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From  Halifax ReliefFrom Citizen’s Committee to Government Commission (1917-1918) From: Rebuilding Halifax |
Chapter 1 Discusses the immediate aftermath of the explosion of the Mont Blanc in Halifax harbour. The chapter describes how, within hours of the catastrophe, local government and business … | Barry Cahill | 29 | 2020 | $2.90 Add |
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From  HomeFrom: South End Boy |
1930s and 1940s Halifax. Talks about the house he grew up in | Jim Bennet | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! House of Cards |
Chapter 1 explores the difference between bureaucrats and elected officials, where they fit into the hierarchy of government, and the powers they have when interacting with politicians. | Angela Poirier; Jane Allt | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
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From  IntroductionAir Water, and Nova Scotia From: Fastest in the World |
A brief overview of the evolution of high speed transportation throughout the 20th century and an introduction to Nova Scotia’s role in the development of two record breaking watercraft: … | John Boileau | 1 | 2004 | $0.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Movie Night |
This chapter discusses the impact that the release of the film Birth of a Nation had on the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in the early 20th century. In particular, the chapter looks at the … | Allan Bartley | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Our Fate Seems Now Decreed |
1770-1789. Outlines loyalist life in New York during the Revolution and goes through why they stand by the king’s law and government, a series of treating and retreating as loyalist moved … | David Bell | 41 | 2013 | $4.10 Add |
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From  Religion & RevolutionFrom: Samuel Cunard |
Examines Samuel Cunard’s family roots in religion and revolution, overview of his early life in Halifax | John Boileau | 10 | 2006 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! The Roots of Educational Reform |
- | Grant Frost | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add |
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From  The Watch Is Set, 1749–1858 |
examines how Britain had made Canada part of its strategic thinking for more than 150 years before war broke out in 1914, with focus on the naval basis in Halifax and Victoria | Bryan Elson | 24 | 2014 | $2.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Thomas HideNew Brunswick’s First Black Loyalist |
This chapter begins the story of Thomas Hide, one of the first black loyalists to arrive in New Brunswick, as an indentured servant. The chapter describes the political and military situation … | Stephen Davidson | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Triumph of TechnologyFrom: Titanic Remembered |
Explains the triumph that was the Titanic and the reasons for them calling it the unsinkable ship, and the luxury involved in the travel, the onboarding of the passengers in European ports, Looks … | Alan Ruffman | 3 | 2013 | $0.30 Add |
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From  Tupper’s GiftFrom: Equal as Citizens |
1860s to 1890s. Examines the influence of Charles Tupper and Samuel Leonard Tilly’s influence on the maritimes in terms of confederation. They convinced the maritimes of the benefit of … | Richard Starr | 20 | 2014 | $2.00 Add |
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From At SeaFrom: Titanic Remembered |
Looks at the Journey of the Titanic on the Sea, looks at specific experiences by passengers, the dangerous of icebergs, analyzes the disaster of the sinking, the responses from the white star … | Alan Ruffman | 11 | 2013 | $1.10 Add |
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From Bell and BaldwinFrom: Fastest in the World |
1870-1909. Examines the partnership of Alexander Graham Bell and Casey Baldwin and what led to the creadtion of the HD-4, a record-breaking hydrofoil. | John Boileau | 9 | 2004 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Buffalo BillFrom: A Lucky Life |
Talks about his great Uncle William Goldbloom (Buffalo Bill) who was a fur trader in Prince Rupert BC who he met in the late 1940s | Richard B. Goldbloom | 7 | 2013 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 2: RCMP Response |
In this chapter, Beeby summarizes the initial police response to the murders in Portapique on the night of April 18th, 2020, as described by the Mass Casualty Commission in its final report. His … | Dean Beeby | 23 | 2023 | $2.30 Add |
