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It's 1960 and Elizabeth is slowly coming apart. Her reality is splintering and she wants to harm her children. Fifteen years later, Elizabeth is desperately trying to fill in the gaps electric shock therapy has left in her memory. She longs to find her children and explain that s...he never meant to leave for so long. A moving exploration of illness, memory, and how we fight for who we love.
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In Witchcraft, folklorist Clary Croft explores the many examples of witchcraft identified in the Maritimes and explains their cultural origins-Scottish, Mi'kmaq, Acadian, German, among others. He finds examples of spells, charms, and superstitions involving everything from animal... horns and blood to salt and milk.
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Eddy and Liz participate in a relationship study for extra cash and learn that they don't share the same opinions about sex, fidelity, career, or truth. In fact, they don't understand each other. Eddy tries. Liz tires.
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Beginning in the 17th-century Scotland, when Covenanters met in open defiance of religious repression, open-air communions the Scramaid evolved to become the social and spiritual highlight of the year. Primarily a mixture of prayer and religious and kinship feasting, open-air com...munions were an expression of core communal values and basic kin and religious loyalties. Particularly between 1840 and 1890, but well into the 20th century as well, the sacramental season and its open-air communions was a dominant symbol in the lives of Cape Bretons Scots Presbyterians. Whole communities, numbering in the thousands, converged for this great religious occasion, taking part in as many as five days of exhaustive preparatory self-examination.
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Peggy of the Cove is the legend of a young girl who was the only survivor of a shipwreck at Halibut Rock, Nova Scotia in the mid 1800s.
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Ghosts guarding buried treasure, phantom ships, haunted houses and supernatural warnings of death. These unexplained mysteries are all the more chilling because they are based on personal experiences of ordinary people, told to Helen Creighton, one of Canada's most respected and ...renowned folklorists.
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Learn fun facts about Canadian birds and their habitat in this children's picture book.
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A companion for novice to advanced rug-hookers featuring tips, techniques, and step-by-step instructions for contemporary rug-hooking projects, from pillows to purses. Also includes tips for cultivating your own style, working with various materials, dying your own wool, framing ...ideas, and more.
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After Dylan Maples's terrifying adventure in Alberta, the holiday his parental units plan in British Columbia's Rocky Mountains seems like a dream. Swimming, hiking, and loafing around are welcome distractions from vivid memories of his narrow escape from The Reptile, the frighte...ning criminal who pursued him and his friends through the badlands. But Dylan soon discovers that he is heading into an area teeming with legends of real-life monsters, among them the sea serpent Ogopogo and the awesome sasquatch. In fact, more mysterious creatures are said to exist in BC than in any other place in the world.... Dylan tries not to take it all too seriously. But when he arrives in the resort town of Harrison Hot Springs and meets his eccentric uncle, Walter Middy, he is pulled right into the heart of the sasquatch mystery. Before you can say, I see a monster!, Dylan, Walter, and their new friend Alice are deep in the wilderness, on the trail of the deadly beast.
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Just as fourteen-year-old Lucy is starting to figure out life after her mom's death, her dad ships her off to Cape John, her mom's hometown, for the summer. Worse, she has to live with her nutty great-aunt Josie, who doesn't cook edible food or suffer fools. Soon Lucy meets Colin..., freshly moved from the West Coast, who's digging an enormous hole in his new yard. He spends every day digging deeper in protest of his family's unilateral decision to move to this tiny oceanside community. As Colin digs in the ground, Lucy digs through her family's history, and eventually both of them uncover a shocking truth. The Big Dig asks big questions of its readers: Are secrets ever okay? What defines a family? And can we ever really know our parents? Lisa Harrington's light and funny voice blends seamlessly with Lucy's grief, creating an authentic and riveting emotional landscape.
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