In Perpetuity by James Rowinski
In Perpetuity brings together the biographies of 110 soldiers from the Fredericton area who died from service during the First World War.
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The River Twice by John Bemrose
John Bemrose draws readers in and won’t let them go until the last page of this astonishingly lyrical and deeply humane novel.
Life Savers and Body Snatchers by Dr. Tim Cook
From Tim Cook, Canada’s top war historian, comes a definitive medical history of the Great War.
In Our Youth by Angus Scully
In Our Youth explores the lives of thirty-two young Canadian military and civilian flyers, viewed through the medium of archival photography.
The Mystery Ships of Nova Scotia in the First World War by John N. Grant
n 1917, a small fleet of six schooners sailed from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland ports as live bait for German U-boats.
Muggins: The Life and Afterlife of a Canadian Canine War Hero by Grant Hayter-Menzies
The unusual and moving tale of Muggins, a famed fundraising dog who became a mascot of the Canadian Red Cross during the First World War.
Amid the Splintered Trees by Heather McBriarty
A sweeping novel of the Canadian experience in the First World War, Amid the Splintered Trees is loosely based on author Heather McBriarty’s own family history.
A Canadian Nurse in the Great War: The Diaries of Ruth Loggie, 1915-1916 Edited by Ross Hebb
A Canadian Nurse in the Great War grants a peek, through the diary of Ruth Loggie, into a little-known moment of our history. It also offers a glimpse into forbidden territory-women at war.
Somewhere in Flanders: Letters from the Front by Heather McBriarty
Heather McBriarty’s novel, Somewhere in Flanders: Letters from the Front, is a remarkable true telling of what is what like in the trenches during the First World War. It is also a poignant love story.
