400 Years in 365 Days
A fun, trivia-filled book featuring over a thousand entries from the communities and peoples of Nova… Read More
General
A Portrait of Lunenburg County
The legendary schooner fishing days are gone forever from the coast of Nova Scotia, but the spirit of those days, and the hard and heroic men who endured them, lives on in the stories and photographs… Read More
A Short History of Halifax
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… Read More
A Watch in the Night
A Watch in the Night chronicles the struggles of one Nova Scotia family to survive on a tiny windswept island without running water, electricity, or reliable communication with the mainland. For… Read More
Acadian Traditions on Candlemas Day
Georges Arsenault’s latest edition to the Acadian Traditions series Most English-speaking people just associate the 2nd of February, or Groundhog Day, with superstitions related to the weather. In Acadian communities,… Read More
At the Ocean’s Edge
<P>Providing a rich cultural history of Nova Scotia, this book is rooted in a lifetime of research and a broad reading of secondary sources relating to issues of class, race, gender, and… Read More
Biographical Dictionary of Enslaved Black People in the Maritimes
<P>This biographical dictionary recovers the stories and illuminates the lives of enslaved Black people in the Maritimes…. Read More
Blood on the Coal
Over 400 people have died mining for coal under the town of Springhill. This is the stirring account of two explosions, a “bump” and two major fires. Pieced together from interviews, diaries and newspaper… Read More
Breaking Disaster
On December 6, 1917, the face of Halifax changed forever when the Imo, a Belgian Relief ship, collided with the French ship, the Mont Blanc. Shortly after 9:00 a.m., the… Read More
Caught in a Changing Society
Caught in a Changing Society: St. Dunstan?s University 1950 — 1969 chronicles the golden years of expansion at an esteemed Catholic university. Campus life was tight knit, with students… Read More
Celebrate!
Celebrate: The History and Folklore of Holidays in Nova Scotia offers just the inspiration we need to keep is celebrating day after day, month after month. Although most of the holidays described in this book are… Read More
Company Store
With all the passion and forward thrust of a terrific novel, The Company Store is John Mellor’s winning story of Labour’s Wars in Cape Breton Island. A much sought after book, it has been too long out of print, and it… Read More
Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Steven Laffoley has been a writer, teacher, and dues-paying member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He is the author of Mr. Bush, Angus and Me, the award-nominated Hunting Halifax: In Search of History,… Read More
Dildo, Newfoundland
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Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume One: Summary
This is the Final Report of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its six-year investigation of the residential school system for Aboriginal youth and the legacy of these schools. This… Read More
Giant’s Dream
<P>This book invites the reader, through stunning photographs and vivid words, to accompany Giant (Michel Andrew) as he journeys 400 kilometres across northeastern Nitassinan (Labrador) on snowshoes pulling a… Read More
Grand-Pré: Heart of Acadia
A.J.B. (John) Johnson, a historian with Parks Canada, has published extensively, on French colonial Louisbourg in particular. W.P. (Wayne) Kerr, an interpretation specialist with Parks Canada, has over seen the… Read More
