WHO’S WHO BC

H Is For Hayes

It would be putting it mildly to say that BC’s geography presented challenges to road, bridge and rail builders. Engineers and construction workers faced formidable barriers doing their work, as Derek Hayes shows in Incredible Crossings: The History and Art of the Bridges, Tunnels and Inland Ferries That Connect British Columbia (Harbour $46.95). Hayes covers suspension bridges, cable-stayed bridges, both wooden and steel trusses. There were once five covered bridges in the province, and only one is left today. Hayes travelled BC to find the most interesting crossings, and he combines hundreds of photos with the most compelling stories about the province’s transportation connections.

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I Is For Indigenous Justice

One of the many social fallouts from harms done to Indigenous peoples by the residential school system continues to be an overrepresentation in prisons, affecting even those who did not attend the schools. Reconciliation and Indigenous Justice: A Search for Ways Forward (Fernwood $32) by UVic associate professor of law David Milward gives an account of the ongoing ties between enduring trauma caused by residential schools and Indigenous over-incarceration. He also provides compelling examples that show a better way of doing justice in Canada. Milward is a member of the Beardy’s and Okemasis First Nation of Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, and he assisted the Truth and Reconciliation Commission with the authoring of its final report on Indigenous justice issues.

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“...a concise, sharp tale of a multiethnic crew of disgruntled sailors who mutiny against miserable conditions...”

— Publishers Weekly

“The graphic novel is fascinating. Really entertaining.”

— Graphic Policy

“A quick, fun read that twists the conventions of pirate stories in some fascinating ways.”

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Thom Dunn, Boing Boing

“This compelling visual feast of rebellion in action will appeal to readers of all ages, as well as fans of HBO’s Our Flag Means Death.”

— Jonathon Dalton, Cloudscape Comics

“David Lester blends historical and speculative insights into the lives of Golden Age pirates to great effect.”

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Derdeyn, Vancouver Sun

“With expressive swooshes of ink that evoke both lashings of the whip and the splashings of the sea...” — Boston Globe

“The stories of insurrectionaries are always played down, because they are the stories which are prone to ignite a fire in the hearts of the oppressed.” — Freedom Journal (UK)