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Titanic Halifax (2nd edition) A Guide to Sites
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$12.95Titanic Halifax presents the dramatic stories of those who didn’t survive the sinking, and details the efforts made from Halifax to gather and bury the dead. This guidebook includes accounts of the “Unknown Child” controversy, details on Halifax’s role in storing and maintaining Titanic artifacts, and the city’s participation in Titanic, the movie. This pocket guide includes maps and photographs of the city’s many Titanic sites. A perfect companion while discovering the places where Titanic’s ghosts roam. Updated edition with the latest findings and information.
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Fossil Cliffs of Joggins
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$12.95Joggins has been a popular location for fossil buffs and novices alike for two reasons. It is always possible to find interesting fossils there and it always offers something new. As the Fundy tides continually erode the cliffs new fossils emerge each season. Joggins is also of great interest to the scientific community. Dr. Laing Ferguson has introduced thousands of people to the world-famous fossil cliffs at Joggins. He wrote this book in 1988 to help visitors understand the significance of the fossils they may see in the Cliffs and now it’s back in print with a new cover for another generation of budding geologists and visitors.
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Spring Wildflowers
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$12.95Spring Wildflower is a handy field guide that will help you identify most flowers that bloom in the spring. It is well organized, easy to follow and features fine pen and ink drawings of almost 250 flowering plants.
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Canada’s First Nations 1850-1920
Publisher: Heritage Group Distribution$12.95This poignant and beautiful record of Canada’s First Nations people and their culture, as seen through the eyes of talented photographers, is a fascinating glimpse into Canada’s past. Of great historical and aesthetic interest, this collection of photographs captures the diversity and dignity of First Nations during a time of tumultuous change. Assembled by Edward Cavell, a former curator at Banff’s Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, the photographs span the period from the infancy of photography to the more sophisticated technology of 1920.
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Tighten the Traces
Publisher: Breton Books$12.95Celebrating over 500 performances worldwide, Breton Books is proud to offer Robbie O’Neill’s extraordinary play in book form, along with photographs and memories of the lead character, the beloved Leo Kennedy of Canso, Nova Scotia. A tribute to terrific storytelling, Tighten the Traces is first of all a good, enchanting read. Here is the voice of Leo Kennedy, whose outrageous humour and fierce persistence overcame cerebral palsy and a suspicious world, to win him a living as a door-to-door salesman in eastern Nova Scotia. You’ll split a gut laughing, with tears in your eyes. Performed from Guysborough schools to the London stage, in Scotland, Australia, the World Exposition in Vancouver and as a CBC Television Special, Tighten the Traces has earned high praise and an ACTRA Best Acting Award for its writer/actor, Robbie O’Neill.
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Christmas with the Rural Mail
Artist: Maud LewisPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$12.95A gentle poem describing the journey of a mailsleigh through rural Nova Scotia at Christmas time, delivering packages and parcels to children, Christmas with the Rural Mail is a holiday classic. The poem is carefully crafted to fit Maud Lewis’s colourful paintings, and the mailsleigh passes children skiing and tobogganing, oxen and Clydesdale horses pulling heavy loads, and the train station, among other classic rural winter scenes.
Lewis’s artwork is ideal for babies and toddlers, with its bright colours and simple forms, and the paintings and poem together perfectly evoke Christmases gone by. This is a sturdy board book edition great for young readers.
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Magical Christmas Light of Old Nova Scotia
Artist: Yolanda PoplawskaPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$12.95Nova Scotia native Bruce Nunn is a popular storyteller on CBC Radio and Television and the author of a number of best-selling books including History With a Twist, More History With a Twist, 59 Stories, The Magical Christmas Light of Old Nova Scotia, and Buddy the Bluenose Reindeer. Yolanda Poplawska is an illustrator and graphic designer living in Halifax.
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Who’s a Scaredy Cat ? (revised edition) A Story of the Halifax Explosion
Artist: Marijke SimonsPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$12.95This is the story of two families in Dartmouth at the time of the Halifax Explosion, December 1917. Flossie Wright is a prankster, taking pleasure in practical jokes. Isobel Morton, whose father is listed as missing in the war, dislikes Flossie’s jokes, and is ridiculed by the other girl. Although Isobel knows she is a not a “scaredycat,” Flossie’s jibes still hurt. Can Isobel prove her bravery and win Flossie’s friendship in the terrible days that follow the Halifax explosion? Who’s a Scaredy-Cat? is an enjoyable, historically detailed novel now back in print. Includes black and white illustrations by Marijke Simons.
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Discover Prince Edward Island Adventure and Lighthouse Guide
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$12.95Dave Stephens and Susan Randles are travel writers and educators living in Nova Scotia.
