PROVINCIAL PROUD

Like the Canada Journal, each provincial journal is done in an antique typewriter font and give the owner Craftsmanship the most important superlative data and symbols from their province. They all contain a quote by an impor- We are proud to call Lunenburg home; tant writer from that province that is intended to serve prouder still to carry on a tradition of as an inspiration for them. Greatness and inspiration craftsmanship and dedication to beauty can be found in our backyards. and functionality.

Dedicated craftsman launched more These fully realized vintage journals (5 ¼ x 8 ¼) than 500 ships from this port town. contain 220 lined pages. Price: $16.95 The world famous saltbank fishing and racing schooner, the Bluenose, was built here. The same craftsmanship that built those ships also manifested itself in all aspects of life and is responsible for its UNESCO World Heritage Site designation.

The narrow streets and unique archi- tecture and all the little flourishes of detail is a reminder of the importance of beauty. Life and beauty can co-exist.

British Columbia 978-1-77276-129-0

Alberta 978-1-77276-128-3

Saskatchewan 978-1-77276-127-6

Manitoba 978-1-77276-126-9

Ontario 978-1-77276-125-2

Quebec 978-1-77276-124-5

Prince Edward Island 978-1-77276-121-4

New Brunswick 978-1-77276-122-1

Nova Scotia 978-1-77276-123-8

Newfoundland and Labrador 978-1-77276-120-7

Spring, 2019 1 NEW FOR THE SPRING

Turning Points: ISBN: 978-1-77276-118-4 Author: Paul W. Bennet, Ed.D. 20 Pivotal Moments in Nova Scotia’s History Price: 19.95

Author Paul Bennett builds on his Chronicle Herald column that ran in 2017 to Pub date: March tell the history of Nova Scotia through 20 pivotal turning points. From Nova Rights held: World Scotia’s problems with Confederation to wartime Halifax, the Springhill Min- 9 x 10 ¼; softcover, 160 pages ing Disaster, Viola Desmond and Ray Ivany’s ‘Now or Never’ report, Bennett recounts these decisive moments that have shaped the province’s destiny. Marketing plans • Regional print and digital ads ISBN: 978-1-77276-111-5 • Provincial media and review mailing My Nova Scotia Home: With rarely seen photography from the Chronicle Herald archives, combined Price: $19.95 • Targeted marketing campaign Nova Scotia’s best writers riff on the place they call home with skillfully crafted and colourful stories, Bennett shows how these turning Pub date: March points helped define the Nova Scotia we live in today. Each episode helped Rights held: World forge the province’s identity, change its trajectory, and shape its collective 6 x 9/softcover; 200 pages In this no-holds barred look at the province, writers captivate and capture the sense of purpose. true essence of Nova Scotia. From these personal accounts of life here, the Marketing plans writers reveal the great joys and small pleasures but also the schisms, foibles, Paul W. Bennet, Ed.D., is a Halifax author, education policy researcher, and • Regional print and digital ads and missed opportunities of a life made in Nova Scotia. By revealing them- well-known news commentator. He is director of Schoolhouse Institute, Hali- • Provincial media and review mailing selves, they make the province larger, more welcoming, more interesting, and fax, founding Chair of researchED Canada, and the author of nine books. His • Targeted marketing campaign blog, Educhatter, was honoured in 2018 with the Gold Medal as Top Education • Provincial tour featuring contributing certainly more colourful. This book is proof positive that life really is a search authors in public forum for home. Blog in Canada.

Contributing writers include: Chief Daniel Paul, Sheldon Currie, George Elliot Clarke, Jonathan Torrens, Acadia University President Dr. Peter Ricketts, Tareq Hadhad (Peace By Chocolate), Darren Greer, Donna Morrisey, Lesley Choyce, Carol Bruneau, Silver Don Cameron, Elaine McCluskey, Janet Barkhouse, Allan Lynch, Phil Milner, Neville MacKay, Ian Colford, Chris Benjamin, Vernon Oickle, Jan Coates, Janice Landry, John J. Guiney Yallop, Theresa Meuse and Alice Burdick.

2 MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc. Spring, 2019 3 RECENTLY RELEASED

The Bluenoser’s Book of Slang How to talk Nova Scotian

Nova Scotia is blessed with a rich language. It is literally littered with words and expressions that vary from county to county, and town to town. From hodge-podge, to blowin’ a gale, bed lunch, slippy, fill yer boots and right some good, Nova Scotia Slang will introduce you to a whole new language. Vernon Oickle is an international award winning journalist, editor and writer. Maritime folklore, superstitions and traditions are his passion.

The Nova Scotia Book of Lists

Humans are obsessed with lists. We have our shopping lists and our list of things to do. We also have lists of the Top Ten Movies, Top Ten Songs, Top Ten ISBN: 978-1-77276-093-4 Books, Top Ten Places to Eat, Top News Stories of the Year and so on and so on. ISBN: 978-1-77276-119-1 We Love Nova Scotia Author: Vernon Oickle Curator: Vernon Oickle Price: $16.95 Price: $19.95 A people’s portrait But what about Nova Scotia? What about the 10 best fishing holes in Nova Scotia? How about the top 10 weather events to occur in Nova Scotia? Who Pub date: March Drawn from the images from the We Love Nova Scotia community Facebook were the Top 10 most influential people in the history of Nova Scotia? What Rights held: World group (52,000 members), it proves being in the right place at the right time were the 10 worst crimes ever committed in Nova Scotia? Which 10 notable 10x8/softcover, 96 pages does matter. From Meat Cove to Cape Forchu and down every back road Nova Scotians would you want to have a drink with? If you could, which 10 and into every cove along the coast, We Love Nova Scotia, is a collection of famous Nova Scotians would you invite to a dinner party at your house? Marketing plans stunning photography from photographers (amateur and professional) from • Regional print and digital ads around the province. In The Nova Scotia Book of Lists, seasoned author Vernon Oickle compiles a • Provincial media and review mailing collection of lists on anything you can think of about Nova Scotia. Among the • Targeted marketing campaign lists, we get: • Launch with contributing photographers The images are simply breathtaking and speak for themselves. This is no ordi- nary photography book. It is a book by people who love Nova Scotia. Curated • Joe Canada’s Top10 qualities that define a “real” Nova Scotian. by author Vernon Oickle. • Natalie MacMaster’s wish list of the Top 10 Nova Scotians she would like Audience for the book is, of course, locals and tourists, but just as importantly to perform for. the 52,000 members of the We Love Nova Scotia community group who are • Jimmy Rankin’s 10 favourite songs ever performed by a Nova Scotian. responsible for the book. Vernon Oickle is an international award winning journalist, editor and writer. He is the author of 28 books, including Red Sky at Night and the bestselling series of books based on the saying, “One Crow Sorrow …” Vernon continues to reside in Liverpool where he was born and raised.

ISBN: 978-1-77276-109-2 Author: Vernon Oickle Price: $19.95

4 MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc. Spring, 2019 5 Out of Old Saskatchewan Kitchens

Out of Old Saskatchewan Kitchens is the story of the people and the food they prepared. Saskatoons to sauerkraut. Bannock to baked beans. Out of Old Saskatchewan Kitchens is a tantalizing blend of pioneer cuisine and rich culinary heritage dating back to the fur trade and beyond. With dozens of photos, it is a window into life as it was then. If you want to know what life was really like in early Saskatchewan, come to the table with us.

