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The Rough Guide to Vancouver
This travel guide to Vancouver and the surrounding area features advice on where to go and what to do, from sea-kayaking off the Gulf Islands to the museums and galleries downtown. Maps and plans help the reader pinpoint recommended hotels, restaurants and attractions.
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Dream City
Located at the edge of a continent and at the corresponding edge of national public consciousness, Vancouver has developed in unique and unanticipated ways. It is now emerging as an experiment in contemporary city-making, with international interest in Vancouver as a model of post-industrial urbanism increasing exponentially. Lance Berelowitz explores the links between the city's seductive natural setting, its turbulent political history and changing civic values, and its planning and design culture. He also makes the startling case that Vancouver is to Canada's imagination what Los Angeles is to the American -- a mythologized place of endless possibilities, while being grounded in an altogether more limited set of socio-economic and environmental limitations. Dream City is richly illustrated with both historical and contemporary photographs of many significant buildings and public spaces, as well as specially commissioned maps that reveal the underlying patterns of growth and change of Canada's youngest metropolis.
All Amazed
All Amazed celebrates the life and work of the late Roy Kiyooka (1926-1994), one of Canada's first multi-disciplinary artists whose work transcended categorical and cultural exclusivity. At various periods of his life, Kiyooka was a painter, sculptor, teacher, poet, musician, filmmaker, and photographer. When Kiyooka arrived in Vancouver in 1959, he was already one of Canada's most respected abstract painters. His modernist stance at the time inspired a generation of Vancouver painters to reach beyond regionalism. In the sixties and seventies, Kiyooka began to write and publish poetry and produce photographic works; the best known of these, StoneDGloves (1969-1970), is both a poetic and phot...
Vancouver and Victoria
Vancouver and Victoria are among Canada's most appealing cities: this guide will help you discover the best of both. Local writers offer their inside knowledge of what to see, where to stay, eat, and shop. Chapters on top attractions, entertainment, art galleries, parks and gardens, annual events and "kids' stuff" provide an informed, accessible overview. There are chapters devoted to each of Vancouver's distinctive neighbourhoods, and sections outlining excursions to Whistler, the Gulf Islands and the Sunshine Coast. Extensive listings detail the sites covered by the authors, and maps of neighbourhoods, attractions, restaurants and hotels will help you find your way. With hundreds of original colour photographs this guide is both a keepsake and an indispensable companion to your stay in British Columbia.
Granville Island ABC
A whimsical exploration of Vancouver’s favourite family landmark, filled with gorgeous illustrations and fascinating facts. Granville Island ABC is a visual treasure hunt that invites families to explore the sights, sounds, and smells of this exciting arts and culture destination. With fun (and mostly free) discoveries for every letter of the alphabet—from buskers to houseboats, industrial relics to parks, seawalls to turtles—this book is the perfect companion to a family outing. With interesting facts, a detailed map, a historical timeline, and text that fosters observation and entertainment, it is sure to appeal to locals and tourists alike. Its whimsical illustrations contain hidden details and capture Granville Island’s unique mix of industrial and artistic, historical and modern, urban and wild.
Welcome Home to Yourself
Kyra and Derksen, a mother and son collaborative team, weave words and images that invite readers to deepen their curiosity and joy for life. Welcome Home to Yourself invites readers to begin a guided journey through the natural milestones of their lives.
Brewed in Canada
A passionate narrative of individual power, colourful characters, family rivalries, and foreign ownership of Canadas brewing industry.
Portrait of Vancouver
With its spectacular setting between sea, mountains and sky, Vancouver is one of the world's most beautiful and liveable cities. Portrait of Vancouver is a rich depiction of everything BC's sparkling glass and grass metropolis has to offer. Towering skyscrapers, mountaintop views and a walk through the top sights of Stanley Park are captured in stunning photographs. This showy keepsake book collects images of Vancouver's highlights, celebrating Nitobe Gardens, UBC, the downtown area, and beaches, parks and markets all along the city's encircling seawall. Plus take a virtual visit to Granville Island, the Vancouver Aquarium, and across the SeaBus to Capilano Suspension Bridge and Grouse Mountain in photographs that show all to perfection. A breezy text introduces the many sides of this truly green urban centre. A classic souvenir book, with a new look and fully updated text and images.
