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Favourite Recipes from Old New Brunswick Kitchens
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$22.95Favourite Recipes from Old New Brunswick Kitchens features the province’s traditional cuisine in a format accessible for the home cook of today. Included here are classic chowders and soups, delightful fish and chicken dishes, and tasty breads and desserts. A special section even features traditional Acadian dishes–including rapee pie and chicken fricot–and recipes popular among the province’s many lumber camps. Stuart Trueman’s often startling instructions for old cures and medications make this book a much-loved resource for both foodies and history lovers.
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Lifetime of Rug-Hooking
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$34.95Canada’s East Coast has a unique craft heritage that has seen generations hooking rugs during the long winter evenings. Hooked mats and rugs were originally intended as functional pieces–a place to wipe dirty feet at the back door, or a cover for drafty floors. But at some point aesthetics crept into this process, and those simple mats have evolved int the wonderful folk art rugs we see today.
Nova Scotia’s Doris Eaton has been hooking rugs for nearly fifty years and is one of the region’s most well-known rug-hookers. A Lifetime of Rug-Hooking features over eighty of Doris’s colourful and lively rugs and the inspiration and materials behind her art. Doris also shares some of her tried and true techniques, including her famous “Eaton Edge” for finishing a rug.
With a foreword from fellow Nova Scotia rug-hooker and artist Deanne Fitzpatrick, A Lifetime of Rug-Hooking is a marvellous visual tour of the work of an influential East Coast folk artist.
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Kiss the Joy As It Flies
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$17.95Shortlisted for the Leacock Medal for Humour. A new smaller format of Fitch’s critically acclaimed adult novel.
Panic-stricken by the news that she needs exploratory surgery, forty-eight-year-old Mercy Beth Fanjoy drafts a monumental to-do list and sets about putting her messy life in order. But tidying up the edge of her life means the past comes rushing back to haunt her and the present keeps throwing up more to-dos. Between fits of weeping and laughter, ranting and bliss, Mercy must contemplate the meaning of life in the face of her own death. In a week filled with the riot of an entire life, nothing turns out the way she expected.
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Rattled
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$11.95It’s just all so unfair. My ditzy sister is trying to get her claws into my future husband, plus, I’m pretty sure I’m living across the street from a murderer, and of course no one believes me. Could my life get any suckier? I didn’t know it yet, but apparently it could.
Fifteen-year-old Lydia, resigned to a boring summer in Halifax, is thrilled when Megan and her totally hot brother, Sam, move in across the street. But their rude and hostile mother, Mrs. Swicker, is strangely protective, and does everything she can to stop Lydia and her older sister, Jilly, from getting anywhere near her kids.
One day Lydia accidentally stumbles across something very puzzling in the Swickers’ basement. Determined to find some answers, Lydia enlists the help of Jilly. But the further they investigate, the more bizarre the discoveries.
Lydia’s suspicions about Mrs. Swicker are mounting, but she has no idea what a twisted, dangerous secret she has uncovered until it’s too late.
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Crosswords from Atlantic Canada Volume 2
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$12.95These puzzles will provide hours of entertainment for all ages as they amuse and (occasionally) stump readers. With clues specific to the region, Crosswords from Atlantic Canada Volume II will challenge your knowledge of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador, not to mention current events and popular culture. This second volume includes new topics not covered in the first and all-new clues.
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Animal Talk Remarkable Connections between Animals and the People Who Love Them
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$14.95A police dog helps take down criminals and searches for lost children. A cat defies odds and distance to be reunited with its family. A lion cub blissfully shares a kitchen with a family and a few pugs. These true stories and more are collected in this inspiring book by Joyce Grant-Smith. These tales show us the breadth and width of an animal’s ability to communicate with each other, and us with them. Primarily rooted in the Maritimes, each story shows a very different example of how a pet can influence events around them, including an eye-opening account of the growing field of Annimal Communications–people who learn to interpret and respect what these critters are trying to tell us, and who help other people communicate as well.
There are 18 stories in total, and each is written in a heartwarming style reminiscent of the Chicken Soup for the Soup series, and will be a pleasant and uplfting read for all ages.
