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  • Canada's World Wonders

    by Ron Brown ...
    Take a journey across Canada to visit our world-renowned natural and historic landmarks.With Canada's World Wonders, you'll visit Banff National Park, the first link in a vast network of natural parks and heritage sites that has grown to include Old Quebec, the Rideau Canal, and the Fortress of Louisbourg. UNESCO World Heritage Sites, such as Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in Alberta and the Gwaii ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From Queenston to Kingston

    The Hidden Heritage of Lake Ontario's Shoreline

    by Ron Brown ...
    Whether you hike, bike, ride the rails, or drive, the shore of Lake Ontario can yield a treasure trove of heritage sites and natural beauty -- if you know where to look.Travel with Ron Brown as he probes the shoreline of the Canadian side of Lake Ontario to discover its hidden heritage. Explore "ghost ports," forgotten coves, historical lighthouses, rumrunning lore, and even the location of a top ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lake Erie Shore

    Ontario's Forgotten South Coast

    by Ron Brown ...
    The Lake Erie shoreline has born witness to some of Ontario's earliest history, yet remains largely unspoiled. Much of the area's natural features - the wetlands, the Carolinian forests - and its built heritage - fishing ports and military ramparts - provide much of interest for vistors to the region.Ron Brown has traversed this most southern coast line in Ontario, fleshing out forgotten stories ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rails Across Ontario

    Exploring Ontario's Railway Heritage

    by Ron Brown ...
    Rails Across Ontario will take the reader back to a time when the railway ruled the economy and the landscape.Read about historic stations, railway museums, heritage train rides, and historic bridges. Follow old rail lines along Ontario's most popular rail trails. Find out where steam engines still puff across farm fields and where historic train coaches lead deep into the wilds of Ontario's ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dundurn Railroad 5-Book Bundle

    In Search of the Grand Trunk / Rails Across the Prairies / Rails Across Ontario / The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore / Rails to the Atlantic

    by Ron Brown ...
    Ron Brown is Canada’s leading literary authority on the history of Canada’s railways, particularly those now-lost branches from the golden age of steam that once ran like veins and arteries throughout the country. This special five-book bundle collects several of his titles, including: In Search of the Grand Trunk, which takes a close look at Ontario’s railway heritage in the late 19th and early ... Read more

    $27.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Behind Bars

    Inside Ontario's Heritage Gaols

    by Ron Brown ...
    Travel across Ontario and pay a visit to Ontario's nearly 50 heritage jails. Built before the modern era of the OPP, they range in size from single cell lockups to massive monuments such as the Kingston Pen and the Don Jail. Although Spartan inside, many are architectural wonders on the outside and have been declared heritage buildings. A few have been converted to museums and show the harsh ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In Search of the Grand Trunk

    Ghost Rail Lines in Ontario

    by Ron Brown ...
    Explore Ontario's forgotten rail lines and experience the legacy and lore of this the vital railway era of Ontario's history. At its peak between 1880 and the 1920s, Ontario was criss-crossed by more than 20,000 kilometres of rail trackage. Today , only a fraction remains. Yet trains once hauled everything from strawberries to grain, cans of milk and even eels. Villagers depended on trains to ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Toronto's Lost Villages

    by Ron Brown ...
    Explore the vestiges of the hamlets and villages that have been swallowed up by Toronto’s relentless growth.Over the course of more than two centuries, Toronto has ballooned from a muddy collection of huts on a swampy waterfront to Canada’s largest and most diverse city. Amid (and sometimes underneath) this urban agglomeration are the remains of many small communities that once dotted the region ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

    An Illustrated History of Railway Stations in Canada

    by Ron Brown ...
    Brown celebrates the survival of our railway heritage in stations that have been saved or remain in use.Despite the "green" benefits of rail travel, Canada has lost much of its railway heritage. Across the country stations have been bulldozed and rails ripped up. Once the heart of communities large and small, stations and tracks have left little more than a gaping hole in Canada’s landscapes. This ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dundurn Railroad Bundle

    In Search of the Grand Trunk / Rails Across Ontario / Rails Across the Prairies / The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

    by Ron Brown ...
    Series series
    Ron Brown is Canada’s leading literary authority on the history of Canada’s railroads, particularly those now-lost branches from the golden age of steam that once ran like veins and arteries throughout the country. This special four-book bundle collects several of his titles, including: the poignant The Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, an examination of the railroad’s impact on communities – when ... Read more

    $22.39 CAD

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    Much Ado About Nothing

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Narrated by Lillian Rachel, Claudia Anglade, a full cast, Ron Altman, Dara Brown, Emma Faye, Cate Barratt, Linda Barrans, Alan Weyman, Catherine Bilson, Gary MacFadden, Kendra Murray, John Burlinson, P. J. Morgan ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 44 min

    Much Ado About Nothing appears to have been written around 1599, shortly before As You Like It and Twelfth Night. The action combines two narrative threads: the spirited comedy of the courtship of Benedick and Beatrice, and the sombre tale of confused love between Hero and Claudio. The first is a creation by Shakespeare and the second appears to have been drawn from an Italian source, either by ... Read more

    $20.54 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

  • Twisted Philosophy

    by Ron Brown ...
    Twisted Philosophy: A Journey into Ethics, Epistemology, and MetaphysicsAre you ready to challenge the way you think? In Twisted Philosophy, Ron Brown takes readers on an eye-opening journey through the depths of human thought, morality, and existence. This book blends philosophical essays, ethical analysis, and logical reasoning to explore questions that shape how we live and understand the world ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus