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  • Thunder in the Skies

    A Canadian Gunner in the Great War

    by Derek Grout ...
    An extraordinary, newly discovered account from an ordinary Canadian on the ground in the crucial battles of the First World War.What was it like to be a field gunner in the Great War?Drawing on the unpublished letters and diary of field gunner Lt. Bert Sargent and his fellow soldiers, Thunder in the Skies takes the reader from enlistment in late 1914, through training camp, to the Somme, Vimy ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • In the Trenches 1914 - 1918

    This book are the memoirs of Frank S. Iriam, Sgt. sniper, scout and, observer attached to the First Canadian Division which was attached to the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force. These writing are of significant Historical Value as well as a very vivid description of most of the major battles of the Great War. There are no holds barred descriptions of the good and bad qualities of the various ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • A Most Ungentlemanly Way of War

    The SOE and the Canadian Connection

    An examination of the SOE, its accomplishments, and the Canadian connection to the organization.During the Second World War, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill created the Special Operations Executive (SOE) to conduct acts of sabotage and subversion, and raise secret armies of partisans in German-occupied Europe. With the directive to “set Europe ablaze,” the SOE undertook a dangerous game ... Read more

    $7.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cold Fire

    Kennedy's Northern Front

    by John Boyko ...
    Forget all you think you know about the Kennedy years. With narrative flair and sparkling storytelling, acclaimed historian John Boyko explores the crucial period when America and its allies were fighting the Cold War's most treacherous battles, Canadians were trading sovereignty for security, and everyone feared a nuclear holocaust.At the centre of this story are three leaders. President John F. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Charlie Mike

    A True Story of Heroes Who Brought Their Mission Home

    by Joe Klein ...
    This true story of two decorated combat veterans who find a new way to save their comrades and heal their country is “a great look at two of the best veteran organizations going and the incredible humans who make the effort work” (Jon Stewart).In Charlie Mike, a true account that “reads like a novel” (Publishers Weekly) and “explodes like a thriller” (The Huffington Post), Klein tells the dramatic ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Unlikely Soldiers

    How Two Canadians Fought the Secret War Against Nazi Occupation

    Published to rave reviews, this is the never-before-told story of two brilliant young Canadians who became unlikely soldiers. Ken Macalister was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford. Frank Pickersgill was a doctoral student in classics at l’Université de Paris. Together, they volunteered for the British SOE and soon found themselves being trained to kill. On June 15, 1943, with false identities, they ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stranger Than We Can Imagine

    Making Sense of the Twentieth Century

    by John Higgs ...
    **“An illuminating work of massive insight” on the complex ideas and events that initiated the historical shift between the 19th and 20th centuries (Alan Moore, author of V for Vendetta and Watchmen).“An always-provocative view of an era that many people would just as soon forget . . . an absorbing tour of the 20th century.” —Kirkus Reviews**In Stranger Than We Can Imagine, John Higgs argues that ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Pirate Hunters

    Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship

    by Robert Kurson ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE • A thrilling adventure of danger and deep-sea diving, historic mystery and suspense, by the author of Shadow DiversFinding and identifying a pirate ship is the hardest thing to do under the sea. But two men—John Chatterton and John Mattera—are willing to risk everything to find the Golden Fleece, the ship of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • 1944

    FDR and the Year That Changed History

    by Jay Winik ...
    The year 1944, which determined the outcome of World War II and put intense pressure on the ailing yet determined President Roosevelt, is brought to vivid life in “gripping” (The New York Times Book Review) detail in this New York Times bestseller.1944 was a year that could have stymied the Allies and cemented Hitler’s waning power. Instead, it saved those democracies—but with a fateful cost. Now, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Elephant Company

    The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II

    by Vicki Croke ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKThe remarkable story of James Howard “Billy” Williams, whose uncanny rapport with the world’s largest land animals transformed him from a carefree young man into the charismatic war hero known as Elephant Bill**In 1920, Billy Williams came to colonial Burma as a “forest man” for a British teak company. Mesmerized by the intelligence and ... Read more

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  • Dancing with the Devil in the City of God

    Rio de Janeiro on the Brink

    From prizewinning journalist and Brazilian native Juliana Barbassa comes a deeply reported and beautifully written account of the seductive and chaotic city of Rio de Janeiro as it struggles with poverty and corruption on the brink of the 2016 Olympic Games.Juliana Barbassa moved a great deal throughout her life, but Rio was always home. After twenty-one years abroad, she returned to find her ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Elle & Coach

    Diabetes, the Fight for My Daughter's Life, and the Dog Who Changed Everything

    **NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller"This book will inspire and encourage countless parents and children around the country. I loved it."---Hillary Rodham Clinton**Elle & Coach is the true story of a Type-A mom struggling to care for a daughter who has Type 1 diabetes and of the incredible service dog who changes their lives for the better.Stefany Shaheen tries everything to manage her daughter Elle's ... Read more

    $6.99 USD