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Witchcraft
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$19.95Witchcraft. The subject evokes curiosity, fascination, and sometimes, abhorrence. In the Maritimes, a region with a rich tradition of storytelling, accounts of witchcraft are abundant.
In Witchcraft, folklorist Clary Croft explores the many examples of witchcraft identified in the Maritimes and explains their cultural origins—Scottish, Mi’kmaq, Acadian, German, among others. He finds example of spells, charms, and superstitions involving everything from animal horns and blood to salt and milk. Croft also traces witchcraft’s more official history from the Maritimes’ first witch trial in 1684—the trial of Jean Campagna—followed by others throughout the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.
A thoroughly researched history of an often-misunderstood practice, Witchcraft is a rich source of Maritime folklore.
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Atlantic Canadian Christmas Reader
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$15.95An Atlantic Canadian Christmas Reader brings together twenty-nine wonderful stories that illustrate some of the region’s unique and time-honoured holiday traditions,from fictional accounts of contemporary family gatherings and feasts to nineteenth-century tales of Christmas at sea. Others describe more modest celebrations, from times when food and money were scarce, and during war years when the only bounty to be found was in the true spirit of the season.
With work by well-known regional storytellers like Helen Creighton, Evelyn Richardson, David Weale, Clary Croft, and Bruce Nunn, and an introduction by Cape Breton novelist Lesley Crewe, An Atlantic Canadian Christmas Readeris the perfect way to add a little Christmas cheer to your bookshelf.
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Eagle of the Sea
Artist: Jeffrey DommPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.95Powerful and fast, bald eagles are some of the most majestic birds in the world. They can spot their prey from two kilometres away, build a larger nest than any other North American bird, and dive at speeds up to 160 kilometres an hour! And in eastern Canada, bald eagles are thriving.
Learn about these amazing birds—their habitat, hunting skills, nesting habits, and more—in Eagle of the Sea. With vibrant, detailed illustrations and accessible text, Eagle of the Sea is both educational and awe-inspiring. -
Quilts of Prince Edward Island
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$35.00Thoroughly researched and beautifully presented, this book documents the story of quilt making on Prince Edward Island.
In September 1991, Sherrie Davidson began the Heirloom Quilt Survey on PEI. Her goal was to document and preserve the rich island history of quilt making from its beginning in the 1700s to 1970. After almost twenty years, this book, Quilts of Prince Edward Island, is the result
In her quest, Davidson visited over one hundred island homes, each containing memories, often very personal, of family life on PEI through the years. Quilts of Prince Edward Island offers examples of every aspect of island quiltmaking and also documents the story of island quilt making over the past three centuries.
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Memoirs of a Cape Breton Doctor
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$19.95Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan had no idea of the life that awaited him when he began his medical practice in Baddeck, Cape Breton, in 1928. At that time it was more common for doctors to travel to their patients. As a result, navigating the rural landscape was often more difficult for these doctors than providing diagnoses.
In Memoirs of a Cape Breton Doctor, MacMillan relates over forty years of his memories and experiences as a travelling physician with warmth, wit, and a genuine love for the life he lived. He shares stories about his patients, his family, the beloved horses that carried him from home to home, the Maritimes’ fickle weather, and the people that helped him through it.
The stories span over a century, and highlight MacMillan’s own experiences as well as the recollections of the people he cared for until his retirement from medical practice. Entertaining and heartwarming, Memoirs of a Cape Breton Doctor is a classic of the genre.
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Grow Organic A Simple Guide to Nova Scotia Vegetable Gardening
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$19.95Grow Organic deals with specifically Nova Scotian issues, giving advice about our growing season, which types of vegetables grow best here, and where to get local organic seeds. The book also contains a chapter of inspirational profiles of specific gardeners and farmers from around the province. The book is written in a friendly, straightforward manner, and is intended as a simple and accessible guide for people with a specific interest in organic vegetable gardening. It includes many illustrative photographs and recipes.
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Prince Edward Island
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$27.95In Prince Edward Island, Wayne Bartett and Anne MacKay take us on a spectacular photographic journey across Canada’s smallest province. See the Island during all four seasons, atop the sand dunes at Greenwich, along the scenic Confederation Trail, past the winding coasts and rolling farmland, and onto the Island’s famous sand beaches.
