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  • Oceans of Fate

    Peace and Peril Aboard the Steamship Empress of Asia

    by Dan Black ...
    The remarkable story of how one ship — doomed by war — intersected lives and crossed into history.Completed in 1913 for Canadian Pacific, the Empress of Asia plied the oceans for nearly 30 years. Built for long-haul ocean travel during peace-time, she saw wartime service as an armed merchant cruiser and troopship before Japanese dive-bombers destroyed her in 1942.Through the Roaring Twenties and ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

    Canadians and the Chinese Labour Corps in the First World War

    by Dan Black ...
    HARRY LIVINGSTONE was a small town doctor from Listowel, Ontario when he felt the pull of patriotism that led him to volunteer in the First World War. In 1917, Livingstone found himself embarking on a strange journey that took him to China, where he would inspect,and ultimately travel back to Canada with, men who became known as the Chinese Labour Corps.Once in Canada, the Chinese under ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Old Enough to Fight

    Canada's Boy Soldiers in the First World War

    Between 15,000 and 20,000 underage youths, some as young as ten, signed up to fight in Canada's armed forces in the First World War. They served in the trenches alongside their elders, and fought in all the major battles: Ypres, the Somme, Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge, and the rest. Many were injured or suffered psychological wounds. Many died. This is the first book to tell their story.Some boys ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Too Young to Die

    Canada's Boy Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen in the Second World War

    John Boileau and Dan Black tell the stories of some of the 30,000 underage youths -- some as young as fourteen -- who joined the Canadian Armed Forces in the Second World War. This is the companion volume to the authors' popular 2013 book Old Enough to Fight about boy soldiers in the First World War. Like their predecessors a generation before, these boys managed to enlist despite their youth. ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Book of Spam

    A Most Glorious and Definitive Compendium of the World's Favorite Canned Meat

    What luncheon meat is found in over forty-five countries, available in ninety-nine percent of supemarkets and corner shops, and sells nearly eighty million pounds every year? It's SPAM. From the 20,000-member SPAM Fan Club to Monty Python's Broadway sensation SPAMalot, after seventy years of canned-meat greatness, SPAM has become a pop-culture sensation with a devout following, and The Book of ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Design That Scales

    Creating a Sustainable Design System Practice

    by Dan Mall ...
    After years of building the same interface elements, some designers and developers get wise and try to create reusable, common solutions to help everyone stop reinventing the wheel every time. Most fail. In Design That Scales, design systems expert Dan Mall draws on his extensive experience helping some of the world's most recognizable brands create design practices that are truly sustainable and ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

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    Adventures in Churchland

    Finding Jesus in the Mess of Organized Religion

    by Dan Kimball ...
    Narrated by Adam Black ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 44 min

    Would Jesus Attend Church Today?Among the top ten trends that are changing American life, Time magazine recently listed a rising dissatisfaction with organized religion. Though many people today like Jesus, they are growing tired of traditional religious institutions. Even those who follow Jesus aren't so sure they always like what Christianity and the church represent.For many years, Dan Kimball ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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  • Great Canadian War Heroes

    Victoria Cross Recepients of World War II

    by Tom Douglas ...
    Series series Amazing Stories
    Great Canadian War Heroes tells the amazing stories of the 16 Canadians who received the Victoria Cross during WWII. They came from all walks of life and from various ranks within the Canadian Forces, but they all had one thing in common: each displayed exceptional bravery in the face of the enemy. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Canada and the Liberation of the Netherlands, May 1945

    by Lance Goddard ...
    Nazi Germany's invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940 marked the beginning of five years of terror for the Dutch people. They faced oppression and death with remarkable stoicism, but nothing could save them from the Hunger Winter of 1944-5, when more than 30,000 people died of starvation.In this time of unimaginable despair, Canada came to the rescue, playing the largest role in liberating the ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Guadalcanal: Starvation Island

    by Eric Hammel ...
    GUADALCANAL: Starvation Island by Eric Hammel =- The Japanese defeats at Midway and Guadalcanal decided the outcome of the Pacific War. Guadalcanal was the classic three-dimensional campaign. On land, at sea, and in the air, fierce battles were fought with both sides stretching their supplies and equipment to the breaking point. The campaign lasted six months, involved nearly one million men, and ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Tailings of Warren Peace

    by Stephen Law ...
    A corrupt mining company, repossessed gravestones, a man’s fractured past, mysterious notes posted to lampposts and murder deep in the highlands of Guatemala. In Tailings of Warren Peace, Stephen Law effortlessly weaves these elements into a powerful story of love and memory, exploring how the past haunts us and how solidarity can save us all. Mysterious, passionate and powerful, Tailings of ... Read more

    $19.95 USD

  • Riding into War

    The Memoir of a Horse Transport Driver, 1916-1919

    Series Book 4 - New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
    On the ghastly battlefields of the First World War, Jimmie Johnston drove teams or pack horses carrying ammunition and hauling guns to the front lines. One night, Johnston was hauling guns back from the front line. Suddenly, in the darkness and pouring rain, he, his team, the wagon, and the guns pitched into an old trench. After disentangling the horses from their harness, Johnston found a ... Read more

    $11.59 USD