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Grain Elevators Beacons on the Prairies
Photographer: Chris AttrellPublisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$29.95Rising above the landscape, the grain elevator heralds a time when wheat was king across the West. At their zenith, 5,758 of these prairie giants defined the economy and skyline of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. While many still stand, every year their numbers dwindle. Sometimes these towering signposts are all that is left of a town or hamlet once built around them. In this stunning photo collection, award-winning photographer Chris Attrell captures the haunting presence of those that remain to stand guard over an ever-changing agrarian lifestyle.
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Everything Manitoba The Ultimate Book Lists
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95Everything Manitoba will take you on a wild romp across the province. From Dave Baxter’s 10 Manitoba cold cases to Adam Kelly’s 10 favourite Manitoba landscapes to Charles Burchill’s 10 favourite Manitoba canoe routes and Joanne Kelly’s 11 favourite books written by a Manitoba author … it is all here.
From the top 10 things that make Manitoba a great place to live to the 10 most successful recording artists from Manitoba, 10 Manitoba records according to Guinness and top 10 must-have items for surviving a Manitoba winter, this is a book that wow and entertain you on every page. In addition to Chris Rutkowski’s top 10 Manitoba haunts and Shanley Spence’s 8 favourite stops on Manitoba’s pow wow circuit, we get well-known Manitobans to weigh in on their favourite things about Manitoba. In Everything British Manitoba you’ll also find lists by Ace Burpee, Mike Green, Niigaan Sinclair, Chris D. and many, many more.
If you love Manitoba (and we know that you do), you’ll love Everything Manitoba. Whether you are a lifelong resident or visiting for the first time, there’s no more complete book about Manitoba and no book is more fun!
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Out of Old Manitoba Kitchens
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$24.95Out of Old Manitoba Kitchens is the story of the people and the food they prepared. It is a window into life as it was then. If you want to know what life was really like in early Manitoba, come to the table with us.
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Manitoba Book of Everything Everything You Wanted to Know About Manitoba and Were Going to Ask Anyway
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$14.95From the Hudson’s Bay Company, Louis Riel, and the Winnipeg General Strike to bone-chilling winters, flood waters, The Guess Who and profiles of Cindy Klassen, Peter Nygard, Duff Roblin and the Golden Boy atop Manitoba’s Legislature, no book is more comprehensive than the Manitoba Book of Everything. No book is more fun! Well known Manitobans weigh in on the province. Filmmaker Guy Maddin gives us his favourite lost Winnipeg buildings, former Premier and Canadian Governor General Ed Schreyer details Manitobans that he admires most, Olympic goaltender Sami Jo Small provides us with her favourite outdoor sports memories, broadcaster Peter Warren recounts his most memorable interviews and musician Ray St. Germain lists his top Aboriginal acts. From rivers, lakes, and beaches to the Winnipeg arts scene to famous crooks and hoodlums, Manitoba slang, the Métis and the mighty mosquito … it’s all here. Whether you are a native Manitoban or visiting for the first time, there simply is no more complete book about Manitoba. If you love Manitoba, you’ll love the Manitoba Book of Everything!
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Old Winnipeg A History in Pictures
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$24.95Remember the Beachcomber Restaurant, the Assiniboine Park Conservatory, and a very small but well-designed international airport with concrete walls? From the early fortifications of Upper Fort Garry, to the architectonic surge of Winnipeg as a transportation hub—and Canada’s third largest urban centre—to the demolition of the iconic Eaton’s department store, Old Winnipeg is the story of a city that never stopped reinventing itself.
With more than 140 photographs—many of them seen here for the first time—Old Winnipeg: A History in Pictures is a visual treat. It offers us a window into the past, showing life as it was, and stirring in us the emotions of wonder and curiosity about those who have gone before us and the lives they lived.
