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Series: Fire and Desolation The Revolutionary War's 1778 Campaign as Waged from Quebec and Niagara Against the American Frontiers Paperback Gavin K. Watt 9781459738584 $28.99 HISTORY Jun 10, 2017

Following a disastrous campaign in 1777, the alliance between the Six Nations and the British Crown became seriously strained. Relations were made even more difficult by the hands-off stance of Quebec’s governor, General Guy Carleton, which led to the Native leaders developing their own strategies and employing traditional tactics, leading to a ferocious series of attacks on the frontiers of Vermont, New York, and Pennsylvania, supported by Loyalist and Regular troops. Among these were two infamous actions, referred to as “massacres” by Americ... + Read More
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Series: Among the Walking Wounded Soldiers, Survival, and PTSD Paperback Colonel John Conrad 9781459735132 $24.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 29, 2017

A gripping account of PTSD, and a stark reminder that, for many, wars go on long after the last shot is fired. In the shadows of army life is a world where friends become monsters, where kindness twists into assault, and where self-loathing and despair become constant companions. Whether you know it by old names like “soldier’s heart,” “shell shock,” or “combat fatigue,” post-traumatic stress disorder has left deep and silent wounds throughout history in the ranks of fighting forces. Among the Walking Wounded tells one veteran’s experience of... + Read More
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Series: Firing Lines Three Canadian Women Write the First World War Paperback Debbie Marshall 9781459738386 $24.99 HISTORY Feb 18, 2017

Read between the front lines: The stories of three Canadian female journalists stationed in England and France during the First World War. Europe: 1914–18. Mary MacLeod Moore, a writer for Saturday Night Magazine, covered the war’s impact on women, from the munitions factories to the kitchens of London’s tenements. Beatrice Nasmyth, a writer for the Vancouver Province, managed the successful wartime political campaign of Canadian Roberta MacAdams and attended the Versailles Peace Conference as Premier Arthur Sifton’s press secretary. Elizabeth... + Read More
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Series: A Boy from Botwood Pte. A.W. Manuel, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, 1914-1919 Paperback Bryan Davies 9781459736719 $22.99 HISTORY Jan 21, 2017

A proud Newfoundland soldier’s memoir gives unprecedented details of life as a German POW during the First World War. I’m going to tell my story. With those words, eighty-three-year-old Arthur Manuel set his remarkable First World War memoir in motion. Like many Great War veterans, Manuel had never discussed his wartime life with anyone. Hidden in the Manuel family records until its 2011 discovery by his grandson David Manuel, Arthur’s story is now brought to new life. Determined to escape his impoverished rural Newfoundland existence, he e... + Read More
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Series: Point of View Charlie Foxtrot Fixing Defence Procurement in Canada Paperback Kim Richard Nossal 9781459736757 $19.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Dec 10, 2016

Defence expert Kim Richard Nossal presents a damning indictment of defence procurement in Canada, and shows how to fix it. Defence procurement in Canada is a mess. New equipment is desperately needed for the Canadian Armed Forces, but most projects are behind schedule, over budget, or both. Not only has mismanagement cost Canadian taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, it has also deprived Canada and the CAF of much-needed military capacity. Successive governments — both Liberal and Conservative — have managed the complexities of defence... + Read More
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Series: Combat Mission Kandahar The Canadian Experience in Afghanistan Paperback T. Robert Fowler 9781459735163 $21.99 HISTORY Aug 06, 2016

Seven soldiers. Seven military specialties. Seven stories. What was it like to serve in the combat mission in Afghanistan? Journalists’ reports from 2006 to 2011 could only give brief glimpses of the reality on the ground for Canadian soldiers. This book reveals the full story of what happened to seven soldiers, ranking from corporal to captain, who were deployed during Operation ATHENA, Phase 2. The operation became known as “the combat mission” as Canadian battle groups engaged in a deadly multi-year war of counter-insurgency in Kandahar pro... + Read More
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Series: Battle Story Passchendaele 1917 Paperback Chris McNab 9781459734173 $14.99 HISTORY May 21, 2016

The Battle of Passchendaele has come to epitomize the mud and blood of the First World War. Passchendaele is perhaps one of the most iconic campaigns of the First World War, coming to symbolize the mud and blood of the battlefield like no other. Fought for over three months under some of the worst conditions of the war, fighting became bogged down in a quagmire that made it almost impossible for any gains to be made. In this Battle Story, Chris McNab seeks to lift the battle out of its controversy and explain what really happened and why. Com... + Read More
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Series: No Ordinary Men Special Operations Forces Missions in Afghanistan Paperback Colonel Bernd Horn 9781459724105 $24.99 HISTORY Feb 20, 2016

