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German boy: a child in war (Isis Hardcover Ser.)
By Wolfgang W. E Samuel. 2003
As the Third Reich crumbled in 1945, scores of Germans fled the advancing Russian troops. Among them was a little…
boy named Wolfgang Samuel who left with his mother and sister, ending up in war-torn Strasburg before being forced into a disease-ridden refugee camp. This is the story of their fight for survival, a broken family who suffered arbitrary arrest, rape, hunger and constant fear. Strong language, descriptions of violence and sex. 2003.Generalissimo Churchill
By R. W Thompson. 1973
The author recognizes Churchill's greatness as a national leader in the time of war, but asserts that Churchill's attempts to…
usurp the role of Commander-in-Chief led Britain to the brink of disaster. 1973.Hold on to your kids: why parents matter
By Gordon Neufeld, Gabor Maté. 2004
Canadian doctors Neufeld and Maté realized that their children had become secretive and unreachable, pining for friends and recoiling from…
adults. Day care, play dates, and after school activities groom children to transfer attachment from adults to peers, causing children to squelch their individuality, curiosity and intelligence. And these same children are bullying, shunning and murdering each other, as well as committing suicide, at increasing rates. Some strong language. 2004.Homage to Catalonia (Orwell centenary edition)
By George Orwell. 2003
When George Orwell joined up to fight in the Spanish Civil War, it seemed like the beginning of 'an era…
of equality and freedom'. The text chronicles his experiences: the revolutionary euphoria of Barcelona, the courage of the ordinary Spanish men and women he fought alongside, the terror and confusion of the front, his near-fatal bullet wound and the cynical betrayal of his allies. 2003.A journalist embedded with a marine reconnaissance platoon during the invasion of Iraq in 2003 explains how this generation of…
soldiers differs from their predecessors. Describes cases of collateral damage and the deaths of comrades as American troops entered Baghdad. Some descriptions of sex, explicit descriptions of violence and explicit strong language. 2004.This is a guide to adolescents, how to understand them, cope with them, and, to the extent that we can,…
direct their lives. The author argues that today's teenagers do act differently than their parents did at the same age (and, thus, their parents must come up with a new parenting approach); he describes the psychological rules that dictate teenage behaviour, including differences between boys and girls; and, best of all, he doesn't overlook the humour in the teenage years - in numerous dialogues, he captures the way teenagers and parents really interact. Topics such as divorce, school, suicide, drugs and drinking, sex, communication, trust and conflict are dealt with. 1991.Fisher's face, or, Getting to know the admiral: Or,:getting To Know The Admiral
By Jan Morris. 1995
A biography of Lord Admiral John "Jacky" Fisher, the genius who transformed the Royal Navy into the world's premier sea…
power just in time for World War I. Portrays the enigmatic Fisher as religious, flamboyant, humourous, cruel, and eerily prescient about future wars and warfare. 1995.Flags of our fathers
By James Bradley, Ron Powers. 2000
Recounts the story of the six young Marines who raised the flag at Iwo Jima during fierce combat on the…
obscure Japanese-held island in 1945. Author Bradley, the son of one of the soldiers, recreates his father's experiences as well as those of the five men who fought beside him. Bestseller. 2000.In 1972 the Imperial War Museum set about the momentous task of tracing ordinary veterans and survivors of the First…
World War and interviewing them in detail about their experiences. The Imperial War Museum Sound Archive includes first-hand experiences of British, French, German, American, Canadian and Anzac soldiers and provides a vivid and compelling account of day-to-day life during one of the most harrowing periods of modern history. Now, thirty years on, after unlimited access to the First World War tapes, the author and his researchers have created this landmark history of the First World War - told in the words of the ordinary men and women who experienced it first hand. 2002.Custer
By Larry McMurtry. 2012
McMurtry turns his attention to George A. Custer, a complex man who has captivated historians for over a century. From…
graduating last in his class at West Point to leading the ill-fated 7th Cavalry in the attack at Little Bighorn, Custer forged a legacy - still very much alive today - as one of the West's most enduring historical figures. 2012.Endangered: your child in a hostile world
By Johann Christoph Arnold. 2000
A pastor presents anecdotes and stories encouraging parents to put children first and avoid contemporary social ills that create unhappy…
families. He stresses the spiritual aspects of parenting and offers suggestions for bringing up offspring who are loved. 2000.Fifteen days: stories of bravery, friendship, life and death from inside the new Canadian Army
By Christie Blatchford. 2007
Blatchford has covered the conflict in Afghanistan as an embedded reporter, and provides observations of military life in the twenty-first…
century. The troops share their accounts of their desire to serve, their willingness to confront fear and danger on the battlefield, their loyalty towards each other and the heartbreak occasioned by the loss of one of their own. Descriptions of sex, explicit descriptions of violence and some strong language. Winner of the 2008 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 2007.Eyes of the blind
By Barth Hoogstraten. 2001
Hoogstraten was a Dutch medical student in 1942 when the Nazis wanted him to sign a loyalty decree to the…
occupying forces. He refused to do so and went into hiding, taking shelter with Ann and Bets Frank, two blind middle-aged music teachers. Some descriptions of sex, descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2001.Falcon's cry: a Desert Storm memoir
By Michael Donnelly, Denise Donnelly. 1998
Memoir of a Persian Gulf War combat pilot who was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease in 1996. Donnelly recounts his…
struggle to force the military establishment to acknowledge a link between his illness and wartime exposure to chemical and biological weapons in Iraq. Some strong language. 1998.Eichmann before Jerusalem: the unexamined life of a mass murderer
By Ruth Martin, Bettina Stangneth. 2014
A total re-assessment of the life of Adolf Eichmann that reveals his activities and notoriety amongst a global network of…
National Socialists following the collapse of the Third Reich, and permanently challenges Hannah Arendt’s notion of the “banality of evil.” Smuggled out of Europe after the collapse of Germany, Eichmann managed to live a peaceful and active exile in Argentina for years before his capture by the Mossad. Though once widely known by nicknames such as “Manager of the Holocaust,” in 1961 he was able to portray himself as an overworked bureaucrat following orders. How was this carefully crafted obfuscation possible? How did a central architect of the Final Solution manage to disappear? And what had he done with his time while in hiding? 2014. Uniform title: Eichmann vor Jerusalem.Don't make me stop this car!: adventures in fatherhood
By Al Roker. 2000
The Today show weatherman humorously describes his experiences of being a father - both to his older daughter from adoption…
through adolescence and to the baby conceived with his new wife after fertility treatments. Roker also reminisces about his own bus-driver father. Bestseller. 2000.Duty: a father, his son, and the man who won the war
By Bob Greene. 2000
Based on interviews with his father's hero--the B-29 pilot who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in August 1945--a…
syndicated columnist delivers a tribute to a passing generation. Explores the values of World War II veterans and their commitment to patriotism, courage, and a sense of duty. Bestseller. 2000.Dr. Spock on parenting: sensible advice from America's most trusted child-care expert
By Benjamin Spock. 1988
Doing battle: the making of a skeptic
By Paul Fussell. 1996
Memoirs of a literary scholar describing his experience as a young soldier in World War II. Fussell expounds on the…
everlasting impact the war had on his psyche and delivers excoriating commentary on many subjects. Some violence and some strong language. 1996.