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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/8H7947. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 4 items are available
for $54, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCND206) |
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Knopf Guide Quebec
• Knopf Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2005 •
FLEXI-BOUND
• 408 PAGES
Portable and compact, this resourceful guide contains over 1,000 color photographs and illustrations, as well as detailed maps, recommendations and overviews of Quebec history and culture.
(CND235, $27.50) |
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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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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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Quebec Province Map
• Borch Maps
MAP
A map of the province (1:800,000) with insets of Old Montreal, Quebec city and the region on the reverse. Two Sides. 27x40 inches.
(CND26, $4.95) |
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Also Recommended
Montreal Map
• Borch Maps
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A folded, laminated map of the city center of Montreal.
(CND104, $8.95)
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Fodor's Montreal's 25 Best
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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A shirt-pocket guide to Montreal, this slim book includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing.
(CND41, $11.99)
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A Taste of Quebec
• Julian Armstrong
• FOOD
• COMING IN
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Featuring new recipes as well as traditional favorites, this survey of food in Quebec makes for a nice cookbook. It also incorporates history, culture and folklore to distinguish the culinary diversity found throughout the province.
(CND181, $19.95)
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Canada and Quebec: One Country, Two Histories
• Robert Bothwell
• HISTORY
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An in-depth look at Canada-Quebec relations through interviews with prominent Canadian figures.
(CND69, $32.95)
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Identities in North America, The Search for Community
• Robert Earle
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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David Crombie (the former mayor of Toronto) writes on Canadian cities, Mark Pachter takes on American identity, and several politicians debate the Quebec question. It is a stimulating, wonderfully uneven book.
(CND14, $26.95)
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Montcalm and Wolfe, The French and Indian War
• Francis Parkman
• Caleb Carr
• John Keegan
• HISTORY
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This volume, a reprint of the original 1884 edition by the great Francis Parkman, is an extensively researched account of the French and Indian War and of the great generals Montcalm and Wolfe.
(CND16, $24.95)
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Wolfe at Quebec, The Man Who Won the French and Indian War
• Christopher Hibbert
• HISTORY
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Hibbert brings the campaigns, life at Louisborg and dramatic capture of Quebec in 1759 to life in this tale of the neurotic, complex British general.
(CND67, $15.95)
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Arundel
• Kenneth Roberts
• N. C. Wyeth
• LITERATURE
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The grand historical novel of Colonel Benedict Arnold's doomed march on Quebec in 1775, told through the eyes of a soldier in the Continental Army. Rich in historical detail.
(CND43, $18.95)
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Shadows on the Rock
• Willa Cather
• LITERATURE
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Set at the end of the 17th century in rural Quebec, this beautifully realized novel highlights the struggles of the Parisian widower Auclair and his young daughter to adapt to their new land.
(CND10, $14.00)
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America
• David Sibley
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird with status, habitat, range, voice and identifying marks.
(USE262, $19.95)
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