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Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty (Dear America)
By Ellen Emerson White. 2002
In 1968 Massachusetts, after her brother Patrick goes to fight in Vietnam, fifteen-year-old Molly records in her diary how she…
misses her brother, volunteers at a Veterans' Administration Hospital, and tries to make sense of the Vietnam War and tumultuous events in the United States. Includes historical notes.The defiant imagination: why culture matters (Why Culture Matters Ser.)
By Max Wyman. 2004
Technology and globalization are changing the world we live in, and our social and economic structures are struggling to keep…
pace. Innovation and imagination are needed to find humane solutions. These qualities are argued to be most integral to the field of arts and culture. 2004.Opera viva: Canadian Opera Company : the first fifty years
By Ezra Schabas, Carl Morey. 2000
It started with a festival of three classic operas performed in a theatre in Toronto. The response made it apparent…
that there was a need for a national opera company, which was founded in 1950 and is now one of the major opera companies in North America. This history of the company is also a history of Canada's cultural growth in the second half of the twentieth century. 2000.Pierre Gauvreau, le jeune homme en colère: Le Jeune Homme En Colère
By Jeanette Biondi. 2003
The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times To The Present Day, How Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny
By Victor Davis Hanson. 1999
Victor David Hanson, author of the highly regarded classic The Western Way of War, presents an audacious and controversial theory…
of what contributes to the success of military campaigns. Examining in riveting detail the campaigns of three brilliant generals who led largely untrained forces to victory over tyrannical enemies, Hanson shows how the moral confidence with which these generals imbued their troops may have been as significant as any military strategy they utilized. Theban general Epaminondas marched an army of farmers two hundred miles to defeat their Spartan overlords and forever change the complexion of Ancient Greece. William Tecumseh Sherman led his motley army across the South, ravaging the landscape and demoralizing the citizens in the defense of right. And George S. Patton commanded the recently formed Third Army against the German forces in the West, nearly completing the task before his superiors called a halt. Intelligent and dramatic, The Soul of Battle is narrative history at its best and a work of great moral conviction.Ambassador Wilson writes a very engaging memoir of how he wound up in the diplomatic service. We follow his career…
from support staff overseas, to ambassador of several small African nations. He was also the last charge d'affairs in Iraq after the war began in 1990. He tells the story of how he got tangled up in the hardball and brutal politics of the current Bush administration, and how it differs from the norms of civil discourse in politics, and even from the first Bush administration, which praised Wilson lavishly.Because we are Canadians: a battlefield memoir
By Charles D Kipp, Lynda Sykes. 2003
Sergeant Charles D. Kipp was a Canadian soldier in the Second World War, fighting in the months following D-Day. Countless…
hardships were endured and when the war ended, Kipp had a lifetime of aftermath to deal with, both physically and mentally. Closure came for him decades later when he revisited a battlefield. Descriptions of violence. 2003.Having a baby (A quick and easy guide)
By Sharron Smith Humenick. 1997
Testaments of honour: personal histories from Canada's war veterans
By Blake Heathcote. 2002
Veterans of World War II detail their war years to remember and honour lost comrades, and to understand themselves and…
be understood by others. These stories have never been publicly released. Some descriptions of violence. 2002.Planet earth: the latest weapon of war
By Rosalie Bertell. 2001
One woman's look at the Earth and how we are changing it for the worse through warfare and security. Also…
a look at the move toward space and where we may be headed in the future. Some descriptions of violence. 2001.Letters to Harvelyn: from Japanese POW camps : a Canadian soldier's letters to his young daughter during World War II
By Kenneth G Baird, Harvelyn Baird McInnis. 2002
Major Kenneth Baird was a Prisoner-Of-War in Japan during World War II. He kept a diary and wrote letters -…
that were never sent - to his wife Molly and daughter Harvelyn, recording misery, sickness, brutality, and death during almost four years of imprisonment. 2002.A look at three very different people who all played a role in the Rwanda genocide or Bosnia. Lewis MacKenzie…
commanded the UN forces in Bosnia for the first crucial months of the conflict. Romeo Dallaire developed an intervention plan that could have prevented the genocide in Rwanda but was not put into action. Louise Arbour was the chief prosecutor in the trial where former Bosnian Prime Minister Slobodan Milosevic became the first man to confess to genocide and was, consequently, indicted. Some descriptions of violence. 2000.Snowflake Bentley
By Jacqueline Briggs Martin. 1998
