Welcome!

Enrich Your Travels with Longitude

We've got the classic, new and hard-to-find books and maps to help you get the most out of your adventures.

SIGN UP FOR

Longitude News

Get our monthly e-mail update

GET A

Catalog

FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

SEE ALL >

PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

SEE ALL >

OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

SEE ALL >

PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

SEE ALL >

GREENLAND TO NOVA SCOTIA

More Books

The Boat Who Wouldn't Float

The Boat Who Wouldn't Float


by Farley Mowat

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

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)

The Colony of Unrequited Dreams

The Colony of Unrequited Dreams


by Wayne Johnston

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 562 PAGES

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)

Glacier Ice

Glacier Ice


by Austin Post | Edward R. LaChapelle

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 145 PAGES

A classic book of extraordinary black-and-white aerial photographs of mountains and glaciers by two devoted men of ice. Ed LaChapelle's text is paired with Austin Post's stunning aerial photographs of glaciers from Alaska and Chile to Switzerland, the Himalayas and other parts of the world. (SCI07, $27.95)

Hungry Ocean, A Swordboat Captain's Journey


by Linda Greenlaw

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A formidable skipper, Greenlaw details all the excitement, boredom, weather, and characters on a first-class fishing operation off the coast of Newfoundland. (NFL17, $14.00)

The Last Imaginary Place

The Last Imaginary Place


by Robert McGhee

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 296 PAGES

A curator at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, McGhee combines a lifetime of field work, ethnography and travel in this illuminating account of the human history of the Arctic. (ARC164, $18.00)

The Shipping News

The Shipping News


by E. Annie Proulx

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 337 PAGES

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)

Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo

Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo


by Henry Rink

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

A facsimile edition of a collection of Greenlandic tales with a sketch of "their habits, religion, language and other peculiarities" by the explorer and Danish governor of Southern Greenland, originally published in 1875. With woodcuts and engravings. (ARC184, $12.95)

Ultima Thule, Explorers and Natives in the Polar North

Ultima Thule, Explorers and Natives in the Polar North


by Jean Malaurie

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 399 PAGES

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)

 

Longitude provides recommended reading for travelers in partnership with the leading tour operators and travel programs for hundreds of destinations worldwide. We've got the classic, new and hard-to-find books and maps to help you get the most out of your adventures.