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Anne: La Maison aux pignons verts récits pour jeunes lecteurs
Artist: David Preston SmithPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$12.95Anne Shirley is hot-tempered, melodramatic, impulsive, accident-prone, and one of the best-loved literary characters in the world. From her feud with Gilbert Blythe to her near-drowning in the pond to the incident with the currant wine, Anne’s adventures come to life for a whole new generation in Anne of Green Gables: Stories for Young Readers. This French-language adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, written by Prince Edward Island writer Deirdre Kessler and translated by Jo-Anne Elder, is suitable for readers ages six and up. With twenty-eight colourful, historically accurate illustrations by award-winning illustrator David Preston Smith, Anne of Green Gables: Stories for Young Readers will delight readers too young for chapter books but nonetheless enthralled by the enduring appeal of Montgomery’s timeless story.
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Mémère Soleil, Nannie Lune
Artist: Jean-Luc TrudelPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$12.95Acadian Mémère and Scottish Nannie seem to have nothing in common but their grandchildren, but in this beautiful picture book from bestselling author Diane Carmel Léger and illustrator Jean-Luc Trudel, difference is celebrated. A co-publication with Nimbus Publishing, published simultaneously in English.
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Marcher dans le ciel
Publisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$12.95Poet laureate and spoken word artist Sonia Cotton with the help of Annie Boulanger’s loving illustrations have created a unique book. Arrival of new neighbours, search for self-esteem, loss of a beloved grand-father, existence of time, mental stability, joy of creativity, amongst other, are explored with simple and yet profound words and images. A great high in content, low in reading difficulty book, sure to stimulate family or class room discussions.
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La patate cadeau ou la « vraie » histoire de la poutine râpée
Artist: Tamara Thiébaux-HeikaloPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$12.95Christian Treitz, the youngest son in a German family immigrated to the Monckton Township, learns that the trauma of the Acadian Deportation is still alive. The Treitz family is hungry and cold. Luckily, Christian meets Pierre Belliveau, who could have left Moncton’s newcomers to their unhappy fate. Instead, the Acadian has brought with him the seed of a new beginning. Despite the obstacles between them, their unexpected friendship blossoms on the banks of the Petitcodiac River.
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Comment Naquirent un poulain,cinq chatons et la Confederation
Artist: Brenda JonesPublisher: Acorn Press$12.95L’action du dernier roman de l’auteure primée de livres pour enfants Deirdre Kessler se déroule à l’été de 1864. Les jumeaux Gabriel et Grace, de neuf ans, aident leurs parents à l’écurie familiale de la rue Great George, à Charlottetown. Ils assistent à toute l’excitation provoquée par la venue d’un cirque en ville et l’arrivée par bateau de politiciens des Maritimes et de la province du Canada-Uni. Les jumeaux suivent des leçons de dessin de leur ami, l’artiste Robert Harris, de quatorze ans, qui joue dans l’orchestre chargé de divertir les délégués lors du grand bal et du banquet offerts à l’édifice colonial. Mais les jumeaux sont plus excités à cause de leur cheval préféré, qui va bientàt donner naissance à son premier poulain.
Remontez dans le temps et parcourez les rues de Charlottetown pour jeter un regard sur les réunions ayant mené à la Confédération, avec ce livre magnifiquement illustré par l’artiste primée Brenda Jones.
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From the Hearth
Publisher: Cape Breton University Press$12.95Recipes from the World of 18th-century LouisbourgThe recipes presented here are those that the authors believe were once served in the house and inns of historic Louisbourg. Modern interpretations?giving specific quantities and cooking times?have been provided for all but a few preparations.Though research has not turned up any individual recipes used in 18th-century Louisbourg, historians and archaeologists do know most of the foods they ate. They also know the regions in France from whence many of the inhabitants of Louisbourg (or their parents) originally came.
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Prince Edward Island Seafood : Local Fare, Global Flavours
Publisher: Acorn Press$12.95Paul Lucas is the executive chef of a world-famous seafood restaurant on the Charlottetown waterfront. He draws on local, classical, and international flavours to inspire and create original true fusion cuisine that is truly his own. He lives in Stratford with wife Bethany and their two children.
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Fishes in the Seas
Artist: Peter ManchesterPublisher: Muddle Puddle Books$12.95Living in the Maritimes is a unique experience. In this new book of verse for the very young Shirley Downey shares her joy of language and her love of this special part of the world. Full of vibrantly textured illustrations, Fishes in the Seas: Poems for Maritime Kids is a wonderful reading experience for adults and children to share.
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The Fox and the Fisherman
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$12.95Barabas is a lonely fisherman. Every morning, alone, he goes out to sea on his small fishing boat, throws his net in the water, and hopes to bring some fish home (where no one is waiting for him). Then one day, Barabas discovers footprints near his home. To whom could they belong?
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La bonne idée!
Artist: Natasha PilottePublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$12.95Océanne would love to have a swimming pool or take a trip in an airplane like her new friend does. But Océanne’s parents are farmers. They sell at the local market. It doesn’t earn them a great deal and it takes a lot of work. Nevertheless, the family takes a weekend off to go visit Oceanne’s great grandmother at Baie Sainte-Marie in Nova Scotia. It’s a trip that will give her a chance to appreciate how fortunate she is, and put her little aggravations into perspective. What’s more, she has an idea that will take shape while she’s there–one which will make her parents proud and make Océanne herself a partner in their market venture.
