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Facing the dwindling years of his life, the old man waits for his turn on the auction block, hoping to be sold to a family as decent as the one he is leaving. It is not the first time he has been here, and it may not be the last. Mute in life but loquacious on the page, he tells the colourful story of his rootless past. Abandoned by his family and first auctioned off at the age of seven -- "Ladies and gentlemen, this boy may not be a rare gem, but he is certainly worth a look" -- he moves from oen farm to another, taking comfort from the people around him. Daniel Poliquin's work of piercing wit and insight revisits an all-but-forgotten era, when orphaned children and the elderly poor were auctioned into a form of indentured servitude. Narrated through the eyes and ears of an unforgettable protagonist, The Angel's Jig -- a finalist for the Trillium Award in its original French edition -- is a joyous meditation on identity and the unpredictable voyage of existence.

Peter Norman finds the uncanny in the everyday. His poems surprise you, making you laugh and weep (sometimes simultaneously) with recognition at the fleeting spark of existence. Like archaeological sites between the strum und drang of our daily dramas, Norman's poems excavate playgrounds freshly vacated, graves until recently inhabited, basements and dark corners where life and death go on without us. They present us with a world that lives and breathes and endures, where we are simply transitory visitors.

Like the fever dream of a modern Odysseus, Safely Home Pacific Western is an electric rumination on the moment of departure, of squaring those provisional instances of settlement with the ingenuity and cunning that it takes to persevere. Latosik's tour package journeys into ruined stretches of the rural US and Ontario mine country, across the English Channel in a hot-air balloon, into the flight paths of fish hurled across Northern Territory Australia by a water spout, and even to the far, blinking orbit of a Navstar satellite. Neither safe nor conciliatory, these poems peer deep into the notion of human progress to reckon with the only seeming certainty: that in a poem, as in our lives, we are done and undone by the emergent element we cannot control.

For more than thirty years, Lynn Johnston captured the hearts of readers around the globe with her Pulitzer Prize-nominated comic strip "For Better or For Worse." Chronicling the lives of the middle-class suburbanite Patterson family Elly and John and their children, Michael, Elizabeth, and April "For Better or For Worse" was both goofy and ground-breaking. The experiences of the Patterson family mirrored those of their readers, the characters aging in real time with the audience. "For Better or For Worse: The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston" takes you behind the scenes of one of the world's favorite comic strips. Explore Lynn Johnston's influences and early drawings and the surprising, real-life inspirations behind her beloved characters and storylines. Along the way, revisit some of the most memorable moments in the "For Better or For Worse" universe. Whether you're encountering Lynn Johnston's work for the first time or a fan returning to it once again, you'll find something new yet richly familiar in "For Better or For Worse: The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston.""

On the battlefields of the Somme, Ypres, Amiens, Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, and Passchendaele, Canada came into its own as an independent nation. Nearly 65,000 Canadians lost their lives in these battles, and over 150,000 were wounded. Since the Armistice in 1918, the battlefields of World War I have been a tourist destination. Rushing to see where fathers, brothers, husbands, and lovers had fought, and in some cases died, Canadians travelled the roads of Europe soon after the war. Later generations have continued to visit the battlefields and memorials to the Canadian soldiers who fought in the war to end all wars. The first book of its kind, Canadians at War follows the route of the Canadian Expeditionary Force from its first encounter with the Germans to its final battles. In this informative guide, Susan Evans Shaw provides an overview of each battlefield as well as maps, modern photographs, and information on memorials and cemeteries.

A hot summer afternoon in 1975. Gunshots ring out across a swamp in rural Massachusetts. April and Pilgrim -- sixteen-year-old twins infatuated with the same man -- are forced apart. Three shots. One for each decade Pilgrim will spend running from the past.

Published for Goose Lane's diamond anniversary.

Home is like a leaf on a tree: other people, other homes, are the other leaves. They live beneath the same sky, share the same memories, survive the same storms. But one leaf is a solitude. After twenty-five years on a New Brunswick farm, award-winning author Beth Powning came to understand the land she calls home. Now, almost 20 years after the initial publication of Home, readers may once again experience the spirit of home in nature in this new edition of her seminal book. Time has made the subtle messages of the valley beyond her door clearer, if not less mysterious: the glorious rawness of winter storms, the effortless dominance of oak trees, the distinctive poetry of night, the universes found within a humble garden. Placing herself in the dual roles of explorer and storyteller, Powning navigates the unspoken divide between the untamed and the domestic, revelling in the complex bonds that exist between the natural world and those who would seek to explore its wonders. Home was originally released in 1996 in Canada as Seeds of Another Summer and in the US as Home. This new edition, which includes a new introduction and gorgeous reproductions of Powning's sumptuous nature photography, will inspire those who seek a simpler life and enchant those who have already found it.

