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Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw

Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw


by Will Ferguson

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

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, $18.95)

The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife

The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife


by Christopher W. Leahy | Gordon Morrison

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 1072 PAGES

A handsome, fully illustrated survey of the birds of North America, organized A to Z, covering birds, bird biology, conservation and birdwatching. (NAM21, $19.95)

Canada and Quebec: One Country, Two Histories

Canada and Quebec: One Country, Two Histories


by Robert Bothwell

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 296 PAGES

An in-depth look at Canada-Quebec relations through interviews with prominent Canadian figures. (CND69, $32.95)

Canada: A People's History, Volume 1


by Don Gillmor | Pierre Turgeon

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

An illustrated history of Canada from a distinctly Canadian perspective. (CND160, $23.95)

Canada: A People's History, Volume 2


by Don Gillmor | Pierre Turgeon

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

An illustrated history of Canada from a distinctly Canadian perspective. (CND161, $23.95)

City of Ice


by John Farrow

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES

A page-turning crime thriller involving a Montreal police officer. (CND65, $25.00)

Eyewitness Top Ten Montreal & Quebec City

Eyewitness Top Ten Montreal & Quebec City


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions in Montreal and Quebec City. (CND205, $14.00)

Fodor's Montreal & Quebec City

Fodor's Montreal & Quebec City


by Fodor's Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 356 PAGES

A practical, up-to-date guide in the popular series. (CND260, $18.99)

Frommer's Montreal & Quebec City


by Leslie Brokaw

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A practical guide in the popular series, with plenty of practical information on where to go and stay. (CND316, $17.99)

Frommer's Montreal Day by Day


by Andre Legaspi

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER

A compact shirt pocket guide, ideal for a short visit, featuring remarkably good suggestions for everything from food, hotels and neighborhoods to shopping. With a separate foldout map of the city center. (CND339, $13.99)

Insight City Guide Montreal


by Insight Guides

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Combines insightful writing and lavish full-color photography in a portable format with an emphasis on practical information. (CND317, $16.95)

Insight Guide Canada

Insight Guide Canada


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

An illustrated guide to Canada with essays on history, culture and nature. (CND42, $24.95)

Knopf Mapguide Montreal


by Knopf Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 48 PAGES

A practical and handy passport-sized guide to the city, featuring fold-out maps. (CND268, $10.95)

Know Your Ships

Know Your Ships


by Roger LeLievre

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 148 PAGES

An aficionado's field guide to the ships on the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes. The freighter fleets of all the shipping companies are listed, along with the vital statistics for each ship. (GLK12, $18.95)

The Last Spike, The Great Railway, 1881-1885

The Last Spike, The Great Railway, 1881-1885


by Pierre Berton

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

Part two of Berton's classic account. (CND179, $24.95)

Lullabies for Little Criminals

Lullabies for Little Criminals


by Heather O'Neill

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER

O'Neill's tragicomedy of coming of age in Montreal in the 1980s was shorlisted for the Orange Prize. (CND314, $13.99)

Mammals of North America

Mammals of North America


by Roland W. Kays | Don E. Wilson

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 248 PAGES

Fully revised, this second edition covers 462 mammals found throughout the United States and Canada. With 112 color plates, range maps and concise descriptive information. (NAM11, $19.95)

Michelin Montreal, Must Sees

Michelin Montreal, Must Sees


by Cynthia C Ochterbeck

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

A compact guide to the sights of Montreal, organized thematically. (CND374, $10.95)

Moon Handbooks Montreal & Quebec City

Moon Handbooks Montreal & Quebec City


by Sacha Jackson

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 411 PAGES

A practical guide in the Moon series, packed not only with travel necessities (hotels, restaurants, sights), but also with a good overview of history and destinations. (CND386, $17.99)

The National Dream, The Great Railway, 1871 to 1881

The National Dream, The Great Railway, 1871 to 1881


by Pierre Berton

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 456 PAGES

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)

Canadians, A Portrait of the Country and Its People

Canadians, A Portrait of the Country and Its People


by Roy MacGregor

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

A journalist and popular author, MacGregor takes the full measure of Canadian life in this irreverent, entertaining portrait of a people. (CND320, $18.00)

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America


by Jon Dunn

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

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)

North Country, A Personal Journey


by Howard Frank Mosher

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 260 PAGES

Novelist Mosher captures the spirit of the north in this wonderfully wrought portrait of borderland places and personalities. (CND02, $14.95)

Pandora's Locks, The Opening of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway

Pandora's Locks, The Opening of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway


by Jeff Alexander

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 431 PAGES

This detailed history of the St. Lawrence Seaway, which opened in 1959, focuses on the engineering feat's often devastating environmental effects. (CND390, $19.95)

Return to Wild America, A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul

Return to Wild America, A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul


by Scott Weidensaul

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

An eye-opening trek in the footsteps of conservation pioneers Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher, whose 1953 journey across America resulted in the classic Wild America. (USA123, $16.00)

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America


by David Sibley

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 432 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 with status, habitat, range, voice and identifying marks. (USE262, $19.95)

Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas

Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas


by Ronald Wright

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

A powerful history of imperialism and resistance in the Americas, with a focus on the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois. Wright draws on an impressive range of archival material in reconstructing this classic account. (NAM20, $24.95)

Surfacing

Surfacing


by Margaret Atwood

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

One of Atwood's earliest novels, a suspenseful yarn where a young woman becomes entangled in affairs, mysteries and the haunting draw of nature as she searches for her missing father on an island off the coast of northern Quebec. (CND224, $14.00)

A Taste of Quebec

A Taste of Quebec


by Julian Armstrong

  • FOOD
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 200 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

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)

The War That Made America, A Short History of the French and Indian War

The War That Made America, A Short History of the French and Indian War


by Fred Anderson

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Anderson (Crucible of War) illuminates relations between the Indians, French and British in 18th-century North America. (USA157, $17.00)

Wolfe at Quebec, The Man Who Won the French and Indian War

Wolfe at Quebec, The Man Who Won the French and Indian War


by Christopher Hibbert

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

Hibbert brings the campaigns, life at Louisborg and dramatic capture of Quebec in 1759 to life in this tale of the neurotic, complex British general. (CND67, $15.95)

 

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