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  • Canada 1911

    The Decisive Election that Shaped the Country

    One hundred years ago, Canadians went to the polls to decide the fate of their country in an election that raised issues vital to Canada's national independence and its place in the world. Canadians faced a clear choice between free trade with the United States and fidelity to the British Empire, and the decisions they made in September 1911 helped shape Canada's political and economic history for ... Read more

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  • Embattled Nation

    Canada's Wartime Election of 1917

    Embattled Nation explores Canada’s tumultuous wartime election of 1917 and the people and issues that made it a pivotal moment in Canadian history.Embattled Nation explores the drama of Canada’s tumultuous election of 1917. In the context of the bloody battles of Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Passchendaele, and of the Halifax explosion, Sir Robert Borden’s Conservative government introduced conscription ... Read more

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  • The Luck of the Draw

    When a young journalist is tasked with writing the biography of Vincenzo Brillante—legendary partisan and political icon—he expects stories of wartime heroism. What he receives instead is a chilling confession: one final tale that Brillante has kept hidden for decades.In the spring of 1944, high in the Alps of Nazi-occupied Italy, a close-knit band of resistance fighters is torn apart—not by ... Read more

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  • King and Chaos

    The 1935 Canadian General Election

    Series series Turning Point Elections
    In 1935, Canadians went to the polls against the backdrop of the Great Depression and deteriorating international conditions. This election was like no other, as five major parties competed for voters who were used to a traditional slate of Liberals versus Conservatives. King and Chaos examines the significance of this turning point in political history.As the Conservative government splintered ... Read more

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  • A World Beyond Borders

    An Introduction to the History of International Organizations

    Series Book 1 - International Themes and Issues
    This short and well-written overview provides essential information on the history of international organizations (IOs), with particular focus on the League of Nations, the development of the United Nations, and the UN system. Starting at the beginning of the twentieth century, when there were very few international organizations in existence, A World Beyond Borders traces the growth of IOs ... Read more

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  • Canada and the First World War, Second Edition

    Essays in Honour of Robert Craig Brown

    Edited by David MacKenzie ...
    The First World War is often credited as being the event that gave Canada its own identity, distinct from that of Britain, France, and the United States. Less often noted, however, is that it was also the cause of a great deal of friction within Canadian society. The fifteen essays contained in Canada and the First World War examine how Canadians experienced the war and how their experiences were ... Read more

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  • Goat Husbandry

    This is a book every goat-keeper should have. The latest edition has been extensively revised by Ruth Goodwin, a well-known expert, to reflect the changes in the goat-keeping world since publication of the previous edition. She has incorporated her revisions with great skill without losing the character of what is a classic work. ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Spitfires Rising

    A WWII aviation thriller in the lead up to Dunkirk

    Narrated by Troy Allan ...
    Series series John Noble Fighter Ace Thrillers

    Unabridged

    7 hours 45 min

    An exciting new wartime adventure series! Perfect for fans of Derek Robinson, James Holland, Frank Barnard, and Jack Higgins.A young pilot is thrust into the raging skies of war . . .1938Having been raised on a farm, young New Zealander John Noble longs for an adventure away from his family's homestead. Enthralled by the sight of a Tiger Moth flying overhead, he decides to pursue a career a... ... Read more

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    Defying The Odds

    A Battle of Britain action story

    Narrated by Troy Allan ...
    Series series John Noble Fighter Ace Thrillers

    Unabridged

    7 hours 30 min

    The RAF squadron returns in a thrilling wartime adventure! Perfect for fans of Derek Robinson, James Holland, Frank Barnard, and Jack Higgins.They refuse to be lambs led to the slaughter . . .June, 1940After fourteen months of flying, John Noble is now a capable and experienced Fighter Pilot. His squadron has successfully survived the intense period of aerial warfare over Dunkirk, but now new ... Read more

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    Despair and Triumph

    Aerial action and adventure from Singapore to D-Day

    Narrated by Troy Allan ...
    Series series John Noble Fighter Ace Thrillers

    Unabridged

    7 hours

    John Noble flies East in his latest adventure! Perfect for fans of Derek Robinson, James Holland, Frank Barnard, and Jack Higgins.A new alliance is forming . . .1941From providing air cover against large numbers of German attackers at Dunkirk to battling the never-ending waves of Luftwaffe aircraft at the Battle of Britain, 415 Squadron have been making their mark. And though many in the squadron ... Read more

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    Winnipeg's Political Left after the General Strike

    Stefan Epp-Koop’s We’re Going to Run This City: Winnipeg’s Political Left After the General Strike explores the dynamic political movement that came out of the largest labour protest in Canadian history and the ramifications for Winnipeg throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Few have studied the political Left at the municipal level—even though it is at this grassroots level that many people participate ... Read more

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  • In Our Time

    n Our Time is the title of Ernest Hemingway and #39;s first collection of short stories, published in 1925 by Boni and Liveright, New York, and of a collection of vignettes published in 1924 in France titled in our time. Its title is derived from the English Book of Common Prayer, "Give peace in our time, O Lord". The stories and #39;s themes – of alienation, loss, grief, separation – continue the ... Read more

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