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Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw
• Will Ferguson
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
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Ferguson (Why I Hate Canadians) dredges up odd characters and amusing icons of Canadian history on his erratic travels across Canada from the west coast, across prairies to Churchill and its famous polar bears, culminating with a visit to the Viking site at L'Anse aux Meadows.
(CND236, $14.95)
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The Bird Artist
• Howard Norman
• LITERATURE
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Memorably set in a remote coastal village in 1911, this vivid book is the tale of an odd local man who murdered the lighthouse keeper. It's as much about human character and motivation as it is about Newfoundland.
(NFL06, $16.00)
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Birds in Fall
• Brad Kessler
• LITERATURE
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(CND248, $24.00)
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The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
• Farley Mowat
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A laugh-out-loud account of Mowat's determination to refurbish and sail a clunky old boat in the not-always-forgiving waters of Newfoundland.
(NFL02, $5.99)
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Canada Map
• Map Art Maps
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A folded, color map of all Canada at a scale of 1:4,500,000. It's better than most, and at an unbeatable price.
(CND15, $4.95)
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Canada: A People's History, Volume 1
• Don Gillmor
• Pierre Turgeon
• HISTORY
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An illustrated history of Canada from a distinctly Canadian perspective.
(CND160, $60.00)
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Canada: A People's History, Volume 2
• Don Gillmor
• Pierre Turgeon
• HISTORY
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An illustrated history of Canada from a distinctly Canadian perspective.
(CND161, $60.00)
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Cape Breton Highlands National Park
• Clarence Barrett
• GUIDEBOOK
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A natural history and visitor's guide by author and photographer Clarence Barrett.
(CND211, $16.95)
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Cape Breton Road
• D.R. MacDonald
• LITERATURE
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A young car thief from Boston is sent to live with his uncle on Cape Breton Island.
(CND192, $21.95)
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The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
• Wayne Johnston
• LITERATURE
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A probing fictional biography of Joseph Smallwood, first premier of the newly created Atlantic province of Newfoundland. It's a hilarious account of a strange man in an even stranger place.
(NFL08, $17.00)
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Exploring Nova Scotia
• Alison Scott
• Dale Dunlop
• GUIDEBOOK
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The revised and updated fifth edition of this popular guide features unique information on attractions, leisure activities, over 400 hidden adventures and accommodations and dining in the province.
(CND247, $16.95)
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Fodor's Montreal's 25 Best
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Guide to the Offshore Wildlife of the Northern Atlantic
• Michael H. Tove
• FIELD GUIDE
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An oversize field guide to the seabirds, ocean mammals and turtles found off Atlantic shores north of the Tropic of Cancer featuring 39 excellent color plates and extensive descriptive information.
(ATL11, $24.95)
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How to Be a Canadian, Even If You Already Are One
• Ian Ferguson
• Will Ferguson
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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Identities in North America, The Search for Community
• Robert Earle
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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David Crombie (the former mayor of Toronto) writes on Canadian cities, Mark Pachter takes on American identity, and several politicians debate the Quebec question. It is a stimulating, wonderfully uneven book.
(CND14, $26.95)
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The Illustrated History of Canada
• Craig Brown
• HISTORY
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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)
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Insight Guide Canada
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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An illustrated guide to Canada with essays on history, culture and nature.
(CND42, $23.95)
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Insight Pocket Guide Quebec Province
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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The Last Spike, The Great Railway, 1881-1885
• Pierre Berton
• HISTORY
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Part two of Berton's classic account.
(CND179, $24.95)
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Louisbourg 1758, Wolfe's First Siege
• Rene Chartrand
• Patrice Courcelle
• HISTORY
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A short history of the Siege of Louisbourg by James Wolfe and his troops, who landed on the beaches of Nova Scotia and battled French troops.
(CND81, $19.95)
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Maine and Maritime Provinces Map
• National Geographic
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A regional map of Maine, including the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
(USE39, $11.95)
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The Maine Reader, The Down East Experience, 1614 to Present
• Charles Shain
• LITERATURE
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An excellent anthology covering the gamut of the state's culture and history, from early European explorers to the 20th century works of Carolyn Chute, Rachel Carson and John McPhee.
(USE57, $20.95)
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Mammals of North America, Temperate and Arctic Regions
• Adrian Forsyth
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A handsome, illustrated reference to the mammals of North America.
(NAM02, $29.95)
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Men for the Mountains
• Sid Marty
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• OUT OF PRINT
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A classic by a native Albertan and park warden in the Canadian Rockies, this memoir captures the immense landscapes of Alberta and the rugged way of life in the West.
(CND11, $18.95)
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Montcalm and Wolfe, The French and Indian War
• Francis Parkman
• Caleb Carr
• John Keegan
• HISTORY
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This volume, a reprint of the original 1884 edition by the great Francis Parkman, is an extensively researched account of the French and Indian War and of the great generals Montcalm and Wolfe.
(CND16, $24.95)
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Moon Handbook Atlantic Canada
• Mark Morris
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Moon Handbook Canadian Rockies
• Andrew Hempstead
• GUIDEBOOK
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This comprehensive guide by Banff-based Hempstead covers where to go and what to do from Jasper to Waterton with authority.
(CND231, $17.95)
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The National Dream, The Great Railway, 1871 to 1881
• Pierre Berton
• HISTORY
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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)
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
• National Geographic
• FIELD GUIDE
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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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No Great Mischief
• Alistair MacLeod
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Shadows on the Rock
• Willa Cather
• LITERATURE
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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, $14.00)
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The Shipping News
• E. Annie Proulx
• LITERATURE
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An international bestseller that put Newfoundland on the world stage, this lyrical novel conjures the tough life of a recently divorced journalist struggling to get through the day in a remote fishing town.
(NFL03, $16.00)
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America
• David Sibley
• FIELD GUIDE
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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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Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
• Mark Carwardine
• FIELD GUIDE
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In the trademark, graphic Eyewitness style, this sturdy guidebook colorfully describes the world's cetaceans with numerous illustrations, range maps, fluke drawings and a few paragraphs on each species.
(FG02, $20.00)
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Trans-Canada Rail Guide
• Melissa Graham
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, kilometer-by-kilometer guide to the 4,000-mile rail journey across North America from Halifax to Vancouver.
(CND04, $19.95)
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The Walker's Literary Companion
• Robert Gilbert
• Anne Wallace
• Jeffrey Robinson
• ANTHOLOGY
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A diverse sampling of literature on the pleasures of walking, representing philosophers, naturalists, outcasts, athletes and intellectuals from Plato to Frank O'Hara.
(WLK08, $24.00)
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Walking
• Henry David Thoreau
• REFERENCE
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Slip this pocket edition of Thoreau's meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel in your daypack for inspiration.
(WLK04, $9.99)
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Wallace Stegner, His Life and Work
• Jackson Benson
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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An award-winning portrait of this prototypical western writer and his times.
(CND18, $20.00)
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