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      By Crummey, Michael, 1965-
       2023., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf Canada Call No: NEW Fic Cru    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: In an isolated outport on Newfoundland's northern coastline, Abe Strapp is about to marry the daughter of a rival merchant to cement his hold on the shore when the Widow Caines arrives to throw the wedding and Abe's plans into chaos. That ruthless act of sabotage is the opening salvo in a battle between the man and woman who own Mockbeggar's largest mercantile firms, each fighting for the scarce resources of the north Atlantic fishery, each seeking a measure of revenge on the person they despise most in the world. As their unshakeable animosity spirals further each year into vendettas and violence, the community is increasingly divided and even the innocents in Mockbeggar find themselves forced to take sides, with devastating consequences.
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      By Fisher-Alaniz, Karen
       2011., Sourcebooks Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: On his 81st birthday, without explanation, Karen Alaniz's father placed two weathered notebooks on her lap. Inside were more than 400 pages of letters he'd written to his parents during WWII. She began reading them, and the more she read, the more she discovered about the man she never knew and the secret role he played in WWII. They began to meet for lunch every week, for her to ask him questions, and him to provide the answers. And with painful memories now at the forefront of his thoughts, her father began to suffer, making their meetings as much about healing as discovery.
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      By Higgins, Kristan  Sands, Xe
       2012., HQN Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: Maggie Beaumont's luck is about to change. Sure, she's known for her bad romantic choices, her former boyfriend broke up with her by bringing his new girlfriend home for a visit. And then there was the crush she had on a gorgeous young Irishman, who turned out to be Father Tim, the parish's new priest. But romantic salvation has arrived in the form of handsome, if surly, fisherman Malone. It turns out there's a heart of gold underneath his barnacle-clad exterior.
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      By Higgins, Kristan  Sands, Xe
       2012., HQN Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: Maggie Beaumont's luck is about to change. Sure, she's known for her bad romantic choices, her former boyfriend broke up with her by bringing his new girlfriend home for a visit. And then there was the crush she had on a gorgeous young Irishman, who turned out to be Father Tim, the parish's new priest. But romantic salvation has arrived in the form of handsome, if surly, fisherman Malone. It turns out there's a heart of gold underneath his barnacle-clad exterior.
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      By Greenwood, Kerry
       2015., Poisoned Pen Press Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: This is where it all started! The first classic Phryne Fisher mystery, featuring our delectable heroine, cocaine, communism and adventure. Phryne leaves the tedium of English high society for Melbourne, Australia, and never looks back. The London season is in full fling at the end of the 1920s, but the Honorable Phryne Fisher?she of the green-gray eyes, diamant garters and outfits that should not be sprung suddenly on those of nervous dispositions?is rapidly tiring of the tedium of arranging flowers, making polite conversations with retired colonels, and dancing with weak-chinned men. Instead, Phryne decides it might be rather amusing to try her hand at being a lady detective in Melbourne, Australia. Almost immediately from the time she books into the Windsor Hotel, Phryne is embroiled in mystery: poisoned wives, cocaine smuggling rings, corrupt cops and communism?not to mention erotic encounters with the beautiful Russian dancer, Sasha de Lisse?until her adventure reaches its steamy end in the Turkish baths of Little Lonsdale Street.
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      By Jones, Cynan, 1975-
       2011., Parthian Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: In the aching cold where night bumps into day, Hold hears noises that indicate he isn't alone. Out at the edge of his nets a rudderless dinghy is thumping against the rocks, prey to the ebbing tide. What he finds there changes everything. Grzegorz works hard, no time for rest, just work, more work and little thanks. All he needs is a hand up, one break, one chance. When it comes, with no apparent strings attached, what can he do but take it? The Big Man knows only one kind of life, but it's leaving him behind and he's struggling to keep up, longing for the days when all you needed were a code of honour and a reputation. One random technical hitch later and all three men are set on a journey that none could have foreseen, none can halt and which ends as abruptly as it began - A startlingly realistic portrait of ordinary lives taken to extremes by the acclaimed author of The Long Dry.
