A History of Newfoundland

Prowse, D. W.

Boulder Publications

A brilliantly illustrated guide book to the 19 whale and dolphin species living in the waters of Newfoundland and Labrador. Colour photographs and illustrations accompany descriptions of the behaviour and biology of these majestic giants. The effects of human interactions with each species are also identified. Written by renowned whale researcher, Wayne Ledwell.

Whales and Dolphins of Newfoundland and Labrador

Science & Math

Wayne Ledwell

Biological Sciences

On June 14, 1919, a Vickers Vimy biplane lumbered into the air from a field in St. John s, Newfoundland. More than sixteen hours and 3,000 kilometres later, the British crew of John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown brought the aircraft to a crash landing in a bog near Clifden, Ireland. The race to fly across the Atlantic Ocean had been won. It is hard for us today to fully appreciate the celebrity status accorded Alcock and Brown and their contemporaries in the world of aviation. Aircraft were flimsy, unreliable novelties and the men and women who flew them possessed incredible courage, daring, and vision. Many of them have been forgotten, but others have become legends: Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Wiley Post, and Richard Byrd. The Big Hop tells the stories of aviators who challenged the Atlantic Ocean between 1919 and the end of the Second World War, with a focus on the role played by Newfoundland and Labrador. It tells how these pioneers lived, and, all too often, how they died in their quest for glory.

The Big Hop: The North Atlantic Air Race

History

Gavin Will

Americas

Sheilagh O'Leary's images, often seared with blasts of light and carved out of vivid darkness, boldly fix the human form on the rocky cliffs of the Newfoundland coast, or in a quiet pool or river. Whether outdoors or in the studio, the human figure is sculptural in her work. It is sometimes textured with superimposed motifs from nature: shrubs on the forest floor, or the lacy patterns of light on water, or the bark of a tree. Nakedness becomes a metaphor for what is essential about human experience, how the body defines us, how we express ourselves physically, and how we belong to the landscape and are also apart from it.

Human Natured: Newfoundland Nudes

Arts & Photography

Sheilagh O'Leary

Individual Artists

Newfoundland and its Untrodden Ways is one of the most outstanding books written about wildlife and hunting. Published in 1907, this classic work is a narrative of the travels by author John G. Millais as he explored and hunted caribou throughout the interior of Newfoundland. He also chronicled the hunting of whales near the island s coast. As one of the preeminent nature writers during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Millais imparts his love for the unspoiled beauty of Newfoundland. We experience the thrill of the hunt, while also appreciating the awe-inspiring splendour of nature and its creations. The book is lavishly illustrated with photographs, as well as copies of the author's own drawings and colour paintings.

Explorations in the Interior of the Labrador Peninsula

Henry Hind

This is the story of the partridgeberry, as told by the moth that spends part of its life as a larva living inside this beautiful fruit. With whimsy and wordplay, yet holding firmly to science, Partridgeberrry, Redberry, Lingonberry, Too takes the reader into the partridgeberry patch for a first-ever look at the seasons of the moths, the seasons of the partridgeberry, and the seasons of the people who harvest it.

Partridgeberry, Redberry, Lingonberry, Too

Ellen Bryan Obed

Children's Books

The Treasury of Newfoundland Dishes has been a family favourite since it was first published in 1958. The Treasury includes hundreds of nutritious and delicious recipes, all of which were tested and approved by professional home economists. Despite being out of print since 1983, the Treasury has maintained its reputation as one of the best collections of authentic local recipes ever published. Homemakers across Newfoundland submitted thousands of recipes as well as local sayings and lore from this collection the Treasury was created. Copies have been handed down from mothers to their children, given as gifts, used until they have fallen apart, and their absence mourned when replacement copies were no longer available. With this new edition, another generation can enjoy dishes which have long been celebrated at the tables of families throughout Newfoundland.

Treasury of Newfoundland Dishes

Sally West

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

The Oldest City: The Story of St. John's Newfoundland

The Oldest City: The Story of St. John's Newfoundland is an epic drama of North America's most historic city. In its 400 years, St. John's has been molded by stoic fishermen, intrepid aviators, brilliant statesmen, devoted clerics, brave social reformers and hard working business people. O'Neill's highly readable work also includes rapacious merchants, destructive fires, shameless politicians, religious bigots and warriors from many nations.

Paul O'Neill

The first comprehensive field guide dedicated solely to the birds of Newfoundland. Designed to make identifying birds quick and easy, this new field guide to the birds of Newfoundland gives birdwatchers a one-stop reference to the species most commonly seen on North America s easternmost island. It includes profiles of more than 170 birds, tips on where to look for each species, song, habitat, breeding, and range details, and nesting information. It features 32 full-colour plates by Roger Tory Peterson, with additional images by John A. Crosby and Ralph Jarvis.

Birds of Newfoundland: Field Guide

Ian Warkentin and Sandy Newton

Nature & Ecology

A combination of fact, fiction, and fantasy, Eiriksdottir is the story of Norsemen who, 1,000 years ago, crossed the treacherous seas to Vinland, a land that became both mythical and real. Their final voyage, led by Freydis Eiriksdottir, the enigmatic daughter of the renegade Eirik the Red, is shrouded in mystery. Of the two ships that set out from Greenland in search of Vinland, why did only one ship return from the fabled new-found land? And what kind of a leader was Freydis? Was she brave and resourceful? Or was she, as the sagas claim, vengeful and cruel? Epic in scope, Eiriksdottir presents a complex northern world in which greed and desire, dreams and luck are intertwined. Joan Clark's vivid and sensuous prose will resonate in the reader s mind long after the last page has been turned.

Eiriksdottir: A Tale of Dreams and Luck

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