West Vancouver Stories

Download West Vancouver Stories full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online West Vancouver Stories ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

West Vancouver Stories

Author : Lindy Pfeil
Publisher : Shongololo Books
ISBN 13 : 9780981350844
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (58 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis West Vancouver Stories by : Lindy Pfeil

Download or read book West Vancouver Stories written by Lindy Pfeil and published by Shongololo Books. This book was released on 2021-02-17 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written during the COVID-19 pandemic by 23 'ordinary' West Vancouver citizens, these stories celebrate the courage, kindness and resilience of the human spirit. West Vancouver Stories: The Pandemic Project is a celebration of hope and resilience. It ensures that our stories will never be lost. "The pandemic of 20/21 has impacted us all in ways none of us could have imagined. While we are united in fighting this common enemy, how each of us experiences it is unique. And I believe that to develop empathy as a society, we need to hear the stories of others. That's why the West Vancouver Stories initiative is so important. It's an opportunity for a diverse and courageous cross-section of our community to share compelling and intimate reflections on life during this extraordinary time; and for the rest of us to understand and appreciate those insights." Mary-Ann Booth, Mayor of West Vancouver Contributing writers: Anne Baird, Annie Hill, Brenda Morrison, Chris Stringer, Deanna Regan, D. Higgins, Domenica Mastromatteo, Elizabeth Wooding, Elke Babicki, Fay Mehr, Jennifer (Lutes) Hill, Joanne Singleton, Julie Flynn, Karen Hoffman, Karen Tidball, Kimberley Clarke, Lindy Hughes Pfeil, L. Noel, Melody Noble, Rose Lepin, Sharon Selby, Sharon Thompson, Wendy Wilkins Winslow. Deep gratitude to the West Vancouver Foundation for funding this project and to the Coast Salish peoples on whose unceded traditional territories we live, work and write.For additional information about the book and its writers, please visit www.westvanstories.com.

West Vancouver Stories

Author : Lindy Pfeil
Publisher : Shongololo Books
ISBN 13 : 9780981350899
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (58 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis West Vancouver Stories by : Lindy Pfeil

Download or read book West Vancouver Stories written by Lindy Pfeil and published by Shongololo Books. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Vancouver Stories: 2024 contains the stories of 18 ordinary people living in extraordinary times. They met in the West Vancouver Memorial Library, where they shared their stories of resilience, compassion, and hope. A true collaboration between community members and organisations, this book documents what it means to be alive today. "With the pandemic now in the rear-view mirror, this is the time to strengthen our bonds of friendship, community, and reconnect with each other. What we have learned is that nothing can defeat the human spirit. We can move forward with a renewed sense of hope, optimism, and kindness." Mark Sager, Mayor of West Vancouver Contributing writers: Anne Baird, Antonio Ocana, Brenda Morrison, Elizabeth Wooding, Elke Babicki, Evelyn (Stephens) Dawson, Inga Pedersen McLaughlin, Jennifer Lutes, John Weston, Julie Flynn, Karen Hoffman, Kim Clarke, L. Noël, Lindy Hughes Pfeil, Melissa Baker, Nancy Henderson, Trish Leslie, Wendy Wilkins Winslow Thank you to the West Vancouver Foundation for partially funding this book, and to West Vancouver Memorial Library for providing a welcoming space for our writing sessions. Gratitude to the Coast Salish peoples on whose traditional territories we live, work and write. For additional information about the book and its writers, please visit www.westvanstories.com.

The Common Wife: Getting Lost, Dancing Naked & Collecting Seashells

Author : Lindy Hughes
Publisher : Shongololo Books
ISBN 13 : 9780981350813
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (58 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Common Wife: Getting Lost, Dancing Naked & Collecting Seashells by : Lindy Hughes

