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The Great Saskatchewan Joke Book
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$14.95If you like a good joke (and we all know you do), then you’ll get a kick out of this hilarious collection that pokes fun at all things Saskatchewan. With zingers that will tickle your funny bone, these good-natured jabs are just funny enough that they will leave you rolling in the aisles.
The Great Saskatchewan Joke Book will literally make you laugh out loud. Joel Jeffrey believes that if you can’t laugh at yourself, then who can you laugh at?
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Book of Donair Everything you wanted to know about the Halifax street food that became Canada’s favourite kebab
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$22.95Book of Donair: Everything you want to know about Nova Scotia’s unofficial food, is the definitive guide to this much beloved delicacy. In Book of Donair, Lindsay Wickstrom explores the history of the donair, and the people who shaped this Halifax-born kebab into the iconic Canadian street food it has become.
Donairs were originally not for the lucky-in-love, but the recourse of the degenerate. They were the butt of toilet humour, the scapegoat of indigestion. The mystery meat with the secret sauce was wrapped in urban legend. It was so commonplace that we took it for granted, no more significant than hamburgers or spaghetti.
We didn’t realize that it was ours. It wasn’t until we made westward pilgrimages to Ontario or Alberta for school or work that the donair became a symbol of “home.” Book of Donair has everything you want to know about donairs—and were going to ask anyway.
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Forgotten Nova Scotia
Photographer: Ingrid Bulmer, Ted PritchardPublisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$29.95The stunning images found in Forgotten Nova Scotia offer a window into our past, showing life as it was then, and stirring in us the emotions of wonder and curiosity about those who have gone before us and the lives they lived.
Nova Scotia is in Ingrid Bulmer and Ted Pritchard’s blood, and you might say Forgotten Nova Scotia is their love letter to the province. Where others may see only decay and rot in these long-forgotten locations, Bulmer and Pritchard see exquisite beauty. This is the book they were meant to do.
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The Second Movement Nova Scotia Outstanding Outhouse Reader #2
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95Do you know Canada’s oldest general store is in Nova Scotia? Or that the last British soldier killed in the First World War was born here? Or that the first UFO sighting in North America was recorded on October 12, 1796 in what today is New Minas? Did you know the world’s smallest operating drawbridge is located in Yarmouth County? Or that Minard’s Liniment was created here in the 1860s to relieve muscle pain and stiffness, back pain and arthritis pain?
From the creation of grape nut ice cream to the birthplace of Freemasonry in Canada, to the oldest farmers’ market in the country, the largest wooden church in North America and the world’s largest apple, The Second Movement is the book that should be in every self-respecting Nova Scotian’s outhouse.
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The Three Stars
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95This is the must-have book for any hockey fan. Never has a single region of the country had three legitimate superstars playing at the top of their game at the same time. Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon and Brad Marchand could legitimately form an All-World first line. The Three Stars is the story of three superstars and one magical season.
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You Might Still Be From Nova Scotia If…
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95MICHAEL DE ADDER is back! Six years and multiple national and regional newspaper awards later, Michael de Adder is back home where he belongs. If you thought you laughed and sighed with recognition in the original, get ready for a rip roaring snorter of a treat with You Might Still Be From Nova Scotia If…. As de Adder proves again, this is a province that is proud of who it is and likes nothing better than a good laugh, especially at itself.
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More Ghost Stories of Nova Scotia
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95Are you still afraid of things that go bump in the night? Do you still think someone is watching you even though no one is there? Do doors and windows still open and close on their own? Do you still see people in your home even though you know you are alone? If you answer yes to even one of these questions, then More Ghost Stories of Nova Scotia will make you feel not alone.
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Everything Manitoba The Ultimate Book Lists
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95Everything Manitoba will take you on a wild romp across the province. From Dave Baxter’s 10 Manitoba cold cases to Adam Kelly’s 10 favourite Manitoba landscapes to Charles Burchill’s 10 favourite Manitoba canoe routes and Joanne Kelly’s 11 favourite books written by a Manitoba author … it is all here.
From the top 10 things that make Manitoba a great place to live to the 10 most successful recording artists from Manitoba, 10 Manitoba records according to Guinness and top 10 must-have items for surviving a Manitoba winter, this is a book that wow and entertain you on every page. In addition to Chris Rutkowski’s top 10 Manitoba haunts and Shanley Spence’s 8 favourite stops on Manitoba’s pow wow circuit, we get well-known Manitobans to weigh in on their favourite things about Manitoba. In Everything British Manitoba you’ll also find lists by Ace Burpee, Mike Green, Niigaan Sinclair, Chris D. and many, many more.