Patrick Warner's Perfection makes a carnival of our most potent and dangerous obsessions. A factory outlet sells designer human parts at cut-rate prices, a midlife crisis becomes a cleansing ritual, a chocolate chip pancake stands accused at trial, and the predatory voice of anorexia speaks to a transfixed audience. Descending the rabbit hole of this wildly imaginative collection, we find ourselves in a field of engagement where the destructive ideals of beauty, politics, art, romantic love, and spirituality are ambushed by roguish parody, acerbic satire, life-affirming laughter, and a hard-won pragmatism. In Perfection, where death is certain and certainty is hell-bent on death, Warner refuses to rest on his laurels, continuing to build on his reputation as one of the most respected voices in Canadian poetry.

Some days, it doesn't pay to be a lapsed pretend Buddhist, particularly when you�ve been charged with a lengthy list of war crimes. Zavida Zankovic's world has come undone. Caught up in the insanity of war and the capers of a larger-than-life father, he has subsisted on the black market, been forced into the army, deserted when trying to save a young boy trapped beneath a mountain of corpses, and lived by his wits. Now, he awaits trail on a dizzying array of charges -- Fomenting Treason, Providing Material Support for a Terrorist Organization, Consorting with History. He has survived the Balkan wars with only his life and a lamb to show for it. To keep his sanity, he gathers up the threads of his past and spins an audacious narrative that includes a levitating holy man, "bombs" of western consumer products, and stories that may or may not be true. In this sly, often amusing novel, Chris Gudgeon exposes the universal human experience like never before, crafting a transcendent tale that leads through some of the darkest moments of the late twentieth century. As he weaves strands of Balkan mythology into the real events of war, Gudgeon creates a story that blurs the distinction between fact and fiction, between the stories we tell ourselves and those that we tell others.

Thrill to the extraordinary untold story of the early career of escape artist extraordinaire Harry Houdini! Gasp at heroic trials and dreadful tribulations as a struggling young magician goes on the road with the acclaimed Marco Magic Company to conquer the competitive and challenging theatre circuit of eastern Canada! Witness elaborate acts of illusion as Houdini astounds crowds by effortlessly freeing himself from the clutches of even the most inescapable of restraints! Swoon as Houdini goes out on his own with his young wife in tow! Cheer as he mesmerizes and marvels with the miraculous metamorphosis! Cast your gaze upon a veritable cornucopia of rare photographic images, many never before seen in public! Be astonished as we finally unveil the mysterious truth behind Houdini's fabled straitjacket escape!! Guaranteed to be 100% true!!!

Is it possible to reconcile the mind of a youth with the actions of a monster? In this set of dazzling stories, Dora Award-winning playwright Anton Piatigorsky casts his imaginative gaze across the formative years of the world's most infamous dictators.

Les collections d'œuvres d'art racontent des histoires qui reflètent les intérêts du collectionneur et de son époque. Chefs-d'œuvre de la Galerie d'art Beaverbrook relate la vie rocambolesque de sir William Maxwell (Max) Aitken, aussi connu sous le nom de lord Beaverbrook, magnat de la presse multimillionnaire, éditeur de journaux arrogant, habile politicien, maître de la propagande, auteur et grand philanthrope.En 1959, sir Max Aitken inaugure à Fredericton, au Nouveau-Brunswick, la Galerie d'art Beaverbrook pour abriter une collection exemplaire de tableaux. Constitué par lord Beaverbrook lui-même et son entourage de conservateurs et de collègues, ce noyau initial d'œuvres deviendra l'une des plus belles et des plus importantes collections d'art britannique en Amérique de Nord. Il comprend notamment des œuvres de J.M.W. Turner, Lucian Freud, Graham Sutherland et Walter Sickert, ainsi que des tableaux représentatifs de Thomas Gainsborough, John Constable, John Singleton Copley, Eugène Delacroix, Joshua Reynolds et Salvador Dalí, qui témoignent du caractère distinctif et de la qualité de la remarquable collection de la Galerie.Ces œuvres importantes sont réunies pour la première fois dans cette publication luxueuse comprenant plus de 75 reproductions en couleur, ainsi que des essais sure l'histoire de la collection et les chefs-d'œuvre, signés par six critiques renommés: Elliott H. King, historien de l'art et spécialiste de Dalí James Hamilton, auteur de Turner: A Life; Richard Calvocoressi, directeur de la fondation Henry Moore; l'auteur et conservateur Angus Stewart; l'historienne de l'art Katharine Eustace; ainsi que Terry Graff, conservateur de la Galerie d'art Beaverbrook et principal auteur de cet ouvrage.Pour clore l'ouvrage, le journaliste Marty Klinkenberg et le directeur général de la Galerie d'art Beaverbrook, Bernard Riordon, retracent les péripéties du différend opposant le musée et les deux fondations Beaverbrook.

