Books from Nimbus+ORM
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The Stories That Haunt Us: More Terrifying Tales from the Author of Maritime Mysteries
By Bill JessomeShe remembered her own wonderful days as a child visiting Nova Scotia, warm summer days at her granny's cottage along the Fundy shore. She never knew her paternal grandfather, who had been lost at sea. When she'd ask her father where he ...
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Good Mothers Don't: A Novel
By Laura BestDoctor Purcell says I need to own my feelings.” It makes no sense to me that he'd be making plans to go home if he hated his parents the way he said. He crams the remainder of the chocolate bar into his mouth and licks the chocolate and ...
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Maritime Murder: Deadly Crimes from the Buried Past
By Steve Vernon... Duncan McMillan testified. “I was more bothered by him forgetting to pay his bill. He told me he was taking the train back to Harmony, only he wasn't at the station when the train came in.” “A day later, he turned up in Mount ...
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Haunted Harbours: Ghost Stories from Old Nova Scotia
By Steve VernonThe weather was calm that day and they'd travelled far and the captain decided to drop anchor in the sheltered lee of Mud Island. That night, following a long calm, one of the worst nor'easter gales on record slammed into the still ...
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Last Lullaby
By Alice WalshKeep on Main until you come to Birch Street,” she instructed. “Turn left on Birch. It's the second building on your left. Can't miss it.” Chapter 12 “What's on your mind, Bram?” Lauren asked. She.
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The Sea Was in Their Blood: The Disappearance of the Miss Ally's Five-Man Crew
By Quentin Casey“Even though he wasn't around very much he always made sure we were fine—money-wise, house-wise, everything,” Elaine says. Joel and Elaine talked about getting married but neither thought a piece of paper mattered much.
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Making it Home: A Novel
By Alison DeLoryThey had a generator for emergencies but a low supply of diesel and she couldn't squander it on a luxury like coffee. She stamped her feet in frustration. “What's going on, Mama?” said a small voice from the hallway.
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Nova Scotia at War, 1914–1919
By Brian Douglas TennysonFrank Byron Ferguson, Gunner Ferguson's Diary: The Diary of Gunner Frank Byron Ferguson 1st Canadian Siege Battery Canadian Expeditionary Force 1915–1918, ed. Peter G. Rogers (Hantsport: Lancelot Press, 1985), 50. 79.
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Maritime Mysteries: And the Ghosts Who Surround Us
By Bill JessomeStan Flemming saw a tall woman wearing an ankle-length dress floating down the side of the cliff. In disbelief, he watched it float past his boat and over the water until it disappeared. Whatever it was, Stan knew it wasn't human.
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Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion & the Road to Recovery
By Janet Kitz(COURTESY JEAN HUNTER) The rehabilitation committee had been formed on. Jean Hunter lived in a boxcar for twelve days. She eventually became a secretary for Colonel Ralph Simmonds, in charge of military rescue work after the explosion.
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What Kills Good Men: A Novel
By David Hood“Or did Wallace and Victor get into it over something to do with the city tramway?” Clarke didn't cower. If he had lost any composure, it had now been found. “I should take the tram more oftin. Most days, though, I'd rather walk.
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Nova Scotia's Lost Communities: The Early Settlements that Helped Build the Province
By Joan DawsonGovernors Philipps and Armstrong both visited Canso in the 1720s and dealt with some disputes, but there was no form of civil government until 1730, when Thomas Kilby and Edward How were appointed Justices of the Peace.
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The Lost Sister: A Novel
By Andrea Gunraj“I'm making a stew,” she said on the other end of the line, “and you're supposed to use red curry. You know red curry? They call for coconut milk. Everything from Thailand needs coconut milk. And peanuts. You ever had that?
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Black Loyalists: Southern Settlers of Nova Scotia's First Free Black Communities
By Ruth Holmes WhitheadBuchanan, Road to Guilford Courthouse, 26. 207. Frey, Water from the Rock, 84. 208. Papers of Henry Laurens, 15:20–21. 209. Rhodehamel, American Revolution, 499. 210. Ibid., 500. 211. Gordon, David George, 173–174. 212.
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The Blind Mechanic: The Amazing Story of Eric Davidson, Survivor of the 1917 Halifax Explosion
By Marilyn Davidson ElliotStreets ran up the Richmond slope from Campbell Road to Fort Needham and Gottingen Street with side streets running north to south crossing at right angles. By 1917, these streets were dotted with hundreds of wooden-framed houses ...
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After Many Years: Twenty-one "Long-Lost" Stories
By L. M. MontgomeryThe character “Daniel Random” might remind some readers of “Marshall Elliot” in Anne's House of Dreams. Elliot had refused to cut his long hair and beard until the “Grits” were voted back into office: a fifteen-year-long commitment.
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Relative Happiness
By Lesley CreweI mean, how many clues did she need before she got it through her head. He only used her. And her sister. She went to Mom's to pick Josh up after work and was invited to stay for supper. While Mom put the potatoes on, Josh played on the ...
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The Nymph and the Lamp
By Thomas H RaddallA Nova Scotia classic, The Nymph and the Lamp is the story of Isabel Jardin, a strong and sensitive woman, and the men in her life—the stoic Matthew Carney, a living legend, the passionate Gregory Skane, and the innocent but infatuated ...
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Mary, Mary
By Lesley CreweHis name is Dave Cooper. I could've been Mary Cooper. That's so odd.” “Are you going to see him again? Now that you know he's been trying to meet you for a long time?” Mary bit her lip. “This is so complicated.
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The Dramatic Life of a Country Doctor: Fifty Years of Disasters and Diagnoses
By Andrew Safer, Arnold Burdenacross a trip into a loader. The whole trip of twenty-six boxes was thrown to the low side. His light was blown off his hat. The two lights he could see belonged to Jack Scott and Ken Gilbert. Jack's legs were buried in a pile of coal ...