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  • Saskatchewan Book of Everything

    Series series Book of Everything
    From the fur-trade stronghold to the Land of the Living Skies and from the North-West Rebellion and the Roughriders to profiles of Joni Mitchell, Gordie Howe, Guy Vanderhaegh, Tommy Douglas, and the entrepreneurial Hill family, no book on Saskatchewan is more comprehensive and fun. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Montreal Book of Everything

    by Jim Hynes ...
    Series series Book of Everything
    From early Catholic missions to Sin City and the Big O, Cirque du Soleil and the Habs to profiles of Mordecai Richler, Jean Drapeau, the Bronfman dynasty, and Maurice “Mom” Boucher, no book on Montreal is as comprehensive and as fun. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Ottawa Book of Everything

    Series series Book of Everything
    From lumber town and G-town to capital city and the Byward Market, and from Rideau Canal and the Beaver Tail to profiles of Colonel By, Alanis Morissette, Michael Cowpland, and the Stopwatch Gang, there is no book on Ottawa as comprehensive and as fun. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Shut Up He Explained

    by John Metcalf ...
    John Metcalf's Shut Up He Explained defies expectations and strict definition. Part memoir, part travelogue, part criticism -- wholly Metcalf -- it is thoughtful, engaged, contentious and often very funny. It offers a full does of Metcalfian wisdom and wit, and provides ample evidence that neither age nor indifference nor attack have withered him: he remains as sharp, critical, constructive and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • of this earth

    A Mennonite Boyhood In The Boreal Forest

    by Rudy Wiebe ...
    Rudy Wiebe has written award-winning fiction for decades. He is recognized as one of Canada's finest literary treasures. Twice he has received Canada's most prestigious prize for fiction writing: The Governor-General's Award (equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize for fiction). Now comes new recognition for Wiebe's nonfiction writing. His recently released childhood memoir, Of This Earth: A Mennonite ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Nova Scotia Book of Everything

    Series series Book of Everything
    From the number of kilometers of coastline to the stories behind those weird place names (hello Ecum Secum) to profiles of Joe Howe and Alexander Keith, there is no book as comprehensive as the Nova Scotia Book of Everything. There is also no book more fun. Well known Nova Scotians like Premier Rodney MacDonald weigh in on subjects like the five Nova Scotians he admires most; Ashley MacIssac ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Join the Revolution, Comrade

    Journeys and Essays

    by Charles Foran ...
    In Join the Revolution, Comrade, Charles Foran brings to the essay form the same restlessness and originality that mark his novels and non-fiction. Foran visits places in Vietnam that have been 'colonized' by western war films, talks to Shanghai residents about their colossal city and commiserates with the people of Bali about the effects of terrorist bombs on their island. In Beijing he looks up ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Vanished Villages of Elgin

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    Located on the scenic north shore of Lake Erie, Elgin County was once home to over 40 vanished communities - filled with steam trains, ghosts, one-room schoolhouses, rowdy taverns, War of 1812 skirmishes and colourful characters, like Thomas Talbot.Jennifer Grainger chronicles the rise and fall of Elgin's crossroad hamlets, lakeports and rail depots with contemporary photos, archival shots, and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ghost Towns of Muskoka

    Ghost Towns of Muskoka explores the tragic history of a collection of communities from across Muskoka whose stars have long since faded. Today, these ghost towns are merely a shadow -- or spectre -- of what they once were. Some have disappeared entirely, having been swallowed by regenerating forests, while others have been reduced to foundations, forlorn buildings, and silent ruins. A few support ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Vancouver Island Book of Everything

    by Peter Grant ...
    Series series Book of Everything
    From Hudson's Bay outpost to gold rush fever and coal and lumber barons to political scandals Island-style to the mighty Douglas fir and Pacific salmon and profiles of Emily Carr, Cougar Annie and the Dunsmuir clan, no book is more comprehensive than the Vancouver Island Book of Everything. No book is more fun!Well-known Islanders weigh in on their favourite things about Vancouver Island. Robert ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Vancouver Book of Everything

    Everything You Wanted to Know About Vancouver and Were Going to Ask Anyway

    The go-to book on Canada’s west coast gem—from affordable activities to crime and punishment, slang to weather, people to politics, and much more.From “Gassy” Jack Deighton and the Klondike Gold Rush to the Chinese Head Tax to Japanese Internment, the Strathcona Protest, Vancouver Canucks and the 2010 Olympic Winter Games to profiles of the original “Dominic Da Vinci,” Larry Campbell, famed author ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Vegan à Go-Go!