The first in-depth book that sheds light on Canada’s elite warriors who operate in the shadows. In 2001, the Canadian government sent elements of its Joint Task Force 2 counterterrorist unit to Afghanistan to assist the Americans with Operation Enduring Freedom and the global war on terror. Withdrawn a year later, after a brief hiatus JTF 2 returned to Afghanistan in 2005, beginning a continuous tour of duty for Canadian Special Operation Forces (CANSOF) up to the cessation of Canadian combat operations in 2011. This book reveals six untold sp... + Read More
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Series: A Most Ungentlemanly Way of War The SOE and the Canadian Connection Paperback Colonel Bernd Horn 9781459732797 $19.99 HISTORY Jan 30, 2016

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 of cat and mouse with the Nazi Gestapo. An agent’s failure could result in indescribable torture, dispatch to a concentration camp, and, often, a dea... + Read More
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Series: The Canadian Honours System 2nd edition Hardcover Christopher McCreery 9781459724150 $60.00 HISTORY Nov 28, 2015

This updated, full-colour illustrated book recounts the history of Canada’s various national orders, decorations, and medals. This expanded and updated edition of The Canadian Honours System surveys the history of Canada’s various orders, decorations, and medals, from New France’s Croix de St. Louis, Britain’s the Order of the Bath, to modern Canadian honours such as the Sacrifice Medal and recently created Polar Medal. Since the establishment of the Order of Canada in 1967, the Canadian honours system has grown to become one of the most compr... + Read More
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Series: Contemporary Canadian Issues Australia, Canada, and Iraq Perspectives on an Invasion Paperback Ramesh Thakur 9781459731516 $28.99 HISTORY Oct 03, 2015

A collection of essays on the war in Iraq; including pieces by Jean Chrétien and John Howard, the prime ministers during the war. When it was declared in 2003, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was intensely controversial. While a few of America's partners, like Australia, joined in the war, many, including Canada, refused to take part. However the war in Iraq was viewed at the time, though, it is clear that that war and the war in Afghanistan have had a profound and lasting impact on international relations. Australia, Canada, and Iraq collects... + Read More
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Series: Thunder in the Skies A Canadian Gunner in the Great War Paperback Derek Grout 9781459730939 $24.99 HISTORY Aug 29, 2015

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 Ridge, Passchendaele, the Hundred Days Offensive, and home again with peace. Posted just behind the front lines, Sargent and field gunners like hi... + Read More
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Series: For Valour Canadians and the Victoria Cross in the Great War Paperback Gerald Gliddon 9781459728486 $29.99 HISTORY Aug 15, 2015

The collected stories of the Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration. As Canada came into its own as a nation during the First World War, proving itself capable of standing alongside Britain on the world stage, scores of Canadians were awarded the Commonwealth’s highest award for pre-eminent acts of valour, self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty, the Victoria Cross. For Valour details every Canadian VC recipient from the First World War. These men, ordinary servicemen from widely differing social backgro... + Read More
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Series: Contemporary Canadian Issues Australia and Canada in Afghanistan Perspectives on a Mission Paperback Jack Cunningham 9781459731257 $28.99 HISTORY May 02, 2015

Afghanistan is a long way from both Canada and Australia, but from 2001, fate conspired to bring the three countries together. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Australia and Canada joined the U.S. and other Western allies in attacking al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan. Operation Enduring Freedom began on October 4, 2001, but this was only the beginning of a much longer engagement in Afghanistan for both Canada and Australia, with a legacy much more ambiguous than the initial campaign had promised. Australia and Canada in Afghanistan... + Read More
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Series: Sam Steele An Officer and a Gentleman Paperback Norman S. Leach 9781459728271 $22.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 04, 2015

A GLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLER Had there been no Sam Steele, it has been observed, Hollywood would have had to invent him. Born into the comparative stability of the Victorian era's Pax Britannica, Steele lived to witness the postwar turmoil of the Lost Generation. From humble beginnings in what is now Bracebridge, Ontario, to his knighthood in England two years before his death in 1919, Steele's life epitomized the themes of personal adventure, service to crown and country, and the zeal for modernization and social order that characterized ninet... + Read More
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Series: Forced to Change Crisis and Reform in the Canadian Armed Forces Paperback Colonel Bernd Horn 9781459727847 $19.99 HISTORY Mar 28, 2015

Undeniably, the 1990s were a period of crisis for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). Drastic budget reductions and a series of endless scandals all collided to form the perfect storm. The outcome of this was nothing short of the implosion of the Canadian Armed Forces Officer Corps. Stripped by the government of the right to regulate itself, the Officer Corps, which represented the nation’s stewards of the profession of arms, was forced to reform itself. Key to this transformation was education. However, the road was not easy, as cultural change ... + Read More
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Series: Cavalry of the Air An Illustrated Introduction to the Aircraft and Aces of the First World War Paperback Norman S. Leach 9781459723320 $28.99 HISTORY Nov 08, 2014

