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A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic •  E.C. Pielou
NATURAL HISTORY • 1994 • PAPER • 327 PAGES
A well written primer on Arctic climate, geography, plants, birds, mammals and insects in a single nicely written book. It's a highly recommended, enthusiastic guide to natural history throughout the North -- a good first choice for even the keenest naturalist. With line drawings, charts, and maps. (ARC03, $22.00)

This Cold Heaven •  Gretel Ehrlich
TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2003 • PAPER • 400 PAGES • FAVORITE
No lightweight, Ehrlich wandered, mostly alone, by boat, helicopter, plane, and dogsled over seven seasons in Greenland. This account of her travels in the region reflects her insight, knowledge, and deep appreciation of the people and barren landscapes of the north. A first-rate writer and philosopher, she interweaves the story of her own peregrinations with the story of Greenland-born Knud Rasmussen, the Arctic explorer who established a trading base at Thule with Peter Freuchen; and the result is a profound, exhilarating book. (ARC107, $18.95)

Theatre of Fish, Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador •  John Gimlette
TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2006 • PAPER • 356 PAGES
Gimlette (At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig) reels in history, folklore and some pretty odd characters in this rollicking account of his travels around The Rock. His Newfoundland, steeped in myth and cod, is more than slightly off kilter. We can almost forgive him for occasionally being too clever for his own good! Gimlette travels, in part, in the footsteps of his adventurous great-grandfather Eliot Curwen and much-ballyhooed contemporary Wilfred Grenfell, about whom we learn a great deal. (CND234, $15.00)

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)

Circumpolar North / Greenland Map •   ITMB
2009 • MAP
This revised full-color, folded map of Greenland at a scale of 900,000 (with index, shaded coastal relief and travel notes) includes on the reverse the stunning North Circumpolar Region Map, published by the Natural Resources Canada. Showing all the land above 60 degrees north, this striking map also shows limits of polar sea ice, position of the magnetic North Pole and bathymetry of the Arctic basin. Two Sides. 39x27 inches. (ARC111, $12.95)

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Nunavut Map •   International Travel Maps • A regional traveler's map at a scale of 1:1,85 million with good topographic relief, showing roads, physical features and nature preserves. (CND328, $12.95)

Lonely Planet Greenland and the Arctic •  Deanna Swaney • GUIDEBOOK • OUT OF PRINT • A comprehensive guide to the circumpolar north, covering Greenland and the Alaskan, the Canadian, the Scandinavian and the Russian Arctic. (ARC73, $26.99)

Moon Handbook Atlantic Canada •  Mark Morris • GUIDEBOOK • 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)

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 Vikings, Lords of the Seas •  Yves Cohat • HISTORY • An indispensable reference that fits in your pocket, this slim volume is packed with maps, archival photographs, and illustrations. It tells of the Norse homeland, discoveries and settlements, and also features a useful chronology and excerpts from the Viking Sagas. Part of the "Discoveries" series. (VIK01, $12.95)

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)

Great Heart, The History of a Labrador Adventure •  John Rugge •  James West Davidson • EXPLORATION • Rugge and Davidson retrace three turn-of-the-century expeditions across the uncharted Ungava-Labrador Peninsula in this riveting tale of hardship and courage in the wilderness. (CND63, $17.00)

North to the Night, A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic •  Alvah Simon • EXPLORATION • A well crafted tale of adventures in the Canadian Arctic and Greenland aboard a 36-foot sailing yacht, including most memorably a solo winter frozen in the sea ice off Bylot Island. (ARC97, $14.95)

The Ice Finders, How a Poet, a Professor and a Politician Discovered the Ice Age •  Edmund Blair Bolles • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A wonderfully eccentric history of 19th-century science, focusing on three personalities and their ideas about the role of ice in Earth's history. Each contributed to the Victorian debate among scientists, explorers and the man on the street about the nature of the polar regions. (ARC78, $17.95)

The Last Gentleman Adventurer, Coming of Age in the Arctic •  Edward Beauclerk Maurice •  Lawrence Millman • EXPLORATION • Maurice's poignant tale of coming-of-age with the Hudson Bay Company in the Canadian Arctic in the 1930s. Posted to Pangnirtung as a remarkably unlikely 17-year-old recruit, Maurice grew into a man with the fur traders and Inuit of Baffin Island, earning the name of Issumatak (One Who Thinks). (ARC173, $14.95)

The Lure of the Labrador Wild •  Dillon Wallace • EXPLORATION • Dillon's original account of a disastrous canoe expedition to the unmapped Ungava-Labrador Peninsula, originally published in 1905 -- and marvelously retold in the classic Great Heart. (CND369, $18.99)

To the Arctic! The Story of Northern Exploration from Earliest Times •  Jeanette Mirsky • EXPLORATION • OUT OF PRINT • Mirsky recounts tales of Arctic exploration, from the Dutch discovery of Spitsbergen to the search for Franklin and the quest for the North Pole in this classic history. (ARC31, $17.00)

