22 - Friday, September 9, 1988 ~ North Shore News en eee ee eUU it. CaVlure ~~ WELL, HERE we go again: despite the claims of our won- drous postal authorities even Books Now readers are af- fected by the latest uncivi! war at Canada Post: several new titles intended for review in this week’s column failed to materialize, no doubt consigned to some form of letter limbo. Fortunately all is not doom and gloom as a few hardy books did manage to evade the system’s best efforts, appearing almost miracu- lously on your reviewer's doorstep. So, in a salute to the survival in- stinct of the publishing industry, Books Now presents the following assortment of titles in print. Even as recently as a year ago, some industry critics were predic- ting an end to the large-format book: era, citing escalating produc- tion costs and the resultant retail prices of pictorial, coffee-table works, Happily they were all wrong. Pacific Coast: A Rugged Harmony is one of the most attractive books dealing with our own coast to come along in quite some time. The text is minimal, ensuring that the nearly 100 color plates that pay photographic homage to the U.S. and Canadian West Coast have their maximum effect on the viewer. And what an effect it is. From the sand-dune strewn shores of Baja, California to the rain forests of British Columbia, Pacific Coast treats our natural splendor with rare artistic insight {even the quality of the image reproduction is extraordinary, thanks in no small part to the use ofa flattering, high-gloss paper that many publishers are reluctant to employ due to the expense in- volved). Credit for the photographs goes to none other than Tim Thomp- son, a National Geographic Socie- ty photographer and winner of the 1986 Photographer of the Year Award from the Society of American Travel Writers. Keep this one in mind for seasonal gift-giv- ing. (Pacific Coast; Thomasson- Grant/Raincoast Books; 104 pp.; $39.95 in hardcover). Yet another large-format book to bear in mind might be the latest Philip’s Atlas of Canada & The World (George Philip & Son Limited/Whitecap Books; 144 pp.; $59.95 in hardcover). This outsiz- ed reference work (14 inches by 11 inches and the better part of 10 pounds for those interested in substantial statistics) is so definitive that even tiny Spuzzum, B.C., is listed (wags questioning why anyone wouid care if Spuzzum is noted or not are best ignored). Having looked at several of the new crop of atlases, your reviewer chose this one as the hands-down winner of the year since no other | have seen to date features Canada with this degree of detail. The indexing is ‘user-friendly’ (with a separate index for Canada alone), full-color maps are used throughout and the latter include the physical geography of each region discussed. Oddly enough though, there’s no reference to Tiddly Cove... MIKE STEELE book reviewer On a slightly smaller scale is Moose, a photographic celebra- tion of one of North America’s largest and seemingly most ungainly creatures. Published in a magazine-type format (soft-cover but with a very high quality of photo-reproduc- tion), this colorful book is the most recent product of wildlife photographer Michio Hoshino. While all of the pictures were taken in Alaska there is no doubt that Hoshino has captured his sub- ject in ways that all of us who have enjoyed the spectacle of these lumbering herbivores will find ap- pealing. Moose (Chronicle Books/ Raincoast Souks; 90 pp.; $14.95) is the next-best thing to the real item — and far less cumbersome. Books In Brief Two new works from Hancock House barely squeeze into the — S TN category of ‘books’ but the sub- ject material qualifies them as in- teresting enough to warrant atten- tion. These slim volumes (both under 50 pages) should more properly be referred to as ‘booklets’ but serve their purpose quite well. Guide To The Western Seashore is a primer for those wishing to identify many of the more com- mon plants and animals of our coast while The Edible Seashore tells us just which of these exam- ples of marine flora and fauna are edible — and how to cook the lit- tle devils. Both were written by fisheries biologist Rick Harbo and retail for $5.95. And speaking of iood, here’s a bargain: cooking columnist Mae Adams has taken the daring step of self-publishing her own cookbook (probably one of the most daun- ting of routes for an author to take) titled Raves ’n’ Craves. Writer of the popular Vancouver cuisine column ‘‘What's Cook- ing’ for eight years, Adams has put together 150 of her favorite recipes including those from some of the Lower Mainland’s top chefs; how she managed to get them to divulge their culinary secrets is a LiGARDERS SMORGASBORD Seniors $6.25, 7 days a week 97% children 50¢ per year of age 5:00-9:00 p.m. Over 20 delicious items of fine Chinese cuisine 119 East Second Street, N.Van. Free Delivery Dp Olde Village 986-4175 a> Be Ui cata ot SUICriU mystery but it’s good news for kitchen buffs nonetheless. Adams is offering Raves ‘n’ Craves as an entree priced at $12.95 with a free appetizer — a copy of Favourite Recipes From The UBC Bakeshop (including those famous, calorie-laden cin- namon buns). Presumably Adams’ next book will have something to do with dieting... Vancouver’s Choice lh. 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