Nimbus imprint: 135 books

Eco-Innovators

Sustainability in Atlantic Canada

by Chris Benjamin
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2011

Eco-Innovators profiles some of the region's most innovative and forward-thinking leaders in sustainability. These entrepreneurs and educators, activists and agitators, farmers and fishers have all made measurable contributions both in their respective fields of interest and in motivating others to...
by Kate Inglis
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2011

The pirates of the Dread Crew, ruthless junk hunters, are on the rampage through the Maritime woods. On their trail is a boy pirate tracker Eric Stewart, who gathers mounting evidence of their hooliganism until one day their clue-laden path of destruction completely disappears. Little does Eric know...
by Steve Vernon
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2006

From the restless spirits of Devil's Island to the Black Dog of Antigonish Harbour, Haunted Harbours is a spine-tingling collection of local ghost stories from across the province of Nova Scotia. Well-known and documented stories from the provincial archives are mixed with word-of-mouth legends of...
by Helen Creighton,Clary Croft
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2008

Ghosts guarding buried treasure, phantom ships, haunted houses, and supernatural warnings of death-these are just some of the strange and mysterious phenomena you will encounter in Bluenose Ghosts. These unexplained mysteries are all the more chilling because they are based on the personal experiences...
by Laura Best
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013

Cammie Deveau began life with a few strikes against her. She’s visually impaired, abandoned by her mother at birth, her father was a casualty of the Second World War—and if all that isn’t enough, she’s being raised by her bootlegging aunt. No wonder she dreams of starting a brand new life. When...
by Lisa Harrington
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2018

The students at Lizzie's high school are notoriously terrible at breakups. Forget awkward conversations—they're dumping each other via text. Inspired by the terrible breakups around her, sixteen-year-old Lizzie, strapped for cash and itching to go on the school's band trip to NYC, teams up with...
by Daphne Greer
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015

Coping with the recent death of his father, twelve-year-old Jacob Mosher is sent to spend the summer with his aging, estranged (and strange!) grandparents in rural Newport Landing, Nova Scotia. Reluctantly, he trades the security of his foster mum in “Upper Canada” for a blind grandfather, Frank,...
by Sonia Tilson
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017

Thirteen-year-old Neil MacLeod feels like a fish out of water. He's trying to adjust to his new life in Ottawa, but it's half a continent away from his friends in Vancouver, not to mention a whole lot colder. Even worse, his mother still refuses to tell him the truth about the father he's never met. After...
by Laura Best
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017

Eleven-year-old Cammie Turple grew up with more obstacles than most. Visually impaired and abandoned by her parents, she was raised by her tenacious, bootlegging aunt in rural Tanner, Nova Scotia. After Cammie and her best friend, Evelyn Merry, destroy the local moonshine still, forcing Evelyn's abusive,...
by Alice Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017

Set in the fictional town of Paddy's Arm, Newfoundland, Alice Walsh's debut mystery novel is at once harrowing and homey, equal parts police procedural and diner gossip. When Claire and Bram?s only child dies suddenly, it at first appears to be a case of crib death. But when the real cause of death...

In the Spirit

Reflections on Everyday Grace

by Monica Graham
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015

The wonder of a human hand; the tenacity of trillium; the restorative power of a hymnal: these topics and many more are explored in this thought-provoking collection of 80 spiritual essays from author-journalist Monica Graham. Taken from the best of the Chronicle-Herald column of the same name,...
by Bob Kroll
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013

A miserly miller with a stash of gold, an island with an ever-changing list alias, some sly smugglers who nevertheless remember to send a thank you note, a stern schoolmaster who couldn’t tell time, and a thief with two left feet are just some of the shady individuals who grace the pages of Scamps...
by Steve Vernon
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011

Spanning the length and width of Nova Scotia, these 25 blood-chilling yarns make perfect campfire fare. Some stories are so terrifying that they have been told far and wide, such as the Ghosts of Oak Island or the haunting of Esther Cox. Others, including the Murder Island Massacre and the Caledonia...
by Steve Vernon
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2004

A new collection of ghost stories from every corner of New Brunswick. Pull up a seat and listen closely-storyteller Steve Vernon has another collection of classic, bone-chilling tales to tell. Steve takes readers from one end of New Brunswick to the other, unearthing dark tales of strange happenings...
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