Over 75 full-colour photographs reveal the rich colours of a distinctive landscape and the warmth of a proud people. Wayne and Anne have spent much of their lives capturing images of PEI, and this collection of photographs reflect their love of the island’s natural beauty.
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Les Îles de la Madeleine: Inoubliables
Photographer: George FischerPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$17.95Formant un archipel lumineux ancré dans le Golfe du Saint-Laurent et baignant tout autant dans le soleil que dans la mer, les Îles de la Madeleine sont un veritable paradis pour les amants de la photo. Le réputé photographe George Fischer porte un regard nouveau sur ces paysages de bord de mer et nous montre la beauté sans pareille de cette destination: des vues à couper le soufflé, des maisonnettes aux couleurs vives, de charmantes façades et ce couple omniprésent que forment le ciel et la mer des Îles. Laissez-vous séduire par les saveurs et les couleurs présentées dans ce nouveau recueil d’images produites par l’un des photographes canadiens le plus renommés.
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Unforgettable Atlantic Canada
Photographer: George FischerPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$24.95A photographic guide to the 100 must-see destinations and events in Atlantic Canada.
Organized by province for easy reference, Unforgettable Atlantic Canada is more than a travel guide. George Fischer’s magnificent images showcase Atlantic Canada’s vibrancy and beauty and Harvey Sawler’s text provides a context and background for the one hundred destinations included here. Whether you’re “from away” or live in the region, Unforgettable Atlantic Canada is an indispensible resource and a stunning portrait of a unique part of the world.
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Sails of Fundy
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$16.95A native of Kentville, Nova Scotia, Stanley T. Spicer is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick, Acadia University and Springfield College. He was New Brunswick’s first provincial Director of Physical Eduacation and Recreation from 1947 to 1966 before joining the federal Fitness and Amateur Sport Branch in Ottawa where he served until 1979. He was the first person from the Atlantic Provinces to receive the Honour Award of the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Spicer is the author of numerous articles for Canadian and American publications and five previous books, including The Saga of the Mary Celeste.
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Weska’qelmut Apje’juanu
Artist: HildaRosePublisher: Nimbus Publishing$6.50Weska’qelmut Apje’juanu is the Mi’kmaq language translation of Kisses Kisses Baby-O! Kisses Kisses Baby-O! is a story for newborns told from the point of view of a parent or caregiver, but with high interaction with baby’s world and tuned to events in baby’s day.
Beloved Canadian children’s author Sheree Fitch delivers what she’s famous for: fun, intelligent, participatory text that is a joy to read. Using rhythm and onomatopoeia, Sheree’s bubbly text begins with baby waking, and follows through eating, bathing, playing, and finally sleeping.
Repetition, rhythm and active verbs create a lively story that can be read again and again. Heart-warming illustrations by HildaRose combine realism and a whimsical, artistic style, while paying close attention to the needs of newborn readers, including such elements as: stimulating visuals, patterns, baby faces, cultural diversity and interaction with others. And babies will drool over the small, easy to hold format! Translated from English by Bernie Francis.
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Last Canadian Beer pb
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$17.95Featuring important insights from the company’s current executives and employees, Last Canadian Beer: The Moosehead Story is not only a fascinating company history, but also a candid look at how a small New Brunswick business remains competitive in a difficult global marketplace. While other Canadian beer brands long ago sold out to American and European interests, Moosehead has remained fiercely independent.
Last Canadian Beer is the remarkable story of a time-honoured business, a complex family, and a beloved beer.
Now available in softcover.
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Hit & Mrs.
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$19.95Linda, Bette, Gemma, and Augusta are four lifelong friends who live in Montreal. This year they’re all going to turn fifty, so they decide to take a trip to New York together (courtesy of Linda’s philandering husband’s Visa Platinum). But at the LaGuardia airport washroom, Bette accidentally switches bags with a young mother who’s actually smuggling diamonds for the mob, and things start going terribly wrong. When they kill an aggressive cab driver with pepper spray, the four friends know this is not going to be the trip of shopping and Broadway shows they’d expected.