Download or read book The Common Wife: Getting Lost, Dancing Naked & Collecting Seashells written by Lindy Hughes and published by Shongololo Books. This book was released on 2019-11-23 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 ON 4 AMAZON BESTSELLER LISTS! For anyone who has felt, even for a moment, the 'missingness' of an unlived life and wondered what to do about it. When Lindy's husband discovers that she has been living a secret life as a burlesque dancer, all while he has been home watching football, he is not amused. To keep the peace, she stops performing, and that's when things fall apart. Perimenopause (whatever that is) does not help, and Lindy finds herself in some curiously compromising situations. There is Thor, the stuntman from Texas, Satya with the dreadlocks and camper-van, beautiful Adam, and the Crazy. In the midst of a hot flush, Lindy remembers her destiny (bestowed on her by Father Ignatius at Catholic school when she was fifteen years old) to save the world. So, on her fifty-first birthday, she tells her husband that she can no longer be married. She needs to find her Big Life, the one that doesn't include a picket-fence house in the suburbs with a minivan in the driveway. Since her husband is, above all, a practical man, he suggests that she go for a walk to think about things before making any final decisions. Forgetting that she doesn't like walking, Lindy heads to Northern Spain with her purple backpack, Petunia. With blistered toes and a swollen ankle, she stomps along the sacred soil of the Camino de Santiago in search of God (if he exists), forgiveness (if that is possible), and herself (whomever the hell that is). With no guidebook and no sense of direction, she gets lost. Very lost. In that lostness, she is forced to stare the serpent in the eye, have it out with Jesus, and face her naked truth. Told with audacious honesty, The Common Wife is the irreverent memoir of one woman's pilgrimage to the Ends of the Earth. Think Bridget Jones's Diary, combined with Eat, Pray, Love and Wild. Add a bunch of pilgrims, a toolbox filled with glitter, Satan on a mountaintop and pole-dancing Jesus. Not for the fainthearted....

Vancouver

Author : David Cruise
Publisher : HarperFlamingo
ISBN 13 : 9780002006583
Total Pages : 753 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (65 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Vancouver by : David Cruise

Download or read book Vancouver written by David Cruise and published by HarperFlamingo. This book was released on 2003 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating cast of characters populate the city of Vancouver in a story that stretches from the last Ice Age to the present day.

Dreamers and Designers

Author : Francis Mansbridge
Publisher : Harbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1550178520
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (51 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Dreamers and Designers by : Francis Mansbridge

Download or read book Dreamers and Designers written by Francis Mansbridge and published by Harbour Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-27 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Vancouver is a community defined by its geography, bordered on three sides by the ocean, backed by mountainous wilderness and threaded by creeks and ravines. This setting gives the region a distinct identity, attracting people from all over the world with the prospect of stunning scenery and unparalleled opportunities for outdoor activity, but also defines how the community has developed. As West Vancouver transitioned from a beachfront cottage community to a region filled with houses that only the affluent can afford, its growth has been characterized by ongoing tension between efforts to conserve its natural beauty and the drive to open it up to eager would-be West Vancouverites. In recent decades, the Squamish Nation has also become a major player in shaping the future direction of the area. In Dreamers and Designers, Francis Mansbridge traces the history of West Vancouver, examining how its approach to land use has shaped the region and illustrating the consequences of this fight, including the marginalization of its less affluent citizens. The text is enlivened by accounts of the major personalities involved in the shaping of West Vancouver and sidebars featuring the voices of West Vancouverites throughout the ages. With archival and contemporary photographs that provide a visual account of the changing landscape, Dreamers and Designers paints a vivid picture of how West Vancouver’s unique setting has defined the dynamic coastal community and the lives of those who reside there.

A Place of Excellence

Author : Bruce Ramsey
Publisher : [West Vancouver, B.C.] : Corporation of the District of West Vancouver
ISBN 13 : 9780889257498
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (574 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A Place of Excellence by : Bruce Ramsey

Download or read book A Place of Excellence written by Bruce Ramsey and published by [West Vancouver, B.C.] : Corporation of the District of West Vancouver. This book was released on 1986 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Vancouver Stories

Author :
Publisher : Raincoast Books
ISBN 13 : 9781551927954
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (279 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Vancouver Stories by :