A CULINARY CLASSIC “This blending of characters, recipes and stories serves up a menu of home. In the tradition of iconic Canadian food writers Anita Stewart, Marie Nightingale, and Edna Staebler, Amy Jo Ehman has penned a culinary classic.” — dee Hobsbawn-Smith, chef and award-winning author

2018 official Saskatchewan selection - One Book, One Province

ISBN: 978-1-927097-61-8 Author: Amy Jo Ehman Price: $19.95

Out of Old Manitoba Kitchens

Out of Old Manitoba Kitchens is the story of the people and the food they ISBN: 978-1-77276-112-2 Out of Old Ontario Kitchens prepared. It is a window into life as it was then. If you want to know what life Author: Lindy Mechefske was really like in early Manitoba, come to the table with us. Christine Hanlon Price: $24.95 has a passion for food, people, and their stories. Out of Old Manitoba Kitchens captures the essence of the province’s rich culinary traditions, melding Out of Old Ontario Kitchens is the story of people and the food they prepared. recipes, photographs and narratives of its earliest cooks, including the With more than 50 photos, it is a window into life as it was then. If you want to Indigenous people, Selkirk Settlers and first homesteaders. know what life was really like in early Ontario, come to the table with us. FEAST Out of Old Ontario Kitchens pays homage to the First Peoples and the earliest “This fascinating book is packed with historical and culinary insights into the settlers; those who trapped and fished and hunted; those who cleared the foodways of early Manitoba, brought to life in vivid and warm-hearted prose land and planted crops; and to all those women — our mothers and aunts, — a deliciously well-collated feast of real people and real recipes.” our grandmothers and great-grandmothers and great-great grandmothers — — James Chatto, award winning food writer and author who got up and lit the fire; who toiled and stirred and cooked and baked and who kept families alive.

Lindy Mechefske is author of the award-winning Sir John’s Table and A Taste of Wintergreen. She is the food columnist for the Kingston Whig-Standard and ISBN: 978-1-77276-052-1 also writes for The New Quarterly, the Ottawa Citizen, Today Magazine, and Author: Christine Hanlon Kingston Life. She makes her home in Kingston, Ontario. Price: $24.95 (Hardcover)

6 MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc. Spring, 2019 7 NATURAL DISASTER YOU MIGHT BE FROM IF … SERIES

New Brunswick Underwater You Might Be From The Great White North If … THE 2018 SAINT JOHN RIVER FLOOD

In April 2018, New Brunswick’s famous Reversing Falls simply stopped You Might Be From The Great White North If … is a delightful, illustrated romp reversing as the 2018 Saint John river flood caused the worst damage on the through the Great White North. From one of the most celebrated cartoonists river in more than 50 years. in the north, John Henderson delivers his unique take on this extraordinary place, tickling the funny bone on every page. As Henderson proves, the North At its height, more than 300,000 cubic feet per second of water raced through is proud of who it is and likes nothing better than a good laugh. Despite being the Mactaquac Dam just above Fredericton, 3.5 times more water than raised in Newfoundland, John Henderson is an entrenched Northerner. He normal. When the waters finally receded two weeks later, cottages had floated is the cartoonist of record for the Yellowkniker. He also toons for News North, away, homes and cars were underwater, and thousands of people had been Inuvik Drum and Deh Cho Drum. displaced, their homes destroyed. ISBN: 978-1-77276-091-0 ISBN: 978-1-77276-115-3 IRREVERENT Author: Lisa Hrabluk Author/illustrator: John Henderson In New Brunswick Underwater, Lisa Hrabluk uses words and images to follow “John Henderson is an irreverent, inked jester poking his penned sceptre at Price: $19.95 Price: $19.95 volunteers, evacuees and first responders who raced the rising river to save the powerful and letting everyone know that even in the North the emperor their communities from this historic flood. wears no clothes. Readers of Yellowknifer, News/North and Inuvik Drum who turn to his cartoon each week will love this book ... it’s a must-have!” POWERFUL — Mike W. Bryant, Managing Editor, Northern News Services “When the Saint John River rose in 2018, it reminded us, powerfully, of its place in New Brunswick’s history. Lisa Hrabluk introduces us to the people whose attention it seized and who’ve been forced to reflect on how they can live in harmony with this extraordinary river in the future.” You Might Be From Canada If … NATIONAL — Costas Halavrezos, journalist and former CBC host of Radio Noon BESTSELLER

You Might Be From Canada If ... is a delightful, illustrated romp through this country as it celebrates its 150th birthday. Michael de Adder delivers his unique take on this one-of-a-kind country, tickling the funny bone on every page. As de Adder proves, Canadians are proud of who they are and like nothing better than a good laugh, often at themselves. Michael has won the American Association British Columbia Burning for Editorial Cartooning Golden Spike award and has been nominated for a Reuben and a National Newspaper Award. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts More of British Columbia had gone up in smoke in eight days in July 2017 than during the in drawing and painting from Mount Allison University. de Adder’s cartoons are syndicated across North America, making him one of the most widely read ISBN: 978-1-77276-063-7 entire 2016 season. It was a year for the record books. By the time the flames were finally Author/illustrator: Michael de Adder extinguished, 2017 ranked as the worst wildfire season in British Columbia history. cartoonists in Canada. Price: $19.95 By the end of the summer, more than 65,000 people​ had been forced to leave their homes BRILLIANT and wildfire smoke was choking the air as far away as Victoria and Saskatchewan. In British “Most of my career I’ve tried to answer the question ‘What is a Canadian?’ I’ve Columbia Burning, Bethany Lindsay uses words and images to follow firefighters, evacuees done interviews, focus groups, polls and panels but have always been left and those who stayed to save their communities in this unforgettable wildfire season. wondering. Not anymore. Michael de Adder has all the real answers and they are brilliantly funny to boot.” ENGAGING — Peter Mansbridge, former host CBC’s The National ISBN: 978-1-77276-090-3 “A vivid and engaging look at a summer of unprecedented wildfires, British Colum- Author: Bethany Lindsay bia Burning takes the reader inside the communities that were forced to flee the Price: $19.95 flames. An important book that everyone should read.” — Rob Shaw, co-author, A Matter of Confidence: The Inside Story of the Political Battle for B.C

8 MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc. Spring, 2019 9 Also by Michael de Adder: You Might Be From Hamilton If … NATIONAL You Might Be From Nova Scotia If … BESTSELLER

HILARIOUS . . . The Hammer. The Ambitious City. Steel town. Canada’s tenth largest city, “Michael de Adder is a very funny guy — and a very astute one. Not only are Hamilton, Ontario, has been called a lot of things. But Hamiltonians, near and his cartoons hilarious; each of the ones in this book picks out a foible that far, know they can always come home to a place that has a rich history... and a every Nova Scotian will recognize and enjoy.” lot of amusing stories only locals would know. Graeme MacKay, a Hamiltonian —Silver Donald Cameron, Nova Scotian author born and bred, knows this city’s quirks and characters. With more than 120 cartoons, illustrates what so many people have come to love (and perhaps cringe a little) about this port city.

