How to Be a Canadian
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Informative Book about people behaviour
  • A book that will make you laugh, but not one you willl learn a lot from...
  • A Canadian primer for outsiders, with tongue firmly in cheek
  • funny
  • A Refreshing Look at Canadian Lifestyle
How to Be a Canadian
Will Ferguson , and Ian Ferguson
Manufacturer: Douglas & McIntyre
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ASIN: 1550548913

Book Description

It isn’t always easy being Canadian, according to Will Ferguson, but it can be a lot of fun. Asked to write a follow-up to his runaway bestseller Why I Hate Canadians, Ferguson, who’s Canadian himself, recruited his brother Ian — comedy writer and executive producer of the Canadian series Sin City and a Canadian too — to create this ultimate guide to the country's cultural quirks. The result is a hilarious inside look at that unique species, the Canadian, and their thoughts on such diverse subjects as beer, sex, dating rituals, sports, politics, religion, social rules — and, of course, their trademark death-defying search for the middle of any road.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Informative Book about people behaviour.......2007-05-13

Despite the comedy its a book full of information ABOOT Canada :)

4 out of 5 stars A book that will make you laugh, but not one you willl learn a lot from..........2007-03-17

"How to be a Canadian", written by Will and Ian Ferguson (both Canadian), is a short book that aims at making you laugh by making fun of some stereotypes regarding Canada and Canadians.

I must confess that I thought that some parts of this book were a bit boring. On the other hand, I couldn't help but laugh when the authors say that their "sophisticated sense of self-identity (namely, that as Canadians, Canadians are, in fact, Canadian) is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg. More important still is what Canadians aren't: American". I also liked the way in which Will and Ian give strange examples in order to help the reader to understand Canadian media, or when they wisely point out that "one of the most important aspects of assimilating into a particular culture is getting interested in the national obsession" (that is, hockey), among other things.

On the whole, I believe that "How to be a Canadian" is a book that will make you laugh, but not one you willl learn a lot from. All the same, and provided you take that into account, recommended....

Belen Alcat

5 out of 5 stars A Canadian primer for outsiders, with tongue firmly in cheek.......2007-01-04

Being Canadian (I am not, but know a few who are) is clearly as odd a thing as being any other nationality, but with the distinction that Canadians define themselves more often by what they are not (i.e., overly cultured, overly ambitious, American, French (if you live outside Quebec), English (if you don't) etc, etc). Canadians have a reputation for reticence about themselves, which leads many people (most often those who live right next door in a place that actively exports its ideas) regrettably not to know much about them.

So this book mines a rich seam of eccentric humor in many different ways (there is an entire chapter on "Eh?", for one). It reads like a series of stand-alone humorous pieces - which also makes it perfect for reading episodically while seated - if you get my drift.

It is, in effect, an "Idiot's Guide" type of book, but has the merit of not attempting to be an encyclopedia, which suits the material very well, and allows for interesting anecdotes both about Canada and about the process of writing the book.

There are many parts that made me laugh really hard, the chapter on Canadian cuisine for one. I can confirm that much of what is written is very accurate from my own observation. And the overall effect, while obviously needing to be funny and light reading, gives outsiders a really helpful quick study of the mystery of Canada and Canadians in particular.

Highly recommended.

4 out of 5 stars funny.......2006-12-22

Very funny, even though I was expecting to learn something different with this book but it kept me reading it with a smile.

5 out of 5 stars A Refreshing Look at Canadian Lifestyle.......2006-02-27

This book did not only generate some chuckles. I was laughing out loud all through this! It's witty, upfront and very real. Will and Ian have presented a fascinating look at Canadian life...from the perspective of two of our funniest! How to Be a Canadian looks at everything about us from a highly amusing yet down-to-earth and completely believable way. Thanks for blabbing about us, guys!
How to Move to Canada: A Primer for Americans
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • If you're moving to Canada, read this book!
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How to Move to Canada: A Primer for Americans
Terese Loeb Kreuzer , and Carol Bennett
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
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ASIN: 0312349866
Release Date: 2006-08-22

