HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-11-04, Page 11404 Queen St., Blyth
519-523-4792
541 Turnberry St., Brussels
519-887-9114 The Citizen
Start your shopping early at...
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2010. PAGE 11.
ONCE UPON AN
OUTHOUSE
This Canadian bestseller
offers short readings and
cartoons about the history
of that inconvenient
convenience, once a part
of every rural home. 44
pages of mirth and
information. $10.00
THE NEW WOODBURNER’S
HANDBOOK
In these days of rising energy
costs the savings from burning
wood can be substantial. This
is a guide to safe and efficient
woodburning, everything from
choosing a stove to
maintaining a chimney. $19.95
VANISHED VILLAGES OF
MIDDLESEX
Twelve villages were
swallowed up by what is now
the city of London. Many more
rural villages have
disappeared over the years.
Jennifer Grainger digs up the
history of these vanished
communities. $26.95
BUILDING WITH LOGS
Log homes were among the
earliest structures erected by
settlers but they are still
popular and oh so beautiful.
This comprehensive book
shows you how to build your
own log structure with the
latest advances in comfort
and utility. $24.95
BEHIND BARS — Inside
Ontario’s Heritage Gaols:
Popular Ontario historian Ron
Brown tells short, colourful
stories of more than 50 Ontario
jails, including Goderich, Owen
Sound, Stratford and Walkerton
and those people who have
been imprisoned in them. $22.95
PONY PLAY GAMES
AND PUZZLES
This book features 100
mazes, picture
puzzles, jokes, riddles
and fun-packed
activities and games.
More than 140 pages
of fun designed for kids
aged 6-10. $13.50
UNFORGETTABLE CANADA
Explore your country, if only in
print with this beautifully
illustrated tour to 100
destinations across the country
from Signal Hill, Newfoundland
to the killer whales off the west
coast to the Yukon’s Top of the
World highway. $29.95
TOWERS OF TIME
Post offices are at the centre
of nearly every small
community. Some of the
elderly, Victorian-era post
offices in particular set the
tone of the town. Post offices
from across Ontario are
featured, including many
from the local region. $22.95
SECRETS FROM THE VINYL
CAFE
Stuart McLean’s latest collection
of 16 hilarious stories covers such
wide-ranging topics as passion,
double lives, lies and betrayal,
civil disobedience and arson, theft
and petty crimes. 274 pages, hard
cover. $34.00
EVEN COWS GO TO
HEAVEN
Linda Knox tells the often funny
story of her father Melville Knox
who was born near Stratford,
trained at Ontario Veterinary
College, and practiced
veterinary medicine in Grey
County for many years. $14.95
ONTARIO’S GHOST TOWN
HERITAGE
Ron Brown, chronicler of Ontario’s
ghost towns, revisits many of them
in this large format book complete
with colour photos. Includes the
stories of communities like
Balaclava, Newbridge, St, Joseph
and Duncrief. $24.95
GENERAL STORES OF
CANADA
R.B. Fleming, who grew up in a
general store north of Toronto tells
the story of general stores and
their owners from coast to coast.
Hundreds of photos tell their
history. $24.95
THE URBANITE’S GUIDE TO
THE COUNTRYSIDE
There’s so much to explain to
a non-farmer about living in
the Ontario countryside. This
book gives the answers to
questions from what the crops
are to the types of barns to
rural issues. $24.95
A FOOL AND FORTY
ACRES: Conjuring a
Vineyard Three Thousand
Miles from Burgundy
We need more fools like Geoff
Heinricks. He envisioned
Prince Edward County as a
new wine region when people
thought it impossible. And he
made it work. $21.99
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
Stratford author Bruce A.
Woods has written a sequel to
his popular first memoir
Between Two Women. He tells
further adventures in his life,
his religion and his
globetrotting travels to Bolivia,
Britain, and more. $20.00
THE AS IT HAPPENS FILES
Mary Lou Finlay, co-hosted the
famous As It Happens radio
show for eight years. In this book
she deals with serious issues
like the death of Princess Diana
and the Air India bombing and
the crazy guests that make the
show entertaining. $32.00
DON’T TURN
YOUR BACK IN
THE BARN
Veterinarian Dave
Perrin recalls his
unforgettable first
year as a vet in
rural British
Columbia. $23.95
HERBAL ANTIBIOTICS
Through indiscriminate use
of antibiotics humans have
created “superbugs”,
bacteria with resistance to
drugs. Stephen Buhner
offers evidence that plant
medicines offer alternatives
with their mix of antibiotic
compounds. $17.50
AGGIE’S STORMS
Grey County writer Donna Mann imagines the
turn-of-the-20th-century, Grey County childhood
that shaped the legendary Agnes Macphail,
Canada’s first woman member of parliament and
steadfast defender of rural life. $15.00
Undecided what book to get?
Pick up a gift certificate and let
them choose!