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The Perfect Storm : A True Story of Men Against the Sea

The Perfect Storm : A True Story of Men Against the Sea

by Sebastian Junger

October 1991. It was "the perfect storm"--a tempest that may happen only once in a century--a nor'easter created by so rare a combination of factors that it could not possibly have been worse. Creating waves ten stories high and winds of 120 miles an hour, the storm whipped the sea to inconceivable levels few people on Earth have ever witnessed. Few, except the six-man crew of the Andrea Gail , a commercial... (more)

Fearless

by Elvira Woodruff

When a storm brings down his father's boat, Digory Beale is forced to leave home to discover his fate. For if Digory has been orphaned, he can never go home again. On his journey, Digory becomes the apprentice to a charming stranger whose life's obsession is to save sailors' lives. Digory must face his fears of the sea to help Henry bring candles to the lighthouse he's built on a killer reef. But who could... (more)

Rockbound (Literature of Canada: poetry and prose in reprint)

Rockbound (Literature of Canada: poetry and prose in reprint)

by Frank Parker Day

Frank Parker Day's classic novel about a windswept island off Nova Scotia and its ruthless fisherman king was chosen by CBC Radio's CANADA READS panel as the one book all Canadians should read this year. Now, the CBC's magnificent serialization of Rockbound (narrated by Richard Donat and broadcast on "The Round Up" and "Between the Covers" in March 2005) is available on CD. The story of David Jung, who arrives on... (more)

Barnacle Love

by Anthony De Sa

Shortlisted for the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize Like Wayson Choy and David Bezmozgis before him, Anthony De Sa captures, in stories brimming with life, the innocent dreams and bitter disappointments of the immigrant experience. At the heart of this collection of intimately linked stories is the relationship between a father and his son. A young fisherman washes up nearly dead on the shores of Newfoundland. It... (more)

The Man I Was Supposed To Be

by John Struloeff

THE MAN I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE is an eloquent, vivid new collection of poems from a former Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. Set in the mountainous rainforests of the Pacific Northwest, these poems capture with startling clarity a people and a terrain that is both dark and beautiful.

The Second Coming (The Millennium Series)

The Second Coming (The Millennium Series)

by John Dalmas

Chaos was sweeping the world, governments were on the verge of collapse, the global economy was hitting rock bottom - and then a man appeared, Nagunda Aran, a charismatic speaker who worked miracles and touched millions of Americans. He made no claim of being a messiah, but he was likely to suffer the traditional fate meted out to messiahs. As his influence grew, powerful men perceived him as a threat to their... (more)

The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean (P.S.)

The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean (P.S.)

by Trevor Corson

In this intimate portrait of an island lobstering community and an eccentric band of renegade biologists, journalist Trevor Corson escorts the reader onto the slippery decks of fishing boats, through danger-filled scuba dives, and deep into the churning currents of the Gulf of Maine to learn about the secret undersea lives of lobsters. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book,... (more)

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