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presents books atlantic canadian for the holidays w 140 neor f titles giftgiving over books for everyone on your list

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atlantic publishers marketing association atlantic canadian books for the holidays has been produced by the atlantic publishers marketing association and is presented by atlantic books today we wish to acknowledge the financial support of the canada council for the arts the province of nova scotia through the department of communities culture and heritage and the government of canada through the canada book fund the association also thanks the participating booksellers and publishers please visit or call the bookstores listed on the back cover to purchase these fine atlantic canadian titles executive director peggy walt pwalt@atlanticpublishers.ca projects manager heather fegan apma.admin@atlanticpublishers.ca design meghan rushton design@atlanticpublishers.ca photographer shannon george shannon@shannongeorgephotography.com atlantic publishers marketing association 1484 carlton street halifax nova scotia b3h 3b7 tel 902 420-0711 fax 902 423-4302 e-mail apma.admin@atlanticpublishers.ca website www.atlanticpublishers.ca atlantic canadian books for the holidays is on our website!

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contents a cover with a classic ribbon on it indicates it was published before 2011 poetry 3 fiction 4 people 9 history 12 non-fiction 15 find out how to win a basket full of books page 31 nature 17 food 19 photography 20 art 21 local interest 22 activities 23 holiday 24 young readers 26 the great book giveaway 31 bookstore listings back cover poetry what really happened is this a poetry memoir dianne hicks morrow this poetry memoir focuses on the ten-year journey of an adult only child as her beloved parents face declining health and death these poems are wry poignant humorous and sometimes heartbreaking $18.95 pb 80 pages 978-1-89483-862-7 acorn press at first lonely tanya davis musician and a spokenword performer poet tanya davis has now taken to the page in this collection she reflects on life s many passages falling in love searching for truth and the search for home $17.95 pb 64 pages 978-1-89483-854-2 acorn press 3

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fiction that forgetful shore trudy j morgan-cole triffie and kit are closer than sisters but for two girls growing up in a tiny outport community at the dawn of the twentieth century having the same dreams and ambitions doesn t mean life will hand them the same opportunities $19.95 pb 312 pages 978-1-55081-362-3 $17.95 ebook 978-1-55081-371-5 breakwater books big town a novel of africville stephens gerard malone it is halifax in the early 1960s and seventeen-yearold early and his young friends hear whispers that the city wants to move the residents of africville out of their homes big town is an unforgettable account of a community in crisis and the remarkable spirit that persists in the face of adversity malone is adept at details and dialogue the globe and mail $18.95 pb 224 pages 978-1-55109-854-8 nimbus publishing the beothuk expedition derek yetman derek yetman tells the story of cartwright s expedition more thoroughly and vividly than it s ever been told before his depiction of the encounter of the europeans with the beothuk is unsentimental never idealized yet powerfully moving wayne johnston a johnston world elsewhere $19.95 pb 208 pages 978-1-55081-360-9 $17.95 ebook 978-1-55082-374-6 breakwater books a possible madness a novel frank macdonald a reporter discovers an all too plausible conspiracy that will destroy his community and its cultural and physical ecology frank macdonald social and political observer journalist and novelist at his finest linden macintyre the bishop s man $24.95 pb 368 pages 978-1-897009-65-9 cape breton university press new formac fiction treasures by maritime authors from past times the high heart basil king introduction by mary lu macdonald with a backdrop of new york society during the first world war an idealistic young halifax woman faces hard choices about love and nationality $16.95 pb 420 pages 978-0-88780-970-5 $14.95 ebook 978-0-88780-972-9 formac the lily and the cross a tale of acadia james demille introduction by michael peterman revenge intrigue and romance set against the background of eighteenth century grand pré and louisbourg $16.95 pb 230 pages 978-0-88780-974-3 $14.95 ebook 978-0-88780-976-7 formac 4

