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Three plays from the repertoire of iconic Newfoundland and Labrador playwright, actor, and member of the groundbreaking Newfoundland comedy troupe CODCO, Andy Jones. Based on Jones' well-known epistolary radio series, An Evening with Uncle Val is a set of comic reportages from the...

In ALTAR, Eugenio, a young Mexican immigrant living in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, experiences heartbreak when Benjamin, his new boyfriend, inexplicably "ghosts" him. Looking to the traditional Mexican holiday Dia de Muertos, Eugenio decides to build an altar in the hopes that...

Berries grow in every part of Labrador--bogs, barrens, forests, gulches, roadsides, yards, mountains, open sand, and wet, shady streambanks. Ripening red, orange, blue, purple, black, or white. Tasting bitter, juicy, sour, sweet, dry. Like wintergreen. Like tobacco. Berries of Labrador...

This Second Edition of Sailing Directions, ATL 102 -- Newfoundland, East and South Coasts, 2008, has been compiled from Canadian Government and other information sources. All hydrographic terms used in this booklet are in accordance with the meanings given in the Hydrographic Dictionary...

Professional forager Shawn Dawson takes readers to his favorite mushroom picking spots for insightful and useful lessons on dozens of forest floor delicacies. Readers will learn where to look for mushrooms, as well as how to identify which ones are edible, harvest them ...

Through the voices of vivid characters, witty and moving dialogue, and poetically drawn landscapes and seascapes, Margaret Duley created a Newfoundland stage upon which she explored existential and universal questions. Duley won international recognition with four novels, and though lauded by...

Part travel narrative, part examination of global health practices, Health Explored seeks to learn and understanding the diversity of wellness traditions, and how these can be integrated into Western lifestyles to promote health and longevity. Follow author Dr. Mike Wahl as he mines not...

In Her Glory is Marian Frances White's homage to her mother, Florence. This story-driven poetic journey reveals the grit, resiliency and resourcefulness of a woman who raised 12 children through the early years of Confederation. In Her Glory explores White's younger years ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Historian, journalist, and author Gwynne Dyer interviews the world's top 100 climate scientists to discuss the extraordinary measures we must contemplate to counter the irreversible effects of climate change. The global climate emergency is now an...

FINALIST FOR THE 2024 HILARY WESTON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE The Globe and Mail's Best Books of 2024 * CBC's Best Canadian Non-Fiction of 2024 Riveting nonfiction from multi-award-winning author Lisa Moore, based on the shocking true story of a teenaged boy who endured abuse...

The intimate memoir of the longest-serving woman politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, beginning with her challenges as a survivor of child sexual abuse, family alcoholism, a broken marriage, as well as the grief of losing a child and a brother, and being diagnosed with cancer. Twice. &...

Welcome to Newfoundland and Labrador! Come with me, Izzy, as I show you around the province where I live. Learn about the provincial flag, bird, and flower. Find out my favorite activities too! Also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading...

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...

Nothing is more distressing to the modern person than the experience of an unsurpassable limit of the calculable. Nothing disturbs us more deeply than incalculable time, unpredictable time--the time of the advent of the unpredictably new.In a series of interventions into contemporary political...

Romancing History?: Wayne Johnston and "The Colony of Unrequited Dreams" closely re-examines how Wayne Johnston's seminal historical novel combines fact and fiction to shape our perception of the truth.  First published in 2000, Wayne Johnston's The Colony of Unrequited Dreams is an...

Searching for the Origins of the Portuguese Waltzes is a collection of narratives depicting a six-year quest to discover the roots of a piece of traditional music played in St. John's, Newfoundland: the Portuguese Waltzes. Through interviews, research, and observations, author Richard...

The Crane follows the difficult choices of what a person does when he cannot go on being lied to, and how stricken people find a way to carry on. It's 1968 and James Anderson's twin brother Dave has just been killed in the Vietnam war. Knowing his turn is next, James turns his back on his...