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Enrich your travels with reading! Here's a hand-picked list prepared for your journey in conjunction with the book experts at Longitude.

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Moon Handbook Alberta including Banff, Jasper and the Canadian Rockies

Moon Handbook Alberta including Banff, Jasper and the Canadian Rockies

by Andrew Hempstead

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 541 PAGES

A guide to northern Canada from the Arctic and the high mountain ranges of the Canadian Rockies to the fossil rich Alberta Badlands and cities such as Calgary, Banff, Jasper and Edmonton. (CND75, $21.95)

A Traveller's History of Canada

A Traveller's History of Canada

by Robert Bothwell

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 220 PAGES

A readable and admirably concise march through Canadian history from prehistory to today, including a timeline. (CND82, $14.95)

 

Alberta Map


by Map Art Maps

  • MAP

A colorful travel map of Alberta. (CND77, $4.95)

Northern Lights

Northern Lights


by Howard Norman

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 236 PAGES

A coming of age tale set in the wilds of Northern Manitoba and a Toronto movie theater. With his sparse prose, Norman evokes the harshness of northern Canada. First published in 1987, it was a National Book Award nominee. (CND229, $16.00)

An Intimate Look at the Night Sky

An Intimate Look at the Night Sky


by Chet Raymo

  • SCIENCE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 242 PAGES

A personal, appreciative guide to star-gazing and amateur astronomy by an enthusiastic scientist. With 24 northern hemisphere star maps. (SCI98, $16.00)

Northern Lights

Northern Lights


by Calvin Hall | Daryl Pederson | George Bryson

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

These color photographs capture the dazzling majesty and mystery of the aurora borealis while journalist George Bryson provides a short essay on the history of the phenomenon. (ARC126, $19.99)

A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets

A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets


by Jay M. Pasachoff

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 578 PAGES

A guided tour of the heavens in the Peterson series equally useful in Des Moines or Montevideo. With an atlas of the sky, detailed moon maps and an overview of the science of astronomy. (SCI01, $19.00)

Alberta Wildlife

Alberta Wildlife


by James Kavanagh

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2005
  • PLASTIC CARD

Identify Rockies wildlife with this handy, laminated card featuring color drawings and short descriptions. (CND279, $5.95)

The Night Sky

The Night Sky


by Raymond Leung | James Cavanaugh

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2001
  • PLASTIC CARD

A guide to the major constellations in the Northern Hemisphere featuring color photographs and glow-in-the-dark star charts. (SCI49, $5.95)

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America


by David Sibley

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 474 PAGES

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. (USW418, $19.95)

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