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Postmark Berlin : a mystery / by Emery, Anne,author.;
"Father Brennan Burke is struggling, and he's been coping the only way he knows how: self-medicating with drink. He's barely managing, but his troubles intensify when the body of one of his parishioners washes up on the coast of Halifax. Meika Keller came to Canada after escaping past a checkpoint in the Berlin Wall. An army colonel is charged with her murder, and defence lawyer Monty argues that Meika's death was a suicide, which is the last thing Father Burke wants to hear. Guilty of neglecting his duties as a priest when Meika needed him most, Brennan feels compelled to uncover whatever instigated her cry for help and led to her death. The story takes us from the historic Navy town of Halifax, Nova Scotia, to the history-laden city of Berlin, as Brennan and his brother Terry head to Germany in search of answers. And while Brennan will stop at nothing to find what, or who, is responsible for Meika's death, nothing could have prepared the priest for the events that unfold."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Clergy; Alcoholics; Murder;
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Counted among the dead : a mystery / by Emery, Anne,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Award-winning author Anne Emery is back with another Collins-Burke team-up. The students at Father Brennan Burke's choir school have written a two-act play about the Halifax Explosion of 1917. The last thing Burke expects is a series of threats against his school and his students, designed to make sure they never perform act two. Then the body of a young woman, Trudi Ebbett, is found strangled in Halifax. A junior hockey player, a friend of one of the students, is the last person known to have seen her alive and is suspected of the murder. Lawyer Monty Collins, hired to represent him, cannot find anyone with a motive for killing Trudi. But Monty's daughter Normie, who is a student at the school and one of the authors of the script, joins her dad and Father Burke as they look deeper into the case. And they begin to suspect that the death is somehow linked to the threats against the play and the events of 1917. But how could something that happened so long ago be a motive for murder in the 1990s?"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Clergy; College and school drama; Fathers and daughters; Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917; Lawyers; Murder; Threats; Young women;
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Africville : an African Nova Scotian community is demolished--and fights back / by Wesley, Gloria.;
Includes bibliographical references, filmography, Internet addresses and index.A look at the community of Africville in Halifax, which was founded in the 1800s by African Nova Scotians and grew to become a tight-knit community of about 400 people, until the City of Halifax decided to demolish the community in the 1960s. Also discussed is the city's eventual apology and offer of some compensation after years of pressure, as well as how the spirit of the community lives on. Includes links to video clips.LSC
Subjects: Black Canadians; Black Canadians; Relocation (Housing); Race discrimination;
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Lucien & Olivia / by Narbonne, André,1963-author.;
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Man-woman relationships; Marine engineers; Women college students;
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That fatal night : the Titanic diary of Dorothy Wilton / by Ellis, Sarah.;
Twelve-year-old Dorothy Wilton, who survived the sinking of the Titanic, describes her experiences aboard the ship in her diary.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Diary fiction.; Titanic (Steamship); Shipwrecks; Shipwreck survival;
© c2011., Scholastic Canada,
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Cammie takes flight / by Best, Laura.;
Cammie is in her new school, armed with an envelope with her estranged mother's address on it. She wants to find her mother and finally learn why she was abandoned.LSC
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Children with visual disabilities; Abandoned children; Schools;
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Skateboard Sibby / by O'Connor, Clare,1967-;
Eleven-year-old super skateboarder Sibby Henry liked her life just fine until her father quit his job and forced her family to move from Charlottetown to Halifax. Now she's living with her Nan and Pops, starting at a new school and missing her super best friend Vera. On top of all that, Sibby is without the one thing that helps her feel confident and grounded: her skateboard. Within minutes of arriving at her new school, Sibby knows she will have a hard time following Vera's two rules for making new friends. First rule, stay chill. Second, ignore trouble. It's hard to be chill when you see a brand new super dope skate park but you no longer have a skateboard. And, when a kid named Freddie starts to push Sibby's friend around, Sibby knows she's found the kind of trouble that can't be ignored.LSC
