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Knopf Guide Quebec •   Knopf Guides
GUIDEBOOK • 2005 • FLEXI-BOUND • 408 PAGES
Portable and compact, this resourceful guide contains over 1,000 color photographs and illustrations, as well as detailed maps, recommendations and overviews of Quebec history and culture. (CND235, $27.50)

Fodor's Toronto's 25 Best •   Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK • 2006 • PAPER • 96 PAGES
A shirt-pocket guide to Toronto, this slim book includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on the best restaurants, shops and sights to see. (GLK07, $11.95)

A Traveller's History of Canada •  Robert Bothwell
HISTORY • 2001 • PAPER • 320 PAGES
An admirably concise march through Canadian history by Robert Bothwell, who has also written "Canada and Quebec: One Country, Two Histories." Compact, easy-to-read and covering from prehistoric times to today, it's a useful introduction to the country, designed specifically for travelers. (CND82, $14.95)

Niagara Falls: An Intimate Portrait •  John Grant •  Ray Jones
NATURAL HISTORY • 2006 • PAPER
An illustrated overview of Niagara Falls' allure, attractions, history and nature, published in conjunction with a documentary television program. (CND238, $29.95)

Eastern Canada Map •   Hildebrand
MAP
A full-color double-sided map of Eastern Canada at a scale of 1:1,500,000, covering the entire St. Lawrence Seaway and the Atlantic coast. (CAN03, $12.95)

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Fodor's Montreal's 25 Best •   Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • A shirt-pocket guide to Montreal, this slim book includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing. (CND41, $11.95)

A Taste of Quebec •  Julian Armstrong • FOOD • Featuring new recipes as well as traditional favorites, this survey of food in Quebec makes for a nice cookbook. It also incorporates history, culture and folklore to distinguish the culinary diversity found throughout the province. (CND181, $19.95)

How to be a Canadian, Even If You Already are One •  Ian Ferguson •  Will Ferguson • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A tongue-in-cheek portrait of Canadian people and society, written by two native sons. Not entirely (but mostly) in jest, the book is an insightful look at the Canadian national character. (CND208, $18.95)

The Illustrated History of Canada •  Craig Brown • HISTORY • A good, nicely illustrated history of Canada, featuring contributions by six Canadian historians, along with hundreds of engravings, maps, photographs and illustrations. (CND19, $32.95)

Wolfe at Quebec, The Man Who Won the French and Indian War •  Christopher Hibbert • HISTORY • A history of British General James Wolfe's last year of life. Hibbert traces the neurotic general's life through diaries, letters, ships' logs and firsthand accounts for this portrait of the man who defeated General Montcalm at Quebec. (CND67, $15.95)

The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson •  David P. Silcox • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The much-loved painters of The Group of Seven helped define Canadian identity, creating iconic images of early 20th-century Canada. This glorious, lovingly produced book show-cases nearly 400 paintings, including influential landscapes, lesser-known portraits, gardens and city scenes, all organized geographically. (CND221, $49.95)

Escape, In Search of the Natural Soul of Canada •  Roy MacGregor • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • McGregor weaves anecdote, memoir, geography and history in these vivid essays on the idea of wilderness in Canada, drawing in his own family and their house by the lake in the woods of Ontario. (CND222, $16.95)

City of Ice •  John Farrow • LITERATURE • A page-turning crime thriller involving a Montreal police officer. (CND65, $25.00)

Shadows on the Rock •  Willa Cather • LITERATURE • Set at the end of the 17th century in rural Quebec, this beautifully realized novel highlights the struggles of the Parisian widower Auclair and his young daughter to adapt to their new land. (CND10, $13.95)

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz •  Mordecai Richler • LITERATURE • The book that established Richler as a novelist, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz unfurls amid the bumptious, working-class splendor of Montreal's Plateau neighborhood, once solidly Jewish and more recently home to the city's music scene. (CND263, $9.95)

The Blind Assassin •  Margaret Atwood • LITERATURE • Winner of the Booker Prize in 2000, this hauntingly beautiful novel interweaves two disparate strands: one, a murder mystery set in Toronto at the close of WWII; the other, the text of the murdered woman's science fiction novel, which may hold a clue to her death. (CND139, $14.95)

The Tin Flute •  Gabrielle Roy •  Philip Stratford • LITERATURE • Originally published in 1945, this classic of Canadian literature is set in the Montreal slum of St. Henri during World War II. Roy's story focuses on one family's search for love amidst poverty and urban decay. (CND103, $10.95)

The Canadian Landscape •  J.A. Kraulis • NATURAL HISTORY • A portfolio of 150 striking color photographs from Atlantic Canada to Vancouver, with accompanying text in English and French. (CND220, $24.95)

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America •  David Sibley • FIELD GUIDE • A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird with status, habitat, range, voice and identifying marks. (USE262, $19.95)

