Annaka has always hated her first name. That's why, when her mother packed her up at age seven and moved from Yarmouth to Halifax, she decided she would go by Anna. Now Anna is back in Yarmouth after the death of her beloved Grampy, and...
Atlantic Canadian: Read Atlantic
The Nova Scotia government, in partnership with members of the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association, contributes titles in accessible formats to the NNELS repository, highlighting Atlantic Canadian authored and published books. The Atlantic Canadian collection includes a range of fiction and non-fiction for readers of all ages, including adventure stories, mysteries, classics, ghost stories, general histories, tales of pirates, ghosts and rogues, and much more.
Check out the Atlantic Canadian: Read Atlantic 2021 Collection
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Auteur:Fenton, AndreSommaire: - Auteur:Greenfield, Nathan M.Sommaire:
"Greenfield offers new insight into Bruno and Molly Lamb Bobak's complex relationship. They met and married in the aftermath of the Second World War, having served as official war artists, and continued to paint for decades....
- Auteur:Crewe, LesleySommaire:
For the first time, bestselling novelist, columnist, and humorist Lesley Crewe's finest newspaper columns are collected in one place. Not merely razor sharp, Lesley's wit is also ocean wide, taking in everything from the humiliations of...
- Auteur:Forget, Evelyn. L.Sommaire:
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of providing a basic income to everyone in Canada who needs it was already gaining broad support. Then, in response to a crisis that threatened to put millions out of work, the federal government...
- Auteur:Rose, RebeccaSommaire:
Before the Parade traces the beginnings of Halifax's gay, lesbian, and bisexual community. Journalist and activist Rebecca Rose melds insights and perspectives from the people at the forefront with a thoroughly researched,...
- Auteur:McCormick, Peter, Greene, IanSommaire:
As a judge, Beverley McLachlin is known for her unique ability to stand up for the values and beliefs that reflect the best of Canada and Canadians. As chief justice, she led the way to assisted suicide legislation, greater recognition...
- Auteur:Lawrence, CalvinSommaire:
A shocking, first-person account of a Mountie who went from small-town Newfoundland to undercover drug work in Toronto to guarding prime ministers and presidents. All along, the racism he encountered from the public was easier to handle...
- Auteur:Davidson, StephenSommaire:
Among the Loyalists who were transported to the shores of New Brunswick by the British after their defeat by revolutionary Americans were several hundred African Americans. Like their counterparts who went to what is now Nova Scotia,...
- Auteur:Rayner, RobertSommaire:
When heavy November rains threaten to flood the small town of Black River, New Brunswick, the community calls on the hydroelectric company to open the gates of its dam and drop the water level. But local management has been overruled by...
- Auteur:MacKinnon, RobertSommaire:
This eclectic collection of stories shares with readers many other aspects of Robert's professional and personal experience. He tells a chilling story of being the first RCMP officer at the crash site of Air Canada Flight 621 in 1970,...
- Auteur:Gordon, Todd, Webber, Jeffery R.Sommaire:
Rooted in thousands of pages of Access to Information documents and dozens of interviews carried out throughout Latin America, Blood of Extraction examines the increasing presence of Canadian mining companies in Latin America and the...
- Auteur:Creighton, HelenSommaire:
Bluenose Magic, first published in 1968, is considered a classic of Maritime literature, and its author, Dr. Helen Creighton, is one of Canada's best-loved and most respected folklorists. This fascinating and engaging companion to the...
- Auteur:MacDonald, EmilySommaire:
Bodkin Beag and Bodkin Mòr went out to pick nuts... but Bodkin Beag wouldn't stop eating them! Big Biorachan set out to teach his greedy friend a lesson, unleashing a chain of unintended consequences. This traditional Scottish...
- Auteur:Walia, HarshaSommaire:
In Border and Rule, one of North America's foremost thinkers and immigrant rights organizers delivers an unflinching examination of migration as a pillar of global governance and gendered racial class formation. Harsha Walia disrupts...
- Auteur:Benjamin, ChrisSommaire:
Twelve short stories about love, loss, failure, and acceptance by an award-winning author. The daughter of an alcoholic desperate to be loved. A father reliving a failed dream though his teenaged son. A struggling immigrant surprised to...
- Auteur:Bruneau, CarolSommaire:
Maud Lewis is a folk art legend who persevered through stigma, poverty, and disability to create beautiful and lasting pieces of art. Brighten the Corner Where You Are brings illumination to Maud's life.
- Auteur:Jones, BurnleySommaire:
Born and raised in Truro, Nova Scotia, Burnley "Rocky" Jones is one of Canada's most important figures of social justice. Often referred to as Canada's Stokely Carmichael, Jones was tirelessly dedicated to student movements, peace...
- Auteur:Sommaire:
Collection of essays by 16 contributors, including David Suzuki, Ralph Nader, Kevin Page, Maude Barlow, and Linda McQuaig. These and other experts in their fields document key changes put in place by the Harper government in the areas...
- Auteur:Gonick, CySommaire:
When Winnipeg's Cy Gonick started the magazine Canadian Dimension in 1963 to provide a home for the thinking and analysis of mostly young leftists engaged in Canadian economic, social, cultural, artistic and political issues, he had no...
- Auteur:MacDonald, CherylSommaire:
In the 1860s Canada came under attack by Fenians, Irish military forces based in the US. It took the combined effort of British troops and the Canadian militia to repel the invaders. This book describes the conflict and how the events...
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