Long part of B.C. lore, the sasquatch has been the subject of at least 20 books. Officially, sasquatches don't actually exist because no physical specimen, alive or dead, has ever been produced; only a few blurry images captured on film that can't be taken for real proof. John Zada delves into the mystery of these hulking man-ape beings, also nicknamed Bigfoot, with In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch (Greystone $32.95). Zada travels to the Great Bear Rainforest, speaks to indigenous peoples and Sasquatch-studying scientists, as well as hikes with a guide that claims to have come eye-to-eye with one of the hairy bipeds. Zada's quest spans perception, Indigenous traditions, scientific enquiry, the environment and the power of human imagination. 978-1-77164-518-8