Books from Nimbus+ORM
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Shipwrecks and Sailors of Prince Edward Island
By Robert C. ParsonsHe had been gone from P.E.I. for seven years, having sailed away in his own ship the George E. Mutch, although some shares were also held by James Colledge Pope. Built in 1871 at Summerside, the brigantine was 109 feet long and had a ...
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Vancouver Book of Everything: Everything You Wanted to Know About Vancouver and Were Going to Ask Anyway
By Samantha AmaraBEST THINGS ABOUT LIVING IN VANCOUVER Born and raised in East Vancouver, Jen Sookfong Lee's well-received rst novel, e End of East (Knopf Canada, New Face of Fiction 2007) spans almost the entire 20th century as it delves into the ...
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Something Fishy
By Hilary MacLeod“I wanted to discuss a purchase of your land.” Money talked. Money talked for Anton in every encounter he had. Including those with women. “Not if you offered me a million dollars!” Anton couldn't even produce what he was about to offer ...
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Mind Over Mussels
By Hilary MacLeodOwned that land for years I guess. It was Abel Mack's land. Sold at the same time as the land Bullock's dome is on. I forget the story about that. Abel made a bucket they say. Gus could tell you more about it.” “Or Abel?
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Revenge of the Lobster Lover
By Hilary MacLeodA storm surge had shoved tons of ice into the fragile strip of land and rammed it at its weakest point. Driven by a northeast gale, the sea ice had pushed the shore ice across the causeway, ripping it apart and piling up in massive ...
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Atlantic Canada's Greatest Storms
By Dan SoucoupThe tragedy of this great August gale—also known as the Great Nova Scotia Cyclone or the Great Atlantic Gale, since it destroyed vast sections of Atlantic Canada—was that many of the lives taken that day could have been spared if word ...
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In Their Own Words: Three Maritimers Experience the Great War
By Ross HebbHeaps of love and send this on to my dear brothers and sisters —they will return to you, daughter, P. As planned, Nursing Sisters Balloch and Baldwin reported to Ontario Military Hospital at Orpington in Kent on Saturday evening, ...
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Gary the Seagull
By B.A. JohnstonSHOO!” Halifax-based illustrator-cartoonist Paul Hammond provides bright and bold illustrations and hand-lettered embellishments for a salty good read. Praise for Gary the Seagull “An easy read that would be enjoyable for most kids.
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Transplanted: My Cystic Fibrosis Double-Lung Transplant Story
By Allison WatsonIn this book, Watson, who cycled across Canada with her brother in 2008 to raise awareness of CF, describes her journey. “Watson tells her resilient story of living with cystic fibrosis (CF), her progressive lung damage, the stress of ...
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Newfoundland and Labrador Book of Musts: The 101 Places Every Newfoundlander and Labradorian Must See
By Janice WellsLearn the best-kept secrets of Canada’s charming northeastern province with this insider’s guide for new visitors and longtime lovers of the region.
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Bodies and Sole
By Hilary MacLeod[an] amusing comic mystery” – Margaret Cannon, Globe and Mail “Revenge of the Lobster Lover is a good read for lovers of ... The Montreal Gazette Praise for Mind Over Mussels: “...a thoroughly delightful, cosy comic crime story - a ...
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25 Years of 22 Minutes: An Unauthorized Oral History of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, As Told by Cast Members,...
By Angela MombourquetteAn Unauthorized Oral History of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, As Told by Cast Members, Staff, and Guests Angela Mombourquette. keep the lights on for the year that you don't make a movie, and how do you pay the people?
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No Girls Allowed
By Natalie Corbett SampsonIt is a story about fighting for one’s rights, a message of enduring importance as women continue to strive for equality.” —Atlantic Books Today “Emotional and tense, this is a classic underdog story for any sports fan, but ...
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The Sweetness in the Lime
By Stephen Kimber“Part love story, part mystery, this engrossing tale of Cuban-Canadian connections . . . gets to the heart of what can happen when we cross borders.” —Karen Dubinsky, author of Cuba Beyond the Beach Eli Cooper is a resolutely single, ...
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New Brunswick Book of Everything: Everything You Wanted to Know About New Brunswick and Were Going to Ask Anyway
By Martha WallsIn New Brunswick Book of Everything, local author Martha Walls explores everything from the stories behind its weird place names, like Skeedaddle Ridge, to profiles of New Brusnwick notables, such as singer/songwriter Stompin’ Tom and ...
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The Mermaid Handbook: A Guide to the Mermaid Way of Life, Including Recipes, Folklore, and More
By Taylor Widrig, Briana Corr ScottNingyo merfolk are highly intuitive, known for their ability to predict catastrophic events. ey receive these intuitive messages in their dreams, and use this intuitive knowledge to help protect others.
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Indian School Road: Legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School
By Chris BenjaminIn Indian School Road, journalist Chris Benjamin tackles the controversial and tragic history of Canada’s Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, its predecessors, and its lasting effects, giving voice to multiple perspectives for the ...
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We Keep a Light
By Evelyn RichardsonIn We Keep A Light, Evelyn M. Richardson describes how she and her husband bought tiny Bon Portage Island and built a happy life there for themselves and their three children.
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Guru in Your Golf Swing: A Golf Pro, a Monk and the Magical Kingdom of Bhutan
By Ed HanczarykBut it had been dry lately and my well-struck 9-iron landed 10 feet short of the green and took a big bounce to ... —Dr. Joe Parent, (Zen Golf) to Vijay Singh, after he noticed that Vijay and his caddy would talk right up to the ball.
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Seoul Book of Everything: Everything You Wanted to Know About Seoul and Were Going to Ask Anyway
By Tim LehnertEverything You Wanted to Know About Seoul and Were Going to Ask Anyway Tim Lehnert ... Jennifer Barclay from her 2008 book Meeting Mr. Kim or How I Went to Korea and Learned to Love Kimchi. Deoksugung.