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The Great Dominion: Winston Churchill in Canada, 1900-1954

By David Dilks. 2005

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Historical biography, Politics and government biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history
Human-narrated audio

Winston Churchill's connection with Canada ("the Great Dominion", as he called it) spanned more than half a century: at Winnipeg…

he heard the news of Queen Victoria's death, in Ottawa in the dark days of 1941 he proclaimed his confidence in victory, and in 1952 had to concede that the result of victory had been far less satisfying than he had wished. No other Commonwealth country sparked such detailed knowledge or lifelong interest. 2005.

The generals: the Canadian army's senior commanders in the Second World War

By J. L Granatstein. 1993

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, War and military biography, Canadian non-fiction, Police and military, World War II
Human-narrated audio

Granatstein's study of life at the top during the Second World War centres on the most senior ranks in the…

Canadian Army. Men like Andrew McNaughton, Harold Crerar, Thomas Burns and Guy Simonds had not only to win military campaigns, but also command the sympathies of bureaucrats and powerful politicians. None, however, forgot they were fighting a war, and that their decisions directly affected the lives of Canadian soldiers. 1993.

The Great Depression 1929-1939

By Pierre Berton. 1990

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history
Human-narrated audio

Berton describes the follies and tragedies of the decade-long Depression and criticizes the political leaders who failed to take the…

bold steps necessary to deal with unemployment, drought and despair. He portrays the ordinary people who struggled to survive, and denounces the wealthy businessmen who stretched the laws and took advantage of their employees. Bestseller 1990. Nominated for the 1993 Torgi Award.

The great adventure: how the Mounties conquered the West

By David Cruise, Alison Griffiths. 1996

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history, Police and military
Human-narrated audio

Amidst public outcry, Prime Minister John A. Macdonald created the North West Mounted Police to bring law and order to…

one of the most dangerous places in North America -- the Canadian West. Using original sources, the authors portray the first Mounties, some three hundred untrained young men, who were sent west to drive out whiskey smugglers and outlaws, and pacify the Indians. Some strong language. c1996.

The great escape

By Paul Brickhill. 2000

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Movie and television tie-insPolice and military, War, World War II
Human-narrated audio

The Great Escape tells how more than six hundred men in a German prisoner of war camp worked together to…

achieve an extraordinary break-out. Every night for a year they dug tunnels, and those who weren't digging forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes to wear once they had escaped. All of this was conducted under the very noses of their prison guards. When the right night came, the actual escape itself was timed to the split second - but of course, not everything went according to plan... 2000.

The girl in the painted caravan: memories of a Romany childhood

By Eva Petulengro. 2011

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Biography, Family biography, Women biography
Human-narrated audio

Born into a Romany gypsy family in 1939, Eva Petulengro's childhood seemed to her to be idyllic in every way.…

She would travel the country with her family in their painted caravan and spend evenings by the fire as they sang and told stories of their past. She didn't go to school or visit a doctor when she was unwell. Instead her family would gather wild herbs to make traditional remedies, hunt game and rabbits, and while the men tended horses to make a living, the young girls would join the women in reading palms. But Eva's perfect world would be turned upside down as the countryside became increasingly hostile to all travellers. 2011.

The ghosts of Medak Pocket: the story of Canada's secret war

By Carol Off. 2004

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian non-fiction, European history, Police and military, War
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

In 1993, Canadian peacekeepers in Croatia were plunged into the most significant fighting Canada had seen since the Korean War.…

In September 1993, in a tiny corner of Croatia known as Medak Pocket, a unit of Canadian peacekeepers planted themselves between besieged Serbs and the advancing Croat army, driving them from the area under United Nations protection. The soldiers should have returned home as heroes, but instead, they arrived under a cloud of suspicion and silence. Descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2004.

The gift of a home: with decorations

By Beverley Nichols. 1972

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Family biography, General non-fiction
Human-narrated audio
With nostalgia and wit, the author describes his attempts to renovate stately Merry Hall and reclaim its four acres of grounds from wilderness. 1972.

The first thousand years: a brief history of the Catholic Church in Canada (Catholic Education Resources - Secondary Ser.)

By Raymond J Lahey. 2002

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history, Christianity
Human-narrated audio

Although Canada is a young nation, its Catholic Church boasts a thousand-year history. The author, a Bishop, presents this history…

through vignettes of women and men whose presence, vision, daring, determination, compassion, and action planted the Canadian Church from sea to sea. He also provides a look at the Church today. 2002.