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fiction breaking ground a julie williamson mystery william d andrews a mystery filled with characters and history a well-known benefactor of the ryland historical society is murdered and the society s puzzle-loving director can t help but want to solve the murder $18.95 pb 272 pages 978-1-93403-138-4 islandport press nimbus publishing death at christy burke s a collins-burke mystery anne emery emery s sixth mystery after 2010 s children in the morning makes morning excellent use of its early 1990s dublin setting and the period s endemic violence between protestants and catholics publishers weekly $26.95 hc 380 pages 978-1-55022-988-5 $16.95 ebook 978-1-77090-091-2 ecw press mind over mussels a shores mystery hilary macleod amateur sleuth hy mcallister trips over a body on the beach it s cottager lance lord dressed like jimi hendrix his head split open by an axe as hurricane angus moves up the coast mountie jane jamieson and hy vie to figure out who killed who and why the shores is sheltering a murderer whose motive is possessive love whose mind is the weapon and who could kill again $22.95 pb 320 pages 978-1-89483-860-3 $11.99 ebook 978-1-894838-603 acorn press also available revenge of the lobster lover $22.95 pb 320 pages 978-1-89483-848-1 $14.99 ebook 978-1-89483-867-2 acorn press the curse of flowervilla anastasia english a captivating tale of romance and faith mystery and betrayal in this thrilling multigenerational family epic readers are exposed to the best qualities of humanity and some of the worst $19.95 pb 204 pages 978-1-927099-00-1 $11.99 ebook 978-1-927099-03-2 boulder publications death of a lesser man thomas rendell curran gunshots shatter the stillness of a rainy night in an upscale neighbourhood of st john s newfoundland harrison rose a businessman and war veteran lies dead to find the killer inspector eric stride confronts the darker side of postworld war ii st john s $19.95 pb 304 pages 978-0-9865376-2-2 $11.99 ebook 978-0-9865376-6-0 boulder publications 5

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fiction this will be difficult to explain and other stories johanna skibsrud with this collection giller prize winner johanna skibsrud introduces us to an astonishing array of characters insightful and masterfully crafted these stories bear the mark of one of canada s most remarkable voices and linger in the mind long after the final page has been turned $28.00 hc 176 pages 978-0-670-06630-8 hamish hamilton canada glass boys you could believe in nothing jamie fitzpatrick jamie fitzpatrick s debut novel tells of a muddled adulthood in st john s newfoundland derek is forty-one years old his girlfriend has left him his father is going to court and his rec hockey team is up in arms the globe and mail describes it as a fast-moving unsentimental look at amateur hockey masculinity mid-life crisis drink drugs and family secrets $19.95 pb 288 pages 978-1-55109-856-2 $11.99 ebook 978-155109-882-1 nimbus publishing a novel nicole lundrigan with vivid and unflinching prose nicole lundrigan has created a suspenseful and deeply human saga of the persistence of evil and the astonishing power of love set in newfoundland $22.95 pb 304 pages 978-1-55365-797-2 $22.95 ebook 978-1-55365-798-9 douglas mcintyre wrecked upon this shore kate story at the novel s centre is pearl lewis abused by her father at a young age she is wild charismatic and damaged we follow pearl through the eyes of her son stephen but also from the viewpoint of mouse the girl she befriends and falls in love with as a teenager $19.95 pb 330 pages 978-1-897174-76-0 creative book publishing mercy of st jude wilhelmina fitzpatrick at times irreverent and darkly humorous mercy of st jude is a story of profound loss and the unforeseen effects that secrets can have on those we love $19.95 pb 225 pages 978-1-89717-475-3 creative book publishing 6