Book Description

Until November 2, 2004, moving to Canada was little more than a punchline. By November 3, however, the concept had sharpened into something more tangible and imperative, and on the morning after Election Day, American visitors to Canadas immigration website set a new daily record, rising from an average 20,000 hits to 115,000 hitsan increase of six hundred per cent. But while residents of blue states may have felt a pull to our northern neighbors, How to Move to Canada is not a political book. Instead, it is a straightforward, friendly, informative handbook that delivers on its promiseproviding readers with a thorough understanding of Canadian residency and naturalization processes. It also gives readers a more realistic appreciation of what Canada has to offer Americans and a comprehensive list of resources to consult for more information. How to Move to Canada is unique because its useful and makes the move north feel possible, finally supplying all interested readers with a more clear understanding of everything Americans need to make the move.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars If you're moving to Canada, read this book!.......2007-08-01

This is the most thoroughly readable how-to book I have seen on moving to Canada. It is practical and authoritative and has helped my quest for emigration greatly. It's a good investment and the perfect 'starter' book for anyone with thoughts of becoming an ex-pat by moving north of the border.

5 out of 5 stars Great Idea.......2007-07-03

So much easier to comprehend than all the different Canadian websites on immigration. Also useful for everyone interested in the transition- singles, couples, careerists, the highly educated and anyone else.

4 out of 5 stars Useful, pleasant, and to the point.......2007-03-30

I found this book reasonably useful as a means of learning how the immigration process works for Canada. You could certainly research all this info on the Internet yourself, but it would be a bother. The author points out some common and potentially serious mistakes that applicants often make on their paperwork.

Also, she herself is an American immigrant to Canada, and speaks from experience and from the American perspective, which makes this book superior to another of its type, "Living and Working in Canada" which was written by a British citizen for an audience of non-North Americans.

4 out of 5 stars Pretty good overview.......2007-03-09

The authors give good information about all of Canada's provinces. I would have liked to see more in the way of practical advice, including those who are interested in purchasing real estate but not necessarily intent on immigrating. But I liked it for all that, and recommend it to anyone interested in living in Canada.

5 out of 5 stars Valuable information for potential immigrants.......2007-01-10

Great book, comprehensive and well-written. Tipped us off to a Customs regulation (it involves inventorying your entire household, including counting your socks!) that caused us to abort our plan to move to Canada. Wish we'd had this book earlier, we would have saved thousands of dollars in fees and two years of my life.
How to Choose?: A Comparison of the U.S. and Canadian Health Care Systems (Policy, Politics, Health, and Medicine Series)
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    How to Make a Garden: The 7 Essential Steps for the Canadian Gardener
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      Marjorie Harris
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      Release Date: 2007-03-06

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      From Canada’s leading garden expert comes a unique and practical step-by-step guide to creating the garden of your dreams.

      With her inimitable charm and boundless knowledge, noted gardener and author Marjorie Harris establishes the template for creating the garden that is right for your tiny urban plot, barren suburban tract, overgrown meadow, condo roof or balcony. Packed with practical advice, helpful sidebars and attractive photographs, How to Make a Garden takes you through Marjorie’s seven essential steps to garden-making – the culmination of twenty-five years of her experience.

      Gardening is all about balance: creating shady patches and hot spots, combining exuberant jungles and tailored edges, making social areas and solitary spaces, planting tall trees and delicate groundcovers. To craft a living mosaic requires contemplation and planning: Marjorie calls this unique and necessary step “pregardening.” Once you’ve tackled this thoughtful stage, How to Make a Garden shows you how to create a solid soil foundation for your plantings, establish just the right garden style for you and your site, draw a garden map, select the perfect plants with the indispensable plant list, plant them correctly, and maintain the health and vibrancy of your garden. Marjorie understands all the pitfalls and anxieties gardeners experience, and she counters them with clear-headed, lively advice that is never intimidating and always creative. How to Make a Garden is essential and inspiring reading for every gardener and would-be gardener.