The fourth power: a grand strategy for the United States in the 21st Century

By Gary Hart. 2004

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Police and military, Politics and government
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

Hart, a former senator and presidential candidate, fears that containment of communism has been supplanted by a blatant strategy of…

empire as the basis of American foreign policy. He rejects what he regards as the unilateral efforts by the current administration to promote geopolitical interests. As an alternative, Hart proposes a foreign policy designed to advance the "fourth power" - that is, the power of core American values, including representative government and individual liberty. 2004.

The fighting Newfoundlander: a history of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment (Carleton library series ; #209)

By G. W. L Nicholson. 2006

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history, War, World War I
Human-narrated audio

When the First World War began, Newfoundland had been without any kind of military organisation for more than half a…

century, so public-spirited citizens immediately formed themselves into a Patriotic Association, and within sixty days had recruited, partially equipped and dispatched 537 officers and men overseas. Nicholson details the harrowing experiences of the Newfoundland Regiment at Gallipoli, Beaumont Hamel, the Third Battle of Ypres and Cambrai, for which they were granted the title "Royal" - the only army unit to receive such a distinction during World War I. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.

The forgotten Labrador: Kegashka to Blanc-Sablon

By Cleophas Belvin. 2006

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history
Human-narrated audio

Recounts the history of the Quebec part of the Labrador coast. Describes the arrival of the Aboriginals and the activities…

of the Breton and Basque fishermen, and the French- and English-speaking merchants from Quebec City who controlled the region for more than one hundred and fifty years. Chronicles the early pioneers and their descendants and how they dealt with the precariousness of the fisheries, and explores the role of the Anglican and Catholic missionaries. 2006.

The first man in my life: daughters write about their fathers

By Sandra Martin, Ed Martin Sandra. 2007

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Family biography, Canadian non-fiction, Essays
Human-narrated audio

In twenty-two original narratives, some of Canada's most acclaimed writers share stories, memories, insights, and revelations - from the comic…

to the tragic - about the first man in their lives. These complex stories will open a fresh and intense conversation with daughters everywhere about the men they've observed since childhood: their fathers. Some descriptions of sex and violence and some strong language. 2007.

The far land

By Eva MacLean. 1993

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Biography, Historical biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history, Frontier and pioneer life
Human-narrated audio

Eva MacLean left her settled, Presbyterian Ontario life behind to accompany her young minister-veternarian husband to the "wilds" of northwestern…

B.C. in the early 1900s, during times of mining rushes and railroad-building. 1993.

The fence: a police cover-up along Boston's racial divide

By Dick Lehr. 2009

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Law and crime biography, Law and crime, Police and military, True crime, Lifestyle, Social issues
Human-narrated audio

The Fence documents the true story of a Boston police incident during which an undercover officer was brutally beaten by…

fellow officers who mistook him for a murder suspect. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. c2009.

The elite forces handbook of unarmed combat

By Ronald Shillingford. 2000

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
General non-fiction, Police and military
Human-narrated audio

The text covers practical self defence systems as used by the world's top soldiers. The book provides indepth detail on…

how soldiers defend themselves in an unarmed situation against assailants, knife attacks, bayonet attacks, firearms, chokes and headlocks. 2000.

The enemy that never was: a history of the Japanese Canadians

By Ken Adachi. 1976

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history, Lifestyle
Human-narrated audio

Adachi presents a comprehensive history of the Japanese experience in Canada from 1877 to 1975, focusing on the internment of…

Japanese Canadians in camps in the interior of British Columbia. He examines the course of Japanese immigration, transplanted traditions and beliefs, the growth of social, economic, and political organizations, and struggle against discrimination.

The errand runner: reflections of a rabbi's daughter

By Leah Rosenberg. 1981

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Family biography, Women biography, Canadian non-fiction, Lifestyle
Human-narrated audio
The mother of author Mordecai Richler tells of her relationships with her father, a famous rabbi, her husband, and her sons. c1981.

The color of water: a Black man's tribute to his white mother

By James McBride. 1996

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Family biography, Lifestyle
Human-narrated audio

One of twelve siblings in Brooklyn, the author was confused about his mother's race. She called herself light-skinned and refused…

to discuss her past. Years later she admitted to being an Orthodox rabbi's daughter whose family shunned her after her marriage to the first of her two black husbands. Some strong language. 1996.

The damned: the Canadians at the battle of Hong Kong and the POW experience, 1941-45

By Nathan M Greenfield. 2010

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian non-fiction, Police and military, War, World War II
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

Fall, 1941. Almost 2,000 members of the Royal Rifles and Winnipeg Grenadiers were sent to bolster the British garrison at…

Hong Kong, but in the seventeen day battle for the colony following the attack on December 8, the Canadians suffered grievous losses. The second part of their story describes how the Canadians survived the horrendous conditions of Japanese POW camps. Some descriptions of sex, explicit descriptions of violence and strong language. 2010.

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