Nature
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Memories - Short Stories of the Outdoors
by Bill Keller
Memories — Short Stories of the Outdoors is a diverse collection of real-life tales by a passionate outdoorsman. There are so many wonderful ways to experience nature. Paddling, fishing, hunting, skiing, traveling, or simply being outdoors doing not ...
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Hawk Moths of Jamaica
by Thomas W. Turner and Vaughan A. Turland
Jamaica was initially one of a few locations in the New World where early collections of hawk moths were made by visiting naturalists including Sir Hans Sloane, Philip Gosse, and natural history illustrator Luke Robins. From this material several ...
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The Wildfire Twenty
A Firefighter Memoir by Harold R. Larson
In the spring of 2011, a devastating wildfire almost destroyed the town of Slave Lake. From the aftermath, a new type of Alberta firefighting crew was created to fight wildfires that could threaten entire communities. These 20-person crews would ...
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Solutions for a Wounded Planet
by Jim Kingham
Depressed about the environmental disaster currently rocking our world? Unsure about what to do when climate change is only growing worse? Fearful of what the future might look like with so many world powers refusing to acknowledge the issues at ...
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Briar Cottage
Summers in a Town called Gimli by Joe Mackintosh
The story is a memoir. It’s a slice of history—the story of Gimli, Manitoba—come to life. There’s the mystique of rail travel; there’s rafting on the pond; there’s swimming at the harbour. There’s dancing to the Men of Note. There are bonfires and ...
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The Georgian Bay Ship Canal
Canada's Abandoned National Dream by Ray Love
The Georgian Bay Ship Canal was a river and lake canalization scheme designed to create a commercial waterway along the route of the voyageurs. It was the dream of Canadian businessmen and entrepreneurs for centuries. Originally a trade route for ...
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Return of the Wild
by Daniel Hance Page
RETURN OF THE WILD is a story of people who journey to the Parry Sound, Muskoka and Algonquin Park regions where the wilderness takes some visitors to itself and reveals life beyond their wildest hopes and dreams. The spiritual presence in the wild ...
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That Red Headed Yukon Guide and Trapper
by Terry Wilkinson
A Reader’s Digest of hunting and trapping Welcome to your vicarious wilderness adventure! With that red-headed Yukon guide and trapper as your leader, experience the joys and challenges of hunting and trapping … all without leaving your living room ...
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Fox World
500 Miles of Walks and Talks with an Old Fox by Jack Russell
Amid a satisfying career with one of Corporate World’s largest companies, N. Oldman is stricken with acute arrhythmia and suffers four sudden cardiac arrests—essentially dying several times. As he struggles to recover from these debilitating and ...
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The Signature of God
by Jaan Ranne
Traces of beauty and structure permeate all corners of the living world. What would you see if you took the time to look more closely? In The Signature of God, Jaan Ranne guides us through the wonders of creation from a Biblical view. This tour of ...
