Quebec Books

This book explains how to get every where as well as the history of these great places to visit. This book is a must for tourists to Montreal as well as locals. I would recommend it to all.

If you thought the scalp hunters were the Indians, guess again. This book reveals that the Indians were the HUNTED, and that one of the local chaplains was a scalp hunter. A well-written book packed with info.

Setting The Stage: Montreal Theatre 1920-1949 surveys Montreal's theatrical cultures and the part they played in the development of Canadian theatre. In this meticulous history Herbert Whittaker (one of Canada's foremost theatre critics) recreates the vibrancy of the Montreal theatre scene in the 1930s and 1940s, offering vivid portraits of actors, directors, producers, and highlighting the enriching interaction and tensions between francophone and anglophone artists at a time when both were struggling to establish a professional theatre presence. Setting The Stage is an informative, engaging, painstaking contribution to Canada's theatrical history and a highly recommended addition to academic and professional theatre reference collections.

From the Renaissance era down to the mid-19th century, terrestrial and celestial globes were not only instruments of science and education, but works of art and highly prized craftsmanship. In Sphaere Mundi: Early Globes At The Stewart Museum, Montreal, Edward Dahl and Jean-Francois Gauvin successfully collaborate to provide the reader with a history of the Dutch, English, French, Italian, German, and Swedish globes, drawing upon the holdings of the Stewart Museum in Montreal, Canada beginning with their earliest globe, circa 1533. The superbly written, thoroughly informative, totally engaging text is wonderfully enhanced for the reader's pleasure with 120 full color illustrations and charts the developments and changes in more than 300 years of globe making. Sphaere Mundi is "must" reading for students of cartography and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the history of science.

All of these streetwise maps are great. They focus on the downtowns of major cities- just where you probably are when you are walking around and need a quick reference. The size is perfect, and the plastic coating makes them extremely durable. I was in Montreal for over a month and had three local people ask me where I got the map - twice when I pulled it out on the Metro to review where I was going once I got off, once just on the street. As one person told me: "It doesn't look like a tourist map, I'd like one. Where did you get it?" The same thing happened twice in Paris last year with that map. Highly recommend!

This laminated map is a favorite. I purchased one for London and loved it, so I bought this one for our upcoming trip to Montreal. Unlike paper maps it can take the folding and refolding and still hold up great. While its size is larger, (pamphlet, about the size of a paper map)it still will fit in a purse or backback without a problem. The other bonus is the metro stations that are clearly marked on the map.

Globe & Mail
Style Section (Toronto edition) - Page L9

REQUIRED READING
By Cecily Ross
Saturday, January 17, 2004

Taste of Montreal: Tracking Down the Foods of the World
By Barry Lazar (Véhicule Press, 270 pages, $13.95) ISBN: 1-55065-175-7

This compact guide to the culinary smorgasbord of Montreal is much more than a resource for residents of and visitors to Canada's second largest city. It is an invaluable addition to any food lover's library.

Montreal Gazette food writer Barry Lazar has compiled a fun and informative alphabetical listing of foods from around the world, all of which can be found on the streets of his native city. Beginning with anchovies and ending with zershk (dried red barberries used in Iran), each entry explains the provenance of the food, where it can be found in the city and an enticing recipe.

There are foods listed that I have never heard of and am determined to seek out in Toronto -- for instance, knafé, a large Armenian pancake made from semolina and smothered in sweet ricotta-like cheese. Or salicorne, a delicious briny plant grown in salt marshes that I've only encountered on the West Coast, where it is called samphire.

Lazar writes about such Quebec classics as poutine and bagels, and about delicacies such as truffles and fines herbes, but he's no food snob. My favourite entry is on bacon bits: "Like eating Styrofoam chips made with a dash of salt and hickory smoke." But what the heck. In a burst of populist enthusiasm he includes his own recipe for a sandwich involving a bagel, peanut butter and ketchup, sprinkled with a layer of "fako bacos." He's right. "The King would have loved it."

My husnand and I recently spent our honeymoon in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada and enjoyed very much many of the places recommended in Traveler's Eastern Canada Companion. Hotels, restaurants, points of interest: this guidebook helped to make our trip one that we will remember fondly for years.

Jennifer Petrela

This is an excellent critique of nominalist and extreme nominalist views regarding universals, and a strong defense of the realist position. This should be required reading for everyone studying metaphysics. While arguing persuasively for his position, Moreland fairly and comprehensively explains every major position in this dispute (which is foundational to the rest of philosophy). It is perhaps too advanced for all but the most dedicated undergraduates, but it is accessible to graduate level students with little previous training in philosophy. Numerous charts illustrate key distinctions and make the book particularly helpful for reviewing the competing positions.

Dr. Moreland is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Biola University, where he teaches in the MA Philosophy of Religion and Ethics program.

This book is part of Mc-Gill-Queen's University Press' Central Problems of Philosophy series.

Anyone one who has ever dreamed of making a long canoe voyage will enjoy this book! It also gives one an idea of what life was like when the account was written.

it is abut the fighting between england and france over canda. it is a read worth your time