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Chambre d'hôtel
Par Minou Petrowski. 1998
Sur le thème-titre, un recueil de courts textes (lettres, témoignages, quelques poèmes) écrits par des auditeurs anonymes de l'émission "Paroles…
de stars" sur les ondes de Radio-Canada et plusieurs extraits d'entretiens avec des comédiens, des auteurs, des cinéastes.Lakeland: journeys into the soul of Canada
Par Allan Casey. 2009
Blending writing on nature, travel, and science, Casey explores how the country's history and culture originates at the lakeshore. Describes…
a series of interconnected journeys by the author, punctuated by the seasons and the personalities he meets along the way including aboriginal fishery managers, fruit growers, boat captains, cottagers, and scientists. Some strong language. Winner of the 2010 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 2009.Fresh tracks: writing the western landscape
Par Pamela Banting. 1998
Conscience be my guide: an anthology of prison writings
Par Geoffrey Bould. 1991
Kobzar's children: a century of stories by Ukrainians
Par Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch. 2006
An anthology of short historical fiction, memoirs, and poems written about the Ukrainian immigrant experience. The stories span a century…
of history from 1905 to 2004, and they contain the voices of people who lived through internment as "enemy aliens," homesteading, famine, displacement, concentration camps, and this new century's Orange Revolution. Some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. 2006.I was a teenage Katima-victim: a Canadian odyssey
Par Will Ferguson. 1998
Will Ferguson's hilarious memoir of working his way across Canada with the volunteer corps Katimavik in the early 1980s. For…
a dollar a day and all the granola he can eat, Ferguson works on work sites ranging from soup kitchens to outdoor conservation trails and meets many interesting characters along the way. 1998.Boundless: tracing land and dream in a new Northwest Passage
Par Kathleen Winter. 2014
In 2010, the author took a journey across the storied Northwest Passage. From Greenland to Baffin Island and all along…
the passage, she bears witness to the new math of the melting North: where polar bears mate with grizzlies, creating a new hybrid species; where the earth is on the cusp of yielding so much buried treasure that five nations stand poised to claim sovereignty of the land; and where the local Inuit population struggles to navigate the tension between taking part in the new global economy and defending their traditional way of life. 2014.Hey Canada!
Par Vivien Bowers. 2012
Gran has decided that she is taking nine-year-old Alice and eight-year-old Cal on a road trip across Canada. Using poems,…
silly songs, tweets and blogs, the trio records the trip for everyone to share. Starting in St. John’s Newfoundland, where they have a “find-it” list that includes a moose and an iceberg and going all the way to the Pacific Ocean, the gang offers a fun way to learn about vast, varied, and surprising Canada. Grades 2-4. c2012.Canada (The Outdoor travelers' guide)
Par David Dunbar. 1991
An exploration of 37 parks across Canada, from the rugged peaks of the Canadian Rockies to the rolling hills of…
Nova Scotia. Includes details of outdoor activities, camping and transportation. (The outdoor traveler's guide)High latitudes: a northern journey
Par Farley Mowat. 2002
In 1947, Farley Mowat traveled to the Canadian arctic, that vast part of Canada which most Canadians never come to…
know. Twenty years later, Mowat returned for the most extensive northern trip of his life. In this book, Mowat chronicles the 1966 trips. 2002.An acre of time: The Enduring Value Of Place
Par Phil Jenkins. 1996
Jenkins traces the history of a single acre of land in Ottawa, from its geologic roots to the present day.…
He describes the native Canadians who lived there, the Europeans who later settled it, and the citizens who lived within its boundaries. 1996.Chasing Clayoquot: a wilderness almanac
Par David Pitt-Brooke. 2004
Clayoquot Sound is one of the Earth's last primeval, untouched places. The author approaches this wild, magical place by taking…
the reader on twelve journeys, one for each month of the year. Each journey covers the outstanding natural event of that season: whale-watching in April, the shorebird migration in May, the salmon spawn in October. 2004.Hiking with ghosts: the Chilkoot Trail, then and now (Raincoast Journeys Ser.)
Par Frances Backhouse. 1999
One century ago, the lure of gold led thousands to travel the Chilkoot Trail. The authors hike the arduous yet…
inspiring 53 km. route, now a popular destination for ambitious ecotourists. At the same time, they take a journey back in history, pausing to consider how the First Nations people used the trail before the gold rush. 1999.British Columbia almanac
Par Mark Forsythe. 2000
A compendium of stories about life in British Columbia, compiled by the host of CBC Radio One's BC Almanac, Mark…
Forsythe. Included are gardening tips, recipes, favourite trails, information on BC's diverse flora and fauna, and stories from people around the province on what life is like in their area. 2000. Uniform title: Almanac (Radio program)By truck to the north: my Arctic adventure (Adventure travel books by Annick Press)
Par Debora Pearson, Andy Turnbull, Chum McLeod. 1999
Bush telegraph: discovering the Pacific province
Par Stephen Hume. 1999
Down home: notes of a Maritime son
Par Harry Bruce. 1988
Harry Bruce, born in Toronto, returned to Nova Scotia where his family had lived since the 18th century. After residing…
there for 17 years, he believes that he finally has become a true Maritimer. In this book, he combines history, sociology, autobiography, cuisine, travelogue and etymology to describe and explain the people of the Maritimes. 1988.Far and wide: bring that horizon to me
Par Neil Peart. 2016
In May 2015, the veteran Canadian rock trio Rush embarked on their 40th anniversary tour, R40. It was a celebration…
and, perhaps, a farewell. But for Neil Peart, each tour is more than just a string of concerts, it's an opportunity to explore backroads near and far on his BMW motorcycle. In an intimate voice that has won the hearts of many readers, Peart carries the reader across North America and through memories of fifty years of playing drums. 2016.Heart of the raincoast: A Life Story
Par Alexandra Morton. 1998
When whale researcher Alex Morton's husband drowned, she and her young son stayed on in the tiny community of Echo…
Bay, B.C. To earn a living, she worked for Billy Proctor as a seasick, greenhorn deckhand. In the process, she learned about his 50 years as a fisherman, and about the B.C. coastline. c1998.Grizzly Bear Mountain
Par Jack Boudreau. 2000
Sequel to Crazy Man's Creek (DC23589), which was 2 years on the BC Bestsellers' list. Jack Boudreau grew up in…
a small town in the McGregor Mountains in B.C. Children did many things to amuse themselves and we follow Jack through his early encounters with grizzly bears, first as a hunter and later as a photographer. 2000.