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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $80, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCND274)		  
Moon Handbook Atlantic Canada  •  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, $19.95)		   Moon Handbook Atlantic Canada
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)		   Theatre of Fish, Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador
This Marvellous Terrible Place, Images of Newfoundland and Labrador  •  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)		   This Marvellous Terrible Place, Images of Newfoundland and Labrador
A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife  •  Noble S. Proctor  •  Patrick J. Lynch
FIELD GUIDE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 221 PAGES
A comprehensive pocket guide to the marine mammals, seabirds, fish, invertebrates and other marine life of the Northwestern Atlantic. Built for the field, full-color illustrations, range maps and descriptions are integrated on opposite pages for easy reference. The range maps cover the Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras to Newfoundland. Many of the individual whale species get two full pages. With an outstanding overview of oceanography and conservation, checklist and glossary. (NAM24, $19.95)		   A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife
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)		   Atlantic Canada Map



Also Recommended

A Traveller's History of Canada  •  Robert Bothwell   • HISTORY  •  A readable and admirably concise march through Canadian history from prehistory to today, including a timeline. (CND82, $14.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
An Innocent in Newfoundland, Even More Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters  •  David W. McFadden   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  In this entertaining chronicle and portrait of Newfoundland, McFadden stops in to visit poets and writers, pays homage to the Vikings at L'Anse aux Meadows, admires the puffins and -- as usual -- visits a few taverns en route. (NFL20, $16.95)
 		  
Baltimore's Mansion  •  Wayne Johnston   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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)
 		  
Hungry Ocean, A Swordboat Captain's Journey  •  Linda Greenlaw   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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 Boat Who Wouldn't Float  •  Farley Mowat   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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  •  Robert Finch   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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)
 		  
Alligator  •  Lisa Moore   • LITERATURE  •  A debut novel by the author of Degrees of Nakedness follows the intertwined destinies of the inhabitants of St. John's, Newfoundland. (NFL24, $13.00)
 		  
Island, The Complete Stories  •  Alistair MacLeod   • LITERATURE  •  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)
 		  
Sylvanus Now  •  Donna Morrissey   • LITERATURE  •  Morisette writes with authority of the struggles of cod fishermen and their families in a remote coastal village in the 1950s in this third novel of maritime Newfoundland. (CND281, $14.95)
 		  
The Big Why  •  Michael Winter   • LITERATURE • COMING IN  •  Steeped in local culture and traditions, Winter's tale is inspired by noted illustrator Rockwell Kent's sojourn in Brigus, Newfoundland in 1914. (CND309, $24.95)
 		  
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 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)
 		  
The Surgeon's Mate  •  Patrick O'Brian   • LITERATURE  •  The seventh book, with American privateers in hot pursuit across Newfoundland's Grand Banks. (NFL12, $14.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
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 Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America  •  David Sibley   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird with status, habitat, range, voice and identifying marks. (USE262, $19.95)
 		  
 
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