Download or read book The Vancouver Stories written by and published by Raincoast Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The city of Vancouver means different things to different people, but it is as revered and beloved by its residents as it is by the millions of people who visit every year. It's a diverse, thrumming metropolis and a calm and beautiful recreation destination; it's a young city still striving for identity and a storied settlement rich in legend. And it has been both the inspiration and setting for some of Canada's most interesting fiction.Framed by an incisive introduction from West Coast literary doyen Douglas Coupland, the wide array of short fiction collected in Vancouver Stories reveals just how varied Vancouver really is. Discover this great city through the stories of Pauline Johnson and Emily Carr, through the eyes of such 20th-century literary giants as Alice Munro, Ethel Wilson and Malcolm Lowry, and through the words of more contemporary writers such as William Gibson, Timothy Taylor, Zsuzsi Gartner and Madeline Thien.Spanning a period of nearly 80 years, the 15 stories in this collection present the experience of Vancouver-living here, visiting or just passing through-filtered through the imaginations of some of Canada's most famous fiction stylists."Sooner or later, everyone in the country came to this city by the mountains and the sea. Some just to ogle, many to stay. People here liked it with something that bordered on religious fervour." -from "City of My Dreams" by Zsuzsi Gartner

West Vancouver Community Complex

Author : West Vancouver Memorial Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (417 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis West Vancouver Community Complex by : West Vancouver Memorial Library

Download or read book West Vancouver Community Complex written by West Vancouver Memorial Library and published by . This book was released on 1973* with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Suburb in the Making, West Vancouver (Classic Reprint)

Author :
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266871873
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (718 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A Suburb in the Making, West Vancouver (Classic Reprint) by :

Download or read book A Suburb in the Making, West Vancouver (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Suburb in the Making, West Vancouver Two years ago the settlers in our district were. Re garded as pioneers who scorned wealth and bore privation cheerfuly for love of beauty. Summer visitors to our shore felt that they had left lax behind, and set themselves to prove that they cool-9 endure the hardships of the wilderness with the fortitude of their forefathers The links with civilization were broken; there were no telephonm, no postman, and no railway trains. The water that they drank came from a stream in the forest; the strangers who met them on the road wished them good-day. Everything was primitive and barbarous. They returned to the city exultant; and, after the fashion of explorers, told strange tales of adventure to entertain th -ir friends. There they were assured of a respectful hearing, for it was generally known that the coast between Vancouver and Alaska was picturesque, and there were optimists even in those days who ventured to predict that, some day in the distant future. Iiollyburn would be a fashionable summer resort. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Vancouver Then and Now

Author : Francis Mansbridge
Publisher : Thunder Bay Press
ISBN 13 : 9781626863873
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (638 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Vancouver Then and Now by : Francis Mansbridge

Download or read book Vancouver Then and Now written by Francis Mansbridge and published by Thunder Bay Press. This book was released on 2015-02-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Looks at archival photos throughout a century of dramatic change, from a time when the massive trees were felled and forests were cleared, and when Victorian gentlemen raced penny farthings around Stanley Park. The book contrasts fascinating historic images with the same locations as they appear today"--Page 4 of cover.

Vancouver Short Stories

Author : Carole Gerson
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780774802284
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (22 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Vancouver Short Stories by : Carole Gerson

Download or read book Vancouver Short Stories written by Carole Gerson and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In a sense, we haven’t got an identity until somebody tells our story. The fiction makes us real."--Robert Kroetsch in Creation Spanning a period of nearly eighty years, the stories in this collection present the experience of living in Vancouver as filtered through the imagination of many of Canada’s most famous writers. The romantic attitude of some of the early writers is balanced by the more sombre version of many later authors, some of whom show the city as a place of loneliness and corruption. In tone, the stories range from the grimness of Dorothy Livesay’s account of Depression misery, to the irony of Ethel Wilson’s narrative of an evening garden party, to the playfulness of George Bowering’s ellipticla story of student life. Other well-known atuhors include Pauline Johnson, Emily Carr, Malcolm Lowry, Audrey Thomas, Alice Munro, and Joy Kogawa--as well as some who have been undeservedly consigned to obscurity--M.A. Grainger, Bertrand Sinclair, Jean Burton, and William McConnell. The more prolific among the younger writers--Frances Duncan, Cynthia Flood, and Kevin Roberts--are in the process of achieving national recognition. The stories evoke a strong sense of place, of Vancouver’s essential relation to its natural setting--forest, mountains, and sea--and its existence as a modern urban centre. Individual episodes recall the great fire of 1886, turn-of-the-century loggers on Cordova Street, rum-running in the twenties, the internment of Japanese-Canadians after Pearl Harbor, the hippie era, and the modern sub-culture of beer parlours and drugs. Particular locales include downtown streets, the east end, the North Shore, U.B.C, Stanley Park, Kitsilano, and the Vancouver Aquarium. Stories of the city’s social and cultural life describe the process of growing up and growing old, family and marital matters, the Chinese community, and the legends and reality of Native Americans. Vancouver Short Stories indicates some of the ways that a particular locality has been transformed into art that, in turn, enriches our understanding of its reality and enhances our sense of identity.