Ultima Thule, Explorers and Natives in the Polar North •  Jean Malaurie • EXPLORATION • In this oversize, handsomely illustrated history of European exploration of Greenland and the Arctic, Malaurie draws together explorers' logs, Inuit accounts, photographs, engravings and period drawings. (ARC123, $75.00)

No One Thinks of Greenland •  John Griesemer • LITERATURE • The Allies secret WWII army base in Greenland serves as inspiration for this tale of mysterious goings-on during the Korean War. (ARC149, $15.00)

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 Greenlanders •  Jane Smiley • LITERATURE • FAVORITE • This marvelously researched novel recreates life in the Viking settlements in Greenland. (ARC08, $15.95)

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)

Arctic Dreams •  Barry Lopez • NATURAL HISTORY • FAVORITE • A dazzling meditation on the Arctic, breathtaking in scope. Lopez draws on his travels throughout the North, including Baffin Island, the Chukchi and Bering Seas, Alaska, the Yukon and Greenland, interweaving natural history, accounts of early exploration, anecdote and lore into an indelible portrait of place. (ARC11, $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)

Riddle of the Ice, A Scientific Adventure into the Arctic •  Myron Arms • SCIENCE • An account of a 1991 scientific expedition to study climate change, including sailing voyage from Newfoundland across the Davis Strait to Greenland aboard a 50-foot sloop. (ARC93, $12.95)

What We Know About Climate Change •  Kerry Emanuel • SCIENCE • With the power of a polished lecturer, Emanuel brilliantly lays out the issues, causes and concern about the fate of our climate in plain language in this illuminating essay, as balanced as it is lucid. This is the book to read. (GEO46, $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 • A comprehensive pocket guide to commonly encountered marine mammals, seabirds and other marine life of Northeastern North America, from North Carolina to Newfoundland and the Canadian Maritimes. (NAM24, $19.95)

Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises •  Mark Carwardine • FIELD GUIDE • In the trademark, graphic Eyewitness style, this sturdy guidebook colorfully describes the world's cetaceans with numerous illustrations, range maps, fluke drawings and a few paragraphs on each species. (FG02, $20.00)

The Arctic, A Guide to Coastal Wildlife •  Tony Soper •  Dan Powell • FIELD GUIDE • COMING IN NOVEMBER • A compact guide to coastal marine mammals and seabirds of the Circumpolar North, featuring handsome watercolor illustrations and lively text. (ARC85, $21.95)

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	A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic • E.C. Pielou NATURAL HISTORY • 1994 • PAPER • 327 PAGES A well written primer on Arctic climate, geography, plants, birds, mammals and insects in a single nicely written book. It's a highly recommended, enthusiastic guide to natural history throughout the North -- a good first choice for even the keenest naturalist. With line drawings, charts, and maps. (ARC03, $22.00)
	This Cold Heaven • Gretel Ehrlich TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2003 • PAPER • 400 PAGES • FAVORITE No lightweight, Ehrlich wandered, mostly alone, by boat, helicopter, plane, and dogsled over seven seasons in Greenland. This account of her travels in the region reflects her insight, knowledge, and deep appreciation of the people and barren landscapes of the north. A first-rate writer and philosopher, she interweaves the story of her own peregrinations with the story of Greenland-born Knud Rasmussen, the Arctic explorer who established a trading base at Thule with Peter Freuchen; and the result is a profound, exhilarating book. (ARC107, $18.95)
	Theatre of Fish, Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador • John Gimlette TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2006 • PAPER • 356 PAGES Gimlette (At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig) reels in history, folklore and some pretty odd characters in this rollicking account of his travels around The Rock. His Newfoundland, steeped in myth and cod, is more than slightly off kilter. We can almost forgive him for occasionally being too clever for his own good! Gimlette travels, in part, in the footsteps of his adventurous great-grandfather Eliot Curwen and much-ballyhooed contemporary Wilfred Grenfell, about whom we learn a great deal. (CND234, $15.00)
	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)
	Circumpolar North / Greenland Map • ITMB 2009 • MAP This revised full-color, folded map of Greenland at a scale of 900,000 (with index, shaded coastal relief and travel notes) includes on the reverse the stunning North Circumpolar Region Map, published by the Natural Resources Canada. Showing all the land above 60 degrees north, this striking map also shows limits of polar sea ice, position of the magnetic North Pole and bathymetry of the Arctic basin. Two Sides. 39x27 inches. (ARC111, $12.95)