ISBN: 978-1-927097-39-7 UNIQUE ISBN: 978-1-77276-078-1 Price: $19.95 “Graeme MacKay’s wonderful ability to point out human fallibility and Author/illustrator: Graeme MacKay madness on the national and international stage is also readily apparent when Price: $19.95 You Might Be From New Brunswick If … he casts his gaze on his home—Hamilton, Ontario. Like Stephen Leacock in Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, MacKay’s work captures the unique essence A HIT of his beloved city’s politics and culture and inevitably elicits a knowing laugh “Being a New Brunswicker, I always was proud of the history and culture. This from his readers.” book made me smile and remember why I love this province so much and —Brian Gable, editorial cartoonist for the Globe and Mail moved back here after my baseball career was done. This book is a hit with me.” — Matt Stairs, 2008 World Series Champion You Might Be From Alberta If … ISBN: 978-1-927097-65-6 Price: $19.95 You Might Be From Alberta If . . . is a delightful, illustrated romp through the You Might Be From Newfoundland and Labrador If … Wild Rose Province. From one of the most celebrated cartoonists in the province, Dave Elston delivers his unique take on this extraordinary place, WONDERFUL tickling the funny bone on every page. As Elston proves, this is a province that “Nothing can compare to the rich and unique cultural heritage of is proud of what it is, and likes nothing better than a good laugh. Newfoundland and Labrador. From our dialect to our traditions to our weather, Mike has captured the essence of what it is to be from our province. A FAN Distinct, resilient and unapologetically proud of who we are and where we “I’ve been a fan of Dave Elston’s for years. As an Albertan, born and bred, ISBN: 978-1-927097-87-8 have come from, this wonderful collection will be sure to capture the hearts I salute him for tackling the land of the prairie oyster and the Chinook headaches. Well done!” Author/illustrator: Dave Elston of all who read it.” Price: $19.95 — Will Ferguson, Giller Prize winner for 419 ISBN: 978-1-927097-89-2 — Danny Williams, former premier of Newfoundland and Labrador Price: $19.95

You Might Be From Manitoba If … You Might Be From British Columbia If …

You Might Be From BC If . . . is a delightful, illustrated romp through this diverse As the editorial cartoonist for the Winnipeg Free Press for 30 years, Dale province. From one of the most celebrated cartoonists in the province, Daniel Cummings take on all things Manitoban was required reading. Thoughtful, Murphy delivers his unique take on Canada’s most unique province, tickling satirical, and laugh out loud funny, this is the book Cummings was born to the funny bone on every page. As Murphy proves, this is a province that is write. proud of who it is and likes nothing better than a good laugh.

BELLY LAUGH UNIQUE “Dale Cummings is one of those rare observers who can prick pomposity, “You Might Be From British Columbia If ... is not only brilliantly funny, it’s dead- expose duplicity, advance wisdom and provoke a belly laugh, all with a boyish on accurate. Years from now, historians will realize this book is the most ISBN: 978-1-927097-88-5 Author/illustrator: Dan Murphy ISBN 978-1-927097-60-1 grin on his happy face.” important dissection on what it is that makes B.C. so unique. And right after Author/illustrator: Dale Cummings — Gordon Sinclair, Jr., award winning author and senior columnist with the Price: $19.95 Price: $19.95 that, Dan Murphy will realize he should have asked for more money.” Winnipeg Free Press — Adrian Raeside, editorial cartoonist

10 MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc. Spring, 2019 11 You Might Be From Saskatchewan If Vol. 1 … THE BOOK OF MUSTS SERIES

You Might Be From Saskatchewan If... is a delightful, illustrated romp through The Land of the Living Sky. From one of the best gag and comic writers in the country and an up and coming Saskatchewan illustrator, this is a book that tickles the funny bone on every page. Carson Demmans’ punch lines and In our Book of Musts series, we call upon some of the best writers in the country Jason Sylvestre’s bang-on illustrations reveal a province that is proud of who it to scour their respective province and give us a list of “musts” — places to visit, is and likes nothing better than a good laugh. things to see and experiences to be had. We have assembled them all in an easy- to-use format that invites you to explore each of these unique places in Canada. CHUCKLE . . . “I found my self chuckling consistently at this book … and I’m not from From chilling out on the Columbia Icefields, to munching on sweet potato Saskatchewan.” fries at Dadeos, to rappelling through Rat’s Nest cave, to line dancing at a ISBN: 978-1-927097-21-2 free pancake breakfast or rocking out at the Labatt’s Blues Festival in Alberta. Author: Carson Demmans — Ron Ferdinand, DENNIS THE MENACE Sunday artist. From kissing the cod to catching greasy pigs at the largest garden party in the Illustrator: Jason Sylvestre Price: $12.95 world, dancing to Shanneyganock in the capital city and hiking Terra Nova in Newfoundlander and Labrador.

You Might Be From Saskatchewan If Vol. 2 … From the Cabot Trail in October to rafting the highest tides to drinking beer and singing Barrett’s Privateers on the Halifax waterfront to looking in on Annapolis ISBN: 978-0-9784784-2-1 Royal, one of the most interesting townscapes in North America, this is the Author: Allan Lynch They’re back. The bestselling authors of You Might Be From Saskatchewan If “must” list every Nova Scotian must have. Price: $13.95 . . . are back with another belly-laugh inducing look at the Land of the Living Skies. If it is possible, Volume Two is even funnier. From snowblowers to the From potters and painters in Breadalbane to a museum devoted exclusively to 13th man to Dick Assman and Prairie Oyster jokes that never get old, it is all seaweed in Miminagash, open mic at Baba’s Lounge in Charlottetown to a sleep here. It is laugh out loud FUNNY. over at the West Point Lighthouse and the wonders of the Daylily farm in Belfast, every Islander “must” have this list. From fox hunting Victorian-style on the HILARIOUS Prairies, to the crooked trees of Alticane, to sipping cappuccinos on Broadway in “No matter where I go, I’ll always long for the vast, endless prairie, sparkling Saskatoon, or spa hopping and tunnel touring in Moose Jaw, this is the “must” ISBN: 978-1-927097-48-9 snow, and Hawkins’ Cheezies. Carson and Jason’s hilarious cartoons capture list every Saskatchewanian must have. Author: Carson Demmans that feeling perfectly. If you are from Saskatchewan, you must buy this book.” Illustrator: Jason Sylvestre — Elaine Will, graphic novelist and Saskatchewan Book Award nominee Savouring a sunset on Chesterman Beach, browsing local fare at the Salt Spring Price: $12.95 Island Market or admiring the Chemainus Murals — it’s all here — the best beach on Hornby Island and the islands’ best place to stay: Vancouver Island You Might Be From Texas If … Book of Musts is the ultimate guide to our 101 best places. ISBN: 978-0-9810941-2-0 The Books of Musts series spans the country, from sea, to sea, to sea. We’ve also Author: Dina O’Meara rounded up expert residents from across each province to weigh in with their Price: $13.95 You Might Be From Texas If ... is a delightful, illustrated romp through this one- own “must” lists. of-a kind place. Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Nick Anderson delivers his unique take on America’s most unique state, tickling the funny bone on every page. As Anderson proves, this is a state that is proud of who it is and likes nothing better than a good laugh.

Nick Anderson won the Pulitzer Prize in 2005. He also earned the SPJ’s Sigma Delta Chi award in 2000, the 1999 Fischetti Award, and first-place honors for ISBN: 978-1-77276-006-4 editorial cartooning in the Best of Gannett Awards in 1996, 1997 and 1999. Author/illustrator: Nick Anderson In 1989, he won the Charles M. Schulz Award for best college cartoonist. Price: $19.95 Anderson’s cartoons have been published in Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune and other papers.

