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War's end: an eyewitness account of America's last atomic mission
By Charles W Sweeney, James A Antonucci, Marion K Antonucci. 1997
Memoir of the American Army Air Corps pilot who flew both atomic bomb missions over Japan in August 1945. Feeling…
"outraged and betrayed" by revisionist accounts of those events, the author tells his own career story and describes the tension and drama surrounding the world's first use of atomic weapons. c1997.War and anti-war: survival at the dawn of the 21st century
By Alvin Toffler, Heidi Toffler. 1993
The authors argue that styles of war follow patterns of economic activity. The Tofflers cite agricultural and industrial models as…
examples of what might be expected in the age of information and technology. They offer their "anti-war" formula for keeping peace. 1993.Vivre le deuil au jour le jour: la perte d'une personne proche
By Christophe Fauré. 2004
Fondé sur ses expériences de clinicien, le psychiatre décrit les différentes étapes du deuil et les sentiments qui l'accompagnent :…
colère, culpabilité, dépression, peur ; la compréhension de soi permettant d'optimiser la cicatrisation de la souffrance.Vie et mort du couple: du dating au divorce
By Geneviève Pettersen. 2014
"Madame Chose aborde tous les sujets sans tabous et écorche au passage certaines idées reçues sur la vie à deux.…
Vie et mort du couple, Du dating au divorce, n'est pas un guide pour réussir sa vie amoureuse. Madame Chose y fait plutôt une radiographie du couple québécois et de ses travers, un scan de son quotidien qui, disons-le, finit souvent par avoir raison des meilleurs. " -- 4e de couv.V-mail: letters of a World War II combat medic
By Keith Winston, Sarah Winston. 1985
Letters to his wife from a World War II soldier who served in France and Germany. He emerges as a…
sensitive and devoted family man coping with homesickness, boredom and the frustration of military life. 1985.Understanding Canadian defence
By Desmond Morton. 2003
From the threats of American invasion in the 18th and 19th centuries, to the two World Wars, to the aftermath…
of the World Trade Center attacks, Morton examines the events that have shaped Canada's military identity. He also looks to the future, describing a revolution in military orthodoxy that has been underway for more than a decade. Digital technology is transforming the way Americans wage war, and Canada is expected to follow suit, no matter the cost. 2003.Undercover agent: how one honest man took on the drug mob-- and then the Mounties (An M&S paperback)
By Leonard Mitchell, Peter Rehak. 1988
The authors tell of Leonard Mitchell's 19 months as an undercover agent for the RCMP which resulted in a drug…
bust with an estimated worth of $238 million. During the trial based on his work, Mitchell and his family were left in limbo while the RCMP hesitated on their promises of new identities and compensation, even though the mob had put out a contract on Mitchell's life. Not until Mitchell appeared on the news program "W5" did the RCMP fulfill their promise. 1989, c1988.Transformed by the light: the powerful effect of near-death experiences on people's lives
By Paul Perry, Melvin Morse. 1993
Millions of people throughout the world have had a near-death experience. The authors present a wealth of evidence from people…
who have returned from death after being 'transformed by the light'. They show how the lives of people who return from the brink of death are usually changed for the better - spiritually and physically - for the rest of their lives. The authors suggest that these extraordinary revelations may alter your view on death and dying. 1993.Tin hats, oilskins & seaboots: a naval journey, 1938-1945
By L. B Jenson. 2000
This is a vividly told story of a sailor's war, by a man who loved the navy. Jenson first describes…
his two years of officer's training in the Royal Navy. After returning to Canada, Commander Jenson's service almost covered the spectrum of the RCN's warships. Told with droll undercurrents and understated heroism. 2000.Timely death: considering our last rights
By Anne Mullens. 1996
Journalist Anne Mullens considers the question of whether a democratic society can legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide. She presents all…
sides in the debate, interviewing experts in Europe and North America, and talking to doctors, ethicists, advocacy groups, and law-makers. 1996.Through grief: the bereavement journey
By Elizabeth Collick. 1986
Only the unloved and unloving escape grief. It is the price paid for the love that makes life worth living.…
The book is sub-titled "The Bereavement Journey" and by writing of her own experience and that of others, the author sets out to help people "come through" their grief and to gain support in the strange angers, guilt and frustration that they will find in common with these people; to come through grief to life again on the far side of loss. 1986.Things I wish I knew before my mom died: coping with loss every day
By Ty Alexander. 2018
From grief counseling to sharing insightful true stories, Alexander offers comfort, reassurance, and hope in the face of sorrow. In…
the chapters of this soul-touching book, mourners will find meaning and wisdom in grieving and the love that will always remain. 2018.Thin bruised line: the imminent threat to police and public safety
By Doug Clark. 2010
Canadian police are scrambling to preserve public order from a new "perfect storm" looming over the horizon and under the…
political radar. Their vaunted thin blue line of front-line officers is greyed, frayed, and stretched to the breaking point. Plagued by failed leadership and too few recruits, our police are frantically digging in behind the scenes against the converging triple threats poised to engulf them: shifting demographics, increasingly complex laws, and unrealistic expectations. c2010.The woman said yes: encounters with life and death : memoirs
By Jessamyn West. 1976
Writer tells how her Quaker mother, Grace, nursed her through tuberculosis after the sanatorium gave up on her. Grace taught…
both author Jessamyn and Jessamyn's sister, Carmen, to "say yes to the life in their lives," and yes to death when that life is over. After Grace's death, it is Jessamyn who helps Carmen deal with inoperable cancer. 1976.The wheel of life: a memoir of living and dying
By Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. 1998
The author traces the events that shaped her life intellectually and spiritually - events which led her to explain the…
ultimate truth that death does not exist but is a transformation. From her work in war-ravaged Poland to her pioneering counselling of the terminally ill, her seminars and discussions with people who have been revived after death, we learn how each experience provided her with a new piece of the puzzle. 1998.The unexpected war: Canada in Kandahar
By Janice Gross Stein, J. Eugene Lang. 2007
If you want to know how Canada wound up on the front lines in Afghanistan, follow the dots here. Stein's…
and Lang's book reads like a whodunit. From the players, the private conversations and the presumptuous bravado in the Canadian and American corridors of power, this is the inside story. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. c2007.The undertaking: life studies from the dismal trade
By Thomas Lynch. 1997
Twelve essays on death and grief and their effect on the living with the insight of a poet who is…
also a funeral director. In "Words Made Flesh," Lynch recounts the dissolution of a poet's second marriage, the death of love, and the role of a poem in the birth of new love. In "The Golfatorium," he contemplates combining a cemetery with a golf course. c1997.The tunnel king: the true story of Wally Floody and the great escape
By Barbara Hehner. 2004
Wally Flood, a Canadian miner turned pilot during World War II, was shot down and put in a prisoner-of-war camp.…
Determined to escape, he eventually joined a group that began organizing the largest breakout ever, now called The Great Escape - over 600 men, tunnelling their way out. They took turns digging, inventing tools, forging documents, and hiding the tons of sand they dug from the tunnels, while facing the constant threat of discovery, with key help from Wally, known as the Tunnel King. Grades 5-8. 2004.The Templar treasure at Gisors
By Jean Markale. 1986
The mysterious Knights Templar originated in the Middle Ages, when pilgrims needed armed supporters to assure them safe passage to…
the Holy Land. Within 100 years the Templars had become a significant power by themselves, reporting directly to the pope and, it was rumoured, in control of vast wealth - until 1307, when the French king terminated the order, dispersed its knights, and claimed its property. 2003, c1986. Uniform title: Gisors et l'énigme des Templiers.