Subjects: Skateboarders; Girls; Schools; Moving, Household;
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Gentleman Jack. [videorecording] / by Cavaliero, Rosie,actor.; Jones, Suranne,1978-actor.; Rundle, Sophie,actor.; Wainwright, Sally,1964-screenwriter,television director.; Whelan, Gemma,actor.; HBO Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.;
Suranne Jones, Sophie Rundle, Rosie Cavaliero, Gemma Whelan, Gemma Jones, Timothy West.In 1832, after adventuring on the continent and seeing the woman she loved betrothed to a man, Anne Lister (Suranne Jones) returned to Halifax and the declining ancestral home of Shibden Hall. She'd turn her considerable energies and wiles into restoring and rebuilding the family's financial assets--as well as a romantic pursuit of heiress neighbor Ann Walker (Sophie Rundle).14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Lister, Anne, 1791-1840; Shibden Hall (Halifax, England); Industrial revolution; Female friendship; Lesbians;
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Africville : a novel / by Colvin, Jeffrey,author.; Colvin, Jeffrey.Africaville.;
"A ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry, set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, that depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith, time, and fate. Structured as a triptych, Africaville chronicles the lives of three generations of the Sebolt family-- Kath Ella, her son Omar/Etienne, and her grandson Warner-- whose lives unfold against the tumultuous events of the twentieth century from the Great Depression of the 1930s, through the social protests of the 1960s to the economic upheavals in the 1980s. A century earlier, Kath Ella's ancestors established a new home in Nova Scotia. Like her ancestors, Kath Ella's life is shaped by hardship-- she struggles to conceive and to provide for her family during the long, bitter Canadian winters. She must also contend with the locals' lingering suspicions about the dark-skinned "outsiders" who live in their midst. Kath Ella's fierce love for her son, Omar, cannot help her overcome the racial prejudices that linger in this remote, tight-knit place. As he grows up, the rebellious Omar refutes the past and decides to break from the family, threatening to upend all that Kath Ella and her people have tried to build. Over the decades, each successive generation drifts further from Africaville, yet they take a piece of this indelible place with them as they make their way to Montreal, Vermont, and beyond, to the deep South of America. As it explores notions of identity, passing, cross-racial relationships, the importance of place, and the meaning of home, Africaville tells the larger story of the black experience in parts of Canada and the United States."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Blacks; African Americans; Families; Slaves; Conflict of generations;
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My daughter Rehtaeh Parsons / by Canning, Glen,1963-author.; McClelland, Susan,author.;
"Rehtaeh Parsons was a gifted teenager with boundless curiosity and a love for family, science, and the natural world. At 15, she aspired to become a marine biologist or a veterinarian. But her life was derailed when four boys sexually assaulted her. The boys took a photo during the assault and circulated it on social media. For 17 months, Rehtaeh was shamed from one school to the next. Bullied by her peers, she was scorned by her community. No charges were laid by the RCMP. In comfortable, suburban Nova Scotia, Rehtaeh spiralled into depression. Failed by her school, the police, and the mental health system, Rehtaeh attempted suicide on April 4, 2013. She died three days later. But her story didn't die with her. Rehtaeh's death shone a searing light on the treatment of victims of sexual assault, and it led to legislation on cyberbullying, a review of mental health services for assaulted teens, and an overhaul of how Canadian schools deal with cyber exploitation. My Daughter Rehtaeh Parsons offers an unsparing look at Rehtaeh's story, the social forces that enable and perpetuate violence and misogyny among teenagers, and parental love in the midst of horrendous loss."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Parsons, Rehtaeh, 1995-2013.; Parsons, Rehtaeh, 1995-2013; Victims of bullying; Cyberbullying.; Bullying.; Bullying; Sexual consent.; Teenage girls; Teenage girls; Sex crimes.; Sex crimes;
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