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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,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Blizzard of glass : the Halifax explosion of 1917 / by Walker, Sally M.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-137) and index.When two ships collided in Halifax Harbour, on December 6, 1917, one of them was full of munitions for World War I. The ensuing explosion, aftershocks, and tsunami wrecked unbelievable devastation. It was the largest explosion in the world until the atomic bomb was detonated in World War II in 1945.LSC
Subjects: Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917; Explosions;
© 2011., Henry Holt,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The birth house / by McKay, Ami,1968-;
Practicing midwife Dora Rare works in Scots Bay, Nova Scotia during the early part of the twentieth century, but the midwifery tradition is threatened when medical doctor Gilbert Thomas arrives with promises of fast, painless childbirth.
Subjects: Canadian fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Acadians; Childbirth; Midwifery; Nineteen tens; Obstetricians; World War, 1914-1918;
© c2006., A.A. Knopf Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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When the world fell silent / by Alward, Donna,author.;
Nora Crowell wants more than her sister's life as a wife and mother. As WWI rages across the Atlantic, she becomes a lieutenant in the Canadian Army Nursing Corp. But trouble is looming and it won't be long before the truth comes to light. Having lost her beloved husband in the trenches and with no-one else to turn to, Charlotte Campbell now lives with his haughty relations who treat her like the help. It is baby Aileen, the joy and light of her life, who spurs her to dream of a better life. When tragedy strikes in Halifax Harbour, nothing for these two women will ever be the same again. Their paths will cross in the most unexpected way, trailing both heartbreak and joy its wake.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Explosions; Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917; Nurses; Widows; Women;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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The letters : postmark prejudice in black and white / by White, Sheila,author.;
"Vivian Keeler is an intelligent, attractive and determined white woman from a traditional Nova Scotia family who risks it all by falling in love with a Black man. Billy White is a charismatic and gifted member of a prominent Black family; he's the brother of celebrated classical singer Portia White and the son of a renowned Black minister who garnered fame as an officer during the First World War. Vivian and Billy meet at a lunch counter in Halifax. During the next several months their casual friendship blossoms into romance. But the courtship that follows unleashes a torrent of racist rants that expose the pervasive bigotry of the late 1940s. The Letters: Postmark Prejudice in Black and White chronicles a passion that transcends deeply rooted taboos and sparks an orchestrated campaign to persuade Vivian "not to marry outside her race." As the pressure mounts, Vivian and Billy find strength in their shared affection. But will it be enough to overcome their own doubts about the viability of a future together?"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Black people; Interracial marriage; Racism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fire monster [graphic novel] / by Conley, Pauline,author,illustrator.; Lahey, Anita,author.;
Set in a fictional version of the real Main-à-Dieu, Nova Scotia, where a 1976 wildfire caused catastrophic devastation, 'The Fire Monster', tells the tale of a skilled oil sands worker who returns to the Cape Breton fishing village where, as a child, he was blamed for causing the fire that tore through the local community, consuming bush, trees, houses, boats, cars, animals and the century-old gothic church.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Families; Ghosts; Mothers; Wildfires;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Watching you without me / by Coady, Lynn,1970-author.;
After her mother's sudden death, Karen finds herself back in her childhood home in Nova Scotia for the first time in a decade, acting as full-time caregiver to Kelli, her older sister. Overwhelmed with grief and the daily needs of Kelli, who was born with a developmental disability, Karen begins to feel consumed by the isolation of her new role. On top of that, she's weighed down with guilt over her years spent keeping Kelli and their independent-to-a-fault mother, Irene, at arm's length. And so when Trevor-- one of Kelli's support workers-- oversteps his role and offers friendly advice and a shoulder to cry on, Karen gratefully accepts his somewhat overbearing friendship. When she discovers how close Trevor was to Irene, she comes to trust him all the more. But as Trevor slowly insinuates himself into Karen and Kelli's lives, Karen starts to grasp the true aspect of his relationship with her mother-- and to experience for herself the suffocating nature of Trevor's "care.".
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Mothers and daughters; Interpersonal relations; Caregivers; People with disabilities; Sisters; Trust;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Maudie [videorecording] / by Hawke, Ethan,1970-actor.; Hawkins, Sally,actor.; Matchett, Kari,actor.; Walsh, Aisling,1958-film director.; Mongrel Media,film distributor.;
Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Kari Matchett, Gabrielle Rose, David Feehan.Sally Hawkins stars in this biopic of Canadian artist Maud Lewis, who overcame rheumatoid arthritis to become one of the most revered folk painters in her country's history. After taking a job in Nova Scotia as a housekeeper for a lifelong bachelor (Ethan Hawke), Lewis hones her painting skills while attracting national attention for her inspirational story.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Romance films.; Lewis, Everett, 1893-1979; Lewis, Maud, 1903-1970; Artists; Folk artists; Man-woman relationships;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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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;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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There's something in the water [videorecording] / by Daniel, Ian,film director.; Page, Elliot,1987-on-screen participant,film director.; Collective Eye Films,publisher.;
Elliot Page.Based on Ingrid Waldron's incendiary study, the film follows Page as he travels to rural areas of the province that are plagued by toxic fallout from industrial development. As did Waldron, the filmmakers discover that these catastrophes have been precisely placed, all in remote, low-income, and very often Indigenous or Black, communities.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Environmental films.; Blacks; Racism against Blacks; Environmental justice; Environmental policy; Hazardous waste sites; Racism; Capitalism; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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