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  • Michigan POW Camps in World War II

    by Gregory D Sumner ...
    During World War II, Michigan became a temporary home to six thousand German and Italian POWs.At a time of homefront labor shortages, they picked fruit in Berrien County, harvested sugar beets in the Thumb, cut pulpwood in the Upper Peninsula and maintained parks and other public spaces in Detroit. The work programs were not flawless and not all of the prisoners were cooperative, but many of the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Detroit in World War II

    by Gregory D. Sumner ...
    A history of everyday life in the Motor City during the Second World War and the contributions its citizens made to the war effort.When President Roosevelt called for the country to be the great "Arsenal of Democracy," Detroit helped turn the tide against fascism with its industrial might. Locals were committed to the cause, putting careers and personal ambitions on hold. Factories were retooled ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Unstuck in Time

    A Journey Through Kurt Vonnegut's Life and Novels

    by Gregory D. Sumner ...
    In Unstuck in Time, Gregory Sumner guides us, with insight and passion, through a biography of fifteen of Kurt Vonnegut’s best known works, his fourteen novels starting with Player Piano (1952) all the way to an epilogue on his last book, A Man Without a Country (2005), to illustrate the quintessential American writer’s profound engagement with the "American Dream" in its various forms. Sumner ... Read more

    $22.39 CAD

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    Michigan POW Camps in World War II

    by Gregory D. Sumner ...
    Narrated by Chris Monteiro ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 13 min

    During World War II, Michigan became a temporary home to six thousand German and Italian POWs.At a time of homefront labor shortages, they picked fruit in Berrien County, harvested sugar beets in the Thumb, cut pulpwood in the Upper Peninsula, and maintained parks and other public spaces in Detroit. The work programs were not flawless and not all of the prisoners were cooperative, but many of the ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Detroit in World War II

    by Gregory D. Sumner ...
    Narrated by J. Rodney Turner ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 30 min

    When President Roosevelt called for the country to be the great "Arsenal of Democracy," Detroit helped turn the tide against fascism with its industrial might. Locals were committed to the cause, putting careers and personal ambitions on hold. Factories were retooled from the ground up. Industrialist Henry Ford, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, aviator Charles Lindbergh, legendary boxer Joe Louis, ... Read more

    $21.97 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Ancient Rome on the Silver Screen

    Myth versus Reality

    by Gregory S. Aldrete, Graham Sumner ...
    An unparalleled exploration of films set in Ancient Rome, from the silent Cleopatra to the modern rendition of Ben-Hur**.**No sooner had the dazzling new technology of cinema been invented near the end of the 19th century than filmmakers immediately turned to ancient history for inspiration. Nero, Cleopatra, Caesar, and more all found their way to the silver screen and would return again and again ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Welcome to the Monkey House: The Special Edition

    Stories

    by Kurt Vonnegut ...
    Since its original publication in 1968, Welcome to the Monkey House has been one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved works. This special edition celebrates a true master of the short-story form by including multiple variant drafts of what would eventually be the title story. In a fascinating accompanying essay, “Building the Monkey House: At Kurt Vonnegut’s Writing Table,”noted Vonnegut scholar ... Read more

    Was $9.99 CAD Now $7.99 CAD

  • The Good Little Mermaid's Guide to Bedtime

    by Eija Sumner ...
    Illustrated by Nici Gregory ...
    This little mermaid is too FIERCE and SCARY and FEROCIOUS to follow The Good Little Mermaid's Guide to Bedtime . . . well, except the part about snuggling her shark stuffie. A hilarious picture book for kids ages 3 to 7 who are experts at resisting sleep.Once upon an evening, a good little mermaid begins to get ready for bed.Once upon? No. Not once upon. I know what that means. And I'm NOT a good ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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    by Harlan Ellison, Harlan Ellison, J. Michael Straczynski, Max Brooks, James S. A. Corey, Richard Peck, Cory Doctorow, Dan Simmons, Cecil Castellucci0, Adrian Tchaikovsky1, various authors2 ...
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    An anthology more than half a century in the making, The Last Dangerous Visions is the third and final installment of the legendary science fiction anthology series.In 1973 celebrated writer and editor Harlan Ellison announced the third and final volume of his unprecedented anthology series, which began with Dangerous Visions and continued with Again, Dangerous Visions. But for reasons undisclosed ... Read more

    $14.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Silence Factory

    A Novel

    by Bridget Collins ...
    INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER"A delicately woven novel with an utterly original premise, it ensnared me from the very first page.” — Emilia Hart, bestselling author of WeywardFrom the acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller The Binding—a captivating story of gothic suspense about a powerful family, the magical and dangerous silk their fortune is built upon, and the exploitative history they ... Read more

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  • Science Fiction: 101

    Exploring the Craft of Science Fiction

    by Robert Silverberg ...
    The Grand Master details his development as a writer and shares thirteen favorite sci-fi stories from his youth and what they taught him about writing.Every writer must start somewhere. Robert Silverberg was once simply a young man learning the art and craft of writing before he found success. But how did he get from there to winning four Hugo Awards, three Locus Awards, and six Nebula Awards, as ... Read more

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  • The End of the End of Everything

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    by Dale Bailey ...
    Shirley Jackson Award Finalist: "The stories in this collection range from unsettling to downright chilling, but are uniformly intelligent . . . and memorable." —Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times–bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside OurselvesThis collection of nine stories, suffused with apocalyptic anxiety and stubborn hope, comes from an author widely acclaimed for his mix of the ... Read more

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