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Agassiz, A Novel in Stories
• Sandra Birdsell
• R.W. Scholes
• LITERATURE
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Several generations of the Lafreniere family set in the fictional town of Agassiz in Manitoba.
(CND55, $14.95)
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Arctic Crossing, A Journey Through the Northwest Passage and Inuit Culture
• Jonathan Waterman
• HISTORY
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A riveting account of a 2,200 mile solo journey across the Arctic from Prudhoe Bay to the Gulf of Boothia by kayak, accomplished in stages from 1997-1999.
(ARC98, $16.95)
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Arctic Grail, The Quest for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole
• Pierre Berton
• EXPLORATION
• OUT OF PRINT
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An engaging narrative history of Arctic exploration, and especially of the politics, personalities and ambitions of those who sought the Northwest Passage and North Pole.
(ARC86, $19.95)
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Arctic Wildlife Nature Activity Book
• James Kavanagh
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An informative and entertaining book of games, facts and quizzes about animals and natural history for kids, published by the Pocket Naturalist series.
(ARC171, $6.95)
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Aurora: The Northern Lights in Mythology, History and Science
• Torbjorn Lovgren
• Harald Falck Ytter
• SCIENCE
• OUT OF PRINT
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An account of the history, folklore and science of the Northern Lights.
(ARC105, $19.95)
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Bear Attacks, Their Causes and Avoidance
• Stephen Herrero
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Despite its frightening title, this book is a helpful introduction to the natural history and behavior of the bear by a long-term researcher in the field. With useful tips on "avoidance."
(BST21, $16.95)
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The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife
• Christopher W. Leahy
• Gordon Morrison
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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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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Cook and Peary, The Polar Controversy Resolved
• Robert M. Bryce
• EXPLORATION
• OUT OF PRINT
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A massive and massively detailed book, the most thorough examination yet of Peary and Cook's competing claims to have been the first-ever at the North Pole.
(ARC44, $50.00)
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Drawing Shadows to Stone
• Laurel Kendall
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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Featuring 83 photographs, this book is a record of the 1897 American Museum of Natural History expedition to Alaska and Siberia under Franz Boas. It illuminates the anthropology of peoples on both sides of Bering Strait.
(ARC34, $22.50)
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Empire of the Bay, The Company of Adventurers That Seized a Continent
• Peter C. Newman
• HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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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)
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Eskimo Year
• George Sutton
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• OUT OF PRINT
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The memoir of a year spent in the 1930's among the walrus-hunting Aivilikmiut Eskimos.
(ARC04, $24.95)
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Farthest North
• Fridtjof Nansen
• EXPLORATION
• CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
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The great Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen's classic account of the voyage of the Fram, originally published in 1897. His compelling adventure jumps from the page through maps and photographs.
(ARC60, $17.95)
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Farthest North, A History of North Polar Exploration in Eyewitness Accounts
• Clive Holland
• EXPLORATION
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An anthology of eyewitness accounts, this book excerpts the memoirs and adventure tales of Peary, Franklin, de Long, Nansen and other great polar explorers in search of the North Pole.
(ARC55, $12.95)
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The Flight of the Red Knot
• Brian Harrington
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The tale of the annual migration of a sandpier 18,000 miles between Brazil and Hudson Bay.
(GEN67, $29.95)
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Frozen in Time, The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
• Owen Beattie
• John Geiger
• EXPLORATION
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An exhaustive examination of the evidence surrounding the disappearance of the Franklin Expedition. Beattie and Geiger, a forensic anthropologist and historian, build a credible tale of the disappearance of the expedition.
(ARC81, $22.95)
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The Future of Ice, A Journey into Cold
• Gretel Ehrlich
• EXPLORATION
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The marvelous Ehrlich (This Cold Heaven) continues her fascination with out-of-the-way places with this account of journeys to the ends of the earth, including chapters set in Patagonia and Spitsbergen. The book is not so much about place as the experience of cold.
(ANT215, $13.95)
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Handbook of North American Indians: Arctic
• David Damas
• REFERENCE
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An encyclopedia of the culture, art, ceremony and history of the native peoples of the Arctic.
(ARC15, $52.00)
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The Ice Museum, In Search of the Lost Land of Thule
• Joanna Kavenna
• SCIENCE
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The enchanting account of travels throughout the North, with chapters on Shetland, Iceland, Estonia, Greenland and Spitsbergen, all proposed as the Thule of the ancient world.
(ARC175, $15.00)
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The Idea of North
• Peter Davidson
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A meditation on the concept of "northerly places," which draws upon famous writings, mythology, films and visual art to create a dynamic portrait of life in cold northern lands.
(ARC159, $27.00)
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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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Inuit Art, An Introduction
• Ingo Hessel
• Dieter Hessel
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A history, survey and guide to appreciating Inuit drawings, prints, textiles and sculpture with 125 color photographs.
(ARC142, $45.00)
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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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Lonely Planet Canada
• Mark Lightbody
• Thomas Huhti
• Ryan Ver Berkmoes
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, practical guide to Canada.
(CND54, $26.99)
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Mammals of North America
• Roland W. Kays
• Don E. Wilson
• FIELD GUIDE
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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)
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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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Manitoba Map
• ITMB
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A map of the Canadian province at a scale of 1:1,000,000.
