WALKING THE WORLD - NEWFOUNDLAND
Maritime Canada & Newfoundland   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $58, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCND157)		  
Moon Handbook Atlantic Canada  •  Mark Morris
GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 500 PAGES
A comprehensive guide to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island. With regional maps and detailed descriptions of St. John's and other points of interest, along with an overview of the people, wildlife and history of the region. (CAN02, $19.95)		   Moon Handbook Atlantic Canada
A Traveller's History of Canada  •  Robert Bothwell
HISTORY •  2010 •  PAPER  • 220 PAGES
An admirably concise march through Canadian history by Robert Bothwell, who has also written "Canada and Quebec: One Country, Two Histories." Compact, easy-to-read and covering from prehistoric times to today, it's a useful introduction to the country, designed specifically for travelers. (CND82, $14.95)		   A Traveller's History of Canada
A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife  •  Noble S. Proctor  •  Patrick J. Lynch
FIELD GUIDE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 221 PAGES
A comprehensive pocket guide to the marine mammals, seabirds, fish, invertebrates and other marine life of the Northwestern Atlantic. Built for the field, full-color illustrations, range maps and descriptions are integrated on opposite pages for easy reference. The range maps cover the Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras to Newfoundland. Many of the individual whale species get two full pages. With an outstanding overview of oceanography and conservation, checklist and glossary. (NAM24, $19.95)		   A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife
Atlantic Canada Map  •  CCC Maps
2010 •  MAP
A detailed map of Canada's Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland at a scale of 1:800,000. Newfoundland appears on one side, with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island on the other. It also includes insets of the major cities and short informational paragraphs about regions of interest. Two Sides. 27x39 inches. (CND50, $5.95)		   Atlantic Canada Map



Also Recommended

Canada Map  •  ITMB    •  This attractive color map of all Canada (1:6,000,000) shows topographic relief, transportation routes, cities and towns. (CND15, $9.95)
 		  
Atlas of Newfoundland & Labrador  •  Mem U Nfld Dept Geog   • REFERENCE  •  An in-depth atlas featuring statistical information on Newfoundland. It's an excellent overview -- highly recommended. (NFL04, $49.95)
 		  
Calling the Maritimes Home  •  Julie V. Watson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • COMING IN  •  A portrait of Canada's Maritime Provinces and their distinct cultural riches, written by a Canadian with a clear affection for her homeland. From PEI and Nova Scotia to New Brunswick, Watson enlightens on the history, art, food and traditions of Eastern Canada in witty, anecdotal detail. (CND242, $13.95)
 		  
Nova Scotia  •  Tanya Lloyd Kyi   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A photographic overview of historic Louisbourg and Port Royale, Cape Breton, Halifax and the remote towns and people in the Canada Series. (CND262, $17.95)
 		  
The Frozen Echo, Greenland and the Exploration of North America, 1000-1500  •  Kirsten Seaver   • HISTORY  •  A scholarly account of Norse settlements in Greenland and Canada -- the best analysis of the subject to be published in decades. (ARC76, $30.95)
 		  
Vikings, The North Atlantic Saga  •  William Fitzhugh  •  Elisabeth Ward   • HISTORY  •  An extensively illustrated volume of Viking culture, history and exploration that focuses especially on voyages to North America. Published in conjunction with a Smithsonian exhibit, it features essays and 400 color photographs. (VIK11, $34.95)
 		  
An Innocent in Newfoundland, Even More Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters  •  David W. McFadden   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  In this entertaining chronicle and portrait of Newfoundland, McFadden stops in to visit poets and writers, pays homage to the Vikings at L'Anse aux Meadows, admires the puffins and -- as usual -- visits a few taverns en route. (NFL20, $16.95)
 		  
Baltimore's Mansion  •  Wayne Johnston   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A memoir and history of the author's family in remote coastal Newfoundland, including his father's days as a codfish-taster. (NFL11, $13.00)
 		  
My Famous Evening: Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries and Preoccupations  •  Howard Norman   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE  •  Howard Norman returned to Nova Scotia over a period of 30 years to interview local legends and research the folklore of the area. Norman writes with an impressionistic intimacy to create a portrait of this enchanting place and its people. (CND204, $20.00)
 		  
Northern Nurse  •  Elliott Merrick  •  Lawrence Millman   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A classic account of life and adventures in Labrador, originally published in 1941. It's the story of Australian nurse Kate Austen at Labrador's Grenfell Mission, written by her writer and novelist husband Elliott Merrick -- and a wonderful portrait of place. (CND190, $14.00)
 		  
The Boat Who Wouldn't Float  •  Farley Mowat   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A laugh-out-loud account of Mowat's determination to refurbish and sail a clunky old boat in the not-always-forgiving waters of Newfoundland. (NFL02, $5.99)
 		  
Theatre of Fish, Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador  •  John Gimlette   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A rollicking account of Gimlette's adventures in Newfoundland and Labrador on the trail of a great-great grandfather. It's a witty tale, soaked in fishy history, myth, lore and incident. (CND234, $15.00)
 		  
Burden of Desire  •  Robert MacNeil   • LITERATURE  •  An intricate, suspenseful novel of love and war set against the backdrop of the 1917 explosion that destroyed the north end of Halifax. Written by the noted newsman Robert MacNeil. (CND23, $25.95)
 		  
Fall on your Knees  •  Ann-Marie MacDonald   • LITERATURE  •  A best-selling epic following the lives of a Lebanese-Canadian family from Cape Breton Island throughout the first half of the 20th century. (CND49, $16.00)
 		  
No Great Mischief  •  Alistair MacLeod   • LITERATURE  •  A novel covering 200 years in the history of a family of Scottish immigrants living in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. MacLeod creates a modern saga of the immigrant experience, familial bonds and life in coastal Canada. (CND48, $15.95)
 		  
The Bird Artist  •  Howard Norman   • LITERATURE  •  Memorably set in a remote coastal village in 1911, this vivid book is the tale of an odd local man who murdered the lighthouse keeper. It's as much about human character and motivation as it is about Newfoundland. (NFL06, $16.00)
 		  
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams  •  Wayne Johnston   • LITERATURE  •  A probing fictional biography of Joseph Smallwood, first premier of the newly created Atlantic province of Newfoundland. It's a hilarious account of a strange man in an even stranger place. (NFL08, $17.00)
 		  
The Shipping News  •  E. Annie Proulx   • LITERATURE  •  An international bestseller that put Newfoundland on the world stage, this lyrical novel conjures the tough life of a recently divorced journalist struggling to get through the day in a remote fishing town. (NFL03, $16.00)
 		  
Cod, A Biography of a Fish That Changed the World  •  Mark Kurlansky   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A sparkling extended essay on the cod in the tradition of Lopez or McPhee, looking at the importance of the fish to cuisine and commerce, throwing much light on the plight of the Grand Banks and fisheries. (OCE10, $15.00)
 		  
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America  •  David Sibley   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird with status, habitat, range, voice and identifying marks. (USE262, $19.95)
 		  
 
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