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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $70, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCND223)		  
Trans-Canada Rail Guide  •  Melissa Graham
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES
A compact, kilometer-by-kilometer guide to the 4,000-mile rail journey across North America from Halifax to Vancouver (including spur lines to Churchill and Prince Rubert). With 30 maps of cities and town en route, brief descriptions of major attractions and much information on the railroad itself. 4th edition. (CND04, $22.95)		   Trans-Canada Rail Guide
A Traveller's History of Canada  •  Robert Bothwell
HISTORY •  2010 •  PAPER  • 220 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)		   A Traveller's History of Canada
Switchbacks, True Stories from the Canadian Rockies  •  Sid Marty
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2008 •  PAPER  • 316 PAGES
A native Albertan and park warden in the Canadian Rockies, Marty relates colorful anecdotes from friends, colleagues and his own youth in this collection of tales, which includes A Horse Named Candy. (CND186, $19.95)		   Switchbacks, True Stories from the Canadian Rockies
Alberta Wildlife  •  James Kavanagh
FIELD GUIDE •  2005 •  PLASTIC CARD
A fold-up, laminated card featuring color drawings and short descriptions of commonly encountered wildlife in Alberta. (CND279, $5.95)		   Alberta Wildlife
Canada Map  •  ITMB
2010 •  MAP
A folded, color map of all Canada at a scale of 1:6,00,000, this one-sided sheet shows physical relief, transportation routes, cities and towns from Iceland and Greenland west across Canada to Alaska and the Bering Sea. One in the National Atlas of Canada Reference Map Series. Two Sides. 28x40 inches. (CND15, $9.95)		   Canada Map



Also Recommended

Banff & Jasper National Parks Map  •  Gem Trek Maps    •  An excellent regional overview at a bird's eye scale of 1:400,000. (CND36, $5.95)
 		  
Insight City Guide Vancouver  •  Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A handsomely illustrated guide to the history, culture and attractions of Vancouver. (CND123, $16.95)
 		  
Moon Handbook Canadian Rockies  •  Andrew Hempstead   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This comprehensive guide by Banff-based Hempstead covers where to go and what to do from Jasper to Waterton with authority. (CND231, $17.95)
 		  
Canadians, A Portrait of the Country and Its People  •  Roy MacGregor   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • COMING IN  •  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)
 		  
The Last Spike, The Great Railway, 1881-1885  •  Pierre Berton   • HISTORY  •  Part two of Berton's classic account. (CND179, $24.95)
 		  
The National Dream, The Great Railway, 1871 to 1881  •  Pierre Berton   • HISTORY  •  Part one of the great Berton's exhilarating account of the boldest project in Canadian history, the building of the transcontinental railroad, from idea to the start of construction. (CND178, $24.95)
 		  
The West Beyond the West, A History of British Columbia  •  Jean Barman   • HISTORY  •  A fascinating history of the Canadian province from the 18th century to the mid-1990s. The author weaves portraits of major personalities and events into a readable overview of the cultural and social influences that have shaped the region. (CND116, $43.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
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, $15.00)
 		  
The Deptford Trilogy  •  Robertson Davies   • LITERATURE  •  An omnibus edition of Fifth Business (1970), The Manticore (1972) and World of Wonders (1975). Noteworthy for their faultless prose, memorable characters and trenchant humor, these novels follow the fate of three youths in Ontario. (CND223, $22.00)
 		  
The Raven Steals the Light  •  Robert Bringhurst  •  Bill Reid  •  Claude Levi-Strauss   • LITERATURE • FAMILY  •  A classic collection of 10 Haida myths and legends with accompanying black and white etchings by Vancouver artist Bill Reid. These stories capture the storytelling traditions of the Haida. (PNW53, $16.95)
 		  
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 Rockies, A Natural History  •  Richard Cannings   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This engaging, illustrated guide to the geology, history, habitats, wildlife and climate of the Rockies is geared for naturalist-travelers and includes hundreds of color photographs. (RKY82, $29.95)
 		  
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America  •  Jon Dunn   • FIELD GUIDE  •  From Alaska to Baja California, Nova Scotia and Florida, this guide is the veteran's choice for birding anywhere in the United States. Tabbed for easy access, the color range maps in this sixth edition are outstanding. (FG09, $27.95)
 		  
Rocky Mountain Wildflowers  •  John J. Craighead   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A Peterson guide to 590 species of wildflowers, with both line drawings and a section of color photographs. Focusing on family and genus, the book includes the most conspicuous and commonly encountered flowers. (USW41, $21.00)
 		  
Scats and Tracks of the Rocky Mountains  •  James Halfpenny  •  Todd Telander   • FIELD GUIDE  •  An essential pocket guide to 70 species of mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds, with line drawings, range map and description. (USW118, $9.95)
 		  
 
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