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Quips and Quirks: Microhistories of Nova Scotia and Other Interesting Chronicles

Discover something unique with these niche histories of Nova Scotia.

Halifax Public Libraries

25 items

  • Far Out!

    the Untold Story of the '60s Inspired "back-to-the-land" Migration That Changed Nova Scotia

    Murphy, Christopher
    Book, 2024Altona, Mba. : FriesenPress, c2024. — 971.60922 M978f
  • Centuries of Silence

    the Discovery of the Salzinnes Antiphonal = Des Siècles De Sílence : La Découverte De L'antiphonaire De Salzinnes

    Dietz, Judith E.
    Book, 2017Halifax, N.S. : Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2017. — 189.4 D566c
  • Disruptive Women

    the Untold Story of Nova Scotia's Pioneers of Peace and Suffrage

    MacDonald, Sharon, 1948-
    Book, 2025Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2025. — 324.62309715 M135d
  • My Ancestors Live Here

    Stories From a Life Protecting Mi'kmaw Burial Sites

    Hunt, Ellen
    Book, 2024Halifax, NS : Formac Publishing Company Limited, 2024. — 921 H939m
  • Engraved on Our Nations

    Indigenous Economic Tenacity

    Book, 2024Winnipeg, Man. : University of Manitoba Press, 2024. — 330.9008997 E58
  • The Peddlers

    the Fuller Brush Man, the Lords of Liniment and Door to Door Heroes in Nova Scotia and Beyond

    Henshaw, Blain, 1946-
    Book, 2019Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia : Pottersfield Press, 2019. — 381.109716 H526p
  • Acadian Driftwood

    the Roots of Acadian and Cajun Music

    Comeau, Paul-Emile
    Book, 2014[Kingston, ON] : Fox Music Books/Quarry Press, c2014. — 784.49715 C732a
  • A Little of Everything

    General Stores of Nova Scotia--remembering the Old Days, Old Ways

    Parker, Mike, 1952-
    Book, 2022East Lawrencetown, N.S. : Pottersfield Press, 2022. — 971.603 P242L
  • Play It Like You Sing It

    the Shears Collection of Bagpipe Culture and Dance Music From Nova Scotia

    Shears, Barry, 1956-
    Book, 2018Halifax, Nova Scotia : Bradan Press, 2018. — 788.49097 S539p v.1
  • What's the Point?

    An Irreverent History of Point Pleasant Park

    Laffoley, Steven Edwin
    Book, 2024Lawrencetown, N.S.: Pottersfield Press, 2024. — 711.558 L163w
  • Coal Black Heart

    the Story of Coal and the Lives It Ruled

    DeMont, John, 1956-
    Book, 2009Toronto : Doubleday Canada, c2009. — 338.2724 D384c
  • Strangers in the Land

    the Ukrainian Presence in Cape Breton

    Huk, John
    Book, 2011Sydney : Centre for Cape Breton Studies, 2011. — 325.71695 S897 2011
  • Small Structures of Nova Scotia

    Spaces of Solitude, Necessity, and Simplicity

    Hannah, Jessie
    Book, 2021Halifax, NS : Nimbus Publishing, 2021. — 971.604 H243s