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On The Trail of Grant and Lee
By Frederick Trevor Hill.
The sound of war: memoirs of a CBC correspondent
By Peter Stursberg. 1993
I have not yet begun to fight: a life of John Paul Jones
By James Mackay. 1998
Boots and Saddles Or Life in Dakota With General Custer
By Elizabeth B. Custer.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume 2
By Charles Darwin.
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson
By Robert Southey.
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Volume 2
By Ulysses S. Grant.
My Summer in a Garden
By Charles Dudley Warner.
Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot
By Baron De Marbot, Oliver C. Colt.
The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants
By Charles Darwin.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume 1
By Charles Darwin.
Vegetables and bush fruits (Cullen garden guides)
By Mark Cullen. 1985
Provides information on preparing and planting a garden, the tools and materials required, as well as detailed information on 21…
vegetables and 8 bush fruits. Includes a chapter on gardening with children. (Cullen Canadian garden guide)My father's son: memories of war and peace
By Farley Mowat. 1992
As Farley Mowat saw his comrades killed and wounded during the Italian campaign of World War II, his spirit was…
sustained by his strong relationship with his father. Mowat captures the shock and despair of war, and the exhilaration that followed victory. Some strong language. Sequel to "And no birds sang".Billy Bishop, Canadian hero: Canadian Hero
By Dan McCaffery. 1988
During World War I, Billy Bishop gained fame as a skilled fighter pilot and became the most decorated war hero…
in Canada. However, over the years, his aviation record has been questioned, especially the number of his "kills". 1988.Bonds of wire: a memoir
By Kingsley Brown. 1989
In 1942, RCAF Bomber Pilot Kingsley Brown was shot down over Holland and began his 3-year incarceration in Stalag Luft…
3, the German P.O.W. camp from which the Great Escape was launched. 1989.Living things we love to hate: facts, fantasies & fallacies
By Des Kennedy. 1992
Kennedy examines our relationships with everything we are supposed to hate -- from dandelions to snakes. With anecdotes and interesting…
facts, he talks about our war against pests and tries to reconcile humanity to the natural world. 1992.Better house and planet: Over 500 Tips For Efficient Housekeeping
By Marjorie Harris. 1991
Anne Frank remembered: the story of the woman who helped to hide the Frank family
By Miep Gies, Alison Leslie Gold. 1987
Gies, known affectionately as Miep Van Santen in Anne Frank's diary, recalls the changes Nazi occupation forced on the Dutch.…
She describes the efforts to resist and chronicles her perilous relationship with the Franks, including her affection for Anne.The railway man
By Eric Lomax. 1996
Eric Lomax was tortured by the Japanese as a POW working on the Burma-Siam Railway. Fifty years later he met…
one of his tormentors. His is a story of innocence betrayed; of passion and curiosity about the world of machines turned into nightmares, and punished by the cruelty of which only humans are capable. It is also a story of survival and of courage.A soldier first: bullets, bureaucrats and the politics of war
By Rick Hillier. 2009
Born and raised in Newfoundland, Hillier joined the military as a young man and quickly climbed the ranks, playing a…
significant role in the 1998 ice storm and moving on to command a multinational NATO task force in Bosnia-Herzegovina. But it was his role as Canada's Chief of the Defence staff that defined him as a Canadian icon, as he demanded more funding, more troops and more appreciation for the women and men fighting in Afghanistan. Some strong language. c2009.