Many of the airmen of the First Word War who challenged both the enemy and death did not survive. These are their stories. In the clinging mud and trench warfare of WWI, it was soon clear that the cavalry — the elite of the elite — would be of little use. The dashing men and officers of the cavalry searched for a way to be front and center in the conflict, and found it in the new air forces being established on both sides of the Western Front. Soon lances and sabres were replaced by silk scarves and machine guns. Combat on horseback was replac... + Read More
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Series: The Great Escape The Untold Story Paperback Ted Barris 9781459728448 $24.99 HISTORY Oct 25, 2014

2014 Libris Award — Joint Winner, Non-Fiction Book of the Year Globe and Mail Bestseller Toronto Star Bestseller A unique retelling of WWII’s most dramatic escape, told through first-hand recollections of the soldiers who experienced it. On the night of March 24, 1944, eighty airmen crawled through a 400-foot-long tunnel, code-named "Harry," and dashed from Stalag Luft III, the infamous WWII German POW camp. It became known as The Great Escape. The breakout had taken a year to plan, involved 2,000 POWs, and prompted a massive manhunt across o... + Read More
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Series: Oakville's Flower The History of HMCS Oakville Paperback Sean E. Livingston 9781459728417 $30.00 HISTORY Oct 11, 2014

The story of HMCS Oakville, a corvette that fought U-boats in WWII and remains a hero to its hometown in Oakville, Ontario. This is an in-depth look at the history and legacy of HMCS Oakville, a Canadian World War II corvette that fought in the Battle of the Atlantic, and was one of the few corvettes to sink a U-boat. From its creation through its christening off the shores of its namesake town, its exploits at sea, the famous encounter with U94, and the ship’s lackluster end, Oakville’s is a story that showcases not only our nation’s proud n... + Read More
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Series: Upper Canada Preserved — War of 1812 The Ashes of War The Fight for Upper Canada, August 1814–March 1815 Paperback Richard Feltoe 9781459722835 $19.99 HISTORY Aug 23, 2014

The end of the War of 1812 brought with it great political, economic, and social upheaval. The sixth and final book of the Upper Canada Preserved — War of 1812 series, The Ashes of War examines in detail the closing stages of the war on the Northern Frontier, including the two-month siege of Fort Erie, the engagement at Cook’s Mills, the American attempt to recapture Michilimackinac (Mackinac), the tale of the Nancy, and the American raids into southwestern Upper Canada. It explores the impact that events occurring at the same time in the Unite... + Read More
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Series: Voyageur Classics All Else Is Folly A Tale of War and Passion New edition Paperback Peregrine Acland 9781459704237 $28.99 FICTION May 31, 2014

One of Canada’s most painful and breathtaking pictures of a soldier’s life during the First World War. Peregrine Acland’s novel All Else Is Folly is an irreplaceable depiction of the Canadian experience in the First World War. More than just a devastating portrayal of the terrors and hardships of trench warfare, the novel is also a profound meditation on the nature of man, one that draws on both the Nietzschean notion of man as warrior and Havelock Ellis’s idea of man as lover. Subtitled "a tale of war and passion," the novel was something of a... + Read More
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Series: Upper Canada Preserved — War of 1812 A Crucible of Fire The Battle of Lundy's Lane, July 25, 1814 Paperback Richard Feltoe 9781459722125 $19.99 HISTORY Apr 26, 2014

From the Battle of Chippawa to Lundy’s Lane, A Crucible of Fire focuses on the period of the War of 1812 leading up to the siege on Fort Erie in September 1814. Following their invasion at Fort Erie and decisive victory at the Battle of Chippawa, an American army of over 5,000 men seemed poised to sweep across the Niagara frontier to Lake Ontario, link up with the American fleet, and complete the final expulsion of the British allied forces from Upper Canada. However, only a month later, the shattered remnants of this force were firmly on the d... + Read More
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Series: Secrets of the Second World War Fighting to Lose How the German Secret Intelligence Service Helped the Allies Win the Second World War Paperback John Bryden 9781459719590 $26.99 HISTORY Apr 19, 2014

Startling new revelations about collaboration between the Allies and the German Secret Service. Based on extensive primary source research, John Bryden’s Fighting to Lose presents compelling evidence that the German intelligence service — the Abwehr — undertook to rescue Britain from certain defeat in 1941. Recently opened secret intelligence files indicate that the famed British double-cross or double-agent system was in fact a German triple-cross system. These files also reveal that British intelligence secretly appealed to the Abwehr for he... + Read More
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Series: White Ensign Flying Corvette HMCS Trentonian Paperback Roger Litwiller 9781459710399 $34.00 HISTORY Mar 08, 2014

