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The Battle of Gettysburg
Par Franklin Aretas Haskell. 1982
On the last day of the battle, Lt. Frank Haskell found himself right at the centre of the Union fire…
as Pickett charged. While his memory was still fresh, he wrote this book. 1982, c1863.The battle for the Falklands
Par Max Hastings, Simon Jenkins. 1983
Max Hastings was with the war from the sailing of the task force to the surrender of Port Stanley; Simon…
Jenkins followed the political and diplomatic twists in London and Washington. Together they give a comprehensive account of this "War that should not have happened". 1983.The Appalachian Trail reader
Par David Emblidge. 1996
A collection of travel diaries and registers, historical accounts, and other writings that portray the 2,140-mile recreational footpath running from…
Georgia to Maine. Traces the wilderness trail northward, depicting its history, geology, scenery, wildlife, and lore. 1996.The Atlantic campaign: World War II's great struggle at sea
Par Dan Van der Vat. 1988
The battle between Germany and the Allies for control of the Atlantic sea lanes was one that could have decided…
the outcome of the Second World War. Here the strategies of both sides and the maneuvers taken by them to ensure success both on land and on sea, are detailed.Provides a soldiers-eye-view account of Canada's bloody liberation of western Holland during the Second World War. Readers are there as…
soldiers fight in the muddy quagmire, enduring a battle that lasted three weeks and in which 6,000 soldiers perished. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2007.On April 5, 1999, Serbian police found a truck half-submerged in the Danube River. When they looked inside, they found…
it filled with human bodies. Following orders, they hid the truck and its contents. Two weeks later, on the other side of Serbia, the same thing happened. The full picture would only emerge years later, when the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia investigated and prosecuted the chief architects of the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo. These cases, which formally came to a close in 2014, exposed a secret campaign to hide terrible crimes by transporting and concealing the bodies of the dead. Eliott Behar examines the causes and consequences of mass violence, identifying a powerful and disturbing connection between the justice we seek and the injustices we commit. 2015.Testaments of honour: personal histories from Canada's war veterans
Par Blake Heathcote. 2002
Veterans of World War II detail their war years to remember and honour lost comrades, and to understand themselves and…
be understood by others. These stories have never been publicly released. Some descriptions of violence. 2002.The accidental guerrilla: fighting small wars in the midst of a big one
Par David Kilcullen. 2009
Kilcullen illuminates both the global "War on Terrorism" and its relation to associated "small wars" in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Philippines,…
Indonesia, Thailand, Chechnya, Pakistan and North Africa. He sees today's conflicts as a pairing of contrasting trends: local social networks and worldwide movements; local insurgencies seeking autonomy and a broader pan-Islamic campaign. He warns that America has often misidentified insurgents with limited aims and legitimate grievances (whom he calls "accidental guerrillas") as part of a worldwide terror network. c2009.Tandems africains: du Sahara au Kilimandjaro guidés par des non-voyants
Par Diego Audemard. 2007
C'est en tandems que Jean-Christophe Perrot et Diego Audemard ont choisi de réaliser leur projet "Raconte-moi la Terre" découvrir l'Afrique,…
pendant toute une année, guidés par des personnes non et mal- voyantes. Avec leurs 27 copilotes, ils ont pédalé sur 13 500 kilomètres à travers douze pays, gravi à pied quatre sommets de plus de 4 000 mètres d'altitude, et réalisé qu'au-delà du défi physique, ils vivaient un véritable partage des sens. Le témoignage d'une expérience authentique, menée pour le plaisir de voir avec d'autres yeux. Une aventure où il faut être deux pour avancer, un aveugle et un voyant, un autochtone et un étranger. 2007.Survival in Auschwitz: the Nazi assault on humanity
Par Primo Levi. 1996
In 1943, Primo Levi, a twenty-five-year-old chemist and "Italian citizen of Jewish race" was arrested by Italian fascists and deported…
