Download or read book The Second Movement written by Vernon Oickle and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know Canada's oldest general store is in Nova Scotia? Or that the last British soldier killed in the First World War was born here? Or that the first UFO sighting in North America was recorded on October 12, 1796 in what today is New Minas? Did you know the world's smallest operating drawbridge is located in Yarmouth County? Or that Minard's Liniment was created here in the 1860s to relieve muscle pain and stiffness, back pain and arthritis pain? From the creation of grape nut ice cream to the birthplace of Freemasonry in Canada, to the oldest farmers' market in the country, the largest wooden church in North America and the world's largest apple, The Second Movement is the book that should be in every self-respecting Nova Scotian's outhouse.
Download or read book Newfoundland and Labrador Outrageous Outhouse Reader written by Vernon Oickle and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 during the Second World War was in Newfoundland? When was the last public execution held in Newfoundland and what was it like on execution day? From North America's oldest city to the eastern point in North America, the "Newfoundland and Labrador Outstanding Outhouse Reader" is the book that should be in every Newfoundlander's outhouse. If you love Newfoundland and Labrador (and we know you do), you simply must have the" Newfoundland and Labrador Outstanding Outhouse Reader."
Download or read book My Nova Scotia Home written by Vernon Oickle and published by . This book was released on 2019-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this no-holds barred look at the province, writers captivate and capture the true essence of Nova Scotia. From these personal accounts of life here, the writers reveal the great joys and small pleasures but also the schisms, foibles, and missed opportunities of a life made in Nova Scotia. By revealing themselves, they make the province larger, more welcoming, more interesting, and certainly more colourful. This book is proof positive that life really is a search for home.
Download or read book Nova Scotia Book of Lists written by Vernon Oickle and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans love lists. As humourist writer H. Allen Smith once wrote, The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists. That infatuation with lists continues here. From Nova Scotia's great collector comes a masterful collection of lists that will start family arguments, provoke a wry smile, or just generally entertain on a cold winter night or in the dog days of summer. In The Nova Scotia Book of Lists find out: -Joe Canada's Top10 qualities that define a real Nova Scotian. - Natalie MacMaster's wish list of the Top 10 Nova Scotians she would like to perform for. -Jimmy Rankin's 10 favourite songs ever performed by a Nova Scotian. -JC Douglas' list to Top 10 bands or performers to ever come out of Nova Scotia. -Dan Soucoup's list of Nova Scotia's 10 best books. -Darryll Walsh's Top 10 haunted places in Nova Scotia. -Len Wagg's 10 best places in Nova Scotia to photograph. -Joan Dawson's 10 most memorable back roads she's ever travelled in Nova Scotia. -Michael de Adder's list of the top Nova Scotians that a political cartoonist likes to draw. -Michael Haynes' list of Nova Scotia's best trails. -Pete Luckett's 10 top choices of Nova Scotian products he likes to see on a menu when he dies out. -Gerry Doucet's top 10 fishing holes in Nova Scotia.
Download or read book How to Talk Nova Scotian written by Vernon Oickle and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nova Scotia is blessed with a rich language. It is 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.
Download or read book Nova Scotia Outrageous Outhouse Reader written by Vernon Oickle and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know when and where the first road was built in Nova Scotia? Or that the first movie ever filmed in Canada was filmed here? When was the last public execution held in Nova Sco- tia and what was it like on execution day? From the tallest building to the oldest tree to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and the most penalized hockey player in NHL history, the Nova Scotia Outstanding Outhouse Reader is the book that should be in every Nova Scotian out- house. If you love Nova Scotia (and we know you do), you sim- ply must have the Nova Scotia Outstanding Outhouse Reader. GOLD MINE How I wish “Nova Scotia’s Outstanding Outhouse Reader” had been around years ago when I was a new immigrant to Nova Scotia. It is a ‘gold’ mine of information, with a “Wow, I didn’t know that” on almost every page. For visitors, genealogists, or potential immigrants, this is the perfect volume to shed light on the province’s colourful and intriguing back story. The author’s reputation for thorough research and readability shines through. — Susan B. Borgersen, author of Light Cycle
Download or read book Uncle John s Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a whopping 600 absorbing pages, Uncle John pulled out all the stops to make the behemoth Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader the epitome of Throne Room entertainment. Happy birthday, Uncle John! This 20th anniversary edition proves that some things do get better with age. Since 1987, the Bathroom Readers’ Institute has led the movement to stand up for those who sit down and read in the bathroom (and everywhere else for that matter). Uncle John’s Triumphant 20th Bathroom Reader is jam-packed with 600 pages of all-new articles (as usual, divided by length for your sitting convenience). In what other single book could you find such a lively mix of surprising trivia, strange lawsuits, dumb crooks, origins of everyday things, forgotten history, quirky quotations, and wacky wordplay? Uncle John rules the world of information and humor, so get ready to be thoroughly entertained as you read about: * The incredible (edible) history of bread * The secret congressional bomb shelter * Farts in the news * The history of the aloha shirt * The real Zorro * The worst city in America * How your taste buds work * It’s the Peanuts story, Charlie Brown And much, much more!
