Canada
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Gooseberries Have Thorns
$19.99 Add to cartGooseberries Have Thorns chronicles everyday experiences, relationships, and major events in the lives of Maggie’s ancestors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The narrative focuses primarily… [more below]
- Author: States, Margaret L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1039139825
- Language: English
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Chasing Rivers: A Whitewater Life
$22.95 Read moreFrom a debut voice in adventure writing comes the thrilling true story of a female whitewater guide as she navigates some of the most extreme and remote rafting rivers in North America–until tragedy
- Author: Glouberman, Tamar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1771623411
- Language: English
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The Real Winnie: A One-Of-A-Kind Bear
$12.95 Add to cartThe story of Winnie, the real Canadian bear that captured the heart of Christopher, son of A.A. Milne, is told against the backdrop of the First World War.
- Author: Shushkewich, Val
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 12 2005
- ISBN10: 1896219896
- Language: English
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Reluctant Pioneer: How I Survived Five Years in the Canadian Bush
$24.99 Add to cartIn the 1870s in Ontario’s Muskoka, teenager Thomas Osborne endured starvation, freezing, accidents with axes and boats, and narrow escapes from wolves and bears. Decades later, after moving to the Uni… [more below]
- Author: Osborne, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: June 11 2013
- ISBN10: 1926577167
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Orillia: Ontario’s Sunshine City
$21.99 Add to cartLocal author Dennis Rizzo tells the fascinating and diverse history of Orillia, Ontario. First populated by the Huron, Iroquois and Chippewa Nations, Orillia is now a well-loved, year-round recreation… [more below]
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Rizzo, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 27 2014
- ISBN10: 1626191042
- Language: English
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The Prairie Gardener’s Go-To for Herbs
$15.00 Add to cartIn the ninth book in Guides for the Prairie Gardeners series seasoned gardeners Sheryl Normandeau and Janet Melrose take all your questions about growing and enjoying herbs.
If you’ve ever stood in the
- Series: Guides for the Prairie Gardener #9
- Author: Melrose, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1771514280
- Language: English
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Silence to Strength: Writings and Reflections on the 60s Scoop
$16.00 Read moreFrom the 1960s through the 1980s the Canadian Children’s Aid Society engaged in a large-scale program of removing First Nations children from their families and communities and adopting them out to no
- Author: Smith, Christine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: October 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1928120334
- Language: English
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Rafting the Great Northern Rivers: The Nahanni, Firth, and Tatshenshini
$29.99 Add to cartThough modern science and technology have given us comfort and security, for many people, something deeper is also needed; something that takes us closer to our evolutionary roots in nature. This book… [more below]
- Author: Becker, W. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1039113052
- Language: English
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Mirror Horse: A Memoir
$19.95 Read moreEnglish/Canadian indie musician Tamara Williamson offers an unbridled account of a life in the world of horses.
“A definite read, not only for horse lovers, but anyone whose life has been touched by an
- Author: Williamson, Tamara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1771623497
- Language: English
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Laughing Back at Empire: The Grassroots Activism of the Asianadian Magazine, 1978-1985
$27.95 Add to cartAsian Canadian activism, resistance, and art of the 1970s and 80s
Laughing Back at Empire is a ground-breaking examination of The Asianadian, one of Canada’s first anti-racist, anti- sexist, a
- Series: Human Rights and Social Justice #4
- Author: Wong, Angie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1772840297
- Language: English
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Passalong Plants
$41.00 Add to cartPassalongs are plants that have survived in gardens for decades by being handed from one person to another. These botanical heirlooms, such as flowering almond, blackberry lily, and night-blooming cer… [more below]
- Author: Bender, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: November 30 1993
- ISBN10: 0807844187
- Language: English
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Canadian History for Dummies
$26.99 Read moreA wild ride through Canadian history, fully revised and updated
This new edition of Canadian History For Dummies takes readers on a thrilling ride through Canadian history, from indigenous native cul
- Series: For Dummies
- Author: Ferguson, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: June 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0470836563
- Language: English
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The World Almanac Road Trippers’ Guide to National Parks: 5,001 Things to Do, Learn, and See for Yourself
$26.99 Read moreFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling World Almanac comes a brand-new, full-color book celebrating the National Parks–“America’s best idea”–and providing a valuable resource for first-time visitors… [more below]
- Author: World Almanac
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1510768467
- Language: English
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Don’t Hurt a Sasquatch: And Other Wacky-But-Real Laws in the USA and Canada
$19.99 Read moreThis hilarious compendium dives into the quirkiest decrees from around the country, from Alabama’s ban on driving blindfolded to Delaware’s restriction on selling dog hair.
Every state in the country
- Author: Vendetti, Tyler
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1951511158
- Language: English
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Saving Seeds: A Home Gardener’s Guide to Preserving Plant Biodiversity
$14.95 Read morePart garden guide, part manifesto, this is an invitation to preserve our dynamic, sustainable food supply–one seed at a time.
- Author: Jason, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1550179004
- Language: English
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Magic for Marigold
$13.99 Add to cartYou Usually Hear Marigold Before You See Her. Her Laughter Always Seems to Run Ahead.
Marigold Lesley doesn’t think it strange at all to hold fascinating conversations with her cat. She also sees nothi
- Author: Montgomery, L. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1402289219
- Language: English
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We Lived In Danger: From True Prairie Boy to Royal Regina Rifleman: A Western Canadian’s WWII Memoir
$15.99 Add to cart“We Lived in Danger” is a deeply personal and enchanting story about a small-town Canadian boy from Saskatchewan, Victor Hepburn Small, that unveils a rare and fascinating slice-of-life vignette of th
- Author: Small, Victor Hepburn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 138
- Publish Date: October 30 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987227114
- Language: English
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Unravelling the Franklin Mystery: Inuit Testimony Volume 5
$43.68 Read moreDavid Woodman’s classic reconstruction of the mysterious events surrounding the tragic Franklin expedition has taken on new importance in light of the recent discovery of the HMS Erebus wreck, the shi… [more below]
- Series: McGill-Queen’s Native and Northern #5
- Author: Woodman, David C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: March 09 2015
- ISBN10: 0773545417
- Language: English
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The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada
$25.99 Read moreThe climate crisis is here, and the end of this world? a world built on land theft, resource extraction, and colonial genocide? is on the horizon. In this compelling roadmap to a livable future, Indig
- Author: Alook, Angele
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 27 2023
- ISBN10: 177113612X
- Language: English
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Lost Breweries of Toronto
$21.99 Add to cartNoted beer expert and writer Jordan St. John shows readers the rich history of Toronto’s heritage breweries, many of which still exist today. Explore the once-prominent breweries of nineteenth-century… [more below]
- Series: Lost
- Author: John, Jordan St
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 28 2014
- ISBN10: 1626196664
- Language: English
