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  • First in Line

    The Incredible Life of Leonard Stick

    by Hilda Morrow, Steve Bartlett ...
    First in Line: The Incredible Life of Leonard Stick documents the life of Leonard Stick, a distinguished war veteran, lawman and federal politician who was the ‘first’ in many historically significant events throughout his lifetime. Stick was the first man to enlist with the Newfoundland Regiment, regional No. 1, when it was reconstructed at the outbreak of WWI. He was also a member of the First ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • The Halifax Explosion

    Canada's Worst Disaster

    by Ken Cuthbertson ...
    On December 6, 1917, the French munitions ship Mont Blanc and the Norwegian war-relief vessel Imo collided in the harbour at Halifax, Nova Scotia. That accident sparked a fire and an apocalyptic explosion that was the largest man-made blast prior to the 1945 dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Together with the killer tsunami that followed, the explosion devastated the entire city in the ... Read more

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  • The Great Halifax Explosion

    A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism

    by John U. Bacon ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER * by the author ofThe Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund FitzgeraldThe "riveting" (National Post) tick-tock account of the largest manmade explosion in history prior to the atomic bomb, and the equally astonishing tales of survival and heroism that emerged from the ashes“Enthralling. ... Gripping. ... A captivating and emotionally investing journey.” —Pittsbur... ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • St. John's and the Battle of the Atlantic

    by Bill Rompkey ...
    During World War II St. John’s, Newfoundland played a critical role in the fight against Nazi Germany. Seamen from all over the world sailed to and from the old seaport, chosen for duty because it was closest to Europe and because its people knew both the peril and glory of the North Atlantic. In his introduction to this absorbing collection of stories, Bill Rompkey examines the city’s service to ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Curse Of The Narrows

    The Halifax Explosion 1917

    by Laura MacDonald ...
    Winner of the Dartmouth Book Award and a Globe and Mail Best Book of the YearFinalist for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction, the J.W. Dafoe Book Prize, and the Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction AwardNational BestsellerThe events of the horrific Halifax explosion are well documented: on December 6, 1917, the French munitions ship Mont Blanc and the Belgian relief ship Imo</e... ... Read more

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  • Sailors, Slackers, and Blind Pigs

    Halifax at War

    by Stephen Kimber ...
    The untold story of how war transformed the city of Halifax.Stephen Kimber recreates life in Halifax during the Second World War, a city transformed by the influx of military and civilian personnel serving the war effort. Poorly governed and corrupt, the city erupted at the end of the war in Europe in the infamous V-E Day riots of May 1945.Halifax was the only Canadian city directly caught up in ... Read more

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  • In Nelson's Wake

    The Navy and the Napoleonic Wars

    by James Davey ...
    Battles, blockades, convoys, raids: An "impressive" account of how the indefatigable British Royal Navy ensured Napoleon's ultimate defeat ( International Journal of Military History).Horatio Nelson's celebrated victory over the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 presented Britain with an unprecedented command of the seas. Yet the Royal Navy's role in the struggle against Napoleonic France ... Read more

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  • Transatlantic Liners

    by J. Kent Layton ...
    Series Book 660 - Shire Library
    Since the end of the nineteenth century there has been a stunning succession of transatlantic liners, from the White Star Line's Oceanic of 1899 to the Cunard Line's Queen Mary 2 of 2004. These floating palaces often contained luxurious staterooms, ballrooms and lounges for the rich, and noticeably more modest and basic accommodation for poorer travellers. Their designs and powerplants were often ... Read more

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  • Wilful Murder: The Sinking Of The Lusitania

    by Diana Preston ...
    On May 7th, 1915 a passenger ship crossing the Atlantic sank with the loss of 1200 lives. On board were some world-famous figures, including multimillionaire Alfred Vanderbilt. But this wasn't the Titanic and there was no iceberg. The liner was the Lusitania and it was torpedoed by a German U-boat.Wilful Murder is the hugely compelling story of the sinking of the Lusitania. The first book to look ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Maple Leaf Empire

    by Jonathan F. Vance ...
    The ineffable character of "Britishness" has been used, often enigmatically, to describe Canada's distinct cultural flavour within North America. This mysterious quality, writes award-winning writer Jonathan F. Vance, goes back to the early days of Canadian history, and consists of far more than the sum of early migration patterns. It emerges from a long-standing respect for British liberal ideals ... Read more

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  • Farewell, Dear People

    biographies of Australia’s lost generation

    by Ross McMullin ...
    WINNER OF THE 2013 PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR AUSTRALIAN HISTORYWINNER OF THE 2012 MANNING CLARK HOUSE NATIONAL CULTURAL AWARDCOMMENDED FOR THE FAW EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION AWARDFor Australia, a new nation with a relatively small population, the death of 60,000 soldiers during World War I was catastrophic. It is hardly surprising, then, that Australians evaluating the consequences of the ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • The Day the World was Shocked

    The Lusitania Disaster and Its Influence on the Course of World War I

    by John Protasio ...
    "Bring[s] home the horrors of life-and-death scenarios at sea . . . ties the sinking of the Lusitania to America's entry into the First World War" ( Sea History).Unlike the loss of the Titanic several years earlier, which could be attributed to nature, the destruction of the passenger-liner Lusitania came at the hands of a German U-boat, one of many which infested the Atlantic at the time, seeking ... Read more

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