In an art form defined by innovative design, superb craftsmanship, and mindboggling attention to detail, Harbour Surfboards has earned a reputation for hand-fabricating breathtakingly elegant surfboards. In 1959, Rich Harbour went into his parents' garage with a saw and a piece of foam and came out with a surfboard. Since that first board, Harbour has crafted more than 23,000 surfboards. Today, vintage Harbour Surfboards are collected by enthusiasts around the world eager to score a piece of surfing history. After more than fifty years, Harbour Surfboards is the world's oldest surfboard manufacturing shop, and is still a vital, driving force within the surfing industry. Harbour Chronicles A Life in Surfboard Culture highlights the photography, surfboards and life stories of Rich Harbour. Featuring 21 written contributions by fellow surfers, Harbour Chronicles is 144 pages of surf culture at its best.

Peterson brings to life Nanaimo's people and the events that shaped it in this final volume of her trilogy.

The Chronicles of Canada was a Canadian literary landmark. First published in 1914, it was a series of thirty-two, short, concise, freshly-written historical narratives for the lay person. It was designed to set forth, with historical continuity, the principal events and movements in Canada-from the Norse Voyages to the Railway Builders-and it quickly became a classic. Fireship Press is proud to bring this outstanding work-all 32 books combined into a nine volume set-back into print. IN VOLUME II THE RISE OF NEW FRANCE - Part I The Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain by Charles W. Colby - Part II The Jesuit Missions: A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness by Thomas Guthrie Marquis - Part III The Seigneurs of Old Canada: A Chronicle of New-World Feudalism by William Bennett Munro - Part IV The Great Intendant A Chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada 1665-1672 by Thomas Chapais - Part V The Fighting Governor: A Chronicle of Frontenac by Charles W. Colby

A book that has become a west coast institution - articles, stories, poems, drawings covering every imaginable aspect of northwest history and folklore. The first five issues of "Raincoast Chronicles," dating back to 1972. Winner of the first Eaton's British Columbia Book Award, this is the innovative institution at the heart of BC regional publishing. Northwest history and folklore, unromanticized, in a unique magazine format, blending reminiscences, articles, drawings, photos. . . "The best source book available on Canada's west coast." -"Books in Canada" "Utterly absorbing. . . until "Raincoast Chronicles" came along the fabulous west coast rum-runners and ghost logging camps went unrecalled save in the dimming memories of oldtimers." -"Maclean's" "The magazine is a thoroughly professional production in terms of design, layout and graphics, and the quality of the writing is just as impressive." -"Quill and Quire" ""Raincoast Chronicles" reveals western identity. . . as dense as the undergrowth in the rainforest, and as richly alive." -"CBC Radio" "Still my favourite magazine" -Lorne Parton

Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.