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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $67, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXNAM26)		  
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
One Man's Meat  •  E.B. White
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1997 •  PAPER  • 279 PAGES
A collection of observant, personal, and often humorous essays about daily life on a Maine saltwater farm. Originally published in 1938, and written by E.B. White, author of the children's classics "Charlotte's Web," "Trumpet of the Swan" and "Stuart Little," this book is a wonderful portrait of coastal, small town life. (USE43, $14.95)		   One Man's Meat
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
Acadia National Park Map  •  Trails Illustrated
MAP
A hiker's detailed topographic map of Acadia National Park, shown at a scale of 1:50,000, printed on tear-resistant, waterproof paper. Two Sides. 37x25 inches. (USE154, $11.95)		   Acadia National Park Map



Also Recommended

Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island Map  •  ITMB    •  This provincial map (1:400,000) includes Prince Edward Island and adjacent New Brunswick. (CND45, $9.95)
 		  
Acadia, The Complete Guide  •  James Kaiser   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A full-color informative guide on where to go, what to do, and how to get the most out of hikes and other adventures in Maine. (USE398, $22.99)
 		  
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)
 		  
Why I Hate Canadians  •  Will Ferguson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  The tenth anniversary edition of Ferguson's wickedly astute cultural salvo, the collection of humorous essays that launched his career. As you might guess, the title is tongue-in-cheek. (CND154, $15.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Cape Breton Road  •  D.R. MacDonald   • LITERATURE  •  A young car thief from Boston is sent to live with his uncle on Cape Breton Island. (CND192, $21.95)
 		  
Empire Falls  •  Richard Russo   • LITERATURE  •  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)
 		  
Fall on your Knees  •  Ann-Marie MacDonald   • LITERATURE  •  A best-selling epic following the lives of a Lebanese-Canadian family from Cape Breton Island throughout the first half of the 20th century. (CND49, $16.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
Acadia National Park Wildlife  •  James Kavanagh   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A handy, shirt-pocket guide with color illustrations of commonly encountered wildlife in Acadia. (USE438, $5.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Maine Trees & Wildflowers  •  James Kavanagh   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This plastic card illustrates 140 common species of trees, shrubs and wildflowers. (USE446, $5.95)
 		  
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America  •  Jon Dunn   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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)
 		  
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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