	Nunavut Map • International Travel Maps • A regional traveler's map at a scale of 1:1,85 million with good topographic relief, showing roads, physical features and nature preserves. (CND328, $12.95)
	Lonely Planet Greenland and the Arctic • Deanna Swaney • GUIDEBOOK • OUT OF PRINT • A comprehensive guide to the circumpolar north, covering Greenland and the Alaskan, the Canadian, the Scandinavian and the Russian Arctic. (ARC73, $26.99)
	Moon Handbook Atlantic Canada • Mark Morris • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	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 Vikings, Lords of the Seas • Yves Cohat • HISTORY • An indispensable reference that fits in your pocket, this slim volume is packed with maps, archival photographs, and illustrations. It tells of the Norse homeland, discoveries and settlements, and also features a useful chronology and excerpts from the Viking Sagas. Part of the "Discoveries" series. (VIK01, $12.95)
	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)
	Great Heart, The History of a Labrador Adventure • John Rugge • James West Davidson • EXPLORATION • Rugge and Davidson retrace three turn-of-the-century expeditions across the uncharted Ungava-Labrador Peninsula in this riveting tale of hardship and courage in the wilderness. (CND63, $17.00)
	North to the Night, A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic • Alvah Simon • EXPLORATION • A well crafted tale of adventures in the Canadian Arctic and Greenland aboard a 36-foot sailing yacht, including most memorably a solo winter frozen in the sea ice off Bylot Island. (ARC97, $14.95)
	The Ice Finders, How a Poet, a Professor and a Politician Discovered the Ice Age • Edmund Blair Bolles • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A wonderfully eccentric history of 19th-century science, focusing on three personalities and their ideas about the role of ice in Earth's history. Each contributed to the Victorian debate among scientists, explorers and the man on the street about the nature of the polar regions. (ARC78, $17.95)
	The Last Gentleman Adventurer, Coming of Age in the Arctic • Edward Beauclerk Maurice • Lawrence Millman • EXPLORATION • Maurice's poignant tale of coming-of-age with the Hudson Bay Company in the Canadian Arctic in the 1930s. Posted to Pangnirtung as a remarkably unlikely 17-year-old recruit, Maurice grew into a man with the fur traders and Inuit of Baffin Island, earning the name of Issumatak (One Who Thinks). (ARC173, $14.95)
	The Lure of the Labrador Wild • Dillon Wallace • EXPLORATION • Dillon's original account of a disastrous canoe expedition to the unmapped Ungava-Labrador Peninsula, originally published in 1905 -- and marvelously retold in the classic Great Heart. (CND369, $18.99)
	To the Arctic! The Story of Northern Exploration from Earliest Times • Jeanette Mirsky • EXPLORATION • OUT OF PRINT • Mirsky recounts tales of Arctic exploration, from the Dutch discovery of Spitsbergen to the search for Franklin and the quest for the North Pole in this classic history. (ARC31, $17.00)
	Ultima Thule, Explorers and Natives in the Polar North • Jean Malaurie • EXPLORATION • In this oversize, handsomely illustrated history of European exploration of Greenland and the Arctic, Malaurie draws together explorers' logs, Inuit accounts, photographs, engravings and period drawings. (ARC123, $75.00)
	No One Thinks of Greenland • John Griesemer • LITERATURE • The Allies secret WWII army base in Greenland serves as inspiration for this tale of mysterious goings-on during the Korean War. (ARC149, $15.00)
	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 Greenlanders • Jane Smiley • LITERATURE • FAVORITE • This marvelously researched novel recreates life in the Viking settlements in Greenland. (ARC08, $15.95)
	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)
	Arctic Dreams • Barry Lopez • NATURAL HISTORY • FAVORITE • A dazzling meditation on the Arctic, breathtaking in scope. Lopez draws on his travels throughout the North, including Baffin Island, the Chukchi and Bering Seas, Alaska, the Yukon and Greenland, interweaving natural history, accounts of early exploration, anecdote and lore into an indelible portrait of place. (ARC11, $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)
	Riddle of the Ice, A Scientific Adventure into the Arctic • Myron Arms • SCIENCE • An account of a 1991 scientific expedition to study climate change, including sailing voyage from Newfoundland across the Davis Strait to Greenland aboard a 50-foot sloop. (ARC93, $12.95)
	What We Know About Climate Change • Kerry Emanuel • SCIENCE • With the power of a polished lecturer, Emanuel brilliantly lays out the issues, causes and concern about the fate of our climate in plain language in this illuminating essay, as balanced as it is lucid. This is the book to read. (GEO46, $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 • A comprehensive pocket guide to commonly encountered marine mammals, seabirds and other marine life of Northeastern North America, from North Carolina to Newfoundland and the Canadian Maritimes. (NAM24, $19.95)
	Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises • Mark Carwardine • FIELD GUIDE • In the trademark, graphic Eyewitness style, this sturdy guidebook colorfully describes the world's cetaceans with numerous illustrations, range maps, fluke drawings and a few paragraphs on each species. (FG02, $20.00)
	The Arctic, A Guide to Coastal Wildlife • Tony Soper • Dan Powell • FIELD GUIDE • COMING IN NOVEMBER • A compact guide to coastal marine mammals and seabirds of the Circumpolar North, featuring handsome watercolor illustrations and lively text. (ARC85, $21.95)