What's New

30 January, 2008

We are privileged to present a great list of new titles to you this spring.

Our garden writing team has crafted books for both Canada and the United States that are sure to prove popular. Garden Bugs of Ontario, Garden Bugs of British Columbia and Garden Bugs of Alberta provide excellent information on how to attract certain beneficial insects to your garden while keeping the bad bugs at bay without using pesticides. These books have been beautifully illustrated by hand in full colour.

The Canadian Edible Garden is a visual feast, with excellent colour photography and informative accounts on the wide array of edible plants you can build into your garden design, providing fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs and seeds through the growing season. In a similar vein, Herb Gardening for Canada provides indispensable information on how to successfully grow dozens of different herbs for cooking, scent and beauty in the garden. 1001 Tips for Canadian Gardeners is an enjoyable read with handy insights of benefit to both inexperienced and veteran gardeners alike.

Popular Washington gardening expert Marianne Binetti has a couple of new books out this spring for gardeners in the Northwest. Container Gardening for Washington and Oregon has all you’ll need to develop a rich and varied landscape on your balcony, porch or patio. Herb Gardening for Washington and Oregon presents some 90 herbs that can be grown in the Pacific Northwest garden along with all the hints and solutions you’ll need to make herb gardening an enjoyable activity.

The Pond Guy, Mark Harp of Sumner, WA, has co-authored Water Garden Plants for Washington and Oregon. There isn’t too much Mark doesn’t know about water gardens and he’s sharing his knowledge in this handy book.

Meantime, veteran garden writer William Aldrich of Chicago has worked with our gardening team to come up with the authoritative Container Gardening for the Midwest. Over 500 different plants suitable for container gardening in this region are featured, along with a host of container garden designs.

The Garden Sage of Columbus, OH, Debra Knapke, has co-authored Herb Gardening for the Midwest. Full-color photographs complement highly informative text that covers 90 varieties of herbs suitable for Midwest growing conditions.

Lone Pine Publishing has crafted some of the best nature guides around for over a quarter-century now. Our latest contributions to this field include the Northern California Nature Guide, the Washington and Oregon Nature Guide and the Ontario Nature Guide. We are fortunate to have worked with two outstanding young naturalists in developing these titles, Krista Kagume and Erin McCloskey. Erin, who currently serves as North American Operations Manager for Biosphere Expeditions in Los Angeles, also has written a new book entitled Bear Attacks in Canada. This book examines the growing number and intensity of bear attacks resulting from increasing development pressures and examines how humans and bears can best co-exist.

The Canadian Culinary Kitchen imprint has a yummy new title this spring – Canadian Barbecue Cookbook. Chef Brad Smoliak has a parade of barbecue tips, including ‘rubs’ and different wood varieties for ‘smoking’, as well as fabulous recipes that will decidedly spice up your summer cooking season.

Not to be outdone, the American Culinary Kitchen has enrolled the services of Seattle chef, teacher and writer Becky Selengut to create the Washington Local and Seasonal Cookbook. Becky specializes in delicious regional recipes that use locally available ingredients.

We are delighted to have been asked by acclaimed Canadian landscape photographer Daryl Benson to once again represent his newest creation, CANADA, a collection of almost 150 stunning photographs from the Pacific Coast to Labrador and from the high Arctic to the U.S. border. This hard cover volume makes an outstanding gift for any occasion.

Dragon Hill Publishing celebrates the substantial contribution of Italian immigrants in its newest title How the Italians Created Canada. The book covers the history of Italian migration to Canada and the unique contributions of this vibrant people to building a new nation. Bob Lenarduzzi, president of the Vancouver Whitecaps football club and one of Canada’s great soccer players, says “As a Canadian of Italian heritage, I am deeply proud of both my country and the ethnic roots from which I came. How The Italians Created Canada is a welcome and comprehensive treatment of the historic and current contributions of both Italian immigrants and Italian-Canadians to the national mosaic.”

We have many other new titles coming off the presses over the next few months so be sure to continue to drop by again and see what we have to offer. Happy reading!