LAUGH OUT LOUD “You’re definitely from Texas if you can see yourself in Nick Anderson’s wonderful cartoons and still laugh at who we are and where we come from. This book should be given to every new immigrant to our state so they’ll ISBN: 978-0-9784784-1-4 ISBN: 978-0-9810941-3-7 ISBN: 978-1772760156 ISBN: 978-0-9810941-5-1 know what they’re in for.” Author: Erin Moore Author: D. Grant Black Author: Peter Grant Author: Janice Wells — Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize winning author, screenwriter, playwright Price: $13.95 Price: $13.95 Price: $14.95 Price: $13.95 12 MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc. Spring, 2019 13 BOOK OF EVERYTHING … SERIES

What is the Book of Everything?

From Nova Scotia, to Toronto, to Calgary and Vancouver Island. From New Brunswick and Newfoundland, to Montreal and Edmonton and every province in between and even to Seoul, South Korea, the Books of Everything have everything you wanted to know about these places but may have been afraid ask. ISBN: 978-1-77276-108-5 ISBN: 978-0-9784784-3-8 In our series, we assemble some of the best writers in Canada and beyond to ISBN: 978-0-9784784-6-9 Authors: Christine Authors: John MacIntyre Authors: Kim Arnott, tell us, literally, everything they know about these places. We also collect the Hanlon, Barbara Edie and and Martha Walls Marvin Ross and Cheryl thoughts and observations of well-known and highly respected locals on a Doreen Pendgracs Price: $14.95 MacDonald variety of topics. Price: $14.95 Price: $14.95

In Calgary, author and historian Brian Brennan gives us his top five Calgary ISBN: 978-1-77276-106-1 Author: Roberta McDonald “scallywags and scoundrels.” In Hamilton, singer-songwriter Shawn Brush tells Price: $14.95 us five great places to listen to live music. In Manitoba, former Premier and Canadian Governor General Ed Schreyer details Manitobans that he admires most. In Montreal, Luc Robitaille gives us five reasons he loved playing hockey in the city. In Nova Scotia, singer-songwriter, Joel Plaskett gives up his favorite hangouts. In Vancouver, historian Chuck Davis gives us his top five events that shaped its history. In Seoul, an economist explains “the miracle on the Han.”

From politics, to crime. From major weather events and scandals. From important historical to major economic milestones. From famous people to the best places to eat, it’s all here in our “Books of Everything!”

A HIT . . . “The Books of Everything are a big hit. This type of book is long overdue and I ISBN: 978-0-9784784-7-6 ISBN: 978-0-9738063-8-0 ISBN: 978-0-9784784-0-7 wish I had thought of it first. There are thousands of interesting facts and stats.” Authors: Samantha Amara Author: Art Montague Authors: Nate Hendley, Karen and Beverly Cramp Price: $14.95 Lloyd, and Tanya Gulliver — Janice Wells, travel writer Price: $14.95 Price: $14.95 ISBN: 978-0-9738063-2-8 Author: Martha Walls Price: $14.95

ISBN: 978-0-9738063-7-3 ISBN: 978-1-77276-107-8 ISBN: 978-0-9738063-9-7 ISBN: 978-0-9784784-4-5 ISBN: 978-1-927097-91-5 ISBN: 978-0-9738063-6-6 ISBN: 978-0-9810941-7-5 Author: Jim Hynes Author: Cheryl Mahaffy Author: Kelly-Anne Riess Author: Martha Walls Author: Peter Grant Author: Martha Walls Author: Tim Lehnert Price: $14.95 Price: $14.95 Price: $14.95 Price: $14.95 Price: $14.95 Price: $14.95 Price: $14.95

14 MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc. Spring, 2019 15 101 SERIES COLOURING BOOKS

So what’s in our 101 Series? Colour Nova Scotia

The writers and editors at 101 believe that a place is revealed through the From one of Nova Scotia’smost colourful artists comes Colour Nova Scotia. accumulation of detail. It is revealed one fact at a time. You find it in variations With 70 pages of some of the most beautiful and brilliant Nova Scotia scenes in weather and climate, pride in favourite sons and daughters, the local food ever gathered in one book, artist Julie Anne Babin presents you with the lingo, and in how people earn a living and amuse themselves. opportunity to transform these stunning images with your own colour choices. If you love Nova Scotia, you’ll love Colour Nova Scotia! We’ve made it our job to unearth and marshal those facts so that taken together they reveal a portrait. 101 books are not about restaurant and hotel VISUAL ESSENCE prices or museum openings. They are books about places. They are books “If you’re looking for the scenes of the Nova Scotia you know and love, and about what makes them tick. you want to add the unique colours of the province (the intense blue skies, the rich green forests, the snow, the sand, the sea, the blazing reds and golds ISBN: 978-1-77276-034-7 Artist: Julie Anne Babin From Popham Colony and Massachusetts outpost to statehood and lumber of fall — in fact — all the colours represented in the Nova Scotia tartan) then ISBN: 978-0-9784874-9-0 Price: $14.95 Author: Nancy Griffin capital of the world, to profiles of the mighty lobster, the Maine Moose, this is the colouring book for you. Hats off to the talented artist, Julie Anne Price: $14.95 Stephen King, the Wyeth clan, Fly Rod Crosby, and Baxter’s great gift, no book Babin, for capturing the province’s visual essence in this book and giving is more comprehensive than Maine 101. others the chance to complete the images in their own way.” — S.B. Borgersen, artist, poet, author In Minnesota 101 you’ll find everything from the wooly mammoth to French exploration, British rule and the post-Revolution government, to snow, snow Colour Manitoba and more snow, SPAM and Betty Crocker and profiles of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garrison Keillor, and the Farmer-Labor party, no book is Manitoba is captivating in its natural beauty and rich in cultural heritage. more comprehensive. No book is more fun. Join us on a journey through the center of Canada, from the stunning prairie landscapes, to Winnipeg, the multicultural centre of the province, and to the In Rhode Island 101, we discover that beginning as an unpromising collection North, home of the majestic beluga whales and the iconic polar bear. Winnipeg of outcasts, malcontents, squatters, and dissenters, followed by a century and artist Natalie Thiessen, has created 65 beautiful images ready for you to a half of internal dissension and external hostility, Rhode Island emerged as a personalize with your own colours and style. special place. EXQUISITE ISBN: 978-0-9810941-8-2 WITTY … “Natalie has captured in wonderful detail much of what we love and enjoy ISBN: 978-1-77276-072-9 Authors: Jan Matthews, Kate Dohman, “This witty, fun book is packed with . . . information that you usually can only Amanda Fretheim Gates, Kristal Leebrick about Manitoba. From beautiful patterns of garter snakes to an aerial Artist: Natalie Thiessen get from locals. If you’re from Maine, or from away, you’ll enjoy this book.” and Ruth Weleczki perspective of a kayaker paddling alongside beluga whales, this collection of Price: $16.95 Price: $14.95 — The Working Waterfront exquisite line art is an inspiration to all who engage in colouring as a mindful and meditative activity. “ ENTERTAINING … — Frank Reimer, Instructor, Red River College , Certified Graphic Designer (CGD) “The pages practically turn themselves and contain some of the most entertaining tidbits of Minnesota trivia ever gathered between two book covers. It is a fascinating treasure trove.” — Eddie Pelkey, Moose Lake Star Gazette Colour Saskatchewan

From one of Saskatchewan’smost colourful artists comes Colour Saskatchewan. This adult colouring book is 80 pages of some of the most beautiful and brilliant Saskatchewan scenes ever gathered in one book. If you love Saskatchewan, you’ll love Colour Saskatchewan!