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fiction the town that drowned riel nason living with a weird brother can be tough falling through the ice may be grounds for embarrassment but when ruby carson discovers that her town is about to be swallowed by the rising water of a massive dam she knows that her life is about to change for good $19.95 pb 280 pages 978-0-86492-640-1 $19.95 ebook 978-0-86492-705-7 goose lane editions tide road valerie compton on a strangely warm day in january stella vanishes without a trace leaving behind a young daughter and a mother bewildered by her sudden absence in this brilliant debut novel compton tells the gripping story of a family forced to grapple with the unknown $19.95 pb 240 pages 978-0-86492-635-7 $19.95 ebook 978-0-86492-700-2 goose lane editions cold clear morning new revised edition lion hunter john clarke a war novel about german secret agent hans farber and his plot to assassinate sir winston churchill during a rendezvous with president franklin roosevelt off the coast of ship harbour newfoundland $17.95 pb 185 pages 978-1-897317-41-9 flanker press lesley choyce taylor colby grew up in a tiny nova scotia fishing village but his guitar-playing skill led him to become a studio musician in los angeles a novel about dreams realized and dreams shattered love and loss hurting and healing grief and forgiving $22.95 pb 300 pages 978-1-89742-632-6 $7.99 ebook 978-1-897426-39-5 pottersfield press contributing factors joe beaton ronnie doucette is dead lying on a cold metal slab in the me s office but what happened what circumstances take an innocent boy and turn him into a thief a thug a corpse $18.95 pb 272 pages 978-1-92700-301-5 bryler publications call of a distant shore corinne hoebers historical fiction based on one family s emigration to nova scotia in 1751 after two years of scraping to survive within the confines of the dartmouth palisade they follow the colony to lunenburg in 1753 $24.95 pb 399 pages 978-1-897530-02-3 $9.99 ebook 978-1-897530-17-7 4th floor press inc 7

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fiction diligent river daughter bruce graham set during 1914-1917 this is the story of charlene durant a strong-willed young woman from the parrsboro shore who fights for her independence and identity in a most troubled time $22.95 pb 224 pages 978-1-897426-23-4 pottersfield press the social worker a novel michael ungar a controversial and provocative story set amid the hidden world of those whose motivations to help can be as difficult to understand as the systems for which they work $22.95 pb 240 pages 978-1-897426-26-5 $9.99 ebook 978-1-897426-31-9 pottersfield press the entangling ainslie stewart an enthralling mix of mystery mythology and romance the entangling follows the lives of two women living 200 years apart on the same piece of land connected by tragedy and a shared gift $21.95 pb 344 pages 978-1-927003-03-9 bryler publications the men s breakfast 19 new stories from cape breton island edited by ronald caplan these terrific stories confirm cape breton island s place on the map of acclaimed canadian fiction some writers have broken into fame many are happy discoveries from tenderness to brute force the men s breakfast is entertaining lasting thought-provoking reading $18.95 pb 176 pages 978-1-926908-08-3 breton books strange heaven lynn coady what do you do when the psych ward is more stable than home if you re a survivor like bridget you won t let a little thing like family get in the way of happiness don t miss this new reader s guide edition of lynn coady s stunning début novel $19.99 pb 216 pages 978 -0-86492-617-3 $19.99 ebook 978-0-86492-691-3 goose lane editions like the whistling of the wind francis r phillips ph.d a sophisticated imperious but resilient mother and heroine strives to keep her family together during the american revolutionary war with husband and sons on opposite sides in the conflict loyalist vs patriot from new york to saint john for avid readers $23.95 pb 336 pages original music photos sketches 978-1-89581-438-5 new world publishing 8

