Award Winners – 琉璃社区 琉璃社区 Publishing is the largest English-language publisher east of Toronto Tue, 14 May 2024 12:25:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 153484567 My Hair is Beautiful /store/my-hair-is-beautiful.html Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:41:57 +0000 /store/my-hair-is-beautiful Celebrate natural hair with Governor General's Award-nominated author Shauntay Grant in this joyful board book. With accessible text and vibrant photos of toddlers sporting afros, cornrows and everything in between, My Hair is Beautiful brings a powerful message of self-love.

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]]> 82415 Lay Figures /store/lay-figures.html Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:38:06 +0000 /store/lay-figures-2 In Saint John, New Brunswick in 1939, Elizabeth MacKinnon is swept up in the city's vibrant community of artists. She finds herself joining their struggles to make sense of making art in a time of economic depression. In a story that couples bitter despair with exuberant triumphs, Elizabeth and her fellow artists make life-changing discoveries about politics and social responsibility, desire and betrayal.

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]]> 85557 The Top 15: Nova Scotia’s Greatest Athletes /store/the-top-15-nova-scotias-greatest-athletes.html Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:37:57 +0000 http://nimbus.ca/store/the-top-15-nova-scotias-greatest-athletes At 18, Sidney Crosby became the youngest player in NHL history to record 100 points in one season. At 29, he scored his 1000th NHL point, won his third Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and was named playoff MVP. It is probably no surprise that Crosby is No. 1 on this list of Nova Scotia's Top 15 athletes, as compiled by the province's Sport Hall of Fame.

But what other athletes have done the remarkable and, times, the impossible? This book selects athletes from hockey, boxing, swimming, and other sports and ranks them鈥攁 formidable task bound to generate debate. Who is to say if gymnast Ellie Black is better than swimmer Nancy Garapick, or NHLer Al MacInnis greater than boxing legend Sam Langford? The authors acknowledge that ranking greatness is subjective, so, in addition to the Top 15 Athletes, the book includes 15 honourable mentions, as well as fascinating sidebars such as "15 Memorable Moments in Nova Scotia Sport" and "15 Great Nova Scotia Athletes Under the Age of 25." There is something for every sports fan in this photo-rich keepsake book packed with names, images, and little-known facts.

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]]> 78945 A Circle on the Surface /store/a-circle-on-the-surface.html Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:35:40 +0000 http://nimbus.ca/store/a-circle-on-the-surface It's 1943. Enman and Una Greene are newly married. Each is haunted by their respective pasts, and each harbours secrets. They have hopes of a happy life together鈥攖hough they have little idea how to create such a life.

Enman brings Una to his childhood home in rural Barrein, Nova Scotia, where he hopes they will stay. Una is restless and feeling increasingly trapped, and longs for the city life she once had. Una meets a mysterious man, and then a body washes up on a beach. There are rumours of German sailors roaming the dunes. When the Greenes receive the news they have been waiting for, and that Una is convinced will save her and her marriage, she begins to unravel in ways neither is prepared for.

From critically acclaimed and bestselling author Carol Bruneau comes an achingly honest portrait of a marriage in a time of war鈥攁nd an examination of how it is that we come to know ourselves.

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]]> 78932 The Blind Mechanic /store/the-blind-mechanic.html Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:35:26 +0000 http://nimbus.ca/store/the-blind-mechanic Eric Davidson was a beautiful, fair-haired toddler when the Halifax Explosion struck, killing almost 2,000 people and seriously injuring thousands of others. Eric lost both eyes鈥攁 tragedy that his mother never fully recovered from. Eric, however, was positive and energetic. He also developed a fascination with cars and how they worked, and he later decided, against all likelihood, to become a mechanic. Assisted by his brothers who read to him from manuals, he worked hard, passed examinations, and carved out a decades-long career. Once the subject of a National Film Board documentary, Eric Davidson was, until his death, a much-admired figure in Halifax.

This book does not gloss over the challenges faced by Eric and by his parents. Written by his daughter Marilyn, it gives new insights into the story of the 1917 Halifax Explosion and contains never-before-seen documents and photographs.

