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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

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

Georgeanne Brennan

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Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island

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My Famous Evening: Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries and Preoccupations

My Famous Evening: Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries and Preoccupations

by 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. (CND204, $20.00)

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

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)

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, $19.95)

Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island Map

Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island Map

by ITMB

  • 2008
  • MAP

This provincial map (1:400,000) includes Prince Edward Island and adjacent New Brunswick. (CND45, $9.95)

 

Fodor's Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada, With New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador


by Fodor's Travel Publications

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 316 PAGES

With its many photographs, great introductory chapters and practical travel information, this book is an excellent overview of Italy and its attractions for visitors. Featuring separate sections on suggested places to visit, recommended walks, practical information, descriptions of restaurants and hotels, ratings of sights, and a chronology of historic events. (CND306, $16.99)

Lonely Planet Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island

Lonely Planet Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island


by Karla Zimmerman

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

This handy, 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)

Four Fish

Four Fish


by Paul Greenberg

  • FOOD
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

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

A Traveller's History of Canada


by Robert Bothwell

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 220 PAGES
  • BEST SELLER

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

Atlantic

Atlantic


by Simon Winchester

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 475 PAGES

The subtitle tells it all. Yeoman Simon Winchester squeezes "Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories" into the capacious covers of this latest entertaining and digressive tale. (OCE156, $15.99)

The Grey Seas Under


by Barbara Mowat

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 341 PAGES

Mowat captures the drama and courage of the men of the famous Foundation Franklin, an ocean-going tug involved in dozens of rescues at sea between 1930 and 1948. (NFL29, $16.95)

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


by Douglas Hunter

  • RELIGION
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 288 PAGES

Hunter reveals the interconnected lives of Columbus and Cabot and the European experience of the New World. (ATL40, $27.00)

Why I Hate Canadians

Why I Hate Canadians


by Will Ferguson

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 305 PAGES

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)

The Island of Seven Cities, Where The Chinese Settled When They Discovered America

The Island of Seven Cities, Where The Chinese Settled When They Discovered America


by Paul Chiasson

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2007
  • PAPER

Reexamining the ruins of a stone road that he encountered on Cape Breton, a local architect utilizes maps, drawings, aerial and site photographs, and his architectural expertise to reveal the existence of a large Chinese colony that existed on the coast of Canada prior to the European Age of Discovery. (CHN380, $25.95)

The Alpine Path

The Alpine Path


by Lucy Maud Montgomery

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 96 PAGES

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 the Island


by Lucy Maud Montgomery

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

Eighteen-year-old Anne leaves P.E.I. for college in Kingsport in this third heartwarming book about red-haired Anne Shirley. (NFL27, $4.99)

Burden of Desire

Burden of Desire


by Robert MacNeil

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 482 PAGES

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


by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

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

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)

The Complete Anne of Green Gables Boxed Set

The Complete Anne of Green Gables Boxed Set


by Lucy Maud Montgomery

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 497 PAGES

A deluxe gift-box edition of all eight of L.M. Montgomery's classic stories about one of the most beloved fictional heroines of all time. (NFL28, $47.95)

Wild Nova Scotia

Wild Nova Scotia


by 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 butterflies and blossoms to rocky coastlines, river valleys and mist-shrouded lakes. (CND290, $29.95)

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America


by Jon Dunn

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

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)

Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens

Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens


by Marie Nightingale

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 227 PAGES

Marie Nightingale brings together traditional Nova Scotia recipes and the stories of the people who cooked them. (CND388, $17.95)

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