Quebec
- Up Cat
- Hazel Hutchins has written over 30 books for children and young adults and has received numerous awards for her work. She lives in Canmore, Alberta. Fanny has illustrated many books for children. She lives in Quebec.
- Old Quebec,: The fortress of New France,
- Gilbert Parker and Claude G. Bryan deliver an indepth account of the history concerning one of North Americaís oldest cities. Their writing traverses four centuries, from the 1530s and the inception of a small settlement on the St. Lawrence River to the late 1860s and Quebecís transformation from an administrative center to a cultural icon.
- Old Quebec: The fortress of New France
- Gilbert Parker and Claude G. Bryan deliver an indepth account of the history concerning one of North Americaís oldest cities. Their writing traverses four centuries, from the 1530s and the inception of a small settlement on the St. Lawrence River to the late 1860s and Quebecís transformation from an administrative center to a cultural icon.
- A People's History of Quebec
- "A concise history of Quebec, from the earliest days of colonization to the aftermath of the most recent sovereignty referendum, rendered in an easily read 200 pages. As fascinating as the march of great figures and the mapping of landmark events are the details of how they affected the ordinary life of their times.
- Waxing for Skiers
- Malcolm Corcoran, a veteran cross-country skier, is the proprietor of Sport change Outaouais in Hull, Quebec. He holds a masters degree in sports administration from the University of Ottawa and has produced several cross-country skiing documentaries.
- The Devil's Picnic: Travels Through the Underworld of Food and Drink
- This detailed chef's tour of prohibited pleasures for the palate, from Norwegian moonshine and Bolivian coca leaves to Spanish bull testicles, is laced with magnificent descriptions—some mouthwatering, others quite repulsive. Grescoe (Sacre Blues: An Unsentimental Journey Through Quebec) uses food as a pretext to lead readers on a heady quest to corroborate the libertarian principle of free will.
- Nude in Tub: Stories of Quillifarkeag, Maine
- "WELCOME OR NOT, IT'S UP TO YOU," reads a sign on the outskirts of Quillifarkeag, Maine. Usually left off cheap maps, but not necessarily found on the expensive ones either, remote little Quilli lies "tucked like a bug between the buttocks of Quebec on one side and New Brunswick on the other.
- Fathers and Crows (Seven Dreams)
- Idiosyncratic, inspired, and convoluted as ever, Vollmann offers the second installment in his seven-part series (Seven Dreams), moving from the Vikings and Vinland of The Ice-Shirt (1990) to the French and their impact on native populations in and around Quebec in the first half of the 17th century.
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