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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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Ancient People of the Arctic
• Robert McGhee
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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In this nicely illustrated overview of the Paleo-Eskimos, Robert McGhee, an archaeologist, brings vibrantly to life North America's first settlers and their culture.
(ARC163, $32.95)
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Arctic and Antarctica Map
• British Antarctic Survey
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Published in celebration of the IPY, this cartographic marvel shows the Antarctic on one side and the Circumpolar North on the reverse.
(ANT266, $17.95)
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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
• Candace Savage
• SCIENCE
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Savage unveils the mystery, myth and science of the Northern Lights in stunning color celestial photographs, drawings and essays.
(ARC106, $19.95)
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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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The Cage
• Audrey Schulman
• LITERATURE
• OUT OF PRINT
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Set in Churchill and out in the wilderness on a tundra buggy, this haunting short novel is a tale of adventure among the polar bears, capturing the sights and feel of the Arctic. Be warned, the book can be graphic at times, but it's a real page-turner.
(ARC39, $17.95)
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Call of the North, An Explorer's Journey to the North Pole
• Andre Malaurie
• EXPLORATION
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A handsome, oversize memoir and celebration of the Inuit by the French polar explorer (Last Kings of Thule), featuring 300 of Malaurie's color photographs spanning 50 years in the Arctic. Malaurie became the first Frenchman to reach the Pole by dogsled in 1951.
(ARC109, $60.00)
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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
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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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The Eskimos
• Ernest S. Burch, Jr.
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A beautifully illustrated, authoritative portrait of diverse peoples, cultures and landscapes of the circumpolar north with a focus on the Eskimo peoples of Alaska.
(ARC165, $19.95)
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Farthest North
• Fridtjof Nansen
• EXPLORATION
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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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Fatal Passage, The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot
• Ken McGoogan
• EXPLORATION
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A compelling biography of the Scottish explorer who pioneered Inuit methods, completed the Northwest Passage and found Franklin.
(ARC118, $14.00)
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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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The Frozen Echo, Greenland and the Exploration of North America, 1000-1500
• Kirsten Seaver
• HISTORY
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A scholarly account of Norse settlements in Greenland and Canada -- the best analysis of the subject to be published in decades.
(ARC76, $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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High Latitudes, An Arctic Journey
• Farley Mowat
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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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, $35.00)
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The Last Spike, The Great Railway, 1881-1885
• Pierre Berton
• HISTORY
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Part two in Berton's exhilarating narrative of the boldest project in Canadian history, the building of the transcontinental railroad.
(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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The most comprehensive guide to mammals found north of Mexico.
(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
• Rand McNally Maps
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A map of the Canadian province of Manitoba at a scale of 1:1,000,000.
(CND51, $4.95)
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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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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)
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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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A laugh-out-loud account of wolf research and government folly set on the barren lands of northern Manitoba. Perfect for teens.
(BST34, $12.99)
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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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No Way Home, The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations
• David Wilcove
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A conservation biologist at Princeton, Wilcove argues powerfully that we must protect the habitats and byways of the grand migratory assemblages on the ground, in the air and on the water
(CON41, $24.95)
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North Circumpolar Region
• Canada Map Office
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A bird's-eye view of the Arctic Ocean and all the lands of the far north, at a scale of 1:10,000,000.
(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
• OUT OF PRINT
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An indispensable reference that fits in your pocket. Part of the lavishly illustrated "Discoveries" series, this compact introduction to polar exploration features hundreds of maps, historic photographs and journal excerpts.
(ANT02, $12.95)
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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 Bears, Living with the White Bear
• Nikita Ovskynikov
• NATURAL HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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Ovsyanikov chronicles his time among the white bears at Wrangel Island in the Russian Arctic.
(ARC51, $19.95)
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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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Seabirds of the World, A Photographic Guide
• Peter Harrison
• FIELD GUIDE
• OUT OF PRINT
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A definitive, compact guide to all the world's seabirds, featuring 740 photographs.
(FG16, $29.95)
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Seals and Sea Lions of the World
• Nigel Bonner
• FIELD GUIDE
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An accessible, comprehensive overview of the pinnipeds. With wit and grace, Bonner outlines the evolutionary history, biology and ecology and behavior of seals, sea lions and walruses.
(FG05, $35.00)
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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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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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The Thrall's Tale
• Judith Lindbergh
• LITERATURE
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Inspired by the Norse sagas, this well-researched historical novel follows the fate of three women at the beginning of the Christian era in Greenland.
(ARC174, $15.00)
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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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A brief account the controversy, bitter rivalry and competing claims between Robert Peary and Frederick Cook.
(ARC158, $24.95)
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Uqalurait, An Oral History of Nunavut
• John Bennett
• Susan Rowley
• HISTORY
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A history of the people of Nunavut in their own words, drawing on accounts of early exploration, interviews and traditional tales.
(ARC169, $75.00)
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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
• NEW
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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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