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  • The Day the World Came to Town

    9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

    by Jim DeFede ...
    The True Story Behind the Events on 9/11 that Inspired Broadway’s Smash Hit Musical Come from Away, Featuring All New Material from the AuthorWhen 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17,000. The ... Read more

    $14.49 USD

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    The Day the World Came to Town

    9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

    by Jim DeFede ...
    Narrated by Ray Porter ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 28 min

    Perfect for fans of the musical Come From Away!When 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17,000. The citizens of Gander met the stranded passengers with an overwhelming display of friendship and ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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    The Time Keeper

    by Mitch Albom ...
    Narrated by Dan Stevens ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 42 min

    From the author who's inspired millions worldwide with books like Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven comes a compelling fable about the first man on Earth to count the hours ... the man who became father time.The inventor of the world's first clock is punished for trying to measure God's greatest gift. He is banished to a cave for centuries and forced to listen to the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    We Bought a Zoo

    The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken-Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals That Change Their Lives Forever

    by Benjamin Mee ...
    Narrated by Gildart Jackson ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 14 min

    Already a BBC documentary miniseries and excerpted in the Guardian, We Bought a Zoo is a profoundly moving portrait of an unforgettable family living in the most extraordinary circumstances. This touching memoir is now a major motion picture starring Scarlett Johansson and Matt Damon.When Benjamin Mee decided to uproot his family and move them to an unlikely new home—a dilapidated zoo in the ... Read more

    $16.95 USD

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    One Good Deed

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - An Archer Novel

    Unabridged

    11 hours 41 min

    In this fast-paced historical thriller, a #1 New York Times bestselling author introduces Archer, a WWII veteran forced to investigate a small-town murder**—**or risk returning to prison.It's 1949. When war veteran Aloysius Archer is released from Carderock Prison, he is sent to Poca City on parole with a short list of do's and a much longer list of don'ts: do report regularly to his parole ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Don't Tell the Newfoundlanders

    The True Story of Newfoundland's Confederation with Canada

    by Greg Malone ...
    The true story, drawn from official documents and hours of personal interviews, of how Newfoundland and Labrador joined Confederation and became Canada's tenth province in 1949.A rich cast of characters--hailing from Britain, America, Canada and Newfoundland--battle it out for the prize of the resource-rich, financially solvent, militarily strategic island. The twists and turns are as dramatic as ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • 102 Minutes

    The Unforgettable Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers

    The New York Times Bestseller2005 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction"102 Minutes does for the September 11 catastrophe what Walter Lord did for the Titanic in his masterpiece, A Night to Remember . . . Searing, poignant, and utterly compelling."—Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of An Army at DawnHailed upon publication as an instant classic, the critically accl... ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Between Heaven and Ground Zero

    One Woman's Struggle for Survival and Faith in the Ashes of 9/11

    by Leslie Haskin ...
    A Second Chance at LifeOn the sunny morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, terrorists murdered more than twenty-seven hundred people in an attack on New York City.Thousands died when a hijacked Boeing 767 slammed into Tower One of the World Trade Center.It was first blood.For Leslie Haskin, it was a second chance at life.This is the riveting account of Leslie's harrowing escape--down 36 floors in ... Read more

    $10.79 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

    $10.79 USD

  • Not Too Long Ago: Stories of a Traditional Way of Life

    Stories of a Traditional Way of Life

    Not Too Long Ago is back by popular demand in this newly revised and expanded edition! In this volume, today's senior citizens talk about some of the more exciting and memorable moments of their lives growing up in Newfoundland and Labrador. Read these richly detailed biographies, and meet: Charlie Bown — Bell Island Miner Arthur Clarke — Ambulance Driver Howard Elliott — Big Game Outfitter ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Fishing Adventures on the Newfoundland Banks 1860

    by W V Wells ...
    A good description of a trip on the Rhody Carter out of Marblehead Massachusetts to the Grand Banks in search of Cod during the mid nineteenth century. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Left to Die

    The Story of the SS Newfoundland Sealing Disaster

    by Gary Collins ...
    “They didn’t die like flies, you know, like I’ve heard some reporters say over the years. Oh no, it wasn’t like that a’tall. The men who died didn’t just drop like flies. There was nothing quick or easy about it. They had frozen feet, and fingers too numb and cramped with the cold to wipe the tears from their eyes.” Cecil Mouland, the last living survivor of the SS Newfoundland sealing disaster, ... Read more

    $9.89 USD