A series of miscommunications and mishaps entangles the friends even further into the criminal underworld of New York. But out of all the bad luck (Linda’s husband is staying at the same hotel as the friends, with his new girlfriend) and bad people (mobsters, drug addicts, and Linda’s husband) emerge four fifty-year-old avengers of truth and justice. In the style of Crewe’s Shoot Me, Hit and Mrs. is a wildly entertaining comedic romp.
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Hero
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$22.95In a St. John’s hospital in 1945, Elsa Evans keeps a furtive vigil over the deathbed of Abram Kean, the renowned sealing captain. Remembering her first husband and her two brothers killed in the trenches thirty years before, and another young friend, Noah, frozen on the ice during the sealing disaster of 1914, Elsa contemplates a hideous revenge. The shock of her own bitterness forces her to retrace part of her life which is interwoven with those of her former employers, Simon and Sarah Jenson.
On the morning of July 1916, officer Lt. Simon Jenson, severely shell-shocked and demoralized after a year and a half in the trenches, fails in leadership, hanging behind his men as they march through into no-man’s-land. When a figure emerges from the drifting smoke, he thrusts the blade of his bayonet forward not into the enemy but into the body of Charles Baxter, a comrade and the brother of his fiancée, Sarah. Surviving against the odds, and with his battlefield actions misinterpreted, Simon is feted as a hero. But when Simon returns from the war, Sarah finds him emotionally fragile and prone to violent rages- not even their young daughter Lucy can cheer him. Worse, their lives are soon overtaken by the shadow of blackmail, and Sarah and Elsa, Lucy’s governess, are forced to reconsider everything they once believed about loyalty, valour, and responsibility.
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Simon et el catapulte la périlleux aventure au parc
Artist: Brenda JonesPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$8.95Simon et son audacieux compagnon, El Catapulte, sont pr’ts pour une avant-midi d’aventure extraplanétaire au parc. Ils ont pour mission de faire le tour de la galaxie en explorant tous les périls du terrain de jeux. La découverte d’un monde lointain est une t‚che dangereuse- particulièrement quand El Catapulte est de la partie! Heureusement, Simon est toujours là pour veiller à sa sécurité. Mais quand Simon et El Catapulte se retrouvent dans une situation si désespérée que m’me Simon ne peut les sauver, qui sera assez brave pour venir à leur secours?
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À la découverte des Îles de la Madeleine
Photographer: George FischerPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$17.95French language version of the popular book Discovering the Magdalen Islands. Situated in the middle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the striking natural beauty and predominantly francophone culture of Quebec’s famous twelve-island archipelago is an explorer”s delight. Amid landscapes ranging from dlecate white sand dune to rugged red cliffs, all enveloped by salt air and marine breezes, one finds adventure, amusement, and amiable hospitality.
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Halifax ABC (Board Book)
Artist: Yolanda PoplawskaPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$16.95Celebrated Halifax artist Yolanda Poplawska has created twenty-six distinctly Haligonian scenes to accompany the letters of the alphabet, from A for anchor to Z for zonked!
Children will be enchanted by Poplawska’s colourful and contemporary illustrations, which depict locales such as the gazebo at the Public Gardens, the lighthouse at McNabs’ Island, buskers juggling on the watefront, rowing on Lake Banook, and many, many more. Words chosen are common nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
This hardy board book edition extends the audience to toddlers and presechoolers.
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Simon and Catapult Man’s Perilous Playground Adventure
Artist: Brenda JonesPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$8.95Well-known children’s writer Norene Smiley’s delightful prose and award-winning illustrator Brenda Jones’s vibrant illustrations combine to bring the wonder of imaginative play to life. The quirky pictorial elements and interplay between real life and fantasy will make Simon and Catapult Man a winner with children, while teachers and librarians will appreciate the playground safety theme and related activity.
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White Cave Escape
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$13.95A summer hike in the New Brunswick woods turns into a nightmare when Shawn and his friends find themselvestrapped by a raging forest fire. Now their only chance for survival may be the legendary White Caves…but can they find them in time?Join Shawn, Petra, Craig, Tony, and Hobart the dog—the heroes of Chocolate River Rescue—in their newest wilderness adventure!
