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Will Ferguson


Will Ferguson is one of Canada’s bestselling authors and has been published in 26 languages and 33 countries around the world. His most recent bestseller, Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw, won the 2005 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, which he also won in 2002 for his debut novel, Happiness™. With his brother Ian, he wrote the wildly successful book How to Be a Canadian.

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Hitching Rides with Buddha
Written by Will Ferguson

Trade Paperback | 432 pages | Vintage Canada | Travel - Asia - Japan; Travel
978-0-676-97699-1 (0-676-97699-9)

August 8, 2006 | $21.00



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...


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Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw
Written by Will Ferguson

Trade Paperback | 368 pages | Vintage Canada | History - Canada; Travel - Canada
978-0-676-97644-1 (0-676-97644-1)

August 23, 2005 | $21.00



Will Ferguson’s first book in three years, following on the back-to-back successes of How to Be a Canadian (over 110,000 copies sold) and Happiness™ (Winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour).

Will Ferguson has spent the past three years criss-crossing Canada and back again. In a helicopter above the barrenlands of...