Breakwater Books
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One Wonderful Fine Day for a Sculpin Named Sam
Genre(s): Children Breakwater Books celebrates the 30th anniversary of Al Pittman’s classic children’s story. Sam, the colourful sculpin, is different. And on one warm summer day, he swims through an underwater communit ...read more |
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The Breakwater Book of Contemporary Newfoundland Poetry
Genre(s): Poetry Gathering the strongest poetry published by Newfoundlanders since the death of E.J. Pratt in 1964, The Breakwater Book of Contemporary Newfoundland Poetry features selections from twelve of the provin ...read more |
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Softcover: $19.95 |
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Maxine
Genre(s): Fiction Imagine a new life. Maxine Carter suddenly finds herself searching for a fresh start—a way around her own gnawing fear of an untimely death and a wasted life.What she discovers is her neighbour’s ...read more |
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Softcover: $19.95 |
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Every Little Thing
Genre(s): Fiction If you could take one thing back… Every Little Thing explores how lives are shaped by the butterfly effect of decisions that go desperately wrong. After a shocking family tragedy, Cohen Davies feel ...read more |
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Softcover: $21.95 |
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The Breakwater Book of Contemporary Newfoundland Plays, vol 1
Genre(s): Drama This collection of plays from Newfoundland playwrights, both established and emerging, is the first in a series of three anthologies. The collection proposes to include the following selection of popu ...read more |
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The Adventures of Gus and Isaac: HO, HO, NO Christmas
Genre(s): Children THE SECOND INSTALLMENT in the Gus and Isaac series,Ho Ho NO Christmas! follows the adventures of Gus the seagull and Isaac the bob-tailed cat in their attempt to save Christmas and help Santa, who ...read more |
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Softcover: $12.95 |
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Almost Home
- The Sinking of the S.S. Caribou Genre(s): Juvenile Non-Fiction In the early hours of October 14, 1942, under cover of darkness, the German submarine U-69 torpedoed and sank the passenger ferry SS Caribou off the southwest coast of Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. ...read more |
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Softcover: $12.95 |
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In the Field
Genre(s): Non-Fiction Freelance writer and playwright Joan Sullivan’s book In the Field is a work of non-fiction that tells the story of one young Newfoundlander soldier, Stephen Norris, lost in WWI, and how his death affe ...read more |
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Softcover: $19.95 |
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Braco
Genre(s): Fiction Winner of the 2011 Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers, Lesleyanne Ryan’s debut novel, Braco, takes place over the five days following the fall of Srebrenica in 1995. The narrative follows the persp ...read more |
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Softcover: $19.95 |
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Fluctuat nec Mergitur
Genre(s): Art This book is the journey, and in a sense the journal of an artist who has conducted a forty-five-year love affair with Newfoundland since he first set foot there in 1966. Travelling to every inhabited ...read more |
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Hardcover: $59.95
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The Mean Time
Genre(s): Fiction The Mean Time is a work of literary fiction set in Corner Brook about how people allow their pasts to shape and define them – in holding on to dread, regret, and pain. The death of Will Johnston sh ...read more |
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Softcover: $19.95 |
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Baggage
Genre(s): Fiction Acclaimed Newfoundland author Jill Sooley’s second novel, Baggage, examines the step family. Drawing on humour and heartbreak, as she did in Widows of Paradise Bay, this story unfolds from the perspec ...read more |
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Softcover: $19.95 |
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Here Be Dragons
Genre(s): Non-Fiction Here Be Dragons is an account of the strange creatures of Newfoundland and Labrador. Featuring the unexplained and the unusual, it is an amalgamation of history, anecdotes, and folk tales, insp ...read more |
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The Islands of Doctor Thomas
Genre(s): Fiction In 1913 Dr. Louis Thomas and his family settle on the French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. Enchanted by how this French land navigates the harsh climate of the Atlantic Ocean, he immerses himsel ...read more |
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A Blessed Snarl
Genre(s): Fiction Patrick Wiseman moved his wife and son back to Newfoundland to start a new Pentecostal church, but when his wife Anne leaves him for a man she meets on Facebook and his son Hab moves in with his girlf ...read more |
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To Be Frank
- Memories of an Extraordinary Life Genre(s): Non-Fiction Non-Fiction At the age of 18, Frank Dyke joined the 59th Heavy Nfld. Regiment and fought in WWII. In 1955, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served at a number of postings including Goose Bay, Fort ...read more |
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Soak
Genre(s): Poetry This collection focuses on physical experience and contemplates the beauty of everyday life – the objects, the stories, and the people that drift in and out. It finds the extraordinary in the ordinary ...read more |
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Softcover: $15.95 |
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Adventures of Gus & Isaac
Genre(s): Children When Isaac, the bob-tailed cat, is being beat up by the backyard bullies, Gus, the seagull, comes to the rescue. Bullies roam the backyards, scaring and picking on everyone they find. So, when Isaa ...read more |
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Faulkner
- A Hockey History Genre(s): Non-Fiction Despite his potential, extraordinary skating skills, and unmatched dedication and endurance, George Faulkner never made the Montreal Canadiens’ roster. But he was trying to break into a famous hockey ...read more |
