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Travel
- Author:Baier, BretSummary:
- Author:Patterson, R. M.Summary:
Few men have been as set on isolated adventures and as passionate about the wild landscape of Canada as R.M. Patterson. He spent over 30 years in exploration, from northern rivers such as the Nahanni and the Liard, to the foothills of...
- Author:Richler, MordecaiSummary:
- Author:Aronson, MarcSummary:
Imagine your shock at waking up one morning to a fleet of enormous, otherworldly craft looming over you. And when bizarre aliens begin to emerge'speaking strange gibberish'your heart races even faster. Similar fears may have...
- Author:Connerney, RichardSummary:
India's future will be determined not only by economic development, but also by a dynamic traditional culture that continues to develop along its own lines sometimes in concert, and sometimes in conflict with material enrichment. India...
- Author:Adney, Tappan, Behne, C. Ted TedSummary:
Setting out to visit his friends in Woodstock, New Brunswick, and with all intentions to return to the United States to attend Columbia University in the fall, Tappan Adney, at the age of 18, embarked on a trip that would ultimately set...
- Author:Adney, Tappan, Behne, C. Ted TedSummary:
In 1887, at the age of just 18, intellectually and artistically gifted American Tappan Adney embarked on his first trip to New Brunswick. He had plans to enrol at Columbia University in the fall, primed for a meteoric rise in academia...
- Author:Hartmann, ThomSummary:
Hartmann is perhaps best known for his fierce commitment to Jeffersonian democracy and his steadfast opposition to the corporatization of America. But in these pages you’ll also discover his Older and Younger Cultures Hypothesis, which...
- Author:Livingston, BeckySummary:
In 2010 a brain tumour took the life of Becky Livingston's daughter, Rachel. Twenty-three years old and an avid traveller, it was her dying wish to keep traveling. Eighteen months later, still reeling from her loss, Livingston sets...
- Author:Raedeke, ChristySummary:
Can Caity Mac Fireland end the devastating global reign of the Fraternitas and TRANSFORM THE WORLD (again)? After discovering that Uncle Li betrayed her and that the Fraternitas Regni Occulti burned down her family's house, Caity Mac...
- Author:Hill, Beth, Converse, CathySummary:
Frances Barkley was just eighteen when she became the first European woman to set foot on the west coast of North America. After a sheltered upbringing in England, Frances found herself boarding the Imperial Eagle in 1786 to set sail on...
- Author:Dorricott, Linda, Cullon, DeidreSummary:
Captain Richards' journal is an account of three survey seasons on Vancouver Island aboard two British Navy ships, the HMS Plumper and the HMS Hecate. Between 1860 and 1862 Richards and his dedicated crew surveyed and charted the entire...
- Author:Anderson, Nancy MargueriteSummary:
Fifteen years before the 1858 Fraser River gold rush, a Hudson’s Bay Company clerk named Alexander Caulfield Anderson threaded his way through mountain passes and down rapids-filled rivers in search of a safe all-British route through...
- Author:Baxter, JohnSummary:
Thrust into the unlikely role of professional "literary walking tour" guide, an expat writer provides the most irresistibly witty and revealing tour of Paris in years. In this enchanting memoir, acclaimed author and long-time...
- Author:Sledge, John S.Summary:
The Mobile River presents the first-ever narrative history of this important American watercourse. Inspired by the venerable Rivers of America series, John S. Sledge weaves chronological and thematic elements with personal experiences...
- Author:MacNab, BruceSummary:
Winner, Best Atlantic Published Book Award. Shortlisted, Canadian Regional Design AwardsIn May of 1896, a young magician from New York City joined the cast of the Marco Magic Company and embarked on a summer-long tour of eastern Canada...
- Author:Peart, NeilSummary:
Neil Peart’s travel memoir of thoughts, observations, and experiences as he cycles through West Africa, reveals the subtle, yet powerful writing style that has made him one of rock’s greatest lyricists. As he describes his extraordinary...
- Author:Stewart, RorySummary:
Ten years after the walk across Central Asia and Afghanistan that he memorialized in his bestselling The Places in Between, Rory Stewart set out on a new journey, traversing a thousand miles between England and Scotland. Stewart was...
- Author:Guitard, NicholasSummary:
Shortlisted, New Brunswick Book Award for Non-Fiction. Every summer between 1882 and 1929, naturalist William Francis Ganong travelled through the wilderness of New Brunswick, systematically mapping previously uncharted territories,...
- Author:Coady, L. W.Summary:
Hesketh Prichard set out with a group of adventurers in the early 1900s, determined to cross Labrador. Disregarding advice, his expedition headed up a canyon and massive cliffs all with a canoe in tow. The canoe was later abandoned. The...