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Theatre of Fish, Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador

Theatre of Fish, Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador

by John Gimlette

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 356 PAGES

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)

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)

Moon Handbook Atlantic Canada

Moon Handbook Atlantic Canada

by 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, $19.99)

Newfoundland & Labrador Map

by ITMB

  • 2011
  • MAP

This double sided map shows Newfoundland on one side (with St. Pierre et Miquelon and an inset of St. John's) with Labrador on the reverse. (CND378, $7.95)

 

Frommer's Newfoundland & Labrador


by Andrew Hempstead

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 243 PAGES

A comprehensive, practical guide to the region with excellent recommendations for hotels, restaurants and excursions. With two-color maps throughout. (NFL25, $19.99)

Nova Scotia, A Colourguide

Nova Scotia, A Colourguide


by Stephen Poole | Al Kingsbury | Keith Vaughan

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

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)

A Traveller's History of Canada

A Traveller's History of Canada


by Robert Bothwell

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 220 PAGES

A readable and admirably concise march through Canadian history from prehistory to today, including a timeline. (CND82, $14.99)

The Race to the New World, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and a Lost History of Discovery


by Douglas Hunter

  • RELIGION
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Hunter reveals the interconnected lives of Columbus and fellow Italian explorer-for-hire, Cabot, and the European experience of the New World. (ATL40, $17.00)

This Marvellous Terrible Place, Images of Newfoundland and Labrador

This Marvellous Terrible Place, Images of Newfoundland and Labrador


by Yva Momatiuk | John Eastcott

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

This portrait of Newfoundland, compiled by two accomplished photojournalists, combines color photographs and oral histories of the area. (NFL07, $24.95)

Vikings, The North Atlantic Saga

Vikings, The North Atlantic Saga


by William Fitzhugh | Elisabeth Ward

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

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)

The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson

The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson


by David P. Silcox

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 444 PAGES

The much-loved painters of The Group of Seven helped define Canadian identity, creating iconic images of early 20th-century Canada. This glorious, lovingly produced book show-cases nearly 400 paintings, including influential landscapes, lesser-known portraits, gardens and city scenes, all organized geographically. (CND221, $35.00)

A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World

A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World


by Tony Horwitz

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

What happened in America after Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue? In this latest outing, Tony Horwitz (Blue Latitudes) takes us on a thrilling and eye-opening adventure in Pre-Mayflower America. It's not so much Roanoke, Jamestown and Plymouth that interest him (though they are included too), it's the places associated with forgotten explorers, many of them Spanish, like Erik the Red (Vinland gets the first chapter), Henry Hudson, Verrazano, De Soto, Cabeza de Vaca, Cortes and Balboa. Horwitz rescues whole chapters of early America from the dustbin of history in this rich mix of wit, scholarship and modern-day adventure. (NAM51, $19.00)

Baltimore's Mansion


by Wayne Johnston

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

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)

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 Iambics of Newfoundland, Notes From an Unknown Shore

The Iambics of Newfoundland, Notes From an Unknown Shore


by Robert Finch

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

With boundless curiosity and a deft way with words, Finch captures the people, places and wildlife of Atlantic Canada with grace and insight in this engaging series of essays, the result of his travels all over the Province. (NFL23, $15.95)

Island, The Complete Stories

Island, The Complete Stories


by Alistair MacLeod

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

Raised in Cape Breton, Alistair MacLeod writes of family, the pull of old Gaelic traditions, love and the landscape and folkways of Nova Scotia in this collection of 16 stories. Winner of the Pen/Malamud Award. (CND73, $15.95)

River Thieves


by Michael Crummey

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

A novel of Newfoundland's colonial past. (NFL13, $19.95)

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 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)

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)

The Surgeon's Mate

The Surgeon's Mate


by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER

The seventh book, with American privateers in hot pursuit across Newfoundland's Grand Banks. (NFL12, $15.95)

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, commerce and history, throwing light on Viking voyages, the Hanseatic League, and both Scnadinavian and Canadian economic history. (OCE10, $15.00)

The Atlantic Coast, A Natural History


by Harry Thurston

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2012
  • HARD COVER
  • 327 PAGES

Thurston illuminates the geology, plant and animal life and nature of the Atlantic coast from Newfoundland and Labrador through the Maritime Provinces and the Northeastern United States south to Cape Hatteras in this illustrated, engaging survey. (USE540, $39.95)

Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises

Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises


by Mark Carwardine

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

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, $22.00)

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