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The Disappearing Boy
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$12.95Thirteen-year-old Neil MacLeod feels like a fish out of water. He’s trying to adjust to his new life in Ottawa, but it’s half a continent away from his friends in Vancouver, not to mention a whole lot colder. Even worse, his mother still refuses to tell him the truth about the father he’s never met.
After being forced into an awkward visit with a grandmother he never knew existed, Neil stumbles across a clue to his father’s identity, and beins to unravel the mystery with some help from his new friend Courtenay. When he uncovers a shocking secret, and the truth about his unconventional family sinks in, Neil decides to run away, all the way to his grandfather’s horse farm in New Brunswick.
A sensitive and moving story about growing up, The Disappearing Boy teaches us that every family is different, and love is never as simple as it seems on the surface.
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Today’s Joe Howe
Publisher: Wolfville Historical Society$12.95The father of freedom of the press, a pioneer in the fight for responsible government, advocate for public education, groundbreaking journalist and honoured statesman – Joseph Howe has had a profound and lasting influence on Nova Scotia and, indeed, all of Canada. On the 200th anniversary of his birth, this unique book explores his ongoing legacy. Fiercely loyal to Nova Scotia, Howe was a romantic and a humanist, with a vision that’s every bit as relevant today as it was in the 19th century.
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Destination Nova Scotia
Photographer: Albert LeePublisher: Nimbus Publishing$12.95As Nova Scotia enters the next millennium it is more culturally rich and diverse than could ever have been imagined. It is now the destination for thousands of visitors from around the world who look to its diverse geography and cultural groupings to enrich their travel experience. Destination Nova Scotia details the history and culture of the province and showcases its scenic landscapes.
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D’une rive à l’autre
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$12.95Le profil gracieux du pont de la Confederation mystifie le voyageur. Concu pour durer 100 ans, le plus long pont au monde au-dessus d’une mer glacee est un defi d’ingenierie qui a ete releve par les meilleurs esprits techniquees de l’heure et qui a pousse la technologie canadienne aux primiers rangs du genie civil en eaux glaciales.
Entre-temps, le pont de la Confederation, qui s’etire en un “S” allonge au-dessus des eaux blues de detroit de Northumberland, est certes une raison de plus our attirer les voyageurs cenus de loins pour “venir houer dans mon ile.” -
Little Book of Outports
Publisher: Downhomer$12.95Ben Hansen has been photographing the province of Newfoundland and Labrador for over 40 years. This book represents his latest collection of work.
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Down North
Editor: Ron CaplanPublisher: Breton Books$12.95A terrific and moving read!
These voices confirm the tenderness, good humor and rich story telling of Cape Breton Island. Down North stands as a solid tested play–whether on stage or among friends. And then, it encourages you to “Make this play your own!”–a unique and compelling invitation.
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Cape Breton’s Lillian Crewe Walsh
Editor: Ron CaplanPublisher: Breton Books$12.95Ghost of Bras d’Or, Kelly’s Mountain, The Wreck of the John Harvey or The Brave Belleoram Boy, The Lady of the Loom, Susan Emma Pynn, Cape Breton’s Winter Port, and 42 more.
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Molly Poems
Publisher: Breton Books$12.95The Molly Poems and Highland Elegies contains rare poems written in tribute to the paintings of Molly Lamb Bobak, Canada s first woman war artist. Each poem, while inspired by Bobak s work, takes its own unique direction. And the Highland Elegies section offers powerful new poems that evoke more of the Maritimes world of Donovan s successful first collection, CAPE BRETON QUARRY.
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Cape Breton Christ
Publisher: Breton Books$12.95An extraordinary, brave and provocative story told in the form of poetry that reads like a brisk, short novel. Denise Aucoin’s Cape Breton Christ is rare, risky, lighthearted and down-to-earth writing that challenges and encourages us all.
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The Story So Far
Publisher: Breton Books$12.95These stories take the reader from the sparse, tense writing of the prequel to Glace Bay Miner’s Museum, through the author’s other stories drawn from his Cape Breton home. A critically acclaimed success.
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The Seven-Headed Beast and Other Acadian Tales from Cape Breton Island
Publisher: Breton Books$12.95This is the first book of Acadian tales now told in English, and establishes these stories as a part of Cape Breton heritage.
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Rendezvous in the Magdalen Islands
Photographer: George FischerPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$12.95Situated in the middle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Magdalens are a series of 12 beautiful islands of sand in the shape of a half moon stretching over 65 kilometres and with over 300 km of wonderful sandy beaches. This archipelago enjoys a Maritime climate, boasts a stunning landscape that always leads to the sea and features a unique human history beginning with the Mi’kmaq, the early French explorers, and the Acadians fleeing the expulsion of 1755, as well as the later Scottish immigrants. English Edition