glidden, Helene

Genre Fiction

San Juan Publishing

Once Upon An Island is the true story of a young couple who did buy their dream island! David and Jeanne Conover bought Wallace Island in the Canadian Gulf Islands in the 1940's with a dream of building a summer vacation resort. The book retells their adventures and misadventures, their comic failures and satisfying successes.

Once Upon an Island

Biographies & Memoirs

Conover, David

Travelers & Explorers

Andrew Henry's Meadow by Doris Burn is a children's classic. This 40th Anniversary Edition will entertain children and adults alike. The creative antics of Andrew Henry Thatcher and his friends will inspire your imagination.

Andrew Henry's Meadow

Children's Books

Doris Burn

Springer's Journey is a childen's book that will be treasured by the young and not-so-young alike. 
Springer has the perfect Orca Whale life, living and playing with the rest of her family in the Kelp Forests of Northern British Columbia until her idyllic life is suddenly shattered. Based on a true story, this is the account of a brave young whale, a surprising journey, and the discovery that the road home doesn't begin on any map: it begins in your heart.

Springer's Journey

naomi-black

Virginia Heaven

Teen & Young Adult

The Secret Code of the Monks: Monasticism in History examines the great philosophers and saints in history and their contribution to the formation of faith in the lives of each human being. This book is a great reference resource for people who wish to know more about the benefits of monastic discipline in their journey of searching for God's Will for each soul.

The Secret Code of the Monks: Monasticism in History

Rev. Otto A. Koltzenburg

Dipl. Theol

The Sport Parent's Manual

Sports & Outdoors

Tom Doyle

Coaching

True Coaching outlines practical strategies for coaches and athletic administrators to help meet the challenges of communicating with athletes and parents.

True Coaching

At age seven, Gloria Strauss received a dreadful diagnosis: She had terminal cancer. It was not news to her, however, merely confirmation of what God had told her mother a few days earlier. "Your daughter will have an incurable disease," He said. "When I heal her, I will change the lives of many." Instead of living in fear of death, the child carried on with an expectant faith, declaring to all she encountered that she would be a miracle. Four years into her struggle, with doctors predicting she only had weeks to live, Gloria made headlines when Jerry Brewer, a sports columnist for The Seattle Times, stumbled into her life. Expecting to write a column about Gloria's father, a high school basketball coach, Brewer wound up being mesmerized by the Strauss family's steadfast Catholic beliefs. The grandson of a Baptist minister, he had respect for the intensity of such a faith, but since he had strayed from the church during his adulthood, this story of a lifetime turned into a life lesson. Brewer followed the family of seven children for five months, witnessing religion and cancer colliding, watching Gloria inspire believers and non-believers to unite, re-evaluating himself along the way. What he learned is described in this book, embedded within a tale that alternates between chilling and heartwarming almost by the paragraph, with hope obstructing the deadly disease. Gloria's Miracle is a true story about how much you are willing to sacrifice to believe in God, in yourself, in true happiness. It is about family, community, choices, dreams and, especially, love. By the end, the vast concept of a miracle is whittled down to its poignant essence.

Gloria's Miracle

Jerry Brewer

Leaders & Notable People

Courage, gaiety, and a fresh approach to life are reflected in this unconventional autobiography. It is a story of twentieth-century pioneers as resourceful as ever they were in the days of the old frontier. June Burn and her husband Farrar determined to go their own sweet way, enjoying first hand living and not surrendering to the routines of a workaday world. Through the years they had some high and glorious adventures, which included homesteading a gumdrop in the San Juan Islands of the Pacific Northwest, teaching Eskimos near Siberia, and exploring the United States by donkey cart with a baby aboard.

Living High: An Unconventional Autobiography

June Burn

WARNING! THIS BOOK CAN ONLY BE ORDERED NEW FROM THE PUBLISHER. ANY OTHER OFFERS OF 'NEW' ARE FRAUDULENT. 20% OFF Publisher's Holiday Special. The gold mine that save a town. 2nd printing. For more than a century, the Bachelor Mine was one of the most reliable producers in the Ouray area. Bennett's book is the only history of Ouray's famous Gold Hill. With a Foreword by Fort Lewis College historian, Duane Smith. Well researched, with maps, plats, topographical representations, and over 200 historical photographs. Bennett's book explores Ouray mining history, area geology, and how the miners lived and worked. 6″x9″ Soft cover, color. 122 pgs. Illustrated with Index and List of Illustrations. ISBN: 978-0-9771376-0-2. Review, http://www.sanjuanpub.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Jane_Bennett_one_sheet.pdf

Tales of the Bachelor Mine

History

Jane Bennett

Americas

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