This book is a good, brief source for the information found in L.M. Montgomery's journals. Mario Rubio and Elizabeth Waterson edit the "Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery" series so they definitely know their subject! This book is ideal for anyone who doesn't want to read all four journal volumes, or who has read all four journals but wants even more information.

The authors also, I believe, have access to the original, hand-written volumes of all of LMM's journals. This means they know what's in LMM's final journal, volume 5, which may not be published for some time as some people she wrote about are still living. But they were able to include other details of LMM's life after 1935, which alone makes it worthwhile.

Writing a life: L.M. Montgomery is written by two extremely well documented authors. Very brief, this biography gives you an overall idea of L.M. Montgomery's life, ideas and writing. A must read!

Rediscover what makes North America such a beautiful continent. The photographs are in typical National Geographic excellence, as is the writing. I had the pleasure of meeting Douglas Chadwick in person and having dinner with him one day. This is not just someone doing a writing assignment, but someone who is very passionate about nature and its beauty. A wonderful gift for anyone you know who hikes or even drives around the country. Explore the splendors that Mother Nature has created.

As you would expect from N.G., the photos in this volume are breathtaking. A bonus comes in the pithy text. The author outlines the features of the Yellowstone to Yukon greater ecosystem and touches on the many issues surrounding efforts to conserve this area as a wildlife corridor. A fascinating topic masterfully covered.

An essential guide for purchasing from or researching to Canadian industry

I work in a public library and I've found this to be a very useful reference source. A fountain of information on numerous Canadian topics, including the government, the economy, climate, vital statistics and Canadian history. This reference manual also includes concise write-ups on the nations of the world, mini-biographies and information on science, sports and entertainment. It includes black and white illustrations and 16 pages of coloured maps of the world. This book is a great reference tool for any student, but also so full of interesting tidbits that anyone would enjoy having a copy. Very heartily recommended.

This book is the most outstanding humor I have read in a long time. It makes you chuckle under your breath, and sometimes laugh right out loud! It has family humor, doctor-patient humor, and of course spousal humor. What a good book to read when you have a few minutes and need a fun pick-me-up.

There's no other collection of poets and poetry like this one. It's a continental view of the way a collection of creative minds saw the world at the end of the twentieth century. This book includes poems by some of our leading poets: Dana Gioia, John Knoepfle, Philip Miller, Anne Youngs, Stephen Wright, Glen Sorestad (poet laureate of Saskatchewan), Bill Cowee, Shaun Griffin, Ursula Carlson, Tom Whitehead, Yvette Schnoecker-Shorb,
Paul Dilsaver, Hank Hurley, Tony Clark, Jim Harris, and many others. This is a collector's item that will grow in value.

This is a comprehisive trail guide to the best areas in the parks. Along with its companion "95 Hikes in the Canadian Rockies: Banff, Kootenay and Assiniboine Parks" you have the whole area covered. Each trail description is accompanied by a black & white photo, hand drawn map and important trail statistics, eg, distance, elevation gain, etc. Written for hikers by hikers. Without this book I feel lost in the Rockies no matter how many other fancier guidebooks I have with me. It is a shame that these books have gone out of print.

This is a compendium of data on plants from the boreal forest which are used for food, or medicine, or in a variety of ways for handicrafts (in the ample sense of the word). It fills a growing need for ethnobotanic scripture, when much knowledge is being lost because it is «old-fashioned». The data are presented in an easy-to-use format of one species per page (more-or-less), and cover the three aspects of use already mentioned, as well as the known names in Chipewyan, Cree, English, French, Latin, Ojibwe, and Slave. Anything known about chemical properties is also included. This is truly an in-depth compilation, and shows us that there is more in the forest than moss and spruce trees (and unsuspected uses even for these).

This tale of Christopher Columbus provides a vivid story of his expedition to the Caribbean, providing a fictionalized account of his earliest explorations and including a healthy dose of poetic description. A unique "you are there" approach brings the experience to life: "It is not disappointment, but surprise to find so little of what he had been thinking of, ghosting in on the making tide to a broad and shining bay. The bosun sounds the still water. At every fall the lead marks its own centre; ripples widening outward link with those before and after, the ship's course marked by this light chain."

I recently bought this book second hand thinking I might enjoy looking at some of the pictures. Travel journals are not my thing.

I only read a few paragraphs and I was hooked. It's a fantastic adventure story by an 'ordinary' guy. He frequently gets the wrong end of the stick (and thanks to editor's notes you'll be able to tell when), but his warmth and humanity always show through.

This is less a story about Inuits than it is about a man who finds himself in an alien culture and a harsh environment. The narrative is often funny, always entertaining, and occasionally moved me to tears.