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12 reviews
Will Ferguson

Douglas & McIntyre, 2007

Great book, lots of laughs
I really enjoyed this book and at times belly-aching-hilarious. Canada is a great place to live and the people are wonderful regardless of what reviewer KIRKLAND, WA says. I don't hear many countries call Canadians greedy and arrogant. Pick the book up, great reading.

Hokkaido Highway Blues: Hitchhiking Japan

34 reviews
Will Ferguson

Soho Press, 2003

The book Bill Byson might wish he wrote about Japan
This is a great book - funny, accurate and mindfull. I read this while living in the Japanese countryside. Ferguson captures the quirky side of the people and transfers his experiences into a thoroughly satisfying read. On the back of my copy it reads "I enjoyed Hokkaido Highway Blues immensely. Mr Ferguson is a very gifted writer." Bill Bryson. That's pretty high praise and I totally agree.

How to Be a Canadian

29 reviews
Will Ferguson, Ian Ferguson

Douglas & McIntyre, 2008

A Canadian primer for outsiders, with tongue firmly in cheek
Being Canadian (I am not, but know a few who are) is clearly as odd a thing as being any other nationality, but with the distinction that Canadians define themselves more often by what they are not (i.e., overly cultured, overly ambitious, American, French (if you live outside Quebec), English (if you don't) etc, etc). Canadians have a reputation for reticence about themselves, which leads many ...

The Girlfriend's Guide to Hockey

2 reviews
Teena Spencer, Will Ferguson, ...

Firefly Books, 2001

Flip on ESPN and pass me a beer
Like the author, I found myself engaged to a die-hard hockey fan. This book is a great place to start for the newly-initiated hockey girlfriend. It's a quick read, the author's racy innuendos give it a Girls' Night Out tone that's a lot more inviting and easier to relate to than other intro books. The stats and trivia are great, but will need to be updated eventually. Nice to see coverage of ...

Hitching Rides with Buddha

6 reviews
Will Ferguson

Canongate U.S., 2006

No book captures the experience of being here better
Books about Japan by westerners seem to fall into two categories- literary books that talk about Japan in poetic terms and dwell on traditional culture, and comedy books that play up the wacky side of Japanese pop culture for laughs. Somewhere in between is "Hitching Rides with the Buddha"- a book by a foreigner who actually lived here for 5 years, speaks Japanese (as modest as he is about his ...

Happiness: A Novel

36 reviews
Will Ferguson

Harper Perennial, 2003

Proof of what I've always suspected.
Well, it had to happen sooner or later (didn't it?). With the onslaught of self-help books on the market, I've always wondered what would happen if one actually worked! Will Ferguson's novel HAPPINESS has showed the world the shattering consequences of just such a feat. Written with a scathing wit, totally merciless in portrayal of both the characters and the industry in which they inhabit, ...

Canadian History for Dummies (For Dummies (History, Biography & Politics))

12 reviews
Will Ferguson

For Dummies, 2005

An Excellent Overview of Canadian History
I've been exploring Canadian history quite a bit over the past few years, starting with picking up "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Canadian History" by Ann Douglas and the CBC's "Canada: A People's Hisotry." I found Will Ferguson's "Canadian History for Dummies" to be a humorous, fact filled, and very current overview of Canadian history (I bought it six months after it came out). I find it to be ...

Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw: Excursions in the Great Weird North
Will Ferguson

Canongate Books Ltd, 2006

Will Ferguson has spent the past three years criss-crossing Canada: in a helicopter above the barren-lands of the sub-arctic; in a canoe with his four-year old son; on seaplanes; and on the Underground Railroad. Ferguson's travels have taken him from Cape Spear on the coast of Newfoundland to the sun-dappled streets of Olde Victoria. Delving into Canada's history and landscape along the way, Ferguson's discoveries are fascinating and ...

Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw: Travels in Search of Canada

3 reviews
Will Ferguson

Canongate U.S., 2005

Exactly What Does Eh Mean?
I have lived outside of the U.S. for six years with the past two in Canada thus I had about the right amount of distance from everyday life in the U.S. and enough daily interaction in Canada to find this book hilarious. Page after page I keep laughing out loud. I kept finding my self blurting out things like "exactly" and "I have seen that too". This author has nailed the North American male ...

