New Releases!
New Brunswick Birds
For this new edition of New Brunswick Birds, best-selling nature illustrator Jeffrey C. Domm has produced all new, hyperrealistic art. An even more visual experience for all, perfect for bird…
$27.95, Paperback
Prince Edward Island Birds
For this new edition of Prince Edward Island Birds, best-selling nature illustrator Jeffrey C. Domm has produced all new, hyperrealistic art. An even more visual experience for all, perfect for…
$27.95, Paperback
Nova Scotia Birds
For this new edition of Nova Scotia Birds, best-selling nature illustrator Jeffrey C. Domm has produced all new, hyperrealistic art. An even more visual experience for all, perfect for bird…
$27.95, Paperback
Forthcoming Books
Titanic Lives
The sinking of the Titanic on its maiden voyage in 1912 captured the world’s attention a hundred years ago and still holds it today. Although it was bound for New…
$24.95, Paperback
Pirates of the Atlantic
Pirates have scoured the Atlantic coast from the fifteenth century to the present day. Separating the myth from reality, author Dan Conlin explains how piracy came to Atlantic Canada from…
$24.95, Paperback
Broadside
On a bitter winter night during the Second World War, a British freighter smashed into a Halifax Harbour pilot boat, sending nine men to their deaths. Drawing on interviews and…
$27.95, Paperback
My First Ontario Tree Book
My First Ontario Tree Book is a beginner-friendly guide to tree identification for anyone who wants to better understand the natural world around them or has asked the question, “What…
$24.95, Paperback
Baking Queen of the County Fair
For almost sixty years, Evelyn Strong has been the undisputed queen of the bake-off at the Hants County Exhibition—Nova Scotia’s largest and North America’s longest-running agricultural fair. A decorated champion…
$34.95, Hardcover
The Nature-Friendly East Coast Garden
In this regional guide, East Coasters will find all the inspiration and information they need to create a garden or yard that works for native plants and pollinators, and for…
$34.95, Paperback
Seven Days in Halifax
Halifax today lives with the results of bad decisions made decades ago. A container port accessible only through narrow downtown streets. A park, bridge and port on the spot where…
$27.95, Paperback
Maritime Cookbooks
Old-Fashioned East Coast Cookies, Cakes, Pies & Sweets
Traditional East Coast baking for modern home cooks.
$19.95, Paperback
East Coast Favourite Fishcakes
Versatile recipes for all kinds of fishcakes, featuring East Coast seafood, and including tasty accompaniments like pickles, relishes and chutneys.$16.95, Paperback
Maple Syrup
Delicious and tantalizing recipes using everyones favourite Canadian condiment!
$16.95, Hardcover
Peggy’s Cove Cooking
Favourite recipes from Nova Scotia’s South Shore — easy to prepare, with beautiful colour photos.$16.95, Hardcover
Nature Guides
Nova Scotia Birds
The most comprehensive illustrated guide to Nova Scotia’s birds — updated with new features and new art.
$27.95, Paperback
Edible East Coast Mushrooms
A visual guide to identifying 29 common East Coast edible mushrooms.
$24.95, Paperback
My First Ontario Bird Book
An easy-to-use, richly illustrated introduction to Ontario’s 41 most common birds.
$24.95, Paperback
Ontario Trees
Featuring highly detailed, photo-realistic illustrations, this guide makes it easy to identify and learn more about 120 common and important tree species in Ontario, no matter the season.
$27.95, Paperback
Local Interest Titles
Nova Scotia’s Stars of Song
Six women who shaped Nova Scotia’s musical landscape and put Nova Scotia on the musical map: Portia White, Anne Murray, Carroll Baker, Rita MacNeil, Holly Cole and Sarah MacLachlan.
$34.95, Hardcover
Oak Island’s First Visitors: Irish Monks, Vikings and Templars
New evidence and research documenting periods of European presence – likely Irish Monks, Vikings and Templars – on Oak Island from 500 to 1200 CE.
$29.95, Paperback
The Nova Scotia Bucket List (Updated)
The best-selling guidebook, updated and expanded for 2024.
$24.95, Paperback
Oak Island Illustrated
A full-colour illustrated book bringing together every major theory about who buried treasure on Nova Scotia’s famed Oak Island, explaining how they could have done it and why they selected this remote location — heavily illustrated with artwork, photographs, maps and artifacts.
$29.95, Paperback
Books for Kids!
Animals at Play in Mi’kma’ki
A playful take on Mi’kma’ki’s most iconic and adorable animals for the very young
$16.95, Board bookInterest ages: 2-5
Mi’kmaw Moons: The Board Book
A board book featuring lunar months of the year in Mi’kma’ki, in Mi’kmaw and English.
$16.95, Board bookInterest ages: 2-5
50 Things to See With a Telescope
Identify constellations, planets, and stars with this beginner’s guide to 50 things to see in the night sky.$19.95, HardcoverInterest ages: 9-10Lexile Reading Level: 1110L
Pit Pony
Pit Pony brought to life in picture book format for the younger reader$14.95, HardcoverInterest ages: 4-8
Pit Pony
An award-winning Maritime children’s classic back in print, with a new introductory note by Sable Island researcher Zoe Lucas.$16.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 8-10Reading level: Grade 3
Max Todd Gets the Super Fidgets
A rhyming game keeps Max Todd’s fidgets at bay – unless frenemy Mandy Beth manages to trip him up!
$16.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 6-10Reading level: Grade 2