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THE GREAT LAKES
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Fifth Business
• Robertson Davies
LITERATURE •
2001 •
PAPER
• 266 PAGES
If you have yet to stumble across Robertson Davies, you're in for a treat. The great man of Canadian letters wrote a slew of novels, many set in rural Ontario and Toronto. His books are laugh-out-loud funny, filled with memorable characters and dazzling prose. This novel, his first -- and some say his best -- is as good a place as any to begin.
(USW42, $15.00) |
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Fodor's Toronto, With Niagara Falls & the Niagara Wine Region
• Fodor's Travel Publications
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 304 PAGES
This practical guide in the popular series is packed with insider information in an easy-to-use format.
(CND307, $18.99) |
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Great Lakes Journey, A New Look at America's Freshwater Coast
• William Ashworth
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2003 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
In an account of a 6,000-mile journey on and around the Great Lakes, Ashworth blends reporting and interviews with history, travel and science. It's an environmental travelogue -- and follow up to the author's 1986 book, "The Late, Great Lakes."
(GLK29, $23.95) |
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In the Skin of a Lion
• Michael Ondaatje
LITERATURE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 243 PAGES
This richly lyrical, poetic novel by Michael Ondaatje is set in 1920's Toronto and rural Ontario. It's a demanding -- and rewarding -- book. Its protagonist is a tough woodsman who comes to the rough-and-tumble city.
(CND13, $15.00) |
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Inventing Niagara
• Ginger Strand
HISTORY •
2008 •
PAPER
• 352 PAGES
Strand turns her initial impulse to make fun of the kitchy, overexposed honky tonk at modern Niagara Falls into this witty, well-researched tale of the transformation of a natural wonder into an engineering feat, spectacle and monument.
(CND302, $16.00) |
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The Middle Ground, Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815
• Richard White
HISTORY •
1991 •
PAPER
• 544 PAGES
A comprehensive, scholarly account of relations between native peoples and Europeans in "pays d'en haut," the region around the Great Lakes. White takes in the history of Daniel Boone, George Washington, Pontiac, Tecumseh during this crucial first encounter between Indian and white.
(GLK18, $35.99) |
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Moon Handbook Michigan's Upper Peninsula
• Josh Bishop
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 250 PAGES
A no-nonsense practical guide in the Moon series, jam-packed not only with travel necessities (hotels, restaurants, sights), but also with a good overview of history, flora and fauna and geology.
(USM137, $17.95) |
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Niagara, A History of the Falls
• Pierre Berton
HISTORY •
2009 •
PAPER
• 480 PAGES
Back in print! Entertaining, meticulously researched and surprising in its details (who knew it was the site of the first railway suspension bridge and the inspiration for alternating current?), Pierre Berton's engrossing social history of Niagara dives into this "noble cataract" as a touchstone for the aspirations of engineers, businessmen, dare-devils and adventurers over the last 100 years.
(GLK02, $24.95) |
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Ontario Wildlife
• James Kavanagh
FIELD GUIDE •
2005 •
PLASTIC CARD
A fold-up, laminated card featuring color drawings and short descriptions of commonly encountered wildlife in Ontario.
(CND284, $8.95) |
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Technology's Promise, Expert Knowledge on the Transformation of Business and Society
• William E. Halal
SCIENCE •
2008 •
HARD COVER
• 183 PAGES
Drawing on the knowledge of 100 high-tech CEOs, scientists, engineers, academics, futurists and other experts from around the world, Halal provides a readable, authoritative synthesis of the best forecast data, providing a roadmap for future innovations and their cultural impacts.
(SCI282, $46.00) |
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A Traveller's History of Canada
• Robert Bothwell
HISTORY •
2010 •
PAPER
• 220 PAGES
• BEST SELLER
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, $14.99) |
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Fishing the Great Lakes, An Environmental History, 1783-1933
• Margaret Beattie Bogue
NATURAL HISTORY •
2000 •
PAPER
• 464 PAGES
This sweeping, readable history examines the political squabbles, misguided public policies and commercial exploitation that destroyed the once-abundant fisheries of Great Lakes.
(GLK57, $27.95) |
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Yoga for All of Us
• Peggy Cappy
REFERENCE •
2006 •
PAPER
• 194 PAGES
An accessible guide to gentle yoga stretches and poses, geared towards people who are interested in yoga but have physical limitations.
(SPT16, $18.95) |
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Bond of Union, Building the Erie Canal and the American Empire
• Gerard Koeppel
HISTORY •
2010 •
PAPER
• 480 PAGES
Conceived in the early 1800s and completed in 1825, the Erie Canal was the boldest and biggest American engineering project of its century, with enduring political, social, and economic effects. It was the Erie Canal that first opened up the West to American enterprise and imagination, bringing vast riches and a far-reaching vision to a rapidly expanding nation
(NYS80, $18.95) |
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Never a City So Real, A Walk in Chicago
• Alex Kotlowitz
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2004 •
HARD COVER
• 160 PAGES
Novelist Alex Kotlowitz, originally a New Yorker, traveled to Chicago in search of a story. What he found was much more -- a city of people who he feels characterize the "real" in America. It's a place where he has now lived for 20 years (and counting). He interweaves history, anecdote and biography in this brief, street-level view of the city and its everyday people. A Crown Journeys book.
(GLK35, $16.95) |
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The New Niagara, Tourism, Technology, and the Landscape of Niagara Falls, 1776-1917
• William Irwin
HISTORY •
1996 •
PAPER
• 276 PAGES
Irwin traces the transformation of Niagara from a simple place of natural beauty to a tourist destination that showcased technological advances beginning with John Roebling's railway suspension bridge in 1855.
(GLK63, $32.95) |
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Canadians, A Portrait of the Country and Its People
• Roy MacGregor
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2008 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
• 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) |
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National Geographic Photography Field Guide: Travel
• Bob Caputo
FIELD GUIDE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 160 PAGES
A concise, practical guide to taking better travel photos covering equipment, digital photography and technique. With suggestions and how-to.
(PHT23, $21.95) |
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Know Your Ships
• Roger LeLievre
FIELD GUIDE •
2011 •
PAPER
• 148 PAGES
The annual 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. With color photographs, funnel designs and a history of shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes. 51st edition!
(GLK12, $18.95) |
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