Used Books

Featured Book for Dec. 1st, 2008

Medicinal Plants of Southern Interior, BC
By Keith Davis

Keith Davis a Kootenay local from Ymir, has extensive knowledge of the medicinal plants indigenous to Creston and area.
This little book is so full of information on the harvesting, preparation, drying and tincturing of local plants. The drawings are clear and precise, making finding the plants easy. Complete with descriptions, ecology, medicinal uses and harvest notes.

Keith on occasion gives walking guided tours to find these plants and sharing his wisdom.
So if this is a subject of interest to you by all means this is the book and the man you need for the Kootenays.

Featured Books for Oct. 1st, 2008

Putting Food By
$10.50
A Janet Greene Book with Ruth Hertzberg and Beatrice Vaughan

This book is essential for any kitchen that is preserving food in any fashion. Covering all the bases with comprehensive information on freezing, pickling, drying, and curing.

Referencing with "putting food by" is easily done in just minutes. So before you go and buy all those fall foods to squirrel away for winter come and get your copy of this food preserving bible for the safety and ease of producing favorite foods.

Featured Books for Aug. 25th, 2008

Dorothy Deanshaven saved a copy of each letter she wrote, and these copies comprise her colorful, insightful, and personal record of life on Kootenay Lake. Her two daughters, Joan and Brenda have published three books using Dorothy’s letters to tell us about rural life at Walker Landing, an isolated ranch on Kootenay Lake that is now the Yasodhara Ashram.

Title: Dorothy’s Stormy Lake Part I
Author: Joan Wooliver
Price: $17.95

Title: Dorothy’s Stormy Lake Part II
Author: Joan Wooliver
Price: $16.95

Title: Dorothy’s Stormy Lake Part III
Author: Joan Wooliver
Price: $21.95

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