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The great escape: the untold story

By Ted Barris. 2014

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), War, World War II

On the night of March 24, 1944, eighty airmen crawled through a 400-foot-long tunnel, code-named "Harry," and dashed from Stalag… Luft III, the infamous WWII German POW camp. It became known as The Great Escape. The breakout had taken a year to plan, involved 2,000 POWs, and prompted a massive manhunt across occupied Europe. All but three escapees were recaptured, and on Hitler’s orders, fifty were murdered. The author recounts this battle of wits and determination through the voices of those involved, assembles original interviews, memoirs, letters and diaries to reconstruct the Great Escape’s untold story. Bestseller. 2014.

The girls of Atomic City: the untold story of the women who helped win World War II

By Denise Kiernan. 2013

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Bestsellers (Non-fiction), History, United States history

At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents. But to most of the… world, the town did not exist. Thousands of civilians—many of them young women from small towns across the South—were recruited to this secret city, enticed by solid wages and the promise of war-ending work. Kept very much in the dark, few would ever guess the true nature of the tasks they performed each day in the hulking factories in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains. That is, until the end of the war—when Oak Ridge’s fateful secret was revealed. Bestseller. 2013.

The good marriage: how and why love lasts

By Judith S Wallerstein. 1995

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Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Family and relationships

The authors of "Second Chances", which is about divorce, look at fifty continuing marriages. Their subjects have been married at… least nine years, have children, and are mostly white and well-educated. Interview excerpts illustrate what the authors consider the four types of marriage and the nine psychological tasks involved in success. Bestseller. 1995.

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

By David Dilks. 2005

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Biography, Historical biography, Politics and government biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history

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 good fight: political memoirs, 1909-1958

By David Lewis. 1981

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Biography, Politics and government biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian politics and government

These memoirs of the former leader of the New Democratic Party reveal the roots of Lewis' reputation as Canada's conscience and his commitment to social change. c1981.

The golden spruce: A True Story Of Myth, Madness And Greed

By John Vaillant. 2005

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Award winning non-fiction, Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Canadian non-fiction, Law and crime, True crime

In 1997, when a shattered kayak and camping gear are found on an Alaskan island north of the Canadian border,… they reignite a mystery surrounding a shocking act of protest. The author braids together the strands of this mystery and brings to life the historical collision of Europeans and the Haida and the harrowing world of logging. Canada Reads 2012. Winner of the 2005 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. Bestseller. 2005.

The gentleman from New York: Daniel Patrick Moynihan : a biography

By Godfrey Hodgson. 2000

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Biography, Politics and government biography, Politics and government

Presents an account of the popular senator's life as a politician who championed both liberal and conservative causes. Traces Moynihan's… difficult childhood, his educational path, and his varied career in government. Discusses the philosophy behind his landmark 1965 report on African American families. Some strong language. 2000.

The firebrand and the First Lady: portrait of a friendship : Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the struggle for social justice

By Patricia Bell-Scott. 2016

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Biography, Politics and government biography, Women biography

Describes the unlikely friendship between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Pauli Murray, a granddaughter of a mixed race slave and… a lesbian, who became a lawyer and civil rights pioneer, and the important work they each did for justice and freedom. 2016.

The frock-coated communist: the revolutionary life of Friedrich Engels

By Tristram Hunt. 2009

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Biography, Historical biography, Politics and government biography, European history, Politics and government

Friedrich Engels was a textile magnate and fox-hunter, a raffish, high-living, heavy drinking devotee of the good things in life.… But Engels was also the man behind Karl Marx who for forty years funded him, looked after his children, soothed his furies, and provided one-half of history's most celebrated ideological partnership. He was co-author of The Manifesto of the Communist Party and co-founder of what would come to be known as Marxism. Interpreted and misinterpreted, quoted and misquoted, Friedrich Engels became one of the central architects of modern global socialism. 2009.

The flight of the patriot: escape from revolutionary Iran

By Yadi Sharifirad. 2010

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Biography, Politics and government biography, War and military biography, History

Sharifirad was shot down in the Iraqi-Iranian war in the early 1990s, saved by a group of local Kurds, and… eventually returned to Iran where he became a national hero. The Ayatollah sent him to Pakistan as military attaché, but when he returned to Teheran, he was accused of being a CIA spy and was imprisoned, interrogated, and tortured. Upon his release, despite constant surveillance, he resolved to smuggle his family out of the country. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2010.

The fix: soccer and organized crime

By Declan Hill. 2010

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Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Sports and games

“The Fix” tells the story of an investigative journalist who sets out to examine the seedy world of match-fixing in professional soccer. 2010.

