North Atlantic Maritimes

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Enrich your travels with reading! Here's a hand-picked list prepared for your journey in conjunction with the book experts at Longitude.

Essential Reading

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Lonely Planet Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island

Lonely Planet Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island

by Karla Zimmerman

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

This handy, 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)

Insight Guide New England

Insight Guide New England

by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

For a good overview of the region, you can't go wrong with this guide, noted for its wonderful photography, superb production and outstanding color maps. (USE38, $24.99)

One Man's Meat

One Man's Meat

by E.B. White

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 279 PAGES

By the author of "Charlotte's Web," a collection of observant and often humorous essays about daily life on a Maine saltwater farm. A wonderful portrait of coastal small-town life, originally published in 1938. (USE43, $14.95)

Northeastern Seashore Life

Northeastern Seashore Life

by Raymond Leung | James Kavanaugh

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2001
  • PLASTIC CARD

A fold-out guide to seashore animals from Labrador to Massachusetts. (USE235, $5.95)

Atlantic Canada Map

Atlantic Canada Map

by CCC Maps

  • 2010
  • MAP

A double-sided map of the Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland at a scale of 1:800,000. (CND50, $5.95)

New England Map

New England Map

by Mad Maps

  • MAP

A road map of all of New England, at a scale of 1:600,000. (USE270, $10.95)

 
The Most Beautiful Villages of New England

The Most Beautiful Villages of New England


by Tom Shachtman

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

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)

Private Newport, At Home and in the Garden

Private Newport, At Home and in the Garden


by Bettie Bearden Pardee

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 224 PAGES

A sumptuous photographic tour of 18 opulent mansions and estates in Newport, Rhode Island. (USE345, $45.00)

My Famous Evening: Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries and Preoccupations

My Famous Evening: Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries and Preoccupations


by Howard Norman

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 208 PAGES
  • 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)

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables


by Lucy Maud Montgomery

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

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)

Empire Falls

Empire Falls


by Richard Russo

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

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)

No Great Mischief

No Great Mischief


by Alistair MacLeod

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

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

The Bird Artist


by Howard Norman

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

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 Crucible, A Play in Four Acts


by Arthur Miller

  • LITERATURE
  • 1976
  • PAPER
  • 152 PAGES

Arthur Miller's riveting drama about the Salem Witch Trials. (USE290, $13.00)

The House by the Sea, A Journal

The House by the Sea, A Journal


by May Sarton

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

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)

The Maine Reader, The Down East Experience, 1614 to Present

The Maine Reader, The Down East Experience, 1614 to Present


by Charles Shain

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 524 PAGES

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)

Writing New England, An Anthology from the Puritans to the Present

Writing New England, An Anthology from the Puritans to the Present


by Andrew Delbanco

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 517 PAGES

An overflowing anthology of New England writings, from fiction and memoir to natural history and politics. (USE269, $29.95)

Cod, A Biography of a Fish That Changed the World

Cod, A Biography of a Fish That Changed the World


by Mark Kurlansky

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 294 PAGES

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)

Wild Nova Scotia

Wild Nova Scotia


by Len Wagg | Bob Bancroft

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 86 PAGES

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)

A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife

A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife


by Noble S. Proctor | Patrick J. Lynch

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 221 PAGES

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)

Life Between the Tides, Marine Plants and Animals of the Northeast

Life Between the Tides, Marine Plants and Animals of the Northeast


by Jill Fegley | John Moring | Les Watling

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 158 PAGES

A compact, convenient guide to habitats, invertebrates, fishes and marine plants, written for the University of Maine's Sea Grant program. (USE351, $15.00)

National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England

National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England


by Brian Cassie | Peter Alden

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1998
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 448 PAGES

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)

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America


by Jon Dunn

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

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)

New England Wildlife


by Raymond Leung | James Kavanaugh

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2001
  • PLASTIC CARD

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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