Books, books, books, books
That makes four books in total.
"This is not a novel to toss aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force."
Dorothy Sayers
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News from Tumble River
Published by Nu-Age Publishers of Montreal, Canada in 1994, this collection of nine stories looks at the fictional town of Tumble River in the interior of British Columbia, and the folk who live there. 141pp, $11.95.
"Tumble River is the sort of place in the BC interior you drive through on your summer holidays, and don't even notice."Mark Forsythe, CBC Radio 690
"Tumble River is pure escapism ... and this is why it'll sell." Charles Lillard, Times-Colonist
"By the final page, you cannot help but feel that you've been to Tumble River, and that you've known these characters all your life." Bill Valgardson, author.
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A fieldguide to gold, gemstone & mineral sites - Vancouver Island
This comprehensive guide explains basic geology and then describes over 100 different sites on Vancouver Island where you can find gold, fossils, rhodonite, dumortierite, jasper, garnets and more.With color photographs and over 70 sketch maps, this is a must for anyone who enjoys the outdoors and wants to expand their range of interests. Published by Orca Books, Victoria, BC, 1997, 214pp, $19.95. "The first volume of Gold, Gemstone & Mineral Sites of British Columbia, by Dr. Rick Hudson is a well written, comprehensive field guide introducing the collector to rockhounding on Vancouver Island." Dirk Smidt, Editor, Canadian Rockhound.
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A fieldguide to gold, gemstone & mineral sites - within a day's drive of Vancouver
Packed into this, the second in the series of rockhounding books in the province of British Columbia, are over 300 sites, many sketch maps, and more color photographs, showing where to go and what you'll find. Jade, gold, jasper, amber, amethyst and more are there for the collecting. Published by Orca Books, Victoria, BC, 1999, 290pp, $19.95."The appearance of Rick Hudson's series on British Columbia's gold, gemstone and mineral sites is both welcome and timely." Dirk Smidt, Editor, Canadian Rockhound. |
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JADE FEVER - Hunting the Stone of Heaven
Co-authored with BC geologist Stan Leaming, this is an important personal record of how the jade industry began in the early 1960s and grew to be the largest in the world by the late 1980s. The book also covers other jade sites in North America, and takes the reader on a series of expeditions to remote jade sites around the world -- Labrador, western China, Siberia, Taiwan, south New Zealand and more.Published by Heritage Group, Nanoose Bay, BC. April 2005, 190pp, $19.95. |
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