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Prince Edward Island: An Illustrated History
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$22.95In Prince Edward Island: An Illustrated History, Douglas Baldwin takes the reader on a journey through the incidents and events that have shaped the province and its inhabitants throughout their development, from the first Aboriginal presence over 11,000 years ago, to the arrival of European settlers in the early eighteenth century, to the Charlottetown Conference of 1864, to the opening of the Confederation Bridge in 1997. Along the way, he peppers the narrative with stories of the many people and places that have played a role in making PEI both a tightly knit rural community and an immensely popular tourist destination.
Illustrated throughout with over one hundred historical photos and illustrations, Prince Edward Island: An Illustrated History is a must-read for anyone who has fallen in love with Canada’s smallest province.
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Shipwrecks and Seafaring Tales of Prince Edward Island
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$24.95In the 450 years since Jacques Cartier’s arrival, Prince Edward Island’s history has been tied to the sea. From the first explorers to immigrants, traders, sailors, and fishermen, thousands of seafaring people and their ships have come and gone–many lost to the relentless ocean. Their stories, though, survive in legends and folklore, in archives and family histories.
From PEI author Julie V. Watson comes the telling of these legends in this new edition of Shipwrecks and Seafaring Tales of Prince Edward Island.
Now with a new cover.
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Sensational Seafood
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$14.95Formerly the Fine Catch Seafood Cookbook, this new package brings the book up to date with a whole new look. Beginning with a comprehensive section on how to buy, prepare, and store fish, molluscs, and all kinds of crustaceans, this cookbook provides the how-to for the inexperienced chef, while keeping a good mix of delicious recipes for the more daring expert. With easy-to-follow instructions, suggested serving sizes, and a little bit of seafood history, this cookbook collection provides all the essentials.
Recipe highlights include Crab Stuffed Mushrooms, Smoked Salmon Cheesecake, Grilled Monkfish, Saffron Seafood Cream and Hot Cheese and Crab Dip.
To top it off, Watson adds a separate section for yummy toppings, sauces, and marinades to add the most flavour to your fresh Atlantic seafood. Sensational Seafood is a must-have for any seafood lover. -
Annapolis Valley Tastes Recipes from the Valley’s Best Restaurants
Photographer: Bob Federer, Colleen DagnallPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$22.95The Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia is famed for its spectacular seacoast, lush farmland, and fertile soil, which nourish an abundance of produce, livestock, and seafood. It is no wonder, then, that the Valley is home to a profusion of skilled chefs who take their inspiration from the region’s bountiful harvest.
Annapolis Valley Tastes celebrates the landscapes and natural flavours that have made the Valley famous by combining breathtaking full-colour photos of the region with tantalizing recipes from local restaurants such as Tempest, Cocoa Pesto, and Blomidon Inn. Showcasing a diverse array of dishes that embrace local ingredients and tastes, such as pumpkin chili, farm chicken with Nova Scotia Riesling and chanterelles, and peach blueberry crumble pie, Annapolis Valley Tastes is an invitation to bring the brilliant sights, smells, and flavours of the Valley home to your kitchen.
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Nova Scotia History With A Twist
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$16.95Bruce Nunn’s popular History with a Twist now has a fresh new look as Nova Scotia History with a Twist. It still includes the same educational yet entertaining stories. You’ll meet the man who lived inside Halifax’s Old Town Clock, the man who started the Klondike gold rush, courageous sea captains, makers of illegal tartan, the saviour of Seal Island, the ghost of the first Christmas tree, and many more.
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Pumpkin People
Artist: Ron LightburnPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$17.95Every Autumn strange figures start appearing around the town of Kentville, Nova Scotia, sauntering down the sidewalk, sitting in a tree, cavorting on a lawn-who are these peculiar people? Why, they’re the Pumpkin People! Constructed from cornstalks, straw, and, of course, pumpkins, these folkloric figures are put together every year to celebrate the harvest in the Annapolis Valley in a most creative way.
Pumpkin People tells the tale of Kentville’s famous pumpkin people. Sandra Lightburn’s simple verse reveals the secret world of the half-funny, half-spooky figures; Ron Lightburn’s stunning illustrations bring that secret world to life. And a special section in the back teaches pumpkin fans young and old how to build their own pumpkin person!
