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Moon Handbook Atlantic Canada
Mark Morris
GUIDEBOOK 2009 PAPER 500 PAGES
A comprehensive guide to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island. With regional maps and detailed descriptions of St. John's and other points of interest, along with an overview of the people, wildlife and history of the region.
(CAN02, $19.95)
Insight Pocket Guide Quebec Province
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK 2006 PAPER 92 PAGES
A compact guide to Quebec, with 16 suggested itineraries, including Quebec City, Montreal and the Gaspe Peninsula. With color photographs and excellent local maps, including a separate pull-out map with insets of Montreal and Quebec City.
(CND38, $13.95)
A Traveller's History of Canada
Robert Bothwell
HISTORY 2005 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)
My Famous Evening: Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries and Preoccupations
Howard Norman
TRAVEL NARRATIVE 2004 HARD COVER 208 PAGES
Howard Norman returned to Nova Scotia over a period of 30 years to interview local legends and research the folklore of the area. Norman writes with an impressionistic intimacy to create a portrait of this enchanting place and its people. A volume in the National Geographic Directions series.
(CND204, $20.00)
Atlantic Canada Map
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A detailed map of Canada's maritime provinces and Newfoundland at a scale of 1:950,000. Newfoundland appears on one side, with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island on the other. It also includes insets of the major cities and short informational paragraphs about regions of interest. Two Sides. 27x39 inches.
(CND50, $6.95)
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)
Lonely Planet Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island
Karla Zimmerman
GUIDEBOOK
This handy, compact guide to Atlantic Canada covers Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island in detail, and includes a chapter on Newfoundland and Labrador. With maps, travel information and short essays on culture, attractions and nature.
(CND291, $16.99)
Canada and Quebec: One Country, Two Histories
Robert Bothwell
HISTORY
An in-depth look at Canada-Quebec relations through interviews with prominent Canadian figures.
(CND69, $32.95)
Canadians, A Portrait of the Country and Its People
Roy MacGregor
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A journalist and popular author, MacGregor takes the full measure of Canadian life in this irreverent, entertaining portrait of a people.
(CND320, $18.00)
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)
Why I Hate Canadians
Will Ferguson
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
The tenth anniversary edition of Ferguson's wickedly astute cultural salvo, the collection of humorous essays that launched his career. As you might guess, the title is tongue-in-cheek.
(CND154, $15.95)
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)
Anne of Green Gables
Lucy Maud Montgomery
LITERATURE
MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
The immensely popular children's novel set on Prince Edward Island. Anne, an 11-year-old orphan, moves to the small town of Avonlea when she is adopted by an elderly brother and sister.
(CND39, $4.95)
Burden of Desire
Robert MacNeil
LITERATURE
An intricate, suspenseful novel of love and war set against the backdrop of the 1917 explosion that destroyed the north end of Halifax. Written by the noted newsman Robert MacNeil.
(CND23, $16.00)
Fall on your Knees
Ann-Marie MacDonald
LITERATURE
A best-selling epic following the lives of a Lebanese-Canadian family from Cape Breton Island throughout the first half of the 20th century.
(CND49, $16.00)
Island, The Complete Stories
Alistair MacLeod
LITERATURE
From one of Canada's most important writers comes a collection of stories about family and tradition in Nova Scotia. They tell of a young generation who has adapted to the New World but still tries to find their place within the Old World traditions of Scotland.
(CND73, $14.95)
No Great Mischief
Alistair MacLeod
LITERATURE
A novel covering 200 years in the history of a family of Scottish immigrants living in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. MacLeod creates a modern saga of the immigrant experience, familial bonds and life in coastal Canada.
(CND48, $14.95)
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)
Cod, A Biography of a Fish that Changed the World
Mark Kurlansky
NATURAL HISTORY
A sparkling extended essay on the cod in the tradition of Lopez or McPhee, looking at the importance of the fish to cuisine and commerce, throwing much light on the plight of the Grand Banks and fisheries.
(OCE10, $15.00)
Wild Nova Scotia
Len Wagg
Bob Bancroft
NATURAL HISTORY
A collection of stunning color photographs of Nova Scotia's landscapes and wildlife, from butterflies and blossoms to rocky coastlines, river valleys and mist-shrouded lakes.
(CND290, $29.95)
A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife: Marine Mammals, Seabirds, Fish and Other Sea Life
Noble S. Proctor
Patrick J. Lynch
FIELD GUIDE
A comprehensive pocket guide to commonly encountered marine mammals, seabirds and other marine life of Northeastern North America, from North Carolina to Newfoundland and the Canadian Maritimes.
(NAM24, $19.95)
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
National Geographic
FIELD GUIDE
From Alaska to Baja California, this field guide, now in its fifth edition is the one to carry.
(FG09, $24.00)
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