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  • Deadlock in Korea Canadians at War, 1950–1953
    Author:

    Barris, Ted

    Summary:

    Between 1950 and 1953, nearly 30,000 Canadian volunteers joined the effort to contain communist incursions into South Korea and support the fledgling United Nations.

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  • Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 6–10 John Franklin / Marshall McLuhan / Phyllis Munday / Wilfrid Laurier / Nellie McClung
    Author:

    Fitzgerald, Judith

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    Wilson, John

    ,

    Bridge, Kathryn

    ,

    Stewart, Roderick

    ,

    Macpherson, Margaret

    Summary:

    Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada's history.

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  • Breaking the Silence Veterans' Untold Stories From the Great War to Afghanistan
    Author:

    Barris, Ted

    Summary:

    "Never talked about it." That's what most people say when they're asked if the veteran in the family ever shared wartime experiences.

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  • Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 1–10 Emma Albani / Emily Carr / George Grant / Jacques Plante / John Diefenbaker / John Franklin / Marshall McLuhan / Phyllis Munday / Wilfrid Laurier / Nellie McClung
    Author:

    Konieczny, Vladimir

    ,

    Dunton, Darcy

    ,

    Labrèche-Larouche, Michelle

    ,

    Rigelhof, T.F.

    ,

    Slade, Arthur

    ,

    Plante, Raymond

    ,

    Braid, Kate

    ,

    Fitzgerald, Judith

    ,

    Wilson, John

    ,

    Bridge, Kathryn

    ,

    Stewart, Roderick

    ,

    Macpherson, Margaret

    Summary:

    Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history.

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  • Quest Biography 35-Book Bundle Marshall McLuhan, Nellie McClung, René Lévesque and Many More
    Author:

    Fitzgerald, Judith

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    Labrèche-Larouche, Michelle

    ,

    Braid, Kate

    ,

    Rigelhof, T.F.

    ,

    Plante, Raymond

    ,

    Slade, Arthur

    ,

    Wilson, John

    ,

    Bridge, Kathryn

    ,

    Stewart, Roderick

    ,

    Stewart, Sharon

    ,

    Macpherson, Margaret

    ,

    Goodall, Lian

    ,

    Paulin, Marguerite

    ,

    Legaré, Francine

    ,

    Evans, Gary

    ,

    Cowley, Deborah

    ,

    Shardlow, Tom

    ,

    Kirk, Heather

    ,

    Cimon, Anne

    ,

    Vanasse, André

    ,

    Larsen, Wayne

    ,

    Henighan, Tom

    ,

    Maes, Nicholas

    ,

    Ferguson, Julie H.

    ,

    Knowles, Valerie

    ,

    Lahey, D.T.

    ,

    Butts, Edward

    ,

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    ,

    Sadlier, Rosemary

    ,

    Argyle, Ray

    ,

    Tidridge, Nathan

    ,

    Martin, Ged

    Summary:

    This special bundle contains the first thirty-five books in the Quest Biography series, which profiles the lives of Canadians who have had a profound effect on their country and the world.

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  • Dundurn Korean War Library Bundle Fighting Words / Korea / Triumph at Kapyong / Deadlock in Korea / Cross-Border Warriors
    Author:

    Gaffen, Fred

    ,

    Bjarnason, Dan

    ,

    Barris, Ted

    ,

    Bourrie, Mark

    ,

    Melady, John

    ,

    Rockingham, John M.

    Summary:

    This ebook bundle contains five books that chronicle Canada's participation in the conflict that gripped the Korean peninsula from 1950–53 and resulted in two very different nations that remai

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  • Canadian Adventurers and Explorers Bundle David Thompson / Vilhjalmur Stefansson / Samuel de Champlain / John Franklin / George Simpson / Phyllis Munday
    Author:

    Lahey, D. T.

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    Henighan, Tom

    ,

    Wilson, John

    ,

    Shardlow, Tom

    ,

    Bridge, Kathryn

    ,

    Legaré, Francine

    Summary:

    Presenting six titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. Canada is a vast land with many remote regions to be explored.

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  • Ghosts of James Bay
    Author:

    Wilson, John

    Summary:

    Fourteen-year-old Al is spending the summer on the shores of Ontario’s James Bay with his eccentric archaeologist father.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction

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  • Across Frozen Seas
    Author:

    Wilson, John

    Summary:

    Short-listed for the 1998 Sheila A.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Historical fiction, Young adult fiction

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  • Failed Hope The Story of the Lost Peace
    Author:

    Wilson, John

    Summary:

    2013 Information Book Awards — Long-listed Peace after the First World War inspires hope for a better life that’s crushed by the advent of the Second World War.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Bitter Ashes The Story of WW II
    Author:

    Wilson, John

    Summary:

    World War Two was the greatest conflict in human history.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Juvenile nonfiction

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  • The Great Escape A Canadian Story
    Author:

    Barris, Ted

    Summary:

    A unique retelling of WWII’s most dramatic escape, told through first-hand recollections of the soldiers who experienced it.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Behind the Glory Canada's Role in the Allied Air War
    Author:

    Barris, Ted

    Summary:

    In this 60th anniversary edition is Ted Barris’ telling of the unique story of Canada’s largest World War II expenditure – $1.75 billion in a Commonwealth-wide training scheme, based in Canada that

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Deadlock in Korea Canadians at War, 1950-1953
    Author:

    Barris, Ted

    Summary:

    Between 1950 and 1953, nearly 30,000 Canadian volunteers joined the effort to contain communist incursions into South Korea and support the fledgling United Nations.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Victory at Vimy Canada Comes of Age, April 9-12, 1917
    Author:

    Barris, Ted

    Summary:

    National Bestseller At the height of the First World War, on Easter Monday April 9, 1917, in early morning sleet, sixteen battalions of the Canadian Corps rose along a six-kilometre line of trenche

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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