B.C.: 15 bestselling books for the week of August 9

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1. The Curve of Time: New, Expanded Edition — M. Wylie Blanchet, introduction by Edith Iglauer, preface by Michael Blanchet, foreword by Howard White (Harbour Publishing).

2. The Cost of a Hostage: A Lane Winslow Mystery — Iona Whishaw (TouchWood Editions).

3.Swimming Holes and Beaches of Southwestern British Columbia: Including the Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island — Alex McKeen and George Harwood Smith (Greystone Books).

4. Vancouver Island: The Art of the Landscape — Dave Hutchison, written by Kelly Hutchison (Two Trees Art Publishing).

5. Whitewater Cooks the Food We Love — Shelley Adams and Conner Adams (Alicon Holdings Ltd).

6. Best of B.C. Road Trips: 20 Epic Adventures in British Columbia and Beyond — edited by Sam Burkhart (OP Media Group).

7. Calm Harbour, Turbulent Seas, A History of Ucluelet — Shirley Martin (Harbour Publishing).

8. Indigenous Rights in One Minute: What You Need to Know to Talk Reconciliation — Bruce McIvor (Nightwood Editions). 

9. 105 Hikes in and Around Southwestern British Columbia, 2nd edition— Stephen Hui, foreword by Naxaxalhts’i Albert “Sonny” McHalsie (Greystone Books).

10. Native Plants of British Columbia’s Coastal Dry Belt: A Photographic Guide — Hans Roemer, Mary Sanseverino (Harbour Publishing).

11. The Animal People Choose a Leader — Richard Wagamese, illustrated by Bridget George (Douglas and McIntyre).

12. The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog — Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa, with Coast Salish contributors (Harbour Publishing).

13.Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck — Eve Lazarus (Arsenal Pulp Press).

14. Huxley’s Island Adventure — Haley Healey, illustrated by Kimiko Fraser (Heritage House Publishing).

15. Raincoast Chronicles 25: m̓am̓aɫa Goes Fishing — JAlan Haig-Brown (Harbour Publishing).

— Compiled by the Association of Book Publishers of B.C.

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