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	Agassiz, A Novel in Stories • Sandra Birdsell • R.W. Scholes • LITERATURE • Several generations of the Lafreniere family set in the fictional town of Agassiz in Manitoba. (CND55, $14.95)
	Alberta & British Columbia Map • ITMB • (CND52, $6.95)
	Alberta Map • Map Art Maps • A colorful travel map of Alberta. (CND77, $4.95)
	Arctic Kingdom, Life at the Edge • National Geographic • NATURAL HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • An entry in the National Geographic series "World's Last Great Places." Much of the excellent, hour-long program focuses on polar bear and other Arctic wildlife of the Canadian Arctic. (ARC116, $19.95)
	Arundel • Kenneth Roberts • N. C. Wyeth • LITERATURE • The grand historical novel of Colonel Benedict Arnold's doomed march on Quebec in 1775, told through the eyes of a soldier in the Continental Army. Rich in historical detail. (CND43, $18.95)
	Atlas of Newfoundland & Labrador • Mem U Nfld Dept Geog • REFERENCE • An in-depth atlas featuring statistical information on Newfoundland. It's an excellent overview -- highly recommended. (NFL04, $49.95)
	Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast • Bill Richardson • LITERATURE • Lake Woebegone goes British Columbian in this humorous slip of a novel about an unconventional Vancouver B&B, which features twin bookworm brothers, a talking parrot and a motley crew of hotel guests. (CND133, $13.95)
	Banff & Jasper National Parks Map • Gem Trek Maps • FAVORITE • A regional overview at a bird's eye scale of 1:400,000. We also carry more detailed maps of Lake Louise (RKY50, $10.95), Banff (CND53, $8.95) and Jasper (RKY52, $8.95). (CND36, $5.95)
	Banff & Mt. Assiniboine Map • Gem Trek Maps • A hiking map for Banff National Park, at a scale of 1:100,000 with colorful relief shading, topographic lines, trails and travel information. (CND53, $8.95)
	Baynes Sound Chart • Canada Map Office • (CND60, $30.00)
	Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw, Travels in Search of Canada • Will Ferguson • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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)
	The Big Year, A Tale Of Man, Nature, And Fowl Obsession • Mark Obmascik • NATURAL HISTORY • Obmascik, himself an over-the-edge birder, recounts with glee and page-turning detail the race to see the most birds in North America in a year. It's an utterly compelling account of a three-way race (roofing contractor, tycoon, software nerd), likely never again to be equaled. (BRD29, $14.00)
	The Bird Artist • Howard Norman • LITERATURE • 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, $15.00)
	The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife • Christopher W. Leahy • Gordon Morrison • NATURAL HISTORY • 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)
	Brave Films, Wild Nights: 25 Years of Festival Fever • Brain D. Johnson • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A history of the Toronto Film Festival. (FLM07, $24.95)
	British Columbia Map • ITMB • A colorful traveler's map of British Columbia, at a scale of 1:1,500,000. (CND61, $8.95)
	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)
	Burrard Inlet, A History • Doreen Armitage • HISTORY • A short history of Burrard's Inlet, the port surrounding Vancouver. The Inlet's story is one of Native Americans, developers, businessmen, environmentalists and other influential figures in the rise of the Greater Vancouver area. (CND121, $32.95)
	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)
	Canada Map • Map Art Maps • 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)
	Canada Wall Map • National Geographic • A large wall map of Canada. (CND158, $24.99)
	Canada, A People's History Volume 1 • Don Gillmor • HISTORY • A richly illustrated history of Canada, the first of two volumes, from the early days to the 1870s. (CND218, $23.95)
	Canada, A People's History Volume 2 • Don Gillmor • HISTORY • A richly illustrated popular history of the events and personalities of Canada in the 20th Century, the second of two volumes. (CND219, $23.95)
	Canada: A People's History, Volume 1 • Don Gillmor • Pierre Turgeon • HISTORY • An illustrated history of Canada from a distinctly Canadian perspective. (CND160, $60.00)
	Canada: A People's History, Volume 2 • Don Gillmor • Pierre Turgeon • HISTORY • An illustrated history of Canada from a distinctly Canadian perspective. (CND161, $60.00)
	The Canadian Rockies Superguide • Graeme Pole • GUIDEBOOK • This essential handbook for travelers combines color photographs, excellent maps and solid information on places and attractions throughout the Canadian Rockies. It also includes a section on the geological formation of the Rockies and fascinating sidebars on wildlife and historical figures. (CND28, $29.95)
