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Percy Willmot: A Cape Bretoner at War
Publisher: Cape Breton University Press$23.95When Britain went to war with Germany in August 1914, Canada and the rest of the British empire followed without question and without being asked. By the time the Great War finally ground to an end in November 1918, 619,636 Canadians had enlisted in the struggle. One of them was Percy Willmot.Percy wrote frequently to his sister, no matter where he was or what was going on and he was a gifted writer, whose sparkling personality still clearly emerges more than eighty years later.Willmot’s letters tell us much about the experiences of thousands of soldiers: progress of the war and daily experiences of the men, sometimes pointing out the contrast between the beauties of nature and the unspeakable horrors of modern warfare. They remind us of the intense intimacy of the shared experience of the trenches, perhaps especially for someone like Percy, serving in a unit with many comrades from his own community.
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Dunk River Murders
Publisher: Acorn Press$22.95Maggie is burnt out on her old political job and is running away from her problems by way of fly fishing, until dead bodies keep inconveniently popping up in her river. From the writer of Ken’s Corner. Same place, new dirtbags
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Camino Chaos: Taking it All in Stride Across Croatia and Portugal
Publisher: Pottersfield Press$22.95Navigating endless olive groves, vineyards, bottles of wine, gypsy dogs, nudists, wild boars, the “Valley of the Moon” and cancelled flights, Camino Chaos is laced with Torti’s signature sarcasm, Super Bock, watermelon-eating sheep, U-turns, profanity, insanity history and heroics.
Follow the determined duo as around Croatia’s Krk Island and Coastal Portugal as they find their way back to Santiago on two very trying Camino routes with a sense of bewilderment and humour (and hives for Kim).
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Family Secrets
Publisher: Pottersfield Press$22.95When an elderly father finally breaks decades of silence, his daughter embarks on a search through archives and historical records to uncover her parents’ hidden wartime past. Debut author Alice Switocz Goldbloom discovers not just her family’s remarkable stories in Nazi-occupied Poland, but a broader tragedy that touched every Polish family. A powerful memoir and historical detective story about heritage, inheritance, and learning to honour the immigrant roots she once tried to escape.
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Bluenose Bluebirds
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited$22.95A comprehensive history of the Nova Scotian nurses who served in World War I, from a leading historian and author of Nova Scotia at War, 1914-1919.
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Brain Storms: My Life with a Brain Tumour—A Family Doctor’s Memoir
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited$22.95A poignant, darkly funny, and hopeful memoir of the psychological impact of illness from a retired New Brunswick doctor.
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Oceans of Rum
Publisher: Pottersfield Press$22.95Excitement, camaraderie, drama on the high seas, love affairs, big payoffs, and fast cars – these were the returns for a life of smuggling in Atlantic Canada during Prohibition for those who dared. Oceans of Rum recalls the glory days of rum running on Nova Scotia’s South Shore based on first-hand accounts.
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Children of the SS Atlantic
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited$22.95The newest addition to the popular, full-colour Compass series for young readers explores one of the deadliest maritime disasters before the Titanic.
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Blood Typed
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited$22.95An uproarious and satirical contemporary mystery set in Nova Scotia’s author community from the author of Fishnets & Fantasies.
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