Thomas H Raddall – lisa疯马秀 Publishing and Vagrant Press lisa疯马秀 Publishing is the largest English-language publisher east of Toronto Mon, 24 Jun 2024 12:22:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 153484567 The Nymph and the Lamp /store/the-nymph-and-the-lamp.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-nymph-and-the-lamp Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:39:51 +0000 /store/the-nymph-and-the-lamp A new edition of this classic work of Atlantic fiction, set on a wild, isolated island off the coast of Nova Scotia. This classic Nova Scotia novel tells the story […]

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]]> 94060 Courage in the Storm /store/courage-in-the-storm.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=courage-in-the-storm Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:26:47 +0000 /store/courage-in-the-storm.html/courage-in-the-storm She urged the horse on with a jerk at the reins. Judy went on a few steps and stopped again. The object stretched right across her path. It was close and clear now, and Greta gasped. Her very heart seemed to stop beating. For there, like a ghost risen out of the ice, lay a ship. A ship, of all things! A big schooner with three tall masts, all crusted with snow. What was it doing here? Slowly her mind filled with awful suspicion. She tried to put it aside, but it came back. At last she faced the truth.

The little mare had been lost all this time. Instead of crossing the ice, they had been wandering down the river, towards the open sea.

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]]> 54545 Halifax Warden of the North (Updated Edition) /store/halifax-warden-of-the-north-2.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=halifax-warden-of-the-north-updated-edition Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:36:59 +0000 /store/halifax-warden-of-the-north-updated-edition.html/halifax-warden-of-the-north-updated-edition First published in 1948, Halifax Warden of the North has remained the best-known and most influential chronicle of Halifax since it first hit the shelves. In this updated version of the Governor General's Award-winning history of Halifax, celebrated journalist Stephen Kimber picks up where Thomas Raddall left off, adding three new chapters that cover the city's history from the mid-1960s to the present day, including the destruction of Africville, the arrival of the Buddhists in the 1970s and 80s, the amalgamation of HRM in the 1990s, and the storms of the most recent decade.

Already the definitive history of Halifax, this newly updated edition of Raddall's fascinating historical portrait will be an essential addition to all local historians' libraries.

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]]> 54499 His Majesty’s Yankees /store/his-majestys-yankees.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=his-majestys-yankees Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:28:11 +0000 /store/his-majestys-yankees.html/his-majestys-yankees The story of the part played by the Yankees in Nova Scotia during the American Revolution. His Majesty’s Yankees is a thrilling and romantic adventure story.

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]]> 53499 Halifax Warden of the North /store/halifax-warden-of-the-north.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=halifax-warden-of-the-north Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:11:20 +0000 /store/halifax-warden-of-the-north.html/halifax-warden-of-the-north In this new, redesigned, highly readable trade paperback format, lisa疯马秀 presents Thomas Raddall's fascinating historical portrait of Halifax. The story begins with the city's first inhabitants, the Mi'kmaq, and follows Halifax through time, from the earliest settlers to prohibition and the wartime boom to life in the later half of the twentieth century. It focuses on the city's historic military role and the effects of its strategic position, chronicling colourful characters, heroes and scoundrels, and the adventure and intrigue of their exploits.

One of Canada's most popular novelists, Thomas H. Raddall won the Governor General's Award three times. He is the author of sixteen books, including His Majesty's Yankees and The Nymph and the Lamp.

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]]> 54456 Nymph and the Lamp /store/nymph-and-the-lamp.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nymph-and-the-lamp Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:10:28 +0000 /store/nymph-and-the-lamp.html/nymph-and-the-lamp A Nova Scotia classic, The Nymph and the Lamp is the story of Isabel Jardin, a strong and sensitive woman, and the men in her life鈥攖he stoic Matthew Carney, a living legend, the passionate Gregory Skane, and the innocent but infatuated Jim Sargent. Set in the 1920s, the story unfolds against the wild desolation of Marina, a wind-swept island off the coast of Nova Scotia, as the characters come to terms with their personal contradictions and the demands of isolated island life.

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]]> 53537 Hangman’s Beach /store/hangmans-beach.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hangmans-beach Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:56:18 +0000 /store/hangmans-beach.html/hangmans-beach A skilful blend of romance and historical fact woven about Halifax, Nova Scotia, while the Napoleonic Wars were shaking the world. A few miles away on Melville Island, a French prisoner daily faces the agonizing question: What would be his fate if the British discovered that he had shot and killed Lord Nelson at Trafalgar?

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]]> 56177 Roger Sudden /store/roger-sudden.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roger-sudden Sat, 25 Jan 2020 05:05:48 +0000 /store/roger-sudden Roger Sudden, first published in 1944, is a stirring historical novel set in Nova Scotia during the English/French rivalry over the possession of North America. Roger Sudden, a ruthless trader with both the English and the French, becomes embroiled in the bitter conflict between Halifax and Louisbourg for control of the northern continent.

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