Author: Hal Niedzviecki
Publisher: Viking Books
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Original Canadian City Dweller's Almanac
Author: Hal Niedzviecki
Publisher: Viking Books
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher: Viking Books
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Canadian Books in Print. Author and Title Index
Author:
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN:
Category : Canada Imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1610
Book Description
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN:
Category : Canada Imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1610
Book Description
The Old Farmer's Almanac 2015
Author: Old Farmer’s Almanac
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 1571986464
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
As surely as the Sun rises in the east and maple leaves turn color in autumn, The Old Farmer's Almanac is back—and it's better than ever! Recognized for generations by its familiar yellow cover, America's best loved annual and oldest continuously published peridocial promises to be "useful, with a pleasant degree of humor," thus fulfilling the mission set forth by its founder, Robert B. Thomas, and readers' expectations. Packed with wit, wisdom, tips, advice, facts, fun, and recipes, Old Farmer's Almanac includes: • Traditionally 80 percent-accurate weather forecasts • Creatures from hell • Readers' wacky coincidences • Making sausages at home • Wildfires' effect on weather • Love potions • Beauty secrets • Odds of almost everything • Unmasked mysteries of plant seed dispersal • Moon phases and other celestial sightings, tides, gardening tables, and best days • Full-color winter and summer weather maps
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 1571986464
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
As surely as the Sun rises in the east and maple leaves turn color in autumn, The Old Farmer's Almanac is back—and it's better than ever! Recognized for generations by its familiar yellow cover, America's best loved annual and oldest continuously published peridocial promises to be "useful, with a pleasant degree of humor," thus fulfilling the mission set forth by its founder, Robert B. Thomas, and readers' expectations. Packed with wit, wisdom, tips, advice, facts, fun, and recipes, Old Farmer's Almanac includes: • Traditionally 80 percent-accurate weather forecasts • Creatures from hell • Readers' wacky coincidences • Making sausages at home • Wildfires' effect on weather • Love potions • Beauty secrets • Odds of almost everything • Unmasked mysteries of plant seed dispersal • Moon phases and other celestial sightings, tides, gardening tables, and best days • Full-color winter and summer weather maps
Sources
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Associations, institutions, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Associations, institutions, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Sitcom
Author: David McGimpsey
Publisher: Coach House Books
ISBN: 1552451887
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Implicating extremes from Coriolanus to Karen Carpenter, David McGimpsey's Sitcom is both serious poetry and a work of comedy. Mischievous, generous and side-splittingly funny, this collection of wry soliloquies and sonnets begins with a milestone birthday and finds itself in demi-mondes as varied as the offices of university regents and the basic plot arc of Hawaii Five-O - offering, along the way, a sincere contemplation of mortality and the fashion sense of Mary Tyler Moore. Unembarrassed by its literary allusions or its hi-lo hybridity, Sitcom 's strategic and encompassing voice is prepared for each comedic disaster and is, somehow, always ready for next week's episode. 'McGimpsey displays erudition, clever insights and a knack for the wickedly funny wisecrack.' - The Washington Post '[McGimpsey] finds the humanity hiding in the hilarity. This guy is as funny as David Sedaris, and more inventive.' - The Ottawa Citizen
Publisher: Coach House Books
ISBN: 1552451887
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Implicating extremes from Coriolanus to Karen Carpenter, David McGimpsey's Sitcom is both serious poetry and a work of comedy. Mischievous, generous and side-splittingly funny, this collection of wry soliloquies and sonnets begins with a milestone birthday and finds itself in demi-mondes as varied as the offices of university regents and the basic plot arc of Hawaii Five-O - offering, along the way, a sincere contemplation of mortality and the fashion sense of Mary Tyler Moore. Unembarrassed by its literary allusions or its hi-lo hybridity, Sitcom 's strategic and encompassing voice is prepared for each comedic disaster and is, somehow, always ready for next week's episode. 'McGimpsey displays erudition, clever insights and a knack for the wickedly funny wisecrack.' - The Washington Post '[McGimpsey] finds the humanity hiding in the hilarity. This guy is as funny as David Sedaris, and more inventive.' - The Ottawa Citizen
The Atlas of U.S. and Canadian Environmental History
Author: Char Miller
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136755241
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This visually dynamic historical atlas chronologically covers American environmental history through the use of four-color maps, photos, and diagrams, and in written entries from well known scholars.Organized into seven categories, each chapter covers: agriculture * wildlife and forestry * land use and management * technology and industry * polluti
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136755241
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This visually dynamic historical atlas chronologically covers American environmental history through the use of four-color maps, photos, and diagrams, and in written entries from well known scholars.Organized into seven categories, each chapter covers: agriculture * wildlife and forestry * land use and management * technology and industry * polluti
Quill & Quire
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book industries and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book industries and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
The Canadian Encyclopedia
Author: James H. Marsh
Publisher: The Canadian Encyclopedia
ISBN: 9780771020995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 2652
Book Description