	Castles of the North, Canda's Grand Hotels • Barbara Chisholm • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A celebration of extravagant hotels throughout Canada. (CND120, $29.95)
	Christopher Columbus and the Conquest of Paradise • Kirkpatrick Sale • EXPLORATION • A new edition of this wide-ranging and lucid portrait of the man and the legends surrounding him, originally published in 1990. Columbus is no hero in Sale's view but rather a sea-faring adventurer in search of glory, gold and god. (USA134, $15.95)
	The Colony of Unrequited Dreams • Wayne Johnston • LITERATURE • 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, $15.95)
	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)
	Dinosaur Country, Unearthing the Alberta Badlands • Renie Gross • SCIENCE • An overview of the Badlands of Alberta and a primer on paleontology in the region. (CND76, $12.25)
	Eastern Canada Map • ITMB • A double-sided, folded map of Eastern Canada. (CND182, $6.95)
	Emily Carr, an Introduction to Her Life and Art • Anne Newlands • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A brief, illustrated overview of the early 20th-century Canadian artist. (CND118, $14.95)
	Empire of the Bay, The Company of Adventurers That Seized a Continent • Peter C. Newman • HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • A big, lively history of Hudson's Bay Company, the enormous fur trading organization that controlled and explored much of the Canadian wilderness in the 18th and 19th centuries. (CND78, $16.00)
	Enterprising Women, 250 Years of American Business • Virginia Drachman • HISTORY • Profiles of the most important women in American industry, from colonial times through the twentieth century. (GEN317, $39.95)
	Evangeline • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • LITERATURE • Longfellow's epic poem of Evangeline and Gabriel, two lovers separated as a result of the 1755 Acadian deportation from Nova Scotia. (CND46, $6.95)
	Eyewitness Guide Canada • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An on-the-ground guide to Canada -- handsome, comprehensive and superb. (CND188, $25.00)
	Eyewitness Top Ten Montreal & Quebec City • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions in Montreal and Quebec City. (CND205, $12.00)
	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)
	Fatal Passage, The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot • Ken McGoogan • EXPLORATION • A compelling biography of the Scottish explorer who pioneered Inuit methods, completed the Northwest Passage and found Franklin. (ARC118, $14.00)
	Georgian Bay, An Illustrated History • Mike Grandmaison • Noel Hudson • NATURAL HISTORY • A large-format history of Georgian Bay from prehistory to cottagers with 400 archival photos. (GLK14, $45.00)
	Gilead • Marilynne Robinson • LITERATURE • A story about fathers and sons whose family history intersects with the U.S. Civil War. Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. (USW441, $14.00)
	Great Heart, The History of a Labrador Adventure • John Rugge • James West Davidson • EXPLORATION • A riveting account of three turn-of-the-century expeditions across the Ungava-Labrador Peninsula. (CND63, $17.00)
	The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson, An Introduction • Anne Newlands • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A slim, accessible introduction to the art and times of the famous Canadian landscape painters, eight men who revolutionized Canadian approaches to art and wilderness in the early 20th century. (CND142, $14.95)
	High Latitudes, An Arctic Journey • Farley Mowat • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A chronicle of Mowat's hopscotch across the Canadian Arctic in 1966 on behalf of the Canadian government. In high spirits, Mowat encounters and interviews an eccentric cast of characters throughout the north. (ARC141, $15.95)
	Holman, Forty Years of Graphic Art • Darlene Coward Wight • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An exhibition catalog from the Winnepeg Art Gallery. (ARC120, $25.00)
	Identities in North America, The Search for Community • Robert Earle • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 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, $24.95)
	In the Skin of a Lion • Michael Ondaatje • LITERATURE • This richly lyrical, poetic novel by Michael Ondaatje is set in 1920's Toronto and rural Ontario. Its protagonist is a tough woodsman who comes to the rough-and-tumble city. (CND13, $13.00)
