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WALKING THE WORLD - NEWFOUNDLAND
Maritime Canada & Newfoundland
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Order an essential package, and we'll ship any additional items for free. We offer a mix of guidebooks, maps, field guides, novels and books on art, architecture, history, nature and culture.
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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)
A Traveller's History of Canada
Robert Bothwell
HISTORY 2005 PAPER 320 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 Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife: Marine Mammals, Seabirds, Fish and Other Sea Life
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)
Atlantic Canada Map
Rand McNally Maps
2008 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, $4.95)
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)
Nova Scotia, A Colourguide
Stephen Poole
Al Kingsbury
Keith Vaughan
GUIDEBOOK
A slim, region-by-region guide to Nova Scotia, featuring hundreds of color photographs. Published in Canada, it is a nice introduction to the province and its various attractions. Sixth edition.
(CND89, $19.95)
Calling the Maritimes Home
Julie V. Watson
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
OUT OF PRINT
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)
The Illustrated History of Canada
Craig Brown
HISTORY
A good, nicely illustrated history of Canada, featuring contributions by six Canadian historians, along with hundreds of engravings, maps, photographs and illustrations.
(CND19, $32.95)
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)
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, $16.00)
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, $14.95)
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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