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  • Samuel Cunard

    John Boileau
    A fascinating and readable account of the brilliance and determination of one man who played an innovative role in world transportation history.
    $24.95, Paperback

  • Wildflowers of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island

    Mary Primrose, Marian Munro
    For anyone who has ever driven a Maritime highway and marveled at the cover of wildflowers along an embankment, or happened on a meadow filled with flowers, this book will provide hours of happy discovery.
    $19.95, Paperback

  • The Haligonians

    Roma Senn

    Nothing illustrates the dynamic history of the towns that make up Halifax Regional Municipality better than the lives of the men and women who have called it home. The behind-the-scenes history of Halifax, Dartmouth and Bedford comes to life in this collection of insightful stories.

    $14.95, Paperback

  • Captain Salvation

    Frederick William Wallace, M. Brook Taylor
    Captain Salvation is a little-known novel of Maritimers at sea, now brought back into print in this new addition to Formac's Fiction Treasures collection.
    $16.95, Paperback

  • Halifax Champion

    Robert Ashe

    This book is both sports biography and social history, following the life and career of the enigmatic prize fighter Dave Downey who won the Canadian middleweight championship and defended his title five times before retiring.

    $19.95, Paperback

  • The Age of Sail

    Formac Publishing Company Limited
    In this beautifully illustrated volume, marine historian Stanley Spicer recaptures the age of sail and its many colourful characters.
    $24.95, Paperback

  • Half-Hearted Enemies

    John Boileau

    Author John Boileau explores the involvement of Nova Scotia in the War of 1812 and the provinces' spoils, and casualties, of the war.

    $22.95, Paperback

  • Explosion in Halifax Harbour

    David B. Flemming
    This book offers a definitive account of the Halifax explosion and its aftermath, and the most extensive collection of images - many in colour - available in print.
    $24.95, Paperback

  • Halifax's Northwest Arm

    Heather Watts, Michele Raymond

    Authors Michele Raymond and Heather Watts revisit the history of the Northwest Arm from the Victorian era, exploring its industrial and recreational importance in this lavishly illustrated book.

    $29.95, Hardcover

  • Heritage Houses of Nova Scotia

    Stephen Archibald, Sheila Stevenson

     Best published book of the year!

    This is the first full-colour book on Nova Scotia's heritage homes. It features beautiful buildings from across the province. Heritage Houses of Nova Scotia explores eastern Canada's rich cultural heritage.

    $35.00, Paperback

  • The Artists' Halifax

    Mora Dianne O'Neill

    An authority in historical works of art, Mora Dianne O'Neill offers a collection of more than 100 fine works of art which show Halifax at many stages in its development.

    $24.95, Paperback

  • The Dreadful Truth: The Halifax Citadel

    Vicki Grant, Graham Pilsworth
    In her book, Vicki Grant reveals lots of surprising and funny facts about what life was like at the Halifax Citadel in the late 1800s. It's history with a twist.
    $8.95, Paperback
    Interest ages: 8-13

  • Lunenburg: Then and Now

    Brian Cuthbertson
    Illustrated with dozens of full-colour photographs and historical visuals, Lunenburg: Then and Now is an exciting tour of one of Canada's most distinctive and fascinating towns.
    $19.95, Paperback

  • The Maroons in Nova Scotia

    John N. Grant, Dr. Henry Bishop
    This lively and well-documented account illuminates an important passage in African-Canadian history, combining historical records and modern research to present a portrait of the times, the people and the events that comprise the Maroons' saga in Nova Scotia.
    $22.95, Paperback

  • The Halifax Citadel

    Brian Cuthbertson, Julian Beveridge
    This book offers background on the Halifax Citadel and its history, exploring the lives of soldiers and their families stationed in Hailfax in the 19th century.
    $16.95, Paperback

  • The Savage Years

    Peter Clancy, James Bickerton, Rodney Haddow, Ian Stewart

    Published in 2000, this book offers a history of the reforms attempted by John Savage's Nova Scotia Liberal government in the mid-1990s, analyzing his successes and failures.

    $19.95, Paperback

  • Halifax: The First 250 Years

    Judith Fingard, Janet Guildford, David Sutherland

    Three distinguished authors tell the story of Halifax, from its beginnings as a British settlement to counter the French establishment at Louisbourg, to its present-day status as one of Canada's most appealing cities.

    $39.95, Paperback

  • St. Paul's in the Grand Parade

    Sarah Baxter Emsley
    St. Paul's is Halifax's oldest building, its first place of worship, and remains central to the civic life of the city after more than 250 years on the Grand Parade.
    $9.95, Paperback

  • The First Nova Scotian

    Mark Finnan

    The First Nova Scotian tells the story of William Alexander and the Charlesfort settlement, offering intriguing speculations about the role Nova Scotia played in early-seventeenth century European affairs.

    $27.95, Paperback

  • Folksongs of the Maritimes

    Kaye Pottie, Vernon Ellis, Kathy Kaulbach
    Folksongs of the Maritimes reflects the region's rich musical traditions, including examples from Scottish, Irish, English, French, German and African-Canadian cultures.
    $24.95, Paperback
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