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Stalin’s Englishman: the lives of Guy Burgess by Andrew Lownie

The story of the Cambridge Spy Ring, or the Magnifivent Five as they were dubbed by the media, continues to … More

Andrew Lownie, Cambridge Spy Ring, Cold War, Espionage, Guy Burgess, historical, nonfiction, Stalin, 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

drama, historical, Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea, sea tragedy, ship sinking, war, world war II

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

Ariel Lawhon, Flight of Dreams, Hindenberg, historical, mystery, New Jersey, romance, Third Reich, war

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

Armenian genocide, Canada, Canadiana, Dance of the Banished, historical, internment, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, war, World War I

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

drama, First World War, historical, The Wars, Timothy Findley, tragedy, trench warfare, war

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

Amanda Betts, anthology, Flander's Fields, Great War, Poetry, soldiers, war, World War 1, Writing

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

Barroux, children's literature, diary, First World War, graphic novel, historical, illustrated, Line of Fire, soldiers, war

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

Booker of Bookers, Booker Prize, books into films, books into movies, Family Relationships, historical, humour, India, India's Independence, Kashmir, magic, Pakistan, Partition, Politics, religion, Salman Rushdie, war

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

Art, Camilla Gibb, Capitalism, Communism, historical, Vietnam, Vietnamese Food, war

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

gothic, Horror, murder, Peter Straub, trilogy, war

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