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DK Eyewitness Top 10 Montreal & Quebec City divides Montreal & Quebec City into five districts, covering the centre of the cities and surrounding areas and shows you the very best that Montreal & Quebec city have to offer. Be it the Top 10 Summer festivals in Montreal, the most fun places for children, the historic sights in old Quebec, or the charming streets and squares, the restaurant...

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Canada provides you with a detailed overview of each unique region to help you get the most out of your visit. From rural coastal villages to flat prairies to teeming metropolises, this vast Commonwealth country offers endless fascinating experiences. National parks, maps, great lakes, huge selection of hotels and restaurants, the local delicacies or the classical dishes...

DK Eyewitness Top 10 Toronto Travel Guide will lead you straight to the best attractions this vibrant city has to offer. Whether you're looking for the best restaurants and bars, a hotel to suit your budget, or want to find the best nightspots in Tornoto; this guide is the perfect pocket-sized companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists – from the Top 10 museums & art galleries to the Top 10...

From the CN Tower to the Art Gallery of Ontario - the guide covers up to 200 sights and recommendations and slips easily into your pocket or bag. Perfect for on-the-go navigation, discover Toronto's best restaurants, bars and shops, opening times and transport information. Use the guide to decide your itinerary then plot your route using the fold-out map.

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Whatever you plan to do – whether you are travelling first class or on a limited budget – make sure you experience the very best Montreal and Quebec City have on offer with this quick reference pocket-sized guide. From the top 10 summer festivals in Montreal to top 10 Historic sites in Vieux-Quebec – this guide features the insider knowledge that every visitor needs.

Glenn Gould, one of the world's most renowned classical musicians of the twentieth century, was also known as an eccentric genius—solitary, headstrong, a hypochondriac virtuoso. Abandoning stage performances in 1964, Gould concentrated instead on mastering the various media: recordings, radio, television, and print. His sudden death at age fifty stunned the world, but his music and legacy continue...

CultureShock! Canada is your definitive guide to navigating this immense and diverse land that the Mounties call home

Press baron, entrepreneur, art collector, and wartime minister in Churchill's cabinet, Max Aitken was a colonial Canadian extraordinaire. Rising from a hardscrabble childhood in New Brunswick, he became a millionaire at age 25, earned the title of Lord Beaverbrook at 38, and by age 40 was the most influential newspaperman in the world. Fiercely loyal to the British Empire, he was nonetheless patronized...

One of Canada's top novelists examines the life and work of another Canadian Great.

Both Richler and Vassanji are award-winning novelists who regarded themselves as outsiders in their respective societies—one a Jew in Quebec, the other an Indian in Tanzania who emigrated to Canada. Their experiences were vastly different, but their perspective as outsiders allows each a unique viewpoint. With...

Canada has no better interpreter than prolific writer and thinker John Ralston Saul. Here he argues that Canada did not begin in 1867; indeed, its foundation was laid by two visionary men, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin. The two leaders of Lower and Upper Canada, respectively, worked together after the 1841 Union to lead a reformist movement for responsible government run by elected...

The importance of Marshall McLuhan and his communication theories cannot be overstated, but his written works—dense, at times even daunting— are more often cited than read. Nonetheless, his predictions have been borne out: in the early 1960s, McLuhan wrote that visual, individualistic print culture would be replaced by what he called 'electronic interdependence,' creating a new 'global...

The Rough Guide to Canada is the ultimate travel guide to this staggeringly beautiful country with detailed coverage of all the top attractions. Inspired by stunning colour photography and insightful background information, discover both the urban and the wild with expert guidance on exploring everything from the glistening skyscrapers of Toronto, the restaurants of Montreal and the laid-back ambience...

The Rough Guide to Vancouver is the essential companion to one of the world's most majestic cities with clear maps and detailed coverage of all the best attractions. From soaking up some high-speed ice hockey at a Vancouver Canucks game to admiring the cities glorious panaramas by sea plane, discover Vancouver's highlights inspired by dozens of colour photos. Find detailed historical coverage of the...