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  • Colourless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously Essays
    Author:

    Frutkin, Mark

    Summary:

    In the tradition of Kafka’s Parables and Paradoxes and The Book of Embraces by Eduardo Galeano, this collection of short essays and “alternative versions” is a vivid, perhaps even shocking, reminde

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  • Shadow Warriors / Les Guerriers de l'Ombre The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command / Le Commandement des Forces d’Opérations Spéciales du Canada
    Author:

    Horn, Bernd

    Summary:

    An unprecedented introduction to the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command. On February 1, 2016, the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) celebrated its tenth anniversary.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Canadian Forces in Afghanistan 3-Book Bundle No Easy Task / No Ordinary Men / No Lack of Courage
    Author:

    Horn, Bernd

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    Spencer, Emily

    Summary:

    Canadian Forces, including Special Operations Forces, have played an outsize role in the conflict in Afghanistan, often under a cloak of secrecy. For the first time, Col.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Atmospheres Apollinaire
    Author:

    Frutkin, Mark

    Summary:

    Short-listed for the 1988 Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, Ottawa-Carleton Book Award and Trillium Book Award Paris, the City of Light, was once the scene of a brilliant magnesium fl

    Genre: Canadian fiction, General fiction

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  • Iron Mountain
    Author:

    Frutkin, Mark

    Summary:

    Of one of Mark Frutkin's previous books of verse, Poetry Canada Review said it provided "a supernatural fusion of the earthbound with the heavenly to forge the lightning of poetry."

    Genre: Canadian poetry

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  • No Easy Task Fighting in Afghanistan
    Author:

    Horn, Bernd

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    Spencer, Emily

    Summary:

    This collection of essays explores how fighting in the rugged, hostile lands of Afghanistan is no easy task. Afghanistan has long been considered the graveyard of empires.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays, Social science

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  • Walking Backwards Grand Tours, Minor Visitations, Miraculous Journeys, and a Few Good Meals
    Author:

    Frutkin, Mark

    Summary:

    From Istanbul to New Delhi to Boulder, Colorado, through Venice, Paris, Rome, and points between.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Travel writing

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  • Fortune Favours the Brave Tales of Courage and Tenacity in Canadian Military History
    Author:

    Horn, Bernd

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    Dallaire, Romeo

    Summary:

    Many Canadians see the role their country’s military plays in Afghanistan as an anomaly. However, this assumption is far from the truth. As U.S.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, True adventure stories

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  • Men of Steel Canadian Paratroopers in Normandy, 1944
    Author:

    Horn, Bernd

    Summary:

    Take a trip back in time to the chaos and destruction of the greatest invasion in military history, viewed through the lens of Canadian paratroopers.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, True adventure stories

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  • Perspectives on the Canadian Way of War Serving the National Interest
    Author:

    Horn, Bernd

    Summary:

    Contrary to popular opinion, this nation has always consciously and consistently utilized military force to further its security, as well as its economic and political well-being.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays, Political science

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  • Casting Light on the Shadows Canadian Perspectives on Special Operations Forces
    Author:

    Horn, Bernd

    ,

    Balasevicius, Tony

    Summary:

    Special Operations Forces (SOF) have never been an integral element of Canada’s military capability.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Political science

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  • Chefs Guerriers Perspectives concernant les militaires canadiens de haut niveau
    Author:

    Horn, Bernd

    ,

    Harris, Stephen

    Summary:

    Ce sont les hommes qui ont dirigé notre nation en temps de guerre et en temps de paix.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, French language materials, Political science

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  • Erratic North A Vietnam Draft Resister's Life in the Canadian Bush
    Author:

    Frutkin, Mark

    Summary:

    In geology an erratic is a "boulder or rock formation transported some distance from its original source, as by a glacier." In award-winning novelist Mark Frutkin’s case, his movement fro

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Establishing a Legacy The History of the Royal Canadian Regiment 1883-1953
    Author:

    Horn, Bernd

    Summary:

    Regimental histories are a virtual window to a nation. They provide insight into a country’s culture, values, and martial spirit.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Intrepid Warriors Perspectives on Canadian Military Leaders
    Author:

    Horn, Bernd

    Summary:

    Command and leadership are very personal endeavours.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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