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Illustrated works
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Author:Hayden, CarlaSummary: - Author:Olson, Wes.Summary:
An expert on the buffalo tells the history of this keystone species through extensive research and beautiful photographs. Few wild animals captivate our imaginations as much as the buffalo. These magnificent creatures played a...
- Author:Andrieux, J. P.Summary:
“It was the wild west, as all fished in a totally unregulated way in a free-for-all.”
For centuries, fishermen the world over have been prosecuting the waters teeming with cod from the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and Labrador....
- Author:McAllister, IanSummary:
Along the coast between Vancouver Island and Alaska lies 250 miles of forested island and inlets. Ian and Karen McAllister spent seven years photographing and mapping this forgotten wild ecosystem. Their informative text and remarkable...
- Author:Regan, PatrickSummary:
Few things are harder to capture in words than the feeling of true friendship. But that certainly hasn't deterred people from trying. The Heart of Friendship shares what some of the most insightful writers have had to say about this...
- Author:Williams, Terry TempestSummary:
For years, America's national parks have provided public breathing spaces in a world in which such spaces are steadily disappearing, which is why close to 300 million people visit the parks each year. Now, to honor the centennial of the...
- Author:Kinkade, ThomasSummary:
"Christmas! 'Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart." No holiday has the power to captivate our senses or dominate our memories quite like Christmas. And perhaps no...
- Author:Coady, Lawrence W.Summary:
A contemporary account of tracking a historical explorer across Labrador. In the mode of Leonidas Hubbard and William Cabot, Hesketh Prichard set out with a group of adventurers in the early 1900s, determined to cross Labrador....
- Author:Hestermann, BethanieSummary:
Get up close to some of extraordinary creatures that live in the abyss, the little-explored world thousands of feet beneath the ocean surface. A gulper eel with an inflatable mouth, a barreleye fish with a transparent head, a goblin...
- Author:Paskievich, John, Osborne, Stephen, Melnyk, George, Gillmor, AlisonSummary:
Cities and the people who live in them are enduring subjects of photography. Winnipeg’s North End is one of North America’s iconic neighbourhoods, a place where the city’s unique character and politics have been forged. First built when...
- Author:Richmond, RandySummary:
2017 Orillia Museum of Art & History Award, Historical Publications and/or Research — Winner The history of Orillia, told through the stories of its people, bringing to life the community’s heritage and significance. The Orillia...
- Author:Nataraj, NirmalaSummary:
This magnificent volume offers a rich visual tour of the planets in our solar system. More than 200 breathtaking photographs from the archives of NASA are paired with extended captions detailing the science behind some of our cosmic...
- Author:Grandmaison, MikeSummary:
The Polar Bear: Lord of the Great North, the newest effort from award-winning photographer and author Mike Grandmaison, takes its readers on a thrilling expedition in the low Arctic to locate and admire the great white bear in all its...
- Author:Barnes, MikeSummary:
In the world of The Reasonable Ogre, magic is nothing if not paradoxical. Ogres can indeed be reasonable, prisons may prove porous, gifts often come disguised as curses, and springs gone dry are only waiting to resurface. At once comic...
- Author:Gervais, MartySummary:
An illustrated history of bootlegging along the Great Lakes, Rumrunners gives us a sense of Prohibition and the larger-than-life rumrunners and bootleggers who thrived during it in a way that no document before or after has managed....
- Author:Read, Nicholas, Down, ChristianSummary:
When storms roar and orcas are on the prowl, it's the seal gardens of the Great Bear Sea that provide safety and shelter to sea lions, otters, a variety of seals and other sea mammals. Ian McAllister's glorious photographs reveal the...
- Author:Gaboury, ÉtienneSummary:
The St. Boniface Cathedral coffee table book, part of the Manitoba CountryScapes series, chronicles the history of St. Boniface’s six churches and cathedrals since the Mission was founded in 1818. Award-winning photographer Michel (Mike...
- Author:Connolly, MarcyKate, Haring, DanSummary:
Neil Gaiman meets How to Train Your Dragon in this beautifully illustrated middle-grade novel about a boy, his trusted dog, and his best friend, as they race to save the stars before their light is extinguished for good. When the world...
- Author:Brown, RonSummary:
Brown celebrates the survival of our railway heritage in stations that have been saved or remain in use. Despite the "green" benefits of rail travel, Canada has lost much of its railway heritage. Across the country stations have been...
- Author:Filey, MikeSummary:
Looking back over the past 75 years, there is no doubt that public transportation has played a major role in the development and maturing of Toronto and its metropolitan area. Indeed , despite the fiscal challenges facing it, the TTC...
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