Canadian nonfiction

  • Clary Croft : my charmed life in music, art, and folklore

    Creator

    Croft, Clary

    Abstract

    Folklorist, recording artist, actor, songwriter, broadcaster, storyteller, author, archivist, artisan, and designer: over a career spanning more than fifty years, Clary Croft has woven the threads of his vast array of talents into a tapestry that has enveloped the life of an artist, and in the process he's become a household name in Nova Scotia and beyond.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Halifax

    Nimbus

    Not specified
  • Border and rule : global migration, capitalism, and the rise of racist nationalism

    Creator

    Walia, Harsha

    Abstract

    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 easy explanations for the migrant and refugee crises, instead showing them to be the inevitable outcomes of conquest, capitalist globalization, and climate change generating mass dispossession worldwide.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Fernwood Publishing

    Not specified
  • A reluctant search for spiritual truths

    Creator

    McNally Smith, Adrian

    Abstract

    When Adrian McNally Smith was writing his family memoir Finding Forgiveness, he was struck by the number of times he had had spiritual encounters. The journey of writing the story of his life and his relationships brought home to him the fact that he had felt a sense of hubris before many important and life-changing moments in his life. Going through the process of forgiveness and the counseling he needed to forgive his father awakened in him the desire to dig deeper into these encounters and what it means to be embrace spirituality.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Charlottetown

    Acorn Press

    Not specified
  • Final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, volume one : summary : honouring the truth, reconciling for the future

    Creator

    Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

    Abstract

    This is the Final Report of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its six-year investigation of the residential school system for Aboriginal youth and the legacy of these schools. This report, the summary volume, includes the history of residential schools, the legacy of that school system, and the full text of the Commission's 94 recommendations for action to address that legacy. This report lays bare a part of Canada's history that until recently was little-known to most non-Aboriginal Canadians.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    James Lorimer & Company

    Not specified
  • Shadow of doubt : the trials of Dennis Oland, revised and expanded edition

    Creator

    MacKinnon, Bobbi-Jean

    Abstract

    A national bestseller, now updated, expanded, and revised to tell an even bigger story. On July 6, 2011, Richard Oland, scion of the Moosehead brewing family, was bludgeoned to death in his Saint John office. In a shocking turn, the multimillionaire's only son, Dennis, was arrested for second-degree murder. Found guilty by a jury in 2015, Dennis Oland successfully appealed his conviction and was retried three years later. In this new revised and expanded edition, MacKinnon takes readers inside every stage of one of Canada's most gripping murder trials.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New Brunswick

    Goose Lane Editions

    Not specified
  • The bygone days : folklore, traditions & toenails

    Creator

    Thompson, Reginald 'Dutch'

    Abstract

    Reginald-better known as 'Dutch'-Thompson is a multi-faceted storyteller with unforgettable voices-those of Roy from Murray Harbour North, Adelaide from Bunbury, Gus from Chepstow, and countless others-to tell the stories of the Bygone days in Prince Edward Island [sometimes NS, too]. Stories that, without Dutch's talent and care, might be remembered only by family and close friends or lost altogether. Remember when the train ran from tip to tip and along all the small branches, taking goods, people, and baseball teams to other parts of the Island?

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Charlottetown

    Acorn Press

    Not specified
  • Histoire des Premières Nations : ce n'était pas nous les sauvages : le choc entre les civilisations européennes et autochtones

    Creator

    Paul, Daniel N.

    Abstract

    Ce n'était pas nous les sauvages relate l'histoire de la quasi-disparition, du point de vue des Mi'kmaq, des anciennes Premières Nations démocratiques d'Amérique du Nord, causée par l'invasion européenne des Amériques, avec un regard particulier sur les Mi'kmaq. Bien que d'autres nations européennes, l'Espagne entres autres, aient été impliquées dans le massacre, cette histoire expose en détail les actions d'une seule, la Grande-Bretagne.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Mouton noir Acadie

    Not specified
  • It's our time : honouring the African Nova Scotian communities of East Preston, North Preston, Lake Loon/Cherry Brook

    Creator

    Lauren Taylor, Wanda

    Abstract

    Award-winning writer Wanda Lauren Taylor delves into the history and development of the Preston area, the organizations and churches that helped bolster the population, and the struggles, successes, and personal stories of several Preston-area residents.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Nimbus

    Not specified
  • Amazing black Atlantic Canadians : inspiring stories of courage and achievement

    Creator

    Ruck, Lindsay

    Abstract

    This fascinating, full-colour illustrated book features over 50 amazing Black people from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador, sharing their incredible stories and accomplishments, past and present. Among these amazing Black Atlantic Canadians are people who saved lives, set sports records (Delmore William "Buddy" Daye), achieved international superstardom (Measha Brueggergosman), made change in their own neighbourhoods (Quentrel Provo), overcame injustice (Viola Desmond), and enacted many other inspiring deeds of courage and perseverance.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Nimbus

    Not specified
  • Saltwater chronicles : notes on everything under the Nova Scotia sun

    Creator

    Choyce, Lesley

    Abstract

    This book celebrates the ordinary: the everyday disasters and discoveries that shape a life. In this, his one hundredth book, Lesley Choyce takes readers along as he writes about nearly everything under the sun from his home by the sea on the North Atlantic coast of Canada-all of it most ordinary and extraordinary at the same time.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Nimbus

    Not specified