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Canadian Discovery by Rail
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 6 items are available
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Trans-Canada Rail Guide
Melissa Graham
GUIDEBOOK
2007
PAPER
256 PAGES
A compact, kilometer-by-kilometer guide to the 4,000-mile rail journey across North America from Halifax to Vancouver (including spur lines to Churchill and Prince Rubert). With 30 maps of cities and town en route, brief descriptions of major attractions and much information on the railroad itself. 4th edition.
(CND04, $19.95) |
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Fodor's Toronto's 25 Best
Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK
2008
PAPER
128 PAGES
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) |
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The Canadian Rockies Superguide
Graeme Pole
GUIDEBOOK
2004
PAPER
288 PAGES
This essential handbook for travelers features color photographs, excellent maps and solid information on places and attractions throughout the Canadian Rockies. Also includes a section devoted to the formation of the Rockies (with diagrams), fascinating sidebars on wildlife and historical figures, and a handy reference chapter with "to-do" lists for Banff, Waterton, Yoho, Jasper and Kootenay.
(CND28, $29.95) |
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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) |
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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, $19.95) |
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Canada Map
Map Art Maps
MAP
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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Insight Guide Canada
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
An illustrated guide to Canada with essays on history, culture and nature.
(CND42, $23.95) |
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Empire of the Bay, The Company of Adventurers That Seized a Continent
Peter C. Newman
HISTORY
COMING IN
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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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) |
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The Last Spike, The Great Railway, 1881-1885
Pierre Berton
HISTORY
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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The National Dream, The Great Railway, 1871 to 1881
Pierre Berton
HISTORY
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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Men for the Mountains
Sid Marty
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
COMING IN
A classic by a native Albertan and park warden in the Canadian Rockies, this memoir captures the immense landscapes of Alberta and the rugged way of life in the West.
(CND11, $18.95) |
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In the Skin of a Lion
Michael Ondaatje
LITERATURE
This richly lyrical, poetic novel by Michael Ondaatje is set in 1920's Toronto and rural Ontario. Its protagonist is a tough woodsman who comes to the rough-and-tumble city.
(CND13, $13.00) |
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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) |
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
National Geographic
FIELD GUIDE
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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Scats and Tracks of the Rocky Mountains
James Halfpenny
Todd Telander
FIELD GUIDE
An essential pocket guide to 70 species of mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds, with line drawings, range map and description.
(USW118, $9.95) |
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