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By the Rivers of Brooklyn
Genre(s): Fiction
In the 1920s, Jim, Bert and Rose Evans all move from Newfoundland to Brooklyn, New York, in search of work and a better life, leaving their sister Ann ...read more

Softcover: $19.95


A Trip to Labrador
Genre(s): Non-Fiction
A Trip to Labrador contains the letters and journal of Edward Caldwell Moore, who accompanied Sir Wilfred Grenfell to Labrador in 1905 on the hospital ...read more

Softcover: $15.95


Where Genesis Begins
Genre(s): Art Poetry
Where Genesis Begins is a collaboration of two of Newfoundland’s foremost artists: Tom Dawe, a profoundly visual poet, and Gerald Squires, a pr ...read more

Softcover: $39.95
Hardcover: $59.95


The Beothuk
Genre(s): Non-Fiction
A history of the Beothuk of Newfoundland. Exciting in its detail, this book gives us a rare picture of a lost people whose culture was destroyed after ...read more

Softcover: $12.95


A Life of Caring
- 16 Newfoundland Nurses Tell Their Stories
Genre(s): Non-Fiction
TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE TO ORDER A collection of oral histories from nurses practicing during the 20s and 30s in Newfoundland and Labrador. ...read more

Softcover: $17.50


Bill Bennett
- A Biography
Genre(s): Non-Fiction
TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE TO ORDER A biography of Bill Bennett, a legendary bush pilot in Newfoundland and Labrador. ...read more

Softcover: $14.95


Feral Domicile
- Sonnets
Genre(s): Poetry
A figure journeys through his Old City, speaking sonnets - some from memory, some from contemporary condition and relationship with his place. He has ...read more

Softcover: $16.00


Silk Sails
- Women of Newfoundland and Their Ships
Genre(s): Non-Fiction
As Silk Sails entertainingly demonstrates, existing records show that women of the Atlantic region were owners of boats, ships and waterfront properti ...read more

Softcover: $21.00


Pocket Pegasus
- Flash and the Turtle Creek Triad
Genre(s): Young Readers
Laura Connor’s summer suddenly switches from boring to magical flying mayhem when her favourite Pegasus model horse, Flash, comes to life during a vio ...read more

Softcover: $12.00


Tantramar
Genre(s): Fiction
"This is the story of my mother's death, my father's lighthouse, my slutty sister and the dog I betrayed." A heart-felt, at times funny, coming-of-age ...read more

Softcover: $16.00


An Imperfect Librarian
Genre(s): Fiction
Carl knows more than most how hard it can be to find one’s place in an imperfect world. Abandoned by his mother, scorned by his father, cuckolded by h ...read more

Softcover: $18.00


The Seary Line
Genre(s): Fiction
Nearing death, an old man laments his poor choice of a wife, and has orchestrated a situation where he will see his childhood love one last time. From ...read more

Softcover: $20.00


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Featured Book

By the Rivers of Brooklyn

In the 1920s, Jim, Bert and Rose Evans all move from Newfoundland to Brooklyn, New York, in search of work and a better life, leaving their sister Ann...


Featured Author

Trudy Morgan-Cole
Trudy Morgan-Cole is a writer and teacher. Her previous works of historical fiction include The Violent Friendship of Esther Johnson, Deborah and Bara...


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