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  • Dundurn Railroad Bundle In Search of the Grand Trunk / Rails Across Ontario / Rails Across the Prairies / The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
    Author:

    Brown, Ron

    Summary:

    Ron Brown is Canada's leading literary authority on the history of Canada's railroads, particularly those now lost branches from the golden age of steam that once ran like veins and arter

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  • Colourless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously Essays
    Author:

    Frutkin, Mark

    Summary:

    In the tradition of Kafka’s Parables and Paradoxes and The Book of Embraces by Eduardo Galeano, this collection of short essays and “alternative versions” is a vivid, perhaps even shocking, reminde

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  • Rails Over the Mountains Exploring the Railway Heritage of Canada's Western Mountains
    Author:

    Brown, Ron

    Summary:

    Journey through the engineering marvels, stations, and heritage sites of Canada’s western mountains.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Travel writing

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  • Dundurn Railroad 6-Book Bundle Rails Over the Mountains / Rails to the Atlantic / Rails Across Ontario / and 3 more
    Author:

    Brown, Ron

    Summary:

    A must for any Canadian railroad aficionado, this special bundle gathers six books in one for a can’t-miss retrospective of the nation’s railway history.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Atmospheres Apollinaire
    Author:

    Frutkin, Mark

    Summary:

    Short-listed for the 1988 Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, Ottawa-Carleton Book Award and Trillium Book Award Paris, the City of Light, was once the scene of a brilliant magnesium fl

    Genre: Canadian fiction, General fiction

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  • Iron Mountain
    Author:

    Frutkin, Mark

    Summary:

    Of one of Mark Frutkin's previous books of verse, Poetry Canada Review said it provided "a supernatural fusion of the earthbound with the heavenly to forge the lightning of poetry."

    Genre: Canadian poetry

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  • Walking Backwards Grand Tours, Minor Visitations, Miraculous Journeys, and a Few Good Meals
    Author:

    Frutkin, Mark

    Summary:

    From Istanbul to New Delhi to Boulder, Colorado, through Venice, Paris, Rome, and points between.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Travel writing

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  • The Lake Erie Shore Ontario's Forgotten South Coast
    Author:

    Brown, Ron

    Summary:

    The Lake Erie shoreline has born witness to some of Ontario's earliest history, yet remains largely unspoiled.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Travel writing

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  • From Queenston to Kingston The Hidden Heritage of Lake Ontario's Shoreline
    Author:

    Brown, Ron

    Summary:

    Whether you hike, bike, ride the rails, or drive, the shore of Lake Ontario can yield a treasure trove of heritage sites and natural beauty – if you know where to look.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Erratic North A Vietnam Draft Resister's Life in the Canadian Bush
    Author:

    Frutkin, Mark

    Summary:

    In geology an erratic is a "boulder or rock formation transported some distance from its original source, as by a glacier." In award-winning novelist Mark Frutkin’s case, his movement fro

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • In Search of the Grand Trunk Ghost Rail Lines in Ontario
    Author:

    Brown, Ron

    Summary:

    Explore Ontario’s forgotten rail lines and experience the legacy and lore of this the vital railway era of Ontario’s history.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Behind Bars Inside Ontario's Heritage Gaols
    Author:

    Brown, Ron

    Summary:

    Travel across Ontario and pay a visit to Ontario's nearly 50 heritage jails.

    Genre: Art and architecture, Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Rails Across the Prairies The Railway Heritage of Canada’s Prairie Provinces
    Author:

    Brown, Ron

    Summary:

    Follow the evolution of the rail legacy of the Canadian Prairies from the arrival of the first engine on a barge to today’s realities.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Rails Across Ontario Exploring Ontario's Railway Heritage
    Author:

    Brown, Ron

    Summary:

    Explore Ontario’s rich railway heritage — from stations and hotels to train rides, bridges, water towers, and roundhouses.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • The Lion of Venice
    Author:

    Frutkin, Mark

    Summary:

    This magical new novel by Governor General and Trillium Prize nominee Mark Frutkin, set in 13th century Venice and Cathay, is a dazzling fresco of shimmering language, brimming with golden tableaus

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Historical fiction

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