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By David Chandler. 1993
This volume covers every battle and campaign that Napoleon personally ever conducted. The author has made it possible to view…
the whole of Napoleon's military career and to assess the characteristics which brought him years of victory and ultimate defeat. 1993. If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.This book presents the many ways in which error has become ingrained in our government, science, medicine, and the arts,…
how error has changed history, crept into our libraries, altered our thoughts, and affected our daily existence. 1984.By Neil Pasricha. 2011
Pasricha is back with a collection of hundreds more awesome things from his website, as well as never-before-seen extraordinary moments…
that deserve celebration. Some include: when your windshield wipers match the beat of the song you're listening to, letting go of the gas pump perfectly so you end on a round number, and when a baby falls asleep on you. Bestseller. c2011.By Erma Bombeck, Daniel Seguin. 1979
Avec un humour délirant, l'auteur nous raconte la vie folle d'une mère de famille d'aujourd'hui aux prises avec tous les…
problèmes de la maisonnée. 1979. Titre uniforme: If life is a bowl of cherries, what am I doing in the pits?By Wesley B Turner. 2011
A biography of Major General Sir Isaac Brock, describing his life, career, and legacy, particularly in the Canadas, and the…
context within which he lived. An unlikely hero of the War of 1812, he was admired by his American foes almost as much as by his own people. Even more striking was how a British general whose military role in that two-and-a-half-year war lasted less than five months became its best known hero, and one revered far and wide. 2011.By Alan Coren. 1981
Seventy-seven pieces by "Punch" editor-writer Coren. Includes a memoir about a Gatsby of the future; an alcoholic's letter to his…
auntie; and a spoof of British ingenuity during the ice age. 1981.By Patrick F McManus. 2002
Thirty-six humorous sketches about adventures and mishaps while hunting, fishing, and camping in the great outdoors. In the title piece,…
McManus entertains his granddaughter by recalling some childhood hijinks with a bear named Pooky who hibernated in his attic. 2002.By Jessica Dorfman Jones. 2008
Delivers proven tactics to help anyone cheat successfully through life. Shows how to creatively enhance a resume and beat a…
drug or polygraph test. Also reveals how to file fabricated tax and insurance forms. Each of the 32 chapters introduces the scam, reveals its risks and rewards, and describes the time-tested techniques for pulling it off. 2008.By John L Ransom. 1988
Ransom was 20 when he was captured and made prisoner of war in 1863 at Andersonville, Georgia. In prison, he…
was surrounded by death, disease and cruelty, but he survived to write this true account. 1988.By Josh Freed, Jon Kalina. 1983
By Mary Bowring. 1976
Patients differ not only in species but in temperament. The author has learned a great deal about human as well…
as animal nature in her role of receptionist and auxiliary nurse. 1976.From Mounties to maple syrup, Rachel's school report (with comments from her brother Guy) answers questions like Why are cereal…
boxes written in French and English? How did a beaver become the national icon? What is a loonie? Provides information on Canadian spelling and pronunciation; symbols; uniquely Canadian foods like pemmican and fiddleheads; and the differences between Canada and the United States. Grades 3-6. 2004.By Benson Bobrick, Benjamin Webb Baker. 2003
The author tells the story of Benjamin "Webb" Baker, his great-grandfather. Webb enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 and…
thereafter suffered through horrid conditions in camp and absolute hell in combat. Also contains a heretofore unreleased collection of Webb's letters. 2003.By Arthur Black. 1989
By Valerie Fortney. 2010
On May 17, 2006, Forward Observation Officer Captain Nichola Goddard earned a tragic place in Canadian history: she became the…
first female Canadian soldier to die in combat, in Afghanistan. Born to left-wing pacifists, Nichola was an unlikely soldier, but she maintained a fierce loyalty to her profession. Fortney profiles the life of a woman who consistently defied societally-imposed constraints. Explicit strong language, explicit descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. c2010.By Mike Lepine, Mark Leigh, Rolf Harris. 2001
Rolf Harris presents a collection of true animal tales featuring the cleverest and cheekiest animals and birds you'll ever meet.…
These tales include: Pepsi, the cat who hitched a 70mph ride on a van roof; the sheep dog who rounds up stray supermarket trolleys; the seals who saved a woman from drowning; and Barney, the police dog who was afraid of the dark. 2001.By Robert J Kershaw. 2009
Ex-soldier and military historian Robert Kershaw brings to life the grime, the grease and the fury of a tank battle…
through the voices of ordinary men and women who lived and fought in those fearsome machines. This text draws on newly researched personal testimony from the crucial battles of the First and Second World Wars. 2009.By Henny Youngman, Carroll Carroll. 1973
A collection of autobiographical one-liners from the Jewish comedian from Brooklyn's Lower East Side, which also includes anecdotes about famous…
show business personalities such as Al Jolson, Milton Berle, and Bing Crosby. 1973.By Larry Zolf. 1984
By Kevin Sylvester. 2005
Take a walk on the weird side! Odd, weird and just plain gross moments in sports await you, including yucky…
bathroom incidents, cursed teams, and spectacular losers. Find out why some hockey fans throw an octopus on the ice, how a dead guy got drafted, and how the hand of God may have decided a soccer game. Grades 4-7. 2005.