Bøger af Howard White

British Columbia's Sunshine Coast is a sublimely scenic 160-kilometre stretch of waterfront between Howe Sound and Desolation Sound, reached by a 40-minute ferry ride from West Vancouver. Join Howard White, award-winning humorist and lifelong coast denizen, on a guided tour from Gibsons, where the long-running TV series The Beachcombers was filmed, to Powell River, the largest community in the region. Along the way, sojourn in Roberts Creek, whose patron saint—the irrepressible Harry Roberts—invented the name "Sunshine Coast." Stop over in Sechelt, named for the Shi'sha'lh or Sechelt Nation who once occupied the bulk of the Sunshine Coast territory. Follow the seriously twisty highway to visit Pender Harbour, where some local fishing folk still do their Saturday shopping in kicker boats. Drop anchor in Princess Louisa Inlet, and discover why the likes of John Barrymore and Andrew Carnegie once came to marvel at its canyon-like splendour.With paintings by local artists, poems by local poets, tall tales by local characters, miracles by Sechelt medicine men, tips on predicting the weather, a fair share of risqué gossip about historical figures, a good mix of bold opinions and hard facts and over 150 beautiful colour photographs, The Sunshine Coast is a book to be treasured, not just by residents and visitors, but by anyone with an eye for fascinating places. First published in 1996, this fully revised edition contains updated text and all new photographs of coast life from the area's most talented photographers including Dean van't Schip and Keith Thirkell.

In a dystopian parallel world, Oxfordshire Police have a hopeless drunk and an over worked Geordie novice, working on crime solving mysteries, along with a cast of shady characters in the force, and very dodgy residents, their families, pets, and gardens. Anarchy alcoholic fug and rude words abound "What were you doing the night he died?"Fetch suddenly lost his composure, and looked shiftily round at both officers."I'd, err, rather not say, Sir" He fiddled nervously with a fiddle he'd picked off the floor.As the lilting strains of The Magic Flute filled the room, Harris saw his chance."Mr Fetch, we need to know exactly where you were""I was in the upstairs lavatory," He squirmed"There's nothing embarrassing about that Mr Fetch, we all have to go y'kna""You don't understand, Sergeant Harris, It was very odd. I needed to do number two's, and I did, successfully...""Successfully?""I keep a log, a record of my stools, just a hobby, you know"Harris felt an urge to retch, "So what was so odd about this particular occasion?""I always check the pan afterwards, for size, number, consistency, you know""Aye ok... and?""And there was nothing there, the pan was empty... so, at the time of the murder I had my hand round the U bend searching for my missing turds""Let me get this straight Mr Fetch, are you saying you can't account for your movements on the night in question?"1. SINS OF THE FEATHERS Left alone with Inspector Morose, Robbie Harris prays for a good murder and promptly gets one in the shape of their local MP. Grilling the entire household, it becomes apparent, that all is not as it should be. Anywhere. But at least there's a full drinks cabinet. 2. MORONIC MYSTERIES An attempt is made on Inspector Morose's life. Sadly it fails, and a guard is set on him as it becomes apparent that a cop killer is out for revenge as is Mrs Harris's bank manager. As Morose begins to recognise familiar patterns in the killers' modus operandi the chase is on. 3. CHERUBIM AND TURPENTINE A missing schoolgirl turns up at the police station and attempts to out-drink Inspector Morose. Modern beat combo music is singled out, as no-one can think of anything else to blame today's disaffected youth on. Daily Mail readers will love it. 4. LAST SEEN SWEARING Morose vanishes on a bender, around the same time as a public school teenager vanishes from the planet. While a trail of bodies and frustrated teachers builds up an off licence is trashed to jolly things - and Morose - up, and Newcastle United visit for some light relief. 5. GEEKS BEARING GIFTS Oxfords' Geordie-Greek community is being culled for reasons unknown. Mrs Harris has a go at culling the bank staff and celebrities start culling each other, while the big chief gets too big headed for his own good. 6. DRIVEN TO DESTRUCTION While Mrs Harris starts a new job, Morose is trying to frame a used-car dealer for random murders. Robbie Harris feels Morose is barking up the wrong tree. A specialist in violence against women feels Morose is just barking. Mindless violence & homicides follow. Follow Morose on Facebook

"You pair of hedgehog graters, this evidence is utter cack!"Chief Inspector Morose, the miserable b**tard, returns as Oxford Police's most useless and most plastered detective in six new stories.THRILL as he survives a stay in hospital.GAPE as he deals with unusual smuggling activities.BE JOLLY IMPRESSED as he falls over a lot.Warning. Contains rude words and cartoon violence. Squares, Royalists, lefties, dullards, whingers, OCD freaks and Health & Safety officials, will hate it. "On a par with Milligan, Cleese and Adams at their best" - Russell Woodward