	Insider's Guide Victoria & Vancouver Island • Gerald Hill • Kathleen Hill • GUIDEBOOK • A quirky, personal guide to Vancouver Island by two residents, with a focus on out of the way places, food and cultural attractions. Organized by neighborhood, the guide includes excellent listings of where to eat, stay and shop. (CND147, $18.95)
	Insight Guide Canada • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated guide to Canada with essays on history, culture and nature. (CND42, $23.95)
	Insight Pocket Guide Quebec Province • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Into the Dinosaurs' Graveyard: Canadian Digs and Discoveries • David A. E. Spalding • NATURAL HISTORY • A spirited history of personalities and politics of dinosaur collecting in Canada. (CND137, $13.95)
	Inuit Art, An Introduction • Ingo Hessel • Dieter Hessel • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A history, survey and guide to appreciating Inuit drawings, prints, textiles and sculpture with 125 color photographs. (ARC142, $35.00)
	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)
	Islands of the Arctic • Julian Dowdeswell • Michael Hambrey • NATURAL HISTORY • The authors, glaciologists both, use examples from their work in Greenland, Spitsbergen, Russia and the Canadian Arctic in this illustrated survey. (ARC122, $50.00)
	Jasper National Park & Maligne Lake Map • Gem Trek Maps • A detailed hiking map to popular trails at a scale of 1:100,000. (RKY52, $9.95)
	Kensington • Jean Cochrane • Vincenzo Pietropaolo • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A pictorial portrait of Toronto's Kensington Market, past and present, featuring 120 black-and-white photographs. No neighborhood is more emblematic of polyglot Toronto than Kensington, where Indians, Italians, Afro-Carribeans, Chinese and Anglo-Saxons eat, sleep and haggle side-by-side. (CND144, $29.95)
	Kingbird Highway, The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand • Kenn Kaufman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Kaufman's absorbing account of coming-of-age as a Wichita teenager on the road in 1973 with a summer's pay in his pocket and the goal of seeing as many birds as he could in a year. (BRD27, $14.00)
	Know Your Ships 2007: Guide to Boats and Boatwatching on the Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Seaway • Roger LeLievre • FIELD GUIDE • A 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, $16.95)
	Lake Champlain, Key to Liberty • Arthur Cohn • Ralph Nading Hill • HISTORY • The history surrounding Lake Champlain, the gateway between Quebec and New York. (USE145, $24.95)
	Lake Louise and Yoho Map • Gem Trek Maps • A topographic map of this popular hiking region from Lake Louise to Emerald Lake, at a scale of 1:50,000. (RKY50, $8.95)
	The Last Spike, The Great Railway, 1881-1885 • Pierre Berton • HISTORY • Part two in Berton's exhilarating narrative of the boldest project in Canadian history, the building of the transcontinental railroad. (CND179, $24.95)
	Leaning on the Wind, Under the Spell of the Great Chinook • Sid Marty • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A personal quest to capture the Pacific wind and the spirit of the Canadian Rockies. (CND185, $18.95)
	Lonely Planet Canada • Mark Lightbody • Thomas Huhti • Ryan Ver Berkmoes • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, practical guide to Canada. (CND54, $26.99)
	Lonely Planet Montreal and Quebec City • Jeremy Gray • GUIDEBOOK • In its hallmark style, this practical guide to Montreal by Lonely Planet features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. (CND105, $16.99)
	Mammals of North America • Roland W. Kays • Don E. Wilson • FIELD GUIDE • The most comprehensive guide to mammals found north of Mexico. (NAM11, $19.95)
	Mammals of North America, Temperate and Arctic Regions • Adrian Forsyth • NATURAL HISTORY • A handsome, illustrated reference to the mammals of North America. (NAM02, $29.95)
	Manitoba Map • Rand McNally Maps • A map of the Canadian province of Manitoba at a scale of 1:1,000,000. (CND51, $4.95)
	Manitoba, A Colourguide • Marilyn Morton • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to Canada's prairie province, home of polar bears, fishing camps, and its capital city Winnipeg. (CND59, $19.95)
	Men for the Mountains • Sid Marty • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • OUT OF PRINT • 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)
	Michelin Green Guide Quebec • Michelin Travel Publications • GUIDEBOOK • A thorough introduction to the region in the classic Michelin style, featuring brief descriptions of all the major attractions. (CND66, $21.95)
	Montcalm and Wolfe, The French and Indian War • Francis Parkman • Caleb Carr • John Keegan • HISTORY • 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)
