Set in a Japanese hospital during the last days of World War II, the story centers on the medical staff who offer to assist in a series of vivisections—experimental operations on live U.S.
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Author:Endo, Shusaku
Summary:Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Faulkner, William
Summary:Faulkner examines the changing relationship of black to white and of man to the land, and weaves a complex work that is rich in understanding of the human condition.
Genre: Historical fiction, Short storiesAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Vargas Llosa, Mario
Summary:The War of the End of the World is one of the great modern historical novels.
Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Frayn, Michael
Summary:The Tony Award—winning play that soars at the intersection of science and art, Copenhagen is an explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the a
Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Barry, Dave
Summary:Genre: Humorous fictionAvailable Formats:
- Running Time: 22:30:24Narrator: Apple Alex (synthetic)Publisher: BC Libraries Cooperative,
- Publisher: BC Libraries Cooperative,
Author:McLean, Stuart
Summary:"The world can be a perilous place. And the seemingly friendly world of Canada's favourite fictional family is no different.
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- Running Time: 15:28:37Narrator: Apple Alex (synthetic)Publisher: BC Libraries Cooperative,
- Publisher: BC Libraries Cooperative,
Author:Pearson, Kit
Summary:Thirteen-year old Polly is following in her sister's footsteps to a boarding school in Victoria. Will her sister's new secret tear her family apart again?
Genre: Domestic fiction, Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Running Time: 19:36:40Narrator: Catherine MeadPublisher: Crane Library,
- Publisher: HarperCollins Canada,
Author:Jung, Mike
Summary:Twelve-year-old Vincent and his fellow members of the Captain Stupendous Fan Club help out when someone new becomes Earth's most famous superhero, without knowing anything about him, just as e
Genre: Humorous fiction, Science fictionAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: BC Libraries Cooperative,
- Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books,
Author:McClintock, Norah
Summary:"In the midst of the Irish famine, Johanna flees one disaster - only to land in another.
Genre: Diary fiction, Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Running Time: 12:16:40Narrator: Dianne De VitaPublisher: Crane Library,
- Publisher: Scholastic Canada,
Author:Vonnegut, Kurt
Summary:Genre: Historical fiction, Science fictionAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Naipaul, V. S.
Summary:The Mimic Men is a moving novel that evokes a colonial man's experience in the postcolonial world.
Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Roth, Joseph
Summary:The Radetzky March charts the history of the Trotta family through three generations spanning the rise and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Narrator: Multiple ReadersPublisher: Crane Library,
Author:Allende, Isabel
Summary:In one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of the twentieth century, Isabel Allende weaves a luminous tapestry of three generations of the Trueba family, revealing both triumphs
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- Narrator: Multiple ReadersPublisher: Crane Library,
Author:García Márquez, Gabriel
Summary:On her twelfth birthday, Sierva Maria – the only child of a decaying noble family in an eighteenth-century South American seaport – is bitten by a rabid dog.
Genre: Historical fiction, Romance fictionAvailable Formats:
- Narrator: Multiple ReadersPublisher: Crane Library,
Author:Mann, Thomas
Summary:Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Narrator: Multiple ReadersPublisher: Crane Library,