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Unflinching : the making of a Canadian sniper / by Mitic, Jody,author.; Lefko, Perry.;
Subjects: Mitic, Jody.; Canada. Canadian Armed Forces; Afghan War, 2001-; City council members; Disabled veterans; Snipers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The diary of a young girl : the definitive edition / by Frank, Anne,1929-1945,author.; Frank, Otto,1889-1980.; Pressler, Mirjam,editor.; Massotty, Susan,translator.;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.
Subjects: Diaries.; Frank, Anne, 1929-1945; Banned book sanctuary.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Jews;
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Corvettes Canada : convoy veterans of WWII tell their true stories / by Johnston, Mac;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-300) and index.
Subjects: Canada. Royal Canadian Navy; Corvettes (Warships); Naval convoys; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
© 1994., McGraw-Hill Ryerson,
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A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier / by Beah, Ishmael,1980-author.;
Subjects: Biographies.; Beah, Ishmael, 1980-; Child soldiers;
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The girl who smiled beads : a story of war and what comes after / by Wamariya, Clemantine,author.; Weil, Elizabeth,1969-author.;
"A riveting story of dislocation, survival and the power of the imagination to save us. Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were "thunder." It was 1994, and in 100 days, more than 800,000 people would be murdered in Rwanda and millions more displaced. Clemantine and her fifteen-year-old sister, Claire, ran and spent the next six years wandering through seven African countries searching for safety--hiding under beds, foraging for food, surviving and fleeing refugee camps, finding unexpected kindness, witnessing unimaginable cruelty. They did not know whether their parents were alive. At age twelve, Clemantine, along with Claire, was granted asylum in the United States--a chance to build a new life. Chicago was disorienting, filled with neon lights, antiseptic smells, endless concrete. Clemantine spoke five languages but almost no English, and had barely gone to school. Many people wanted to help--a family in the North Shore suburbs invited Clemantine to live with them as their daughter. Others saw her only as broken. They thought she needed, and wanted, to be saved. Meanwhile Claire, who had for so long protected and provided for Clemantine, found herself on a very different path, cleaning hotel rooms to support her three children. Raw, urgent, yet disarmingly beautiful, The Girl Who Smiled Beads captures the true costs and aftershocks of war: what is forever lost, what can be repaired, the fragility and importance of memory, the faith that one can learn, again, to love oneself, even with deep scars."--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Wamariya, Clemantine.; Genocide; Genocide survivors; Genocide survivors; Refugees; Refugees;
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The unwomanly face of war : an oral history of women in World War II / by Aleksievich, Svetlana,1948-author.; Pevear, Richard,1943-translator.; Volokhonsky, Larissa,translator.;
"Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, War's Unwomanly Face is Svetlana Alexievich's collection of stories of women's experiences in World War II, both on the front lines, on the home front, and in occupied territories. This is a new, distinct version of the war we're so familiar with. Alexievich gives voice to women whose stories are lost in the official narratives, creating a powerful alternative history from the personal and private stories of individuals. Collectively, these women's voices provide a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human side of the war. When the Swedish Academy awarded Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize in Literature, they praised her "polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time," and cited her for inventing "a new kind of literary genre." Sara Danius, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, added that her work comprises "a history of emotions -- a history of the soul"--
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Women and war;
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Blindfold : a memoir of capture, torture, and enlightenment / by Padnos, Theo,1968-author.;
The award-winning journalist presents a searing account of his experiences with being captured and tortured in Syria by al Qaeda for two years, detailing his related witness to Syrian village life.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Padnos, Theo, 1968-; Qaida (Organization); Journalists; Hostages; Hostages; Terrorism;
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Drone warrior : an elite soldier's inside account of the hunt for America's most dangerous enemies / by Velicovich, Brett,author.; Stewart, Christopher S.,author.;
"For nearly a decade Brett Velicovich was at the center of America's new warfare: using unmanned aerial vehicles--drones--to take down the world's deadliest terrorists across the globe. One of an elite handful in the entire military with the authority to select targets and issue death orders, he worked in concert with the full human and technological network of American intelligence--assets, analysts, spies, informants--and the military's elite operatives, to stalk, capture, and eliminate high value targets in al-Qaeda and ISIS"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Velicovich, Brett.; Drone aircraft; Targeted killing; Uninhabited combat aerial vehicles; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Afghan War, 2001-; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Afghan War, 2001-; Terrorism;
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Pale horse : hunting terrorists and commanding heroes with the 101st Airborne Division / by Blackmon, Jimmy F.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Surrounded by talent -- Pre-deployment site survey -- Wanat -- Air cavalry reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquistion -- A cavalry state of mind -- A hateful day -- Leaving -- It all begins -- Counterinsurgency -- Korengal - Learning the hard way -- Cowboys and Indians -- Bari Ali -- Mountain warrior -- The plan begins to unravel -- The watapur -- Summer -- Ganjgal and Shuryak -- Getting out of Nuristan -- COP Keating -- COP Lowell -- Bittersweet goodbye.
Subjects: Blackmon, Jimmy F.; United States. Army; United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st.; Afghan War, 2001-; Afghan War, 2001-; Soldiers;
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From Vimy to victory : Canada's fight to the finish of World War I / by Brewster, Hugh.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The story of Canadian soldiers who became the shock troopers of the British army during the First World War.LSC
Subjects: Currie, Arthur, Sir, 1875-1933; Canada. Canadian Army; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
© c2014., Scholastic Canaada,
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