Cottages to Community

Author : Francis Mansbridge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986802805
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Cottages to Community by : Francis Mansbridge

Download or read book Cottages to Community written by Francis Mansbridge and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Living and Working in West Vancouver, British Columbia;

Author : H Peter 1922- Oberlander
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781014701824
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (18 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Living and Working in West Vancouver, British Columbia; by : H Peter 1922- Oberlander

Download or read book Living and Working in West Vancouver, British Columbia; written by H Peter 1922- Oberlander and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Living and Working in West Vancouver, British Columbia

Author : West Vancouver (B.C.): Council
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (639 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Living and Working in West Vancouver, British Columbia by : West Vancouver (B.C.): Council

Download or read book Living and Working in West Vancouver, British Columbia written by West Vancouver (B.C.): Council and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Magazine Writing From the Boonies

Author : Mark Zuehlke
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773585478
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Magazine Writing From the Boonies by : Mark Zuehlke

Download or read book Magazine Writing From the Boonies written by Mark Zuehlke and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1992-09-15 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No matter where you live, this book explains everything you need to know to break into the challenging and profitable magazine market. In this accessible, informative guide, two experienced freelancers, Mark Zuehlke and Louise Donnelly, explain the basics of writing non-fiction magazine articles. Mark Zuehlke has published more than 100 articles in magazines since 1981 and has taught several magazine-writing courses. He produces a continuing education magazine, and has appeared in Canadian Business, The Financial Post, Profit, Canada and the World and Canadian. Louise Donnelly began writing from rural B.C. in 1987, and founded her one-day workshop "Magazine Writing From the Boonies" in 1989. She has appeared in such magazines as The Financial Post, Moneywise Magazine and Canadian among others.

More Important Than the Music

Author : Bruce D. Epperson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022606767X
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis More Important Than the Music by : Bruce D. Epperson

Download or read book More Important Than the Music written by Bruce D. Epperson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, jazz is considered high art, America’s national music, and the catalog of its recordings—its discography—is often taken for granted. But behind jazz discography is a fraught and highly colorful history of research, fanaticism, and the intense desire to know who played what, where, and when. This history gets its first full-length treatment in Bruce D. Epperson’s More Important Than the Music. Following the dedicated few who sought to keep jazz’s legacy organized, Epperson tells a fascinating story of archival pursuit in the face of negligence and deception, a tale that saw curses and threats regularly employed, with fisticuffs and lawsuits only slightly rarer. Epperson examines the documentation of recorded jazz from its casual origins as a novelty in the 1920s and ’30s, through the overwhelming deluge of 12-inch vinyl records in the middle of the twentieth century, to the use of computers by today’s discographers. Though he focuses much of his attention on comprehensive discographies, he also examines the development of a variety of related listings, such as buyer’s guides and library catalogs, and he closes with a look toward discography’s future. From the little black book to the full-featured online database, More Important Than the Music offers a history not just of jazz discography but of the profoundly human desire to preserve history itself.

West Vancouver : a Guide to the Reference Resources Contained in the West Vancouver Memorial Library

Author : West Vancouver Memorial Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (278 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis West Vancouver : a Guide to the Reference Resources Contained in the West Vancouver Memorial Library by : West Vancouver Memorial Library

Download or read book West Vancouver : a Guide to the Reference Resources Contained in the West Vancouver Memorial Library written by West Vancouver Memorial Library and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: