A little-known episode in North America's history, the 1839 Aroostook War was an undeclared war with no actual fighting. It had its roots in the 1793 Treaty of Paris, which ended the American Revolutionary War but left the border of...
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Author:Campbell, GarySummary: -
Author:Poliquin, DanielSummary:Facing the dwindling years of his life, an old man waits for his turn on the auction block, hoping to be sold to a family as decent as the one he is leaving. It is not the first time he has been here, and it may not be the last. Mute in...
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Author:Curtis, HerbSummary:An invasion? For teenagers Dryfly Ramsey and Shadrack Nash, poor and ignorant in the world’s terms but rich in the lore of the magical Miramichi, the annual influx of American anglers, with their money, fishing gear, and thirst for...
- Author:Grodzinski, John R.Summary:
A long-awaited history of this important Canadian regiment, The 104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot in the War of 1812 looks at this military unit from its beginnings in the early days of the 19th century to its disbanding in 1817....
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Author:Frank, David, Ouellette, RéjeanSummary:La Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Nouveau-Brunswick, fondée en 1913, est la deuxième plus ancienne fédération provinciale du travail au Canada. Son histoire remonte aux premières campagnes en faveur de l’indemnisation...
- Author:Roy, Réjean, Léger, Diane CarmelSummary:
Deux adolescents, une Américaine et un Acadien, vivent une quête hors de l'ordinaire d'un bout à l'autre du continent. Après s'être connus lors du Congrès mondial acadien de 1994, Sara et Justin entreprennent une...
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Author:Morrison, Terrence J., JusticeSummary:On July 6, 2011, Richard Oland, scion of the Moosehead brewing family, was murdered in his office. The brutal killing stunned the city of Saint John, and news of the crime reverberated across Canada. After a two-and-half-year police...
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Author:Daigle, FranceSummary:Pour sûr c'est l'histoire de personnages attachants, Terry et Carmen, que l'on a connus dans les précédents romans de l'auteur, leurs enfants Étienne et Marianne, et toute cette humanité qui gravite autour du bar Le Babar, à Moncton -...
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Author:Peacock, ShaneSummary:The long-awaited new book in the award-winning cross-Canada adventure series finds fifteen-year-old Dylan Maples on the hunt for New Brunswick's Phantom Ship. Things aren't going so well for fifteen-year-old Dylan Maples. He's sick of...
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Author:Gespe'gewa'gi Mi'gmawei MawiomiSummary:Nta'tugwaqanminen provides evidence that the Mi'gmaq of the Gespe'gewa'gi (Northern New Brunswick and the Gaspé Peninsula) have occupied their territory since time immemorial. They were the sole occupants of it prior to European...
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Author:Rees, RonaldSummary:Regularly described as New Brunswick’s greatest scholar, William Francis Ganong (1864–1941) wrote more than many people have ever read. His range of interests is reflected in his vast body of work: botany, zoology, physiography,...
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Author:Milner, Marc, Leonard, GlennSummary:From the seafaring battles between the British and the French of the 1640s to the privateers of the War of 1812, from the merchant ships of the Second World War to the construction of the corvettes and frigates in the 20th century, New...
- Author:Richards, David AdamsSummary:
Sydney Henderson is a truly great man. As a young man, Sydney, believing he has accidentally killed a friend, makes a pact with God, promising never to harm another if the boy's life is spared. In the years that follow, the almost...
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Author:Soucoup, DanSummary:During the Great Depression, promoter, salesman, and pilot Richard Thorne McCully became an aviation pioneer, capturing much of the Maritime region from the air. Along with photographer Harold Reid and pilot Marty Fraser, McCully spent...
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Author:Thomas, Peter, Tracy, NicholasSummary:Shortlisted, Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing. Despite the coming social reforms undertaken at home, the world of the Georgian British Empire was nothing if not class-conscious and leery of outsiders. But Anthony...
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Author:Donaldson, AllanSummary:Allan Donaldson grew up in Woodstock, N.B.. As a child, he became well acquainted with the street life of the town. In his teens, he worked summers wheeling cement, tamping ties and laying steel on the railway, working on a rock crusher...
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Author:Jarratt, MelyndaSummary:Shortlisted, New Brunswick Book Award for Non-Fiction. During the Second World War, hundreds of New Brunswick woodsmen joined the Canadian Forestry Corps to log the Scottish Highlands as part of the Canadian war effort. Patrick "Pat"...
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Author:Belliveau, JoelSummary:Quatre notables acadiens reçus tels des chefs d'État par Charles de Gaulle au palais de l'Élysée. Plus de 2000 personnes qui manifestent dans les rues de Moncton scandant "on veut du français!" Une confrontation très...
- Author:Gallant, CorinneSummary:
Album raconté en trois langues : français mi'kmaq et anglais. Parce qu'ils ne savaient pas se défendre contre le Roi de glace, les habitants d'un village mi'kmaq risquaient la mort chaque hiver. Jusqu'au jour où...
- Author:Richards, David Adams, Steenhout, IvanSummary:
L’histoire se déroule dans une région forestière du Nouveau-Brunswick entre1960 et 2000 et s’inspire, en fond de toile, des empires à la Irving et autres grandes papetières. C’est un monde sauvage qui sent la pulpe et l’épinette, peuplé...
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