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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

Softcover: $18.95

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

Softcover: $15.95

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

Softcover: $12.95

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

Softcover: $19.95

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

Softcover: $18.95

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

Softcover: $19.95

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

Softcover: $19.95

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

Softcover: $15.95

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

Softcover: $12.95

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

Softcover: $17.95

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

Hardcover: $39.95

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

Softcover: $14.95

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

Softcover: $19.95

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

Softcover: $19.95

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

Softcover: $19.95

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

Softcover: $15.95

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

Softcover: $9.95

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

Softcover: $18.95

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

Softcover: $18.95

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

Softcover: $28.00

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

Softcover: $19.95

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

Softcover: $11.95

The Artificial Newfoundlander
Genre(s): 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

Softcover: $18.95

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