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In this richly illustrated compendium, Winston Fraser and a dozen guest contributors showcase more than 50 of Canada's 50, 000+ islands. In this collection, every region of the country - from coast to coast to coast - is represented. The variety of styles used in the photo-essays makes this a most enjoyable read.

This book provides a close-up, candid and sometimes comical look at life inside IBM during the company's glory days. It follows one man's career from the punched card period, through the UPC-initiated retailing revolution to the era of the personal computer. This small town farm boy's unlikely story is punctuated by recollections of contemporari

All of the foregoing experiences have now culminated in the creation of Illustrated Holy Scriptures - a project that has been on the back burner for several years. During that time, I built up a personalized list of Bible verses from the New International Version (NIV) and selected photos from my personal collection with which to illustrate them. This book contains an arbitrary selection of approximately 200 Bible verses, starting with the ope...

This book chronicles the fascinating lives and careers of a much loved and highly respected Cookshire (Quebec) couple who passed away 50 years ago. Descendants of English and Scottish emigrants who were pioneers in the white settlement of Compton County, John French and Dorothy MacLeod are remembered for their love of family, their contributions to the community and their generosity to all. Although they were childless, their love extended to ...

This book documents in real-time the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic and describes its enormous impacts on every aspect of our society. Through an engaging combination of facts, figures and personal experiences, it offers a Canadian perspective on the "coronaquake" that has shaken the entire world.

In this eclectic collection of photographs, Winston Fraser redefines the scope of landscapephotography. He shares a visual smorgasbord of some 40 different types of "scapes" fromMOUNTAINscapes, SEAscapes and SNOWscapes to TUNDRAscapes, RUINSscapes andSTEEPLEscapes. Amassed over a period of 65 years, Fraser's images feature subjectsphotographed in his native Eastern Townships, across North America and in the wider world.

This is the story of a farm like no other. Officially designated as "Range 8 parts of Lots 9 and 10" of Eaton Township, Cookshire's Pine Hill Farm is unique in so many ways: its geographic features, the great variety of crops grown, the Noah's ark collection of animals raised, and the unusual woodpecker-like shape of the property.It is also the story of the five generations of the Bailey-Fraser family, who farmed this land over a period that s...

Endangered Species of Country Life takes the reader on a very special journey. For those of the younger generation, who have grown up with the Internet, the iPad and the smartphone, this book will lead you on a fascinating voyage of discovery. For those who are a bit longer in the tooth, the book will usher you on an odyssey of nostalgia and reminiscence. But regardless of whether your years are fourteen, forty or fourscore and ten, you are su...