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Life and Death on a Hospital Ship

Life and Death on a Hospital Ship

The Risks and the Rules

From: Asleep in the Deep

In late March 1918, Anna Samers was transferred to the hospital ship Llandovery Castle which traveled between England and Halifax. This last assignment brought her to the attention of the world. … 30 $3.00 Add
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Life behind the Lines and on the Home Front
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Life behind the Lines and on the Home Front

From: War Among the Clouds

This chapter shares how the airmen would spend their free time when poor flying conditions and decreasing military operations allowed them to participate in leisure activities. 19 $1.90 Add
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Bombs and Barbed Wire
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“Like a dream”: The Story of Armand Landry

Chapter Eight

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

Chapter Eight focuses on the story of Armand Landry, from Saint-François-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick, his time with the Royal 22nd Regiment or “Van Doos,” his constant companions … 17 $1.70 Add
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Bombs and Barbed Wire
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“Like a load of pigs”: The Story of Alcide Gallant

Chapter Seven

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

Chapter Seven focuses on the story of Alcide Gallant, from Abrams Village, Prince Edward Island, describing his time Perth Regiment of the 11th Canadian Infantry Brigade of 5th Canadian Armoured … 11 $1.10 Add
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Lockerbie
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Lockerbie

A sprawling affair

From: Targeting Libya

This chapter reviews the facts surrounding the Lockerbie tragedy and how although early evidence pointed to Iran as responsible for the downing of the airplane, the West used Lockerbie to justify … 14 $1.40 Add
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Manpower and Integration Problems

Manpower and Integration Problems

From: To Serve Canada

The long-standing concern in the services about wastage in the Regular Officer Training Plan (ROTP), including the Canadian Services Colleges (esc), was linked with general manpower problems. 15 $1.95 Add
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Massacre at Fort William Henry — 1757

Massacre at Fort William Henry — 1757

From: The Fall of New France

Explains the construction of Fort William Henry, the first siege of the fort and the massacre 7 $0.70 Add
Myths of Modern History
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Myths of Modern History

From the French Revolution to the 20th century world wars and the Cold War - new perspectives on key events

Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels challenges readers to reconsider what they know about some key events in the last 250 years of world history. At a time when it’s all too easy to … 392 View
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Necessity
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Necessity

Benevolent Booze

From: Bottoms Up

Chapter 1 explores the history of alcohol in maritime societies and how it played an variety of essential roles, as a medicine, a ration for sailors, a social lubricant, and a trading commodity … 15 $1.50 Add
New Brunswick and the Navy

New Brunswick and the Navy

From the seafaring battles between the British and the French of the 1640s to the privateers of the War of 1812, from the merchant ships of the Second World War to the construction of the … 156 View
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Notes and Sources

Notes and Sources

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About War

Notes and Sources. 6 $0.60 Add
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Nursing in the Canadian Army Medical Corps

Nursing in the Canadian Army Medical Corps

Moore Baracks

From: Asleep in the Deep

Although Anna Stamers left no personal account or letters escribing her work, war diaries, records of service, newspaper reports, and letters and diaries of other nursing sisters give form and … 18 $1.80 Add
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Oil, militias, and the second civil war
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Oil, militias, and the second civil war

From: Targeting Libya

This chapter outlines how, after helping destroy Qadhafi’s Libya, Canada turned a blind eye to its own illegal war while prosecuting SNC-Lavalin for corruption, backing a new Libyan regime … 8 $0.80 Add
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On the Move

On the Move

England, Canada, and England Again

From: Asleep in the Deep

Anna Stamers left No. 1 CGH on May 21, 1917, after fifteen months of continuous service in France. Anna was granted a 17 day leave and returns to Canada where, due to poor health, she was granted … 20 $2.00 Add
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One Country—Two States

One Country—Two States

From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires

The introduction, One Country-Two States explains how as a nation, Korea has existed for over a thousand years within clearly delineated and recognized borders; however, Korean have had the great … 9 $0.90 Add