If you love Manitoba (and we know that you do), you’ll love Everything Manitoba. Whether you are a lifelong resident or visiting for the first time, there’s no more complete book about Manitoba and no book is more fun!
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Everything British Columbia The Ultimate Book of Lists
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95Everything British Columbia will take you on a wild romp across the province. From Lainey Lui’s list of the 5 biggest celebrity scandals in BC, to crime historian Eve Lazarus’s list of the 10 most bizarre murders, to chef Tojo’s top 10 delicious sushi ingredients, and Stephen Hui’s list of 10 long BC hikes worthy of your bucket list … it is all here.
From 11 cities (and 1 planet) Vancouver has played in the movies to 10 facts about the Ogopogo (most of them true) to 10 gigantic BC roadside attractions, this is a book that will wow and entertain you on every page. In addition to 10 weird and wonderful BC museums to 12 crotchety quotes form legendary newspaperwoman “Ma” Murray, and 10 times Kim Campbell was delightfully candid on Twitter, we get well-known British Columbians to weigh in on their favourite things about British Columbia. In Everything British Columbia you’ll also find lists by David Suzuki, Rick Hansen, Bif Naked and many, many more.
If you love British Columbia (and we know that you do), you’ll love Everything British Columbia. Whether you are a lifelong resident or visiting for the first time, there’s no more complete book about British Columbia and no book is more fun!
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Turning Points 15 Pivotal Moments in Nova Scotia’s History
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$22.95Paul Bennett tells the history of Nova Scotia through 15 key turning points. From Nova Scotia’s problems with Confederation to wartime Halifax, the Springhill Mining Disaster, Viola Desmond and Ray Ivany’s ‘Now or Never’ report, Bennett recounts these decisive moments that have shaped the province’s destiny.
With rarely seen photography, Bennett shows how these turning points helped define the Nova Scotia we live in today. Each episode helped forge the province’s identity, change its trajectory, and shape its collective sense of purpose.
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You Might Be From The Great White North If …
Artist: John HendersonPublisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95You Might Be From The Great White North If … is a delightful, illustrated romp through the Great White North. From one of the most celebrated cartoonists in the North, John Henderson delivers his unique take on this extraordinary place, tickling the funny bone on every page. As Henderson proves, the people of the North are proud of who they are and like nothing better than a good laugh.
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Nova Scotia Book of Lists
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95Humans love lists. As humourist writer H. Allen Smith once wrote, “The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists.” That infatuation with lists continues here. From Nova Scotia’s great collector comes a masterful collection of lists that will start family arguments, provoke a wry smile, or just generally entertain on a cold winter night or in the dog days of summer.
In The Nova Scotia Book of Lists find out:
•Joe Canada’s Top10 qualities that define a “real” Nova Scotian.
• Natalie MacMaster’s wish list of the Top 10 Nova Scotians she would like to perform for.
•Jimmy Rankin’s 10 favourite songs ever performed by a Nova Scotian.
•JC Douglas’ list to Top 10 bands or performers to ever come out of Nova Scotia.
•Dan Soucoup’s list of Nova Scotia’s 10 best books.
•Darryll Walsh’s Top 10 haunted places in Nova Scotia.
•Len Wagg’s 10 best places in Nova Scotia to photograph.
•Joan Dawson’s 10 most memorable back roads she’s ever travelled in Nova Scotia.
•Michael de Adder’s list of the top Nova Scotians that a political cartoonist likes to draw.
•Michael Haynes’ list of Nova Scotia’s best trails.
•Pete Luckett’s 10 top choices of Nova Scotian products he likes to see on a menu when he dies out.
•Gerry Doucet’s top 10 fishing holes in Nova Scotia. -
My Nova Scotia Home Nova Scotia’s best writers riff on the place they call home
Editor: Vernon OicklePublisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95In this no-holds barred look at the province, writers captivate and capture the true essence of Nova Scotia. From these personal accounts of life here, the writers reveal the great joys and small pleasures but also the schisms, foibles, and missed opportunities of a life made in Nova Scotia. By revealing themselves, they make the province larger, more welcoming, more interesting, and certainly more colourful. This book is proof positive that life really is a search for home.
