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Fishing has long been documented as being the most dangerous occupation in the world. That is especially true in the harsh, and often bitter, marine environment of Atlantic Canada.

The fishing industry kills more people than any other job in the world. On average, Atlantic Canada loses one fisherman every month.

Sails Over Ice picks up where The Log of Bob Bartlett left off.

In the past, no prison has successfully held Sean Rogan and when remission was refused him this time a group of characters, each with his own motive, was prepared to aid his escape.

The legend of Sheila NaGeira looms large in the early history of the New World.

The waters off Newfoundland, in the North Atlantic, held the world’s most abundant supply of codfish, which, when discovered, was in great demand.

Bill McGill, a lawyer living in St.

A clairvoyant is able to foresee murders, but she is not able to prevent them.

The fishing industry in Atlantic Canada has gone through massive change in the last twenty years.

Botwood, Newfoundland and Labrador, 1958 In the midnight blackness of a cold November night mixed with rain in snow, three RCMP officers entered a restaurant by way of an upstairs window.

Much of the appeal of rural Newfoundland lay in the freedom of being your own boss and a love of the great outdoors. You were tied to the seasons, and each one played a big role in your life.

Corner Boys is Robert Hunt’s memoir of growing up on the mean streets of St. John’s in the 1950s and ’60s.

Marissa Blumenthal has it all - a superb professional reputation, a perfect marriage, a pediatrics practice, but she lacks the child she desperately desires.

From the author of the bestselling Far From Home comes an unforgettable volume of Christmas stories and poetry set in modern-day Newfoundland.

Many people on Canada’s east coast, the maritime regions, have experienced the temperament of the North Atlantic Ocean: beautiful, moody, mysterious.