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fiction people two crows joy vernon oickle thrill-master vernon oickle returns with this spine tingling sequel to last year s one crow sorrow two crows sorrow joy turns it up with a haunted house and a new heroine $18.95 pb 312 pages 978-1927003-15-2 bryler publications also available orchids for billie jennifer hatt in this finding maria prequel little jack has lost his father and his hope until a surprise inspires him to grow a rare orchid will it bloom in time to save his family $18.00 pb 180 pages 978-0-9867576-2-4 $2.99 ebook 978-0-9867576-3-1 marechal media inc one crow sorrow vernon oickle $18.95 pb 328 pages 978-0-98664-252-4 bryler publications finding maria jennifer hatt $25.00 pb 392 pages 978-0-9867576-0-0 $2.99 ebook 978-0-9867576-1-7 marechal media inc dramatic life of a country doctor mennonite girl mary ediger with an undeniable wit and unfailing humour mary ediger tells the world about growing up mennonite in a non-mennonite community it is a true coming-of-age story for the child in all of us $18.95 pb 272 pages 978-1-92700-300-8 bryler publications fifty years of disasters and diagnoses dr arnold burden with andrew safer dr burden was the first medic to enter the mines after the springhill mine disaster he writes candidly of his dealings with patients unusual cases and brave efforts made under difficult conditions $16.95 pb 192 pages 2 diagrams 978-1-55109-872-2 $11.99 ebook 978-155109-885-2 nimbus publishing the one eyed gunner gary chisholm larry sutherland s story is one of bravery courage and the strength of the human spirit with a birth defect that should have made it impossible larry not only survived the war he became a legend $18.95 pb 304 pages 978-1-92700-302-2 bryler publications trapped leif morrison the true story of one man s harrowing 7655-kilometre journey across the atlantic ocean in a decrepit 160-foot longliner to a land where corruption and ruthlessness are an everyday occurrence $18.95 pb 200 pages 978-0-98138-198-5 bryler publications 9

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people molly kool captain of the atlantic christine welldon the sea was long the dominion of men but thanks to molly kool that all changed by fighting to work in a profession she loved she opened doors for all women who came after her $15.95 pb 114 pages 45 photos 978-1-55109-836-4 nimbus publishing elizabeth bishop the golden age of liberalism a portrait of romeo leblanc naomi e.s griffiths foreword by jean chrétien noted acadian historian naomi griffiths gives us an engrossing biography of new brunswick s roméo leblanc journalist politician cabinet minister and governor-general leblanc was a political leader in the pearson-trudeau-chrétien era when liberals dominated canadian politics along the way dr griffiths reveals many fascinating insights about her subject s contemporaries including lester pearson pierre trudeau and jean chrétien $35.00 hc 376 pages 978-1-55277-896-8 $18.00 ebook 978-1-55277-897-5 formac nova scotia s home-made poet sandra barry sandra barry takes readers through the highlights in bishop s life from her years in great village nova scotia to her publications her travels as well as examining some of her most famous poems $15.95 pb 122 pages 60 images 978-1-55109-823-4 nimbus publishing african chronicles burris devanney a two-volume memoir of the turbulent 1960s in two very different african countries colonial rhodesia gripped by an absurd but tragic commitment to petty apartheid and independent nigeria on the brink of civil war $24.95 pb 448 pages photos 978-1-89581-442-2 new world publishing through the gates of hell and back the private war of a footslogger from `the avenue john o brien and devonna o brien edwards unabridged infantryman s humourous memoir of wwii from basic training through mud and destruction until a concussion blast ended his war o brien served with the merchant navy west novas and halifax rifles $21.95 pb 160 pages photos 978-1-81958-141-4 new world publishing 10

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people righting the wrongs gus wedderburn s quest for social justice in nova scotia marie riley during his fifty years in nova scotia h.a.j gus wedderburn fought social injustice and was a driving force for many years in the nova scotia association for the advancement of coloured people $17.95 pb 176 pages photos 978-1-897426-28-9 pottersfield press sanctuary the story of naturalist mary majka deborah carr the remarkable story of a pioneering environmentalist from wartime poland to mary s point mary majka has lived a remarkable life $19.95 pb 248 pages 978-0-86492-624-1 $19.95 ebook 978-0-86492-710-1 goose lane editions the amazing foot race of 1921 halifax to vancouver in 134 days shirley jean roll tucker the race that became known as canada s amazing race was a welcome antidote to a bleak economy high unemployment and a nation still healing from the scars of war this lively account of this largely forgotten canadian sporting event uses the vernacular of the day with newspaper stories and the hikers own words $19.95 pb 224 pages 978-1-55109-855-5 nimbus publishing faulkner a hockey history t.p rossiter george faulkner never made the montreal canadiens roster despite his extraordinary skating skills unmatched dedication and endurance richard winston `dickie moore said george faulkner was the best player i ever saw who never made it to the nhl $19.95 pb 224 pages 978-1-55081-376-0 $17.95 ebook 978-1-55081387-6 breakwater books east coast nhlers paul white even before superstars crosby and marchand east coast hockey players have been a part of the nhl paul white tells the stories of more than a dozen nhl hockey players current and past who learned the game in communities on canada s east coast $16.95 pb 160 pages 978-0-88780-969-9 $14.95 ebook 978-0-88780-971-2 formac 11

