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...most striking, and frightening, is Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm (Norton; 227 pages; $23.95). The somewhat peculiar title refers to the disastrous confluence of a large hurricane and a muscular nor'easter in the fishing grounds off New England and Newfoundland in 1991. The Andrea Gail, a 72-ft. offshore commercial swordfish boat, sank with its crew of six men in the monstrous confusion of air and water that resulted. A small sailboat, the Satori, also sank, though its crew was saved, and so did a powerful rescue helicopter that ran out of fuel, ditched and lost one crewman...
Last year the 42-year-old director paid a dozen visits to the ocean-floor site of the Titanic wreck, some 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland and 2 1/2 dark and chilly miles below the surface, to shoot footage. That meant nearly three hours drifting to the bottom of the sea, packed with two crew members into a sphere about 7 ft. in diameter. Cameron, an inveterate thrill seeker, loved...
...Critics loved Proulx's intense, sensuous prose. Readers for pleasure eagerly riffled through the pages because the author made them wonder what would happen next to the central character, a grieving widower who takes his two daughters and tries to start a new life on his family property in Newfoundland. After this Pulitzer-prizewinning performance, Proulx could count on her next novel churning up much anticipation...
...loud noises made by the Chinese war games have been superseded by the noise of the Taiwan election results. If the Chinese leadership didn't hear it, they must be totally deaf. TONY KETTLE Corner Brook, Newfoundland Via E-mail...
Parsons, an avid hockey fan himself and a native of Newfoundland, Canada, added that he is personally excited to be performing at the event...