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Kate Jacobs


Kate Jacobs
"Friday Night Knitting Club"


“Friday Night Knitting Club” is an upbeat multigenerational story about the loves and friendships that stitch us all together.

Kate, living in Southern California, is a former New York City magazine editor who was born an raised in our beautiful neighbour of Hope.


Pauline Angman



"No One Asks Me How I Feel"
by Pauline Angman

"No One Asks Me How I Feel" is a six year old's view on her parents' divorce and the impact it has on her. The book is written from a child's perspective and also includes a section relating to children's biggest fears, what children need to know and how children often react/respond to a situation in which divorce is prevelant.

Iris Campbell


"Ivan and the Magic Rainbow"
by Iris Campbell



Magic powers are granted by a snail-like aliens to a young farm boy. This is a childrens 9-12 fiction novel.

Fred Ritchie

"Meeting on Common Ground"
by Fred Ritchie

Meeing on Common Ground began with a series of articles that the author submitted to the Penticton Herald over the years. It is a collection of thoughts, experiences and facts he acquired through his journey of exploring, researching and listening to the Okanagan people of the Penticton Indian Reserve.

He has always had a great interest in bettering the relationship between First Nations people and mainstream society in this community. It is with good intention that he has put his thoughts and collective information in this book to foster a continual dialogue and mutual respect on common ground.

Leo Louis Jacques

"Joey"
by Leo Louis Jacques & Sue Morton

Joey was inducted into Canadian Racing Hall of Fame.

During Depression and World War II eras: voted BC's most popular horse, Canada's Top Money Winning Horse, Canadian Horse-of-the-year while setting the North American all time record.

Joey's horseshoes sold for $40,000, where Seabiscuit's brought $10,000, both at auction, to raise monies for the Victory Bonds Fund.

Joey's Santa Anita jockey, Johnny Longdon has a race named after him in Vancouver.

Faye Cyr

"Where the Bears Play"
by Faye Cyr

Told from a wife's perspective, "Where the Bears Play" is the true story of a young couple's startling experiences in two isolated coastal logging camps. Her account of harrowing floatplane and boating trips, frightening bear encounters, a poisoning, a daring rescue as well as the unusual births of their two sons will glue older teens and adult readers to its pages.

Doug Manning


"Reel Life Wisdom" by
Doug Manning


Movies are stories about life. Parents can use carefully selected films to generate meaningful conversations with their children. The Reel Life Parenting Presentation provides participants with tools for discussing self, life and love with their kids. Parents will also receive movie-related activities that teach self-awareness, decision-making and interactive skills to children.

Inge Seiger


" Mirror Mirror On the Wall"
by Inge Seiger

“Mirror Mirror On the Wall – Wicked Curves…Love Them All” is an easy to read humorous take on dieting. The Divas Don’t Diet handbook includes sinfully decadent desserts, etiquette advice, funny quotes on dieting, trivia and even Oprah’s favorite “to die for dessert."

Janey Volden


"Gabbra's Song"
by Janey Volden


"Gabbra's Song" is a teen fiction novel set primarily in drought-ravaged northern Kenya. Readers will sweat as they follow Riley's gripping adventure with a nomadic tribe whose survival depends on Dumbuluk's fresh water well. Riley is swept into a bittersweet relationship with Nagya the strong, roguish warrior, while her childhood friend Gabbra wrestles with commitments to tradition. Despite danger, jealous rivalry, and a fight for her life, Riley is determined to make a difference in the questionable future of a small tribe in Africa.

