Icy Battleground is the first comprehensive account of the forty-year political controversy over the seal hunt.
With a foreword by the Honourable John C. Crosbie, it traces the rise of the anti-sealing protests,...
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Icy Battleground – Canada, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, and the Seal Hunt
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From the Voices of Nurses – An Oral History of Newfoundland Nurses who Graduated Prior to 1950
Thirty-three nurses who graduated before 1950 were interviewed about nursing in communities throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. Their nursing experiences cover a 60-year period and the stories reflect the nurses'...
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Peril on the Sea
Saturday, February 27th, 1892, dawned unreasonably warm and clear. Rising early to take advantage of the fine weather, two hundred men and boys from many Trinity Bay communities left in their small punts to...
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The Tely 10 – A History of Newfoundland’s Premier Road Race 1922-2000
First run in 1922, The Telegram 10 mile road race initiated by The Evening Telegram has become Newfoundland's most popular long-distance road race. Reviews "Joe Ryan's enthusiasm for the Tely 10 shines through...
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The Sinking of the Titanic – An Ice-Pilot’s Perspective
Few human events have stirred the imagination, inspired myths and movies and had such a hold upon the western world as the sinking of the unsinkable ship, the RMS Titanic. In his convincing analysis of the facts...
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Rivers & Woods
Each carefully selected story takes us through the author's adventures in the outdoors. The stories are filled with true-life antidotes of sport fishing and hunting experiences that encompass a large portion...
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Herder Memorial Trophy – Our Sports Heritage
The competition for the senior hockey championship and the Herder Memorial Trophy in Newfoundland and Labrador began in 1935. This book looks at the early days of amateur competition for the coveted trophy, through...
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Traveling with Wildflowers – from Newfoundland to Alaska
Traveling with Wildflowers features exquisite watercolours of the wildflowers Hammond encountered along the way, interspersed with lush landscapes in watercolour and photographs. Maps marking the locations of...
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Crossroads Country – Memories of Pre-Confeferation Newfoundland
A native of Halifax, Malcolm MacLeod has lived in Newfoundland since the 1970s. He is a past president of the Newfoundland Historical Society and a long time member of the History Department at Memorial University...
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Gros Morne – National Park
Gros Morne is the largest and most spectacular national park in eastern Canada. It is renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its unique landscapes and geology. The geology, plants, wildlife, and ethereal...
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The Labradorians – Voices from the Land of Cain
Explorer Jacques Cartier dismissed it as the land God gave to Cain, but generations of people from widely differing cultures living in dense wilderness conditions have forged the people of Labrador into a thriving,...
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Backpacking Across Newfoundland
Throw this book in your knapsack as you begin your own hiking adventure through this magnificent province, or travel along with the author and his companion by reading the daily journals from his thirty-day trek...
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Suspended State – Newfoundland Before Canada
This dramatic reappraisal of the background to the suspension of democratic institutions in Newfoundland in the early 1930s argues that the events of this period laid the foundation for Confederation with Canada...
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Bound Down for Newfoundland – The Log of a Young Seaman Aboard the Matthew
Chris LeGrow of Topsail, Newfoundland, compiled his resume of adventure during his junior high school years. He and his friend took sailing lessons and eventually placed second in the national championship as...
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Doctor, When You’re Sick You’re Not Well – Forty Years of Outpatient Humour from Twillingate Hospital
A collection of witty Newfoundland sayings, which the supposedly humorless surgeon, Dr. Olds of Twillingate, compiled during four decades of listening to his patients' fears and hopes. Olds, an American, cherished...
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Exploring the Avalon
Exploring the Avalon is a comprehensive journey through some of Newfoundland's most interesting towns and villages. What ever happened to mysterious settlement named Mother IXX? Did you ever meet anyone from...
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