CMMI(R) SCAMPI Distilled: Appraisals for Process Improvement (SEI Series in Software Engineering)
Dennis M. Ahern, Jim Armstrong, ...

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005

Part of The SEI Series in Software Engineering, this book offers a concise andpractical guide to the standard CMMI appraisal method. This method is veryimportant, as it is used to determine an organization's capability and maturitylevels (which are often used as criteria in awarding government and defenseorientedbids). SCAMPI specifically stands for: The Standard CMMI AppraisalMethod for Process Improvement. These authors have considerable ...

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Japan

3 reviews
Will Ferguson

Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1998

A must read for those going to Japan
I just finished this book today. My wife bought it prior to a 16 day trip to Japan, and is still reading it. Although the book chronicles his hitchiking from south to north in Japan, supposedly tied in with the sakura front (the blossoming of cherry blossoms as they move north) it is the best book I have ever read to gain insight into the Japanese mentality and attitudes. I've been there many ...

Spanish Fly

1 review
Will Ferguson

Viking Canada, 2007

Ferguson keeps getting better!
i just stumbled upon Ferguson's early work "Happiness" in a second hand book shop, and really enjoyed it. It was witty, populated with characters that were suitably flawed and human, and a plot that kept you reading. His latest is even better - with a wonderfully crafted backdrop of the late 1930's in the dust-bowl hard scramble U.S. Ferguson creates a foreshadowing of a dark cloud of a coming ...

Generica

4 reviews
Will Ferguson

Penguin Books, 2001

More angry, urban male fiction - Worth your time!
`Generica' was much what I expected it would be - biting, `gen-x' satire, with snide inside jokes at the popular culture of North America. It was also very much not what I expected - very funny, very insightful, and the author made it very clear he was well aware of the irony of the satire. It's also interesting that he neatly falls into the angry, urban male category he outlined for Canadian ...

Bastards & boneheads: Canada's glorious leaders, past and present

2 reviews
Will Ferguson

Douglas & McIntyre, 1999

Great survey of 150 years of history!
Ferguson does a wonderful job making Canadian history, traditionally perceieved as a dull topic, into an enthralling tale of a budding nation, people, and the strange contradiction that is inherent to all things Canadian. The language is simple, yet the ideas are very critical. The humoUr is terrific, yet Ferguson pulls no punches in condemning some of Canada's more shameful history. An excellent ...

Hitching Rides with Buddha: Travels in Search of Japan
Will Ferguson

Vintage Canada, 2006

Originally published as Hokkaido Highway Blues , with limited distribution in Canada, Will Ferguson?s classic book about Japan, for all fans of the bestselling Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw . With the same fervour they have for outlandish game shows and tiny gadgets, the Japanese go nuts each spring when the cherry blossoms sweep from island to island towards the country?s northerly tip. Will Ferguson was celebrating the event in the standard ...

Aegis Handbook

2 reviews
Various, Richard Dakan, ...

Eden Studios, 1997

Under the Aegis
The Conspiracy X rpg is one of the coolest around, and the Aegis organisation definitely needed a source book of its own. And here it is. It has loads more stuff on Aegis, including some cool new skils 'n professions. The stuff on Aegis rocks, and the advice on operations and tactics has helped my players get further into character. All in all, an invaluable addition to any Con X ...

I was a teenage Katima-victim: A Canadian odyssey

3 reviews
Will Ferguson

Douglas & McIntyre, 1998

Out of print!
I am astonished to find that this book is no longer being published. Get a copy now, before they become valuable - and they will, believe me, because this book is fantastic. The book covers Will Ferguson's experiences in Katimavik, a Canadian youth program which lets young adults work and travel around Canada, expanding their horizons and hopefully turning them into fine upstanding Canadians. ...

Hitching Rides with Buddha: A Journey Across Japan

1 review
Will Ferguson

Knopf Canada, 2005

hysterical
my husband and i moved to japan this summer for a short 3 month visit and i wanted to read a novel while we were here. the travel bookstore in our area only had this book in the japanese section so i decided to give it a go. i just finished the book today and have nothing but great things to say. first off, his writing is hysterical. i found myself laughing out loud throughout the book - ...

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