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Escaping Hell is the compelling and true story of a heroic young Polish officer who survived the terror of five years in the prisons of Auschwitz and Buchenwald – where violence was meaningless bec

Regimental histories are a virtual window to a nation. They provide insight into a country’s culture, values, and martial spirit.

From Pioneer Public Health Nurse to Advocate for the Aged: Eunice Henrietta Dyke.

On February 20, 1959, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker announced to the House of Commons the cancellation of the CF-105 Arrow. Its development costs to that time were $340 million.

In The Firebrand, William Kilbourn brings to life the rebel Canadian hero William Lyon Mackenzie.

Cairine Wilson, Canada’s first female senator, was one of nine children raised in an atmosphere of rugged Scots liberalism and strict presbyterianism by affluent Montreal parents in the late ninete

Flying Canucks tells the fascinating story of aviation in Canada through this collection of 37 biographies of important aviators in our nation’s history.

Among the many technological advances of this century that have shrunk our country, few have had as great an impact as aviation.

The Franklin Conspiracy is an absorbing account of the single most enigmatic event in Canadian history.

From the 1890s through the 1920s, as horse gave way to machine, the look of Toronto and the lifestyles of its inhabitants were irrevocably altered.

Juan Pujol, a young Spanish antifascist, became agent GARBO, a master of deception and intrigue.

Lieutenant-General Richard Rohmer is arguably Canada's most decorated citizen.

East Sandling Camp. 1 June 1915"Captain Boyer and I are leaving for London to buy a motor car for the regiment. We will be staying at the Savoy."Flanders. 27 October 1915.

Ghost Towns of Muskoka explores the tragic history of a collection of communities from across Muskoka whose stars have long since faded.

Women in the military? To many, never was too soon. But by 1940, British women were out "doing their bit" for the war effort, and Canadians battled for that same right.