SHARPEN YOUR PENCILS “Cartoonist Jason Sylvestre knows and loves Saskatchewan. If you know and ISBN: 978-0-9810941-0-6 love this province, too, you’ll be tickled by Jason’s latest offering and this hands- Author: Tim Lehnert on opportunity to colour your world. Grab your crayons, sharpen your pencils, ISBN: 978-1-77276-037-8 Price: $14.95 and take them on a stroll through familiar Saskatchewan sites and scenes.” Artist: Jason Sylvestre Price: $16.95 — Patricia Katz, Watercolour Artist & Creator of the Book, Sketches of Saskatoon

16 MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc. Spring, 2019 17 CHILDREN’S BOOKS Saskatchewan A to Z

Written for 4-7 year-olds, Saskatchewan A to Z familiarizes young readers with the towns and iconic landmarks from across the province. From Aberdeen to Kindersley to Qu’Appelle, Regina and Zealandia, children will meet a colourful Little Tree By The Sea cast of characters as they are introduced to the Land of the Living Skies. This beautifully illustrated book should be on every Saskatchewan child’s bookshelf! On December 6, 1917, two tramp steamers, the Mont-Blanc and the Imo, collided in wartime Halifax Harbour. Steel grating on steel caused sparks to fly James Zintel is a cartoonist/illustrator living in Saskatoon. He is the talent creating what became the largest man-made explosion of its time. More than behind the humour comic strips Gary and Ted as well as Bear Factoids. His ISBN: 978-1-77276-028-6 2000 people died (500 of those children) and 9,000 were injured. It left 6,000 current work includes two recently launched comics “SpaceSquatch” and Story and art by James Zintel people homeless and an additional 19,000 without adequate shelter. The blast “Shump”. All of his work past and present can be found at www.jameszintel.com Price: $16.95 destroyed or damaged 6630 buildings.

One of the most generous responses came from Boston and the state of Massachusetts. Within 48 hours it organized trains to carry 33 doctors, 79 Row Bot nurses, and six representatives of relief agencies. In honour of this act of compassion and generosity, every year the province of Nova Scotia sends the It is not every day you meet a rowboat-rowing Row Bot (say that three times City of Boston one of its most beautiful trees. The tree lighting usually takes fast), but here he is. The word play is simply magnificent and the book is pure place in November on the Boston Common. Traditionally, the Nova Scotia tree ISBN: 978-1-77276-069-9 fun. You’ll find yourself reading it aloud over and over and over again. Written is always the first tree lit on the Common. Story by John DeMont; art by Belle DeMont for kids 4-6 years old, this book is original in every sense of the word. If your Price: $17.95 child might like to meet a genial Row Bot, come on along for the ride. Sheree WARM AND VISUALLY APPEALING Fitch (Mabel Murple, Toes in My Nose), one of Canada’s most beloved and “The determined little tree may be the book’s hero, but Belle’s stunning influential children’s authors, describes as “simply brilliant.” “The word play,” illustrations – strongly reminiscent of Ludwig Bemelmans’s for the Madeline she says, “is magnificent.” series – are its star. Gentle reds, greens, and ochres contained within hand- ISBN: 978-1-77276-040-8 drawn black lines strike just the right chord. Her work is folksy without being Canadian author and illustrator B.A. Knowles career path led her around Story and art by B.A. Knowles cute, expressive but never overwrought. the globe and back, with a suitcase full of stories to share. She now lives in Price: $14.95 Riverport, NS and draws inspiration and motivation from her husband and “John’s text, likewise, is economical and evocative. ‘It wasn’t big or rich, but it was two young sons. snug and pretty,’ he writes of Halifax a century ago, while the largest man-made explosion of all time is likened to ‘all of the thunder in the world [happening] at FUN BOOK once.’ Warm and visually appealing, with just the right mix of history and fairy “Clever and hilarious word play. A highly original and fun book.” tale, The Little Tree by the Sea hits the mark in every way.” — Kate Lum, Multi-award winning author of Princesses Are Not Just Pretty — Emily Donaldson, Quill & Quire

I Met An Elk in Edson Once Natalie’s Glasses

Join an elk in undies named Rusty in a search for Uncle Todd. From Jasper, Fort To tell you the truth, and this is no word of a lie, the story of Natalie’s Glasses is Macleod and the hoodoos to the Calgary Stampede, Cowboy Trail and Head- about learning to see. But then again isn’t everything? Natalie Whitman is nine Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, come along on the best road trip ever! Promise! years old, in grade four, and attends Lunenburg Academy. Natalie’s dad and granddad went to the Lunenburg Academy; even her granddad’s dad and his Dave Kelly is an award-winning playwright, actor and television host. This is granddad went there. his third book. It is, however, the first one that rhymes. The Lunenburg Academy is the most beautiful school in the most beautiful Wes Tyrell is one of the country’s preeminent cartoonistsand illustrators. He town in the whole world. When you tell people the Lunenburg Academy is a ISBN: 978-1-77276-031-6 has been the president of The Association of Canadian Cartoonists since 2012. Story by Dave Kelly; art by Wes Tyrell school, sometimes they don’t believe you. Price: $17.95 FULL OF LAUGHS I don’t think I told you, but Natalie wears glasses. What is important to mention “This book is full of laughs and a great addition to your book collection. I ISBN: 978-1-9269161-6-3 is that she loses her glasses and the funny thing is only then could she see. This highly recommend getting this one for the kids and can’t wait to read it to my Story and art by Steven Rhude is an epic children’s journey . . . a journey of discovery and belief in yourself. The little one.” Price: $19.95 spirit of Natalie Whitman triumphs in this battle with adults who just can’t see. — Candice Ryan, CFWE Radio

18 MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc. Spring, 2019 19 FICTION Where Evil Dwells: The Nova Scotia Anthology of Horror

From ghosts, monsters and legends to the macabre and fantastical, Where Evil Dwells: The Nova Scotia Anthology of Horror will frighten, intrigue and change the way you think about the supernatural. Come with us as these ghost Where The Rivers Meet chasers and investigators of the paranormal (and some of the best writers working today) take you on a wild ride to the extreme limits and beyond the realm of reality. Strange, even deadly, encounters happen when young Tommy Caffrey is left alone with the Mi’kmaq tomahawk he found. Set in a mythical northern Cape Contributing writers: Darren Greer, William Kowalski, Frank Macdonald, Darryl Breton town, Where The Rivers Meet is a coming-of-age story told against the Walsh, Janice Landry, Steve Vernon, Christine Welldon, Laura Best, Danny backdrop of religious and racial conflict that occurs when gold is discovered on Gillis, Bruce Nunn, Laurie Glenn Norris, Bruce Graham, A J B Johnston, Glenna ISBN: 978-1-77276-075-0 Indian land. Jenkins, Anna Braun Taylor, Vernon Oickle, Gabriella (Gab) Halasz and Sherry Editor: Vernon Oickle D. Ramsey. Price: $19.95 Danny Gillis has written for magazines and newspapers for more than two decades. He is a respected author and editor. Where The Rivers Meet is a special FRIGHTENING book by a special talent and will firmly establish Gillis as a master storyteller and “A delightfully frightening set of stories with some serious literary chops.” one of the most important and engaging voices to come out of the region in — Atlantic Books Today, Fall 2017 years.

