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The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables: The Enchanting Island that Inspired L. M. Montgomery
The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables explores L. M. Montgomery's deep connection to the landscapes of Prince Edward Island that inspired her to write the beloved Anne of Green Gables series. From the Lake of Shining Waters and the Haunted Wood to Lover's Lane, you'll be immersed in the real places immortalized in the novels. Using Montgomery's journals, archives, and scrapbooks, Catherine Reid also explores the many similarities between Montgomery and her unforgettable heroine, Anne Shirley.
Catherine Reid (Author), Xe Sands (Narrator)
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Canada, Weird Strange and True
This book takes you deep inside the weirdest and most peculiar aspects of our country: Yes, there is a lighthouse in Saskatchewan!! Climb 153 steps to the top. The Diefenbunker is a relic of the Cold War that was built just outside Ottawa to house essential government and military personnel in the event of a nuclear attack; it is now a museum. The Brussel Sprouts Festival is held yearly in the village of Rogersville, NB. Lake Okanagan’s Ogopogo is one of Canada’s most well known monsters, but the weird thing is that at least 14 other unknown, cryptid lake creatures are said to swim this country’s waters. The Old Sow tidal whirlpool, located in Passamaquoddy Bay, is the largest in the Western Hemisphere at 75 metres in diameter with a current speed of 28 kilometres an hour. Over seven years 14 severed feet have washed up on the Pacific Coastline; some have been identified through DNA testing but the identity of most, and the reason for their find, remains a mystery. The largest beaver dam in the world is 850 metres wide and is located in a remote corner of Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta. The Hôtel de Glace in Québec City is sculpted from 500 tonnes of ice and 15,000 tonnes of snow. Now, that’s just weird! And there are hundreds more strange things about our country that you will learn about in Canada Weird, Strange and True!
Lisa Wojna (Author), Dana Negrey (Narrator)
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So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh?: Stuff to Know Before You Go
Laugh as you learn about America's friendly northern neighbor with this step-by-step guide to Canadian customs, pop culture, and slang -- perfect for anyone who's considered moving to (or just visiting) maple leaf country. Written by New York Times bestselling author (and born-and-bred Canuck) Jenn McCartney, this comprehensive guide will teach you everything you need to know about Canada, including: HistoryBewildering residency rules, demystifiedUnique laws and customsContributions to the arts and pop culture (Celine Dion, Margaret Atwood, Justin Bieber)Colorful slang, explainedCreative doodles, helpful charts, and fun graphsHilarious and honest, this guide will delight your politically disgruntled father, nudge your bleeding-heart neighbor to hit the road, and inspire you to plan for (or daydream about) your own Canadian getaway.
Jennifer Mccartney (Author), Erin Moon (Narrator)
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Parking the Moose: One American's Epic Quest to Uncover His Incredible Canadian Roots
A quarter-Canadian from Cleveland explores his roots--and melts your face with joy. There's an idea most Americans tend to learn as children. The idea that their country is the 'best.' But this never stuck with Dave Hill, even though he was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. His grandfather, you see, was from Canada (Clinton, Ontario, to be exact). And every Sunday at dinner he'd remind Dave and anyone else within earshot that it was in fact Canada, this magical and mysterious land just across the mighty Lake Erie, that was the 'best.' It was an idea that took hold. While his peers kept busy with football, basketball and baseball, hockey became the only sport for Dave. Whenever bacon was served at home, he'd be sure to mention his preference for the Canadian variety. Likewise, if a song by Triumph came on the radio, he'd be the first to ask for it to be cranked up as loud as it would go. And he was more vocal about the vast merits of the Canadian healthcare system than any nine-year-old you'd ever want to meet. (That last part is a lie, but hopefully it makes the point that he was so into Canada that it was actually kind of weird.) In later years he even visited Canada a couple of times. But now, inspired by a publisher's payment of several hundred dollars (Canadian) in cash, he has travelled all over the country, reconnecting with his heritage in such places as Montreal, Moose Jaw, Regina, Winnipeg, Merrickville and of course Clinton, Ontario, meeting a range of Canadians, touching things he probably shouldn't and having adventures too numerous and rich in detail to be done justice in this blurb. The result, he promises, is 'the greatest Canada-based literary thrill ride of your lifetime.'
