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Images of the Keji Country
Publisher: SSP Publications$24.95Artist Don Pentz’s watercolours illuminate the pristine beauty of this beautiful National Park and pay homage to the Mi’kmaq’s sacred territory.
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Des vagues et des ailes photographies aériennes des Îles de la Madeleine
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A Calf for Olive
Publisher: Chocolate River Publishing$10.95Olive is devastated when she overhears a kid at school making fun of her for wanting to raise a calf for the 4-H calf competition. They think she can’t possibly do it because she has cerebral palsy. But, with the love and support from her family and friends, Olive develops a strong bond with a Jersey calf and draws on her problem-solving skills to get her calf ready for the fall competition.
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Disaster at the Highland Games
Artist: Nathasha PilottePublisher: Chocolate River Publishing$15.95Kate doesn’t think she needs to practice her Highland dancing to get ready for the Highland Games. Practicing at home isn’t as much fun as dancing in class. She’s good enough already, and everything will be fine. Or will it?
This high-energy picture book by author and Highland dance teacher Riel Nason showcases Highland dancing and the Highland Games culture and is brought to life by the whimsical illustrations of Nathasha Pilotte.
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The Chemistry of Innovation Regis Duffy and the Story of DCL
Publisher: Island Studies Press$34.95How did a farm boy from Prince Edward Island become a succesful businessman, mentor and community philanthropist? In 1970, Regis Duffy %38212; then dean of science at UPEI — started a small chemical reagent company to create summer jobs for his students. Diagnostic Chemicals and its offspring, BioVectra, soon grew into global competitors in the diagnostic and pharmaceutical industry, employed hundreds of Islanders, and provided a model for entrepreneurship and economic development in Canada’s smallest province. The key to his success? As Regis once said, “Innovate or die; the atlernative is not that appealing.”
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My island’s the house I sleep in at night
Publisher: Island Studies Press$18.95“Being an Islander means that you aren’t like everyone else.” Bounded by water, you can live your life with certainty knowing where your edges are. Drawn from interviews with artists from Newfoundland and Tasmania, these poems capture what it means to be an islander. To know every rock and tickle, “the sea your road /the whole in the sky /your light to travel by. In My island’s the house I sleep in at night, Brinklow weaves stories and images with her own poetic imaginings.
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Planet Digby Future Landscapes
Photographer: HMS SmithPublisher: SSP Publications$15.95What will our planet look like 100 years from now? in 1000 years? 10,000 years? Smith’s amazing photographs offer a breathtaking glimpse into the future.
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What Once Was Lost The Blacksmith’s Art in Nova Scotia
Publisher: SSP Publications$14.95Author Frank Smith exposes the rich history of blacksmithing in Nova Scotia, explores the subsequent emerging art form and provides a resource of practicing artisans’ profiles.
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Finding Avalon
Publisher: Chocolate River Publishing$12.95Avalon Monday doesn’t mind telling schoolmates that her mother ran off to California to live with a guy she met on the internet. After all, that’s way less embarrassing than the truth.
One fresh start and three years later Avalon discovers there are things you can never truly leave behind. When the past collides with the present it exposes her secret and threatens to leave her new life in ruins.
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Yoga, True Nature 108 Inspirations
Publisher: George Fischer$39.95Yoga: True Nature is a powerful visual unity of ancient yoga postures and unwavering landscapes of the spectacular Îles de la Madeleine. The mind, body, and soul will receive inspiration and liberation from each centreing word, quote, and posture selected by Lori Myles-Carullo, a passionate yogini for 25 years. The art of movement is met by the natural majesty of location photographed by the skillful eye of George Fischer.
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Home Is Where the Water Is
Publisher: Island Studies Press$27.95Born and raised in tumultuous times in East Asia, Hung-Min Chiang survived earthquakes, wars, foreign occupation, dictatorship, and illness before making his way to Prince Edward Island. While navigating his perilous journey, Chiang practiced the “The Way of Water,” Daoist lessons for living drawn from Nature. Home Is Where the Water Is examines the many critical turning points in a life and how these shaped the person he became.
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An Extra Dash of Love Letters Celebrating Down Syndrome
Publisher: Chocolate River Publishing$19.95A celebration of Down syndrome from parents, grandparents, siblings, coaches, teachers, classmates and many more who feel so fortunate to have such beautiful people in their lives. The letters, poems and artwork came from New Brunswick, across Canada, the US and even Australia. With a forward by Natalie MacMaster, this book would make a special gift for new parents to let them know life will be amazing.
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Guru in Your Golf Swing A golf pro, a monk and the magical Kingdom of Bhutan
Publisher: SSP Publications$19.95PGA pro Hanczaryk’s high-flying, cross-cultural adventure is about teaching golf in a very remote place; but it is really about self-discovery, rooted in an ancient meditation practice.
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Toronto, Shades of Black
Photographer: George FischerPublisher: George Fischer$49.95In this monochromatic take on Toronto, George Fischer offers his own intimate views of the city’s soul and history and glamour. Intriguing interplays of white, black and gray impart an edgy aesthetic that accentuates timelessness, intricacy and romance. Through his lens, you’ll peer into the mysteries behind inky silhouettes, explore watery depths and contemplate textured skies. And you’ll surely see the city in a new light.
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Listening for the Dead Bells
Publisher: Island Studies Press$18.95Mysterious lights, howling dogs, ringing sounds in the ear: these omens of death are part of a treasury of supernatural beliefs transmitted through centuries and across the Atlantic Ocean. Part memoir, part oral history—the author reflects on stories about bad fairies, witch control, ghosts, second sight, divination, healing incantations, attitudes toward death, and other links between Prince Edward Island and the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
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Stormy Passage
Publisher: Chocolate River Publishing$9.95Young Nate is enjoying his newfound freedom from school when he gets a job working on the steamship New York. But the work is hard, and the ship gets caught in the Saxby Gale of 1869. Will they ever make it to safety? Based on a real incident, this adventure story should appeal to ages 9-12 even though it is written at a grade 2-3 reading level.