ISNB: 978-1-77276-002-6 MESMERIZING Author: Danny Gillis “Gillis introduces us to a cast of characters as original as they are familiar, as Red Coat Brigade Price: $19.95 humorous as they are insightful. With an often mesmerizing frenzy of words and images, Gillis weaves geography and communities, the beauty and cruelty of youth, corporate exploitation and indigenous tragedy, into an unforgettable On a warm, beautiful sunny day in June 1782, the women and young and extremely entertaining tale.” children of the village of Chester come together to defend their still-fledgling — Frank Macdonald, award winning author settlement against the invading and much more well-armed Americans. Armed only with their cunning and imagination, this rag-tag group of settlers pushed back the marauding intruders without the loss of a single life. In this fictional account of those events, veteran author Vernon Oickle weaves facts Five Crows Silver and legend to tell a story that has become part of Nova Scotia’s heritage and folklore. ISBN: 978-1-927097-81-6 Author: Vernon Oickle THRILLER Five Crows Silver is a riveting, taut crime drama that will keep you guessing to Price: $14.95 the last page. When young girls go missing throughout Nova Scotia, Liverpool “This is an historical thriller of the first order. It is a page turner . . . a book you RCMP Corporal Cliff Graham and special investigator Sergeant Greg Paris simply won’t be able to put down.” come to realize they are playing a game of cat and mouse. The question is — Robert Hirtle, journalist who is the cat, and who is the mouse?

DISTURBING “With his strong command of language, excellent eye for detail, flair for the ISBN: 978-1-77276-058-3 mystical, and unhesitating willingness to explore the dark side of human Author: Vernon Oickle Till Death Do Us Part – A screenplay Price: $19.95 nature, this next installment of Vernon Oickle’s mystery series will delight, satisfy, and disturb fans of the genre.” — William Kowalski, award winning author Marie MacDonald dutifully followed her husband to Washington from small town Maine. It was a move that should have transformed her young Congressman husband, but it was Marie who was transformed.

Forced to return to Maine after her husband’s brain aneurysm, something had indeed changed, and it wasn’t Maine. Keeping up appearances can sometimes last forever. Just not in this case. ISBN: 978-1-927097-53-3 John MacIntyre Price: $18.95

20 MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc. Spring, 2019 21 Poetic Inquiries of Reflection and Renewal NONFICTION HISTORY AND HERITAGE From migration, teaching, attending to the sick and dying, or navigating new relationships or identities, the poems in this collection are at once evocative and poignant and at times playful. This book offers insight into what is possible with the poetic voice. 6 • 12 • 17 : The Halifax Explosion

This book can be read from beginning to end or by reading non-sequentially among the contributions. The editors of this collection have brought together On December 6, 1917, two tramp steamers, the Mont-Blanc and the Imo, a diverse array of authors who use poetry as research, and who explore many collided in wartime Halifax Harbour, creating what became the largest man- ways in which poetry can bring the reader into deeper understandings of made explosion of its time. More than 2000 people died, 9,000 were injured, experiences or issues. ISBN: 978-1-77276-043-9 6,000 people were left homeless and an additional 19,000 were left without Authors: Butler-Kisber/Guiney adequate shelter. In a combination of words and images (many never seen Yallop/Stewart/Wiebe Drs. Lynn Butler-Kisber, John J. Guiney Yallop, Mary Stewart, and Sean Wiebe before), John Boileau delivers a breathtaking account of the magnitude of this Price: $39.95 are Canadian education scholars who employ poetic inquiry in their work. event. Since the inception of the International Symposium on Poetic Inquiry in 2007, they have been an integral part of the international poetic inquiry LIKE NEVER BEFORE community. Each has a keen interest and commitment to education and the “The Halifax Explosion of 1917 was the largest man-made explosion before arts, social science research, and literacy learning. Hiroshima. Such a disaster today would generate a worldwide storm of video coverage, but the actual photographic record is sparse. This handsome book helps us see this century-old catastrophe as never before.” ISBN: 978-1-77276-066-8 — Robert MacNeil, author of the novel Burden of Desire Author: John Boileau Price: $22.95

Canadian Forces

From soldiers on the ground, sailors on the seas, and fliers in the air, this is a history of those men and women our country has placed in harm’s way.

From Siberia to Somalia, the Yukon to Yugoslavia, Korea, the Congo, the Middle East, Cyprus, Iraq, and Afghanistan, the Canadian soldier has risked life and limb for reasons and causes that Canada and Canadians believe to be right.

Canadian Armed Forces: A Salute spotlights some of our oft-forgotten history and individuals . . . the Canadian who won a Victoria Cross during the Charge of the Light Brigade, the Canadians who were involved in what was probably the ISBN: 978-1-9269160-9-5 Author: Art Montague last Cavalry charge, the Devil’s Brigade that signaled the formation of the first Price: $19.95 Special Forces unit, and the D-Day Dodgers without whom D-Day in France may have been as much a fiasco as the Dieppe landings.

This is a book that chronicles the humble heroism and often unacknowledged bravery that are a part of the Canadian soldier’s story. The book captures the tragedy and the comedy that are part of daily life in the Canadian military. This is an unabashed salute.

22 MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc. Spring, 2019 23 Ghost Stories of Nova Scotia Moose Jaw: A History in Words and Pictures

Are you afraid of things that go bump in the night? Do you think someone is The Turn—the spot on the Moose Jaw River that was the easiest to cross— watching you even though no one is there? Do doors and windows open and was a place the Cree and Assiniboine peoples gathered. (It was also here that close on their own? If you’ve answered yes to even one of these questions, then Chief Sitting Bull sought refuge after the Battle of the Little Bighorn.) join veteran ghost story teller Vernon Oickle as he brings to life some of Nova Scotia’s most intriguing tales of suspense in this collection of ghost stories. Into this already busy and thriving place, surveyors came to survey the land for future homesteads. The Canadian Pacific Railway was built and Moose Jaw FRIGHTENING was chosen as its divisional point, establishing it as one of the most important “With Ghost Stories of Nova Scotia, master storyteller Vernon Oickle treats us cities on the prairies. to another volume of frightening stories to keep the chill in our hearts even ISBN: 978-1-927097-77-9 on the hottest of days. Oickle has been a significant chronicler of the long and As we all know now, this crazy named town soon became a city of more ISBN: 978-1-77276-046-0 Author: Vernon Oickle rich Nova Scotia heritage of the supernatural and this volume is sure to be an than 33,000 people. We’ve only told you part of the story, so sit down and Author: Mary Harelkin Bishop Price: $19.95 important contribution to that tradition.” experience Moose Jaw’s colourful past in words and pictures in this one-of-a- Price: $22.95 — Darryll Walsh, acclaimed ghost hunter and author kind book.

