In this final instalment of Robert Hunt’s memoirs, we return to the alleys and street corners of St. John’s in the 1950s and 1960s. Baby boomers coming of age in this growing city often faced...
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Author: Hunt, RobertSummary:
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Author: Abbott, LindaSummary:
I never imagined I would die this way. Young, surrounded by thousands, yet alone and far away from home. I thought I would be afraid, but I’m not. The pain in my chest has dulled to a mild...
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Author: Wellman, JimSummary:
Fishing is the most dangerous occupation in the world: in Atlantic Canada, an average of one person dies every month while working at sea. The Deadly Sea by bestselling author Jim Wellman...
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Author: Duke, DarrellSummary:
When the crew of the fishing schooner Annie Healy left their home port of Fox Harbour, Placentia Bay, on Wednesday, August 17, 1927, no one could have imagined what fate held in store for them....
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Author: Safer, CatherineSummary:
Bishop's Road is set in contemporary St. John's and tells the story of a year in the lives of a handful of odd characters, women mostly, shaken out of their pathetic complacency by a teenage...
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Author: Crellin, John K.Summary:
Ever since their early twentieth-century “Golden Age,” postcards on both sides of the Atlantic have recorded popular culture. Through humour, views of urban and rural places, photographs of...
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Author: Rowe, BillSummary:
In this eagerly awaited follow-up to his memoir The Premiers Joey and Frank, bestselling author Bill Rowe delivers a spirited account of the next three premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador: Brian...
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Author: Grogan, JohnSummary:
John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow furball...
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Author: COOK, JudithSummary:
Recovering form a bad bout of flu and the humiliating failure of his second marriage, former policeman John Latymer is feeling distinctly low. When a regular customer of the bookshop in which he...
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Author: Randisi, Robert J.Summary:
While fleeing his family's assassins, Tyrone Butler learns to survive with well-honed poker skills, a loaded six-gun, and a little bit of luck. But with the deck stacked against him and with way...
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Author: Volhard, Wendy, Volhard, JackSummary:
The A.K.C.'s Canine Good Citizen (C.G.C.) Program is one of the most rapidly growing programs in the American Kennel Club. With useful tips and quick fixes that will put a stop to all sorts of bad...
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Author: Kottler, Jeffrey A.Summary:
Every profession has trade secrets that are passed on from one generation to the next and counseling is no exception. These cherished lessons based on wide-ranging experiences and passion for the...
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Author: Chesbro, George C.Summary:
An American chess grandmaster gets involved with a Russian defector in the exciting debut novel from the author of the Mongo Mysteries. Highly focused and arrogant, John Butler has little time for...
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Author: Colfer, EoinSummary:
A new adventure novel filled with high-action and aerial invention from the bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series. Conor Boekhart is blamed for murdering the king and thrown into prison....
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Author: Bekins, AlixSummary:
Bailey McMillan’s life is a mess. The general public blames him for his former employer’s nuclear pollution, resulting in professional disgrace. Humiliated, he takes a job as an editor at a...