Jim Couper


"Long & Winding Road: Discovering the Pleasures and Treasures of Highway 97"
by Jim Couper

Highway 97 winds from Weed, California, to the Yukon border-a distance of 3,200 kilometres (2,042 miles), making it North America's longest south-north roadway. In Oregon and Washington, it takes you through lava beds and deserts, arid uplands and forests, orchards and vineyards. Above the Canadian border, roadside vegetable and fruit stands abound en route to B.C.'s sunny Okanagan, home to 60 outstanding wineries. Turquoise lakes, mighty rivers and marble canyons can be seen as one moves north to the historic Cariboo region, where endless trout lakes, rolling ranchland, gold-rush lore and friendly people make it a land for all seasons. And then there's the raw, untamed north, a frontier unto itself.

Jeremie Rethan

"Silencing the Ringing "
By Jeremie Rethan

Tinnitus is that buzzing, whistling, ringing sound in the ears. It is a real medical condition that affects millions of people in the world today. Modern medical research states that there is no cure.

"Twilight of Wellness: Silencing the Ringing" is a book that represents a significant change in thinking. Published in 2006 by Universal Wellness Publications (UWP), author Jeremie N. Rethan details his personal battle with tinnitus -- and the breakthrough home-remedy techniques that silenced it.

http://www.silencetinnitus.com/

Barbara Shave

"Raven Tricks"
by Barbara Shave



Local magazine contributor, Barbara Shave, and acclaimed First Nation's artist, Lee Clarmont, have collaborated to produce a book called RAVEN TRICKS: It's All WRONG, Yet It's All RIGHT! The title refers to those twists of fate that ultimately govern our lives. As John Lennon said, "Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans." However, this collection of lively essays counters personal haplessness with twists of fancy by which purpose, wonder, or merely a sense of the ridiculous helped the writer to cope with the Raven Tricks in her own life. Together these stand-alone essays make an easy, entertaining read, like an outing with a feisty old friend. Lee Claremont contributed her "Raven Wears Red Robe With Iroquois Border Pattern" to create spectacular cover art.

Jennifer Lauren

When “Passing Perceptions” was released in January of 2005, it heralded the arrival of a vibrant new voice in acoustic roots. On her debut CD, Canadian born performing songwriter Jennifer Lauren showcases her versatility by playing both piano and acoustic guitar. More importantly, she demonstrates her ability as a creative artist by offering the listener ten tracks of her own composition. It is little wonder that “Perceptions” has received universal acclaim, for each original song features not only Lauren’s distinctive vocals, but also intriguingly meaningful lyrics. “I have to allow myself to feel vulnerable,” says Lauren. “If I’m apprehensive about expressing a feeling, I know I have something to reveal.”

www.jenniferlauren.net


Gerry McRae

" Business Planning 101"
by Gerry McRae

Dear Aspiring Entrepreneur:

If you are interested in saving money and you need to write your own business plan ... then this is going to be the most exciting event you've ever attended ...




Douglas Welbanks


"Finances After Separation"
by Douglas Welbanks

Clear, concise and detailed, "Finances After Separation" makes you look at the most important factor in a breakdown after your emotional health: money and financial security.

http://www.financesafterseparation.com

Cyndi Krueger


"Beauty is ... A Collection of Okanagan Art"

This impressive collection of local visual artists showcases the talent of various artists in the Okanagan region.


Remi Thivierge


"Out of Bed & Into the Fire"
by Remi Thivierge

A great deal has been written about divorce, usually focusing either on parenting issues, or on the emotional or legal sides of divorce. However, little has been written about how the emotional divorce affects the legal divorce and vice versa – and how this impacts the children. This manual is an attempt to fill that gap and to assist couples going through a relationship breakdown and divorce, as well as lawyers, judges, mediators, psychotherapists and custody / access assessors.

Robert Penner


"Old Soldiers"
by Robert Penner



Death; life's only certainty. How can we cope with the death of others if our profession calls for us to confront it? How do we face our own mortality at life's end? Old Soldiers, Robert M Penner's debut powerful novel, follows Darren, a medical resident, through the gruelling hours of his internship as he grapples with these issues.