Mary Harelkin Bishop has lived in Saskatchewan since she was 12 years old. An educator for more than 30 years, she is the author of the best-selling Made in Manitoba Tunnels of Time adventure series. Mary loves talking to people of all ages about writing ... and, of course, about Moose Jaw.

From wolves, coyotes, snapping turtles and deer to the naked farm fields, Bill Redekop has witnessed the incredible diversity of the Manitoba landscape. He has seen the slow motion collapsing of trapezoid farm buildings, the rusted vintage car on the edge of a field, and the family photos on the fridge door. Saskatoon: A History in Words and Pictures So, too, has he seen the busy cafe at coffee time, the “Be Back Soon” signs in shop windows, the rubber tire from a tree overhanging a little river, the coiling, caramel-coloured flypaper hanging from the ceiling with its catch for all to see. And then, of course, there are the people. They animate the Open In 1889, Saskatoon was no more than a few wooden houses and false-fronted shops. There were no bridges, no railway, or even a school. There was little ISBN: 978-1-9269161-1-8 Road and together we get to know them as we might a neighbour. Author: Bill Redekop reason to believe Saskatoon would be much different than any other Prairie Price: $19.95 Hop on board and come on along for a wonderful ride. It is time to hit the town. Saskatoon not only survived, it thrived. Saskatoon tells the story of the Open Road. dreams and determination of the people that built this city into the most dynamic city on the Prairies.

Amy Jo Ehman was born in Saskatoon and grew up on the family farm 150 kms away from there. Her first art gallery, first train ride, first perogie, and first ISBN: 978-1-77276-049-1 Red Sky at Night picnic were in Saskatoon. She studied at the University of Saskatchewan and Author: Amy Jo Ehman worked as a news reporter at the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix and CBC Radio & TV. Price: $22.95 She has two previous books, Prairie Feast: A Writer’s Journey Home for Dinner “Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning; red sky at night, sailor’s delight.” and Out of Old Saskatchewan Kitchens. Amy Jo lives in Saskatoon. Amy Jo loves Maritime tradition holds that such warnings be taken seriously. And with Saskatoon. good reason; lives often hang in the balance. Sailors aren’t alone in seeing in the world a connectedness that is often lost in the modern world. In Atlantic ECLECTIC Canada, thankfully such beliefs still play a role in everyday life. This is a “Saskatoon born Amy Jo Ehman goes on a personal journey of re-discovery collection of many of those age-old beliefs from the region’s best and most in this richly-illustrated history of her home town. Engaging, eclectic, and eclectic collector. sometimes quirky, the book re-examines Saskatoon’s past with a view to separating fact from fiction. Above all, it a book full of people stories that offer new perspective on the city’s history.” — Bill Waiser, 2016 Governor General Award winner for A World We have Lost: ISBN: 978-1-9269161-0-1 Saskatchewan Before 1905 Author: Vernon Oickle Price: $16.95

24 MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc. Spring, 2019 25 Nova Scotia Outstanding Outhouse Reader Vancouver Island: Imagine

The Nova Scotia Outstanding Outhouse Reader is filled cover to cover with Vancouver Island and the smaller islands around it are places apart. Canada’s interesting facts, statistics, and informative snippets about our province. Do you Pacific Coast islands have their own identities, cultures and histories. know when and where the first road was built in Nova Scotia? Or that the first Vancouver Island: Imagine celebrates the grit and accomplishment of the movie ever filmed in Canada was filmed here? When the last public execution islands’ peoples through the stunning photography of Boomer Jerritt. Equally was held in Nova Scotia? Whether your interest is sports, politics, architecture, or comfortable in wilderness landscapes and the urban labyrinth, Boomer is people, you’ll find something new here. an expert in capturing those moments of magic when the spirit of the place emerges and can be rendered artistically. GOLD MINE “How I wish the Nova Scotia Outstanding Outhouse Reader had been around years Included is an album of historical images. They lend perspective to the work ISBN: 978-1-927097-66-3 ago when I was a new immigrant to Nova Scotia. It is a goldmine of information, of Boomer Jerritt — an outstanding photographer on an island made for ISBN 978-1-927097-29-8 Author: Vernon Oickle photography. Peter Grant curated Boomer Jerritt’s photographs and provided Boomer Jerritt, Peter Grant Price: $19.95 with a ‘Wow, I didn’t know that’ on almost every page. This is the perfect volume to shed light on the province’s colourful and intriguing back story.” text for this eye-popping album. Price:$19.95 — Susan B. Borgensen, author of Light Cycle

Strange Nova Scotia

Strange Nova Scotia is a fun and, yes, STRANGE romp through this strange land. From Nova Scotia’s connection to why the White House is painted white, to the famed Shag Harbour UFO incident and the possible landing of Prince Newfoundland and Labrador Outstanding Outhouse Henry Sinclair at Chedabucto Bay on June 2, 1398, this book will amuse and intrigue Reader you on every page. From one of the province’s best-known folklorists and the wit of a budding young illustrator comes this instant classic. Welcome to Strange Nova Scotia. Do you know when the Vikings established their settlement at L’ase aux Meadows? Or that the only known case of Germans landing in North America ABSOLUTELY ENTERTAINING ISBN 978-1-927097-98-4 during the Second World War was in Newfoundland? When was the last public “Leave it to Vernon Oickle to turn over every single chunk of wave-splashed Author: Vernon Oickle execution held in Newfoundland and what was it like on execution day? beach stone in Nova Scotia to unearth a treasure trove of wonderfully-told Illustrator: Julie Anne Babin From North America’s oldest city to the eastern point in North America, the secrets and stories. Well-paced, eerie, funny and absolutely entertaining, Price:$14.95 Newfoundland and Labrador Outstanding Outhouse Reader is the book that Strange Nova Scotia is definitely worth picking up today!” should be in every Newfoundlander’s outhouse. If you love Newfoundland — Steve Vernon, author of Maritime Murder and Labrador (and we know you do), you simply must have the Newfoundland ISBN: 978-1-77276-012-5 and Labrador Outstanding Outhouse Reader. Author: Vernon Oickle Price: $19.95 Vernon Oickle is an international award winning journalist, editor and writer Strange Saskatchewan with 33 years experience working in newspapers. He is the author of more than 28 books, including the Nova Scotia Outstanding Outhouse Reader, Ghost Stories of Nova and bestselling series One Crow. He continues to reside in Strange Saskatchewan is a delightful and, yes, STRANGE romp through a Liverpool, Nova Scotia where he was born and raised. unique land. From the legend of the Turtle Lake Monster to the 8-foot giant Edouard Beaupré and the famed St. Louis Light, this is a book that will amuse and intrigue you on every page. From one of the province’s best writers and its most compelling illustrator comes this instant classic. Welcome to Strange Saskatchewan.

