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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $69, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCND348)		  
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)		   Lonely Planet Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island
My Famous Evening: Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries and Preoccupations  •  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. A volume in the National Geographic Directions series. (CND204, $20.00)		   My Famous Evening: Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries and Preoccupations
Wild Nova Scotia  •  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 close-ups of butterflies and blossoms to aerial views of vast river valleys and mist-shrouded lakes. (CND290, $29.95)		   Wild Nova Scotia
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



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Four Fish  •  Paul Greenberg   • FOOD  •  From the Yukon River of Alaska, to the Mediterranean Sea, the fjords of Norway, the bays of Long Island Sound and way beyond, journalist Paul Greenberg interviews producers, fisherman and conservationists for this eyewitness report on the past and future of wild fish. He looks not only at what fish we catch and how we do it, but also proposes sensible alternatives to our current unsustainable interest in eating mostly sea bass, cod, salmon and tuna. (OCE161, $16.00)
 		  
A Traveller's History of Canada  •  Robert Bothwell   • HISTORY • BEST SELLER  •  A readable and admirably concise march through Canadian history from prehistory to today, including a timeline. (CND82, $14.99)
 		  
How to Be a Canadian, Even If You Already Are One  •  Ian Ferguson  •  Will Ferguson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A tongue-in-cheek portrait of Canadian people and society, written by two native sons. Not entirely (but mostly) in jest, the book is an insightful look at the Canadian national character. (CND208, $18.95)
 		  
The Alpine Path  •  Lucy Maud Montgomery   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Those who love Prince Edward Island will be delighted by Lucy Maud Montgomery's descriptions of the countryside and its people in this charming memoir, tracing her early years. (CND387, $10.95)
 		  
Anne of Green Gables  •  Lucy Maud Montgomery   • LITERATURE  •  This Norton critical edition of the immensely popular 1908 novel includes excerpts from Montgomery's journals, letters and juvenilia, as well as commentary from Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron and Louisa May Alcott. (CND39, $19.95)
 		  
Burden of Desire  •  Robert MacNeil   • LITERATURE  •  An intricate, suspenseful novel of love and war set against the backdrop of the 1917 explosion that destroyed the north end of Halifax. Written by the noted newsman Robert MacNeil. (CND23, $25.95)
 		  
Evangeline  •  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow   • LITERATURE  •  Longfellow's epic poem of Evangeline and Gabriel, two lovers separated as a result of the 1755 Acadian deportation from Nova Scotia. (CND46, $7.99)
 		  
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)
 		  
No Great Mischief  •  Alistair MacLeod   • LITERATURE  •  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)
 		  
Canadian Rockies Panorama  •  Steven Flagler   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A souvenir collection of full-color photographs of the Canadian Rockies, including Lake Louise, Jasper and Banff. The horizontal format is perfect for showing off the stunning photography. (CND35, $19.95)
 		  
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, commerce and history, throwing light on Viking voyages, the Hanseatic League, and both Scnadinavian and Canadian economic history. (OCE10, $15.00)
 		  
A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife  •  Noble S. Proctor  •  Patrick J. Lynch   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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)
 		  
Northeastern Seashore Life  •  Raymond Leung  •  James Kavanaugh   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A fold-out guide to seashore animals from Labrador to Massachusetts. (USE235, $5.95)
 		  
Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens  •  Marie Nightingale   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Marie Nightingale brings together traditional Nova Scotia recipes and the stories of the people who cooked them. (CND388, $17.95)
 		  
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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