Peter Grant
Author
Publisher
MacIntyrePurcell Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (140 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Whether it's savouring whiskey-toned Scrumpie cider in Cobble Hill, getting with the goats on the roof in Coombs, scanning the surfers in Tuff City (Tofino), taking a gander at the brants-the noisy little sea goose that's so popular in Qualicum Beach-or grokking the alien growth on the Avatar Grove cedars near Port Renfrew, this book has the MUST list every Islander and every visitor MUST have. From the wild, windswept shores of Spring Island to...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Honorable Mention for the 2015 PROSE Award in Biological Sciences, Association of American Publishers" "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014" Peter R. Grant and B. Rosemary Grant are both emeritus professors in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. They are the coauthors of How and Why Species Multiply and coeditors of In Search of the Causes of Evolution (both Princeton).
An important look...
Author
Publisher
Macintyre Purcell Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
208 p. : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From Hudson's Bay outpost to gold rush fever and coal and lumber barons to political scandals Island-style to the mighty Douglas fir and Pacific salmon and profiles of Emily Carr, Cougar Annie and the Dunsmuir clan, no book is more comprehensive on Vancouver than the Vancouver Island Book of Everything. Well-known Islanders weigh in on their favourite things about Vancouver Island. Robert Bateman shares his five most inspiring island locales; Michael...