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The Best Places to Kiss in the Northwest: A Romantic Travel Guide

By Stephanie Bell, Kristin Folsom, Elizabeth Janda & Laura Kraemer

When I finally escaped Toronto almost 10 years ago, it was early September and the city was less hot, less humid, and more exuberantly natural than usual. Heading southwest, picking up the Lewis & Clark ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Wilderness Canada

By Karl Teuschl & Wolfgang Weber

When I finally escaped Toronto almost 10 years ago, it was early September and the city was less hot, less humid, and more exuberantly natural than usual. Heading southwest, picking up the Lewis & Clark ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Quick Escapes in the Pacific Northwest, 3rd Ed.

By Marilyn McFarlane

When I finally escaped Toronto almost 10 years ago, it was early September and the city was less hot, less humid, and more exuberantly natural than usual. Heading southwest, picking up the Lewis & Clark ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Southam Canadian Mutual Fund Guide 1998

By S. Kelly Rodgers, ed.

Mutual funds have become the last, best hope for getting rich. With more than 1,000 mutual funds for sale in Canada, the investor’s problem is finding the tiny minority of funds that combine strong, dependable ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Seeing Tomorrow: Weighing Financial Risk in Everyday Life

By Ron S. Dembo and Andrew Freeman

This is a rare work of serious statistics made accessible to general readers who want to know the interrelationship of risk (quantifiable chance or outcomes), and uncertainty (what is unknown and unquantifiable). Authors Dembo, a ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Why I Hate Canadians

By Will Ferguson

The old and often-repeated joke is that when a U.S. magazine held a contest for the world’s most boring headline, the easy winner was “Worthwhile Canadian Initiative.” Boring? Of course. But what are we in ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Gage Canadian Thesaurus

By T.K. Pratt, ed.

In 1852, the publishing house Longman released a reference work whose aim was “to supply, with respect to the English Language, a desideratum hitherto unsupplied in any language, namely, a collection of the words it ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Gage Canadian School Thesaurus

By T.K. Pratt, ed.

In 1852, the publishing house Longman released a reference work whose aim was “to supply, with respect to the English Language, a desideratum hitherto unsupplied in any language, namely, a collection of the words it ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Why We Love the Dogs We Do: How to Find a Dog That Matches Your Personality

By Stanley Coren

Many people do not realize that the breed of dog they select can play an important role in the success of the relationship. Stanley Coren, a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia, ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Oddball@large

By Bill Richardson

Oddball@large is a collection of “used journalism” by Bill Richardson, B.C. broadcaster and columnist for the Vancouver Sun and The Georgia Straight. His Bachelor Brothers’ Bed and Breakfast won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

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