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Knopf Guide Quebec

Knopf Guide Quebec

by Knopf Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 408 PAGES

This compact, comprehensive guide includes an overview of the history, culture and attractions of the province, with an abundance of color illustrations and maps. (CND235, $27.50)

A Traveller's History of Canada

A Traveller's History of Canada

by Robert Bothwell

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 220 PAGES

A readable and admirably concise march through Canadian history from prehistory to today, including a timeline. (CND82, $14.95)

Ontario Wildlife

Ontario Wildlife

by 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)

Quebec Province Map

Quebec Province Map

by Borch Maps

  • MAP

A map of the province (1:800,000) with insets of Old Montreal, Quebec city and the region. (CND26, $4.95)

 

Montreal Map


by Borch Maps

  • 2006
  • MAP

A folded, laminated map of the city center of Montreal. (CND104, $8.95)

Fodor's Montreal's 25 Best

Fodor's Montreal's 25 Best


by Fodor's

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

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)

A Taste of Quebec

A Taste of Quebec


by Julian Armstrong

  • FOOD
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 200 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

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)

Canada and Quebec: One Country, Two Histories

Canada and Quebec: One Country, Two Histories


by Robert Bothwell

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 296 PAGES

An in-depth look at Canada-Quebec relations through interviews with prominent Canadian figures. (CND69, $32.95)

Identities in North America, The Search for Community


by Robert Earle

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

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)

Montcalm and Wolfe, The French and Indian War

Montcalm and Wolfe, The French and Indian War


by Francis Parkman | Caleb Carr | John Keegan

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 640 PAGES

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)

Wolfe at Quebec, The Man Who Won the French and Indian War

Wolfe at Quebec, The Man Who Won the French and Indian War


by Christopher Hibbert

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

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)

Arundel

Arundel


by Kenneth Roberts | N. C. Wyeth

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

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)

City of Ice


by John Farrow

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES

A page-turning crime thriller involving a Montreal police officer. (CND65, $25.00)

Shadows on the Rock

Shadows on the Rock


by Willa Cather

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 229 PAGES

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)

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America


by David Sibley

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

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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