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  • The Luminous Vision

    Six Medieval Mystics and Their Teachings

    by Anne Bancroft ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Medieval Culture, Society, & Religion
    Mystical understanding transfigured Christianity in the Middle Ages and led to some of its most sublime prose and poetry. Originally published in 1982, this was the first book of its kind to bring together some of the medieval mystics and to relate the depths of their understanding to modern life and to world views. The author, a writer and broadcaster on modern mystics and on the mystical aspects ... Read more

    $142.90 CAD

  • Almost Family

    A Novel

    by Ann Bancroft ...
    Liz Millanova has stage four cancer, a grown daughter who doesn’t speak to her, and obsessive memories of a relationship that tore apart her marriage. She thinks of herself as someone who’d rather die than sit through a support group, but now that she actually is going to die, she figures she might as well give it a go.Mercy’s Thriving Survivors is a hospital-sponsored group held in a presumably ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Wisdom of the Buddha

    Heart Teachings in His Own Words

    by Anne Bancroft ...
    Series Book 12 - Shambhala Pocket Library
    A treasury of teachings, stories, and sayings in the words of the Buddha himself.In their essence, the Buddha’s teachings are concerned with a clear-eyed understanding of the reality of our suffering and pointing the way to freedom from that suffering. Here in all their power, as memorized word-for-word by his disciples and written down a millennium and a half ago, are the core teachings of the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • No Horizon Is So Far

    Two Women and Their Historic Journey across Antarctica

    by Liv Arnesen, Ann Bancroft, Cheryl Dahle ...
    The extraordinary story of the first two women to cross AntarcticaThe fascinating chronicle of Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft’s dramatic journey as the first two women to cross Antarctica, No Horizon Is So Far follows the explorers from the planning of their expedition through their brutal trek from the Norwegian sector all the way to McMurdo Station as they walked, skied, and ice-sailed for almost ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Canoeing with the Cree

    75th Anniversary Edition

    by Eric Sevareid ...
    In 1930 two novice paddlers—Eric Sevareid and Walter C. Port—launched a secondhand 18-foot canvas canoe into the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling for an ambitious summer-long journey from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay. Without benefit of radio, motor, or good maps, the teenagers made their way over 2,250 miles of rivers, lakes, and difficult portages. Nearly four months later, after shooting hundreds ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Buddha Speaks

    A Book of Guidance from the Buddhist Scriptures

    Edited by Anne Bancroft ...
    Here is the core of the Buddha’s teaching in his own words, as it was memorized word-for-word by his disciples and written down two hundred years after his death. These selections from the Buddhist scriptures deal with the search for truth, the way of contemplation, life and death, living in community, and many other topics, serving as an excellent small introduction to the Buddha’s teaching. ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

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    Skiing into the Bright Open

    My Solo Journey to the South Pole

    by Liv Arnesen ...
    Narrated by Ann Richardson ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 25 min

    In Skiing into the Bright Open Liv Arnesen describes the exhausting, exhilarating experience of being the first known woman to ski unsupported to the South Pole.From her childhood in Norway to the seasons she spent working as a guide on Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, Arnesen courted the cold, and her memoir reflects the knowledge and passion for Arctic and Antarctic ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • Lost in the Wild

    Danger and Survival in the North Woods

    by Cary J. Griffith ...
    In the wilderness, one false step can make the difference between a delightful respite and a brush with death.On a beautiful summer afternoon in 1998, Dan Stephens, a 22-year-old canoeist, was leading a trip deep into Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park. He stepped into a gap among cedar trees to look for the next portage—and did not return. More than four hours later, Dan awakened with a lump on ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Wilderness Secrets Revealed

    Adventures of a Survivor

    by André-François Bourbeau ...
    "Fire! Wake up! The shelter is on fire!"His students affectionately call him "Doc Survival." He's Quebec's Indiana Jones in a forest setting. Searching for the treasures of the wilderness has been his life-long quest; with passion as his only guide, he has dared to penetrate the forest on its own terms, facing increasingly difficult challenges in the hope of becoming nature's confidant, of ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Canoe in Canadian Cultures

    Edited by Bruce W. Hodgins, John Jennings, Doreen Small ...
    The canoe is a symbol unique to Canada. One of the greatest gifts of First Peoples to all those who came after, the canoe is Canada's most powerful icon. Within this Canexus II publication are a collection of essays by paddling enthusiasts and experts. Contributing authors include: Eugene Arima, Shanna Balazs, David Finch, Ralph Frese, Toni Harting, Bob Henderson, Bruce W. Hodgins, Bert Horwood, ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Along the Trail in Algonquin Park

    With Ralph Bice

    by Ralph Bice ...
    Along the Trail in Algonquin Park has delighted thousands of readers across Canada and the United States from the time of its first publication in the summer of 1980. This is the fourth reprint of the classic work by the late legendary outdoorsman, Ralph Bice of Kearney, Ontario. The writing is vintage Ralph Bice; a combination of unequalled park knowledge, remarkable outdoor adventures and ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • Paddling the Boreal Forest

    Rediscovering A.P. Low

    by Max Finkelstein, James Stone ...
    The boreal forest of Quebec/Labrador -- some of the most rugged and isolated land in Canada -- has captivated avid canoeists for generations. In the latter 19th and early 20th centuries, the intrepid A.P. Low of the Geological Survey of Canada spent, in total, more than ten years of his working life surveying the area. Employing Aboriginal canoemen and guides, he travelled by canoe, snowshoe and ... Read more

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