The Newfoundland armed forces suffered devastating losses during World War I.
Known unto God is a memorial to the men in these forces who died during the war and who have no known graves. The book is also a...
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Known unto God – In Honour of Newfoundland’s Missing During the Great War
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Ordinary Things
Insightful and thought-provoking journal entries, from the 1950s to 2007, on the creative process, art, life, and province of renowned Canadian artist Christopher Pratt. Ordinary Things is laced with astute observations...
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A Trip to Labrador
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 ship Strathcona. A Presbyterian minister and professor at...
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The Beothuk
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 the arrival of white settlers.
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A Life of Caring – 16 Newfoundland Nurses Tell Their Stories
A collection of oral histories from nurses practicing during the 20s and 30s in Newfoundland and Labrador. Reviews “A vivid and dynamic book … each story has something unique, some details or turns of events...
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Bill Bennett – A Biography
A biography of Bill Bennett, a legendary bush pilot in Newfoundland and Labrador. Reviews "Bill Bennett: A Biography isnt a big book -- only 100 pages -- yet it is the story of a big man and well worth a read....
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Silk Sails – Women of Newfoundland and Their Ships
As Silk Sails demonstrates, existing records show that women of the Atlantic region were owners of boats, ships, and waterfront properties from as early as 1650. Womens' involvement in early fishing adventures...
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Free Wind Home – A Childhood Memoir, 1935-1948
Free Wind Home carries the reader full circle through a childhood rooted in a sleepy Newfoundland outport with nineteenth century traditions, existing in a twentieth century world of war and uncertain politics. It...
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Cod – The Ecological History of the North Atlantic Fisheries
The devastation of many of the greatest North Atlantic cod stocks, particularly those of Newfoundland & Labrador and the Grand Banks, has become an icon for the unsustainable relation between human exploitation...
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Memoirs of a Fly Fisher
Memoirs of a Fly Fisher recounts the experiences of a man who fly-fished and guided in Newfoundland and Labrador for four decades, since he bought his first fly rod, a “Lucky Strike,” for $2.98 at Barnes Bargain...
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Voices of World War II – A Collection of Oral Histories
Personal narratives in the veterans’ own words help bring history to life. “I remember being in Holland just before Christmas… The officer stood up and asked the Germans to surrender, and they shot him...
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A Corner Boy Remembers – Growing Up in St. John’s
Frank Kennedy recalls many fascinating and humorous events of the 1930s and 1940s as a boy growing up in St. John's, Newfoundland.
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Newfoundland Portfolio – A History in Portraits
This work represents trailblazing artists, dedicated activists, and innovative entrepreneurs – people who made their mark through their work or their calling. It includes long-loved eccentrics and exceptional...
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Ghosts and Oddities – Updated version of Ghosts, Heros and Oddities
Ghosts, Heroes and Oddities is a collection of the stories that have inspired, entertained and haunted countless generations of Newfoundlanders. The anthology captures the spirit of Newfoundland and its people...
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The Miners of Wabana – The Story of the Iron Ore Miners of Bell Island
For seventy-one years, iron ore was mined at Wabana, Bell Island: half the output was used in Canada; the other half was shipped around the world. When the mine shut down on June 30, 1966, it was Canada’s oldest,...
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In Deep Water
David Dobbin experienced life both on and beneath the waves. At a time when most Newfoundlanders made a living as sailors and fishermen, Dobbin gambled everything and became a salvage diver. The gamble paid off. This...
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