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PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009.
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
BREWING MADE EASY
Imagine offering guests your
own home brew. This book
provides information from
brewing your first batch of beer
to creating your own recipes.
Information on equipment,
instructions on making beer
and recipes for different beers
and ales. $10.95
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
THE ORGANIC LAWN
CARE MANUAL
The ban on pesticide use on
lawns doesn’t mean you can’t
have a good-looking lawn.
This 270-page manual
provides information on how
to have a healthy lawn,
identify pests and control
them. $26.95
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
MA, I’M A FARMER
Fred didn’t like his city job so he
decided to become a farmer. But
things proved tougher than he
thought so he added hi-tech
gizmos to his farm. Michael
Martchenko writes and illustrates
his story. $6.95
RIVERS OF OIL: The
Founding of North
America’s Petroleum
Industry
Hope Morritt tells the stories of
the discovery of oil in Lambton
County in the 1850s and the
people who created the
petroleum industry in North
America. $19.95
FUELING THE FUTURE
Two Canadians, Andrew Heintzman and Evan Solomon pull
together articles from some of the world’s top commentators on the
energy situation and “how the battle over energy is changing
everything.” $37.95