The growth models of the 1960s ascribed a central role to aid in the development process. Thirty years later donors and the public alike are disillusioned. Many academics even argue that aid has been harmful. The first half of this book is a rigorous, systematic and up to date review of the theoretical and empirical debates about aid's macroeconomic impact. It is argued that a proper understanding of the various channels through which aid affects the macroeconomy requires careful analysis of the links between aid, the policy environment and economic performance at the country level. The second part of the book comprises four country case studies: Guinea-Bissau, Nicaragua, Tanzania and Zambia. The authors examine the impact aid has on a range of key macroeconomic aggregates -- savings, investment, imports, exports and the government budget -- and show aid has a significant impact on both the level and composition of most of these variables, enabling aid to make a positive contribution to these countries' development.

Howard White, Robin Ward and articles on August Schnarr, pioneer photographer Hannah Maynard, the smallpox epidemic and the perils of being a female cook on a fishboat.

Shortlisted for the 1994 Dorothy Livesay BC Book Prize

Cortes Island, Chilcotin War, basketmaking, "How I Got the Dump Job" and much more.

"This is an adventure story that is likely to become a classic in its own right" -London Free Press

The latest - lightkeeping at Cape St. James, misadventures of a tax man, who really shelled the Estevan lighthouse.

Issues 6 to 10 of the completely unclassifiable, thoroughly enjoyable journal of West Coast history and culture.

Offers guidance on the principles, methods, and practice of impact evaluation. It contains material for a range of audiences, from those who may use or manage impact evaluations to applied researchers.

British Columbia's Sunshine Coast is a sublimely scenic 160-kilometre stretch of waterfront between Howe Sound and Desolation Sound, reached by a 40-minute ferry ride from West Vancouver. Join Howard White, award-winning humorist and lifelong coast denizen, on a guided tour from Gibsons, where the long-running TV series The Beachcombers was filmed, to Powell River, the largest community in the region. Along the way, sojourn in Roberts Creek, whose patron saint, the irrepressible Harry Roberts, invented the name "Sunshine Coast." Stop over in Sechelt, named for the Shi'sha'lh or Sechelt Nation who once occupied the bulk of the Sunshine Coast territory. Follow the seriously twisty highway to visit Pender Harbour, where some local fishing folk still do their Saturday shopping in kicker boats. Drop anchor in Princess Louisa Inlet, and discover why the likes of John Barrymore and Andrew Carnegie once came to marvel at its canyon-like splendour. With paintings by local artists, poems by local poets, tall tales by local characters, miracles by Sechelt medicine men, tips on predicting the weather, a fair share of risqué gossip about historical figures, a good mix of bold opinions and hard facts and over 150 beautiful colour photographs, The Sunshine Coast is a book to be treasured, not just by residents and visitors, but by anyone with an eye for fascinating places. First published in 1996, this fully revised edition contains updated text and all new photographs of coast life from the area's most talented photographers including Dean van't Schip and Keith Thirkell.

Bill White (1905-2001) was an itinerant ranch hand and trapper, a member of the RCMP and an Arctic traveller, but he was best known for his work as the head of the Vancouver Labour Council and president of the Marine Workers and Boilermakers Union, the largest local union in Canada in his time. It was a position he held for eleven straight years during WWII, the heyday of the West Coast shipbuilding industry. Known as "Bareknuckle Bill," White was fierce and unrelenting in his condemnation of the companies and governments that refused to treat their workers like human beings. He personally fought one of the first big right-to-work cases in BC history, all the way to the Privy Council of England.From the scaffolds and docks of the shipyards to the battleground of the bargaining table, White's stories about the struggle for labour and human rights in Vancouver in the '40s and '50s make for harrowing and fascinating reading. A Hard Man to Beat not only covers all the major labour events of the period, but brings to life the personality of the man, Bill White, in his own colourful-and sometimes expletive-filled-language. Author Howard White spent years of intensive research and worked closely with Bill to create this oral history, which sold out its first printing in two days when it was first published in 1983.A Hard Man to Beat is one of ten Vancouver 125 Legacy books, an initiative created by the City of Vancouver, the Office of Vancouver's Poet Laureate Brad Cran and the Association of Book Publishers of BC to bring back into print a collection of books to celebrate Vancouver's 125th anniversary.

"The best source book available on Canada's west coast." -"Books in Canada"

A child's experience of his first airplane ride across Canada!