	Montreal Map • Borch Maps • A folded, laminated map of the city center of Montreal. (CND104, $7.95)
	Moon Handbook Alberta and the Northwest Territories • Andrew Hempstead • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Moon Handbook Atlantic Canada • Mark Morris • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Moon Handbook British Columbia including the Canadian Rockies • Andrew Hempstead • Jane King • GUIDEBOOK • This comprehensive guide stakes out the best sites throughout British Columbia, nicely balancing practical detail with a good overview of the region and its attractions. (CND132, $21.95)
	Moon Handbook Canadian Rockies • Andrew Hempstead • GUIDEBOOK • This comprehensive guide includes useful information on history, nature and attractions, as well as in-depth chapters on Banff and Jasper National Parks. (CND231, $17.95)
	Moose • Valerius Geist • Michael H. Francis • NATURAL HISTORY • A natural history and photographic portrait of the moose. (BST56, $21.95)
	Mountain Home, Tales of Seeking a Family Life in Harmony With Nature • Adolf Hungry Wolf • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Mr. Hungry Wolf shares tales of herbal remedies, wild animals, home schooling his four children and living without running water, phone, TV or electricity in the Canadian Rockies. (CND31, $14.95)
	The Museum Guard • Howard Norman • LITERATURE • Set in Halifax in 1938, this is the odd tale of a museum guard and his relationship with the woman who is caretaker at a local cemetery. (CND40, $15.00)
	My Famous Evening: Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries and Preoccupations • Howard Norman • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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. (CND204, $20.00)
	The National Dream, The Great Railway, 1871 to 1881 • Pierre Berton • HISTORY • An exhilarating narrative of the boldest project in Canadian history, the building of the transcontinental railroad. The first of two parts, this book follows the railway from idea to the beginning of construction. (CND178, $24.95)
	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)
	National Geographic United States Atlas for Young Explorers • National Geographic • REFERENCE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • The third edition of this colorful guide to the U.S. -- state by state and region by region. (USA93, $24.95)
	Native Universe, Voices of Indian America • Clifford E. Trafzer • ANTHOLOGY • This sumptuously illustrated cultural history, written exclusively by Native Americans, is published in celebration of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. (USA95, $40.00)
	Nature Wells Gray, Volcanoes, Waterfalls, Wildlife, Trails & More • Trevor Goward • Cathie Hickson • NATURAL HISTORY • A guide to Wells Gray Provincial Park (CND47, $14.95)
	The New Victoria Walking Guide • Rosemary Neering • GUIDEBOOK • A small guide to favorite walks in Victoria, British Columbia. (CND119, $12.95)
	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)
	North Country, A Personal Journey • Howard Frank Mosher • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Novelist Mosher captures the spirit of the north in this wonderfully wrought portrait of borderland places and personalities. (CND02, $14.95)
	Northeast US Southeast Canada Map • Marshall Penn-York Maps • A colorful map of the Great Lakes. (GLK08, $3.95)
	The Northern Copper Inuit, A History • Julia Ogina • Richard G. Condon • HISTORY • A vivid history of the Holman region of the Northwest Territories. (ARC119, $34.95)
	Notes from the Century Before, A Journal from British Columbia • Edward Hoagland • Jon Krakauer • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • OUT OF PRINT • A classic portrait of a disappearing way of life in Northwest British Columbia. In 1966, Hoagland spent three months in the backcountry chatting up the locals. His essays introduce a lively cast of old-timers and capture the essence of a way of life quickly slipping away. First published in 1969. (CND189, $13.95)
	Of Wolves and Men • Barry Lopez • NATURAL HISTORY • This eloquent, powerful book is an outstanding overview of the wolf, as well as a survey of wolf mythology and its relationship to human society. First published in the 1980s, it has been reprinted with a new afterword by the author. (BST31, $18.00)
	Ontario Map • Map Art Maps • A road map of the province. (CND25, $4.95)
	Ontario Pocket Atlas • Map Art Maps • A pocket atlas to Ontario. (CND165, $19.95)
	Out of Work, A History of Wage-Earning Women in the United States (20th Anniversary Edition) • Alice Kessler-Harris • HISTORY • A historical examination of the changing role of women in the workplace in the United States. (GEN318, $24.95)