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For The Record
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95Former Senator Wilfred Moore has been part of the political and cultural fabric of Nova Scotia and Canada for the best part of 50 years. From Halifax alderman and deputy mayor, chair of the Halifax Metro Centre and of the Bluenose II Preservation Trust Society, to ultimately representing Nova Scotia in the Senate of Canada he has been an important actor on the provincial and national stages. One of his pleasures was placing in the record of Canada the acts of individuals, especially Nova Scotians that contributed to the greater good. For the Record provides a two-decade tribute to these outstanding individuals.
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British Columbia Burning
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95More of British Columbia had gone up in smoke in eight days in July 2017 than during the entire 2016 season. It was a year for the record books. By the time the flames were finally extinguished, 2017 ranked as the worst wildfire season in British Columbia history.
As early as July 7, the province declared a state of emergency as separate fires raged across the province. By the end of the summer, more than 65,000 people had been forced to leave their homes and wildfire smoke was choking the air as far away asVictoria and Saskatchewan. In British Columbia Burning, Bethany Lindsay uses words and images to follow firefighters, evacuees and those who stayed to save their communities in this unforgettable wildfire season.
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You Might Be From Hamilton If…
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95The Hammer. The Ambitious City. Steel town.
Canada’s tenth largest city, Hamilton, Ontario, has been called a lot of things. But Hamiltonians, near and far, know they can always come home to a place that has a rich history–and a lot of amusing stories only locals would know.
In comes Graeme MacKay, the editorial cartoonist for the Hamilton Spectator. As a Hamiltonian born and bred, he knows this city’s quirks, its characters and its love affair with being the underdog to Toronto’s “Centre of the Universe” mentality. With more than 120 cartoons, MacKay illustrates what so many people have come to love (and perhaps cringe a little) about this port city.
Founding father, George Hamilton, would be proud.
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Where Evil Dwells
Editor: Vernon OicklePublisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95From the macabre to the fantastical, from the paranormal to superstitions and folklore, from stories of ghosts, monsters and legends, Where Evil Dwells: The Nova Scotia Anthology of Horror has it all. These stories will take you on a wild ride to the extreme limits and beyond the realm of reality. Anyone who loves a good ghost story will want this book. It is a must-have for horror fans!
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Colour Manitoba
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$16.95From one of Winnipeg’s most colour artists comes Colour Manitoba. With 61 pages of some of the most beautiful and brilliant Manitoba scenes ever gathered in one book, artist Natalie Thiessen presents you with the opportunity to transform these stunning images with your own colour choices. If you love Manitoba, you’ll love Colour Manitoba.
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Saskatoon A History in Words and Pictures
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$22.95In 1899, Saskatoon was little more than a few wooden houses and false-fronted shops. There were no bridges, no railways, not even an elevator rising above the rooftops. There was no reason to think Saskatoon would be more successful in the long run than any other prairie town. Saskatoon not only survived, it thrived. Saskatoon tells the story of the dreams and determination of the people who built a dynamic City of Bridges on the South Saskatchewan.
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Row Bot
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$14.95It is not every day you meet a rowboat-rowing Row Bot (say that three times fast), but here he is. The word play is simply magnificent and the book is pure fun. You’ll find yourself reading it aloud over and over and over again. Written for kids 4-6 years-old, this book is original in every sense of the word. If your child might like to meet a genial Row Bot, come on along for the ride.
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Poetic Inquiries of Reflection and Renewal
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$39.95From migration, teaching, attending to the sick and dying, or navigating new relationships or identities, the poems in this collection are at once evocative and poignant and at times playful. This book offers insight into what is possible with the poetic voice.
This book can be read from beginning to end or by reading non-sequentially among the contributions. The editors of this collection have brought together a diverse array of authors who use poetry as research, and who explore many ways in which poetry can bring the reader into deeper understandings of experiences or issues.
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Moose Jaw A History in Words and Pictures
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$22.95The Turn—the spot on the Moose Jaw River that was the easiest to cross—was a place the Cree and Assiniboine peoples gathered. It was also here that Chief Sitting Bull sought refuge after the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Into this already busy and thriving place, surveyors came to lay out the land for future homesteads. The Canadian Pacific Railway was built and Moose Jaw was chosen as its divisional point, establishing it as one of the most important cities on the Prairies. Moose Jaw tells the story of this crazy named town that soon became a city of more than 33,000 people and is now known as “Canada’s Friendliest City.”