Dave Hill (Author), Dave Hill (Narrator)
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Sea Trial: Sailing After My Father
Shortlisted for the 2019 Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction An adventure story set against the backdrop of a son trying to understand his father After a 25-year break from boating, Brian Harvey circumnavigates Vancouver Island with his wife, his dog, and a box of documents that surfaced after his father's death. John Harvey was a neurosurgeon, violinist, and photographer who answered his door a decade into retirement to find a sheriff with a summons. It was a malpractice suit, and it did not go well. Dr. Harvey never got over it. The box contained every nurse's record, doctor's report, trial transcript, and expert testimony related to the case. Only Brian's father had read it all - until now. In this beautifully written memoir, Brian Harvey shares how after two months of voyaging with his father's ghost, he finally finds out what happened in the O.R. that crucial night and why Dr. Harvey felt compelled to fight the excruciating accusations.
Brian Harvey (Author), Jason Gray (Narrator)
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The Bombardier Story: From Snowmobiles to Global Transportation Powerhouse
Heard of Bombardier Inc.? No? How about Lear Jets, Ski-Doos and Sea-Doos? All made by Bombardier. Whos the world's largest rail manufacturer, for both railway and subway systems? Bombardier. Who is the third largest civil aircraft manufacturer in the world, after Boeing and the Airbus consortium? Yes, you guessed it-- Bombardier. In 1942, Joseph-Armand Bombardier invented the snowmobile and founded his company to manufacture them. From its humble beginnings as an entrepreneurial company in rural Quebec, led by an enterprising inventor, Bombardier Inc. has emerged as a global leader in the transportation industry. But that journey has not been without its ups and downs. There have been turbulent times for the company, not least of which occurred after September 11 and pushed Bombardier to the brink. The Bombardier Story tells the fascinating tale of this remarkable company, chronicling its rise, its challenges, and its ability to reinvent and turn itself aroundthanks to strong leadership and management strategy, succession planning, strategic diversification, and turnaround and acquisition artistryto endure as a global powerhouse in the transportation industry.
Larry Macdonald (Author), David Gutcheon (Narrator)
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Vancouver lieben lernen: Entdecken Sie die Stadt und die schönsten Urlaubsorte, um Ihren nächsten Ur
Ein ausgiebiges Sonnenbad am Strand nehmen, am Meer entlang flanieren, in den Bergen wandern, die Skipiste in einem Affenzahn herunter jagen, eine exotische Flora und Fauna erleben, im Großstadtdschungel shoppen, in einem gemütlichen Altstadtcafé sitzen, architektonische Meisterwerke bewundern und die asiatische und indianische Kultur hautnah erfahren - was klingt wie das mehrwöchige Programm eines Globetrotters oder ein utopischer Traum, wird für Sie mit nur einer Reise wahr. Und das, ohne Ihre zeitlichen und finanziellen Ressourcen übermäßig zu beanspruchen, denn dieser magische Ort befindet sich in Kanada, genauer gesagt in der Provinz British Columbia, und nennt sich Vancouver. Die Stadt im Südwesten Kanadas gilt gemeinhin als die schönste des Landes, dieses Buch handelt von ihrer Faszination.
