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SALTWATER CHRONICLES

LESLEY CHOYCE

The award–winning author celebrates the everyday disasters and discoveries that shape a life in this memoir of love, loss, and adventure in Nova Scotia. If Lesley Choyce was not a surfer, he would not have dropped out of graduate school in Manhattan in 1978 and moved to Nova Scotia—a decision that made all the difference. In Saltwater Chronicles, he reflects on the ambitious,...

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TRANSPLANTED

ALLISON WATSON

A poignant, witty memoir of learning to cope with a frightening genetic disease—and of a life transformed thanks to an organ donor. When Allison Watson awoke that day, she knew she was in a hospital bed. That's all. She had no idea how much time had passed since she'd seen her family. When she tried to focus, her vision was blurry, and when she tried to wave someone down, she b...

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ALWAYS WITH YOU

ERIC WALTERS

From the bestselling coauthor of Broken Strings, "a sensitive and supportive approach to . . . the universal, ageless experiences of love and loss" ( Quill & Quire). A heartfelt new picture book from bestselling children's author Eric Walters ( From the Heart of Africa) and Halifax-based artist Carloe Liu. In this poignant story, we follow young Emily who has recently lost ...

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KISS THE JOY AS IT FLIES

SHEREE FITCH

The award-winning, bestselling author takes readers on "a thrilling joy-ride through a week in the life of a self-made woman facing her deepest fears" (Sea and Be Scene). With all the wisdom, humor and joy we've come to expect from Sheree Fitch, Kiss the Joy as It Flies, first published in 2008, marked the well-loved author's move from children's literature to adult fiction. S...

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GLASS VOICES

CAROL BRUNEAU

Surviving the 1917 Halifax Explosion leaves a grieving Nova Scotia couple on a long and difficult road to redemption in this "textured and rich" novel ( Quill & Quire). Though they survived the Halifax Explosion of 1917, Lucy Caines and her wayward husband, Harry, lost everything in the day's terrible events—including their infant daughter. Determined to make peace with their...

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EVERYBODY'S DIFFERENT ON EVERYBODY STREET

SHEREE FITCH

The award-winning poet and author of Summer Feet offers delightful rhyming picture book that helps children embrace diversity. If ever you go travelling On EveryBody Street You'll see EveryBody's Different Than EveryOne you meet Sheree Fitch's playful words lead you into this beautiful children's book and invite you to celebrate our gifts, our weaknesses, our differences, ...

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THE LAND BEYOND THE WALL

VERONIKA MARTENOVA CHARLES

A picture book blending a sweet fairy tale with the realness of immigration, inspired by the author-illustrator's own experiences moving to a new home. Emma lives on the grey, cold, lonely side of a wall, where people speak in whispers and no flowers grow. On the other side, there is happiness and color, but she can never go there. When Emma's parents disappear, she is sent t...

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RELATIVE HAPPINESS

LESLEY CREWE

The delightful romantic comedy—now an award-winning feature film. The debut novel from the bestselling author of The Spoon Stealer. Filled with heartache without being maudlin, this contemporary novel about life and love in a small town debuts Lesley Crewe, an original new literary voice. Lesley's writing is fresh and funny, and her portrayal of Lexie's strong and wry spirit...

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BLUENOSE MAGIC

HELEN CREIGHTON

A collection of traditional Nova Scotian folktales, superstitions and home remedies compiled by the Canadian folklorist and author of Bluenose Ghosts. Beginning in 1928, Dr. Helen Creighton traveled across her native Nova Scotia seeking out and recording its rich heritage in the form of ghost stories, folktales, and folksongs. She first shared her findings in 1957 with the c...

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THE DRAMATIC LIFE OF A COUNTRY DOCTOR

ARNOLD BURDEN / ANDREW SAFER

A Canadian physician reflects on a lifetime of helping others, including during World War II and two deadly mining disasters. Dr. Arnold Burden's career began unintentionally when he performed his first surgery in the woods following a hunting accident at age fourteen. As a twenty-year-old hospital clerk, he handed battle casualties after D-Day in France and Germany. His early ...

