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  • A Doctor of Sorts

    In Peace and in War

    by V.J. Downie ...
    A lively memoir from a surgeon who has seen war, death, and sorrow—but always retains his sense of humor.This anecdotal memoir comes from a surgeon who, from the harrowing account of the crossing of the River Rapido in World War II to the tale of a man with a poker in a very inconvenient place, reveals himself to be a man of wit and compassion as well as a skillful storyteller.With reflections on ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Accidental Agent

    Behind Enemy Lines with the French Resistance

    by John Goldsmith ...
    A covert agent's memoir of three perilous missions in Nazi-occupied Paris, told with "unconditional honesty" ( Kirkus Reviews).At first, John Goldsmith's services were consistently refused. But in 1942, he was recruited into Buckmasters F Section of the Special Operations Executive—and his wartime exploits would be remarkable.His faultless French and upbringing in Paris were to prove invaluable. ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Roses of No Man's Land

    by Lyn Macdonald ...
    THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE BBC DRAMA THE CRIMSON FIELD'On the face of it,' writes Lyn Macdonald, 'no one could have been less equipped for the job than these gently nurtured girls who walked straight out of Edwardian drawing rooms into the manifest horrors of the First World War ...'Yet the volunteer nurses rose magnificently to the occasion. In leaking tents and draughty huts they fought another ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Men at Arms

    by Evelyn Waugh ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action. And his first campaign, an abortive affair on the West African coastline, ends with an escapade which seriously blots his Halberdier copybook. Men at Arms is the first book in Waugh’s brilliant trilogy, Sword of Honour, which ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Mud, Blood and Bullets

    Memoirs of a Machine Gunner on the Western Front

    by Edward Rowbotham ...
    It is 1915 and the Great War has been raging for a year, when Edward Rowbotham, a coal miner from the Midlands, volunteers for Kitchener's Army. Drafted into the newly-formed Machine Gun Corps, he is sent to fight in places whose names will forever be associated with mud and blood and sacrifice: Ypres, the Somme, and Passchendaele. He is one of the 'lucky' ones, winning the Military Medal for ... Read more

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  • Both Sides of the Wire

    The memoir of an Australian officer captured during the Great War

    by William Cull, Aaron Pegram ...
    This is Bill Cull's unforgettable story of his experiences in WW1: he fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front where he was captured by the Germans and was a POW until the end of the war.Captain William Cull fought the First World War from both sides of the wire. As a young infantry officer on the Allied side of the Western Front, Cull frequently led patrols out into No Man's Land and raids on ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Sisters In Arms

    British Army Nurses Tell Their Story

    by Nicola Tyrer ...
    The remarkable true story of the Queen Alexandra frontline nurses in the Second World War.The amazing experiences of the Queen Alexandra nurses in the Second World War form one of the greatest adventure stories of modern times, and - incredibly - remain largely untold. Thousands of middle-class girls, barely out of school, were plucked from sheltered backgrounds, subjected to training regimes ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

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  • Dorothea's War

    The Diaries of a First World War Nurse

    by Dorothea Crewdson ...
    The evocative diaries of a young nurse stationed in northern France during the First World War, published for the first time. A rare insight into the great war for fans of CALL THE MIDWIFE.In April 1915, Dorothea Crewdson, a newly trained Red Cross nurse, and her best friend Christie, received instructions to leave for Le Tréport in northern France. Filled with excitement at the prospect of her ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Born of the Desert

    With the SAS in North Africa

    by Malcolm James ...
    An SAS medical officer's gripping memoir of his WWII service in North Africa.Born of the Desert is a classic account of the early years of the SAS. The Special Air Service was formed in 1941 and quickly earned a reputation for stealth, daring, and audacity in the Western Desert Campaign. This elite force utilized the endless expanse of the desert to carry out surprise attacks and hit and run raids ... Read more

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  • A Nurse at the Front

    The First World War Diaries of Sister Edith Appleton

    Edited by Ruth Cowen ...
    This, the first in a series of four unique War Diaries produced in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum, will tell a story that is rarely heard: the experiences of a nurse working close to the Western Front in the First World War. Incredibly, Edith Appleton served in France for the whole of the conflict. Her bravery and dedication won her the Military OBE, the Royal Red Cross and the Belgian ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • From Dunkirk to the Rhineland

    The Rhineland via Normandy and Brussels

    by C.N. Murrell ...
    Charles (Charlie to his comrades) Murrell kept detailed diaries of his service with the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards throughout the Second World War as Guardsman (later Sergeant).This book starts on 10 May 1940 with the Blitzkrieg on Arras and the retreat to Dunkirk. The Dunkirk beaches and his own undignified evacuation are described in some detail and occasional humor.The second part begins on 20 ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Once a Hussar

    A Memoir of Battle, Capture, and Escape in World War II

    by Ray Ellis ...
    Once a Hussar is a vivid account of the wartime experiences of Ray Ellis, a gunner who in later life recorded this well-written, candid, and perceptive memoir of the conflict he knew as a young man seventy years ago.As an impressionable teenager, filled with national pride, he was eager to join the army and fight for his country. He enlisted in the South Notts Hussars at the beginning of the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD