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Mauldin asked 12 of today's most successful investors to share their most valuable investment secrets. The result is a dozen…
clearly written essays, distilling decades of financial experience into easy-to-grasp tips anyone can put into practice. 2006.Gentleman Jim: the wartime story of a founder of the SAS and Special Forces
Par Lorna Almonds Windmill. 2002
The story of Jim Almonds is set in wartime England, the western desert, Italy and France, and recounts his formative…
role in the birth of the SAS. Against a backdrop of love, courage and high-risk adventure, it captures the real spirit of the young soldiers in the newly emerging Special Air Service. 2002.Forgotten victory: First Canadian Army and the cruel winter of 1944-45
Par Mark Zuehlke. 2014
During the winter of 1944-45, the western Allies desperately sought a strategy that would lead to Germany's quick defeat. After…
much rancorous debate, the Allied high command decided that First Canadian Army would launch the pivotal offensive. Their story is one largely lost to the common national history of World War II. “Forgotten Victory” gives this important legacy back to Canadians. c2014.It's not about the money (Your coach in a box)
Par Bob Proctor. 2009
Invest like you give a damn: make money, change the world, sleep well at night
Par Marc De Sousa-Shields. 2017
"Invest like you give a damn" is a different kind of investment book. It tells stories of people just like…
you who give a damn but who stomped the devil of inertia to align their money with their values. Complete step-by-step guidance from one-click investing to deep-dive portfolio building. It's time to give a damn about what your money does! 2017.Invasions without tears: the story of Canada's top-scoring Spitfire wing in Europe during the Second World War
Par Monty Berger, Brian Jeffrey Street. 1994
Based on a manuscript written by Monty Berger in 1945, "Invasion without tears" chronicles the RCAF's 126 Wing from its…
formation in July 1943 to VE-Day two years later. The pilots of 126 Wing were among the war's most decorated and 126 Wing scored more victories than any other Allied air force. 1994.Indianapolis: the true story of the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history and the fifty-year fight to exonerate an innocent man
Par Lynn Vincent, Sara Vladic. 2018
Based on years of original research and new reporting, two acclaimed authors deliver the riveting and emotionally wrenching full story…
of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history: the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II--and the fifty-year fight to exonerate the captain after a wrongful court martial. 2018.Infamy: the shocking story of the Japanese American internment in World War II
Par Richard Reeves. 2015
Examines the key causes and dire consequences of the Japanese-American internment in relocation camps during WWII, concentrating on a shortsighted…
military strategy and anti-Japanese sentiment following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. 2015.In the name of humanity
Par Max Wallace. 2017
On November 26, 1944, prisoners at Auschwitz heard a deafening explosion. Emerging from their barracks, they witnessed the crematoria--part of…
the largest killing machine in human history--come crashing down. Most assumed they had fallen victim to inmate sabotage and thousands gave a silent cheer. However, the Final Solution's most efficient murder apparatus had been felled by SS chief Heinrich Himmler--an edict that has puzzled historians for more than six decades. Wallace draws on a cache of recently declassified documents and an account from the only living eyewitness to unravel the mystery. He reveals an incredible story involving the secret negotiations of an unlikely trio--a former fascist President of Switzerland, a courageous Orthodox Jewish woman, and Himmler himself--to end the Holocaust, aided by clandestine Swedish and American intelligence efforts. 2017.On 30th July 1945 the USS 'Indianapolis' was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. Of a crew…
of 1196 men an estimated 300 were killed upon impact; nearly 900 sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they remained, undetected by the Navy, for nearly five days. Battered by a savage sea, they struggled to stay alive, fighting off sharks, hypothermia and dementia. This text investigates the stories of three survivors; the captain, the ship's doctor and a young marine. 2001.In Hitler's Germany: daily life in the Third Reich
Par Bernt Engelmann. 1986
The author interweaves his memories and interviews with those of war survivors. Some of the Germans who speak here are…
completely unrepentant, still adore Hitler, and cannot understand why his reputation is ruined. 1986. Uniform title: Im Gleichschritt marsch.I will teach you to be rich
Par Ramit Sethi. 2009
This six-week personal finance program by dynamic innovator Ramit Sethi helps 20- to 35-year-olds get a grip on their financial…
future. Sethi's nonjudgmental approach encourages listeners to follow practical guidelines that start with the four pillars of personal finance and lead to wealth-building entrepreneurship. 2009.Black asserts that Nazi Germany used IBM punch-card technology to improve the efficiency of its persecutions during World War II…
and that IBM actively enabled the Holocaust and profited financially from collaboration with the Third Reich. Black also recounts how IBM aided the Allies, especially in code-breaking techniques. Bestseller. Winner of the 2003 CNIB Torgi Award. 2001.Debt-free forever: take control of your money and your life
Par Gail E Vaz-Oxlade. 2009
Gail's rules are simple: you can't spend money you don't have, you must save something, and if you're in debt,…
you must get the albatross off your back. She provides a road map to getting out of the red in 36 months or less. By following Vaz-Oxlade's detailed plans, readers will reach the right destination: a debt-free life. 2009.Centsibility: The Planet Girl Guide To Money (Planet girl)
Par Stacey Roderick, Ellen Warwick. 2008
Practical advice on a range of topics relating to money - tips on jobs, saving, debt, spending and budgeting, how…
to become a girl entrepreneur, what to scrimp on (and what not to), the hidden price of cheap, how to reconcile having less than some friends, and why fundraising can make girls feel priceless! Includes checklists, quizzes, a bank lingo glossary and much more. Grades 4-7. 2008. (Planet girl)Holding Juno: Canada's heroic defence of the D-Day beaches, June 7-12, 1944
Par Mark Zuehlke. 2005
D-Day ended with the Canadians six miles inland - the deepest penetration achieved by Allied forces that day - but…
every soldier knew the worst was yet to come. The Germans began probing the Canadian lines early in the morning of June 7 and shortly after dawn counter attacked in force. The ensuing six days of battle was to prove bloodier than D-Day itself, as the Canadians fought to save the vulnerable beachheads they had won. Sequel to "Juno Beach Canada's D-Day victory, June 6, 1944". c2005.Because we are Canadians: a battlefield memoir
Par Charles D Kipp, Lynda Sykes. 2003
Sergeant Charles D. Kipp was a Canadian soldier in the Second World War, fighting in the months following D-Day. Countless…
hardships were endured and when the war ended, Kipp had a lifetime of aftermath to deal with, both physically and mentally. Closure came for him decades later when he revisited a battlefield. Descriptions of violence. 2003.D-Day: Juno Beach, Canada's 24 hours of destiny
Par Lance Goddard. 2004
Many have called it the most important event of the twentieth century - and Canada played a key role. When…
Canadian troops landed at Juno Beach, they faced some of the fiercest opposition of the attack, yet they managed to advance further inland than all the other Allied forces. An hour-by-hour chronicle of D-Day, told through the words of the men themselves. Some descriptions of violence. 2004.Get money: live the life you want, not just the life you can afford
Par Kristin Wong. 2018
Personal finance expert Kristin Wong shows you the exact steps to getting more money in your pocket without letting it…
rule your life. This book will teach you financial management through a series of challenges designed to boost your personal finance IQ and exercises tailored to help you achieve even your biggest goals. 2018.As the Red Army closes in on the Third Reich, a German colonel tells American intelligence about a camp soon…
to be overrun by the Soviets that holds a thousand prize horses Hitler stole to create "a master breed." They're worth millions, and the starving Red Army will kill them for rations. General Patton, whose love of horses was legendary, decides to help the Germans save the majestic creatures. 2018.