The courageous, historic story of a great fighting ship of the Second World War. White Ensign Flying tells the story of HMCS Trentonian, a Canadian corvette that fought U-Boats in the Second World War. Trentonian escorted convoys on the North Atlantic and through the deadly waters near England and France. The ship was attacked by the Americans in a friendly-fire incident during Operation Neptune and later earned the dubious distinction of being the last corvette sunk by the enemy. Litwiller has interviewed many of the men who served in Trento... + Read More
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Series: Through a Canadian Periscope The Story of the Canadian Submarine Service 2nd edition Paperback Julie H. Ferguson 9781459710559 $26.99 HISTORY Mar 01, 2014

A comprehensive history of Canada’s submarine service and the people who have served in it. Through a Canadian Periscope’s second edition celebrates the story of the Canadian submarine service on the occasion of its centenary in 2014. Created in 1914, at the beginning of World War I, Canada’s submarine force has overcome repeated attempts to sink it since then. Surprise, controversy, political expediency, and naval manipulation flow through its one hundred-year history. Heroes and eccentrics, and ordinary people populate its remarkable story, ... + Read More
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Series: Winston Churchill and Mackenzie King So Similar, So Different Paperback Terry Reardon 9781459724273 $29.99 HISTORY Jan 11, 2014

The story of the complex relationship between two world leaders during one of the greatest crises in human history. Born just two weeks apart in 1874, Winston Churchill and William Lyon Mackenzie King had much in common. Both forged long parliamentary careers, and each led his country to victory in World War II. A BBC poll deemed Winston Churchill the greatest Briton of all time, and Mackenzie King has been judged by a group of historians as the greatest Canadian prime minister. Their parallel careers fostered a working relationship that laste... + Read More
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Series: Mobilize! Why Canada Was Unprepared for the Second World War Paperback Larry D. Rose 9781459710641 $28.99 HISTORY Nov 09, 2013

Why was Canada not preparing for the Second World War when the rest of the world was ready to meet Hitler’s threats? Despite Canada’s active participation in the First World War, which many claimed made Canada a nation, the country was almost defenceless in September 1939 when war was declared again. Larry D. Rose, a long-time journalist and a military specialist, examines the military’s own failures, the hidden agenda of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, and the divisions within Canada leading up to Canada’s entry into the war. He su... + Read More
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Series: Combat Doctor Life and Death Stories from Kandahar’s Military Hospital Paperback Marc Dauphin 9781459719262 $24.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 09, 2013

An emergency room doctor recounts harrowing stories about his time at a combat hospital in Kandahar. Combat Doctor presents the stories of the victims of the War in Afghanistan, as told by the last Canadian Officer Commanding at the Kandahar Role 3 Multinational Hospital. In 2009, Marc Dauphin, an experienced emergency-room physician, served a full tour at the combat hospital in Kandahar. During his time there, he dealt with injuries more horrific than he had ever seen during his civilian experience. He and the Role 3 Hospital’s international... + Read More
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Series: Upper Canada Preserved — War of 1812 The Tide of War The 1814 Invasions of Upper Canada Paperback Richard Feltoe 9781459714106 $19.99 HISTORY Nov 02, 2013

The invasion attempt on Upper Canada by a new and vastly improved American army in the first six months of 1814. Throughout 1812 and 1813, Upper Canada had been the principle target for a succession of American invasions and attacks. Fortunately they all had been repulsed, but at a high cost in lives and the devastation of property on both sides of the border. By the beginning of 1814, both sides were determined to bring the war to an end with a decisive victory through an escalated commitment of men and military resources.Continuing the story ... + Read More
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Series: Mobilize! Why Canada Was Unprepared for the Second World War Electronic book text, EPUB Larry D. Rose 9781459710665 $9.99 HISTORY Oct 28, 2013

Why was Canada not preparing for the Second World War when the rest of the world was ready to meet Hitler’s threats? Despite Canada’s active participation in the First World War, which many claimed made Canada a nation, the country was almost defenceless in September 1939 when war was declared again. Larry D. Rose, a long-time journalist and a military specialist, examines the military’s own failures, the hidden agenda of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, and the divisions within Canada leading up to Canada’s entry into the war. He su... + Read More
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Series: The Great Escape A Canadian Story Hardcover Ted Barris 9781771022729 $33.99 HISTORY Oct 05, 2013

