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  • Palace of the End
    Author:

    Thompson, Judith

    Summary:

    Based around the lives of three distinct characters—a young soldier imprisoned for her misconduct at a prison camp in Iraq, a microbiologist-cum-weapons inspector who exposes the false justificatio

    Genre: Canadian drama, War fiction

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  • Penny Plain
    Author:

    Burkett, Ronnie

    Summary:

    Humanity is facing extinction, and Penny Plain, elderly and blind, can only sit and wait for the end.

    Genre: Canadian drama, Epic fiction, Humorous fiction

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  • Hedda Gabler & Sirens: Elektra in Bosnia
    Author:

    Thompson, Judith

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    Ashperger, Cynthia

    Summary:

    In Hedda Gabler, a moving exploration of female oppression, a recently married Hedda navigates her new identity as a wife and the intense constraints put on her by society.

    Genre: Canadian drama, Domestic fiction, War fiction

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  • The Mystery of Maddy Heisler
    Author:

    Lillford, Daniel

    Summary:

    As a young man in the midst of World War II, Jacob fell in love with an older woman and began a rapturous affair, until she seemingly vanished.

    Genre: Canadian drama, Historical fiction, War fiction

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  • Three to a Loaf A Novel of the Great War
    Author:

    Goodspeed, Michael J.

    Summary:

    Three to a Loaf is the First World War story of Rory Ferrall, a young Canadian officer of Anglo-German descent who, after being wounded and disfigured at Ypres, comes to the attention of British mi

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Thrillers (Fiction), War fiction

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  • Our Only Shield A Novel of the Second World War
    Author:

    Goodspeed, Michael J.

    Summary:

    Set in the desperate days at the outset of the Second World War, Our Only Shield brings back Rory Ferrall, the resourceful Canadian spy from Michael J. Goodspeed’s debut novel, Three to a Loaf.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, War fiction

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  • All Else Is Folly A Tale of War and Passion
    Author:

    Acland, Peregrine

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    Busby, Brian

    ,

    Calhoun, James R.

    ,

    Ford, Ford Madox

    Summary:

    One of Canada’s most painful and breathtaking pictures of a soldier’s life during the First World War.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, War fiction

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  • Jalna: Books 1-4 The Building of Jalna / Morning at Jalna / Mary Wakefield / Young Renny
    Author:

    de la Roche, Mazo

    Summary:

    Chronicling the early years of the formidable manor Jalna and the Whiteoak family who inhabit it, this bundle gathers together the first four novels in Mazo de la Roche's treasured Canadian sa

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Epic fiction

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  • Jalna: Books 5-8 Whiteoak Heritage / Whiteoak Brothers / Jalna / Whiteoaks of Jalna
    Author:

    de la Roche, Mazo

    Summary:

    Perhaps the most classic novels of Mazo de la Roche's monumental family saga are these four, which were the first books written in the series, though they fall in the middle of her books'

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Epic fiction

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  • Jalna: Books 9-12 Finch's Fortune / The Master of Jalna / Whiteoak Harvest / Wakefield's Course
    Author:

    de la Roche, Mazo

    Summary:

    History flows swiftly on, and even the formidable family home of Jalna is swept up in its currents in this collection of books 9-12 of the Jalna series.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Epic fiction

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  • Jalna: Books 13-16 Return to Jalna / Renny's Daughter / Variable Winds at Jalna / Centenary at Jalna
    Author:

    de la Roche, Mazo

    Summary:

    All good things must come to an end, and this four-book bundle closes Mazo de la Roche’s beloved Jalna series with stories of return, rebirth, and hope for a new day.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Epic fiction

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  • The Jalna Saga All Sixteen Books of the Enduring Classic Series
    Author:

    de la Roche, Mazo

    Summary:

    Beloved by generations, Mazo de la Roche’s irreplaceable Jalna saga is at last available in a single collected volume. For lovers of the series, this is truly the authoritative collection.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Epic fiction

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  • The Jalna Saga, Deluxe Edition All Sixteen Books of the Enduring Classic Series & The Biography of Mazo de la Roche
    Author:

    de la Roche, Mazo

    Summary:

    Beloved by generations, Mazo de la Roche’s irreplaceable Jalna saga is at last available in a single collected volume.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Epic fiction

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  • Bird's Eye View
    Author:

    Florence, Elinor

    Summary:

    A Toronto Star Bestseller! Rose, a Canadian intelligence officer in Britain in World War II, struggles with conflicting feelings about the war and a superior’s attention.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Historical fiction, War fiction

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  • April Fool's Day : a novel
    Author:

    Novakovich, Josip

    Summary:

    Ivan Dolinar is born in Tito's Yugoslavia on April Fool's Day, 1948 -- the auspicious beginning of a life that will be derailed by backfiring good intentions in a world of propaganda and paranoia.

    Genre: War fiction

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