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The guns of victory: a soldier's eye view, Belgium, Holland, and Germany, 1944-45
By George G Blackburn. 1996
Blackburn continues the story of the First Canadian Army's 4th Field Regiment. After the battle for Normandy, they pursue the…
German army through the Netherlands and Belgium, opening the Scheldt estuary. They endure the bitter winter of 1945, then fight in the Battle of the Rhineland through to ultimate victory. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. 1996.The guns of Normandy: a soldier's eye view, France 1944
By George G Blackburn. 1995
Blackburn follows the Canadian Army through its landing on the Normandy beaches after the D-Day attacks, and to the battles…
at Falaise and Caen. Blackburn presents a detailed description of the lives of the Canadian soldiers who fought in the battles. Some strong language.The greatest story ever told: a tale of the greatest life ever lived
By Fulton Oursler. 1949
The greatest raid of all
By C.E. Lucas Phillips. 2000
The story of the St Nazaire assault, under a storm of enemy fire at point-blank range which set the sea…
itself on fire, and of the heroism of the men in the 'little ships' raid, carried out by Royal Navy forces. 2000.Having exposed the dangers of asbestos in buildings, Brodeur now acts on his suspicions about the risks associated with electric…
substations and high-tension power lines. The author's research into potential problems involved utility company and government officials and victims, particularly children. c1993.In the 1960s, Lynn Povich was one of the lucky women, like Nora Ephron, Jane Bryant Quinn, Ellen Goodman, and…
Susan Brownmiller, to land a job at Newsweek, but it was a dead end - women researchers sometimes became reporters, rarely writers, and never editors. On March 16, 1970, the day Newsweek published a cover story on the fledgling feminist movement, forty-six Newsweek women charged the magazine with discrimination. It was the first female class action lawsuit - the first by women journalists - and it inspired other women in the media to quickly follow suit. Includes strong language. 2012.The Gothic line: Canada's month of hell in World War II Italy
By Mark Zuehlke. 2003
For four dreadful weeks, Canadian soldiers struggled against the Gothic Line - a vast network of fortifications spanning the width…
of the nation and braced against the hard spine of the Apennines. Using personal diaries and records, the author relates this terrible test of arms and captures the experience of soldiers from generals to privates. 2003.The dolorous passion of our Lord Jesus Christ: from the visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich (Recorded Books inspirational)
By Anna Katharina Emmerich. 2004
This book, one of the sources for Mel Gibson's motion picture, The Passion of the Christ, is taken from the…
eighteenth-century journals of the Catholic nun who had visions of scenes from the life of Christ. 2004. Uniform title: Bittere Leiden Unseres Herrn Jesu Christi.The Dukan diet
By Pierre Dukan. 2010
The Dukan Diet is a unique 4-step programme, combining two steps to lose your unwanted weight and two steps to…
keep it off for good: Step 1: Attack. For 2-7 days eat as much as you want of 72 protein-rich foods. Step 2: Cruise. Continue eating the protein-rich foods with the addition of 28 vegetables. Step 3: Consolidation. Add fruit, bread, cheese and starchy foods, and 2 celebration meals a week, allowing 5 days for every pound lost. Step 4: Stabilisation. Eat what you like without regaining weight by following 3 simple rules, including the famous 'protein Thursdays'. Devised by Dr Pierre Dukan, a French medical doctor who has spent his career helping people to lose weight permanently, The Dukan Diet is the culmination of thirty-five years' clinical experience. The Dukan Diet offers simple guidelines, menu planners and recipes for long term success. 2010.The dinosaur project: the story of the greatest dinosaur expedition ever mounted
By Wayne Grady. 1993
In 1985, a party of Canadian and Chinese scientists embarked on a five-year treasure hunt in China's Gobi Desert, the…
badlands of Alberta and Canada's Arctic. They hoped to answer questions about dinosaur behaviour, migration, and evolution. 1993.The double vision: language and meaning in religion
By Northrop Frye. 1991
The diabetic's book: all your questions answered
By Barbara Toohey, June Biermann, Lois Jovanovic. 1994
The authors answer more than 130 frequently asked questions about diabetes. Chapters address general information, facts about Type I and…
Type II diabetes, concerns of family and friends, and weight loss. Also includes results of the 1993 American Diabetes Association's Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Study. 1994.The doors of the sea: where was God in the Tsunami?
By David Bentley Hart. 2005
The discovery of insulin
By Michael Bliss. 1982
The discovery of insulin in 1922 was one of the most significant medical breakthroughs of the century and one of…
the most controversial. Bliss examines the research of, and the rivalry within, the team of Banting, Best, Collip, and Macleod.The drowned and the saved
By Primo Levi. 1988
Primo Levi spent over a year in the Auschwitz concentration camp. This book is an attempt to make some sense…
of his experiences, and to try to understand how a nation could set up a system to butcher millions of people. Eventually he gave up the struggle to come to terms with it and committed suicide in 1987. 1988.The divine dance: if the world is your stage, who are you performing for?
By Shannon Kubiak Primicerio, Johanne Sheridan. 2006
Recognizing that teen girls spend much of their time trying to please their friends, parents, and teachers, Primicerio encourages these…
girls to stop performing for the world and start dancing for the One who matters. 2006.The dirt on clean: an unsanitized history
By Katherine Ashenburg. 2007
The apparently routine task of taking up soap and water (or not) is the starting point for an exploration of…
Western culture, which yields insights into our notions of privacy, health, individuality, religion and sexuality. Charts the history of human hygiene, describing those who either didn't wash at all (medieval Europeans) or who did with almost ritualistic fervour (ancient Romans and Greeks). 2008, c2007.The diabetes diet: Dr. Bernstein's low-carbohydrate solution
By Richard K Bernstein, Marcia Miele. 2005
For diabetics, diet is more than a lifestyle choice - it's the key to controlling the course of their disease.…
Many struggle to maintain a healthy weight because the guidelines of the American Diabetes Association are unhelpful in regulating blood sugar - the critical component in keeping diabetes in check. Dr. Bernstein provides a low-carbohydrate approach that has enabled his patients, and himself, to take control of their disease. 2005.The diary of a teenage health freak
By Aidan Macfarlane, Ann McPherson. 2002
For teenagers who want to know but are too embarrassed to ask, and for teachers who know most of it,…
but don't have the time to explain, this work has been updated for teenagers of the 21st century and introduces them to the facts of life. Includes sex and strong language. 2002.The divided self: an existential study in sanity and madness
By R. D Laing. 1990