Stocking stuffers

INEXPENSIVE XMAS BOOKS YULE LOVE

iven the pubiicity that attends the pre-Christmas

release of expensive giftbooks it may sound like

heresy to suggest that lower-priced alternatives
could be the more thoughtiul choice, but that’s just what

I'm going to do.

The key to choasing the ideal
book is not a matter of extravagant
spending but considerate selec-
tion: pick a title that retiects the
interest of the recipient and |
guarantee that he or she will be
both nleased and impressed with
your gift.

The titles surveyed this week
aptly demonstrate the diversity of
excellent subject-speciti. Oooks
available at a moderate rice.

NATURE

Feeding Wild Birds In Winter by
Clive Dohson 15 a comprehensive
guide ior urban and rural bird-
lovers alike. Common wintering
species are described ana their
individual feeding patterns and
requirements discussed tn a clear,
simple format (Firefly Books; 128
pp.: $17.95).

The Weather Wizard’s Cloud
Book by Louis Rubin and Jim
Duncan packs a surprising amount
of information on the identification
of clouds and the weather clues
they provide into a concise out-
doors guide (Thomas Allen & Son;
71 pp.; $11.95). This is ideal for
the masochist in your tife who
would like to be able to predict
the weather and have no one to
subsequently blame but him- or
herse’f.

The Architecture of Aninzals is a
full-color guide to wildlife struc-
tur“; written by the award-winning
naturalist Adrian Forsyth. From
spider webs to beaver dams, the
author examines the amazing
variety of architectural wonders
constructed in the wild kingdom
(Camden/Firefly Books: 72 pp.
38.95; ages 10-plus).

The Whales of Canada
(Camden/Firefly; 127 pp.) by Erich
Hoyt is an amazingly thorough
guide considering its 5° 7"" for-
mat. In addition to linedrawings
and photographs, Hoyt furnishes
size, identifying features, range,
diet and natural history on all of
Canada’s cetaceans.

SPORTS

The British Columbia Recre-
ationat Atlas, from Informap and
the Province of B.C., provides
topographical maps for the entire
province in a magazine-style for-
mat. Fishermen, campers. hikers
and anyone else with an interest in
the outdoors will fad this com-
prehensive guide indispensable
(111 pp.; $19.95).

A Guide To The Golf Courses of
British Columbia is an updated
version of the 1985 original.
Restrictions, fees, locations and
other information on over 200
8.C. courses are contained in this
hefty paperback (Whitecap Books;
228 pp.; $14.95).

Hockey — The lilustrated His-
tory by Dan Diamond and Charles
Wilkins (Doubleday; $14.95) is a
revised and updated edition of the

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1985 release. Over 250 color and
black & white photographs ac-
company the text which traces
hockey’s roots and development.
ice widows will be pleased to noize
that several tower courts have
recently accepted possession of
Hockey as proof af spousal aban-
donment.

MIKE |
STEELE 4X

book review

A Skier’s Dictionary (Thomas
Allen & Son: 95 pp.; $9.95) is
without a doubt the funniest book
of its kind to schuss across my
desk. This is Henry Beard and Roy
McKie’s hilarious lexiccn of skiing
expressions and terminology
wherein skiing itself is defined as:
“the art of catching cold and go-
ing broke while rapidly heading
nowhere at great personal risk.’’

ODDS N’ ENDS

The Complete Old Wives’ Lore
gor Gardeners is an odd but in-
triguing little hardcover book by
authors Bridget and Maureen

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Boiand for gardeners who thought
they had everything or are con-
vinced their plants do. Facts and
myths rub shoulders in the ex-:
ploration of gardening folklore and
superstition (Bodley Head/Random
House; 128 pp.; $16.95).

Are you concerned about your
kids leaving fome or even more
worried that they'll lose the strug-
gle with laundry, cooking and
other chores and come back?
Have no fear, the Hen Party is
here with a “survival guide for
those attempting to cook on their
uwn" supplemented by sections
on cleaning, first aid and mere in
Cooking Without Mom. Written
by a battle-hardenec yroup of
Castlegar moms, Cooking Without
Mom ieaves nothing to chance
(Sandhill Marketing; 108 pp.;
$8.95). Don’t make them leave
home without it.

Or how about a good pro-
phylactic? Publicity Stunt
(Chronicle/Raincoast; 173 pp.;
$17.95) may inoculate readers
with a healthy dose of cynicism.
Author Candice Fuhrman docu-
menis some of the greatest
manipulative schemes of the 19th
and 2Qth centuries in this im-
mensely entertaining ittustrated
history.

Bid Jim Moran really hatch an
ostrich egg? How did John D.
Rockefeller dupe the public into
believing that he was a philan-
thropist? From P.T. Barnum and
Salvador Dali to Pope John Paul tt

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