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  • Creatures of the Rock

    A Veterinarian's Adventures in Newfoundland

    by Andrew Peacock ...
    A James Herriot for the 21st century recounts his adventures as a newcomer to Newfoundland.When Andrew Peacock made the move from Ontario to Newfoundland, he thought he was kicking off his career as a newly qualified vetenarian with an adventure in a temporary location. It was certainly an adventure, but there was nothing temporary about it. He practiced in Newfoundland for nearly 30 years and is ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • VIRAL

    by Andrew Peacock ...
    “This novel presents a vivid and timely prophecy of a pandemic. The novel explores the fragility of our society in an intensive, fearsome way, and yet leaves us deeply relieved... This book is a must-read; painful in its forceful depiction of society, yet somehow leaving us feeling better because it depicts a scenario even worse than that which we are facing.” -- Dr. William Pryse-Phillips; W.E.M. ... Read more

    $8.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Iran and Persianate Culture in the Indian Ocean World

    Edited by Andrew Peacock ...
    Series series British Institute of Persian Studies
    The first interdisciplinary study of the history of contact between Iranians and the peoples and polities of the Indian Ocean.Most of the historiography of the Iranian world focuses on interactions and migrations between Iran, Central Asia and India. Nonetheless, this Iranian world was also closely connected to the maritime one of the Indian Ocean. While scholarship has drawn attention to diverse ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

  • The Memoirs of Shah Tahmasp I

    Safavid Ruler of Iran

    by Shah Tahmasp I ...
    Translated by Andrew Peacock ...
    A remarkable first-person narrative by a sixteenth-century Iranian ruler, the Memoirs of Shah Tahmasp I, Safavid Ruler of Iran (1514-1576), originally written in Persian, represent a vitally important primary source for the history of the Middle East in the period. In particular, the Memoirs shed light on the Safavid conflict with the Uzbeks and Ottomans, which played a decisive role in shaping ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Handbook of Polyethylene

    Structures: Properties, and Applications

    by Andrew Peacock ...
    Series series Plastics Engineering
    This text provides the basic history, molecular structure and intrinsic properties, practical applications and future developments of polyethylene production and marketing - including recycling systems and metallocene technology. It describes commercial processing techniques used to convert raw polyethylene to finished products, emphasizing special ... Read more

    $470.99 USD

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  • Writing Out the Notes: Life in Great Big Sea and Other Musical Misadventures

    by Bob Hallett ...
    A rambling trip through a colourful and melodic St. John's childhood combined with a how-not-to-do-it-yourself guide to the music business and a thoughtful and sometimes poignant look at the way a legendary Canadian band creates music all of these threads and many others are pulled together by writer and musician Bob Hallett. Writing Out the Notes began as a series of essays Hallett wrote to ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Where I Belong

    Small Town to Great Big Sea

    by Alan Doyle ...
    From the lead singer of the band Great Big Sea comes a lyrical and captivating musical memoir about growing up in the tiny fishing village of Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, and then taking to the world stage.Singer-songwriter and front man of the great Canadian band Great Big Sea, Alan Doyle is also a lyrical storyteller and a creative force. In Where I Belong, Alan paints a vivid, raucous and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Fish For Dinner: Tales of Newfoundland and Labrador

    Tales of Newfoundland and Labrador

    by Paul O'Neill ...
    A collection of Newfoundland folk tales from beloved author Paul O'Neill ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Newfoundland Stories

    The Loss of the Waterwitch & Other Tales

    by Eldon Drodge ...
    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. Heroic deeds great achievements hardships and deprivation disasters superstitions and customs as well as the Beothuk saga and the indomitable character of our ancestors have all contributed to the making of the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Wonderful Strange: Ghosts, Fairies, and Fabulous Beasties

    Ghosts, Fairies, and Fabulous Beasties

    by Dale Jarvis ...
    Newfoundland and Labrador is blessed with more fairies, devils, old hags, phantoms, Jacky Lanterns, sea monsters, and other fabulous and frightening creatures than any other spot in Canada. Author and researcher Dale Jarvis, creator of the award-winning St. John's Haunted Hike, has pulled together a compendium of strange tales about the even stranger spectres, sprites, and curious beasties that ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Camp 13: Working in the Lumber Woods

    Working in the Lumber Woods

    by Byron White ...
    Inspired by True Events “Men who weren’t hard workers didn’t last long at the lumber woods.” Most people in Newfoundland and Labrador have someone in their family who has worked “in the woods.” Some of these workers were employed seasonally—they fished in the summer and headed to the lumber camps in the winter—while others were full-time loggers who worked year-round. Stan White runs Camp 13 on ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Rosie O'Dell

    by Bill Rowe ...
    Warning: Graphic Content and Mature Subject Matter Rosie O’Dell is a creature of beauty, brilliance . . . and unspeakable secrets. When she was young, terrible crimes had been committed against her. Tom Sharpe became Rosie O’Dell’s high school sweetheart, and in revenge for the transgressions against her, the two young lovers committed their own crime of passion together, which ultimately ripped ... Read more

    $10.99 USD