Newfoundland and Labrador Book of Everything: Everything You Wanted to Know About Newfoundland and Labrador and Were Going to Ask Anyway

by Martha Walls

From the number of kilometres of coastline, to the stories behind those unusual place names (hello Blow Me Down) to profiles of Danny Williams and Mary Walsh, no book is more comprehensive than the Newfoundland and Labrador Book of Everything. No book is more fun.

Well-known Newfoundlanders and Labradorians weigh in on a whole range of subjects – Mark Callanan tells us his five favourite Newfinese words; weatherman Bruce Whiffen reveals his Top 5 Newfoundland and Labrador weather stories and Gerald Squires shares his Top 5 memories growing up on Exploits Island. Stories of the First People, the worst weather, Newfoundland and Labrador slang, the Newfoundland moose ... It’s all here!

Whether you’re a lifelong resident or visiting for the first time, there simply is no other book that delivers the goods. If you love Newfoundland and Labrador, you’ll love the Newfoundland and Labrador Book of Everything!

Genres: Travel

192 pages, Paperback

First published September 28, 2006

Reviews

[Melanie · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are some interesting facts in here, to be sure, and some interesting insights into the psyche of the province, and its history. But I found the errors increasingly distracting. Missing letters or words, repeated words, typos, misspelled names -- this book needs a serious edit before it goes to the next edition.

Some of the stats were dull as dirt, but I guess they're trying to cover everything.

[SusanwithaGoodBook · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun! It says this is written for natives, but this is the kind of thing I enjoy learning about places we visit. A concise bullet point list of important history dates, a list of interesting geographic features, a bit about language and culture, and a bit about everything. I stumbled across this on Amazon and immediately ordered one. I've now ordered one for every province available. (Why no BC? They only have certain major cities in BC and Alberta.)

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

A friend loved this to us I preparation for our trip. Lots of fun facts and interesting information.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun and interesting little book of the province. Some info good to know for traveling, but mainly just a big jumble of facts about Newfoundland and Labrador.

[Nigel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read this book to understand more about my partner’s province. I would periodically lean over to her to consult on references in this book and confirmed numerous inaccuracies - both the spelling of local terms/phrases, events and other information about the region and it’s people. While it was helpful in giving me an overall picture the multiple inaccuracies would give me serious pause to recommending this to anyone else. I’d rather recommend a book written by a local knowing what I know now.