The fountain of age

By Betty Friedan. 1993

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Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Social issues, Aging (social issues)

Three decades after "The feminine mystique" changed the public's views on women, Friedan takes a similar approach to aging. She… makes an appeal for the idea that aging does not have to become a state of decline, rather that it is possible to continue to change and to grow as a person at any age. 1993.

The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga

By Doris Kearns Goodwin. 1987

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Biography, Politics and government biography, Business biography, Family biography

Begins with the baptism of Rose Kennedy's father in 1863 and ends with John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. Looks… at Wall Street speculation and the campaigns that catapulted an entire family to international status. Some strong language. 1987.

The first salute

By Barbara Wertheim Tuchman. 1988

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Bestsellers (Non-fiction), History, United States history

Looks at the American Revolution from the British point of view. Examines how Britain's relations with rival sea powers influenced… the course of events that allowed the colonies to defeat Britain. c1988.

The first American: the life and times of Benjamin Franklin

By H. W Brands. 2000

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Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Biography, Politics and government biography

Biography of one of America's founding fathers, incorporating correspondence and anecdotes of his contemporaries. Franklin was heralded as a leading… inventor and scientist, author, and diplomat as well as a bon vivant. In exploring Franklin's conversion from British loyalist to revolutionary, Brands seeks out the genius behind the man. 2000.

The corrosion of conservatism: why I left the right

By Max Boot. 2018

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Biography, Politics and government biography

Pronouncing Mexican immigrants to be "rapists," Donald Trump announced his 2015 presidential bid, causing Max Boot to think he was… watching a dystopian science-fiction movie. The respected conservative historian couldn't fathom that the party of Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Reagan could endorse such an unqualified reality-TV star. Yet the Twilight Zone episode that Boot believed he was watching created an ideological dislocation so shattering that Boot's transformation from Republican foreign policy adviser to celebrated anti-Trump columnist becomes the dramatic story of The Corrosion of Conservatism. No longer a Republican, but also not a Democrat, Boot here records his ideological journey from a "movement" conservative to a man without a party, beginning with his political coming-of-age as a young emigre from the Soviet Union, enthralled with the National Review and the conservative intellectual tradition of Russell Kirk and F. A. Hayek. Against this personal odyssey, Boot simultaneously traces the evolution of modern American conservatism, jump-started by Barry Goldwater's canonical The Conscience of a Conservative, to the rise of Trumpism and its gradual corrosion of what was once the Republican Party. While 90 percent of his fellow Republicans became political "toadies" in the aftermath of the 2016 election, Boot stood his ground, enduring the vitriol of his erstwhile conservative colleagues, trolled on Twitter by a white supremacist who depicted his "execution" in a gas chamber by a smiling, Nazi-clad Trump. And yet, Boot nevertheless remains a villain to some partisan circles for his enduring commitment to conservative fiscal and national security principles. 2018.

The enemy within: terror, lies, and the whitewashing of Omar Khadr

By Ezra Levant. 2011

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Biography, Politics and government biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction

Omar Khadr, the last Western prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, pled guilty to killing a U.S. sergeant in Afghanistan, in an… agreement that allowed him to be transferred to Canada after one year. Levant includes information about the Khadr family, Khadr's psychological assessment, and his trial that has often been ignored in the mainstream media. He looks at the definition of "child soldier," life at Guantanamo Bay, the media coverage of the case, a tainted plea bargain, and the Canadian government's plan for Omar Khadr's rehabilitation upon his return to Canada. Includes violence and strong language. 2011.

The end of diabetes: the eat to live plan to prevent and reverse diabetes

By Joel Fuhrman. 2012

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Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Health and medicine, Diabetes

The New York Times bestselling author of "Eat to Live" and "Super Immunity", and one of the country's leading experts… on preventive medicine, offers a scientifically proven, practical program to prevent and reverse diabetes - without drugs. Bestseller. 2013, c2012.

The courage to be rich: creating a life of material and spiritual abundance

By Suze Orman. 1999

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Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Business and economics, Personal finance and investing

Author of "The Nine Steps to Financial Freedom" presents a plan for achieving monetary and spiritual well-being. Describes courage as… faith, determination, a sense of self-worth, and the vision to create a rich and abundant life. Explores the value of money, the rewards wealth bestows, and the responsibilities it confers. Bestseller. 1999.

The comeback kid: the life and career of Bill Clinton

By Charles F Allen, Jonathan Portis. 1992

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Biography, Politics and government biography

This authorized biography of Bill Clinton covers his youth and education, his career as Governor of Arkansas, and his campaign for President of the United States. 1992.

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