Books published by publisher Raincoast

Joey loves walking to his hockey games with his dad. Often they talk about their favorite player, Boston Bruins defenseman Bobby Orr. One day, Joey has an accident on the ice and ends up in the hospital with a broken leg. During his stay, Joey thrills to the Bruins’ run for the playoffs and––miraculously––gets a visit from none other than Bobby Orr himself! Orr tells him about all the injuries he’s had, shares advice on the game of hockey, and even gives Joey one of his sticks. When Joey leaves the hospital he gets to watch his hero win the 1972 Stanley Cup at Boston Garden. Based on a true story from the life of hockey legend Bobby Orr, this book relays an important message about getting over hurdles and setbacks.

As a marching band of aunts descends on relatives, they enter the house one by one, playing their musical instruments and unleashing a cacophony of fun and chaos — much to the children’s delight and their father’s horror. This zany, sing-along counting book is based on the popular song. Parents and children can sing the familiar lyrics and count together as the aunts march across the pages. Exuberant illustrations complement this fun and engaging story.

Until the 1990s it barely existed, but biotech is now a multi-billion dollar industry producing windfall profits. Everyone is talking about human cloning, the genome project, and cures for cancer and AIDS, but what's believable? Investing in Biotech is for anyone interested in profiting from the drug-development sector of this new, knowledge-based economy. Suitable for either an individual with $1,000 to invest or a financial manager responsible for million-dollar accounts, Investing in Biotech helps the reader understand one of the most discussed, but least understood sectors of the new economy. It gets beyond the genetics jargon and teaches how to rate a company's chances in developing new medications or treatments for diseases and illnesses. If there's truth in the old adage "Invest in what you know," then Investing in Biotech will tell the potential investor everything necessary to make a profit in the new economy's healthiest sector.

ORDER OF THE PHOENIX could well be my favorite book of them all, if Azkaban and Deathly Hallows weren't as good as they were. For all the talk about GOBLET being the one where Rowling really hikes up the intensity and the complexity in the series, it is here, in PHOENIX, she gives us Potter's darkest, and most complex, adventure of all. The second most complex novel in the entire Potter sequence (the first being Book 7), this book is probably the second best one, though I still like Azkaban better. This novel introduces the Order of the Phoenix, a whole litany of new characters and a more indepth look at the Ministry For Magic. Potter has been having bad dreams about a locked door. So he must find out what to do about that. While at home with the Dursleys, he and Dudley are attacked by dementors, and so he stands trial before the Ministry for the inappropriate use of underage magic. He ultimately must appear before the Ministry, and it is only by Dumbledore's appearance he is saved.(Amazon customer)

Originally published between in 1978, these legends of the Haida people of British Columbia feature the wise and enterprising Mouse Woman, a narnauk (supernatural human/animal shape-shifter) who takes the form of both a mouse and a grandmother. Mouse Woman's role, as Christie Harris's carefully researched and respectfully told legends tell, was to keep order between other narnauks and humans. Both a teacher and a nurturer, the ever-watchful Mouse Woman keeps a particularly close eye on young people. When they are tricked into trouble (often by other narnauks), she uses tact and her own brand of trickery to set things right. A unique and wonderful character, the ingenious Mouse Woman convinces the young people to change their ways themselves with only a little bit of direction from her. This reissue of the original text features the striking original black-and-white line drawings of Douglas Tait. With a new and more contemporary look, these compelling stories hold appeal for fans of the legendary Harris and all readers drawn to legends and folktales.

As Native elders have advised from time immemorial, this is a gentle plea to respect the natural environment.When the award-winning poet David Bouchard first saw the artwork of First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers, he was struck by Vickers’ reverence for nature, the vibrancy of his colors, and his perceptive understanding of Canada's rugged West Coast. He saw in Vickers' images the perfect complement to his own lyrical, thoughtful poetry. They collaborated on the original edition of The Elders Are Watching, which has delighted more than 100,000 readers in four languages. Bouchard says, "Both Roy and I share similar dreams for our children. Through this book, we hope that others will come to share these dreams and together work toward correcting some of the mistakes of the past."In this new edition, their vision is as fresh and relevant today as it was when the book was first published. A plea to respect the natural treasures of our environment and a message of concern from aboriginal leaders of the past to the people of the new millennium, The Elder Are Watching has both a timelessness and an urgency that must be heard.

Joey and his dad are big hockey fans, and their favorite player is Bobby Orr, the Boston Bruins’s amazing defenseman. One day while playing hockey, Joey breaks his leg. From his hospital bed, he follows the Bruins’s thrilling Stanley Cup run and watches as his hero scores goal after goal. Then — miraculously! — Mr. Orr visits Joey in the hospital. He tells Joey about his bad knees and all the operations he’s had. Joey can hardly wait to tell his friends about the visit. But will he ever play hockey again? And will the Bruins win the Cup? This inspirational story is based on a real incident in Bobby Orr’s life.