The story of the Cambridge Spy Ring, or the Magnifivent Five as they were dubbed by the media, continues to … More
Tag: war
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Everyone’s familiar with the fate of the Titanic, but very few have heard of the wreck of the Wilhelm Gustloff, … More
Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon
This tale takes us to the final days of the doomed last flight of the Hindenburg. Lawhon used the … More
Dance of the Banished by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Part action novel, part history, part love story – Dance of the Banished is a book which will linger in … More
The Wars by Timothy Findley
The Wars by Timothy Findley Thunder Bay Public Library (TBPL) is leading a major cultural partnership project to commemorate the … More
In Flanders Fields, 100 Years: Writing on War, Loss and Remembrance, edited by Amanda Betts
The Great War produced some wonderful poetry; it’s strange that an event so so ugly could create such beauty. There was something about … More
Line of Fire: Diary of an Unknown Soldier (August, September 1914) by Barroux, translated from the French by Sarah Ardizzone
This book’s origins are quite remarkable. It began when a French artist named Barroux noticed some garbage being thrown out … More
Midnight’s Children, by Salman Rushdie
This is no Days of Our Lives, sand through the hourglass, kind of book where you can skip massive chunks … More
The Beauty of Humanity Movement, by Camilla Gibb
What a fabulous book! This is a story about food, religion and love, which makes it sound an awful lot … More
Peter Straub and the Goods
In need of a really good suspenseful piece of fiction, well then I have the books for you. Peter Straub … More
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