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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
BARNYARD GAMES &
PUZZLES
For kids who like the
farm this book contains
100 mazes, word
games, jokes and
riddles, brain teasers
and fun activities
illustrated with lots of
cartoon barnyard
animals. $13.50
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
BARN BUILDING — The Golden Age of
Barn Construction
Jon Radojkovik, author of Barns of the
Queen’s Bush explores his passion for
barns further exploring unique barns of all
shapes and sizes across Ontario, Canada
and eastern North America. $35.00
AT KNIT’S END:
Meditations for Women
who Knit Too Much
Humorous and philosophical
readings about knitting and
crafters. Quotes from
famous personalities often
trigger the meditations by
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee,
“The Yarn Harlot”. $13.95
BIRDING THE BRUCE
PENINSULA
For years Mike Pickup
shared his knowledge of
spring, summer, fall and
winter birding on the Bruce
Peninsula leading hikes of
the Bruce Birding Club. In
this book he provides a
written guide to birds and
locations. $13.00
CHOOSING AND KEEPING PIGS
A great introduction to the world
keeping pigs as a hobby, this book
deals with housing, feeding, disease
prevention and much more. As well,
you’ll learn about breeds even
seasoned pork farmers may not have
heard of. $19.95
BACKROADS OF ONTARIO
Ron Brown gives information and
directions to discover delightful
backroads and small towns and
villages across Ontario including some
in midwestern Ontario. $19.95
THE BACKYARD LUMBERJACK
Whether harvesting firewood or cutting
timber, cutting trees can be an important farm task. This book provides
the ultimate guide to felling, bucking, splitting and stacking wood. Tips to
keep you safe and save you time. $25.95
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WORKSHOPS YOU CAN BUILD
Whether you want a little
carpentry workshop, a gardening
workshop or a pottery or artist’s
studio, this book provides plans
and instructions. There are even
plans for compact workshops you
can build into a closet. $24.95
WOOD WORDS: a celebration
of forests
A collection of stories and poems
from 21 Bruce and Grey County
writers telling of woodlots handed
down generations, of pioneers,
about newcomers learning about
forests and poets protesting the
destruction of trees. $12.00
VENGEANCE OF THE BLACK
DONNELLYS
Thomas P. Kelly follows up his
story of the demise of the Donnelly
family with his tale of the results of
the curse put on the family’s killers
by Johannah Donnelly as she was
being murdered. $9.95
BARNS OF THE QUEEN’S BUSH
From pioneer log barns to elegantly
constructed timber-frame monsters, this
book illustrates and tells of the barns
that made the region flourish in
agriculture (most stories from Grey and
Bruce Counties). $34.99
MAILBOXES
Want to have a unique
mailbox? This books offers
20 step-by-step projects to
build your own or customize
a commercially-made
mailbox. $18.50
GREAT SCOTS! How the Scots
Created Canada
Immigrants from Scotland played
a huge role in shaping the
Canada we know now, from
exploring the country to
establishing early government to
the biggest businesses. $26.95
YET MORE TALES OF THE
UNUSUAL
Author Diane Madden returns
with more mysteries from
Midwestern Ontario history. Short
stories — 26 in all — tell of
everything from haunted houses
and ghost stories to rum-runners
and moonshiners. $9.95
STONE PRIMER
This large-format book, filled with
colour photographs, provides ideas
and techniques for incorporating
stone in and around your home.
Techniques for stone cutting,
building walls, walks, fireplaces,
fountains and more. $33.95
SUPER SALADS: Healing salads
for mind, body and soul
Go way beyond the idea of salad
being a few greens in a bowl.
Michael van Straten provides
recipes to build bones and
muscles, change your mood, even
warm winter days. $19.95
Undecided what
book to get?
Pick up a gift certificate and
let them choose!
CANADIAN LIVING SLOW
COOKER COLLECTION
Elizabeth Baird and the
Canadian Living Test Kitchen
help you make the most of
your slow cooker for
appetizers and drinks,
vegetables and side dishes
and even for desserts. $22.95
MAKING HAY WHILE
THE SUN SHINES
Humourist Bob Collins
brings more stories from
Hap and Edna
Fitzpatrick’s adventures
in a rural landscape
peopled with rich, true-to-
life characters with all the
quirks and foibles that
bring them to life. $18.95
RETIREMENT ROCKS: Canadian
Boomers Invest in Life
Retirement opens new possibilities
and this book provides practical
and sensible advice on re-charging
you attitude and re-designing your
life with revealing questions and
exercises. $24.95
ALFALFABET A TO Z
Help a youngster learn the alphabet and
learn about food and agriculture at the
same time with this colourfully illustrated
picture book. As well as learning the ABCs
youngsters will learn of everything from
farm animals to fruits and the bees that
pollinate them. $19.95
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009. PAGE 23.