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Vancouver: Secrets of the City [Paperback]

Shawn Blore (Author)
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April 1, 2001 The Unknown City

Vancouver is one of the world’s top tourist destinations, acclaimed for its natural beauty and cosmopolitan demeanor. This second edition of Vancouver: Secrets of the City is full of fun and offbeat factoids, anecdotes, and statistics about Vancouver, as well as great places to shop, dine, and sightsee.


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About the Author

Shawn Blore was born in Santa Barbara, California — just a hop, skip, and jump down the West Coast — but lengthy detours in Ottawa, Amsterdam, and Moscow kept him from reaching Vancouver until 1994. In the half-decade since, he's immersed himself in Terminal City's unique culture, becoming a self-declared expert on all things strange, unusual, and secret about the place. A journalist and magazine writer, Shawn has been published in The Globe and Mail, Elm Street, The Georgia Straight, BC Business, Canadian Geographic, and Vancouver. He's been nominated for numerous awards, and has won a Western Magazine Award, a National Magazine Award, and a Jack Webster Award.


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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press (April 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1551520915
  • ISBN-13: 978-1551520919
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,347,868 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A new model for guide books, April 20, 1999
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Vancouver: Secrets of the City is a thoroughly researched and enjoyable read that may stand as a proto-type of sorts in guide books for curious locals and tourists alike. It includes an impressive array of facts, tips, and social history as well as sections on Vancouver's art and literary worlds, its gathering places, festivals, accommodations, dinning, nightlife, shopping, transportation and of course its notoriety. Best of all, the mix is achieved with a rare and stylish flare for visual and textual interplay.
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4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting read for residents and visitors alike, February 1, 1999
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Vancouver; Secrets of the City is a fascinating read. It is different from many guide books in that it focuses on interesting, unusual and little known facts about the city. Some thing are useful (like the shortcut through the downtown traffic using a tunnel that runs past the law-courts), and some things are just entertaining, but almost everything is interesting. I would recommend this book for residents and visitors alike.
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The Gastown Steam Clock is one of the least secret things in the city. Read the first page
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downtown eastside, lower mainland
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Stanley Park, North Vancouver, Point Grey, Commercial Drive, False Creek, New Westminster, New York, West End, Main Street, West Vancouver, Georgia Street, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada Place, Granville Street, North America, Vander Zalm, Pan Pacific, Cathedral Place, English Bay, Fraser River, Hong Kong, Maritime Museum, Robert Altman, The X-Files, Wreck Beach
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