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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Lonely Planet Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island
• Karla Zimmerman
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
This compact guide to Atlantic Canada covers Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island in detail, and includes a chapter on Newfoundland and Labrador. With maps, travel information and short essays on culture, attractions and nature.
(CND291, $17.99) |
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Insight Guide New England
• Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 432 PAGES
This guide is noted for its wonderful photography, superb production and informative short essays. It is a thoroughly illustrated guide to the history, culture and nature of New England, complemented by over 70 pages of practical travel information. Now in its 7th edition, it features information on all the states, with a strong focus on Massachusetts.
(USE38, $24.99) |
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One Man's Meat
• E.B. White
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1997 •
PAPER
• 279 PAGES
A collection of observant, personal, and often humorous essays about daily life on a Maine saltwater farm. Originally published in 1938, and written by E.B. White, author of the children's classics "Charlotte's Web," "Trumpet of the Swan" and "Stuart Little," this book is a wonderful portrait of coastal, small town life.
(USE43, $14.95) |
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Northeastern Seashore Life
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
FIELD GUIDE •
2001 •
PLASTIC CARD
A fold-out guide to seashore animals from Labrador to Massachusetts. Laminated and pocket-size, it's a handy reference to carry along on a trip to the beach for quick identification of almost 150 species of fish, birds, starfish, lobsters and the rest of New England's coastal denizens.
(USE235, $5.95) |
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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) |
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New England Map
• Mad Maps
MAP
A road map of all of New England, at a scale of 1:600,000. Two Sides. 36x24 inches.
(USE270, $10.95) |
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Also Recommended
The Most Beautiful Villages of New England
• Tom Shachtman
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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In this coffee-table book, New England's most picturesque towns and villages are presented through 240 full color photographs. Accompanying descriptions fill in details about each town's history and architecture.
(USE42, $40.00)
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Private Newport, At Home and in the Garden
• Bettie Bearden Pardee
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A sumptuous photographic tour of 18 opulent mansions and estates in Newport, Rhode Island.
(USE345, $45.00)
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My Famous Evening: Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries and Preoccupations
• Howard Norman
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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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)
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Anne of Green Gables
• Lucy Maud Montgomery
• LITERATURE
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This Norton critical edition includes excerpts from Montgomery's journals, letters, and juvenilia, commentary from Sir Walter Scott, Byron and Louisa May Alcott, and cultural context for the immensely popular 1908 novel.
(CND39, $19.95)
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Empire Falls
• Richard Russo
• LITERATURE
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel lovingly set in a fictitious Maine mill town. Russo has composed an entertaining and poignant portrait of what lies beneath the facade of small-town New England life.
(USE220, $15.00)
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No Great Mischief
• Alistair MacLeod
• LITERATURE
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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)
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The Bird Artist
• Howard Norman
• LITERATURE
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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)
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The Crucible, A Play in Four Acts
• Arthur Miller
• LITERATURE
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Arthur Miller's riveting drama about the Salem Witch Trials.
(USE290, $13.00)
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The House by the Sea, A Journal
• May Sarton
• LITERATURE
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One of many journals by May Sarton, who moved from New Hampshire to live alone in a house on the seacoast of Maine. She writes beautifully on the topics of aging, solitude, nature, gardening, food, relationships, and of course, on life in coastal Maine.
(USE61, $21.00)
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The Maine Reader, The Down East Experience, 1614 to Present
• Charles Shain
• LITERATURE
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An excellent anthology covering the gamut of the state's culture and history, from early European explorers to the 20th century works of Carolyn Chute, Rachel Carson and John McPhee.
(USE57, $20.95)
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Writing New England, An Anthology from the Puritans to the Present
• Andrew Delbanco
• ANTHOLOGY
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An overflowing anthology of New England writings, from fiction and memoir to natural history and politics.
(USE269, $29.95)
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Cod, A Biography of a Fish That Changed the World
• Mark Kurlansky
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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Wild Nova Scotia
• Len Wagg
• Bob Bancroft
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A collection of stunning color photographs of Nova Scotia's landscapes and wildlife, from butterflies and blossoms to rocky coastlines, river valleys and mist-shrouded lakes.
(CND290, $29.95)
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A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife
• Noble S. Proctor
• Patrick J. Lynch
• FIELD GUIDE
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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)
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Life Between the Tides, Marine Plants and Animals of the Northeast
• Jill Fegley
• John Moring
• Les Watling
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact, convenient guide to habitats, invertebrates, fishes and marine plants, written for the University of Maine's Sea Grant program.
(USE351, $15.00)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England
• Brian Cassie
• Peter Alden
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact, easy-to-use overview of 1,000 of New England's trees, wildflowers, mammals, insects and other flora and fauna. It also provides an extensive overview of the area's geology, weather patterns and natural sites.
(USE06, $19.95)
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
• Jon Dunn
• FIELD GUIDE
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From Alaska to Baja California, Nova Scotia and Florida, this guide is the veteran's choice for birding anywhere in the United States. Tabbed for easy access, the color range maps in this sixth edition are outstanding.
(FG09, $27.95)
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New England Wildlife
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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This laminated, fold-out, pocket-size guide features illustrations of almost 150 species of fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals.
(USE234, $5.95)
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