Longitude
CANADA
Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 3 items are available for $58, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCND175)
 
Moon Handbook Atlantic Canada  •  Mark Morris
GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 472 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
My Famous Evening: Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries and Preoccupations  •  Howard Norman
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2004 •  HARD COVER  • 208 PAGES
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
Atlantic Canada Map  •  ITMB
MAP
A detailed map of Canada's maritime provinces and Newfoundland at a scale of 1:950,000. 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. (CND50, $6.95)
  Atlantic Canada Map



Also Recommended
Nova Scotia Map  •  Map Art Maps    •  A map of Nova Scotia at a scale of 1:650,000, published in Halifax. (CND45, $4.95)
 
 
Prince Edward Island Map  •  Map Art Maps    •  A map of Prince Edward Island at a scale of 1:250,000. (CND72, $4.95)
 
 
Lonely Planet Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island  •  Karla Zimmerman   • GUIDEBOOK  •  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, $16.99)
 
 
Nova Scotia, A Colourguide  •  Stephen Poole  •  Al Kingsbury  •  Keith Vaughan   • GUIDEBOOK  •  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, $16.95)
 
 
Prince Edward Island, A Colourguide  •  Laurie Brinklow   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A region-by-region guide to Canada's smallest province, featuring 400 color photographs. Published in Canada, it is a nice introduction to Prince Edward Island and its attractions. (CND71, $16.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Nova Scotia  •  Tanya Lloyd Kyi   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A photographic overview of historic Louisbourg and Port Royale, Cape Breton, Halifax and the remote towns and people in the Canada Series. (CND262, $17.95)
 
 
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, $19.95)
 
 
Anne of Green Gables  •  Lucy Maud Montgomery   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  The immensely popular children's novel set on Prince Edward Island. Anne, an 11-year-old orphan, moves to the small town of Avonlea when she is adopted by an elderly brother and sister. (CND39, $4.95)
 
 
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, $16.00)
 
 
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, $6.95)
 
 
Island, The Complete Stories  •  Alistair MacLeod   • LITERATURE  •  From one of Canada's most important writers comes a collection of stories about family and tradition in Nova Scotia. They tell of a young generation who has adapted to the New World but still tries to find their place within the Old World traditions of Scotland. (CND73, $14.95)
 
 
The Museum Guard  •  Howard Norman   • LITERATURE  •  Set in Halifax in 1938, this is the odd tale of a museum guard and his relationship with the woman who is caretaker at a local cemetery. (CND40, $15.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
Wild Nova Scotia  •  Len Wagg  •  Bob Bancroft   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  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)
 
 
A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife: Marine Mammals, Seabirds, Fish and Other Sea Life  •  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)
 
 

 
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