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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.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.By Jean Soler. 2004
" Jean Soler se penche sur la signification des interdits alimentaires et des rites sacrificiels dans la Bible. Il met…
en évidence l'usage symbolique de la nourriture dans les comportements rituels des Hébreux : interdiction de consommer certaines viandes décrétées impures, jeûnes pouvant aller jusqu'à l'interdiction totale de boire, sacrifices d'animaux : quel sens revêt donc un tel sacrifice pour un Dieu qu'on appelle précisément le " Dieu vivant " ? Le sacrifice du Christ se situe-t-il en continuité ou en rupture avec cette tradition ? Avec ce volume, paru précédemment sous le titre Vie et mort dans la Bible, s'achève la trilogie que Jean Soler a consacrée à une lecture historique serrée des textes bibliques, pour comprendre comment s'est inventé le monothéisme. Il propose ici le volet anthropologique d'une enquête dont L'Invention du monothéisme présentait la dimension métaphysique et La Loi de Moïse celle de la morale. " -- 4e de couv.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.By Robert Gordis, Max Gelb. 1978
A rabbi elucidates the ground rules by which Conservatism operates and how it applies its principles to solving communal problems.…
Also considers Jewish survival in general and the future of Conservative Judaism in particular. 1978.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.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.By Edward Feinstein. 2003
Author Rabbi Feinstein answers typical teen questions about Judaism, like "Why should I believe in God?", "Is Any of That…
Stuff in the Bible True?", and "No Cheeseburgers? No Going to the Mall on Saturday? Why Does Religion Need So Many Rules?" Includes discussions about God, intermarriage, prayer, bar/bat mitzvah, Israel, Christianity, anti-Semitism, the meaning of life, and the Messiah. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. 2003.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.By Doug Clark. 2010
Canadian police are scrambling to preserve public order from a new "perfect storm" looming over the horizon and under the…
political radar. Their vaunted thin blue line of front-line officers is greyed, frayed, and stretched to the breaking point. Plagued by failed leadership and too few recruits, our police are frantically digging in behind the scenes against the converging triple threats poised to engulf them: shifting demographics, increasingly complex laws, and unrealistic expectations. c2010.By Janice Gross Stein, J. Eugene Lang. 2007
If you want to know how Canada wound up on the front lines in Afghanistan, follow the dots here. Stein's…
and Lang's book reads like a whodunit. From the players, the private conversations and the presumptuous bravado in the Canadian and American corridors of power, this is the inside story. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. c2007.By Barbara Hehner. 2004
Wally Flood, a Canadian miner turned pilot during World War II, was shot down and put in a prisoner-of-war camp.…
Determined to escape, he eventually joined a group that began organizing the largest breakout ever, now called The Great Escape - over 600 men, tunnelling their way out. They took turns digging, inventing tools, forging documents, and hiding the tons of sand they dug from the tunnels, while facing the constant threat of discovery, with key help from Wally, known as the Tunnel King. Grades 5-8. 2004.By Jean Markale. 1986
The mysterious Knights Templar originated in the Middle Ages, when pilgrims needed armed supporters to assure them safe passage to…
the Holy Land. Within 100 years the Templars had become a significant power by themselves, reporting directly to the pope and, it was rumoured, in control of vast wealth - until 1307, when the French king terminated the order, dispersed its knights, and claimed its property. 2003, c1986. Uniform title: Gisors et l'énigme des Templiers.By Jeffry V Brock. 1983
Brock continues to tell of his fight against unification of the Canadian Armed Forces in the early 1960s. The fight…
cost him dearly: early forced retirement from the navy. 1983. (With many voices ; 2)By Jane Doe. 2003
When Jane Doe was the fifth woman to be raped by a serial sexual predator, she refused to become a…
victim, refused to accept the common wisdom of the police, and refused to accept the status quo that she should shut up and let the 'good men' rescue her from what the 'bad man' had done. She warned the women in her neighbourhood, leading to the rapist's arrest, fought to be allowed to watch his trial, and then took the Toronto police force to court for incompetence and lack of accountability. Jane Doe challenged the justice system, the police, and the stereotype about rape - and won. Some strong language and descriptions of sex and violence. 2003.By Chalmers Johnson. 2004
The author discusses the roots of American militarism, the rise and extent of the military-industrial complex, and the close ties…
between arms industry executives and high-level politicians. He also looks closely at how the military has extended the boundaries of what constitutes national security in order to centralize intelligence agencies under their control, and how statesmen have been replaced by career soldiers on the front lines of foreign policy - a shift that naturally increases the frequency with which we go to war. 2004By Charles Allen. 1990
"The Savage Wars of Peace" is a fighting soldiers' view of military campaigns, as recounted in their own words to…
historian Charles Allen. Drawing on the spoken recollection of over 70 military figures of all ranks, these unique first hand accounts give a rare insight into the closed ranks of the British Army, its hierarchies and rituals and the bonds that unite fighting men. 1990.By Maxwell Newhouse. 2004
The thundering hooves, the skilled riders, and the dazzling pageantry of the Musical Ride have thrilled audiences young and old…
since it was first performed in 1887. The author tells the history of the Ride and the story of the spectacular black horses, their arduous training and sparkling equipment, and their Mountie riders in bright scarlet. Grades 4-7. 2004.