Bøger af Alan Twigg

This simple easily-digestible book holds the key to your health and happiness. Don't put it down! Peter is 53 years old and about to experience the greatest paradigm shift of his life. His journey begins after a serious life-threating incident one day at work. In despair at what the future holds, Peter gradually awakens and discovers the shocking truth about something so commonplace we all believe it's normal, natural and necessary.Along the way, Peter discovers that the path to health, peace and happiness is not where he thought it would be, so he follows a different, hidden path. On his journey we follow Peter as he meets the Nutritionist, the Marathon Runner, the Farmer, the Lads in the Pub, the Environmentalist and the Yogi. These intriguing and enlightened characters act as guides for Peter as they share their wisdom about lifestyle choices and adopting a plant-based vegan diet. Each of these encounters takes Peter closer and closer to a new awareness of what is really going on.This story is intended to encourage the listener to think more deeply about health, animals, climate change and the environment. It's revealing, shocking and inspiring, yet its lessons are easily applicable for everyone.This book is for those looking to improve their health in a natural but incredibly powerful way.It's for those who have or know someone with heart disease, diabetes, lung disease, brain disease, digestive cancers, high-blood pressure, liver disease, kidney disease and almost any chronic illness.But it's also a book for those who have already taken up a heart-healthy diet and lifestyle and discovered the core message of this book but are now looking to inspire or motivate a friend or loved one to make the change that they need.This book is also available in Audio and in German

Although Evans'two later novels are widely regarded as Canadian classics and Margaret Laurence considered him to be "the elder of our tribe," this is the only comprehensive study one of Canada's most respected novelists.

The book that put VanLit on the map!

BC's most colourful premier since Amor de Cosmos.

Alan Twigg turns his attention to First Nations writers, unearthing over 300 books by over 150 mostly unheralded aboriginal authors. Taking the reader from residential schools to art galleries, this lively and unprecedented panorama of British Columbia includes many authors, nearly half being women. Each author is presented in historical and chronological context, along with background material on aboriginal history, as well as rare photographs, illustrations and a comprehensive bibliography.

For over a quarter century, many readers have agreed with legendary publisher Jack McClelland, who said, "I have never before encountered a book journal as engaging as BC BookWorld." But over several decades, the populist style of BC BookWorld has tended to overshadow its literary value and its essentially educational agenda. Here is a sampling of articles that entertain, enlighten, educate and provoke. About half are by Alan Twigg, who has written the majority of the newspaper since its inception in 1987. Other contributors include Jane Rule, George Woodcock, W P Kinsella, Stephen Vizinczey, broadcaster Mark Forsythe, biographer Joan Givner and BookWorld's designer and cartoonist David Lester. There is something for everyone here: from early explorers of the Pacific Slope, to essays about literature, to BC authors who have written about the Holocaust.

Nonfiction. Literary History & Criticism. Canadian Studies. Lively, illustrated and guaranteed to be controversial, THE ESSENTIALS: 150 GREAT B.C. BOOKS & AUTHORS serves as an unprecedented guide to books from and about British Columbia--culled from Alan Twigg's unrivaled knowledge of more than 200 years of BC literary history. It also identifies 100 essential authors, such as Alice Munro, Earle Birney and Eric Nicol, who did not have one particular book that is outstanding but have enjoyed outstanding careers. This volume is a must-have for anyone who cares about British Columbia as an original society.

Twigg traces the writings of David Thompson, Alexander Mackenzie, Simon Fraser and thirty of their peers, mainly Scotsmen, who founded and managed more than fifty forts west of the Rockies prior to 1850. After the failure of Alexander Mackenzie and Simon Fraser to find a navigable route to the Pacific Ocean, it was the remarkable mapmaker, David Thompson, who was instrumental in creating the 'highway' for commerce that connected both sides of the North American continent. Thompson's exploration and mapping enabled George Simpson, the 'Little Emperor' of the Hudson's Bay Company, and James Douglas, the founding father of the province, finally to bring viability to the corporate fur trade on the so-called Western Slope.