      “This book is for people who are baffled by empty spaces, cowed by weeds and longing to have something gorgeous to look at. It’s also for people who have lovely gardens but need to be reminded of the basics – the core ideas that make a garden truly successful.”
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      The Town That Forgot How to Breathe: A Novel
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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      • Totally bizarre but fun!
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      • Tedious
      The Town That Forgot How to Breathe: A Novel
      Kenneth J. Harvey
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      With no more cod to fish, Bareneed, the setting of Kenneth J. Harvey's powerfully eerie The Town That Forgot How to Breathe, has become another Newfoundland outport village on the wane. As one character laments, "Bareneed, once a lively and warm place, now stank of drabness and heartbreak." It's not much of a magnet for tourists, but it has attracted two visitors for the summer: a fisheries officer and his young daughter. Deeply pained by the recent break-up of his marriage, Joseph fails to notice the more curious aspects of the town. It takes him a while to hear about the townsfolk who've been dropping dead for no apparent reason. He's also slow to realize that his daughter Robin's new playmate is the ghost of a drowned girl. When he and Robin find an "exceptionally ugly" sculpin at the end of their fishing line, Joseph again tries to stay calm. But then he takes a closer look at his catch. "Feeling his fingers turn warm while he tried to disengage the hook," Harvey writes, "Joseph whisked them away. Flesh-coloured fluid seeped from the sculpin's wide mouth. A solid object began edging out as he wiped his fingers on his pants--a flesh-coloured sculpted orb, topped with something that resembled hair, matted in mucousy clumps." The porcelain doll's head that emerges from the fish is one in a series of unsettling sights in Harvey's book. As more and more objects are expelled from the sea, Bareneed's most painful secrets come to the surface.

      By setting his story in this desolate Atlantic locale, Harvey seeks to do more than add regional flavour to a Stephen King-style tale of an ordinary community plagued by inexplicable events. Instead, the terrors that Harvey describes are rooted in very real psychological and societal traumas. What makes The Town That Forgot How to Breathe so cunning is the way Harvey uses the horror genre as the basis for a provocative defence of Newfoundland's imperiled cultural traditions. Even though his ornate prose style can sometimes get waterlogged in the scenes between the shocks, Harvey has created a book that is as compelling as it is unique. --Jason Anderson

      Book Description

      Something strange is happening in the seaside town of Bareneed. Mythical creatures are being pulled from the sea, perfectly preserved corpses of long-lost villagers are washing up on the shore, and residents of the town are suddenly overcome by a mysterious illness that is making them forget how to breathe.

      A page-turning gothic thriller reminiscent of H. P. Lovecraft, The Town That Forgot How to Breathe is "a novel of dazzling ambition and strange, haunting loveliness. . . . An absolute triumph of the storyteller's art" (Joseph O'Connor, author of Star of the Sea).

      Customer Reviews:

      3 out of 5 stars Depends upon what you expect..........2007-09-27

      While the quoted blurb on the back cover intrigued me by referencing Lovecraft, it took me about ten minutes of reading to realize that the author of the quote could not actually be familiar with either HPL or "The Town that Forgot to Breathe"...and, quite possibly, with neither.

      No, this book has much more similarity to Stephen King...and while the later New England horror-writer was without doubt inspired by the earlier, their sympathies could not be more different. Lovecraft wrote of bookish scholars confronting alien powers, and quietly revered a certain elitist nobility that has failed to endear him overmuch to readers more swayed by literature that aims to speak to 'the common man'.

      King, on the other hand, is often at his best when he portrays the more-or-less modern, more-or-less small town setting. He knows about working class people who are out of work, and he knows about middle-class people who are growing more or less out of touch with their roots. It is precisely this human perception, in addition to a master's grasp of the technique of narrative, that allows King to tower above the rank and file of modern genre writers. We may quiver in the night over his bloody clowns and monster movie remakes, but if the works stay with us at all, it is because his characters and settings ring rich and true.

      Kenneth J. Harvey has even more of this power. It is somewhat of a shame that anyone familiar with King will be unable to avoid making easy comparisons (as I have just done). Harvey's setting is nearly stereotypical King: a depressed Northwestern coastal fishing town beset by the supernatural. His characters, like many from King's pages, include a colorful and keenly authentic cross-section of wise old-timers, small-town (forgive the phrase)'white trash', and often adrift middle-age professionals...not to mention the obligatory police and military interlopers.

      However, where King shows the cancerous effects of the supernatural on his characters (a recurring Lovecraft theme), Harvey takes almost the opposite stance. It is humanity's disease which afflicts these townsfolk, technology and progress which have sapped the vitality and magic of the community. The ill omens of supernatural danger occur not because man has foolishly dared to come too close to mysterious things, but because he has strayed too far from them.

      Without doubt, this is an ideologically motivated work. Some may dismiss it, seeing a misguided nostalgia for a simpler time, and some may welcome it as an ode to traditional virtues of community and locale. One may feel that it gently preaches, and affirm or rebel as suits their temperament.