Sabine Menrath (Author), Carolin Kummer (Narrator)
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Never Shoot a Stampede Queen: A Rookie Reporter in the Cariboo
The cops wanted to shoot me, my bosses thought I was a Bolshevik, and a local lawyer warned me that some people I was writing about might try to test the strength of my skull with a steel pipe. What more could any young reporter hope for from his first real job? The night Mark Leiren-Young drove into Williams Lake, British Columbia, in 1985 to work as a reporter for the venerable Williams Lake Tribune, he arrived on the scene of an armed robbery. And that was before things got weird. For a 22-year-old from Vancouver, a stint in the legendary Cariboo town was a trip to another world and another era. From the explosive opening, where Mark finds himself in a courtroom just a few feet away from a defendant with a bomb strapped to his chest, to the case of a plane that crashed without its pilot on board, Never Shoot a Stampede Queen is an unforgettable comic memoir of a city boy learning about—and learning to love—life in a cowboy town. 'An absolute charmer in the Stuart McLean/Will Ferguson vein.' —John Threlfall, Monday Magazine “Williams Lake comes across as the Wild West mixed with Capone-era Chicago with a soupcon of Jim Crow Deep South segregation and an unsavory dash of perversion. And that’s just in the first chapter. —Tom Hawthorn, Globe and Mail 'Loved it! I salute you, sir. Thanks for a great read.' —Zachary Petit, Managing Editor, Writer's Digest
Mark Leiren-Young (Author), Mark Leiren-Young (Narrator)
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A young Canadian man, Felix, leaves for north Canada's Yukon, after his girl friend leaves him. Once in Yukon , he is guided by a 1st nation spirit man who explains that Felix's services are needed to fight a local forest fire, save animals, which in turn will lead him to a new life. Atlin BC is located in northern BC Canada and home to three hundred First Nation and other people who call it home.
R. David Simpson (Author), R. David Simpson (Narrator)
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Toronto is not only Canada’s economic capital, but it also has one of the most diverse populations and has been classified as one of the world’s most livable cities. But Toronto’s past and present are full of weird facts and tidbits from the truly trivial to the seriously strange: The name ”Toronto” first appeared on a French map as ”Lac de Taranteau,” derived from the Iroquois word tkaronto. Today, Yorkville is a trendy downtown shopping area but it was once a cemetery for those who could not afford a church burial; the cemetery was removed in the 1870s, but human remains keep turning up at every modern-day Yorkville construction project. The land on which Toronto was built was purchased from the Mississauga First Nation band for a few hundred British pounds, 2000 gun flints, two dozen each of kettles and hats, all the hand mirrors they could carry and 100 gallons of excellent navy rum. Olympic sculler Ned Hanlan got in lots of midnight practice rowing crates of whisky for his bootlegger dad. William Davies, whose pork-processing company earned Toronto the nickname ”Hogtown,” died after being butted by a goat. The abandoned Queen Street underground streetcar station is a location for the latest remake of the slasher movie Nightmare on Elm Street. And many more fascinating facts.
A.H. Jackson (Author), Dana Negrey (Narrator)
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From strange behaviour to interesting prey-vs.-predator relationships to fantastical creatures, the animal world is full of fascinating facts about our furry, feathered and scaly friends: The wood frog burrows into the leaf litter in winter; its heart, brain and eyeballs freeze, and they defrost again in the spring. In 2006, a hunter shot and killed a hybrid of a grizzly and a polar bear, dubbed a grolar or pizzly bear, the first to be found in the wild. The bombardier beetle protects itself by expelling a boiling hot chemical spray from its rear end. A woodpecker’s tongue is so long that it rolls up in the bird’s skull like a tape measure in its case. Rabbits produce two kinds of stool: one that the animal eats, which is rich in vitamins and nutrients, and another that is waste matter. Some clever crows drop nuts onto roadways so that passing vehicles drive over them and break the shells open. The horned lizard defends itself by squirting blood from its eyes. Canada was home to 2.5-metre-long giant sea scorpions 400 million years ago. And so much more…
Wendy Pirk (Author), Janice Ryan (Narrator)
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Muskoka: Enchanting Stories from Cottage Country
Muskoka is a beloved region for summertime frivolity—a popular destination for tourists and cottagers. The region is also home to a remarkably varied and interesting history. This book explores stories that most people, residents included, likely know little about. Meet Dangerous Dan, a two-fisted brawler who fought his way into legend though countless lumber camps and booze-soaked taverns. Learn how one man’s vision and hard work transformed Bala into the “Cranberry Capital of Ontario.” Explore the history of Bigwin Inn, a lavish resort that was once the most luxurious hotel in Canada and that experienced a tragic and sad demise. Venture aboard steamships, into logging camps and elegant resorts, and through dense forests to the remains of ghost towns to unearth tales so much a part of the Muskoka experience…but overshadowed by the beautiful lakes and the endless opportunities for carefree enjoyment.
Andrew Hind, Maria Da Silva (Author), Janice Ryan (Narrator)
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