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      -- Fishermen
      By Obioma, Chigozie, 1986-
       c2015., Little, Brown and company Call No: BLK Fic Obi   Edition: 1st North American ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Told from the point of view of nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The Fishermen is the Cain and Abel-esque story of an unforgettable childhood in 1990s Nigeria. When their father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his extended absence to skip school and go fishing. At the forbidden nearby river, they encounter a madman who predicts that one of the brothers will kill another.
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      By Greenwood, Kerry
       2015., Poisoned Pen Press Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: Walking the wings of a Tiger Moth biplane in flight is excitement-enough for most people, but not Phryne Fisher, aviatrix, socialite, and private investigator. Whether she's seducing beautiful young men, foiling nefarious kidnappers, or simply deciding what to wear to dinner, Phryne handles everything with inimitable panache and flair. In this, the second Phryne Fisher mystery, Australia's most glamorous detective flies even higher, handling murder, a kidnapping and the usual array of beausall before adjourning to the Queenscliff Hotel for breakfast.
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      By O'Flaherty, Patrick, 1939-2017
       2016., Pottersfield Press Call No: Fic O'FL    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "A crusty fisherman in his sixties, stuck in his ways, fearful of the changing world beyond the headlands, and well satisfied with the safe mediocrity of his life, has a piece of work to do on Christmas Eve that is greater than any task he has ever faced. His strength, character, and fidelity are tested, not just by the danger and labour of his calling, but by the risk of knocking on someone's door. O'Flaherty's novella-length story "The Hardest Christmas Ever" conveys his quandary with sensitivity, humour, and not a little suspense. The other six stories reflect O'Flaherty's experiences as outport boy, teacher, politician and scholar. All told, this new collection will, it is hoped, jog the brain, lift the spirit, and touch the heart of all readers."--P. [4] of cover.
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      -- Tuna, obsession, and the future of our seas.
      By Pinchin, Karen
       2023., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf Canada Call No: NEW 597.783 P647k    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: How our insatiable appetite for tuna transformed a cottage industry into a global force (with a billion-dollar black market) and the dangerous effects of that shift for our planet, told through the lives of one fish and her fisherman. In 2004, a young, 642-pound bluefin tuna is caught, tagged by a prickly and iconoclastic New England fisherman, Al Anderson--and then is released. Fourteen years later, the fish's life ends in Portugal, her destiny to be served on sushi platters in a high-end Madrid restaurant. But thanks to Al's tag, the tuna's remarkable story can be told, and, in honour of her cross-Atlantic journey, she will be given a name: Amelia. In the tradition of Mark Kurlansky and Susan Orlean, Karen Pinchin weaves a tale with elements of true crime, biography, investigative reporting, activism, ecology, business, and food culture. Spanning the early 1950s to the present, beginning with the rise in demand for Atlantic bluefin tuna in the northeastern United States, the narrative will establish the origins of tuna research and science, as well as the Atlantic fishing industry and its larger-than-life personalities. Expertly researched and cinematically written, Kings of Their Own Ocean makes the case that it's not too late to preserve the beauty and abundance of our oceans, but we must act now.
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      By Fontaine, Naomi, 1987-
       2013., General, Arsenal Pulp Press Call No: IND Fic Fon    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: The author depicts a community of nomadic hunters and fishers, and of hard-working mothers and their children, enduring a harsh, sometimes cruel reality with quiet dignity.
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      By Zentner, Alexi
       c2014., General, Alfred A. Knopf Canada Call No: Fic Zen    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: The Lobster Kings takes place on fictional Loosewood Island, somewhere off Maine and the Maritimes, a ruggedly pastoral outpost claimed by both the United States and Canada. For generations it has been unofficially ruled by a family called the Kings, since the legendary Brumfitt Kings came over from Ireland with the bountiful lobsters "making a road with their backs." But modern times bring modern problems, and the waters off Loosewood Island are starting to be poached by James Harbor, a rival community. With the health of current patriarch Woody Kings fading, it's up to his daughter Cordelia to pick up the mantle.