War

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One Hundred Girls and a Scandal
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One Hundred Girls and a Scandal

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 10 discusses the scandal at the Dionne Spinning Mills, in Saint-Georges, Quebec, that Wanda over 100 other Polish women found themselves in when arriving in Canada after May, 1947. The … 23 $2.30 Add
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Ostarbeiter in Germany
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Ostarbeiter in Germany

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 4 discusses Wanda’s experience as a Ostarbeiter (eastern worker), one of the 1.6 million foreigner forced labourers used by the Nazi’s during the Second World War. The … 16 $1.60 Add
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Parallel Worlds

Parallel Worlds

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She visits her father’s grave. 7 $0.70 Add
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Part I

Part I

From: The Matryoshka Memoirs

Part One details the story of Irina in wartime Germany in the 1940s and her life working in a prison camp hospital and in a prestigious family’s home, eventually starting a family. … 156 $15.60 Add
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Part II

Part II

From: The Matryoshka Memoirs

Part Two picks up from the first as Irina and Sergei escape from Germany with their child, and immigrate to Canada. The author continues to include scenes from the modern day between herself and … 80 $8.00 Add
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Peace and Fire

Peace and Fire

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. It gives insight into the changes and challenges faced by the family under the communist government. 3 $0.30 Add
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Pig Brains

Pig Brains

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She continues to detail her early life in Canada. 6 $0.60 Add
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Postscript

Postscript

‘History will give you your due’

From: Churchill and Fisher

Historian Barry Gough offers final thoughts on the relationship between Winston Churchill and Jack Fisher he then examines the relationship between Churchill and Sir David Beatty during the … 19 $1.90 Add
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Preface, A Note on the Board of Admiralty, and Introduction

Preface, A Note on the Board of Admiralty, and Introduction

The Daemonic Duo

From: Churchill and Fisher

Historian Barry Gough provides an introduction to the board of admiralty and an overview of the history between Churchill and Fisher before the outset of World War One. 29 $2.90 Add
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Preparing for War

Preparing for War

From: Churchill and Fisher

Historian Barry Gough examines the preperations for war made by Winston Churchill and Jack Fisher (1911-1914) including the naval officers involved, the role of oil, the Mediterranean naval … 41 $4.10 Add
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Prologue:

Prologue:

Woodfibre days

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

Talks about life before Pearl Harbour in Woodfibre BC ; 5 $0.50 Add
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River of Madness

River of Madness

From: Man at the Airport

This chapter describes the author’s time in jail for overstaying his work visa, the death of his father, and his deportation to Kuala Lumpur. 30 $3.00 Add
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Rough Waters

Rough Waters

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He continues to plan his family’s escape. 9 $0.90 Add
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Say ‘Resurgam’!

Say ‘Resurgam’!

From: Churchill and Fisher

Historian Barry Gough examines Winston Churchill’s defence of the Dardanelles campagin despite high casualities and cost while Jack Fisher takes a position at the Admiralty Board of … 45 $4.50 Add
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Secret arrangements for departure

Secret arrangements for departure

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

The quiet arrangements that had to be made in order to leave the camp ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Service in France at No. 1 Canadian General Hospital

Service in France at No. 1 Canadian General Hospital

From: Asleep in the Deep

Anna Stamers was transfered to France in 1916. Hospitals in France were set up to receive all incoming wounded from the Allied forces, as well as civilians and prisoners of war. Horrible … 32 $3.20 Add