July 24, 2006 - Bay Centre Coles

Barbara Mclean, Lambsquarters: Scenes from a Handmade Life ($1.99)

Hard cover, originally $32.95, recently remaindered in favour of a paperback.

In their mid-20s, a professional couple move to a farm in rural Ontario. This book looks back 26 years later on their evolution into community members, their immersion into place. I'm a sucker for placefulness in nonfiction.

July 7, 2006 - UVic Bookstore

All from the beloved 50% off table, so deduct half the cost of each!

• Di Brandt, Jerusalem Beloved ($12.95)
• Nancy Langston, Forest Dreams, Forest Nightmares: The Paradox of Old Growth in the Inland West ($22.95)
• Scott Russell Sanders, Writing from the Center ($18.25)
• Report by the Wallace Stegner Initiative of the Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources, Matching the Scenery: Journalism's Duty to the North American West ($14.25)