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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
A Halifax Boyhood Growing up on the city's outskirts in the 1940s and 50s	Anyone who grew up in the late 1940s and 50s will recognize themselves and their experiences in this story of a Halifax boyhood. Whether its the thrill of skating while holding someones hand for …	Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel	96	2014	View
A Lucky Life	As a longtime pediatrician, Richard Goldbloom placed a high value on connecting with and communicating with his patients and their parents. His ability to reach an audience is evident in this …	Richard B. Goldbloom	304	2013	View
NEW! Black Loyalists in New Brunswick The lives of eight African Americans in colonial New Brunswick 1783-1834	Among the Loyalists who were transported to the shores of New Brunswick by the British after their defeat by revolutionary Americans were several hundred African Americans. Like their …	Stephen Davidson	146	2020	View
Canada’s Bastions of Empire Halifax, Victoria and the Royal Navy 1749-1918	This book offers a fresh perspective on North American history, and the key role played by Halifax and Victoria in ensuring that Canada emerged as an independent country in the 20th century. …	Bryan Elson	280	2014	View
Equal as Citizens The tumultuous and troubled history of a great Canadian idea	No matter where they live, Canadians expect and receive equal benefits from their government when it comes to old age pensions, consular services when travelling abroad, and airline safety. …	Richard Starr	312	2014	View
Fastest in the World The Saga of Canada's Revolutionary Hydrofoils	Like the builders of the Avro Arrow, the pioneers of hydrofoils are celebrated in this book for their world-class accomplishments. When Alexander Graham Bell was experimenting with flying …	John Boileau	98	2004	View
NEW! How Government Really Works A Field Guide to Bureaucracies in Canada	This book exposes the inherent complexities and challenges found in government environments and offers insights to help bureaucrats, and those working alongside bureaucrats, better understand the …	Angela Poirier; Jane Allt	240	2020	View
Loyalist Rebellion in New Brunswick A defining conflict for Canada's political culture	The American refugees who fled north to Canada after Britain’s defeat by the revolutionary U.S. army were determined to build a culture separate from the U.S. By their numbers and their …	David Bell	184	2013	View
NEW! Mass Murder, Police Mayhem The Mass Casualty Commission: The Facts, The Findings, and What Must Be Done	In this book Dean Beeby distills the extensive research of the Mass Casualty Commission into a readable account of exactly what happened during 13 chaotic hours when 22 Nova Scotians were …	Dean Beeby	208	2023	View
Oak Island and Its Lost Treasure Third Edition	Uncovering the British military’s role on Nova Scotia’s “Treasure Island” Civil engineers Graham Harris and Les MacPhie have spent over a decade investigating the enigma …		264	2013	View
Pilgrim Souls Caring for a Loved One with Dementia	This memoir focuses on an experience all of us dread. Pat Lotz was an accomplished author and editor, active in her community, and a loving wife and mother. She succumbed to dementia which was …	Jim Lotz	224	2013	View
Rebuilding Halifax A 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
Samuel Cunard Nova Scotia's Master of the North Atlantic	An illustrated biography of a Canadian who sparked a world transportation revolution In North America, the name Cunard is synonymous with shipping. This book traces the entrepreneurial rise of …	John Boileau	112	2006	View
South End Boy Growing up in Halifax in the tumultuous '30s and '40s	In this memoir Jim Bennet introduces us to Halifax of the 1930s and ’40s: one full of coal smoke and rival gangs, chuffing freight trains and pine tar soap. He takes the reader along with …	Jim Bennet	143	2015	View
NEW! The Attack on Nova Scotia’s Schools The 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
NEW! The Ku Klux Klan in Canada A Century of Promoting Racism and Hate in the Peaceable Kingdom	The Klu Klux Klan came to Canada thanks to some energetic American promoters who saw it as a vehicle for getting rich by selling memberships to white, mostly Protestant Canadians. In Ontario, …	Allan Bartley	322	2020	View