A unique retelling of WWII’s most dramatic escape, told through first-hand recollections of the soldiers who experienced it. On the night of March 24, 1944, 80 Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 336-foot-long tunnel and slipped into the forest beyond the wire of Stalag Luft III, a German POW compound near Sagan, Poland. The event became known as &8220;The Great Escape,&8220; an intricate breakout more than a year in the making, involving as many as 2,000 POWs working with extraordinary coordination, intelligence, and daring. Yet within a ... + Read More
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Series: Hostile Seas A Mission in Pirate Waters Paperback JL Savidge 9781459719378 $22.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 05, 2013

Set during a period of dramatically escalating piracy, Hostile Seas is a personal account of a mission on board a naval warship in the waters off Somalia. In late 2008, piracy around the Horn of Africa escalated dramatically, threatening the passage of international merchant ships through a critical waterway. Not only were ships carrying goods to North America and Europe affected, but also vessels entrusted with food aid for a Somali population suffering the effects of prolonged drought and civil war.In response, the Canadian government redirec... + Read More
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Series: Kid Soldier Paperback Jennifer Maruno 9781459706774 $10.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 - 15 Aug 31, 2013

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. Black entertains him with army stories and teaches him Morse code. He invites Richard to attend the opening ceremonies of the local 1939 military camp. Infatuated with army life, Richard takes part in Army training camp under an assumed name. When war looms, he makes the most impulsive decision in his life and ... + Read More
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Series: Under the Blue Beret A U.N. Peacekeeper in the Middle East Paperback Terry "Stoney" Burke 9781459708327 $22.99 HISTORY Jul 13, 2013

The trauma of hostile fire, roadside bombs, mines, and the ab- duction and death of comrades is told in vivid, unforgettable detail. "The fundamental and essential purpose of the United Nations is to keep the peace. Everything which does not further that goal, either directly or indirectly, is at best superfluous."– Henry Cabot Lodge, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations From the 1950s to the present day, Canadian peacekeepers have been employed as a stabilizing force and an instrument of peace in every corner of the globe. In this fi... + Read More
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Series: Of Courage and Determination The First Special Service Force, "The Devil's Brigade," 1942–44 Paperback Colonel Bernd Horn 9781459709645 $35.00 HISTORY Jun 29, 2013

An Allied unit comprised of Canadian and American troops, the First Special Service Force or "Devil’s Brigade" struck fear into the very heart of the Axis. In the dark, early days of the Second World War, the Allies found themselves with their backs against the wall. With their armies, tactics, doctrine, and equipment in tatters, the Allies turned to special operations forces to carry the fight to the Axis enemy until their conventional forces could be built up once again. Specially selected and trained, these forces struck fear into the hearts... + Read More
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Series: Upper Canada Preserved — War of 1812 The Flames of War The Fight for Upper Canada, July—December 1813 Paperback Richard Feltoe 9781459707023 $19.99 HISTORY Jun 01, 2013

The third in a series of unique surveys of the battles in the War of 1812. In April 1813 the Americans launched a new campaign to conquer Upper Canada, after their failure to do so in 1812. However, following initial victories, the U.S. assault stalled as a combined force of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Native allies counterattacked, throwing the Americans entirely onto the defensive by the end of June. During the next six months, this seesaw of military advantage was repeated again and again as each side escalated its commitment of ... + Read More
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Series: Upper Canada Preserved — War of 1812 The Pendulum of War The Fight for Upper Canada, January–June 1813 Paperback Richard Feltoe 9781459706996 $19.99 HISTORY Feb 02, 2013

The second book in a series that is the definitive retelling of the War of 1812. In his second of six books in the series Upper Canada Preserved — War of 1812, author Richard Feltoe continues a battlefield chronicle that combines the best of modern historical research with extensive quotes from original official documents and personal letters, bringing to life the crucial first six months of the 1813 American campaign to invade and conquer Upper Canada. The Pendulum of War documents the course of more than seven major battles and over a dozen m... + Read More
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Series: Raymond Collishaw and the Black Flight Paperback Roger Gunn 9781459706606 $26.99 HISTORY Jan 26, 2013

The first comprehensive biography of Canada’s third-highest- scoring ace in the First World War. Ever wondered what it would be like to fly a biplane or triplane in the First World War? Raymond Collishaw and the Black Flight takes you to the Western Front during the Great War. Experience the risks of combat and the many close calls Collishaw had as a pilot, flight commander, and squadron leader. Understand the courage Collishaw and his fellow flyers faced every day they took to the air in their small, light, and very manoeuvrable craft to face ... + Read More
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Series: Winston Churchill and Mackenzie King So Similar, So Different Hardcover Terry Reardon 9781459705890 $35.00 HISTORY Oct 06, 2012

