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	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)
	Newfoundland, Journey into a Lost Nation  •  Greg Locke  •  Michael Crummett TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2004 •  HARD COVER  • 144 PAGES An illustrated chronicle of Newfoundland, its history, changing traditions and ways of life by a native photojournalist. Greg Locke is managing editor of the St. John's Sunday Independent and novelist Michael Crummey, who provides the text, lives in St. John's. The book features two introductory essays and a portfolio of color photographs. (NFL19, $21.95)
	Theatre of Fish, Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador  •  John Gimlette TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 356 PAGES Gimlette (At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig) reels in history, folklore and some pretty odd characters in this rollicking account of his travels around The Rock. His Newfoundland, steeped in myth and cod, is more than slightly off kilter. We can almost forgive him for occasionally being too clever for his own good! Gimlette travels, in part, in the footsteps of his adventurous great-grandfather Eliot Curwen and much-ballyhooed contemporary Wilfred Grenfell, about whom we learn a great deal. (CND234, $15.00)
	A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife: Marine Mammals, Seabirds, Fish and Other Sea Life  •  Noble S. Proctor  •  Patrick J. Lynch FIELD GUIDE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 221 PAGES A comprehensive pocket guide to the marine mammals, seabirds, fish, invertebrates and other marine life of the Northwestern Atlantic. Built for the field, full-color illustrations, range maps and descriptions are integrated on opposite pages for easy reference. The range maps cover the Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras to Newfoundland. Many of the individual whale species get two full pages. With an outstanding overview of oceanography and conservation, checklist and glossary. (NAM24, $19.95)
	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)

	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)
	The Illustrated History of Canada  •  Craig Brown   • HISTORY  •  A good, nicely illustrated history of Canada, featuring contributions by six Canadian historians, along with hundreds of engravings, maps, photographs and illustrations. (CND19, $32.95)
	This Marvellous Terrible Place, Images of Newfoundland and Labrador  •  Yva Momatiuk  •  John Eastcott   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This portrait of Newfoundland, compiled by two accomplished photojournalists, combines color photographs and oral histories of the area. (NFL07, $24.95)
	Vikings, The North Atlantic Saga  •  William Fitzhugh  •  Elisabeth Ward   • HISTORY  •  An extensively illustrated volume of Viking culture, history and exploration that focuses especially on voyages to North America. Published in conjunction with a Smithsonian exhibit, it features essays and 400 color photographs. (VIK11, $34.95)
	An Innocent in Newfoundland, Even More Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters  •  David W. McFadden   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  In this entertaining chronicle and portrait of Newfoundland, McFadden stops in to visit poets and writers, pays homage to the Vikings at L'Anse aux Meadows, admires the puffins and -- as usual -- visits a few taverns en route. (NFL20, $16.95)
	Baltimore's Mansion  •  Wayne Johnston   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A memoir and history of the author's family in remote coastal Newfoundland, including his father's days as a codfish-taster. (NFL11, $13.00)
	Hungry Ocean, A Swordboat Captain's Journey  •  Linda Greenlaw   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A formidable skipper, Greenlaw details all the excitement, boredom, weather, and characters on a first-class fishing operation off the coast of Newfoundland. (NFL17, $14.00)
	The Boat Who Wouldn't Float  •  Farley Mowat   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A laugh-out-loud account of Mowat's determination to refurbish and sail a clunky old boat in the not-always-forgiving waters of Newfoundland. (NFL02, $5.99)
	The Iambics of Newfoundland, Notes From an Unknown Shore  •  Robert Finch   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  With boundless curiousity and a deft way with words, Finch captures the people, places and wildlife of Atlantic Canada with grace and insight in this engaging series of essays, the result of his travels all over the Province. (NFL23, $15.95)
	Vinland Sagas, Norse Discovery of America  •  Magnus Magnusson   • EXPLORATION  •  These Icelandic sagas, as edited by the great Magnus Magnusson, tell the compelling story of the Norse discovery of America five centuries before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. (VIK03, $13.00)
	White Tie & Decorations  •  Peter Neary   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Sir John Simpson and his wife Lady hope capture the spirit and conditions of Newfoundland in the 1930s in this selection of delightful letters home to England. Sir John was appointed to the government after the Great Depression of 1934 and his letters vividly recall local conditions -- and the English attitude toward the colonies. (CND277, $26.95)
	Alligator  •  Lisa Moore   • LITERATURE  •  A debut novel by the author of Degrees of Nakedness follows the intertwined destinies of the inhabitants of St. John's, Newfoundland. (NFL24, $13.00)
	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)
	River Thieves  •  Michael Crummey   • LITERATURE  •  A novel of Newfoundland's colonial past. (NFL13, $13.00)
	Sylvanus Now  •  Donna Morrissey   • LITERATURE  •  Morisette writes with authority of the struggles of cod fishermen and their families in a remote coastal village in the 1950s in this third novel of maritime Newfoundland. (CND281, $14.95)
	The Big Why  •  Michael Winter   • LITERATURE  •  Steeped in local culture and traditions, Winter's tale is inspired by noted illustrator Rockwell Kent's sojourn in Brigus, Newfoundland in 1914. (CND309, $24.95)
	The Bird Artist  •  Howard Norman   • LITERATURE  •  Memorably set in a remote coastal village in 1911, this vivid book is the tale of an odd local man who murdered the lighthouse keeper. It's as much about human character and motivation as it is about Newfoundland. (NFL06, $15.00)
	The Colony of Unrequited Dreams  •  Wayne Johnston   • LITERATURE  •  A probing fictional biography of Joseph Smallwood, first premier of the newly created Atlantic province of Newfoundland. It's a hilarious account of a strange man in an even stranger place. (NFL08, $15.95)
	The Shipping News  •  E. Annie Proulx   • LITERATURE  •  An international bestseller that put Newfoundland on the world stage, this lyrical novel conjures the tough life of a recently divorced journalist struggling to get through the day in a remote fishing town. (NFL03, $15.00)
	The Surgeon's Mate  •  Patrick O'Brian   • LITERATURE  •  The seventh book, with American privateers in hot pursuit across Newfoundland's Grand Banks. (NFL12, $14.95)
	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)
	Sea of Slaughter, A Chronicle of the Destruction of Animal Life in the North Atlantic  •  Farley Mowat   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An examination of human exploitation of the marine resources of the North Atlantic, with sections on whaling, the Great Auk and cod. (OCE07, $16.95)
	Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises  •  Mark Carwardine   • FIELD GUIDE  •  In the trademark, graphic Eyewitness style, this sturdy guidebook colorfully describes the world's cetaceans with numerous illustrations, range maps, fluke drawings and a few paragraphs on each species. (FG02, $20.00)
	The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America  •  David Sibley   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird with status, habitat, range, voice and identifying marks. (USE262, $19.95)

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