{"product_id":"the-blue-flames-that-keep-us-warm-mike-mccardells-favourite-stories-9781550174403","title":"The Blue Flames That Keep Us Warm: Mike McCardell's Favourite Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2008 BC Booksellers' Choice Award, BC Book Prizes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMike McCardell is known to thousands of British Columbians as the tousled gent who delivers heart-warming stories at the close of Global TV's six o'clock \u003ci\u003eNews Hour\u003c\/i\u003e. In the three decades McCardell has been a reporter with Global BC, he has discovered that everyone has a story to tell, and his job is to find it. His eye for the human condition, his humour and his ability to report on an enormous range of material have made him one of BC's great TV personalities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn The Blue Flames That Keep Us Warm\u003c\/i\u003e, the follow-up to his bestselling \u003ci\u003eChasing the Story God\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBack Alley Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e, McCardell has culled over one hundred stories from the thousands of television tales he has shared on the \u003ci\u003eNews Hour\u003c\/i\u003e. These are quirky and poignant stories that best portray the rules of life, as seen from McCardell's unique point of view. They are like little blue flames, McCardell writes, and although sometimes they can burn fingers, mostly they warm. And they go well with ice cream, especially chocolate. Many of them are still alive and you can visit and discover them for yourself. The last time I checked, the submarine is still on the balcony in New Westminster and Trout Lake still has kids fishing on it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike any bowl of fine ice cream, you won't want \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Flames That Keep Us Warm\u003c\/i\u003e, to end. From the inside scoop on newstime postures, to the charming lives of gay roosters, McCardell is sure to delight, entertain, and thoroughly warm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcCardell, Mike:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMike McCardell\u003c\/strong\u003e has earned the loyalty of hundreds of thousands of fans for his investigative reporting and human-interest stories. He is the author of the bestselling essay collections \u003cem\u003eUnlikely Love Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHere's Mike\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChasing the Story God\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBack Alley Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGetting to the Bubble\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Expanded Reilly Method\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Flames That Keep Us Warm\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEverything Works\u003c\/em\u003e, the local history book \u003cem\u003eHaunting Vancouver\u003c\/em\u003e and the memoir \u003cem\u003eCardboard Ocean\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harbour Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873595101458,"sku":"9781550174403","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b0586642-4af3-4dc9-bb6b-565fb44d70a5.jpg?v=1737942654","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-blue-flames-that-keep-us-warm-mike-mccardells-favourite-stories-9781550174403","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}