Encyclopedia of British Columbia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Encyclopedia of British Columbia write by Daniel Francis. This book was released on 2000. Encyclopedia of British Columbia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The BC publishing event of the decade! 30,000 copies in print!
The Promise of Paradise
The Promise of Paradise - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Promise of Paradise write by Andrew Scott. This book was released on 2017-03-25. The Promise of Paradise available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The West has long attracted visionaries and schemers from around the world. And no other region in North America can outstrip British Columbia for the number of utopian or intentional settlement attempts in the past 150 years. Andrew Scott delves into the dramatic stories of these fascinating, but often doomed, communities. From Doukhobor farmers to Finnish coal miners, Quakers and hippies, many groups have struggled to build idealistic colonies in BC’s inspiring landscape. While most discovered hardship, disillusionment and failure, new groups sprang up—and continue to spring up—to take their place. Meet the quick-tempered, slave-driving Madame Zee (partner of the infamous Brother XII), who reportedly beat followers with a riding crop. Hear from Richard “The Troll” Schaller, who founded the Legal Front Commune, General Store and Funny Food Farm on the Sunshine Coast, setting off a storm of hostility from locals. Congregate with Jerry LeBourdais and fellow members of the Ochiltree Organic Commune, who rebelled from hippie communes by embracing meat eating and coffee drinking. With careful research and engaging first-person accounts, Scott sifts through the wreckage of the utopia-seekers’ dreams and delves into the practices and philosophies of contemporary intentional communities. This book is a compendium of astounding misadventures as well as an intriguing analysis of what moves people to search for paradise.
The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names
The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names write by Andrew Scott. This book was released on 2009. The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Winner of the 2010 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional BC Book Prize Winner of the 2009 Lieutenant-Governor's Medal for Historical Writing In 1909 Captain John T. Walbran published one of the most beloved and enduring of all BC books, British Columbia Coast Names. Harbour Publishing celebrates the hundredth anniversary of that landmark work by presenting the first book to update Walbran's classic, Andrew Scott's Raincoast Place Names. Like its progenitor, Raincoast Place Names is much more than simply a catalogue of name origins because it tells the often fascinating stories behind the names and in so doing serves as a history of the region in capsule form. It is also a monumental work, twice the size of Walbran's and including more than three times as many places. Four thousand entries consider, in intriguing detail, the stories behind over five thousand place names: how they were discovered, who named them and why, and what the names reveal. It describes the original First Nations cultures, the heroics of the 18th-century explorers and fur traders, the gruelling survey and settlement efforts of the 19th century, the lives of colonial officials, missionaries, gold seekers and homesteaders, and the histories of nearly every important vessel to sail or cruise the coast. The book also examines--for the first time--the rich heritage of BC place names added in the 20th century. These new entries reflect the world of the steamship era, the ships and skippers of the Union and Princess lines, the heroes of the two World Wars and the sealing fleet, Esquimalt's naval base and BC's fishing, canning, mining and logging industries. Richly illustrated with photos and maps, this book is an essential reference work, a must-have guide for boaters and mariners and a standard companion for anyone interested in BC history. It also makes a fine shelf-mate for the Encyclopedia of British Columbia.
The Canadian Encyclopedia: Min-Sta
The Canadian Encyclopedia: Min-Sta - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Canadian Encyclopedia: Min-Sta write by James H. Marsh. This book was released on 1988. The Canadian Encyclopedia: Min-Sta available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Encyclopedia of Evaluation
Encyclopedia of Evaluation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Encyclopedia of Evaluation write by Sandra Mathison. This book was released on 2005. Encyclopedia of Evaluation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The 'Encyclopedia of Evaluation' recognises the growth of evaluation around the world & highlights all the major contributions to the field. There are over 400 entries organised alphabetically.