Two patients - old soldiers, one German, one Canadian - confront their own demises, and relive in their minds their wartime experiences. All three find some refuge from the spectre of death, but can Darren's professional distance provide him the same safety that soldiers find by dehumanizing their enemies?

Julie Ferguson

"Sing a New Song"
by Julie Ferguson

For the first time, "Sing a New Song", tells the stories of four Canadian bishops who embraced unpopular causes with their eyes wide open. George Hills, David Somerville, Douglas Hambidge, and Michael Ingham encountered severe opposition as they fought for the rights of blacks, aboriginals, women, and gays and lesbians. One was at the centre of the only Anglican schism in Canadian history; two jeopardized their careers; and one was voted the sixth most important person of the twentieth century whose world view has transformed society.

Peter Grauer


"Interred with their Bones"
by Peter Grauer


This story ranges from the Valleys of the Similkameen, the Nicola and the South Thompson, from Lac la Hache in the Cariboo to long-dead Phoenix in the Boundary, and into the cities of Mission, Chilliwack and New Westminster in the Fraser Valley.

It tells the story of Constable William Fernie and his four First Nations trackers; Alex Ignace, Eli La Roux, Michel Le Camp and Philip Toma. Together they tracked the fleeing train robbers for five days, and ensured that the Royal North West Mounted Police were able to successfully capture the bandits near Douglas Lake.

Andy Buhler

"Letters Home Volumes 1 & 2"
by Andy Buhler

From life in a hospital lab of the ancient, mud-walled city of Kano, to adventures re-establishing a lab in the war-gutted hospital of Ogwashi-Uku, these memoirs capture it all. Share my life as a CUSO volunteer in Nigeria (1969-1971) during, and just after, the Biafran crisis. Experience the trials of a young, idealistic, medical laboratory technologist who must come to terms with himself, his situations, and with cultures so different from his homeland. There are friendships and frustrations, humour and hi-jinks, poverty and poetry.

Christine Peters


"Lure of the Chilcotin"
by Christine Peters

In 1967, Christine Peters of Buffalo, New York, left Ithaca, New York, with Bronx-born Mark Gilman, in her father's old Studebaker Lark and headed to British Columbia with seven hundred dollars. Idealistic and naive, they lived out of their car and tried sleeping one night inside the Stanley Park hollow tree, only to be chased away by police. Desperate for money, she took a teaching job at Big Creek in the Chilcotin. Some 38 years later, having raised four sons in the Cariboo-Chilcotin, mostly as a homesteader without running water, she wrote and self-published her memoir, The Lure of the Chilcotin (Trafford, 2005) from her Tatla Lake cabin west of Williams Lake. Event details: Meet Christine by our mall doors to discuss her experiences of her life living 'back to nature.'

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Riel Marquardt


"Backroad Chronicles Volume 1"
by Riel Marquardt


"The Backroad Chronicles" are a selection of adventures from the author's personal trip log as he, his partner Karen, and canine companion Keera, explore some of the most remote and rugged backroads in all of British Columbia. Join Riel as he pilots their trusty four-wheel drive over trails ranging from modern gravel logging roads to traversing century-old mountain passes with the aid of chainsaws, winches and a measure of good luck.

Jack McCallum

"Tales of an Old Bold Pilot"
by Jack McCallum

This is an easy to read account of bush pilot, Jack McCallum's adventures flying in Northern BC
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Trish Ratzlaff


"6 Hole Ring Thing"
by Trish Ratzlaff



"The Six Hole Ring Thing" by Trish Ratzlaff is the story of the famous Calgary mallard who got caught in some waste plastic. It is based on actual events that took place at Princes Island Park, in 1990. The story was closely followed by the media and re-enacted by the TV Show, Rescue 911, with William Shatner.This book is a tribute to the endangered wetlands in our communities. The intention is to become active as individuals, as to what can create problem's for our fellow creatures and the water sources that sustain them. Your imagination will be stimulated, and your awareness heightened on literal, transcendent, and symbolic levels.