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Biography, War and military biography, Canadian non-fiction, Police and military, World War II
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.
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Philosophy
The four loves C.S. Lewis distinguishes here are Affection, Friendship, Eros and Charity. He observes how each merges into another,… without losing sight of the necessary and real difference between them. 1960.
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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.
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Philosophy
The author cuts away symbols and false associations in the search for pure truth and perfect freedom. Through discussions on… suffering, fear, gossip, sex and other topics, Krishnamurti’s quest becomes the reader's, an undertaking of tremendous significance. 1978.
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Biography, War and military biography
Almost 2.5 million Americans have served in Afghanistan or Iraq since September 11, 2001. C.J. Chivers has reported from both… fronts from the beginning, walking side by side with combatants for more than a dozen years. He describes the experience of war today as it is endured by those most at risk-the camaraderie and profound sense of purpose, alongside courage, frustration, and moral confusion mixed with technical precision. In these remote places where the reason for their presence is sometimes not clear, these young men kill or are killed, facing palpable and often constant threat of ambush or hidden bombs. They repeatedly return, rushing toward danger, often to rescue the wounded in wars that escalate around them as the Pentagon changes doctrines and plans. Weaving a history of the war through troops' experiences, the characters in The Fighters climb into an F-14 cockpit for the opening strikes after the attacks of 9/11, hunt for Osama bin Laden along the Pakistani border, chase insurgent rocket teams with helicopters alongside American bases, face snipers in a hostile city in Anbar Province in Iraq, and engage in deadly counterguerilla warfare in the soaring mountains of the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan. Some suffer terribly. All are changed. They return home, uncertain of their place in the world and what their wars have achieved. 2018.
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Philosophy
While offering readers a useful primer on Existentialism as an animating body of thought, Gordon Marino distills and delivers the… life-altering insights Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Albert Camus, and other Existentialists articulate for becoming more emotionally attuned human beings. 2018.
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Canadian non-fiction, Medicine, Philosophy, Science and technology
As science and technology continue to advance, many moral and ethical questions begin to arise. The author, a leading authority… on medicine, ethics and law, presents an examination of the various ethical concerns human society is currently facing. Addressing everything from cloning to genetically modified foods, this volume illuminates some of the most controversial and pressing issues of our time.
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Philosophy, Religion
English version of the adventures of the great Mesopotamian King of Uruk in the third millennium B.C., including his fruitless… search for immortality and his friendship with Enkidu, the wild man from the hills. Also alludes to the legend of the Flood, agreeing in many details with the Biblical story of Noah. 1977.
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Philosophy, Science and technology
Charles Darwin was unusual in that he was a scientist who wrote for the general reader and this selection contains… passages from his nine most important books. From the "Origin", his explanation of natural selection and his summary of the case for evolution; from "The Descent of Man", human intelligence and morality, and his theory of sex differences; and from "Coral Reefs", the wholly original and still accepted theory of the origin of coral atolls. 1987.
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Adventure and exploration, Biography, War and military biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history
From the dawn of aviation, Canada has produced intrepid pilots of renown. Learning their craft in some of the most… difficult conditions anywhere, many of these flyers became expert pilots, navigators and mechanics. These great Canadians pilots were among the highest-scoring Allied aces of both world wars. 2002.
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Historical biography, Politics and government biography, War and military biography, Journals and memoirs, European history, World War II
When Otto Dietrich was invited in 1933 to become Adolf Hitler's press chief, he accepted with the simple uncritical conviction… that Adolf Hitler was a great man, dedicated to promoting peace and welfare for the German people. At the end of the war, imprisoned and disillusioned, Otto Dietrich sat down to write what he had seen and heard in twelve years of the closest association with Hitler. c2010. Uniform title: 12 Jahre mit Hitler.
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Philosophy
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Philosophy
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Biography, War and military biography
Recalling his coverage of the fortieth anniversary of D-Day in 1984, reporter Brokaw describes World War II veterans as "the… greatest generation any society has produced." Profiles individuals who sacrificed for their country, including Thomas Broderick--who founded the Blinded Veterans Association--and businessman Bob Bush, who lost an eye in a heroic rescue mission. Bestseller. 1998.
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Award winning non-fiction, European history, Law and crime, Philosophy
Drawn from reports, letters, witnesses, and the Nobel Prize winner's own 11-year incarceration at Archipelago. This is an intense portrayal… of the history of the Soviet prison system. Bestseller. 1973. Uniform title: Arkhipelag GULag, 1918-1956.
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Journals and memoirs, History, Poetry, Philosophy, Politics and government
Examines the concepts of secular nationalism and modernity as conceived by Arab intellectuals of Beirut, Baghdad, Damascus, and Cairo. Provides… insights into the Middle East from Arabic sources: fiction, poetry, memoirs, and political commentaries. c1998.
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Biography, War and military biography, Canadian non-fiction, War
2002. Author Key enlisted in the U.S. Army to learn a trade and provide for his family, and was assured… that he would never see combat. Instead, he was sent to Iraq to hunt for terrorists, a mission that involved beating civilians, kidnapping, and destroying homes and families. While on a two-week furlough, Key decided he couldn't go back to Iraq, and took his family to Canada. 2007.
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Philosophy
Militant atheism is on the rise - in recent years Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens have… produced a steady stream of best-selling books denigrating religious belief. In response, mathematician David Berlinski, himself a secular Jew, delivers a biting defence of religious thought. He explores the limits of science and the pretensions of those who insist it is the ultimate touchstone for understanding our world. 2009.
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War and military biography, United States history, War
Examines how Americans became involved in civil war, what they expected to gain from it, and their understanding about what… they had done. Royster contends that generals on both sides envisioned the total destruction of their opponent from the beginning, contrary to the limited-conflict version sometimes advanced by historians. Winner of the Bancroft Prize. 1991.
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Philosophy
Traditional Chinese philosophy ascribes its source to this work of divination which dates from 3000 to 1200 B.C. The I… Ching consists of oracles based on sixty-four abstract figures, each composed of six lines. According to this philosophy, one can keep in touch with currents of change in the universe by interpreting the lines. 1998.