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Southern Alberta and East Kootenay: Anthony Cooney 2523 Charlebois Drive NW Calgary,AB T2L 0T5 Phone:(403) 245-1585 Fax:(403) 245-5377 Email:[email protected] Vancouver Island North and Discovery Islands: Caroline Woodward 5634 South Island Highway PO Box 39,Union Bay,BC V0R 3B0 Phone:(250) 335-3278 Fax:(250) 335-3279 Email:[email protected] Southwestern Ontario: Paul Duncan 177 Park Avenue Cambridge,ON N1S 2S5 Phone:(519) 622-3778 Fax:(519) 622-5883 Email:[email protected]

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Canadian Orders,Returns and Inquiries to:University of Toronto Press5201 Dufferin StreetNorth York, ON, M3H 5T8Phone: (800) 565-9523Fax: (800) 221-9985Email: [email protected]

Discount Schedule:Schools & Libraries: 25%Trade Bookstores: 40%Wholesalers/Jobbers: 50%

Sales Representation

Kate Walker & Company, Ltd.

British Columbia/Yukon:Vancouver Head Office:9050 Shaughnessy StreetVancouver, BC V6P 6E5Phone: (604) 323-7111Fax: (604) 323-7118

Kate Walker: Lower Mainland,West Kootenay& Boundary, Sunshine CoastEmail: [email protected]

Dot Middlemass: Lower Mainland, OkanaganEmail: [email protected]

Peter MacDougal: Lower Mainland &Whistler, Northern BC,Yukon, NWTEmail: [email protected]

Linda Garrett: Lower MainlandEmail: [email protected]

Cheryl Fraser: Gift AccountsEmail: [email protected]

Vancouver Island South and Gulf Islands:Lorna MacDonald1333 Fairfield RoadVictoria, BC V8S 1E4Phone: (250) 382-1058Fax: (250) 383-0697Email: [email protected]

Vancouver Island North and Discovery Islands:Caroline Woodward5634 South Island HighwayPO Box 39, Union Bay, BC V0R 3B0Phone: (250) 335-3278Fax: (250) 335-3279Email: [email protected]

Southern Alberta and East Kootenay:Anthony Cooney2523 Charlebois Drive NWCalgary,AB T2L 0T5Phone: (403) 245-1585Fax: (403) 245-5377Email: [email protected]

Manitoba, Saskatchewan,Ontario Lakehead:Rorie Bruce737 Montrose StreetWinnipeg, MB R3M 3M5Phone: (204) 488-9481Fax: (204) 487-3993Email: [email protected]

Toronto Office:626 King Street W, Suite 303Toronto, ON M5V 1M7Phone: (416) 703-0666Toll-free phone: (866) 736-5620Fax: (416) 703-4745Toll-free fax: (866) 849-3819

Saffron Beckwith: Eastern Sales Manager,National Accounts Email: [email protected]

Karen Beattie:TorontoEmail: [email protected]

Sandra Leef: Gift Accounts,TorontoEmail: [email protected]

Roberta Nanni:Atlantic Canada,Toronto,Cottage Country, NunavutEmail: [email protected]

Southwestern Ontario:Paul Duncan177 Park AvenueCambridge, ON N1S 2S5Phone: (519) 622-3778Fax: (519) 622-5883Email: [email protected]

Eastern Ontario, Quebec, Costco:Sandra Leef2047 Cabot StreetOttawa, ONK1H 6J7Phone: (613) 260-0314Fax: (613) 260-8952Email: [email protected]

Ian Wood45 Adeline StreetOttawa ON K2L 3M2Phone: 613-239-0022Fax: 613-239-0664Email: [email protected]

Great Plains Publications gratefully acknowledgesthe financial support provided for its publishingprogram by the Government of Canada throughthe Book Publishing Industry Development Program(BPIDP); the Canada Council for the Arts; as wellas the Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritageand Tourism; and the Manitoba Arts Council.

Ordering Information

Terms:

F.O.B Canada. Net 30 days.Titles may bereturned three months after invoice date, butnot after twelve months.

Returned titles must be properly packaged, insaleable condition and free of retail stickers.

Returns must be sent prepaid and will becredited against future purchases. OutsideCanada, all prices are in U.S. dollars.

Prices and availability of all titles subject tochange without notice.

Please contact University of Toronto Press for more information.

PublisherGregg Shilliday

Phone: (204) 475-6799Fax: (204) 475-0138

Great Plains Publications Ltd.420-70 Arthur Street

Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3B 1G7

Email: [email protected]

www.greatplains.mb.ca

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Great PlainsmeansGreat Books!

G r e a t P l a i n s P u b l i c a t i o n s

www.greatplains.mb.ca

SPRING 2006

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This glossy, full-colour guidebook fromwell-travelled Winnipeg Free Press

columnist Bartley Kives offers a wide range of idiosyncratic adventures availableyear-round in every region of Manitoba.

