Captain Bob Bartlett is one of Newfoundland and Labrador's best known heroes, and you can read about his amazing adventures in this incredible true story of courage and determination.
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Jasmine’s Journey
Jasmine is a well-loved house cat without a care in the world until a house fire destroys her owners' cottage. Unaware their pet survived the fire, her family returns home to Halifax, leaving the dazed and injured...
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Beyond the Grave: From Crime to Eternity
Inside you will discover crime stories which are as chilling and mysterious as those found anywhere. These new stories are not for the faint at heart as mysterious and brutal stories reach "Beyond the Grave".
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Jack Fitzgerald’s Notebook (revised edition)
Includes fascinating and intriguing stories of adventure, buried treasure, ghosts, distinguished Newfoundlanders, heroes, and villians.
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And We Were Sailors
Avoiding romanticism, David Benson speaks with an authenticity born of experience and his voice is one that will not abide the common cant, the generally accepted, or the 'easy way out'.
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Sketches of Labrador Life
Sketches of Labrador Life came into existence in 1894, when Rev. Arthur Waghorne gave an exercise book to seventy-five year old Lydia Campbell, asking her to write her own memories. He subsequently had them published...
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Beyond Belief: Incredible Stories of Old St. John’s
St. John's, with its 500 year history, is fertile ground for story tellers. Rogues and revivalists, pirates and politicians, soldiers and shysters have all had a hand in shaping its persona: probably the oldest,...
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Saltbox Sweater, The
This realistic story of life in rural Newfoundland after the 1992 moratorium on northern cod stocks is written to appeal to newly independent readers.
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George Halden Earle: A Concert Unto Himself
The focus of this biography by his fellow bayman and longtime friend is Earle's rich outport heritage and his humourous celebration of it in writing and in upwards of a thousand after-dinner speeches.
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All Manner of Misunderstanding
Whether describing a fight outside a Claremorris dance hall, or studying leaves in a windswept college square, Patrick Warner's poems are as condensed as hardened snowballs, and strike with great effect. Though...
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Doin’ the Locum Motion
Doin' the Locum Motion tells the story of a doctor who decides to broaden her career by relocating to work in small nothern communities. Her journey illustrates the hardships of being a physician in remote settlements...
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Long Girl Leaning into the Wind
Janet Fraser's vivid and passionate collection of poetry, Long Girl Leaning into the Wind, presents characters who do not settle easily into their lives. From the opening portraits of 'alien' June and 'flying'...
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Castles in the Sea: All About Icebergs
Every spring, travellers come to Newfoundland from around the world to see the icebergs drifting southward. As big as a city block covered in office towers, or as small as a grand piano, these mountains of freshwater...
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Viking Ship for Brendan, A
A little boy who wants a Viking ship of his very own has a unique adventure out of time and receives a special gift from the great Viking, Leif the Lucky. The boy discovers that, even when you don't get exactly...
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Nunatsuak: Stories of the Big Land, Labrador and Newfoundland
Cyril Goodyear, a former Newfoundland Ranger, RCMP officer, Provincial Court Judge, and avid sportsman, recalls the challenges and rewards of northern living with stories of outdoor travel, adventure, hunting and...
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Stranger Things Have Happened
Carmelita McGrath's second collection of fiction explores the psychic and emotional realm of everyday life. Travelling from a 1930s Newfoundland outport to present day St. John's, these fourteen stories, bringing...
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