A woman's journey to uncover the fate of seven RCAF crewmen who perished in the Second World War. For most of her life, Lisa Russ knew little about her second cousin, Robert "Bud" George Alfred Burt. All she had were two...
World War (1939-1945)
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Author:Russ, Lisa JeanSummary: -
Author:Savignac, Lina, Jalette, JocelynSummary:Dans l’archipel du lac Saint-Pierre, pays de la sauvagine, plus de cent îlots se disputent la douceur de vivre. Sur l’île Dupas, au milieu de cette nature généreuse, un jeune couple tente de se tailler une place au soleil, mais les...
- Author:Tremblay d'Essiambre, LouiseSummary:
Une série bouleversante dans laquelle se côtoient des personnages de l’inoubliable série Les héritiers du fleuve ainsi que des familles françaises aux destins émouvants.
Même si la guerre est terminée, la vie tarde à...
- Author:Tremblay d'Essiambre, LouiseSummary:
Dans le deuxième volet de cette série dont l’intrigue se déroule sur deux continents, les grands événements de l’Histoire teintent le quotidien de gens qui nous sont chers. Tandis qu’en France Bertha et Jacob Reif, Brigitte, Rémi,...
- Author:Tremblay d'Essiambre, LouiseSummary:
Tandis qu’à Pointe-à-la-Truite Gilberte Bouchard et ses proches tentent de comprendre cette guerre si lointaine, en Normandie, la réalité est tout autre. Françoise Nicolas, fille d’un important producteur de calvados, épouse son bien-...
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Author:Ballantyne, IainSummary:Eye-witness accounts describe the deadly cat-and-mouse game between British battleships and one of Germany's largest World War II battleships.
- Author:Pressfield, StevenSummary:
By the fall of 1942, Rommel's Panzers have routed Britain's Eighth Army in North Africa and are poised to capture Egypt, the Suez Canal, and the Middle Eastern oil fields. To stop Rommel, England deploys a new breed of highly mobile,...
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Author:Maruno, JenniferSummary:2015 Rocky Mountain Book Award — Shortlisted A boy is thrown into the middle of history’s biggest war. Fatherless and penniless, fifteen-year-old Richard Fuller wants a bike, so Mr. Black, the baker hires him to help with deliveries. Mr...
- Author:Follett, Ken.Summary:
Alex Wolff, a master spy, is on a mission to steal British military plans in World War II Cairo, and British officer Major Vandam must thwart him.
- Author:Goldstyn, JacquesSummary:
Jules et Jim sont inséparables. Depuis leur enfance, ils forment un duo complice. Quand la Grande Guerre éclate, Jules et Jim s'engagent dans l'armée. Devenus frères d'armes, ils combattent avec courage et puisent leurs forces dans...
- Author:Bass, Gary J.Summary:
ACCLAIMED AS ONE OF THE YEAR'S 10 BEST BOOKS BY THE WASHINGTON POST - 12 ESSENTIAL NONFICTION BOOKS BY THE NEW YORKER - 100 NOTABLE BOOKS BY THE NEW YORK TIMES - BEST BOOKS BY THE ECONOMIST, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AND AIR MAIL - 10...
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Author:Rose, R. S.Summary:The life and career of a spy, the German-born Johann Heinrich Amadeus "Johnny" de Graaf (1894-1980), who was a double agent for the British against the Soviets before the Second World War, and worked for Canada against Canadian Fascists...
- Author:Gregson, JuliaSummary:
Young singer Saba Tarcan journeys from her native Wales to the bazaars of Cairo to entertain Allied troops. After wishing farewell to her fighter pilot beau Dom Benson, Saba's life takes a dramatic turn when she's recruited by the...
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Author:Jorgensen, NormanSummary:Living on Rottnest during WWII, Jack and his best friend Banjo have the run of the island and a remarkable knack for getting into trouble. Dafty, a simple but loveable young boy, is their constant companion. But when Dafty seeks revenge...
- Author:Kogawa, JoySummary:
Already a Canadian bestseller, the sequel to Joy Kogawa’s award-winning novel Obasan follows the character Naomi Nakane into adulthood, where she becomes involved in the movement for governmental redress. Much more overtly political...
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Author:Bruning, John R.Summary:December, 1941: Manila is invaded, and Pappy Gunn is ordered to fly key military command out of the country, leaving his family at home. By the end of the war, Pappy's ingenuity and flair for innovation helped revolutionize the art of...
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Author:Bluman, Barbara RuthSummary:This Holocaust memoir crosses generations. In I Have My Mother’s Eyes, Barbara Ruth Bluman chronicles her mother’s dramatic journey from Nazi-occupied Poland to western British Columbia, where her legacy lives on. Bluman sets an urgent...
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Author:Gregory, DorisSummary:Still sassy, Doris Gregory takes the reader back over seventy years to the time when she broke with tradition, first by publicly challenging the University of British Columbia’s discrimination against women, and then by joining the...
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Author:Salisbury, GrahamSummary:Over a year after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the arrest of Tomi's father and grandfather, Tomi and his friends, battling anti-Japanese-American sentiment in Hawaii, try to find a way to salvage his father's sunken fishing boat...
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Author:Dwork, DeborahSummary:Unrivaled in reach and scope, Holocaust illuminates the long march of events, from the Middle Ages to the modern era, which led to this great atrocity. It is a story of all Europe, of Nazis and their allies, the experience of wartime...
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