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Fields of fire : the Canadians in Normandy / by Copp, Terry,1938-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Canada. Canadian Army; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2003., University of Toronto Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Yank : the true story of a former US Marine in the Irish Republican Army / by Crawley, John,author.;
"1975: A young Irish-American man joins an elite US Marine unit to get the most intensive military training possible - then joins the Irish Republican Army, during the days of some of the bloodiest fighting ever in the Irish-British conflict ... The Irish "Troubles" were at a murderous fever pitch when John Crawley volunteered for the IRA. Bloody Friday, Bloody Sunday, the bombing of the British Houses of Parliament, and other deadly incidents had recently unfolded or were about to ... Civilian casualties were common as British soldiers, Republican militants (who wanted the UK out of Northern Ireland) and Unionist police and militants (who wanted to remain in the UK), engaged in gun battles and car bombing throughout Northern Ireland. The death toll numbered over 1,000. The IRA split over how to react between the old-line IRA, and the new Provisional IRA - the Provos, mostly impassioned young men who were not hesitant to resort to violence. In a powerful, brutally honest, no-holds-barred recounting of his experience, John Crawley details, first, the grueling challenges of his Marine Corps training, then how he put his hard-earned munitions and demolitions skills to use back in Ireland in service of the Provos. It is a story that will see him running guns with notorious American mobster - and secret IRA fundraiser - Whitey Bulger; running, under cover of night, from safe house to safe house in the Irish countryside, one step ahead of British troops; being captured, imprisoned, and being part of a mass escape attempt; fending off a recruitment offer from the CIA; and being one of the masterminds behind a campaign to take out London's electrical system. Along the way, Crawley is blisteringly candid about the memorable people he worked with, including behind-the-scenes portrayals of revered IRA leader Martin McGuinness, and of the psychopathic Whitey Bulger, as well as others in the Boston IRA support network. There are vivid portraits of colleagues and enemies, and Crawley is unflinching in his commentary on IRA leadership and their tactics, both military and political. Through it all comes the steadfast voice of a man on a mission, providing an evocative, detailed, and passionate recounting of where that mission led him and why - as well as why, to this day, he remains ready to serve"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Crawley, John,.; United States. Marine Corps; Irish Republican Army; Illegal arms transfers; Marines; Revolutionaries; Terrorists;
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The spitfire luck of Skeets Ogilvie : from the Battle of Britain to the great escape / by Ogilvie, Keith C.,1948-; Ogilvie, Keith C.,1948-You never know your luck.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.A young Canadian spitfire pilot finds adventure, love, and a remarkable dose of luck on the frontlines of the Second World War.LSC
Subjects: Ogilvie, Keith, 1915-1998.; Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 609.; Great Britain. Royal Air Force; Fighter pilots; Fighter pilots; World War, 1939-1945; Prisoners of war;
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Hotel Florida : truth, love, and death in the Spanish Civil War / by Vaill, Amanda.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A spellbinding story of love amid the devastation of the Spanish Civil War Madrid, 1936. In a city blasted by a civil war that many fear will cross borders and engulf Europe--a conflict one writer will call "the decisive thing of the century"--six people meet and find their lives changed forever. Ernest Hemingway, his career stalled, his marriage sour, hopes that this war will give him fresh material and new romance; Martha Gellhorn, an ambitious novice journalist hungry for love and experience, thinks she will find both with Hemingway in Spain. Robert Capa and Gerda Taro, idealistic young photographers based in Paris, want to capture history in the making and are inventing modern photojournalism in the process. And Arturo Barea, chief of Madrid's loyalist foreign press office, and Ilsa Kulcsar, his Austrian deputy, are struggling to balance truth-telling with loyalty to their sometimes compromised cause--a struggle that places both of them in peril. Hotel Florida traces the tangled wartime destinies of these three couples against the backdrop of a critical moment in history. As Hemingway put it, "You could learn as much at the Hotel Florida in those years as you could anywhere in the world." From the raw material of unpublished letters and diaries, official documents, and recovered reels of film, Amanda Vaill has created a narrative of love and reinvention that is, finally, a story about truth: finding it out, telling it, and living it--whatever the cost"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Barea, Arturo, 1897-1957.; Capa, Robert, 1913-1954.; Gellhorn, Martha, 1908-1998.; Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.; Kulcsar, Ilsa, 1902-1973.; Taro, Gerta, 1911-1937.; Hotel Florida (Madrid, Spain); Couples;
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Secrets in the sand / by Brown, Carolyn,1948-;
"Time doesn't heal all wounds... Not when they are deep within the heart like Angela Conrad's. Ten years ago, Clancy Morgan broke her heart and even though she's made a successful life as a musician, she's never gotten over that pain. Angel didn't intend to ever go back home, but when she's invited to return to her hometown to play for the high school reunion dance, she agrees, knowing full well that if Clancy sees her up on that stage, he'll regret the day he ever said goodbye."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Musicians; First loves;
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Murdered Midas : a millionaire, his gold mine, and a strange death on an island paradise / by Gray, Charlotte,1948-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.On an island paradise in 1943, Sir Harry Oakes, gold mining tycoon, philanthropist and "richest man in the Empire," was murdered. The news of his death surged across the English-speaking world, from London, the Imperial centre, to the remote Canadian mining town of Kirkland Lake, in the Northern Ontario bush. The murder became celebrated as "the crime of the century." The layers of mystery deepened as the involvement of Oakes' son-in-law, Count Alfred de Marigny, came quickly to be questioned, as did the odd machinations of the Governor of the Bahamas, the former King Edward VIII. Despite a sensational trial, no murderer was ever convicted. Rumours were unrelenting about Oakes' missing fortune, and fascination with the Oakes story has persisted for decades. Award-winning biographer and popular historian Charlotte Gray explores, for the first time, the life of the man behind the scandal, a man who was both reviled and admired-- from his early, hardscrabble days of mining exploration, to his explosion of wealth, to his grandiose gestures of philanthropy. And Gray brings fresh eyes to the bungled investigation and shocking trial in the remote colonial island streets, proposing an overlooked suspect in this long cold case. Murdered Midas is the story of the man behind the newspaper headlines, who, despite his wealth and position, was never able to have justice.
Subjects: True crime stories.; Biographies.; Oakes, Harry, Sir, 1874-1943.; Marigny, Alfred de, 1910-1998.; Businessmen; Philanthropists; Gold mines and mining; Rich people; Murder; Trials (Murder);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fodor's Bahamas. by Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc.,publisher.;
Subjects: Guidebooks.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Great lives from history. by Salowey, Christina A.; Magill, Frank N.(Frank Northen),1907-1997.;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.v. 1. Aaron-Lysippus -- v. 2. Gaius Maecenas-Zoser. Indexes.
Subjects: Biography; History, Ancient.;
© c2004., Salem Press,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Gun digest.
Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.LSCRDA description based on: 70th edition (2016).
Subjects: Firearms;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Margret & H.A. Rey's Curious George in the snow / by Rey, H. A.(Hans Augusto),1898-1977.; Rey, Margret.; Vipah Interactive.;
A curious monkey causes quite a commotion on the ski slopes.LSC
Subjects: Curious George (Fictitious character); Monkeys; Skis and skiing; Sledding;
© 2008, c1998., Spotlight,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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