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history people of the sea clarence vautier people of the sea is a new collection of stories from clarence vautier about the highliners the captains and their crews of twentieth-century atlantic canada $19.95 pb 234 pages b&w photos 978-1-926881-46-1 flanker press the devil and the deep blue sea steven laffoley a cold-case murder investigation about a schooner sailing from boston to argentina in 1896 on which three people were murdered with an axe the schooner eventually ended up in halifax and stunned the people of that city $19.95 pb 192 pages 978-1-897426-27-2 pottersfield press in the great days of sail rogues and rascals true stories of maritimes lives and legends bob kroll this anecdotal history of the maritime provinces includes 200 odd interesting and obscure short tales of con men and hangmen murderers and soul savers heroes failures and more $17.95 pb 224 pages 978-1-55109-864-7 $11.99 ebook 978-155109-883-8 nimbus publishing 14 sea stories archibald macmechan edited by elizabeth peirce edited and with an introduction by elizabeth peirce in the great days of sail brings fourteen tales of worldwide adventure pirates storms fires rescues and tragedies for a new generation of readers $17.95 pb 201 pages 978-1-55109-821-0 nimbus publishing riots and religion in newfoundland the clash between protestants and catholics in the early settlement of newfoundland david dawe david dawe retraces the foundation of newfoundland s religious history and explains how the battle between the english protestants and the irish roman catholics continued from the old country to the new world $19.95 pb 244 pages b&w photos and illus 978-1-926881-04-1 flanker press come from away nurses who immigrated to newfoundland and labrador jeanette walsh and marilyn beaton the third volume in the best-selling nursing history series this collection of stories sheds light on the challenges nurses encountered in the workplace and highlights the commitment and strong attachment they grew to have for their adopted home $18.95 pb 288 pages 978-1-55081-359-3 $16.95 ebook 978-1-55081-373-9 breakwater books 12

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history stories from the hole in the ceiling anne galway the hole in the kitchen ceiling was a source of heat for the rooms upstairs this collection tells about the secrets and lessons that children learned through the hole in the ceiling $17.95 pb 182 pages b&w illus 978-1-926881-43-0 flanker press cape breton facts and folklore bill doyle cape breton facts and folklore is full of fun and interesting facts about the people places and events that shaped this fascinating island a must-have for every cape breton home $15.95 pb 256 pages 20 images 978-1-55109-867-8 nimbus publishing heroes of the acadian resistance the story of joseph beausoleil broussard and pierre ii surette 1702-1765 dianne marshall well-known local historian dianne marshall tells the unique and little-known story of the young men who led the armed acadian resistance in eighteenth century nova scotia she provides a fresh perspective on the tragic story of the 1755 expulsion of the acadians $22.95 pb 208 pages 978-0-88780-978-1 $14.95 ebook 978-0-88780-980-4 formac necessaries and sufficiencies planter society in londonderry onslow and truro townships 1761-1780 carol campbell and james f smith social political and material micro-history of eighteenth-century life in the district of cobequid now part of colchester county migration settlement and the evolution of new england and irish cultural mores in this wilderness setting $24.95 pb 324 pages 978-1-897009-52-9 cape breton university press only in new brunswick new stories from david goss david goss popular saint john storyteller david goss delivers over forty-five stories of ghosts werewolves and local personalities all gleaned from his years as a columnist and tour guide $17.95 pb 222 pages 50 b&w images 978-1-55109-834-0 nimbus publishing 13