The story of the complex relationship between two world leaders during one of the greatest crises in human history. Born just two weeks apart in 1874, Winston Churchill and William Lyon Mackenzie King had much in common. Both forged long parliamentary careers, and each led his country to victory in World War II. A BBC poll deemed Winston Churchill the greatest Briton of all time, and Mackenzie King has been judged by a group of historians as the greatest Canadian prime minister. Their parallel careers fostered a working relationship that laste... + Read More
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Series: Fighting Words Canada's Best War Reporting Paperback Mark Bourrie 9781459706668 $29.99 HISTORY Sep 15, 2012

A collection of the best journalism from Canada’s wars, from the time of the Vikings to the war in Afghanistan. Fighting Words is a collection of the very best war journalism created by or about Canadians at war. The collection spans 1,000 years of history, from the Vikings’ fight with North American Natives, through New France’s struggle for survival against the Iroquois and British, to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Rebellions of Lower and Upper Canada, the Fenian raids, the North-West Rebellion, the First World War, the Second... + Read More
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Series: Upper Canada Preserved — War of 1812 The Call to Arms The 1812 Invasions of Upper Canada Paperback Richard Feltoe 9781459704398 $19.99 HISTORY Sep 15, 2012

From 1812 to 1815 a war was fought between the United States and Britain that decided the destiny and future of North America. The Call to Arms is the first of six books in the series Upper Canada Preserved — War of 1812. Each book in this battlefield-based chronicle combines the best of modern historical research with extensive quotations from original official documents and personal letters to bring to life this crucial period of Canada’s early history. Numerous historical images of locations are counterpointed with comparable modern perspect... + Read More
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Series: Warships of the Bay of Quinte Paperback Roger Litwiller 9781554889297 $28.00 HISTORY Apr 13, 2011

This is the story of six of Canadas Warships HMCS NAPANEE, HMCS BELLEVILLE, HMCS HALLOWELL, HMCS TRENTONIAN, HMCS QUINTE (I), and the HMCS QUINTE (II). These histories give a unique account of the small ships that have been the backbone of the Canadian Navy during the Second World War and the Cold War. The stories record the accomplishments of these hardworking ships as well as the mistakes. This rich and vivid account of an important part of Canadas Naval Service draws from the records of the ships, interviews with their crews, letters, diar... + Read More
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Series: Triumph at Kapyong Canada’s Pivotal Battle in Korea Paperback Dan Bjarnason 9781554888726 $22.99 HISTORY Mar 02, 2011

April 24th, 1951,was a lonely, moon-lit night in Korea. On a godforsaken hill, a few hundred surrounded Canadian soldiers waited for the fight of their lives to begin. Soon, Chinese communist troops in their thousands, swarmed around them, plunging straight towards the Korean capital, Seoul. These Canadians were all that blocked the way. This is the story of the first battle by Canada’s first soldiers in the Korean War: the 2nd Battalion of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. These volunteers were straight from Central Casting: truck ... + Read More
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Series: Stanley Barracks Toronto's Military Legacy Paperback Aldona Sendzikas 9781554887880 $29.99 HISTORY Jan 18, 2011

Winner of the 2012 Heritage Toronto Award of Merit Stanley Barracks begins with the construction in 1840-41 of the new facility that replaced the then decaying Fort York Barracks. The book recounts the background of the last facility operated by the British military in Toronto and how Canada’s own Permanent Force was developed. During the course of the stories told in this history, we learn about Canadian participation in war, including the two world wars and the barracks’ use as an internment camp for "enemy aliens"; civil-military relation... + Read More
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Series: The Seabound Coast The Official History of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1867–1939, Volume I Hardcover William Johnston 9781554889075 $70.00 HISTORY Jan 14, 2011

Commended for the 2011 Keith Matthews Award From its creation in 1910, the Royal Canadian Navy was marked by political debate over the countrys need for a naval service. The Seabound Coast, Volume I of a three-volume official history of the RCN, traces the story of the navys first three decades, from its beginnings as Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Lauriers tinpot navy of two obsolescent British cruisers to the force of six modern destroyers and four minesweepers with which it began the Second World War. The previously published Volume II of this ... + Read More
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Series: Du littoral à la mer Histoire officielle de la Marine royale du Canada, 1867–1939, Volume I Hardcover William Johnston 9781554889099 $70.00 HISTORY Jan 14, 2011

