Maritime Region
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 Bamboo CageThe P.O.W. Diary of Lieutenant Robert Wyse, 1942-1943 |
In 1942, RAF flight controller Robert Wyse became a Japanese prisoner of war on the island of Java in Indonesia. Starved, sick, beaten, and worked to near-death, he wasted away until he weighed … | Jonathan F. Vance | 147 | 2009 | View |
 Captured HeartsNew Brunswick's War Brides |
Imagine you’re a young woman caught up in the ugly reality of war. You meet and fall in love with a young soldier from a foreign country. You marry and your world is upended: when the war … | Melynda Jarratt | 148 | 2008 | View |
 New Brunswick and the Navy |
From the seafaring battles between the British and the French of the 1640s to the privateers of the War of 1812, from the merchant ships of the Second World War to the construction of the … | Glenn Leonard; Marc Milner | 156 | 2010 | View |
 Rebuilding HalifaxA History of the Halifax Relief Commission |
Using the perspectives of law, politics, public policy and intergovernmental relations, historian Barry Cahill describes the complex activities of an almost-unaccountable agency that took the … | Barry Cahill | 226 | 2020 | View |
 NEW! The Attack on Nova Scotia’s SchoolsThe story behind 25 years of tumultuous change |
Nova Scotia’s public schools and their students have faced dramatic conflict and drastic change over the past 25 years. While critics charge that schools are failing kids, teachers have … | Grant Frost | 180 | 2020 | View |
 Unicorn in the Woods |
As tech investors the world over search for elusive unicorns (start-ups valued at over $1 billion), acclaimed business journalist Gordon Pitts asks whether there can be a place for high-tech … | Gordon Pitts | 264 | 2020 | View |
 NEW! We Were Not The SavagesCollision Between European and Native American Civilizations |
The title of this book We Were Not the Savages speaks to the truth of what happened when Europeans invaded Mi’kmaw lands in the 17th century. Prior to the European invasion the Mi’kmaq lived … | Daniel N. Paul; Pamela Palmater | 416 | 2022 | View |
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From NEW! Foreword |
- | Grant Frost | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! ForwardFrom: We Were Not The Savages |
Foreword from Dr. Pamela Palmater. | Daniel N. Paul | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From Into BattleFrom: Bamboo Cage |
In the introduction, Vance provides background on the journal’s author, Robert Wise, a flight controller in the Royal Air Force. | Jonathan F. Vance | 8 | 2009 | $0.80 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: Rebuilding Halifax |
The introduction provides a brief overview of the history of the Halifax Relief Commission and it’s activities over the course of its six-decade existence. | Barry Cahill | 12 | 2020 | $1.20 Add |
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From IntroductionWhen Brian Met Chris From: Unicorn in the Woods |
In the introduction, Pitts describes a consequential meeting of two tech enthusiasts in New Brunswick. | Gordon Pitts | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
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From Introduction |
- | Glenn Leonard; Marc Milner | 2 | 2010 | $0.20 Add |
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From IntroductionThey Found Love in War From: Captured Hearts |
The introduction expands on the phenomenon of Canadian War Brides, provides an overview of the term "war brides" in Canada and its history, offers statistics on the phenomenon, and … | Melynda Jarratt | 16 | 2008 | $1.60 Add |
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From Chapter 1Early Days |
This chapter explores New Brunswick’s early history, and the importance of the sea and ships in this history. It discusses early European settlements, tensions and battles on both land and … | Glenn Leonard; Marc Milner | 17 | 2010 | $1.70 Add |
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From Chapter OneBritish War Brides From: Captured Hearts |
Chapter One explores the experiences of New Brunswick servicemen while overseas in Great Britain as well as the experiences of civilian women across Great Britain throughout the Second World War. … | Melynda Jarratt | 16 | 2008 | $1.60 Add |