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history from the war of 1812 to world war ii these new volumes provide telling accounts of the naval battles of the war of 1812 in the bay of fundy of the canadian nurses who volunteered for world war i and of the battles in northern italy fought by atlantic canada s historic mechanized cavalry goose lane editions and the gregg centre for the study of war and society steel cavalry the 8th new brunswick hussars and the italian campaign lee windsor $18.95 pb 200 pages 978-0-86492-657-9 $18.95 ebook 978-0-86492-709-5 battle for the bay the naval war of 1812 joshua m smith $16.95 pb 128 pages 978-0-86492-644-9 agnes warner and the nursing sisters of the great war shawna m quinn $16,95 pb 174 pages 978-0-86492-633-3 canada s soldiers in south africa tales from the boer war 1899-1902 john boileau a new addition to formac s amazing stories series halifax military historian john boileau recounts fascinating stories about the experiences of young canadians fighting in this little-known conflict $9.95 pb 144 pages b&w photos 978-1-55277-725-1 $7.95 ebook 978-1-55277-726-8 formac the canadair argus the untold story of canada s cold war maritime hunter cary baker and bert campbell adam murray and rob arsenault the first book ever published on this amazing plane with hundreds of newly released photographs the canadair argus is a great reintroduction to one of canada s finest pieces of aviation history $59.95 hc 200 pages b&w and colour photos illus 978-1-92700-306-0 bryler publications canadian forces an historical salute to those on the front line art montague this book is an unabashed salute to those who have risked their own lives for causes canadians believe in if you believe in heroism and bravery this is a must read no canadian will be unmoved $19.95 pb 200 pages 978-1-926916-09-5 macintyre purcell publishing the spring rice document newfoundland at war 1914-1918 jack fitzgerald this story of newfoundland during wwi sheds new light on decisions made and battles fought enhancing the admiration and respect of those whose courage dedication and loyalty contributed to changing world history $18.95 pb 275 pages 25 b&w illus 978-1-897174-79-1 creative book publishing 14

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non-fiction media mediocrity waging war against science how the television makes us stoopid richard zurawski this book shows how the vested interests of the world through our mass media have been waging a relentless and highly successful war against science $24.95 pb 152 pages 978-1-55266-400-1 fernwood publishing vanishing schools threatened communities the contested schoolhouse in maritime canada paul w bennett a colourful history of our schools and the principles that formed the basis of the public education system principles that we should return to in order to better serve the needs of our children and our communities $24.95 pb 192 pages b&w photos 978-1-55266-401-8 fernwood publishing bathtubs but no water a tribute to the mushuau innu gerry steele the oral history of the canadian government s 1967 resettlement of the mushuau innu the aboriginal people of labrador on davis inlet $14.95 pb 112 pages 978-1-55266-405-6 fernwood publishing stop signs cars and capitalism on the road to economic social and ecological decay yves engler and bianca mugyenyi an anti-car road-trip story that is a must read for all those who wish to escape the clutches of auto insanity $19.95 pb 252 pages 978-1-55266-384-4 fernwood publishing paved with good intentions canada s development ngos on the road from idealism to imperialism nik barry-shaw yves engler and dru oja jay a critical history that examines the relationships between ngos the canadian government and social movements in both the north and south $14.95 pb 128 pages 978-1-55266-399-8 fernwood publishing co-published with red publishing about canada queer rights peter knegt is canada a queer utopia this book examines the history of the struggle for queer rights in canada $17.95 pb 128 pages 978-1-55266-437-7 fernwood publishing about canada media peter steven an examination of all things cancon this book argues that the canadian people must reclaim the media from elite interests in order to ensure its democratic and quality future $17.95 pb 144 pages 978-1-55266-447-6 fernwood publishing 15

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