New NL/Local Books

Updated February 12, 2025
Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries NLPL Selections Team
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Downhill chance
Morrissey, Donna.
Ebook
"[An] almost mythical story of fractured families, wars, and homecomings" from the international bestselling author of The Fortunate Brother (Quill & Quire).With Kit's Law, Donna Morrissey established herself as a gifted storyteller. Her chronicle of life in a remote...
Embers of the hands : hidden histories of the Viking Age
Barraclough, Eleanor Rosamund.
Paper Book
In imagining a Viking, a certain image springs to mind: a barbaric warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorize the hapless local population of a northern European town. Yet while such characters define our imagination of the Viking Age today, they were in the minority. ...
Ocean : a history of the Atlantic before Columbus
Haywood, John
Paper Book
A magisterial cultural history of the Atlantic Ocean before Columbus, ranging from the early shaping of the continents and the emergence of homo sapiens to the story of shipbuilding, navigation, maritime exploration, slavery, and nascent European imperialism. A...

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