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Remembering Canadian Author and Military Historian Tim Cook
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How Canadians Survived the Great War2018"Tim Cook, Canada's foremost military historian, offers a surprising portrayal of how soldiers found solace, distraction and entertainment to escape the horrors of the trenches during the Great War.…Catalogue Item
Medical Care and the Struggle for Survival in the Great War2022"The perception of medical care on the Great War battlefield recalls scenes from the American Civil War fifty years earlier: blood-soaked surgeons hacking off limbs with grim determination as broken…Catalogue Item
How Canada and the United States Fought Together to Defeat Fascism During the Second World War2024"[An] account of the turbulent relationship between Canada and the US during the Second World War. The two nations entered the war amidst rivalry and mutual suspicion, but learned to fight together…Catalogue Item
75 Years of Forgetting, Remembering, and Remaking Canada's Second World War2020A "telling of the way World War Two has been remembered, forgotten, and remade by Canada over seventy-five years. The Second World War shaped modern Canada. It led to the country's emergence as a…
Stories Cemeteries Tell
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My Cemetery Journeys2025"Cemeteries have great stories and sometimes I steal some for my books. Mariana Enriquez has been fascinated by the haunting beauty of cemeteries since she was a teenager. She visits them frequently…Catalogue Item
Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries2022"A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our dead. The summer before his senior year in college, Greg Melville worked at the cemetery in his…Catalogue Item
War Graves Gardeners and the Secret Battle to Rescue Allied Airmen in World War II2024"The Caretakers tells the powerful and profound story of the British cemetery gardeners who remained at their posts in France during the Nazi invasion of World War II, secretly aiding the French…Catalogue Item
The Wild Nature and Enchanting Lore of Père-Lachaise2025"For Benoît Gallot, Père Lachaise is best explored without a guide: You’re guaranteed to lose your way. You’ll feel as though you’ve stepped out of time, out of Paris, and into another place…Catalogue Item
2023"Examines the design of the grave and how the ways in which we care for the dead are changing as old systems of burial are seen as expensive and unsustainable while new trends are emerging for people…Catalogue Item
Stories Cemeteries Tell2021"The Speaking Stone: Stories Cemeteries Tell is a literary love letter to the joys of wandering graveyards and the discoveries such wanderings can yield. Here, Michael Griffith roams Spring Grove…
All for One and One for Fall!
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2025Ayasha's school is having a costume party and she is so excited! But when Ayasha arrives at school and sees other students wearing fake regalia, she is confused and upset. She doesn't understand why…Catalogue Item
2024Paddington Bear is getting ready for a Halloween party, strictly for family only. He can't wait for the party to start - as soon as he gets home from trick or treating! But nothing goes quite to plan…Catalogue Item
1999A well-to-do little mouse, exploring on her own, experiences both pleasant and frightening adventures before she is safely home again.Catalogue Item
2021Squirrel enjoys looking at the beautiful, colorful leaves, but everyday more and more disappear which makes him think someone is stealing them. Includes information on seasonal leaf loss in Autumn.Catalogue Item
2025"Fox and Mole live alone on a headland, in two houses, side by side. Mole is carefree and self-centred. Fox is responsible and self-sacrificing. As autumn draws in, the friends read a spooky story…Catalogue Item
2025One fall day Bear is getting ready to have a picnic with Mouse. But when it's time to leave together, there is no tap, tap, tapping on Bear's front door. Where is Mouse, small and gray and…
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