Download or read book I Love Nova Scotia written by Vernon Oickle and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Meat Cove to Cape Forchu; down every back road and into every cove along the coast, I Love Nova Scotia, is a collection of stunning photographs unlike anything that has ever previously been seen. Showcasing the brilliant work of more than two dozen talented Nova Scotian based photographers, the images in I Love Nova Scotia, are simply breathtaking. In this collection of exquisite images, photographers on the ground capture fresh perspectives on iconic Nova Scotia lighthouses, the weather-beaten fishing villages that hug the rugged coastline, the wildlife that inhabits the province, the fauna that blankets the landscape and the culture that defines who we are as a people.
Download or read book You Might Be from Nova Scotia If written by Michael De Adder and published by You Might Be from . . .. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the best cartoonists in the country comes a delightfully illustrated romp through Nova Scotia. Proving that this is a province that is proud of who it is and likes nothing better than a good laugh, this collection tickles the funny bone on every page. Perfect for visitors or longtime residents, this joke book is sure to bring laughs to any reader familiar with the Land of the Bluenose.
Download or read book All of Me written by Anne Murray and published by Knopf Canada. This book was released on 2009-10-27 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revealing autobiography, Canada’s first lady of song, for the first time, tells the whole story of her astonishing 40-year career in show biz. It is a candid retrospective of the extraordinary success achieved, and the prices that had to be paid. “After ‘Snowbird’ hit, I was swept up like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, and catapulted into a strange new universe … If I thought for a moment that I was really in control of events, I was deluded.” Anne Murray An unflinching self-portrait of Canada’s first great female recording artist, All of Me documents the life of Anne Murray, from her humble origins in the tragedy-plagued coal-mining town of Springhill, Nova Scotia, to her arrival on the world stage. Anne recounts her story: the battles with her record companies over singles and albums; the struggle with drug- and alcohol-ridden band members; the terrible guilt and loneliness of being away from her two young children; her divorce from the man who helped launch her career, Bill Langstroth; and the deaths of two of her closest confidantes. The result is a must-read autobiography by Canada’s beloved songbird.
Download or read book The Crazy Years written by Spider Robinson and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of witty, irreverent essays on subjects running the gamut from the space program to airport bans on smoking are included in this anthology. Written by Spider Robinson, The Crazy Years takes its name from Robert A. Heinlein's designation of the last years of the 20th century and contains essays from Robinson's tenure as op-ed columnist for The Globe and Mail and from Galaxy Online. Environmentalists that place the survival of earth before the survival of humanity, the idiocy of computer designs, and the downsides of the Internet are among the subjects Robinson uses to take the world to task.
Download or read book A Book of Golden Deeds written by Charlotte Mary Yonge and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 1927 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American Read Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South—and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred One of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father—a crusading local lawyer—risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.
Download or read book Strange History written by Editors of Portable Press and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bizarre historical tidbits about quirky queens, hippopotamus soup, shrunken heads, and much more! This exciting title from the folks at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute contains the strangest short history articles from over thirty Bathroom Readers, along with fifty all-new pages. From the twentieth century to the Old West, from the Age of Enlightenment to the Dark Ages, from ancient cultures all the way back to the dawn of time, Strange History is overflowing with mysterious artifacts, macabre legends, kooky inventions, reality-challenged rulers, boneheaded blunders, and mind-blowing facts. Whether it’s B.C. or A.D., you’ll be wondering WTF! Read about . . . The curse of Macbeth Stupid history: Hollywood style The secret LSD experiments of the 1960s In search of the lost “Cloud People” of Peru The Swedish queen who declared war on fleas Unearthing the past with the Outhouse Detectives The Apollo astronaut who swears he saw a UFO How to brew a batch of 5,000-year-old beer The brutal bloodbaths at Rome’s Coliseum Ghostly soup from ancient China The bathroom of the 1970s And much, much more!
Download or read book The Adventure of the Copper Beeches written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Modernista. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: »The Adventure of the Copper Beeches« is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, about the brilliant Victorian detective Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in 1892. SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE [1859-1930], was a Scottish physician and author, best known for his stories about the groundbreaking master detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle wrote a total of 56 short stories and four novels about Sherlock Holmes and his constant companion Dr. Watson.
Download or read book Words in Air written by Elizabeth Bishop and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 1156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Lowell once remarked in a letter to Elizabeth Bishop that "you ha[ve] always been my favorite poet and favorite friend." The feeling was mutual. Bishop said that conversation with Lowell left her feeling "picked up again to the proper table-land of poetry," and she once begged him, "Please never stop writing me letters—they always manage to make me feel like my higher self (I've been re-reading Emerson) for several days." Neither ever stopped writing letters, from their first meeting in 1947 when both were young, newly launched poets until Lowell's death in 1977. Presented in Words in Air is the complete correspondence between Bishop and Lowell. The substantial, revealing—and often very funny—interchange that they produced stands as a remarkable collective achievement, notable for its sustained conversational brilliance of style, its wealth of literary history, its incisive snapshots and portraits of people and places, and its delicious literary gossip, as well as for the window it opens into the unfolding human and artistic drama of two of America's most beloved and influential poets.
Download or read book Canadian Books in Print Author and Title Index written by and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 1610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