from his native Turin to Auschwitz. This is his account of his ten months in the German death camp, of systematic cruelty and miraculous endurance. Included is a conversation between Philip Roth and Primo Levi never before published in book form. Descriptions of violence. 1996. Uniform title: Se questo è un uomo.Soldiers of a different cloth: Notre Dame chaplains in World War II
Par John F Wukovits. 2018
Seeing the world my way: a totally blind and partially deaf guy's global adventures
Par Tony Giles. 2010
Follows Tony Giles' journey of adventure as he travels across North America, Asia and Australasia. Full of drama, danger and…
discovery, this travel biography is a young blind man's view of the world as he sets out to achieve his dream, dealing with disability while living life to the limit. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. c2010.Scram!: the gripping first-hand account of the helicopter war in the Falklands
Par Harry Benson. 2012
April 2nd 2012 marks the 30th anniversary of the invasion of the Falkland Islands. This is the thrilling untold story…
of the young helicopter pilots - most barely out of their teens - who risked their lives during this brief but ferocious war. 2012.Starting from Ameliasburgh: the collected prose of Al Purdy
Par Al Purdy, Sam Solecki. 1995
A collection of essays, anecdotes, travel pieces, and criticism by Canadian poet Al Purdy. The pieces are divided into essays…
on encountering the world through Canadian sensibilities, opinions on other writers like Charles Bukowski, Margaret Atwood, and Bliss Carman, and reviews of poets like bill bissett and Russian Anna Akhmatova. 1995.Shadow warriors of World War II: the daring women of the OSS and SOE
Par Gordon Thomas, Greg Lewis. 2017
Unveils the history of the courageous women who volunteered to work behind enemy lines. Sent into Nazi-occupied Europe by the…
United States' Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE), these women helped establish a web of resistance groups across the continent. Their heroism, initiative, and resourcefulness contributed to the Allied breakout of the Normandy beachheads, and they even infiltrated Nazi Germany at the height of the war, into the very heart of Hitler's citadel--Berlin. Young and daring, the female agents accepted that they could be captured, tortured, or killed, but others were always ready to take their place. 2017.Storming St Nazaire: the gripping story of the dock-busting raid, March, 1942
Par James Dorrian. 1998
The author tells the story of the raid to destroy the docks at St Nazaire so as to deny a…
berth to the German battleship Tirpitz. He describes the strategic situation, outlines the plan, and gives some background on the primary individuals involved before providing a highly-detailed account of the raid itself. 1998.Storm over Leyte: the Philippine invasion and the destruction of the Japanese navy
Par John Prados. 2016
As Allied ships prepared for the invasion of the Philippine island of Leyte, every available warship, submarine and airplane was…
placed on alert while Japanese admiral Kurita Takeo stalked Admiral William F. Halsey's unwitting American armada. It was the beginning of the epic Battle of Leyte Gulf - the greatest naval battle in history. Prados gives readers an unprecedented look at both sides of this titanic naval clash, demonstrating that, despite the Americans' overwhelming superiority in firepower and supplies, the Japanese achieved their goal, inflicting grave damage on U.S. forces. And for the first time, readers will have access to the naval intelligence reports that influenced key strategic decisions on both sides. Drawing upon a wealth of untapped sources--U.S. and Japanese military records, diaries, declassified intelligence reports and postwar interrogation transcripts--Prados offers up a masterful narrative of naval conflict on an epic scale. 2016.Spain in our hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
Par Adam Hochschild. 2016
Hochschild presents a sweeping history of the Spanish Civil War, told through a dozen American characters, including Ernest Hemingway: a…
tale of idealism, heartbreaking suffering, and a noble cause that failed. Bestseller. 2016.Stealing from a deep place: travels in southeastern Europe
Par Brian Hall. 1988
SOG: the secret wars of America's commandos in Vietnam
Par John L Plaster. 1997
Recounts covert operations by American special forces codenamed the Studies and Operations Group in the Vietnam War. The SOG rescued…
downed pilots, sabotaged targeted installations, and sapped enemy troop strength. The author depicts the valour and sacrifices of these secret warriors. Descriptions of violence. c1997.