La création de la Marine royale du Canada (MRC) en 1910 et ses premières années d’existence ont été marquées par un débat politique quant à la nécessité d’un service naval au Canada. Du littoral à la mer, le premier d’une série de trois volumes relatant l’histoire officielle de la MRC, retrace les trois premières décennies de la Marine, de ses débuts comme marine de pacotille établie par le Premier ministre sir Wilfrid Laurier et constituée de deux croiseurs britanniques obsolètes jusqu’ à son entrée dans la Seconde Guerre mondiale, en tant q... + Read More
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Series: Citizen Sailors Chronicles of Canada's Naval Reserve, 1910-2010 Hardcover Richard H. Gimblett 9781554888672 $39.95 HISTORY Nov 16, 2010

This commemorative volume produced on the occasion of the centennial of the Canadian Navy, 1910-2010, records a special kind of dual citizenship: Canadians exercising the profession of the sea in their nation’s service, while also living out the demands of their civilian occupations in their home communities. The perspectives of the part-time citizen-sailors who have made up Canada’s Naval Reserve over the past century provide an interesting, valuable, and timely alternative history of the Canadian Navy. Most of the contributors to this volume ... + Read More
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Series: Le marin-citoyen Chroniques de la Réserve navale du Canada 1910–2010 Hardcover Richard H. Gimblett 9781554888764 $39.95 HISTORY Nov 16, 2010

Ce livre commémoratif, produit à l’occasion du Centenaire de la Marine canadienne 1910–2010, traite d’une double citoyenneté particulière : celle des Canadiens exerçant le métier de la mer au service du Canada, tout en répondant aux devoirs de leurs activités civiles, chez eux, dans leur communauté. Les points de vue de ces citoyens marins à temps partiel, qui ont constitué la Réserve navale du Canada au cours des cent dernières années, offrent une autre histoire intéressante, utile et opportune de la Marine canadienne. La plupart des personnes... + Read More
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Series: Lifting the Silence A World War II RCAF Bomber Pilot Reunites with his Past Paperback David Scott Smith 9781554887743 $27.99 HISTORY Nov 01, 2010

At a time of great sacrifice in Canadian history, we are welcomed into the homes, the hearts, and the minds of mothers, sons, fathers, and friends as we follow Syd Smith and his high-school brotherhood of 13 when they answer the call to duty in 1941. Written with his son, David, Lifting the Silence is also a father-and-son journey of discovery that uncovers a remarkable letter that serves as testament to what still defines Canada today. Postmarked "France August 1946," the fragile letter bares the soul of a people beaten down by cruel times and... + Read More
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Series: Our Only Shield A Novel of the Second World War Paperback Michael J. Goodspeed 9781926577050 $24.95 FICTION Sep 21, 2010

Set in the desperate days at the outset of the Second World War, Our Only Shield brings back Rory Ferrall, the resourceful Canadian spy from Michael J. Goodspeed’s debut novel, Three to a Loaf. Hastily recalled from a successful career in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Rory arrives in Britain only to find a war that is being prosecuted with political indecision and wishful thinking. The skills he displayed as a spy in the Great War are once again sorely needed by a small group of far-sighted but frustrated military planners. Our Only Shiel... + Read More
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Series: Hell in Flanders Fields Canadians at the Second Battle of Ypres Hardcover George H. Cassar 9781554887286 $36.00 HISTORY Aug 30, 2010

On 22 April 1915, the men of the 1st Canadian Division faced chlorine gas, a new lethal weapon against which they had no defence. In defiance of a particularly horrible death, or, at the very least, severe lung injury, these untested Canadians fought almost continuously for four days, often hand-to-hand, as they clung stubbornly against overwhelming odds to a vital part of the Allied line after the French units on their left fled in panic. By doing so, they saved 50,000 troops in the Ypres salient from almost certain destruction, and, in additi... + Read More
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Series: Solving the People Puzzle Cultural Intelligence and Special Operations Forces Paperback Dr. Emily Spencer 9781554887507 $24.99 HISTORY May 24, 2010

The twenty-first century has brought the perfect storm of conditions to create substantive global instability. This contemporary operating environment (COE) is characterized by complexity, ambiguity, volatility, and constant danger. It is a human invention that requires a human solution. Special operations forces (SOF), a group comprised of highly trained personnel with the ability to deploy rapidly and apply special skills in a variety of environments and circumstances, is the logical force of choice to achieve success in the COE. Increasing ... + Read More
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Series: Canadians at War Men of Steel Canadian Paratroopers in Normandy, 1944 Paperback Colonel Bernd Horn 9781554887088 $19.99 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 12 - 15 May 03, 2010

Take a trip back in time to the chaos and destruction of the greatest invasion in military history, viewed through the lens of Canadian paratroopers. Men of Steel is the exciting story of some of Canada’s toughest and most daring soldiers in the Second World War. In the dead of night, on 5/6 June 1944, hundreds of elite Canadian paratroopers hurled themselves from aircraft behind enemy lines. That daring act set the stage for the eventual success of the Allied invasion fleet. From aircraft formations striking out from England on a turbulent fli... + Read More
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Series: Bitter Ashes The Story of WW II Hardcover John Wilson 9781894917902 $20.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jan 01, 2010