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HALIFAX TASTES

LIZ FELTHAM

Discover the flavors of Nova Scotia with recipes, stories and photographs from 27 incredible restaurants in and around Halifax. Halifax is famous for its fresh and flavorful seafood. But as the largest city in Canada's Maritime Provinces, it should be no surprise that Halifax boasts a wide variety of culinary traditions with some of the country's finest restaurants. With cuis...

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FOUL DEEDS

LINDA MOORE

A Shakespeare-loving criminologist investigates a tragic case of murder in a "fast-paced tale that gets both the intellect and the heart racing" (Louise Penny, author of Still Life and Dead Cold). A Halifax criminologist, Rosalind has an unquenchable love of drama. Perhaps that's why she continues to work for the cranky private investigator McBride. Over the years, their as...

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A TASTE OF THE MARITIMES

ELISABETH BAILEY

Explore the flavors of Canada's Maritime Provinces with this cookbook full of fresh takes on farm-to-table favorites. The contemporary cuisine of The Maritimes combines the region's rich history of seasonal home-cooking with modern flavor influences from around the world. A Taste of the Maritimes is a collection of vibrant new recipes that showcase the bounty of New Brunswic...

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HAUNTED HARBOURS

STEVE VERNON

Scary tales from Nova Scotia, by the author of The Tatterdemon Omnibus and Where the Ghosts Are: A Guide to Nova Scotia's Spookiest Places. This is a collection of ghost stories from Nova Scotia—from the restless spirits of Devil's Island to the Black Dog of Antigonish Harbour. Documented and well-known stories from the provincial archives are mixed with word-of-mouth legen...

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THE STORIES THAT HAUNT US

BILL JESSOME

Legends and lore from Canada's rugged Maritime provinces, shrouded in the mists of the Atlantic Ocean . . . From the host of TV's Maritime Mysteries, this book includes forty of the best stories collected from around the Maritimes. Using his journalist's skills, Bill Jessome weaves incredible stories that both charm us and chill us. The region including Nova Scotia, Princ...

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NO GIRLS ALLOWED

NATALIE CORBETT SAMPSON

"A compelling novel based on the true story of 10-year-old Tina Forbes, who in 1977, fought for her right to play on an all-boys hockey team." — The Globe and Mail It's 1977, and 10-year-old Tina couldn't be happier about her life. Not because she just moved to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, but because she's finally old enough to make her dream come true: she can play on a real hock...

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THE WEREDUCK CODE

DAVE ATKINSON

A teenage wereduck in a family of werewolves struggles to free her family from its curse as others race to reveal them in this humorous paranormal fantasy. It's not easy being a fourteen-year-old wereduck in a family of werewolves. In The Wereduck Code, we catch up with Kate after discovering that an ancient cure for her family's curse—one she had hoped would mean her family c...

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NEW BRUNSWICK WAS HIS COUNTRY

RONALD REES

Regularly described as New Brunswick's greatest scholar, William Francis Ganong (1864–1941) wrote more than many people have ever read. His range of interests is reflected in his vast body of work: botany, zoology, physiography, cartography, and native languages were all within his reach. But his greatest interest, subsuming all others, was New Brunswick. Ganong endeavoured to ...

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FIELD NOTES

SARA JEWELL

Reflections on country life on Canada's eastern coast: "Gentle humor and prose as clear and lilting as the song of the hermit thrush at dusk." —Deborah Carr, author of Sanctuary: The Story of Naturalist Mary Majka Sara Jewell has lived at eighteen different addresses—but there was one that remained constant: Pugwash Point Road in rural Nova Scotia. She was nine years old the fi...

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SIMON SPATZ

MICHAEL COBDEN

A fascinating biography of the high-profile Jewish Nova Scotian businessman—a man who not only survived but thrived against all odds. In Simon Spatz, former journalism professor Michael Cobdon tells the remarkable story of a fighter, a survivor, an achiever, a man of extraordinary determination and spirit. After bringing his family out of poverty in Poland, surviving the Holoca...