ISBN: 978-1-927097-77-9 Author: Carson Demmans Illustrator: Jason Sylvestre Price: $14.95

26 MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc. Spring, 2019 27 NATURE AND THE OUTDOORS COOKBOOKS

Beaches of Lunenburg-Queens Cooking with Glo

One of Nova Scotia’s great historians, J. Murray Beck, describes Nova Scotia as Cooking with Glo is a return to a dab and a pinch, a dollop and a sprinkle. jutting out into the North Atlantic like some giant lobster-shaped pier. Indeed This is cooking learned at a mother’s apron strings; and her mother from it is connected to mainland North America by a small isthmus only 24 km her mother. McNeill believes that healthy cooking is social, convivial and across. The province’s average width is only 128 km, and you are never more accessible, and the recipes contained here are dispensed with a charm, wit than 56 kilometers from the ocean. and the sage wisdom pulled from a full life. She really is the Mrs. Beeton for our times. The most distinguishing feature of the Nova Scotia landscape is the shoreline . . . all 7,579 kilometers of it. Every area of the province boasts beautiful TREASURES . . . beaches, and it is no surprise that each community thinks its beach or “If anyone understands the extent to which recipes can be treasures, it’s Glo.” ISBN: 978-1-927097-52-6 (pbk.) beaches are better than everywhere else. —Laura Calder, TV personality and cookbook author ISBN: 978-1-927097-22-9 Author: Vernon Oickle Author: Glo McNeill Price: $12.95 Price: $18.95

Day Trips from Halifax Welcome to My Kitchen

Day Trips From Halifax is packed with local eateries, hidden beaches, Joan McElman grew up on a farm, the youngest of 10 children in German/ unexpected gems, and much, much more. It tells you where and when to go Russian household. By her teens she was working (with her sister-in-law) the and what to do in an easy to understand format. You’ll rediscover favourite logging camps of BC. She would go on to marry an airforce pilot, a job that destinations and learn of places about which you have never heard. would take her all around the country and world. Welcome to my Kitchen is grounded in her practical farm experience, but enriched by a lifetime spent PERFECT cooking and studying food. “A big reason why Halifax is one of the continent’s great small cities: it’s striking distance from a long list of fascinating day trips. Tattrie — with his TRUE AND PASSIONATE clear eye and distinctive way with words — is the perfect guide.” “Joan’s collection of recipes are representative of a life in the kitchen . . . a life — John DeMont, author and columnist spent nourishing a family and entertaining friends. I love the huge variety, ISBN: 978-1-927097-90-8 ISBN: 978-1-927097-44-1 the clear and concise cooking instructions, and the approachability for Author: Joan McElman Author: Jon Tattrie both novice and veteran cooks. Congratulations Joan…you are a true and Price: $22.95 Price: $19.95 passionate cook and this book shows just how much food has united your family through the years, as it does so many others.” —Craig Flinn, Executive Chef/President of Chives Canadian Bistro and author of Out of New Nova Scotia Kitchens

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Saskatchewan Hockey Eva and Me Our Passion for Canada’s Game

How radically lives can be altered by sudden twists of fate, by luck, by Saskatchewan produces more NHL players per capita than any other place backroom politics in a darkened corridor in Beijing. Such is life. Such is the in the world. From dugout and pond hockey on farms in rural Saskatchewan story of Eva and Me. From an orphanage in Guongdong, South China and the to hockey in First Nations communities, small town rinks and urban arenas, 13,000 kilometer journey to a remote fishing village on Nova Scotia’s South this collection from some of Saskatchewan’s best writers illustrates the Prairie Shore, this is just one story in what was the largest exodus of children from a passion and devotion to the game called hockey. single country in the history of mankind. This is the story of Eva and Me. Contributing writers include: Stephen Michael Berzensky, Bill Boyd, Kelley Jo Burke, Lorna Crozier, Robert Currie, Calvin Daniels, Darrell Davis, Wes Fineday, ISBN: 978-1-77276-110-8 Myrna Garanis, Gerald Hill, Gary Hyland, Michael P. J. Kennedy, Don Kerr, 100 Ways of Being in a Small Community Editor: Allan Safarik Laurie Muirhead, James O’Shea, Dolores Reimer, William Robertson, Mansel Price: $19.95 Robinson, Allan Safarik, Stephen Scriver, Glen Sorestad, Maureen Ullrich and Brenda Zeman. Lunenburg is a famous icon of Atlantic Canada. Images of its evocative ISBN: 978-1-927097-40-3 Authors: Eva MacIntyre and John MacIntyre streetscapes and its handsome architecture have graced innumerable Price: $12.95 Canadian publications. But with Learning Lunenburg, Brian Arnott has tried to capture the essence of the town that has become his late life hometown. Fire on Ice He and his colleagues have devised a sort of urban lexicon, and they have used it here to bring to our attention the complex contemporary reality of this historic town — a reality that encompasses its spectacular appearance, but Saskatchewan produces more NHL hockey players per capita than any other which also seeks to probe deeply beneath its handsome surface. place in the world. Where do they all come from come from and why so many? Fire on Ice is the story of kids literally growing up skating on frozen Brian Arnott, is a partner in Novita Interpares, Canada’s oldest Cultural sloughs, backyard rinks and in small-town arenas. They turn the hard-working Consultancy. He has written widely on cultural policy and is a specialist in ethic of their backgrounds into the characteristics that produce NHL players several fields of Canadian industrial history. Brian is a founding director and in extraordinary numbers. The reputation for toughness and resiliency, Davis past national president of the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals. discovers, is no accident. He has been a recipient of Canada Council awards both as a writer and as a designer. He lives in Old Town, Lunenburg, with his partner Leslie Wright with ISBN: 978-1-927097-35-9 MUST READ whom he also shares stewardship of two unique commercial ventures — Author: Darrell Davis “A look at hockey’s heartland and a must read for fans everywhere. From the Price: $19.95 Luvly In Lunenburg and The Lunenburg Makery. days of Gordie Howe to the Stanley Cup homecomings of Ryan Getzlaf and Jarret Stoll. Davis , examines hockey and its roots in Saskatchewan.” “A well written book that provides a portrait of an exceptional small town. — Allan Maki, Globe and Mail ‘Learning Lunenburg’ will be inspiration for anyone interested in better understanding the meaning of community.” — Rankin MacSween, President and CEO New Dawn Enterprises Ltd., Sydney, NS Road to the NHL ISBN: 978-1-927097-96-0 Author: Brian Arnott Price: $18.95 From Sidney Crosby and Brad Marchand to Paul MacLean, Al MacInnis and Brad Richards, these are the stories of 25 Maritmers and their road to the NHL. It is an exclusive club, and they tell an incredible story of sacrifice, intestinal fortitude and belief in one’s self. This is the Road to the NHL.

PERFECT . . . “Crafted beautifully and researched thoroughly. Croucher has captured a ISBN: 978-1-927097-12-0 crucial piece of hockey with a master touch. These players owe him a debt of Author: Philip Croucher gratitude for telling their stories perfectly.” Price: $16.95 — Paul Hollingsworth-TSN 30 MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc. Spring, 2019 31 For The Record

Former Senator Wilfred Moore has been part of the political and cultural fabric of Nova Scotia and Canada for the best part of 50 years. From Halifax alderman and deputy mayor, chair of the Halifax Metro Center and chair, too, of the Bluenose II Preservation Trust, to ultimately Senator representing Nova Scotia. One of Senator Moore’s great pleasures was reading into the public record of Canada the small and large acts of ordinary and extraordinary Nova Scotians. For The Record provides a two-decade tribute to the people and province of Nova Scotia.

FASCINATING “For The Record gives fascinating insight into Senator Moore’s eclectic interests, especially people, some noted, some anonymous, all worthy of recognition. You must read this collection.” — Chief Justice Joseph P. Kennedy, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia

ISBN: 978-1-77276-104-7 Author: Senator Wilfred P. Moore Price: $19.95

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