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]]> 78942 In the Wake /store/in-the-wake.html Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:34:38 +0000 http://nimbus.ca/store/in-the-wake Set on the shores of modern-day Nova Scotia, two women are stagnated by grief and their own flawed versions of the past. Can the truth set them free?

When Emily and her family move back to Nova Scotia from Calgary, it is a return to the coastal landscape that already haunts her鈥攁nd the waters where her father died. She meets her neighbour Linda, a gruff but loving widow and Linda's grown son, Tom, who struggles to stay on an even keel. As they settle in, Emily and her husband, Daniel, learn more about the short but turbulent history of the house they've just bought. With Daniel away for work, Emily becomes caught up in the lives of her neighbours, relying on Linda's friendship and growing closer to Tom, despite his unsettling knack for appearing when she least expects him. As the tension in each family builds, both Emily and Linda must confront long-unanswered questions.

With its nuanced depictions of marriage, parenting, grief and mental illness, and humorous, understated dialogue, Davison's debut is at once suspenseful and subtle.

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]]> 78931 If I Had an Old House on the East Coast /store/if-i-had-an-old-house-on-the-east-coast.html Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:33:33 +0000 /store/if-i-had-an-old-house-on-the-east-coast.html/if-i-had-an-old-house-on-the-east-coast If I had an old house on the East Coast I would fall in love at first sight.
It would grab me by the heart, and not let go.

With introspection and deep appreciation for the East Coast, this inspirational gift book shares a dream, in words and images, of falling in love with an old house and breathing new life into it. Exploring, with lyrical prose, everything from an old house's foundation to its layers of antique wallpaper to its decades-old gardens bursting with wildflowers, this book is a love letter to a vanishing way of life. Fully illustrated with gentle watercolours from celebrated local artist Kat Frick Miller, If I Had an Old House on the East Coast also includes practical tips for the old-home-owner, from how to clear your home of ghosts to instructions for making rosehip jelly and maple syrup.

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]]> 56178 There Be Pirates! /store/there-be-pirates.html Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:33:21 +0000 /store/there-be-pirates.html/there-be-pirates Did you know pirates once sailed the seas around Atlantic Canada? Pirates might seem like fun in the movies, but back in the 17th and 18th centuries鈥攖he Golden Age of Piracy鈥攂eing a pirate was very serious business.

From the Hackmatack award-shortlisted author of Oak Island and the Search for Buried Treasure comes the newest book from 琉璃社区's popular Compass series for young readers. Learn about what everyday life was like for some of the fiercest pirates of all time. Explore the history of piracy, from the ancient Romans and Greeks to modern-day pirates. How did pirates navigate the seas? What happened if they were caught? Did pirates really bury treasure?

This full-colour non-fiction book includes highlighted glossary terms, informative sidebars, over 50 colour illustrations and historical photographs, an index, and recommended further reading.

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]]> 56176 Catching the Light /store/catching-the-light.html Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:32:30 +0000 /store/catching-the-light.html/catching-the-light The kids call her Lighthouse: no lights on up there. In a small town, everyone knows when you can't read. But Cathy is just distracted by the light, lines, and artistry of everyday life. She is a talented artist growing up in tiny Mariners Cove and yearns for acceptance. She dreams of enrolling in art school, but getting there will be a struggle. Hutch Parsons is everything Cathy is not: charismatic, popular, smart. Overflowing with energy, he is confident in his plans for the future. But one icy evening his world is upended and those plans are swept away.

Dancing between points of view, Catching the Light explores the ordinary lives of two extraordinary people. With gorgeously lyrical language and a strong sense of place, this tender novel announces a bright new voice in Atlantic fiction. Winner of the 2014 Percy Janes First Novel Award for an unpublished manuscript.

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]]> 56165 Fire in the Belly /store/fire-in-the-belly-2.html Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:30:58 +0000 /store/fire-in-the-belly-pb.html/fire-in-the-belly-pb A paperback edition of the award-winning biography by of Purdy Crawford, who went from Toronto's Bay Street as an outsider, the son of a coal miner from tiny Five Islands, Nova Scotia, to one of Canada's top lawyers and best-known business mentors.

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