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Colour Saskatchewan
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$16.95From one of Saskatchewan’s most colourful artists comes Colour Saskatchewan. This adult colouring book is 80 pages of some of the most beautiful and brilliant Saskatchewan scenes ever gathered in one book. If you love Saskatchewan, you’ll love Colour Saskatchewan!
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Newfoundland and Labrador Outstanding Outhouse Reader
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95Do you know when the Vikings established their settlement at L’ase aux Meadows? Or that the only known case of Germans landing in North America during the Second World War was in Newfoundland? When was the last public execution held in Newfoundland and what was it like on execution day? From North America’s oldest city to the eastern point in North America, the Newfoundland and Labrador Outstanding Outhouse Reader is the book that should be in every Newfoundlander’s outhouse. If you love Newfoundland and Labrador (and we know you do), you simply must have the Newfoundland and Labrador Outstanding Outhouse Reader.
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Where the Rivers Meet
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95Strange, even deadly, encounters happen when young Tommy Caffrey is left alone with the Mi’kmaq tomahawk he found. Set in a mythical northern Cape Breton town, Where the Rivers Meet is a coming-of-age story told against the backdrop of religious and racial conflict that occurs when gold is discovered on Indian land.
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Vancouver Island Book Of Everything 2nd edition
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$14.95From Hudson’s Bay outpost to gold rush fever and coal and lumber barons to political scandals Island-style to the mighty Douglas fir and Pacific salmon and profiles of Emily Carr, Cougar Annie and the Dunsmuir clan, no book is more comprehensive than the Vancouver Island Book of Everything. No book is more fun! Well-known Islanders weigh in on their favourite things about Vancouver Island. Robert Bateman shares his five most inspiring island locales; Michael Halleran tells us the five graves you simply must visit at Ross Bay Cemetery; Ian Vantreight tells us his five Island weather complaints; history teacher and Vancouver Island digital archive editor Patrick Dunae gives us his five essential Vancouver Island reads; professor Barbara Helem Whittington gives us her five favorite memories of growing up on the island. From politics to the country’s best weather to the origins behind place names, Island slang, serial killers and the First People…it’s all here! Whether you are a lifelong resident or visiting for the first time, there’s no more complete book about Vancouver Island. If you love Vancouver Island, you’ll love the Vancouver Island Book of Everything!
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Welcome to My Kitchen
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$22.95McElman grew up on a farm, the youngest of ten children in a German-Russian household. By her teens, she was working (with her sister-in-law) in the logging camps of BC. She would go on to marry an airforce pilot, a job that would take them all around the country and world. Welcome to My Kitchen is grounded in her practical farm experience, but enriched by a lifetime spent cooking and studying food.
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You Might Be From Newfoundland And Labrador If…
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95You Might Be From Newfoundland and Labrador is a delightful, illustrated romp through this one-of-a kind place. From one of the most celebrated cartoonists in the country, de Adder delivers his unique take on Canada’s most extraordinary province, tickling the funny bone on every page. As de Adder proves, this is a province that is proud of what it is, and likes nothing better than a good laugh.
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You Might Be From British Columbia If …
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95You Might Be From British Columbia If . . . is a delightful, illustrated romp through this diverse province. From one of the most celebrated cartoonists in the province, Daniel Murphy delivers his unique take on Canada’s most extraordinary province, tickling the funny bone on every page. As Murphy proves, this is a province that is proud of what it is, and likes nothing better than a good laugh.
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You Might Be From Alberta If…
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$19.95You Might Be From Alberta If . . . is a delightful, illustrated romp through the Wild Rose Province. From one of the most celebrated cartoonists in the province, Dave Elston delivers his unique take on this extraordinary place, tickling the funny bone on every page. As Elston proves, this is a province that is proud of what it is, and likes nothing better than a good laugh.
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Saskatchewan Book of Everything 2nd edition
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$14.95From the fur-trade stronghold to the Land of the Living Skies and from the North-West Rebellion and the Roughriders to profiles of Joni Mitchell, Gordie Howe, Guy Vanderhaegh, Tommy Douglas, and the entrepreneurial Hill family, no book on Saskatchewan is more comprehensive and fun.
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Strange Saskatchewan
Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.$14.95Strange Saskatchewan is as much history as a fascinating walk through what makes this great province and its people so compelling. Strange Saskatchewan weaves our province’s history into an often eclectic tapestry of farming, football and passions. Who knew that this land-locked province was named after a body of water, or that the offence and defense of the 1945 Roughriders had so few jerseys that they had to share. Come on along with us, it will be a wonderful ride.
