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1000 Places To See in The USA & Canada Before You Die
| Author: | Patricia Schultz |
| Publisher: | Workman |
| Catalogue number: | 157321 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
From the author of 1,000 Places To See Before You Die, this book provides another 1,000 amazing ‘must see’ places to see in the USA and Canada. The book is filled with factual information from the Appalachian...
| Author: | Brian Payton |
| Publisher: | Old Street Publishing |
| Catalogue number: | 154676 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock Temporarily out of stock |
Bears are a symbol of the health of an ecosystem - and the global population is dwindling to the point where only eight different species remain. These creatures have long fascinated us and their influence...
Voyageur: Across North America in a Birchbark Canoe
| Author: | Robert Twigger |
| Publisher: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Catalogue number: | 156459 |
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Fifteen years before Lewis and Clarke Scotsman, Alexander Mackenzie (looking to open up a trade route) set out from Lake Athabasca in central Northern Canada in search of the Pacific Ocean. Mackenzie...
| Author: | Rory MacLean |
| Publisher: | Flamingo |
| Catalogue number: | 163715 |
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A haunting tale of loss and discovery, "The Oatmeal Ark" is the story of one remarkable family and a candid, beautifully rendered portrait of the country that defined it.
After the death of his father...
| Author: | Stef Penney |
| Publisher: | Quercus |
| Catalogue number: | 155985 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
2006 COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR
The Tenderness of Wolves is Steff Penney’s startling debut novel, a period tale of murder, community and one woman’s arduous journey to clear her son’s name. Set in Canada...
| Author: | Glyn Williams |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Catalogue number: | 104462 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within 10 days Special order: usually dispatched within 10 days |
Williams¿s book is set in the heat of 18th century exploration fever and charts the many perilous expeditions undertaken to find the Passage. Fuelled by the promise of fame and riches from revitalised...
| Author: | James Orbinski |
| Publisher: | Rider & Co. |
| Catalogue number: | 166511 |
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In "An Imperfect Offering", James Orbinski tells his own extraordinary story of being a doctor, but also discusses the nature of humanitarian action today and our responsibilities as citizens of the...
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I first came to Canada to paddle down the Nahanni River in the Northwest Territories. We flew into our starting point, just south of the Arctic Circle, in a DeHavilland Single Otter sea-plane. Landing at Moose Ponds was almost the end of the trip, however, as the pilot nearly ran out of lake...
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For Christmas last year I went home to visit my family in Ontario, Canada and I specifically requested that they provide a true Canadian Christmas - that is a very cold and white one.
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Top 10 strange place names around the world
There are some unusual, attractive and just plain funny names of countries, islands, towns and even glaciers all round the world. Here are our favourites…
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I love the New England countryside; forested mountains, hilly pastures, red barns – postcard pictures. We decided to go there in the middle of September – which was too early for the famous autumn colours – so that we could escape the crowds which usually fill the rural roads during October, and to save some money of course as well.
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