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In the snowy predawn of February 18, 1942, a convoy of three American ships zigzagged up the North Atlantic toward Newfoundland, heading for one of the worst disasters in naval history.

Moving from Devon, England to Yucatan in Mexico, this novel intersperses suspense and action with intriguing historical narrative.

You think you’ve heard everything about Newfoundland and Labrador, but . . . Have you had a meal of padre? Have you ever seen a shalandi? Have you heard of basket soup?

Like other children of the 1930s, I read about the adventures of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, who worked among fishermen in a very cold, icy place way up north called Newfoundland and Labrador . . .

Fishing is the most dangerous occupation in the world: in Atlantic Canada, an average of one person dies every month while working at sea.

Memoirs of a West Australian-born "Pathfinder Force" pilot who served in the RAF in Italy during World War Two.

From bestselling author Clarence Vautier comes more stories of unsung heroes: the fishermen who made a living off the sea in Atlantic Canada.

John Whelan, champion oarsman, has all but given up on competitive rowing. On the cusp of forty, the Outer Cove fisherman is trying to accept that his time as a rower has passed.

The Portuguese White Fleet, whose name derived from its vessels’ white hulls, is an important part of Newfoundland and Labrador history.

Three men wanted her: Max, witty, tied to a woman he despised, Guy who loved her from the moment he saw her; John with the quiet smile, who would she choose?

This book relates to the two principal themes of the Cupids 400 Celebrations — the settlement of Cupids in 1610 and the origins of English settlement in Newfoundland and Canada.

Lion Hunter is a historical novel that opens in Europe in 1941, during World War II, with the introduction of a German secret agent, Hans Farber, following a successful mission in Leningrad, Russia

“It was the wild west, as all fished in a totally unregulated way in a free-for-all.” For centuries, fishermen the world over have been prosecuting the waters teeming with cod from the Grand Banks

Edmund and Lucy, and their not-so-nice cousin Eustace, are transported back to Narnia and find themselves aboard Prince Caspian's ship as he sails to find the end of the world.

“Some day the sun will shine and have not will be no more.” These are the immortal words of Brian Peckford, who served as the third premier of Newfoundland, and leader of the Progressive Conservati