World War Two was the greatest conflict in human history. It gave birth to the Atomic Age, the Cold War and the economic boom of the 1950s and 60s, and planted the seeds of today’s Middle East crises. But it is not distant history. Most Canadians have relatives who were part of this world-wide tragedy. Bitter Ashes puts these events in context for them. This book in the illustrated historical series Stories of Canada is a companion to Desperate Glory: The Story of WWI. A clear and concise text leads the reader though the major military and poli... + Read More
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Series: Amazing Airmen Canadian Flyers in the Second World War Paperback Ian Darling 9781554884247 $24.99 HISTORY Sep 07, 2009

Canadian and British airmen engaged in fierce and deadly battles in the skies over Europe during the Second World War. Those who survived often had to overcome incredible obstacles to do so — dodging bullets and German troops, escaping from burning planes and enduring forced marches if they became prisoners. In one story, a tail gunner from Montreal survived despite being unconscious when blown out of his bomber. Another story describes how the crew of a navigator from Ottawa used chewing gum to fill holes in their aircraft. And another tells ... + Read More
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Series: The Difficult War Perspectives on Insurgency and Special Operations Forces Paperback Dr. Emily Spencer 9781554884414 $39.95 HISTORY Jul 20, 2009

The Difficult War: Perspectives on Insurgency and Special Operations Forces is a collection of essays that deals with theoretical concepts related to insurgency as well as to the practice of irregular warfare. Since special operations forces are such an integral element to counter-insurgency, this volume also contains a large SOF component. Importantly, this book will assist the practitioner of the profession of arms to understand insurgency or, perhaps more accurately, counter-insurgency and those components that are germane to its practice. M... + Read More
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Series: Une guerre difficile Points de vue sur l'insurrection et les FOS Paperback Dr. Emily Spencer 9781554884711 $39.95 HISTORY Jul 20, 2009

L’ouvrage intitulne guerre difficile : Points de vue sur l’insurrection et les FOS aborde les concepts thiques liaux insurrections et a pratique de la guerre irrli. Le prnt volume s’intsse dans une large mesure aux forces d’options spales, car elles constituent un ment intal des mesures de contre insurrection. Ce recueil aidera les membres de la profession des armes omprendre ce qu’est l’insurrection, ou plus prsnt peut-e, la contre-insurrection et ses ments connexes caractstiques. De plus, Une guerre difficile jette un airage particulier sur c... + Read More
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Series: War Brides The Stories of the Women Who Left Everything Behind to Follow the Men They Loved Paperback Melynda Jarratt 9781554883868 $28.00 HISTORY May 25, 2009

For thousands of young British girls, the influx of Canadian soldiers conscripted to Britain during the Second World War meant throngs of handsome young men. The result was over 48,000 marriages to Canadian soldiers alone, and a mass emigration of British women to North America and around the world in the 1940’s. For many brides, the decision to leave their family and home to move to a country thousands of miles away with a man they hardly knew brought forth ensuing happiness. For others, the outcome was much different, and the darker side of... + Read More
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Series: Ce que dit le tonnerre Réflexions d'un officier canadien à Kandahar Paperback Colonel John Conrad 9781554884193 $29.95 HISTORY May 18, 2009

Si l’on se fie à tous les principes de la guerre et à la logique militaire, le soutien logistique de la force opérationnelle Orion du Canada aurait dû s’écrouler en juillet 2006. Peu de pays posent un défi logistique aussi important que l’Afghanistan, et pourtant les soldats canadiens l’ont relevé avec brio, en 2006, dans ce dangereux théâtre international. Cette réussite représente un accomplissement militaire monumental. Les opérations de combat du Canada couvraient le sud de l’Afghanistan en 2006, et c’est avec un mélange d’inquiétude et de ... + Read More
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Series: Outcasts A Love Story Paperback Susan M. Papp 9781554884223 $29.99 HISTORY Mar 23, 2009

In this story of love and loss, Tibor Schroeder, a Christian and reservist in the Hungarian forces allied with Nazi Germany, and Hedy Weisz, a young Jewish woman meet and fall in love during the Second World War - a time when romantic liaisons and marriage between Christians and Jews were not only frowned upon but against the law. Not knowing of the dangers that await them, Tibor and Hedy pledge their lives to each only to be torn apart when Hedy and her family are herded into one Nagyszollos’ ghettoes. Twenty-five years pass before the lovers ... + Read More