	Owls in the Family • Farley Mowat • NATURAL HISTORY • FAMILY • The hilarious adventures of Billy, his friend Bruce and two newly adopted great horned owls, Wol and Weeps, set in Saskatchewan prairie by the incomprable Farley Mowat. (BRD18, $5.50)
	Poet of the Appetites, The Lives and Loves of M.F.K. Fisher • Joan Reardon • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A biography of the prolific food and travel writer, who wrote over thirty books from 1943 until her death in 1992. (GEN316, $15.00)
	Prince Edward Island Map • Map Art Maps • A map of Prince Edward Island at a scale of 1:250,000. (CND72, $4.95)
	Prince Edward Island, A Colourguide • Laurie Brinklow • GUIDEBOOK • A region-by-region guide to Canada's smallest province, featuring 400 color photographs. Published in Canada, it is a nice introduction to Prince Edward Island and its attractions. (CND71, $16.95)
	Prisoners of the North • Pierre Berton • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • In this engaging series of biographies, Berton recounts the lives and adventures of poet Robert Service, gold prospector Joe Boyle and other personalities of the Canadian North. (CND217, $26.00)
	Quebec City Map • Insight Maps • A laminated, folded map of the center of Quebec City. (CND170, $4.95)
	Quebec Province Map • Map Art Maps • A map of the Canadian province of Quebec at a scale of 1:800,000. (CND26, $4.95)
	Quebec Province Map • Cartotek Geo, Inc • A folded map of the entire province at a scale of 1:670,000. (CND198, $4.95)
	Quebec Province Map • Carotek Geo Maps • A map of the entire province at a scale of 1:670,000. (CND199, $4.95)
	Quebec Road Atlas • Map Art Maps • A detailed atlas of the province of Quebec with city and regional maps. (CND164, $19.95)
	Quebec, Ulysses Travel Guide • Ulysses Travel Guide • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, up-to-date guide to Quebec Province, including a brief overview of history, culture and nature along with travel information. (CND44, $27.95)
	The Race to Save the Lord God Bird • Phillip Hoose • NATURAL HISTORY • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • An engaging and well-researched history of the ivory-billed woodpecker, and the struggles surrounding its survival. It's a suspenseful and entertaining book about modern conservation and environmental issues for middle-school readers. (BRD30, $21.00)
	Remember D-Day, Both Sides Tell Their Stories • Ronald J. Drez • David Eisenhower • HISTORY • YOUNG ADULTS • An engaging and well-constructed history of the D-Day invasion for readers in grades 5 to 8, complete with anecdotes from soldiers, black-and-white photographs and plenty of historical information. (USA96, $17.95)
	Return to Wild America, A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul • Scott Weidensaul • NATURAL HISTORY • 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, $15.00)
	Rising from the Plains • John McPhee • NATURAL HISTORY • McPhee's elegant and accessible essays show the geology the Rockies though his travels with U.S. Geological Survey scientist David Love. (USW18, $15.00)
	The Road Past Altamont • Gabrielle Roy • Joyce Marshall • LITERATURE • Roy depicts a young girl's world through four connected stories that ultimately trace her coming of age. (CND57, $7.95)
	Rocky Mountain Natural History, Grand Teton to Jasper, A Trailside Reference • Daniel Mathews • FIELD GUIDE • A comprehensive field guide featuring 800 line drawings and 480 color photographs. (RKY61, $26.00)
	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)
	Rough Guide Montreal • John Shandy Watson • Arabella Bowen • GUIDEBOOK • An opinionated, thorough travel guide to the history, culture and attractions of Montreal. (CND210, $17.99)
	Rough Guide Toronto • Phil Lee • Helen Lovekin • GUIDEBOOK • A no-nonsense, pocket guide to the city with descriptions of attractions and a good overview of history and culture. T (CND136, $16.99)
	Runaway, Stories • Alice Munro • LITERATURE • In this collection, Alice Munro, a master of the short story, offers up eight impeccably observed and crafted tales of women. Several of the affecting stories originally appeared in the New Yorker. (CND216, $15.95)
	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)
	Sea of Slaughter, A Chronicle of the Destruction of Animal Life in the North Atlantic • Farley Mowat • NATURAL HISTORY • An examination of human exploitation of the marine resources of the North Atlantic, with sections on whaling, the Great Auk and cod. (OCE07, $16.95)
	Seabirds of the World, A Photographic Guide • Peter Harrison • FIELD GUIDE • OUT OF PRINT • A definitive, compact guide to all the world's seabirds, featuring 740 photographs. (FG16, $29.95)