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	Knopf Guide Quebec • Knopf Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2005 • FLEXI-BOUND • 408 PAGES Portable and compact, this resourceful guide contains over 1,000 color photographs and illustrations, as well as detailed maps, recommendations and overviews of Quebec history and culture. (CND235, $27.50)
	Fodor's Toronto's 25 Best • Fodor's GUIDEBOOK • 2006 • PAPER • 96 PAGES A shirt-pocket guide to Toronto, this slim book includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on the best restaurants, shops and sights to see. (GLK07, $11.95)
	A Traveller's History of Canada • Robert Bothwell HISTORY • 2001 • PAPER • 320 PAGES An admirably concise march through Canadian history by Robert Bothwell, who has also written "Canada and Quebec: One Country, Two Histories." Compact, easy-to-read and covering from prehistoric times to today, it's a useful introduction to the country, designed specifically for travelers. (CND82, $14.95)
	Niagara Falls: An Intimate Portrait • John Grant • Ray Jones NATURAL HISTORY • 2006 • PAPER An illustrated overview of Niagara Falls' allure, attractions, history and nature, published in conjunction with a documentary television program. (CND238, $29.95)
	Eastern Canada Map • Hildebrand MAP A full-color double-sided map of Eastern Canada at a scale of 1:1,500,000, covering the entire St. Lawrence Seaway and the Atlantic coast. (CAN03, $12.95)

	Fodor's Montreal's 25 Best • Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • A shirt-pocket guide to Montreal, this slim book includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing. (CND41, $11.95)
	A Taste of Quebec • Julian Armstrong • FOOD • Featuring new recipes as well as traditional favorites, this survey of food in Quebec makes for a nice cookbook. It also incorporates history, culture and folklore to distinguish the culinary diversity found throughout the province. (CND181, $19.95)
	How to be a Canadian, Even If You Already are One • Ian Ferguson • Will Ferguson • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A tongue-in-cheek portrait of Canadian people and society, written by two native sons. Not entirely (but mostly) in jest, the book is an insightful look at the Canadian national character. (CND208, $18.95)
	The Illustrated History of Canada • Craig Brown • HISTORY • A good, nicely illustrated history of Canada, featuring contributions by six Canadian historians, along with hundreds of engravings, maps, photographs and illustrations. (CND19, $32.95)
	Wolfe at Quebec, The Man Who Won the French and Indian War • Christopher Hibbert • HISTORY • A history of British General James Wolfe's last year of life. Hibbert traces the neurotic general's life through diaries, letters, ships' logs and firsthand accounts for this portrait of the man who defeated General Montcalm at Quebec. (CND67, $15.95)
	The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson • David P. Silcox • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The much-loved painters of The Group of Seven helped define Canadian identity, creating iconic images of early 20th-century Canada. This glorious, lovingly produced book show-cases nearly 400 paintings, including influential landscapes, lesser-known portraits, gardens and city scenes, all organized geographically. (CND221, $49.95)
	Escape, In Search of the Natural Soul of Canada • Roy MacGregor • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • McGregor weaves anecdote, memoir, geography and history in these vivid essays on the idea of wilderness in Canada, drawing in his own family and their house by the lake in the woods of Ontario. (CND222, $16.95)
	City of Ice • John Farrow • LITERATURE • A page-turning crime thriller involving a Montreal police officer. (CND65, $25.00)
	Shadows on the Rock • Willa Cather • LITERATURE • Set at the end of the 17th century in rural Quebec, this beautifully realized novel highlights the struggles of the Parisian widower Auclair and his young daughter to adapt to their new land. (CND10, $13.95)
	The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz • Mordecai Richler • LITERATURE • The book that established Richler as a novelist, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz unfurls amid the bumptious, working-class splendor of Montreal's Plateau neighborhood, once solidly Jewish and more recently home to the city's music scene. (CND263, $9.95)
	The Blind Assassin • Margaret Atwood • LITERATURE • Winner of the Booker Prize in 2000, this hauntingly beautiful novel interweaves two disparate strands: one, a murder mystery set in Toronto at the close of WWII; the other, the text of the murdered woman's science fiction novel, which may hold a clue to her death. (CND139, $14.95)
	The Tin Flute • Gabrielle Roy • Philip Stratford • LITERATURE • Originally published in 1945, this classic of Canadian literature is set in the Montreal slum of St. Henri during World War II. Roy's story focuses on one family's search for love amidst poverty and urban decay. (CND103, $10.95)
	The Canadian Landscape • J.A. Kraulis • NATURAL HISTORY • A portfolio of 150 striking color photographs from Atlantic Canada to Vancouver, with accompanying text in English and French. (CND220, $24.95)
	The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America • David Sibley • FIELD GUIDE • A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird with status, habitat, range, voice and identifying marks. (USE262, $19.95)