Fiction, Historical
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A War, A Life
by Margaret Schweitzer
A War, A Life chronicles the life and times of the author’s maternal grandfather, a man she never met and knew very little about. By piecing together historical records detailing his military service in the two world wars of the 20th century,...
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The Trinity
The Indian, The Half Breed and The Other Guy by C. Gerald Sutton
In 1967, three veterans’ lives are upturned when they learn that a Dutch woman named Sara is searching for her father, a Canadian Indian and WWII vet. She has reason to believe that her long-lost parent is either Laurent Courchene, a steadfast...
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Shtetl on the Grand
by Gerald Tulchinsky
These stories describe aspects of Jewish life in Brantford from the 1940's; they are centred on fictional characters and events. Although 'small town', or shtetl communities like Brantford have faded away, the memory of them continues to...
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Ironbottom Sound
by Grover Hartt III
In 1942, a series of pivotal WWII land and sea confrontations occurred in the South Pacific between the Allied Forces and the Japanese for control of the island of Guadalcanal and its strategic airfield. For twenty-seven-year-old Scott Ellsworth,...
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The Distance
Dreams and Despair by Judy Pollard
The Distance tells the story of two Swiss immigrants, Thomas and Wilbert, who arrive in British Columbia’s Kootenay region in the early 1900s, lured by promises of adventure and prosperity. Their dream soon fades, giving way to the harsh...
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Turnabout Spy
A Story of Intrigue in the Temple During the Time of Jesus by Ruth Ellen Millard
Jannaeus is thrilled when men on the Great Sanhedrin send him to spy on a fanatical desert prophet, and then to investigate an unschooled Galilean who is challenging their two-thousand-year-old religious order. He is intrigued with what he...
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Yakutian Magic
by Michael Murphy
1801. Kamchatka, Russia. Ragnar, a courageous seafaring man, is called to return home to Norway along perilous roads. Sayiina, a strong Yakutian huntress and tracker, has promised to fulfill her dying father’s last wish. Unexpectedly, their fates...
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Courage in the Late Night Hours
A Novel About War, Remembrance, and the Search for Belonging by Elizabeth Moody
Shortly after college student Jane Hughes’ father—a war correspondent—is killed in Ukraine, she receives a startling call from Paul Holychuk, a solicitor ten years her senior. He informs Jane that not only is she the heir to her father’s family’s...
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The Eyes of Bach
by Marc Moskovitz
In the spring of 1750, cellist Carl Barth, a music student at Leipzig’s St. Thomas, is assigned to assist the school’s aging cantor, Johann Sebastian Bach. Though initially uncertain of his new role, Barth’s confidence and musicianship blossom...
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Pharoah Hatshepsut
Moses' Other Mother by Jack A Taylor
Pharaoh Hatshepsut is the story of a young Egyptian princess who found a Hebrew baby in a basket on the Nile. She claims Moses as her own and hides him in the palace harem. Only her maids and her faithful architect Senenmut know of their true...