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Come From Away
- Nurses who Immigrated to Newfoundland and Labrador Genre(s): Non-Fiction The third volume in the best-selling nursing history series. Overseas recruitment of nurses has been part of nursing in Newfoundland and Labrador since Wilfred Grenfell brought two nurses to Labrad ...read more |
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The Beothuk Expedition
Genre(s): Fiction Based on Cartwright’s ill-fated expedition in search of the Beothuk. Jonah Squibb and his Royal Navy companions are tasked with making the first peaceful contact with the Beothuk in more than a cen ...read more |
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That Forgetful Shore
Genre(s): Fiction Inspired by postcards found in a 150-year-old house in Coley's Point. Triffie and Kit are closer than sisters. But for two girls growing up in a tiny outport community at the dawn of the twentieth ...read more |
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Edge of Time
Genre(s): Young Adult Fiction Someone wants Alec dead. And that someone can invade innocent bystanders, bending their will to his, forcing them to murder. That someone can travel through multiple dimensions, has powers beyond ...read more |
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Softcover: $15.95 |
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Pirate Gran
Genre(s): Children Pirating isn’t the life for everyone, but Gran says it's a career more girls should think about. Meet Gran – who's been a pirate since she was a young girl! With a pet crocodile who sleeps under h ...read more |
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Softcover: $12.95 |
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Answer Me Home
- Plays from Tramore Theatre Genre(s): Drama There is no such thing as an ordinary life. Tramore Theatre was formed in 1999 by Agnes Walsh and Arlene Morrissey. It is a community-based arts organization dedicated to the promotion of the oral ...read more |
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Softcover: $17.95 |
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Danny Williams
- A Profile Genre(s): Non-Fiction Danny Williams: A Profile examines the seven-year political career of former Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams. With photos by renowned photojournalist Paul Daly and evocative te ...read more |
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Hardcover: $39.95
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St. John's
- A Brief History Genre(s): Non-Fiction St. John’s: A Brief History provides a concise, comprehensive overview of Newfoundland history and modern St. John’s. The book describes how, through war and the fishery, Newfoundland became se ...read more |
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Softcover: $14.95 |
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Double Talk
Genre(s): Fiction A love story in reverse. double talk tells the story of Violet Budd and Brian (Baby) Power, two characters fleeing from their past. Brian is ambling after an immigrant’s dream, and Violet is ...read more |
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Sick Joke
- Cancer, Japan, and Back Again Genre(s): Non-Fiction Humour Sick Joke is one quirky travelogue. Glenn Deir spent two years happily stumbling through the conundrums of Japanese culture. Then he got tonsil cancer and less happily stumbled through the conu ...read more |
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The Widows of Paradise Bay
Genre(s): Fiction Humour Prissy Montgomery goes to great lengths to avoid having sex with her husband, Howie. So when he confesses to having an affair, and requests a divorce, she shouldn’t be all that surprised. With her ...read more |
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Newfoundland Stories
- The Loss of the Waterwitch & Other Tales Genre(s): Fiction The fourteen stories in this publication comprise a spectrum of characters and events that have helped forge an image of an island, its people, and its culture that is unique and compelling. Heroi ...read more |
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Muinji’j Ji’nmua’sit
- Mi'kmaq translation of Muinji'j Becomes a Man Genre(s): Aboriginal Resources A Mi'kmaq translation of Muinji'j Becomes a Man. Translated by Helen and Barbara Sylliboy. Muinji’j has been waiting all his life to make this trip with his grandfather - a trip to the city ...read more |
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Softcover: $9.95 |
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Where Old Ghosts Meet
Genre(s): Fiction Matthew Molloy, bright and educated, longs to leave behind his miserable existence on a small farm in Ireland. He yields to pressure and sets aside his dream until one day, he walks away, leaving his ...read more |
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This Ramshackle Tabernacle
Genre(s): Fiction This Ramshackle Tabernacle is a collection of short stories set in and around the fictional villages of St. Lola and St. Olga in northeastern Ontario. Whether reflecting on the broken lives of ...read more |
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Island Maid
- Voices of Outport Women Genre(s): Non-Fiction Sheilagh O’Leary and Rhonda Pelley spent two summers travelling from Bonavista Bay to the Great Northern Peninsula and to the communities of the south coast. The women they interviewed shared unique l ...read more |
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Softcover: $28.00 |
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Out Loud
- Essays on Mental Illness, Stigma and Recovery Genre(s): Non-Fiction Educational Out Loud is a collection of more than fifty essays by people affected by mental illness. There are essays by those who have experienced mental illness themselves, by family and friends, by comm ...read more |
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Softcover: $19.95 |
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The Dot Com Leprechaun
Genre(s): Children When Lucy discovers a leprechaun has been ensorcelled into the Internet by a disgruntled witch, it is up to her to help him return to his home in the old rootcellar. This is a modern fairy tale, set ...read more |
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Softcover: $11.95 |
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The Artificial Newfoundlander
Genre(s): Fiction Fiction The Artificial Newfoundlander is a witty, playful, tale of contemporary St. John’s. Hugh Norman, a middle-aged English prof researching an eccentric novelist priest, is faced with the unexpecte ...read more |
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Softcover: $18.95 |