Snow in Vermont is as common as dirt. Why would anyone want to photograph it? But from the time he…
was a small boy, Wilson Bentley thinks of the icy crystals as small miracles, and he determines that one day his camera will capture for others their extraordinary beauty. Often misunderstood in his time, Wilson Bentley took pictures that even today reveal two important truths about snowflakes: first, that no two are alike, and second, that each one is startlingly beautiful. His story, gracefully told by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and brought to life in Mary Azarian's lovely woodcuts, gives children insight into a soul who had not only a scientist's vision and perseverance, but a clear passion for the wonders of nature.Point Man: Inside the Toughest and Most Deadly Unit in Vietnam by a Founding Member of the Elite Navy SEALs
By James Watson, Kevin Dockery. 1993
Chief Petty Officer James "Patches" Watson was there at the start. One of the first to come out of the…
famed Underwater Demolition Team 21, he was an initial member -- a "plank owner" -- of America's deadliest and most elite fighting force, the U.S. Navy SEALs. Through three tours in the jungle hell of Vietnam, he walked the point -- staying alert to trip wires, booby traps and punji pits, guiding his squad of amphibious fighters on missions of rescue, reconnaissance and demolition --confronting a war's unique terrors head-on, unprotected ... and unafraid. This is the story of a hero told from the heart and from the gut -- an authentic tour of duty with one of the most legendary commandoes of the Vietnam War.Helping Out
By George Ancona. 1985
Its fun to work beside a group of grown-ups. You can learn new skills this way. But, even better, you…
can have a great time just being in the adult world. Helping Out shows young people lending a hand with many different grown-up jobs. Youll see them at work inside and out, at home or at school, in the city or on a farm. And youre sure to start thinking of jobs you might do to share the special rewards that come with helping.The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare
By John Keegan. 1988
Illuminating the history of naval conflict as it has evolved from Nelson's day until our own, offering a dissection of…
four landmark sea battles, each featuring a different form of warship.There's a War to be Won: The United States Army in World War II
By Geoffrey Perret. 1991
Unfit For Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry
By Jerome R. Corsi, John E. O'Neill. 2004
John O'Neill was the naval officer who took over John Kerry's Swift Boat in the muddy waters of Vietnam. What…
he learned convinced him and convinced the majority of veterans who served directly with Kerry that John Kerry was and is unfit for command as a naval officer, let alone as commander in chief of the United States. In this stunning new book, John O'Neill and his coauthor Dr. Jerome Corsi (an expert on the anti-Vietnam War movement) interviewed dozens of veterans who served with Kerry and meticulously documented a shameful record of betrayal and deception on the part of John Kerry. In Unfit for Command you'll learn: How two of John Kerry's three Purple Heart decorations resulted from self-inflicted wounds, not suffered under enemy fire Why John Kerry's third Purple Heart "fanny wound" was the highlight of his much touted "no man left behind" Bronze Star How John Kerry turned the tragic death of a father and small child in a Vietnamese fishing boat into an act of "heroism" by filing a false report on the incident How John Kerry entered an abandoned Vietnamese village, slaughtered the domestic animals owned by the civilians, and burned down their homes with his Zippo lighter How John Kerry's reckless behavior convinced his colleagues that he had to go becoming the only Swift Boat veteran to serve only four months in Vietnam How, as a leader of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, John Kerry attended a meeting where plans were discussed to assassinate prominent United States senators who supported the war How Kerry met secretly with Communist delegates at the Paris Peace Conference during the Vietnam War, and why some believe he violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice and federal law Based on detailed interviews with Swift Boat veterans who served in Vietnam with John Kerry and on recently released FBI surveillance reports of John Kerry's antiwar activities, Unfit for Command is a shocking indictment of a politician who slandered his fellow veterans, danced on the edge of treason, and has shamelessly exaggerated his own war service for political ends.My Life And Hard Times
By James Thurber. 1933
In this autobiography Mr. Thurber's daring typewriter and unbridled drawing pencil have combined to glean his teeming life. In chapter…
one he tells what happened the night the bed fell on his father.Searching for Sofia: a tale of murder, obsession and war
By John Nadler. 2003
When Gjorg returns to his home in Kosovo, he finds that many people are missing and rumoured to be murdered.…
His girlfriend is also torn away from him because he is Albanian and she is Serbian. When Gjorg meets John Nadler, he asks for help in finding his lost love. Some descriptions for violence. 2003.