objectType:"Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)" found 5 records - Research Collections

Abstract: After her parents’ divorce and the discovery of a series of cryptic notes left behind after her father is killed in an avalanche, Harking Thompson struggles to come to her own understanding of love, loss and what really matters. Caught up in a battle to save a mother grizzly bear and her cubs, Harking’s fight to protect the wildlife and wild places she loves teaches her a brutal truth: sometimes saving a life might mean losing another you love even more (from Good Reads website)

ISBN: 9780987975485

Call Number: 05.2 M46h

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Author's website

Websites

https://georgemercer.com/

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Jasper wild

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2017

Author: Mercer, George

Publisher: [North Saanich, British Columbia] : [George Mercer]

Call Number: 05.4 M46j

1 website

Author: Mercer, George

Responsibility: George Mercer

Publisher: [North Saanich, British Columbia] : [George Mercer]

Published Date: 2017

Physical Description: 321 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Jasper; Jasper National Park; Fiction; Parks Canada; Alberta; Mining

Abstract: Explore the first fiction series about Canada's National Parks. Jasper Wild is the third story in the Dyed in the Green mystery series about the challenges facing our contry's special places, and the people working tirelessly to protect these national treasures. After helping scuttle plans to slaughter Wood Buffalo National Park's entire bison population, Ben Matthews and Kate Jones end up in Jasper. Distracted by rumours of a new mine on the park's boundary, Ben and Kate help uncover a plot to build a backcountry lodge in Jasper's wilderness, leaving no stone unturned to stop an international mining giant who conspires with government politicians and Parks management to carve off a piece of the park for himself. (From McNally Robinson website)

Notes: Book three in the Dyed in the green series

ISBN: 9780987975447

Call Number: 05.4 M46j

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Author's website

Websites

https://georgemercer.com/jasper-wild/

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Wood buffalo

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2016

Author: Mercer, George

Publisher: [North Saanich, British Columbia] : [George Mercer]

Call Number: 05.4 M46w

1 website

Author: Mercer, George

Responsibility: George Mercer

Publisher: [North Saanich, British Columbia] : [George Mercer]

Published Date: 2016

Physical Description: 342 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Fiction; Parks Canada; Bison; National parks

Abstract: When National Park Warden Ben Matthews transfers from Cape Breton Highlands to Wood Buffalo, he finds himself in the middle of a controversial proposal to slaughter the park’s entire bison population. Frustrated by Park’s bureaucracy and the devious efforts of the pro-slaughter camp, Ben helps uncover the truth about the park’s bison and the mysterious disappearance of a trapper who could influence the final outcome. Set in Canada’s largest national park and the second largest national park in the world, Wood Buffalo is a compelling story of one fight against the many forces threatening our special places (From Good Reads website)

Notes: Book two in the Dyed in the green series

ISBN: 9780987975423

Accession Number: P2020.07

Call Number: 05.4 M46w

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Author's website

Websites

https://georgemercer.com/wood-buffalo/

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Dyed in the green

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2015

Author: Mercer, George

Publisher: [North Saanich, British Columbia] : [George Mercer]

Call Number: 05.4 M46d

1 website

Author: Mercer, George

Responsibility: George Mercer

Publisher: [North Saanich, British Columbia] : [George Mercer]

Published Date: 2015

Physical Description: 361 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Fiction; Parks Canada; National parks

Abstract: National Park Warden Ben Matthews expected challenges with his new posting at Cape Breton Highlands, but he got more than he bargained for. Facing a notorious poacher and the local communities who viewed poaching as a way of life, Ben and the park wardens are drawn into an intricate game of cat and mouse that takes a turn no one could have imagined. Set along the world-famous Cabot Trail, this is a gripping story about protecting one of Canada's special places. (From McNally Robinson website)

Notes: Book one in the Dyed in the green series

ISBN: 9780987975409

Call Number: 05.4 M46d

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Author's website

Websites

https://georgemercer.com/dyed-in-the-green/

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A Century of American alpinism, 2002

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2002

Author: Fay, Charles Ernest; Bent, Allen Herbert; Palmer, Howard; Thorington, James Monroe; Kauffman, Andrew John; Putnam, William Lowell

Publisher: Boulder, CO : American Alpine Club,

Call Number: G505 F39 C46

1 website

Author: Fay, Charles Ernest; Bent, Allen Herbert; Palmer, Howard; Thorington, James Monroe; Kauffman, Andrew John; Putnam, William Lowell

Responsibility: Charles Earnest Fay, Allen Herbert Bent, Howard Palmer, James Monroe Thorington, Andrew John Kauffman, William Lowell Putnam

Publisher: Boulder, CO : American Alpine Club,

Published Date: 2002

Physical Description: ix, 196 pages, xxxii pages of plates : illustrations, portraits

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: American Alpine Club; History; Mountaineering; Clubs

Abstract: Pertains to a century of American alpinism from 1902 to 2002

Contents: Forward; Preface; I Earliest American Mountaineers; II Pacific Crests; III Later and Farther North; IV Tidewater Alaska; V Early Amerian Ascents in the Alps; VI Appalachian Mountain Club Roots; VII The Social Aspect of Alpinism; VIII To the Top of the Continent; IX Other Mountain Clubs of America; X Momentous Events; XI Afield and at War; XII Changing Mores; XIII Moving West; XIV Not All Sweetness and Light; XV The Study of Mountain Elevations; XVI Exclusiveness or Inclusiveness; XVII Changing Faces; Appendices; Index

Accession Number: AC637

Call Number: G505 F39 C46

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: American Alpine Club link to book

Websites

https://americanalpineclub.myshopify.com/products/a-century-of-american-alpinism

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