There are more than 220 million cats in the world, and this book has stories about the world's favourite pet from all across the globe. From an owner with 96 cats in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to a daring cat-escape from Lebanon to the...
Trivia and miscellanea
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Author:Summary: - Author:Pirk, WendySummary:
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...
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Author:Morris, ThomasSummary:"Delightfully horrifying."-Popular Science This wryly humorous collection of stories about bizarre medical treatments and cases offers a unique portrait of a bygone era in all its jaw-dropping weirdness. A puzzling series of dental...
- Author:McCardell, MikeSummary:
Mike McCardell has spent over 30 years on a B.C. news program showing that the truly important events that make our world go round are not the wars and murders that grab the headlines, but the little things that happen on back streets...
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Author:Kakalios, JamesSummary:In the pulp magazines and comics of the 1950s, it was predicted that the future would be one of gleaming utopias, with flying cars, jetpacks, and robotic personal assistants. Obviously, things didn't turn out that way. But the world we...
- Author:Kagume, SaharaSummary:
Canada is a vast country with large expanses of forests, towering mountains, spacious prairies and wide-open tundra. Each of these environments has its own unique animals, birds, insects and plants. This is your country, so learn all...
- Author:Ryder, GraceSummary:
From history to Hollywood, few figures have had the lasting impact as the American cowboy. Packed with profiles of the most famous cowboys (and girls), useful cowboy words and phrases and quotes from the legends like John Wayne, Will...
- Cats with character : writers' cats, cats in literature, cats in power and other interesting kittiesAuthor:Summary:
Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons." -Robertson Davies. So many of our greatest authors have had cats that it seems a cat is next to the pen in importance...
- Author:Wojna, LisaSummary:
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...
- Author:Hughes, Aaron W.Summary:
Revisiting ten notable days from recent history, Aaron W. Hughes invites readers to think about the tensions, events, and personalities that make Canada distinct. These indelible dates interweave to offer an account of the political,...
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Author:O'Brien, Christopher MarkSummary:Fermenting Revolution delivers an empowering message about how individuals can change the world through the simple act of having a beer. It is also the first book to view all of the important trends in human history as fundamentally...
