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New Releases!
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Bluenose Adventure
Here’s a true-to-life adventure story. Arty is a 10-year-old boy who gets the chance of a lifetime — he’s hired to go on the maiden voyage of the famous schooner…
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Explosion Newsie
On December 6, 1917, two ships collided in the busy wartime harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The resulting explosion was the biggest man-made blast prior to the development of nuclear…
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Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Africville
Beginning in the 18th century, Black men and women arrived from the U.S. and settled in various parts of Nova Scotia. In the 1800s, a small Black community had developed…
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Seven Days in Halifax
Halifax today lives with the results of bad decisions made decades ago. A container port accessible only through narrow downtown streets. A park, bridge and port on the spot where…
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Baking Queen of the County Fair
For almost sixty years, Evelyn Strong has been the undisputed queen of the bake-off at the Hants County Exhibition—Nova Scotia’s largest and North America’s longest-running agricultural fair. A decorated champion…
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Broadside
On a bitter winter night during the Second World War, a British freighter smashed into a Halifax Harbour pilot boat, sending nine men to their deaths. Drawing on interviews and…
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Scenic Routes and Coastal Drives of New Brunswick – Updated edition
Authors and avid travellers Marianne and H. A. Eiselt offer a guide through the best of New Brunswick in this travel guide organized by route, for visitors and residents alike.…
$24.95, Paperback
Forthcoming Books
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The Nature-Friendly East Coast Garden
In this regional how-to guide, East Coasters will find all the inspiration and information they need to create a garden or yard that features native plants and pollinators. It includes…
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My First Ontario Tree Book
My First Ontario Tree Book is a beginner-friendly guide to tree identification for anyone who wants to better understand the natural world around them or has asked the question, “What…
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East Coast Fossils
This concise, full-colour book is the only regional guide to discovering and identifying fossils, rocks and gems in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. East Coast Fossils is…
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Favourite Fishcakes
These recipes from leading Canadian chefs will inspire home cooks with flavourful and unexpected takes on the classic fishcake. In addition to fishcakes made using haddock, salmon and cod, there…
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Maple Syrup
This cookbook offers a wide range of recipes featuring Canada’s iconic maple syrup. Sticky, sweet, complex and rich, maple syrup is so much more than a topping for pancakes, waffles…
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Edible Ontario Mushrooms
Edible Ontario Mushrooms is the first guide to edible mushrooms in Ontario. This illustrated field guide makes it easy to identify more than 30 of the province’s most interesting and…
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Discovering Historic Saint John
Visitors from far and wide who flock to Saint John for the city’s long history, rich cultural heritage and waterfront charm can now take home an engaging and informative souvenir…
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Oysters, Mussels and Scallops
Oysters, Mussels and Scallops features over fifty recipes from Canada’s top chefs that include these iconic shellfish varieties. From fresh oysters, which have seen an explosion in popularity in Canadian…
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Touring Hopewell Rocks — and beyond
This book offers a guided tour to Hopewell Rocks at high and low tide, with engaging and informative text and stunning photographs of its iconic features. Touring Hopewell Rocks is…
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Salmon
Rich and succulent, salmon is beloved by Canadians from coast to coast. This cookbook offers an array of irresistible and creative salmon recipes from Canada’s leading chefs. Adapted and tested…
$24.95, Paperback
Maritime Cookbooks
Old-Fashioned East Coast Cookies, Cakes, Pies & Sweets
Traditional East Coast baking for modern home cooks.
$19.95, Paperback
East Coast Favourite Fishcakes
Versatile recipes for all kinds of fishcakes, featuring East Coast seafood, and including tasty accompaniments like pickles, relishes and chutneys.$19.95, Paperback
Maple Syrup
Delicious and tantalizing ways to celebrate and enjoy this Canadian favourite!
$16.95, Hardcover
Peggy’s Cove Cooking
Favourite recipes from Nova Scotia’s South Shore — easy to prepare, with beautiful colour photos.$16.95, Hardcover
Nature Guides
Nova Scotia Birds
The most comprehensive illustrated guide to Nova Scotia’s birds — updated with new features and new art.
$27.95, Paperback
Edible East Coast Mushrooms
A visual guide to identifying 29 common East Coast edible mushrooms.
$24.95, Paperback
My First Ontario Bird Book
An easy-to-use, richly illustrated introduction to Ontario’s 41 most common birds.
$24.95, Paperback
Ontario Trees
Featuring highly detailed, photo-realistic illustrations, this guide makes it easy to identify and learn more about 120 common and important tree species in Ontario, no matter the season.
$27.95, Paperback
Local Interest Titles
Nova Scotia’s Stars of Song
Six women who shaped Nova Scotia’s musical landscape and put Nova Scotia on the musical map: Portia White, Anne Murray, Carroll Baker, Rita MacNeil, Holly Cole and Sarah MacLachlan.
$34.95, Hardcover
Oak Island’s First Visitors: Irish Monks, Vikings and Templars
New evidence and research documenting periods of European presence – likely Irish Monks, Vikings and Templars – on Oak Island from 500 to 1200 CE.
$29.95, Paperback
The Nova Scotia Bucket List (Updated)
The best-selling guidebook, updated and expanded for 2024.
$24.95, Paperback
Oak Island Illustrated
A full-colour illustrated book bringing together every major theory about who buried treasure on Nova Scotia’s famed Oak Island, explaining how they could have done it and why they selected this remote location — heavily illustrated with artwork, photographs, maps and artifacts.
$29.95, Paperback
Books for Kids!
Animals at Play in Mi’kma’ki
A playful take on Mi’kma’ki’s most iconic and adorable animals for the very young
$16.95, Board bookInterest ages: 2-5
Mi’kmaw Moons: The Board Book
A board book featuring lunar months of the year in Mi’kma’ki, in Mi’kmaw and English.
$16.95, Board bookInterest ages: 2-5
50 Things to See With a Telescope
Identify constellations, planets, and stars with this beginner’s guide to 50 things to see in the night sky.$27.95, HardcoverInterest ages: 9-10Lexile Reading Level: 1110L
Pit Pony
Pit Pony brought to life in picture book format for the younger reader$14.95, HardcoverInterest ages: 4-8
Pit Pony
An award-winning Maritime children’s classic back in print, with a new introductory note by Sable Island researcher Zoe Lucas.$16.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 8-10
Max Todd Gets the Super Fidgets
A rhyming game keeps Max Todd’s fidgets at bay – unless frenemy Mandy Beth manages to trip him up!
$16.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 6-10Reading level: Grade 2