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“briony penn”

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  • The Seabird Trials

    How a Scientist Took Big Oil to Court and Won

    by Briony Penn ...
    Through lyrical storytelling and vivid science writing, The Seabird Trials reveals the fragility and wonder of seabird life, the great cost of oil dependence and—at a time when scientists are increasingly questioned and silenced—the enduring importance of evidence and truth.In the aftermath of one of the deadliest oil spills in the Pacific, two friends—one Canadian, one American and both seabird ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Following the Good River

    The Life and Times of Wa'xaid

    by Briony Penn ...
    Based on recorded interviews and journal entries this major biography of Cecil Paul (Wa’xaid) is a resounding and timely saga featuring the trials, tribulations, endurance, forgiveness, and survival of one of North American’s more prominent Indigenous leaders.Born in 1931 in the Kitlope, Cecil Paul, also known by his Xenaksiala name, Wa’xaid, is one of the last fluent speakers of his people’s ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • A Year on the Wild Side

    A West Coast Naturalist's Almanac

    by Briony Penn ...
    A freshly designed, new edition of a funny weekly chronicle that offers a year-long, intimate view of the flora and fauna populating the West Coast.A Year on the Wild Side is a witty commentary on the social and natural history of Vancouver Island. Composed of short, readable essays arranged into 12 monthly chapters, this engaging book reveals the magic and humour of the natural world and reminds ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Real Thing

    The Natural History of Ian McTaggart Cowan

    by Briony Penn ...
    Winner of the 2016 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize and the inaugural Mack Laing Literary Prize. Shortlisted for the 2016 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prizes.The Real Thing is the first official biography of Ian McTaggart Cowan (1910–2010), the “father of Canadian ecology.” Authorized by his family and with the research support and participation of the University of Victoria Libraries, Briony Penn ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Spirits of the Coast

    Orcas in Science, Art and History

    by Severn Cullis-Suzuki, David Suzuki, Briony Penn, Mark Leiren-Young, Misty Macduffee, Alex Morton ...
    "A magnificent journey alongside orcas, bringing these beautiful creatures to life." —Jay Ritchlin, David Suzuki FoundationSpirits of the Coast brings together the work of marine biologists, Indigenous knowledge keepers, poets, artists, and storytellers, united by their enchantment with the orca.Long feared in settler cultures as "killer whales," and respected and honored by Indigenous cultures as ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stories from the Magic Canoe of Wa’xaid

    by Cecil Paul, Briony Penn ...
    A remarkable and profound collection of reflections by one of North America’s most important Indigenous leaders.My name is Wa’xaid, given to me by my people. ‘Wa’ is ‘the river’, ‘Xaid’ is ‘good’ – good river. Sometimes the river is not good. I am a Xenaksiala, I am from the Killer Whale Clan. I would like to walk with you in Xenaksiala lands. Where I will take you is the place of my birth. They ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Voices for the Islands

    Thirty Years of Nature Conservation on the Salish Sea

    by Sheila Harrington ...
    A fascinating compendium of stories chronicling the creation of local nature conservancies, and the people behind them, on seventeen islands on the Salish Sea from the 1990s to the present day.Voices for the Islands brings together the stories and experiences of those who rose to protect areas at risk within their island communities. Narratively linked by author Sheila Harrington’s three-year ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • The North-West Is Our Mother

    The Story of Louis Riel’s People, the Métis Nation

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    There is a missing chapter in the narrative of Canada’s Indigenous peoples—the story of the Métis Nation, a new Indigenous people descended from both First Nations and EuropeansTheir story begins in the last decade of the eighteenth century in the Canadian North-West. Within twenty years the Métis proclaimed themselves a nation and won their first battle. Within forty years they were famous ... Read more

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  • Moon of the Crusted Snow

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    by Waubgeshig Rice ...
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  • Five Little Indians

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  • Medicine Walk

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