Showcasing the major career highlights and some of the most recent work of abstract painter Jacques Hurtubise, this lavishly illustrated volume captures the key works of Hurtubise's formidable fifty-plus year career, many of which have never been brought together in a major exhibition or publication. This exceptional collection offers new insight into the development of Hurtubise's work -- from his early graphic abstract paintings of the 1960s and 1970s to his mask paintings and the brushy paintings and stencil work of his Blackout series. His latest map-based work, which brings together the passion of his "sun" series and the exotic and hypnotic lines of his "masks" and "splash" paintings, brings his mastery of the medium to the fore. Hurtubise's bright, geometric patterning has often prompted comparisons to Claude Tousignant, Guido Molinari, and Yves Gaucher. His unique sensitivity as a printmaker, his masterful brushwork and repeated imagery sets his work apart as uniquely his own. Designed to accompany a major national touring exhibition organized by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Jacques Hurtubise features essays by curators Sarah Fillmore and Bernard Lamarche, writers and critics Jeffrey Spalding and Renß Viau, and art historian Nathalie Miglioli. Cette monographie abondamment illustrée présente les principaux jalons de plus de conquante ans de carrière de l'artiste Jacques Hurtubise. On y recense sa production actuelle ainsi que ses oeuvres phares, dont un grand nombre n'avaient jamais été réunies auparavant. La compilation exceptionnelle permet de mieux comprendre l'évolution d'Hurtubise, depuis ses premiers travaux graphiques des années 1960 et 1970 jusqu'à ses masques, ses tableaux aux traits ardents et le recours au stencil dans sa série Blackout. Ses oeuvres plus récentes réalisées à partir de cartes routières -- qui allient la passion qui habite ses « soleils » et les lignes exotiques et hypnotiques de ses « masques » et de ses « éclaboussures » -- témoignent de sa pleine maîtrise des techniques les plus variées. Les formes géométriques abstraites aux couleurs vives de cet artiste ont souvent suscité des comparaisons avec Claude Tousignant, Guido Molinari et Yves Gaucher. Toutefois, la sensibilité particulièrement manifeste d'Hurtubise dans ses gravures, sa technique maîtrisée de la peinture et la répétition des motifs le distinguent de ses contemporains.

For Lily Piper, life on the prairie is spare and austere. Nothing in her world responds to her hunger for life. When puberty hits, an abrupt shift in fate sends Lily to England, a place she thinks she may have invented. There at last, she experiences life in all its ambiguity, until she is called home to face a future she thought she had escaped. Reading by Lightning, Joan Thomas's long-awaited first novel, took readers by storm. A year after its publication, it had won numerous awards, found a large readership, and been selected by popular vote for On the Same Page, Manitoba's one book reading experience.

"One could do worse than to grow up on a river." In this bountiful book of essays, Wayne Curtis voyages down the tributaries of his past, casting a net to ensnare moments of love, loss, and life on the waterways of New Brunswick. Curtis writes of the simple pleasure of fishing with friends, of his first unforgettable kiss, and of a grandfather who teased that "all dreams that were told before breakfast had a better chance of becoming real." A wistful trek through personal history, Of Earthly and River Things is an elegant requiem for a vanishing culture, a world where people were grateful to the river for its bounty.

A National Bestseller. Now available in paperback. “On a Rrrroll! You may not be familiar with Ron Buist, but you know his handiwork.” — The Ottawa Citizen. A behind-the-scenes look at a simple business that became a Canadian icon. Tales from Under the Rim chronicles the rise of Tim Hortons, from its humble beginnings to a national institution. The recipe was simple: it took “one hockey player, one favourite barber shop, one former drummer, and one police officer” plus “the luck hard work brings” to transform a once unknown donut shop into one of Canada’s leading franchise operations. In this bestselling business memoir, Ron Buist shows how Tim Hortons became a second home to millions of Canadians. It includes the grass-roots marketing strategy that defined the early years, the Tim Hortons habit of listening to customers, and the whole story of Roll Up the Rim to Win, the no-frills contest that has become a defining feature of Canadian life.

