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Kyle MacDonald is best known as the "red paperclip guy." He recently became an international media sensation when he successfully bartered a used paperclip up to a house. There's no question MacDonald is an up and coming writer and humorist; read his first ever published story in I Sold My Gold Tooth for Gas Money, a collection of short humorous tales from the road less travelled.

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  I Sold My Gold Tooth for Gas Money:
Travelling is not for the timid of heart. What can go wrong often does, as twenty-six travel-hardened writers relate in this book. Join Lyle Underwood as he hops freight trains to pursue a con man across Canada, adopt an orphaned monkey while driving Africa's backroads with Doug and Sharon Fitzsimmons, and discover what happens when Lucia Martin gets between an amorous rhino and his mate at the San Diego Zoo. You'll alternately laugh, cringe, giggle and feel inspired by these writers, and the often bizarre and extraordinary circumstances they find themselves in. More info >

Mugged by a Moose:
Is a bad day spent outside really better than a good day at the office? This collection of twenty-three short stories, written by twenty outdoor enthusiasts, aims to answer that question. Join two Brits on an epic three-year canoe journey from Canada to the mouth of the Amazon River, laugh at another man's predicament after a fish swims off with his wedding ring, and learn how four friends rescued a moose from drowning in an icy Yukon lake. These and other extraordinary tales from the Great Outdoors may cause sweaty palms or foaming at the mouth due to excessive laughter.
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The Canada Chronicles (NEW - soft cover edition):
WINNER OF THE 2004 IPPY AWARD
This Canadian bestseller and winner of 2004's IPPY award for best North American travel memoir is now available in trade paperback. Join author Matt Jackson on a four-year hitchhiking journey across Canada as he logs nearly 30,000 kilometres, shoots more than 25,000 photographs and meets hundreds of interesting characters from every corner of the country. Jackson's unforgettable odyssey was destined to turn from exploration to whimsey to utter absurdity on occasion, and is the account of a young man trying to make sense of a country that defies explanation. It is also a good old-fashioned road tale mixed with humour and plenty of pure unadulterated Canadiana. More info >
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