Longitude
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Toronto & Ontario   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 3 items are available for $39, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCND116)
 
Rough Guide Toronto  •  Phil Lee  •  Helen Lovekin
GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES
A no-nonsense, pocket guide to the city with descriptions of attractions and a good overview of history and culture. The outstanding British Rough Guide series provides an insider's sense of local life. With color maps. (CND136, $16.99)
  Rough Guide Toronto
A Traveller's History of Canada  •  Robert Bothwell
HISTORY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES
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, $14.95)
  A Traveller's History of Canada
Toronto Map  •  Borch Maps
2006 •  MAP
A colorful, laminated folded map of the city center of Toronto, at a scale of 1:17,500. (CND88, $7.95)
  Toronto Map



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Ontario Map  •  Map Art Maps    •  A folded travel map of Ontario at a scale of 1:750,000. (CND226, $4.95)
 
 
Fodor's Toronto's 25 Best  •  Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A shirt-pocket guide to Toronto, this slim book includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on the best restaurants, shops and sights to see. (GLK07, $11.95)
 
 
Fodor's Toronto, With Niagara Falls & the Niagara Wine Region  •  Fodor's Travel Publications   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This practical guide in the popular series is packed with insider information in an easy-to-use format. (CND307, $16.95)
 
 
Toronto Colourguide  •  Nicholas Dinka   • GUIDEBOOK  •  The revised and updated fifth edition of this compact and colorful illustrated guide by local experts. With varied cultural information, dining advice and sections for special interests. (CND245, $16.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Illustrated History of Canada  •  Craig Brown   • HISTORY  •  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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Why I Hate Canadians  •  Will Ferguson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  The tenth anniversary edition of Ferguson's wickedly astute cultural salvo, the collection of humorous essays that launched his career. As you might guess, the title is tongue-in-cheek. (CND154, $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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Blind Assassin  •  Margaret Atwood   • LITERATURE  •  Winner of the Booker Prize in 2000, this hauntingly beautiful novel interweaves two disparate strands: one, a murder mystery set in Toronto at the close of WWII; the other, the text of the murdered woman's science fiction novel, which may hold a clue to her death. (CND139, $14.95)
 
 
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, $21.00)
 
 
Niagara Falls: An Intimate Portrait  •  John Grant  •  Ray Jones   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An illustrated overview of Niagara Falls' allure, attractions, history and nature, published in conjunction with a television series. (CND238, $24.95)
 
 
Ontario Wildlife  •  James Kavanagh   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A fold-up, laminated card featuring color drawings and short descriptions of commonly encountered wildlife in Ontario. (CND284, $5.95)
 
 

 
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