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Yeats's ghosts: the secret life of W.B. Yeats
By Brenda Maddox. 1999
Concentrates on the last twenty-two years of the poet's life, beginning in 1917 when Yeats was fifty-one. Examines his marriage…
to a young woman who was a spirit medium and the influence she exerted over him through her "automatic writing." Discusses how his romances inspired his poetry. 1999.Without fear or favour: the life and politics of an urban cop
By Bob Cooper, William McCormack. 1999
The story of Bill McCormack and his life as a policeman and Chief of the largest police force in Canada.…
McCormack talks about the run-ins and friendships with Toronto politicians and police officers, and his frequent battles with political opportunists and militants. Some descriptions of violence. 1999.Winning the radar war: a memoir
By Jack M Nissen, A. W Cockerill. 1987
During the Second World War, the British needed a tool that would warn of bombing or U-boat attacks. This book…
tells the drama of the secret race to develop radar, told in the words of one of the key players. c1987.Why people believe weird things: pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time
By Michael Shermer. 1997
The author, publisher of Skeptic magazine, identifies twenty-five fallacies that lead people to believe weird things. Discusses his views on…
pseudoscience and superstition, including creationism, Holocaust denial, alien encounters, and the paranormal. 1997.Whose war is it?: how Canada can survive in the post 9/11 world
By J. L Granatstein. 2007
Granatstein believes that our military is incapable of dealing with current and ongoing crises that require well-trained, well-equipped and properly…
deployed troops. He argues that Canadians' once-vaunted role of peacekeeping is no longer relevant in a post-9/11 world, since recent missions, from Somalia to Kosovo to Afghanistan, are akin to war. He also takes Canadian attitudes to task, criticizing our increasing reluctance to support a military presence in countries such as Afghanistan. c2007.Who killed the Canadian military?
By J. L Granatstein. 2004
Our military equipment is out of date, personnel are stretched too thin, and they are ill-prepared for the battlefield -…
or peacekeeping. Granatstein blames the state of our military on a government that believes that peacekeeping solves everything, and also notes the anti-American sentiment that says we'd rather fight the Yanks than our (potential) enemies. He provides an articulate argument for the re-establishment of a well-funded and well-trained military - and a realistic strategy for how we can achieve it, given the threatening new climate of the 21st century. 2004.We are soldiers still: a journey back to the battlefields of Vietnam
By Harold G Moore, Joseph L Galloway. 2008
War's end: an eyewitness account of America's last atomic mission
By Charles W Sweeney, James A Antonucci, Marion K Antonucci. 1997
Memoir of the American Army Air Corps pilot who flew both atomic bomb missions over Japan in August 1945. Feeling…
"outraged and betrayed" by revisionist accounts of those events, the author tells his own career story and describes the tension and drama surrounding the world's first use of atomic weapons. c1997.War and anti-war: survival at the dawn of the 21st century
By Alvin Toffler, Heidi Toffler. 1993
The authors argue that styles of war follow patterns of economic activity. The Tofflers cite agricultural and industrial models as…
examples of what might be expected in the age of information and technology. They offer their "anti-war" formula for keeping peace. 1993.Votre réincarnation: cette prochaine vie qui vous attend après la mort (Poche Sélect ; #159)
By Jean-Louis Victor. 1977
Pour l'auteur, la theorie reincarnationiste est beaucoup plus plausible que la philosophie Occidentale Chretienne : une seule vie suivie d'une…
eternite de bonheur ou de malheur. Il cite de nombreuses anecdotes appuyant ses dires. 1977.Voyage dans l'inconscient: expériences vécues de parapsychologie
By Jean Roussier. 1978
L'auteur a donné un élan nouveau à la parapsychologie par des expériences publiques tant au Canada qu'à l'étranger. Ce livre…
représente la somme de plusieurs années de recherches et d'expérimentations sur l'hypnose et la quatrième dimension. 1978.Vaudou et pratiques magiques (Initiation et connaissance)
By Jean Kerboull. 1977
Kerboull, prêtre missionnaire, a vécu des années en Haïti, capitale mondiale de la magie et de la sorcellerie. Il a…
recueilli mille souvenirs, écrits et oraux, tendant à prouver que le vaudou existe. 1977.V-mail: letters of a World War II combat medic
By Keith Winston, Sarah Winston. 1985
Letters to his wife from a World War II soldier who served in France and Germany. He emerges as a…
sensitive and devoted family man coping with homesickness, boredom and the frustration of military life. 1985.Unraveling Piltdown: the science fraud of the century and its solution
By John Evangelist Walsh. 1996
Recounts the infamous scientific fraud known as "Piltdown" and suggests its perpetrator. Tells of the 1913 discovery in England of…
a humanoid skull and jawbone, which were purported to represent the "missing link" in the evolution of man from ape. Explains how scientists were deceived for forty years. 1996.Understanding Canadian defence
By Desmond Morton. 2003
From the threats of American invasion in the 18th and 19th centuries, to the two World Wars, to the aftermath…
of the World Trade Center attacks, Morton examines the events that have shaped Canada's military identity. He also looks to the future, describing a revolution in military orthodoxy that has been underway for more than a decade. Digital technology is transforming the way Americans wage war, and Canada is expected to follow suit, no matter the cost. 2003.Undercover agent: how one honest man took on the drug mob-- and then the Mounties (An M&S paperback)
By Leonard Mitchell, Peter Rehak. 1988
The authors tell of Leonard Mitchell's 19 months as an undercover agent for the RCMP which resulted in a drug…
bust with an estimated worth of $238 million. During the trial based on his work, Mitchell and his family were left in limbo while the RCMP hesitated on their promises of new identities and compensation, even though the mob had put out a contract on Mitchell's life. Not until Mitchell appeared on the news program "W5" did the RCMP fulfill their promise. 1989, c1988.Transformed by the light: the powerful effect of near-death experiences on people's lives
By Paul Perry, Melvin Morse. 1993
Millions of people throughout the world have had a near-death experience. The authors present a wealth of evidence from people…
who have returned from death after being 'transformed by the light'. They show how the lives of people who return from the brink of death are usually changed for the better - spiritually and physically - for the rest of their lives. The authors suggest that these extraordinary revelations may alter your view on death and dying. 1993.Tin hats, oilskins & seaboots: a naval journey, 1938-1945
By L. B Jenson. 2000
This is a vividly told story of a sailor's war, by a man who loved the navy. Jenson first describes…
his two years of officer's training in the Royal Navy. After returning to Canada, Commander Jenson's service almost covered the spectrum of the RCN's warships. Told with droll undercurrents and understated heroism. 2000.