It's Christmas Eve, Have you been good? Santa's packed up all the presents and is headed your way! With the help of a certain red-nosed reindeer, Santa flies over: •Sambro Island Lighthouse, Nova Scotia •Cabot Tower, Newfoundland •Esplanade Riel Bridge •St. Joseph's, Oratory, Montreal •The Rockies •The Big Nickel, Sudbury •Fairmont Chateau, Lake Louise, Alberta •Legislative Building, Regina •Stanley Park Totem Pole, Vancouver •Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick "Ho, ho ho!" laughs Santa. "Merry Christmas, Canada!"

It's Christmas Eve. Have you been good? Santa's packed up all the presents and is headed your way! With the help of a certain red-nosed reindeer, Santa flies over many landmarks in Toronto! "Ho, ho, ho!" laughs Santa. "Merry Christmas, Toronto!"

It's Christmas Eve. Have you been good? Santa's packed up all the presents and is headed your way! With the help of a certain red-nosed reindeer, Santa flies over many landmarks in your town! "Ho, ho, ho!" laughs Santa. "Merry Christmas!"

It's Christmas Eve, Have you been good? Santa's packed up all the presents and is headed your way! With the help of a certain red-nosed reindeer, Santa flies over: •Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica •Canada War Museum •Centre Block Parliament Hill •Ottawa Convention Center •National Gallery of Canada •Library of Parliament •Fairmont Chateau, Laurier •Supreme Court of Canada •National War Memorial •Fort Henry •Rideau Canal "Ho, ho ho!" laughs Santa. "Merry Christmas, Ottawa!"

It's Christmas Eve, Have you been good? Santa's packed up all the presents and is headed your way! With the help of a certain red-nosed reindeer, Santa flies over: •Natural Chimneys, Augusta County •Virginia Aquarium •Natural Bridge, near Lexington •University of Virginia •Governor's Palace, Colonial Williamsburg •Arlington House •Monticello, Charlottesville •Cape Henry Lighthouse •Peaks of Otter, Blue Ridge Parkway •Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Richmond •Mount Vernon, Alexandria "Ho, ho ho!" laughs Santa. "Merry Christmas, Virginia!"

As early as the 1500s, a surprising number of women have composed classical music. Many were successful, finding venues for both publishing and performing their music; others found the social barriers for women impossible to overcome. This book provides access to these composers, both well known and obscure. Arranged chronologically by era, the profiles are further divided into countries. For each female composer within a country, a brief biographical sketch is provided, as well as a description of her body of work. This text also includes an extensive timeline of operatic works by female composers.

The Jolly Old Elf heads south from his home in the North Pole to Michigan to deliver presents and good cheer.

O Canada, in Christmastime! Take a holiday trip across the country, all the way from Prince Edward Island and Vieux-Québec to Winnipeg and Vancouver. The really fun Canadian gifts for each day include everything from 8 bears a-swimming and 6 Mounties marching to a loon in a maple tree!

An original Christmas fable about when Santa first learns about Jesus' message of grace.Unexpectedly, Santa finds himself on a his own spiritual and philosophical journey full of humour, self-reflection, wonder and redemption.Complemented by the beautiful and engaging illustrations of Matt Boutros, this book hopes to inspire many a conversation about faith, philosophy and the messages of Christmas, between adults and children alike.

What does it take to leave a good job, your community, your country, and even your continent, and move 4,200 miles away? As financial controller at a top-tier bank in The Gambia, Kevin Kingsley-Williams was provided a house, a maid, a car, club memberships, and other perks of corporate life. But after experiencing the 1994 military coup, he immigrated in January of 1997 to Toronto, where the thermometer registered minus 10 degrees Celsius. Once in Canada, Kevin immediately hits a series of snarls as he attempts to build a new life. Getting a job requires an address, but getting an address requires proof of employment. He is found lacking in Canadian experience yet also deemed to be overqualified. Having misjudged the effectiveness of his footwear, he is forced to wander a shopping mall in his socksyet the ski mask and parka he wears in a desperate attempt to stay warm cause potential employers, landlords, and bankers to view him with alarm. Join Kevin as he adjusts to a new world, where apartments that were for rent a few hours ago are unavailable when he arrives to look at them and phrases such as digging out take on new meaning after the first snowstorm. Kevin offers, with his humor and perseverance, a fresh perspective on the challenges of the immigrant experience.