      The author makes missteps and sometimes fails to deliver on his promises. It's easy for us to say that a tighter editing would have resulted in a stronger work, and possibly a slightly shorter one...perhaps Harvey was trying to include a little too much and despaired of bringing it all together at the end. In trying to strike a balance between comfort and complexity, it is easy to drop a few threads along the way; many and more well-known authors have had the same problems, and vastly more have failed to produce anything as uniquely engrossing and enchanting as this book.

      This is just barely able to be called a work of horror. Do not buy this because you've read everything else in the genre and need your horror fix (though it will serve a more specific Stephen King addiction, and offers a touch more substance than anything he's produced in the last thirty years). It is barely even a work of 'modern fantasy' (and by this I mean the many dreary books which have fairies talking on cell phones, or witches working at publishing houses). It is well worth reading, mainly because it is well-written and memorable and speaks Newfie like a native.

      Read this, instead, if you want to smell salt air and hear the sound of the ocean at night. Read this if you want to reflect on the dangers of too much progress and the decay of small-town strength and wisdom. Read this if you've ever deliciously shuddered at the thought of mysteries of unseen depths that have nothing to do with man-eating sharks and lost undersea civilizations.

      Just drop your expectations at the door and curl up with nothing more, and nothing less, than a good book that is both eerie and thoughtful. You'll find it easy to forgive a little clumsiness at times, because the rest is as satisfying as homemade soup and an old book of true true fairy tales.

      4 out of 5 stars Totally bizarre but fun!.......2007-04-26

      At times I really felt that I was a part of "The Town that Forgot How to Breathe". Very descriptive. All the characters, even the minor ones were very well developed. There were some parts where I got a little confused and felt the author didn't describe the scene well enough but overall a very interesting read. The "horror" is minimal. This is not a gore fest or even that scary. It's kind of hard to describe because I have never read anything else like it!

      2 out of 5 stars The review that forgot to lie.......2006-11-30

      This book took me a long time to finish, almost a month, I think. It is slow paced and tends to spin off as if they took a lot of filler from other books that was edited out and crammed them in here.
      Spinning towards a vapid, hippie ending, it does nothing to save itself from being God awful. Tragically, I think this was a best seller.

      D.

      2 out of 5 stars Message Without a Cause (or Clue).......2006-10-22

      Reviews from places like The Detroit Free Press, Bookpage, The San Francisco Chronicle, and many others heap praise on this novel, calling it "meticulously created", "haunting, poetic, funny, and moving", "a thoughtful piece of literary horror." I hate to be the contrarian here, but I call it simply "goofy" - a pretentious bombast of confused messages and rambling prose that never manages to get to the point and is more (unintentionally) funny than scary.

      Bareneed, Newfoundland, is an old fishing town in decline following the banning of cod fishing and the closing of the local fish factory. Soon after Joseph Blackwood and his young daughter show up, renting a home for a summer vacation in the picturesque coastal town, strange things start happening. Local residents, forgetting how to breathe - literally - while at the same time becoming violent and forgetting who they are - start filling up the local hospital. Then bodies - some apparently centuries old but perfectly intact - start bobbing up to the surface of the bay. Strange and mythical sea creatures romp in the surf, while those locals still breathing normally seem to spend most of their time drawing pictures, spouting New Age psycho-babble, or breaking out in seafaring folk songs. The respiratory-challenged, all tubed-up in ICU, were much less annoying than those Bareneed residents still able to function "normally". But this was the part of the book that was discernable. The rest - a tedious concoction of man's connection with the sea, with family, with death, spirits, amber lights, fish, mermaids and the Canadian armed forces - is less clear, if that is possible.

      In summary, it seems that author Kenneth Harvey was trying to be Steven King - but Steven King with some important, moral message. He failed on both counts - even King's sub par "Cell" is a classic literature by comparison. "The Town that Forgot How to Breathe" is simply all wet - save your time and money and wait for the next port.