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CHASING THE PHANTOM SHIP

DEBORAH TOOGOOD

Matt Simmons has two weeks left of summer before starting grade six. He wants to enjoy that time with his best friends, Danny and Emma, but has to include his younger cousin Adam who is visiting. Trapped on a sandbar in the middle of the night, Matt and Adam see a ghostly, burning schooner before a silent old man rescues them. Matt is determined to unravel the mystery and reluc...

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BETTER OFF DEAD

FRED DOUCETTE

Fred Doucette always wanted to be a soldier. In the 1960s he joined the Canadian Armed Forces and served in Cyprus in the 1970s and '80s and Bosnia in the 1990s. When he returned home to New Brunswick in 1999 after his last overseas tour, he was diagnosed with severe chronic post-traumatic stress disorder. Eventually released from the army, Fred found a position with the Operat...

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IN THE COMPANY OF ANIMALS

EDITED BY PAM CHAMBERLAIN

Real-life tales that explore the complexities of human-animal relationships—from domestic pets to farm animals to wildlife. In this collection, thirty-seven writers from across Canada tell thought-provoking stories of extraordinary encounters with a variety of animals—from rats and salamanders to wolves and bears. From tributes to a favorite cat or dog to tales of a chance enco...

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INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD

CHRIS BENJAMIN

The scandalous history of neglect, abuse, and exploitation at a residential school for children—and the ongoing effects in the decades since it closed. In Indian School Road, journalist Chris Benjamin tackles the controversial and tragic history of Canada's Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, its predecessors, and its lasting effects, giving voice to multiple perspectives f...

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FIRE IN THE BELLY

GORDON PITTS

Purdy Crawford's name is synonymous with Canadian business and law. But even after education at Mount Allison and Harvard, Purdy arrived on Toronto's Bay Street as an outsider, the son of a coal miner from tiny Five Islands, Nova Scotia. So how did young Purdy ascend so quickly and so far to become one of Canada's top lawyers and best-known business mentors? In this biography o...

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WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT POLITICS

GRAHAM STEELE

On October 8, 2013, Nova Scotia's NDP government went down to a devastating election defeat. Premier Darrell Dexter lost his own seat, and the party held the dubious distinction of being the first one-term majority government in over 100 years. In this new memoir, former NDP finance minister and MLA Graham Steele tries to make sense of the election result and shares what he's ...

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MARITIME MYSTERIES

BILL JESSOME

Spooky seaside stories of Canada's Atlantic coast from the longtime host of the television series Maritime Mysteries. Maritime Mysteries chronicles the restless spirits, ghostly apparitions, eerie poltergeists, and haunted houses of Canada's Maritime provinces—Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. This area of the Atlantic coast has an extensive tradition of ...

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SHORT HISTORY OF HALIFAX

DAN SOUCOUP

Covering the most significant events in the storied history of the city, A Short History of Halifax is a fascinating, accessible record. In a readable, narrative style, author Dan Soucoup offers up a to-the-point history, taking readers from the geography of the harbour and the settlement of the city, through years of conflict between its various inhabitants—Mi'kmaq, British, A...

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HOPE FOR WILDLIFE

RAY MACLEOD

One day, a couple who had run over a skunk with their car brought it to the Dartmouth Veterinary Hospital. When the veterinarians couldn't look after it, Hope Swinimer decided to take the helpless animal into her care, and that was the start of it all. Now, through her rehabilitation centre called Hope for Wildlife, Hope's name is synonymous with wildlife rescue in Nova Scotia....

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LAST SUMMER IN LOUISBOURG

CLARE MOWAT

Fifteen-year-old Andrea Baxter is thrilled when she is offered a summer job on Cape Breton Island. Although her mother worries that Andrea is too young to move so far away, Andrea welcomes the chance to strike out on her own. It seems the perfect opportunity to escape from all the changes that have come into her life with her mother's recent marriage: a new stepfather, a new sc...

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