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Seen from any high rock outcrop or office building in Yellowknife, the wild landscape north of town rolls gently away, flat to the horizon, in typical Canadian Shield style. Scattered amidst this undulating plain of rock are a few pronounced domes and ridges that look almost out of place. One of the highest and most accessible of these promontories is Ranney Hill, an isolated mound of volcanic rock that rises like a dark fortress above a sea of pink granite...Few hikes in the Yellowknife region offer such a vivid display of the more violent episodes in the area's story of creation..."

How can I get to Ranney Hill? What interesting birds or plants might I see along the way? Could my kids handle this trail? How long will it take to get there and back? Should I take my fishing rod?

Your worries are over. In your hands are the answers to such often asked questions about Ranney Hill plus a dozen other natural hot spots found in Yellowknife and along the Ingraham Trail, a 70 kilometre gateway into a vast subarctic wilderness. Aimed at tourists, students, rockhounds, bird-watchers, tree-huggers--basically anyone with even the faintest interest in northern nature--Yellowknife Outdoors is written in a non-technical, light-hearted style that will help make these gems your own.

An environmental consultant and intrepid naturalist, Jamie Bastedo has authored numerous publications on northern natural history and resource management. His most recent book, Shield Country: The Life and Times of the Oldest Piece of the Planet was hailed by Canadian Geographic as "A celebration of one person's love for an essential Canadian place. It is an entertaining and enjoyable read that will interest teachers, students and travellers alike." Described as "Yellowknife's answer to David Suzuki," Jamie brings his spirit of celebration to the pages of this guide as he takes you on a personal tour of special places close to his heart..
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ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year finalist - Nature Books, 2003

Alberta Book Cover Design of the Year Nominee

In this spirited mix of humor, science and adventure, naturalist Jamie Bastedo takes you on an uncommon romp through snow. Share in the quest of early snow scientists to unravel snow's many riddles:

• Meet a madcap balloonist who risked it all to inspect snowstorms five miles up.
• Join snow ecologists as they gauge the importance of snow in shaping the lives of plants and animals.
• Pull your hair out with urban leaders, road crews, and train engineers as they do battle with paralyzing piles of snow.
• Discover the imprint of snow on native languages and some of our best art and literature.
• Explore the outer limits of snow-based recreation.
• And follow in Bastedo's foot, ski and snowshoe tracks as he guides you across creaking glaciers, through hushed evergreen forests and over frozen arctic seas in a playful exploration of the many facets and meanings of snow.

As inspirational as it is informative, this light-hearted book will appeal to anyone with even the slightest curiosity about that white stuff you will never again call "plain old snow.".
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'The Healthy Dog Book' is a fully comprehensive guide to caring for your dog and maintaining its well-being with home-cooking and homeopathy 'I thoroughly recommend this book which is a must for people who are devoted to their canine friends. It is bursting with information and things of interest.' - Francis Hunter, Vet MFHon MRCVS, Chairman of the British Homeopathic Association.
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Grizzly!
The very word triggers a host of descriptions given to this awesome creature: savage predator, walking nightmare, animal monarch Rising above these labels is a creature that embodies all that is wild and mysterious in the animal kingdom. Wildest and most mysterious is the arctic grizzly that lives on the far northern tundra.

Tracking Triple Seven gives you a "bear's_eye view" of the world of this little known animal. Witness the birth of three tiny cubs in a frozen tundra den. Feast with a grizzly on a land exploding with blueberries. Share in the troubles and triumphs of a bear family's quest to claim its rightful place in the biggest wilderness on earth. And join Benji, a city slicker kid who visits his father's arctic diamond mine for the first time.

Benji's adventures take off when he accidentally joins a team of grizzly bear biologists and their Inuk pilot. Together they mix cutting-edge technology with good old bush wisdom in a death-defying search for "The Real Grizzly" of the arctic barrens..
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Alberta Children's/Young Adult Book of the Year winner 2007

White Ravens: International Youth Library selection of outstanding books, 2007

ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards Honorable Mention - Young Adult Fiction 2006

Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2007

Ashley Anowiak is in search of a murderous polar bear that may be real or mythical. The only thing for certain is that what she discovers will change her life - and her community's - forever.

In spite of its name, no one in the tiny troubled hamlet of Nanurtalik "the place with polar bears" can remember seeing a polar bear in decades. But when a teenager's dismembered body is discovered on a nearby ice road, everyone fears polar bears have returned. The community is thrown into chaos as another suspected bear attack sparks a flury of bullets that whiz through the town during a blinding four-day blizzard. Was it a real or phantom bear? No one can say for sure.

Ashley Anowiak is swept into this storm of confusion by her special link with polar bears expressed through the magic of her art and the terror of her dreams. She finds herself on the trail of Nanurluk, a giant bear that has haunted her people for thousands of years.

Ashley's bear hunt leads from the frozen catacombs beneath Itkiqtuqjuaq to the jumbled ice fields covering the Arctic Ocean. As she closes in on the bear, Ashley's inner and outer worlds are torn apart, leaving her desperate for any stability she can find.

This is the story of a gifted northern youth struggling to find her true home in a fast-changing arctic, where culture, climate and landscape seem to be crumbling all around her.

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An introspective and humorous account of a middle-aged man's efforts to transform his life and answer the perennial question: Is that all there is?.
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THE HEALTHY CAT BOOK is the complete guide to caring for your cat the natural way. Using Alexandra Bastedo's years of experience looking after her many cats on her animal sanctuary near Chichester, this book deals with every aspect of your cat's life from kittenhood to old age. Brought to life by Pollyanna Pickering's beautiful cat illustrations, this is the complete guide to keeping your cat in good health. Lively, informative and packed full of facts and healthy hints, this is the ideal book for every cat owner..
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Can a senior living in a care facility with ninety other residents be socially isolated? Certainly Social isolation is not only about being alone or having visitors It is also about having choices respected and having opportunities to start or keep meaningful relationships. This handbook provides a unique opportunity to hear seniors talk about their lives in care facilities. It will help seniors, their families and friends, care-facility staff, volunteers and management, and governments better understand what seniors living in care facilities feel is important in their lives..
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