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  • And a Bottle of Rum, Revised and Updated

    A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails

    by Wayne Curtis ...
    Now revised, updated, and with new recipes, And a Bottle of Rum tells the raucously entertaining story of this most American of liquorsFrom the grog sailors drank on the high seas in the 1700s to the mojitos of Havana bar hoppers, spirits and cocktail columnist Wayne Curtis offers a history of rum and the Americas alike, revealing that the homely spirit once distilled from the industrial waste of ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Last Great Walk

    The True Story of a 1909 Walk from New York to San Francisco, and Why it MattersToday

    by Wayne Curtis ...
    In 1909, Edward Payson Weston walked from New York to San Francisco, covering around 40 miles a day and greeted by wildly cheering audiences in every city. The New York Times called it the *"*first bona-fide walk ... across the American continent," and eagerly chronicled a journey in which Weston was beset by fatigue, mosquitos, vicious headwinds, and brutal heat. He was 70 years old.In The Last ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $11.99 CAD

  • Our December Guest

    Maritime Christmas Stories

    by Wayne Curtis ...
    In Our December Guest, Wayne Curtis once again draws on his own experiences to craft nineteen stories of autumn and winter life in rural New Brunswick in an age gone by. Authentic and true in every detail, his characters combine the strength and resilience required to eke out a living from the woods and the rivers as well as a sensitivity to the beauty of nature and an appreciation of the arts. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Wild Apples

    Field Notes from a River Farm

    by Wayne Curtis ...
    There is a dreamlike quality to many of the stories in this new collection from Wayne Curtis. In Wild Apples, he returns to familiar themes of love and longing, and the push-pull emotions which inevitably accompany any attempt to break free of the ties that bind. Simple pleasures abound in these evocative stories, be it fishing on the river, gathering beans for an evening supper (are they beans or ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

  • River People

    by Wayne Curtis ...
    River People is Wayne Curtis’s collection of short stories set in the Miramichi River Valley of New Brunswick. As always, he brings his keen observation and insights to his writing, describing the landscape and the inhabitants with candour but also a heartfelt empathy, for this is territory of both land and soul with which he is so familiar.Curtis chronicles the disappointment of a refined British ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Of Earthly and River Things: An Angler's Memoir

    An Angler's Memoir

    by Wayne Curtis ...
    “One could do worse than to grow up on a river.” In his new collection of essays, Wayne Curtis voyages back through the tributaries of his past, throwing a pastoral net over the backwaters of his childhood to ensnare the sepia-tinged moments of love, loss, and life lessons he gleaned through his rise to maturity on the waterways of New Brunswick. As Proust recalled his past through the delicate ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Winter Road

    by Wayne Curtis ...
    Winter Road is the latest collection of short stories by one of Canada's most gifted and accomplished storytellers. An award-winning master craftsman of short fiction, Wayne Curtis takes us on a journey from early schooldays to old age, all in a singular rural New Brunswick setting of times gone by.Here are illuminating stories of love, heartbreak, daydreams, and expectations – fulfilled and ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Fishing the High Country

    A Memoir of the River

    by Wayne Curtis ...
    The timeless story of an always-moving river.From the first sentence, "I come from a long line of river people," to the last, "Bad luck to kill a moose bird," Wayne Curtis signals that this book occupies the territory of a classic, a lyrical memoir of a river and those who submit to its call.New Brunswick's Miramichi River is one of the most entrancing salmon rivers in the world. In Fishing the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Homecoming: The Road Less Travelled

    by Wayne Curtis ...
    In these 13 carefully crafted short stories, Wayne Curtis explores the theme of homecoming, literally, spiritually, and metaphorically, and the many interpretations of the word “home.” The varied characters discover that home can be found in sometimes unlikely places. In “Night Riders” two teenagers find it on the highway in a stolen car, escaping an abusive institution, bonded together through ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Stimulati Experience

    9 Skills for Getting Past Pain, Setbacks, and Trauma to Ignite Health and Happiness

    by Jim Curtis ...
    Narrated by Roger Wayne ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 7 min

    For over twenty years, Jim Curtis has battled a mysterious chronic illness. He grew accustomed to living in pain, denial, and despair. But when traditional medical therapies didn't help, he sought answers elsewhere. He traveled the world and met a group of extraordinary people he calls The Stimulati—and what he learned from them ultimately changed his life.In The Stimulati Experience, Jim outlines ... Read more

    Was $35.99 CAD Now $28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    And a Bottle of Rum

    A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails

    by Wayne Curtis ...
    Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 7 min

    And a Bottle of Rum tells the raucously entertaining story of America as seen through the bottom of a drinking glass. With a chapter for each of ten cocktails, Wayne Curtis reveals that the homely spirit once distilled from the industrial waste of the exploding sugar trade has managed to infiltrate every stratum of New World society.Curtis takes us from the taverns of the American colonies, where ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Plant Cell and Tissue Culture for the Production of Food Ingredients

    Edited by Gurmeet Singh, Wayne R. Curtis, Tong-Jen Fu ...
    Commercial development of cultured-derived food ingredients has attracted interna tional interest. As consumers have become more health conscious in recent years, the de mand for natural food ingredients and disease-preventative phytochemicals has increased tremendously. Plant Cell and Tissue Culture provides an alternative method for controlled production of these products. A wide range of food ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD