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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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  • Hedda Gabler & Sirens: Elektra in Bosnia
    Author:

    Thompson, Judith

    ,

    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

    ,

    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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  • 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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  • Dirty work
    Author:

    Brown, Larry

    Summary:

    Presents a Vietnam war story that probes the long-term effects of combat on two veterans.

    Genre: War fiction, Romance fiction

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    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Audio
      Running Time: 15:08:20
      Narrator: Peter Francis James, Ed Sala
      Publisher: Recorded Books, Sat, 01/01/2011 - 12:00
  • The eleventh man : Two Medicine Country, book 8
    Author:

    Doig, Ivan

    Summary:

    Ivan Doig crafts an epic tale of 11 college football teammates confronting World War II. Eager to serve, TSU's champion athletes are stationed across the globe in various theaters.

    Genre: Historical fiction, War fiction

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    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Audio
      Running Time: 36:55:00
      Narrator: Tom Stechschulte
      Publisher: Recorded Books, Sat, 01/01/2011 - 12:00
  • The sounds of rescue, the signs of hope : Texas tradition, book 12
    Author:

    Flynn, Robert

    Summary:

    World War II pilot Greg Wallace is shot down over the Pacific. Luckily, he bails out and makes his way to land to await rescue.

    Genre: War fiction

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    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Audio
      Running Time: 26:25:00
      Narrator: Scott Shina
      Publisher: Recorded Books, Sat, 01/01/2011 - 12:00
  • The victory club
    Author:

    Hatcher, Robin Lee

    Summary:

    Margo King fears for her son fighting on the North African front and tries to hide her painful past.

    Genre: Religious fiction, War fiction

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    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Audio
      Running Time: 23:41:40
      Narrator: Linda Stephens
      Publisher: Recorded Books, Sat, 01/01/2011 - 12:00
  • The double agents
    Author:

    Griffin, W. E. B.

    Summary:

    The Office of Strategic Services has now been tasked with convincing the Axis powers that the Allied forces will not be invading Europe via France's beaches.

    Genre: War fiction

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    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Audio
      Running Time: 31:36:40
      Narrator: Paul Hecht
      Publisher: Recorded Books, Sat, 01/01/2011 - 12:00
  • Flame of resistance
    Author:

    Groot, Tracy

    Summary:

    A retelling of the Old Testament tale of Rahab the harlot that takes place in Nazi-occupied France.

    Genre: Romance fiction, Historical fiction, War fiction

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    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Audio
      Running Time: 34:13:20
      Narrator: Carine Montbertrand
      Publisher: Recorded Books, Sun, 01/01/2012 - 12:00
  • Sophia's war : a tale of the Revolution
    Author:

    Avi

    Summary:

    In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including

    Genre: Historical fiction, War fiction, Spy fiction

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    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Audio
      Running Time: 20:05:00
      Narrator: Angela Goethals
      Publisher: Recorded Books, Sun, 01/01/2012 - 12:00

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