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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/LO741. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 3 items are available
for $47, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCND314) |
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How to Be a Canadian, Even If You Already Are One
• Ian Ferguson
• Will Ferguson
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2008 •
PAPER
• 275 PAGES
A tongue-in-cheek portrait of Canadian people and society, written by two native sons. It's a guidebook for newcomers to Canada. The Fergusons have a good time poking fun at their compatriots, while at the same time providing insights into the cultural landscape. Will Ferguson is the author of Why I Hate Canadians.
(CND208, $18.95) |
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My Famous Evening: Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries and Preoccupations
• Howard Norman
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2004 •
HARD COVER
• 208 PAGES
• FAVORITE
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. A volume in the National Geographic Directions series.
(CND204, $20.00) |
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Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island Map
• ITMB
2008 •
MAP
This provincial map of Nova Scotia at a scale of 1:400,000 includes Prince Edward Island and adjacent New Brunswick. With city and regional plans and index on the reverse. Two Sides. 27x39 inches.
(CND45, $9.95) |
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Moon Nova Scotia
• Andrew Hempstead
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, no-nonsense guide in the popular series, with good background information about history, culture, and popular attractions.
(CND325, $17.95)
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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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Canadians, A Portrait of the Country and Its People
• Roy MacGregor
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• COMING IN
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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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Why I Hate Canadians
• Will Ferguson
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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, $15.95)
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Burden of Desire
• Robert MacNeil
• LITERATURE
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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, $25.95)
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Evangeline
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• LITERATURE
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Longfellow's epic poem of Evangeline and Gabriel, two lovers separated as a result of the 1755 Acadian deportation from Nova Scotia.
(CND46, $7.99)
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Fall on your Knees
• Ann-Marie MacDonald
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Island, The Complete Stories
• Alistair MacLeod
• LITERATURE
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Raised in Cape Breton, Alistair MacLeod writes of family, the pull of old Gaelic traditions, love and the landscape and folkways of Nova Scotia in this collection of 16 stories. Winner of the Pen/Malamud Award.
(CND73, $15.95)
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What Is Left the Daughter
• Howard Norman
• LITERATURE
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Historical incidents, including the sinking of the Nova Scotia-Newfoundland ferry Caribou by a German U-boat, are woven into Norman's gripping novel set on the Atlantic Coast of Canada.
(CND365, $25.00)
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Cod, A Biography of a Fish That Changed the World
• Mark Kurlansky
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A sparkling extended essay on the cod in the tradition of Lopez or McPhee, looking at the importance of the fish to cuisine and commerce, throwing much light on the plight of the Grand Banks and fisheries.
(OCE10, $15.00)
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Wild Nova Scotia
• Len Wagg
• Bob Bancroft
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A collection of stunning color photographs of Nova Scotia's landscapes and wildlife, from butterflies and blossoms to rocky coastlines, river valleys and mist-shrouded lakes.
(CND290, $29.95)
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A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife
• Noble S. Proctor
• Patrick J. Lynch
• FIELD GUIDE
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A comprehensive pocket guide to commonly encountered marine mammals, seabirds and other marine life of Northeastern North America, from North Carolina to Newfoundland and the Canadian Maritimes.
(NAM24, $19.95)
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
• Jon Dunn
• FIELD GUIDE
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From Alaska to Baja California, Nova Scotia and Florida, this guide is the veteran's choice for birding anywhere in the United States. Tabbed for easy access, the color range maps in this sixth edition are outstanding.
(FG09, $27.95)
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