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PQ Win Literary Bonanza for Biography of Levesque
Discussion on Desbarats' biographical work on Rene Levesque, its popularity with the Canadian public.
Tags: About Desbarats, Biography, Non-fiction, Rene Levesque
Pressure Cooker
Players: 2-4
Playing time: 30-60 min
Age: 14+
Game overview: Welcome to Tres Yummy, the hottest new restaurant to hit town in years, and tonight is opening night. Unfortunately, management has not yet hired a chef. Players take the role of chefs…
Playing time: 30-60 min
Age: 14+
Game overview: Welcome to Tres Yummy, the hottest new restaurant to hit town in years, and tonight is opening night. Unfortunately, management has not yet hired a chef. Players take the role of chefs…
Tags: 14+, 2-4 players, 30-60mins, Chef, Cooking, Games, Kitchen, large, Tres Yummy
Provocative Analysis of Canada's Problems
London, Ontario
A generally positive review on Desbarats's "Looking Forward in Anguish: Canada Lost, Canada Found". Craig praises Desbarats on his level of critical overview of the key points leading up to Canada's political environment during the…
A generally positive review on Desbarats's "Looking Forward in Anguish: Canada Lost, Canada Found". Craig praises Desbarats on his level of critical overview of the key points leading up to Canada's political environment during the…
Puerto Rico
Players: 3-5
Playing time: 90-150 min
Age: 13 and up
Game overview: Prospector, captain, mayor, trader, settler, craftsman, or builder? Which roles will you play in the new world? Will you own the most prosperous plantations? Will you build the…
Playing time: 90-150 min
Age: 13 and up
Game overview: Prospector, captain, mayor, trader, settler, craftsman, or builder? Which roles will you play in the new world? Will you own the most prosperous plantations? Will you build the…
Tags: 13+, 3-5 players, 90-150 mins, builder, captain, Cards, craftsman, Games, mayor, medium, Money, Prospector, settler, trader
PVB Terentii Comoedie Sex : Ex Recensione Heinsiana (Six Comedies of Publius Terentius: from the Heinsius Review) [original]
Binding: good ; vellum binding ; bumped corners ; front cover separated from spine
Spine: front cover is separating from spine
Textblock: good to very good ; some discolouration ; a few bent corners
Printer/Binder: "Typis Ludovici Elzevirii"
Spine: front cover is separating from spine
Textblock: good to very good ; some discolouration ; a few bent corners
Printer/Binder: "Typis Ludovici Elzevirii"
Quilt Show
Players: 2-4
Playing time: 30-75 minutes
Age: 13 to adult
Game overview: In this game, you are a quilter. You will collect fabric cards which can be exchanged for block tiles. As you amass block tiles, you will combine them into one or more…
Playing time: 30-75 minutes
Age: 13 to adult
Game overview: In this game, you are a quilter. You will collect fabric cards which can be exchanged for block tiles. As you amass block tiles, you will combine them into one or more…
Tags: 13+, 2-4 players, 30-75 mins, Awards, fabric, Games, Quilt making
Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera Omnia (All works of Quintus Horatius Flaccus) [original]
Binding: good ; dark red leather with gold tooling ; wear on edges and hinges ; bumped corners ; gold tooling on inside of covers bordering endpapers ; endpapers are blue fabric ; ribbon bookmark ; miniature
Spine: good to very good ; red leather…
Spine: good to very good ; red leather…
Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest
"Shape-changing Raven steals the sun from the Sky Chief to light the dark world in this handsome rendering from the fund of lore shared by the Native groups of the northwest coast. "Raven changed himself into a pine needle. He fell down from the tree…
Tags: Children's Books
Real Caouette: Spellbinder From Quebec
St. John's, Nfld.
Profiles the life and rise to political power of Quebec’s Social Credit Party leader Real Caouette. Desbarats seems to be a fairly positive profile of Caouette.
Profiles the life and rise to political power of Quebec’s Social Credit Party leader Real Caouette. Desbarats seems to be a fairly positive profile of Caouette.
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7 Wonders
Players: 2-7
Playing time: 30 minutes
Ages: 10+
Description: Lead one of the seven great cities of the Ancient world. Exploit the natural…