      1 out of 5 stars Tedious.......2006-09-11

      Reading this book was as tedious as running a mile in chest-deep water. Comparisons to King and Proulx are ridiculous. King, at least, keeps his stories humming while Proulx's writing is minimalist brilliance. Harvey's story is waterlogged and interminable, leaking page-bloating, tangential backstories every ten pages and peopled with annoying, boring characters. As for his style, it's bloated, taxing and sodden, the occasional surreal touch nothwithstanding. (Sure, an albino shark barfing up a human head is startling, but it, like so much of this novel, is ultimately meaningless.) Every time his character, Miss Laracy, opens her toothless mouth (how many times do we need a description of her pink, shiny gums?) and chatters endlessly in her apostrophe-riddled, irksomely rendered Newfoundland dialect, I got so weary I could barely hold the book up in my hands. Worse, while Harvey's story is intrigueing enough to keep you reading, his climax and resolution are so uneventful and silly and, well, boring, that I actually tossed the book aside after (finally!) finishing the last page. Four hundred and seventy-one pages of over-plotted, over-written monotonous drivel. Pure tedium.
      People of the Ice: How the Inuit Lived (How They Lived)
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        Heather Smith Siska
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        How to Write Great Science Fiction (Gateways Retro Science Fiction)
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          Horace L. Gold
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          As a collection of science fiction stories, this book is excellent, but its added attraction--a unique feature--is the author's editorial notes on each story, taken from his working journal. These notes constitute a "how to do it" on writing science fiction stories, from one of the pioneers of the genre. This collection was originally published in 1955 in the U.S.A., and in 1965 in Great Britain. Since then it has been a highly treasured rare book in the collections of connoisseurs of Silver Age and Golden Age science fiction.
          Weird Canadian Words: How to Speak Canadian (Great Canadian Stories)
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            Edrick Thay
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            A Complete Guide to Overcome "No Canadian Experience"
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              Obi Orakwue
              Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
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              Release Date: 2006-07-06

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              NOW YOU CAN TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL LIFE AND FUTURE AS A FOREIGN TRAINED PROFESSIONAL IN CANADA

              Listening to the disclaimer - 'Do you have Canadian Experience?' while in an interview with an employer sends your hope and dreams up in smoke.

              Remembering the ambush of the bully phrase 'No Canadian Experience' gives you a hollow stomach and or goose pimples. Relax! Hope is around the corner.

              Whether you want to obtain Canadian experience through: Internship and or paid co-op program Short period academic upgrading with internship and co-op placement Start your own professional practice Start your own business in and or outside your field of expertise

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              Making a Fortune in Canadian Stocks: How to Get Started on the Road to Wealth With Canadian Equities
              Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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              Making a Fortune in Canadian Stocks: How to Get Started on the Road to Wealth With Canadian Equities
              Patrick Doucette
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              Patrick Doucette details how he turned $15,000 into over $250,000 in 18 months by buying and selling Canadian stocks. This book details how to make huge profits while keeping risk to a minimum. How to outperform any Canadian equity mutual fund. This book provides vital information to Canadians interested in buying and selling stocks. Basics include:
              * account set-up
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              * Canadian online brokers
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              * financial statements made easy,
              * and avoiding market dangers.

              Advanced topics include, technical analysis, market psychology, traders tactics, uncovering fundamental information and market timing strategies. Anyone thinking of investing in Canadian stocks would benefit from this book. It is a must read for current investors hoping to improve their trading performance.

              Customer Reviews:

              5 out of 5 stars Very Good Book for New Investors........2003-11-07

              I think this book is quite inspiring for someone just starting to invest. I like the ideas from the chapter on technical analysis and how to interpret the different types of stock charts. I wish I had this book when I first graduated from university. The only thing is, I wish it had more first hand examples or more stories of people that have made a lot of money in the Canadian stock market. Also it gives a kind of negative view of penny stocks and I was hoping it might have shown more opportunities in that area.

              5 out of 5 stars Excellent!.......2003-10-22

              Very comprehensive and informative yet easy to read. I especially like the technical analysis concepts for market timing. I would definitely recommend as a good read. I like the way he explains things in a way that is easy to understand.

              2 out of 5 stars Very Basic........2002-12-15

              This is a very basic book on investing, only good for the newbie investor. Of course it's title, and it's positive outlook on actually making money on Canadian Stocks is maybe just what a Canadian needs to help them make some money on Canadian stocks!

              5 out of 5 stars Excellent!!!.......2001-03-05

              Very comprehensive and informative yet easy to read. I especially like the technical analysis concepts for market timing. I would definitely recommend as a good read. I like the way he explains things in a way that is easy to understand.

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