This edition of "The Canadian Encyclopedia is the largest, most comprehensive book ever published in Canada for the general reader. It is COMPLETE: every aspect of Canada, from its rock formations to its rock bands, is represented here. It is UNABRIDGED: all of the information in the four red volumes of the famous 1988 edition is contained here in this single volume. It has been EXPANDED: since 1988 teams of researchers have been diligently fleshing out old entries and recording new ones; as a result, the text from 1988 has grown by 50% to over 4,000,000 words. It has been UPDATED: the researchers and contributors worked hard to make the information as current as possible. Other words apply to this extraordinary work of scholarship: AUTHORITATIVE, RELIABLE and READABLE. Every entry is compiled by an expert. Equally important, every entry is written for a Canadian reader, from the Canadian point of view. The finished work - many years in the making, and the equivalent of forty average-sized books - is an extraordinary storehouse of information about our country. This book deserves pride of place on the bookshelf in every Canadian Home. It is no accident that the cover of this book is based on the Canadian flag. For the proud truth is that this volume represents a great national achievement. From its formal inception in 1979, this encyclopedia has always represented a vote of faith in Canada; in Canada as a separate place whose natural worlds and whose peoples and their achievements deserve to be recorded and celebrated. At the start of a new century and a new millennium, in an increasingly borderless corporate world that seems ever more hostile to nationaldistinctions and aspirations, this "Canadian Encyclopedia is offered in a spirit of defiance and of faith in our future. The statistics behind this volume are staggering. The opening sixty pages list the 250 Consultants, the roughly 4,000 Contributors (all experts in the field they describe) and the scores of researchers, editors, typesetters, proofreaders and others who contributed their skills to this massive project. The 2,640 pages incorporate over 10,000 articles and over 4,000,000 words, making it the largest - some might say the greatest - Canadian book ever published. There are, of course, many special features. These include a map of Canada, a special page comparing the key statistics of the 23 major Canadian cities, maps of our cities, a variety of tables and photographs, and finely detailed illustrations of our wildlife, not to mention the colourful, informative endpapers. But above all the book is "encyclopedic" - which the "Canadian Oxford Dictionary describes as "embracing all branches of learning." This means that (with rare exceptions) there is satisfaction for the reader who seeks information on any Canadian subject. From the first entry "A mari usque ad mare - "from sea to sea" (which is Canada's motto, and a good description of this volume's range) to the "Zouaves (who mustered in Quebec to fight for the beleaguered Papacy) there is the required summary of information, clearly and accurately presented. For the browser the constant variety of entries and the lure of regular cross-references will provide hours of fasination. The word "encyclopedia" derives from Greek expressions alluding to a grand "circle of knowledge." Our knowledge has expandedimmeasurably since the time that one mnd could encompass all that was known.Yet now Canada's finest scientists, academics and specialists have distilled their knowledge of our country between the covers of one volume. The result is a book for every Canadian who values learning, and values Canada.
Publisher: The Canadian Encyclopedia
ISBN: 9780771020995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 2652
Book Description
This edition of "The Canadian Encyclopedia is the largest, most comprehensive book ever published in Canada for the general reader. It is COMPLETE: every aspect of Canada, from its rock formations to its rock bands, is represented here. It is UNABRIDGED: all of the information in the four red volumes of the famous 1988 edition is contained here in this single volume. It has been EXPANDED: since 1988 teams of researchers have been diligently fleshing out old entries and recording new ones; as a result, the text from 1988 has grown by 50% to over 4,000,000 words. It has been UPDATED: the researchers and contributors worked hard to make the information as current as possible. Other words apply to this extraordinary work of scholarship: AUTHORITATIVE, RELIABLE and READABLE. Every entry is compiled by an expert. Equally important, every entry is written for a Canadian reader, from the Canadian point of view. The finished work - many years in the making, and the equivalent of forty average-sized books - is an extraordinary storehouse of information about our country. This book deserves pride of place on the bookshelf in every Canadian Home. It is no accident that the cover of this book is based on the Canadian flag. For the proud truth is that this volume represents a great national achievement. From its formal inception in 1979, this encyclopedia has always represented a vote of faith in Canada; in Canada as a separate place whose natural worlds and whose peoples and their achievements deserve to be recorded and celebrated. At the start of a new century and a new millennium, in an increasingly borderless corporate world that seems ever more hostile to nationaldistinctions and aspirations, this "Canadian Encyclopedia is offered in a spirit of defiance and of faith in our future. The statistics behind this volume are staggering. The opening sixty pages list the 250 Consultants, the roughly 4,000 Contributors (all experts in the field they describe) and the scores of researchers, editors, typesetters, proofreaders and others who contributed their skills to this massive project. The 2,640 pages incorporate over 10,000 articles and over 4,000,000 words, making it the largest - some might say the greatest - Canadian book ever published. There are, of course, many special features. These include a map of Canada, a special page comparing the key statistics of the 23 major Canadian cities, maps of our cities, a variety of tables and photographs, and finely detailed illustrations of our wildlife, not to mention the colourful, informative endpapers. But above all the book is "encyclopedic" - which the "Canadian Oxford Dictionary describes as "embracing all branches of learning." This means that (with rare exceptions) there is satisfaction for the reader who seeks information on any Canadian subject. From the first entry "A mari usque ad mare - "from sea to sea" (which is Canada's motto, and a good description of this volume's range) to the "Zouaves (who mustered in Quebec to fight for the beleaguered Papacy) there is the required summary of information, clearly and accurately presented. For the browser the constant variety of entries and the lure of regular cross-references will provide hours of fasination. The word "encyclopedia" derives from Greek expressions alluding to a grand "circle of knowledge." Our knowledge has expandedimmeasurably since the time that one mnd could encompass all that was known.Yet now Canada's finest scientists, academics and specialists have distilled their knowledge of our country between the covers of one volume. The result is a book for every Canadian who values learning, and values Canada.
Canadian Almanac and Miscellaneous Directory
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Almanacs, Canadian
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Almanacs, Canadian
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Contemporary Authors
Author: Amy Elisabeth Fuller
Publisher: Contemporary Authors
ISBN: 9780787678876
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.
Publisher: Contemporary Authors
ISBN: 9780787678876
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.