Canadian Top 10 Lists
The Opinionated, Irreverant, Ridiculous and Factual Best and Worst of Canada
- Publisher
- Blue Bike Books
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2007
- Category
- Trivia, Popular Culture, Trivia
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781897278208
- Publish Date
- Aug 2007
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
He calls himself Captain Canada and he's the only one who does! He's the author of the hilarious best-seller Fakin' Eh!: How to Pretend to be a Canadian. He's Dan de Figueiredo and he's back with another packed package of entertainment and veritable font of knowledge.You'll learn such things as:The 10 longest rivers in CanadaThe 10 biggest scams, cons and frauds ever pulled in CanadaThe 10 best Canadian cities to live in andThe top 10 Canadian athletes of all timeAll this, for less than you'd spend at the movies. Caution: We know Dan made up half the stuff in the book. It's pretty funny anyway.
About the author
René Biberstein was born in Toronto and spent part of his childhood in Switzerland. He studied journalism at Concordia University and won the Concordia Media Award. From his experience as editor-in-chief of Concordia's student paper, he went on to freelance for publications including Toronto's Now magazine, the Montreal Mirror, Tart, and the Globe and Mail Online Edition. Author of the Bathroom Book of Ontario Trivia and Bathroom Book of Ontario History, Rene is fascinated by the way places affect people's lives.