    A Cookbook & Survival Manual for Vegans on the Road

    by Sarah Kramer ...
    Sarah Kramer is a vegan superstar; she was named “The World’s Coolest Vegan” by Herbivore Magazine, and her first three cookbooks have sold a combined total of over two hundred thousand copies. Vegan a Go-Go! represents a change of pace for Sarah: it is a cookbook and more for vegan travelers, many of whom are daunted by the idea of going on the road and being able to locate and/or prepare the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nova Scotia Book of Musts

    by Allan Lynch ...
    Series series Book of Musts
    From the Cabot Trail in October to rafting the highest tides to drinking beer and singing “Barrett’s Privateers” on the Halifax waterfront to looking in on Annapolis Royal, one of the most interesting townscapes in North America, this is the list every Nova Scotian must have. From waterfalls you can literally enjoy to yourself to the hidden pleasures of a county fair, it is all here.We also get ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Prince Edward Island Book of Musts

    by Erin Moore ...
    Series series Book of Musts
    From potters and painters in Breadalbane to a museum devoted exclusively to seaweed in Miminagash, open mic at Baba’s Lounge in Charlottetown to a sleep over at the West Point Lighthouse and the wonders of the Daylily farm in Belfast, this is the list every Islander must have. From a beach with sand that sings, to the best greasy breakfast for your buck, it is all here.We also get Islanders from ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Montreal CityGuide

    by Barry Lazar ...
    It is said that there are more restaurants per capita in Montreal than in any other city in North America. If your time is limited, you are faced with a formidable challenge in making the most of your visit. Selecting the best of this remarkable city's wealth of festivals, culture, nightlife, and shopping opportunities, Montreal CityGuide offers specific guidance and advice to enable you to best ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Bay of Spirits

    A Love Story

    by Farley Mowat ...
    In 1957, Farley Mowat shipped out aboard one of Newfoundland’s famous coastal steamers, tramping from outport to outport along the southwest coast. The indomitable spirit of the people and the bleak beauty of the landscape would lure him back again and again over the years. In the process of falling in love with a people and a place, Mowat also met the woman who would be the great love of his life ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Mad Dogs and an Englishwoman

    Travels with Sled Dogs in Canada's Frozen North

    by Polly Evans ...
    Polly Evans had a mission: to learn everything possible about the howling, tail-wagging world of sled dogs. Fool’s errand? Or the adventure of a lifetime? The intrepid world traveler was about to find out.In the dead of winter, Polly Evans ventured to Canada’s far northwest, where temperatures plunge to minus forty and the sun rises for just a few hours each day. But though she was prepared for ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Crop Circles

    Signs, Wonders and Mysteries

    Each summer all over the world, gigantic and magnificent works of art are sculpted in fields of wheat, barley and other crops. Usually formed under the veil of darkness, in the few short hours between sunset and sunrise, they become visible as the mists of early morning evaporate under the rays of the sun. But are they elaborate hoaxes or eternal mysteries? World authorities, Karen and Steve ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Against the Grain

    An Irreverent View of Alberta

    A contrarian view of Alberta and Albertans from the outspoken and often controversial former Calgary Herald columnist.In 2005, Alberta celebrates its centenary: a hundred-year stretch that has seen the province catapulted from being little more than thinly populated grassland and mountain to one of Canada’s richest provinces, one with a fair claim to being perpetually misunderstood. Albertans, of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada

    Series series New Canadian Library
    In 1836, Anna Jameson sailed from London, England, to join her husband in Upper Canada, where he was serving as attorney general. Shaking off the mud of Muddy York with mild disdain, young Mrs. Jameson swiftly sallied forth to discover the New World for herself.The best known of all nineteenth century Canadian travel books, Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada is Jameson’s wonderfully ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The Iambics of Newfoundland

    Notes from an Unknown Shore

    by Robert Finch ...
    For nearly a decade, Robert Finch traveled around the "edge of North America" — the stunning yet seriously inhospitable island of Newfoundland. Here, he chronicles the people, geography, and wildlife of this remote and lovely place. In beautifully written essays, sketches, and stories, Finch roams from verdant valleys to the rocky cliffs of Cape Spear, from Sandy Cove to Squid Tickle, from the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • High on the Big Stone Heart

    And Further Adventures in the Boreal Heartland

    High on the Big Stone Heart is a collection of vibrant and entertaining essays on the people and places of Canada’s Boreal North as seen through the eyes of one of the country’s most celebrated writers of non-fiction. Accompany Charles Wilkins as he ranges across the wilds of northern Quebec; ventures deep into the subarctic Yukon in search of caribou; and tracks the north coast of Lake Superior, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • One Flat Coyote on the Center Line: Cruising Canada in a classic Chevy

    by Karen Goa ...
    Travel writer Karen Goa and her boat-builder husband Ken fled their native Saskatchewan’s bone-crackingly cold winters for balmy New Zealand in the 1980s. Twenty years on, the Canadian Kiwis rustle up a classic 1956 Chevy station wagon and set off across Canada on a road trip like no other.An award-winning book for classic car and road trip fans. Print version contains 16 pages of color photos. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Best Weekend Getaways from Vancouver

    Favourite Trips and Overnight Destinations

    by Jack Christie ...
    In this detailed guide, Jack Christie shares his favorite two- and three-day trips in the Vancouver area. It covers everything from rugged outdoor activities in the Gulf Islands to bicycle tours in Victoria, wine tours in the Okanagan, and backroad exploring in Whistler, ensuring that visitors can find as much (or as little) adventure as they like. There are getaways for every taste and budget, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus