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Gateway to promise : Canada's first Japanese community

Switzer, Ann-Lee.

Publication Date

2012

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Book

Call Number

971.128004956 SWI

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SD_ILS:251024

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Sensational Victoria : bright lights, red lights, murders, ghosts & gardens

Lazarus, Eve, 1959-

Publication Date

2012

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Book

Call Number

971.128 LAZ

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SD_ILS:255635

27.

J wasn't alone

Teague, Jarrett Thomas, 1974-

Publication Date

2012

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Book

Call Number

923.971128 DEA

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SD_ILS:263953

28.

Cousin Harry : glimpses into the life of Harry Huston Crawford, engineer, teacher, aviator

Tolman, Charles W.

Publication Date

2012

Format:

Book

Call Number

926.2 CRA

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SD_ILS:264032

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Cover image for My way!... : Norm's ups and downs on the sea of life : memoirs of a local Victorian, WWII Navy veteran, Royal Oak and Oak Bay community supporter

My way!... : Norm's ups and downs on the sea of life : memoirs of a local Victorian, WWII Navy veteran, Royal Oak and Oak Bay community supporter

Pimlott, Norm, 1925-, author.

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Book

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920.71 PIM

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SD_ILS:307456

30.

The life and times of the floathouse Zastrozzi

Hughes, Mary E.

Publication Date

2011

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Book

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797.129 HUG

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SD_ILS:246512

31.

More English than the English : a very social history of Victoria

Reksten, Terry, 1942-2001.

Publication Date

2011

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Book

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971.128 REK 2011

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SD_ILS:238498

32.

Above stairs : social life in upper-class Victoria, 1843-1918

Green, Valerie, 1940-

Publication Date

2011

Format:

Book

Call Number

971.128 GRE 2011

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SD_ILS:288825

33.

Rumble seat

Piddington, Helen, 1931-

Publication Date

2010

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Book

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971.1104 PID

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SD_ILS:216047

34.

A "heritage" gem : the house that captured the innkeepers

Gray, Larry Eugene, 1938-

Publication Date

2010

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Book

Call Number

917.1128 GRA

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SD_ILS:225628

35.

Quiet reformers : the legacy of early Victoria's Bishop Edward and Mary Cridge

Macdonald, Ian, 1928-

Publication Date

2010

Format:

Book

Call Number

922.371128 CRI

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SD_ILS:218629

36.

Favourite ghost stories from the tours of the Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria

Humphreys, Danda

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Book

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133.109711 HUM

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SD_ILS:23646

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Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award (BC Book Prizes) (2019) -- Nominee.

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City of Victoria Butler Book Prize (2006) -- Nominee.

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Clarke, Cliff, 1933-

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Clearihue, Joseph Badenoch.

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Crawford, Harry Huston, 1886-1938.

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Cridge, Mary.

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Dance-Bennink, Terry.

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Dean, John, 1850-1943.

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Fort Vancouver (Wash.)

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Fredette, Francis, 1894-.

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Gilbert, Justin, 1866-1948.

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Hughes, E. J. (Edward John), 1913-2007.

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Kitlope River Region (B.C.)

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John Dean Nature House.

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