A Canadian Nurse in the Great War
A fascinating collection of letters from a Maritime nurse who served overseas during the First World War from the author of In Their Own Words and Letters… Read More
Post-Confederation (1867-)
Canada’s Forgotten Arctic Hero
This is the terrific true adventure of an unjustly forgotten Cape Bretoner, Canada’s first photographer of the High Arctic. George Rice emerged as a leader on an American Arctic expedition and died a hero
searching for… Read More
Catastrophe
On December 6, 1917, the Canadian city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was shattered when a volatile cargo exploded in the bustling wartime harbour. Over 1,600 people were killed and 9,000 injured. At the time, it was the… Read More
Dead in Halifax: Stories of Adventure, Scandal, Heartbreak and Heroism
Stories from the lives of the notable and the notorious who ended up in Halifax’s five historic downtown… Read More
Explosion in Halifax Harbour, 1917
In December 1917, one of the greatest natural harbours in the world was humming with excitement. Halifax Harbour was filled with naval convoys and merchant vessels while factories worked overtime in support of… Read More
Halifax and Titanic
The story of Titanic’s tragic sinking on April 15, 1912, has been told countless times in films and books, inscribing it into popular culture as perhaps the best-known disaster of all-time…. Read More
Indian School Road
In Indian School Road, journalist Chris Benjamin tackles the controversial and tragic history of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, its predecessors, and its lasting effects, giving voice to… Read More
J.L. Ilsley: A Political Biography
This biography of J. L. Ilsley offers a new vantage point on Mackenzie King’s Liberal government during the Second World War and a portrait of a fiscal conservative who opened the floodgates of spending while… Read More
Known Unto God
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Le Quai 21
For years, Pier 21 in Halifax served as the front door to Canada, the entryway through which more than a million immigrants passed. The radical transition they experienced produced a rich group of stories, presented… Read More
Left to Die
<span style=”FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman”><span style=”COLOR: black”> <p align=”left”>A storytelling masterpiece, <em>Left to Die</em>… Read More
Madam of the Maritimes
Here is the fascinating true story of how a poor girl from the Prairies rose above poverty and hardship to become the best known, and seemingly untouchable, madam in this country…. Read More
My Dear Alice
A compelling WWII story, and a real departure from most books on war, as this one is a social history told through the civilians (and some soldiers) who lived through… Read More
Noble Illusions
One hundred years ago saw the declaration of a war that would forever change our understanding of war. With a staggering loss of life, World War One was, by all… Read More
Nova Scotia and the Great Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1920
The definitive academic resource on the Great Influenza at the beginning of the twentieth century threaded with the human stories of the people that lived and died in the three year pandemic in Nova… Read More
Nova Scotia at War, 1914-1919
When the First World War ended in 1918, its profound impact did not. The war continued to haunt a nation. Nova Scotia at War, 1914-1919 is an in-depth study of Nova Scotia’s role that was, at… Read More
Quarantine, What is Old is New
Quarantine, What is Old is New by Ian Arthur Cameron, MD, Historian and medical doctor Cameron has produced a gripping history of quarantine in Canada, the forgotten story of the… Read More
Scapegoat, 100th Anniversary Edition
In this unique telling of the legal proceedings following the 1917 Halifax Explosion, Joel Zemel utilizes the first-hand courtroom testimony of the officers and men of S/S Mont Blanc and… Read More
Share and Care
Share and Care: The Story of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children is a microcosm of black Nova Scotia history. Founded nearly one hundred years ago to address the needs of neglected and… Read More
Sinking of the Titanic (2nd edition)
Originally published in 1912, <I>The Sinking of the Titanic</I> was an instant bestseller and remains an important account of the most famous marine disaster in history. Based on the personal testimony of… Read More