Nova Scotia artist David Askevold (1940-2008) is recognized as a key contributor to the development and pedagogy of conceptual art. His work was included in the seminal exhibition Information at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1970 that cemented conceptualism as a movement. He quickly gained a reputation as one of the most influential conceptual artists in Canada, with his work apearing in many of the genre's formative texts and exhibitions. During his forty-year career, Askevold remained at the vanguard of contemporary practice. Askevold was born in Conrad, Montana. After studying at the University of Montana, Brooklyn Museum Art School, and Kansas City Art Institute, he moved to Halifax in 1968 to lecture at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. During the early 1970s, his famous Projects Class brought such artists as Sol LeWitt, Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, and Lawrence Weiner to work with his students, focusing critical attention on his adopted city and on his own unorthodox approach to making art. This illustrated volume examines the various strains of Askevold's pioneering practice -- sculpture and installation, film and video, photo-text works and photography, and computer-generated imagery. David Askevold: Once Upon a Time in the East features essays by celebrated writer-curators Ray Cronin, Peggy Gale, Richard Hertz, and Irene Tsatsos as well as contributions from several of Askevold's contemporaries, including Aaron Brewer, Tony Oursler, and Mario Garcia Torres. The book accompanies an exhibition that opens at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa and travels to the Confederation Centre Art Gallery in Charlottetown and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax.

Seduced by stories of Depression-era work camps and a cross-country march that ended in an historic riot, Edie follows her wandering husband Slim from mine to mine, caring for their son, Belly, beneath the makeshift shelter of canvas tents. But a decade of hardship takes its toll, and after leaving Slim passed out in an unheated apartment, Edie and Belly find themselves trapped on a snowbound train. Edie slips in and out of memory, retelling Slim's tales both to comfort her son and reinvent herself anew. Together, mother and son ponder their past and possible futures, trying to predict what will happen when they reach their destination. Vividly inventive, The Time We All Went Marching is an episodic novel of storytelling, memory, and imagination. In this spectacular work of fiction, Arley McNeney reaches deep into the vulnerability of individual perception, holding her readers breathless.

The Second World War is epitomized by the image of fast-moving tank battles between German and Allied armoured forces blazing back and forth across Europe. Modern duels between rival tanks have long fascinated historians.The 8th Princess Louise's (New Brunswick) Hussars was one of the most battle-proven armoured regiments of the Second World War. Founded in 1848 as a volunteer cavalry regiment, the Hussars traded their beloved horses for cars on the eve of war. When war broke out, they mobilized as a motorcycle regiment before finally converting to tanks in 1941. The story of the Hussars' Italian campaign began in late 1943 with their arrival in Naples and their first action near Ortona. This volume tells the story of their participation in the great drive beyond Monte Cassino to Rome and in the fierce and bloody battles at the Gothic Line and Coriano Ridge, which cemented their reputation in Canada's military history.

Glass has existed for more than 4,000 years, although it was not mass produced until the 1830s, when pressing machines that produced glass shapes were introduced. As mechanization improved, decorated glassware began to be produced relatively quickly and affordably. By the 1889s, glass was most commonly used for bottles, lamp chimneys, and lantern globes. At the same time, moulded and pressed glass was being manufactured in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New England, and, surprisingly, in Nova Scotia. In this beautifully illustrated book, featuring photographs of the highly collectable patterned tableware produced between 1881 and 1892, Deborah Trask examines the history of the glass industry in Nova Scotia during the golden age of pressed-glass production. Employing her skills as an historian and detective of sorts, she tells the story of the glass factories -- the Nova Scotia Glass Company, the Humphrey Glass Company, and the Lamont Glass Company, as well as the modern NovaScotian Crystal -- offering a bevy of information on their distinctive glass patterns and products.

On June 18, 1812, US President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Britain and launched an attack against the British colonies in North America in what he thought would be a quick and decisive land grab. Fearing invasion, the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, along with the citizenry, prepared for war. When the invasion failed to materialize, neutrality ruled along the New Brunswick-Maine border and New Brunswick turned its attention elsewhere. It supported the naval battles along the coast between the Royal Navy and American privateers and the British campaigns in Upper and Lower Canada by sending reinforcements and supplies along the grand communications route. With Napoleon's defeat in Europe, Britain refocused its military on North America. In addition to sending reinforcements to the campaigns in Upper and Lower Canada, the British Army invaded Maine, seized disputed lands along the Penobscot River Valley, and redrew the map so that, for a time, much of northern Maine would become part of New Brunswick. In this revealing account, Robert Dallison examines the repercussions of the War of 1812 in New Brunswick and Maine, how a once-friendly border turned hostile, how wartime growth turned villages into towns, and how the post-war settlement of British soldiers and Black Refugees changed the composition of the province's population.

Shortlisted, George Bugnet Award for FictionKalila chronicles the lives of Maggie and Brodie, whose joy collides with devastation when their daughter's birth also heralds the news of her congenital heart condition. In this startlingly inventive novel, Rosemary Nixon braids light and darkness into a narrative chain pulled exquisitely taut. Through Maggie and Brodie's shifting viewpoints, the isolating impenetrability of hospital life, the mediation of physics, music, and family, Nixon propels the reader into unmapped emotional terrain where a shell-shocked family grapples with the horror, joy, and mystery of impermanence. The result is a spellbinding tale, provocative for the emotions and the intellect.