“Culture junkies, motorists, wildernesstravellers and anyone with even theslightest bit of wanderlust must pick up this informative and opinionated handbook, lest they be struck dead in the middle of the night by a wayward lightning strike.Wayward lightning strikes are God's way of telling you to get out more often.”

—Bartley Kives

Marketing Plans: speaking tour,advertising in Globe and Mail, CanadianBookseller, ULS, Best in the West, and Prairie Books Now, local and nationalreviews. On-line book club guides. GreatPlains accepts proposals for co-op, such as advertising, displays, and special events.

ISBN# 1-894283-643 5 1/4" X 9" Trade Paper 144pp includes event calendar • $24.95BISAC subject category: Travel/Canada/Prairie Provinces (MB, SK)Release date: April 2006

Specialist Appeal:• Anyone looking for short,

off the beaten path holidays• Educators planning school trips• Busy professionals• Tourists• Families

The secret city of MiddleGate hasbeen rocked by the slaughter of

hundreds of snakes in nearby Narcisse.Who are the culprits? In their quest to solve the mystery two youngsorcerers, Sophie and Wil, discover that Wil’s medallion once belonged to an ancient secret society. Will theybe able to hang on to their own lives,stop the destruction, and uncover thetruth of present and past?

Marketing Plans: speaking tour,advertising in Globe and Mail, CanadianBookseller, ULS, Best in the West, andPrairie Books Now, local and nationalreviews. On-line book club guides. Great Plains accepts proposals for co-op, such as advertising, displays,and special events.

About the AuthorBartley Kives was born and raised in Winnipeg, MB,received his Master of Journalism degree fromCarleton University, and an Arts degree from theUniversity of Winnipeg. He contributes to severalnational programs in print and broadcast media, and is a music and travel journalist at the WinnipegFree Press.

A Daytripper’s

Guide to Manitoba

Exploring Canada’s Undiscovered ProvinceBy Bartley Kives

The Serpent’s Spell

By Rae Bridgman

New Non-Fiction

New Young Adult FictionGREAT PLAINS PUBLICATIONS • Spring 2006

Specialist Appeal:• Teens with an interest in fantasy• Teens with and interest in magic• Teens with an interest in snakes• Teens who like a male protagonist

About the AuthorWriter, artist and anthropologistRae Bridgman was born inToronto. She is the mother of sixchildren, and has made Winnipegher home. She is a professor at the University of Manitoba, andher writing spans scholarly booksand children's fantasy novels. She says the gates of the realMiddlegate, an historic part ofWinnipeg, inspired her secret city of MiddleGate.

ISBN# 1-894283-6785 1/2" x 8 1/2" Trade Paper, 192 pp • $16.95BISAC subject category: Teen Fiction/Fantasy Release date: April 2006

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Could you live with a pet skunk, ahungry goat, a lazy pig or a noisy

sheep? Swim with a wild otter or shareyour home with an inquisitive ferret?Dodge an enraged Aracana rooster orrescue a rabbit from a marauding mink?Helen Norrie did all this as she tried toaccommodate to her youngest son’sobsession with animals and birds of all kinds.

In this affectionate memoir, both amusingand sad, the wife of one of Winnipeg'sbest-loved mayors tells how the familyadapted to Mark's passion for livingcreatures. His passion led eventually to his untimely death which was the catalystfor this mother's rememberance.

Proceeds to be donated to the HumaneSociety, and to the Mark Norrie MemorialFund at the Winnipeg Foundation, a fundwhich provides for a summer interpretivestudent at the Assiniboine Park Zoo.

Marketing Plans: speaking tour,advertising in Globe and Mail, CanadianBookseller, ULS, Best in the West, and PrairieBooks Now, local and national reviews. On-line book club guides. Great Plainsaccepts proposals for co-op, such asadvertising, displays, and special events.

Specialist Appeal:• Mothers and sons• Anyone with a love for animals• Anyone who has lost a loved one through

tragic circumstance, especially suicide

ISBN# 1-894283-635 5 1/2" X 7 1/2" Hard Cover,112 pp, artwork • $24.95BISAC subject category: FamilyRelationships/Nature/AnimalsRelease date: May 2006

He Saw Himself

In All His Creatures

A Mother’s RememberanceBy Helen Norrie

New Non-Fiction

Spring 2006 • GREAT PLAINS PUBLICATIONS

About the AuthorHelen Norrie has worked as a teacher/librarianin public schools in Winnipeg and has taughtChildren's Literature at the University ofManitoba. As the wife of Bill Norrie, mayor ofWinnipeg from 1979-1992, she frequently hashad to juggle commitments of her career with

that of her husband. Summers at ElephantIsland, their summer get-away home in Lakeof the Woods, have provided much-neededrespite from political life. She lives with herhusband in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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