The Verdict Is In

The verdict is in. There is only one book that has been a bestseller in every market it has entered. That book is the Book of Everything. The reason for that is we don’t believe in short cuts. We believe in giving the reader everything. Our best advertising really is between the front and back covers of our books.

MANDATORY
“The Calgary Book of Everything is a must-have for any Calgarian. It should be mandatory reading for anybody living in the city.”
—Bruce Ritchie, Lite 96

INDISPENSABLE
“This book is replete with indispensable facts and no good Calgarian should be caught dead without it.”
—Karen Rowe, Calgary Herald

MARVELOUS
“A marvelously eclectic compendium — historic, contemporary, geographic, economic, meteorological, sociological, anthropological, political, positive, negative, important, trivial and just plain fun — that goes a long way to explaining who we are.”
—Stephen Kimber, author of Sailors, Slackers, and Blind Pigs: Halifax at War

WORTHY OF A SERIES
“I wanted to see if the contents lived up to the front cover boast that it included everything you wanted to know. I read it cover to cover. This is a book worthy of a series.”
—Fred Hatfield, Yarmouth Vanguard

24 SUSSEX
“Please know that this charming book is a welcome and fitting addition to my library at my home here in Ottawa.”
—Prime Minister Stephen Harper

RESOURCE
“This is a fantastic and informative book, packed with interesting facts. A wonderful resource for Saskatchewan!”
—Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco

GONE
“This is one of those books that if I leave it out it will disappear on me quick.”
-Colin Lovequist, 620 CKRM, Regina

HOME RUN
“You'd have to be foolishly ambitious or ludicrously naive to attempt a book of "everything" about a city that has dizzying diversity. Judging by the finished product, Jim Hynes is neither one nor the other, hitting a home run with the Montreal Book of Everything.”
— Hour Magazine

ENLIGHTENING
“I've had to take it back from two different friends who tried to abscond with it after reading it at my place. An enlightening window into all that Montreal is and was.”
—Randy Renaud, CTV Montreal

BOOK OF EVERYTHING: THE MISSION
It is a tall order to try and impress locals about a place in which they live. The reason we’ve been successful is that we are not here to tell readers what times museums open or what hotels cost, we are here to tell readers what makes a place tick.