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• Cracking the Nazi Code

  the Untold Story of Canada's Greatest Spy

  Bell, Jason (Professor of philosophy),

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  "In public life, Dr. Winthrop Bell of Halifax was a Harvard philosophy professor and wealthy businessman. As MI6 secret agent A12, he evaded gunfire and shook off pursuers to break open the emerging Nazi conspiracy in 1919 Berlin. His reports, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Canada at War

  Conscription, Diplomacy, and Politics

  Granatstein, J. L.

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  "Canada at War explores the impact of the two world wars on Canada and Canadians by examining conscription, foreign policy, and politics, with William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada’s longest-serving prime minister, acting as the book’s central figure.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Girls Need Not Apply

  Field Notes From the Forces

  Thompson, Kelly S.

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  "This inspiring, compelling debut memoir chronicles the experiences of a female captain serving in the Canadian Armed Forces, and her journey to make space for herself in a traditionally masculine world."

• Our Jack Goes West

  a Commemorative Novelette

  Raby-Dunne, Susan,

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  Military historian Susan Raby-Dunne's book is "the fictionalized story of the last days and hours of Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae beginning at No.3 Canadian General Hospital (McGill) and ending at the No.14 British Officers Hospital in Wimereux,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Out Standing in the Field

  Perron, Sandra

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  "In her memoir, Sandra Perron describes her experience of the Canadian Military... In her revealing and moving memoir, Sandra Perron, Canada's first female infantry officer and a member of the Royal 22e Régiment - the legendary "Van Doos" -…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• By Chance Alone

  a Remarkable True Story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz

  Eisen, Max

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  "More than 70 years after the Nazi camps were liberated by the Allies, a new Canadian Holocaust memoir details the rural Hungarian deportations to Auschwitz-Birkenau, back-breaking slave labour in Auschwitz I, the infamous “death march” in January…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Forgiveness

  a Gift From My Grandparents

  Sakamoto, Mark, 1977-

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  “Mark Sakamoto’s family story shows how individuals—the author’s Canadian grandfather, a POW of the Japanese, and his Japanese-Canadian grandmother, sent to a work camp in Alberta—ultimately make their own history. This is a quintessential Canadian…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• War at Sea

  Canada and the Battle of the Atlantic

  Smith, Ken, 1949 September 16-

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  "The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest single engagement of the Second World War, resulted in the coming-of-age of the Royal Canadian Navy. By 1945, the Canadian Navy had transformed from a small force of 3,500 personnel and 13 vessels into the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Obasan

  Kogawa, Joy

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  "Based on the author's own experiences, this award-winning novel was the first to tell the story of the evacuation, relocation, and dispersal of Canadian citizens of Japanese ancestry during the Second World War."

• Canada at War

  a Graphic History of World War Two

  Keery, Paul, 1958-

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  "A beautifully crafted graphic novel, tracing the achievements of the Canadian Forces in the Second World War."

• For King and Kanata

  Canadian Indians and the First World War

  Winegard, Timothy C. (Timothy Charles), 1977-

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  “For King and Kanata is an important addition to the burgeoning field of Indigenous military history in Canada. Winegard has produced a book that will be the first stop for any person interested in learning about First Nations peoples’ roles and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Two Generals

  Chantler, Scott

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  "A beautifully illustrated and poignant graphic memoir that tells the story of World War II from an Everyman's perspective. In March of 1943, Scott Chantler's grandfather, Law Chantler, shipped out across the Atlantic for active service with the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Three Day Road

  Boyden, Joseph, 1966-

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  "It is 1919, and Niska, the last Oji-Cree woman to live off the land, has received word that one of the two boys she saw off to the Great War has returned. Xavier Bird, her sole living relation, is gravely wounded and addicted to morphine. As Niska…Read moreRead more of this annotation