(CND51, $7.95)
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Midnight Sun
• Lawrence Osgood
• LITERATURE
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A novel about the eerie intertwining lives of the people of the town of Poniktuk, a small village on the Beaufort Sea.
(ARC170, $16.95)
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Moose
• Valerius Geist
• Michael H. Francis
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A natural history and photographic portrait of the moose.
(BST56, $21.95)
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N by E
• Rockwell Kent
• Edward Hoagland
• EXPLORATION
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The classic account of a 1929 sailing voyage from Labrador to Greenland, illustrated with wood-block prints by the author on every other page.
(ARC35, $19.95)
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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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Never Cry Wolf
• Farley Mowat
• LITERATURE
• FAVORITE
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This laugh-out-loud account of wolf research and government folly is set on the barren lands of northern Manitoba. Perfect for teens.
(BST34, $12.99)
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Ninety Degrees North, The Quest for the North Pole
• Fergus Fleming
• EXPLORATION
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A thrilling, artfully told chronicle of the mostly 19th-century adventurers, madmen and explorers who quested after the North Pole.
(ARC124, $15.00)
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No Man's River
• Farley Mowat
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A memoir of Mowat's experiences working as a biologist n Manitoba after World War II.
(ARC157, $14.95)
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North Circumpolar Region
• Canada Map Office
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A striking bird's-eye view of the Arctic Ocean and all the lands of the far north, at a scale of 1:9,000,000, with shaded relief on sea and land.
(ARC16, $19.95)
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The North Pole, A Narrative History
• Anthony Brandt
• ANTHOLOGY
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Anthony Brandt samples the literature of exploration for this anthology. Organized chronologically, the book is divided into three parts: early exploration; the quest for the Northwest Passage; and North Pole journeys.
(ARC155, $15.00)
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North Pole, South Pole, Journeys to the Ends of the Earth
• Bertrand Imbert
• EXPLORATION
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An indispensable reference that fits in your pocket. Part of the lavishly illustrated "New Horizons" series, this compact introduction to polar exploration features hundreds of maps, historic photographs and journal excerpts.
(ANT02, $15.95)
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Paddle to the Arctic
• Don Starkell
• EXPLORATION
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Not simply the story of a man in a kayak, this diary of a 3,000-mile journey from Churchill to Tuktoyaktut captures the challenges of the Northwest Passage.
(ARC26, $15.95)
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Polar Bears
• Nikita Ovskynikov
• NATURAL HISTORY
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This illustrated natural history of the polar bear draws on the author's work on Wrangel Island.
(ARC57, $17.95)
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Polar Explorers for Kids
• Maxine Snowden
• EXPLORATION
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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The history and adventures of 16 polar explorers, including Erik the Red, Henry Hudson, Robert Peary, Roald Amundsen, Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton, are brought to life in 21 puzzles, games, projects and activities for kids ages 9 and up.
(ARC191, $16.95)
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The Presence of Whales, Contemporary Writers on the Whale
• Frank Stewart
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In this well chosen series of essays, some of our best modern writers enlighten and entertain on the subject of whales, with pieces from Roger Payne, Diane Ackerman, and Barry Lopez.
(BST02, $15.95)
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The Road Past Altamont
• Gabrielle Roy
• Joyce Marshall
• LITERATURE
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Roy depicts a young girl's world through four connected stories that ultimately trace her coming of age.
(CND57, $7.95)
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Silent Snow, The Slow Poisoning of the Arctic
• Marla Cone
• NATURAL HISTORY
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On a journey intended to investigate the deteriorating Arctic environment, Cone travels across the northern region and makes several surprising discoveries about the dangers of pollution and how toxic chemicals from around the world end up contaminating the Arctic.
(ARC181, $14.00)
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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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Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas
• Ronald Wright
• HISTORY
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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)
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A Traveller's History of Canada
• Robert Bothwell
• HISTORY
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A readable and admirably concise march through Canadian history from prehistory to today, including a timeline.
(CND82, $14.95)
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True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole
• Bruce Henderson
• EXPLORATION
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Henderson tackles the bitter rivalry between Robert Peary and Frederick Cook, along with the competing claims, controversy and politics of who first reached the North Pole.
(ARC158, $24.95)
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The Voyage of the Narwhal
• Andrea Barrett
• EXPLORATION
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A gripping work of historical imagination in the form of a 19th-century account of Arctic exploration. It's Barrett's evocative tale of a Philadelphia naturalist Erasmus Darwin Wells who sets out on a foolhardy mission in search of the Franklin Expedition in the Canadian Arctic.
(ARC40, $14.00)
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Voyage to the North Star
• Peter Nichols
• LITERATURE
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A novel of Arctic exploration.
(ARC56, $16.00)
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The World of the Polar Bear
• Norbert Rosing
• Ian Stirling
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Norbert Rosing provides all new photography in this edition of his sumptuous and informative volume showcasing not only the photogenic bears and their cubs but also the sly Arctic fox, sleek seals, ungainly walruses, myriad seabirds and glimmering aurora borealis. Tracking change over the four seasons, his essays describe his travels and the natural history of Hudson Bay.
(ARC50, $45.00)
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