	Searching for Crusoe: A Journey Among the Last Real Islands • Thurston Clarke • EXPLORATION • An exploration of islands around the world to explore man's fascination with islands. (EXP10, $19.00)
	Selected Stories • Alice Munro • LITERATURE • A collection of 28 short stories represents some of the Canadian author's finest work. (CND200, $16.95)
	Southwest Alberta - Southeast British Columbia Map • Gem Trek Maps • Fairly detailed map covering Edmonton to the US Border. (CND29, $5.95)
	Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas • Ronald Wright • HISTORY • 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, $17.00)
	Switchbacks, True Stories from the Canadian Rockies • Sid Marty • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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, $18.95)
	This Marvellous Terrible Place, Images of Newfoundland and Labrador • Yva Momatiuk • John Eastcott • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • This portrait of Newfoundland, compiled by two accomplished photojournalists, combines color photographs and oral histories of the area. (NFL07, $24.95)
	To See Every Bird On Earth: A Father, A Son, And A Lifelong Obsession • Dan Koeppel • NATURAL HISTORY • In this enormously appealing memoir of a life devoted to birds. Koeppel chronicles his father's growing obsession and accomplishment as an elite birdwatcher, one of a handful of people who have tallied 7,000 species. (BRD28, $14.00)
	Toronto Map • Borch Maps • A map of the city center of Toronto. (CND88, $7.95)
	Toronto Street Names, An Illustrated Guide to Their Origins • Leonard Wise • Allan Gould • HISTORY • The authors trace the origins of 350 street names, uncovering much Toronto history en route, an unusual approach to civic history, illustrated with archival photographs. (CND143, $24.95)
	Toronto's Many Faces • Tony Ruprecht • GUIDEBOOK • A visitors' guide to Toronto, with a welcome focus on the city's diverse ethnic neighborhoods. (CND140, $14.95)
	Trading Beyond the Mountains, the British Fur Trade on the Pacific, 1793-1843 • Richard Somerset MacKie • HISTORY • A history of early fur trade and exploration in the Pacific Northwest (PNW123, $35.95)
	Trans-Canada Rail Guide • Melissa Graham • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, kilometer-by-kilometer guide to the 4,000-mile rail journey across North America from Halifax to Vancouver. (CND04, $19.95)
	Vancouver Island Map • ITMB • A colorful paper travel map of the island, at a scale of 1:250,000. (CND134, $6.95)
	Vancouver Map • Borch Maps • A laminated, folded map of Vancouver, British Columbia at a scale of 1:15,000. (CND125, $7.95)
	Vancouver, A History in Photographs • Aynsley Vogel • HISTORY • The story of Vancouver as seen through historic photographs. (CND122, $10.95)
	The Verb to Bird, Sightings of an Avid Birder • Peter Cashwell • NATURAL HISTORY • A memoir of the birding life, its pleasures, obsessions and pitfalls. Based in the Carolinas (where he teaches English), Cashwell recounts in these essays the birds he's encountered, the why and wherefores of the birding life and some very entertaining anecdotes. (BRD26, $14.95)
	Victoria, A History in Photographs • Peter Grant • HISTORY • The story of Victoria, British Columbia from its days as a mining colony to its development into a city. Nearly 150 archival photographs are organized together with a short text. (CND117, $12.95)
	Victoria, Vancouver Island Map • Map Art Maps • A folded map of Victoria, Vancouver Island, at a nice scale of 1:25,000. (CND124, $4.95)
	Voyages of Delusion, The Quest for the Northwest Passage • Glyn Williams • EXPLORATION • A lively, sophisticated history of the search for the Northwest Passage during the 18th century. (ARC128, $40.00)
	Wallace Stegner, His Life and Work • Jackson Benson • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An award-winning portrait of this prototypical western writer and his times. (CND18, $20.00)
	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, $39.95)
	Winslow Homer Watercolors • Helen A. Cooper • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An examination of the watercolors of one of America's beloved artists, Winslow Homer. This is a valuable book for anyone wishing to understand Homer's work and the American watercolor tradition. (USE85, $37.00)
	Wonderful Life, The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History • Stephen Jay Gould • NATURAL HISTORY • A now-classic -- and still provocative -- study of the 600 million-year-old fossils found in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia. An intriguing look at a heated scientific debate, and an eloquent account of paleontology. (CND86, $16.95)

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