World War I
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Adult fictionWar in the Wasteland
by Douglas Bond 273 pages / 2016 RATING: Gift “Second Lieutenant C.S. Lewis in the trenches of WWI” – if that doesn’t grab you, I…
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Book ReviewsInnocent Heroes: Stories of animals in the First World War
by Sigmund Brouwer 2017 / 186 pages RATING: Gift Animals had a way bigger role in WWI than you probably ever realized. Sigmund Brouwer’s fantastic…
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Book excerptsEdith Cavell: a brave guide
Some 150 years ago, on December 4, 1865, English woman Edith Cavell was born. And 100 years ago, on October 12, 1915, during the First…
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HistoryThe case against the draft
Across the Western world, military recruiting is sputtering. In 2022 and 2023, the United States Army missed its enlistment targets by tens of thousands, prompting…
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HistoryChristmas Truce
There’s a lot of things you think of when Christmas comes to mind. Christmas tree, Christmas pudding, Christmas presents, Christmas lights, Christmas services, Christmas carols….
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Book ReviewsFever year: the killer flu of 1918
by Don Brown 2019 / 96 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Gift In the Spring of 1918, even as the First World War was winding down, a more deadly…
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Book ReviewsFinding Winnie
by Lindsay Mattick 56 pages / 2015 Rating: Good/GREAT/Give It turns out that Winnie the Pooh, a teddy bear who had fantastic and entirely fanciful…
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Book ReviewsCanada at War: a graphic history of World War II
by Paul Keery, illustrated by Michael Wyatt 176 pages, 2012 Rating: Good/Great/GIFT Halfway through Canada at War, I realized it was filling in an odd…
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Book ReviewsNathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales (3 books)
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales are a growing series of fast-paced, thoroughly researched, historical graphic novels. The best of these making learning easy, with humor and history intermixed…
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Book excerpts
Edith Cavell: a brave guide
Some 150 years ago, on December 4, 1865, English woman Edith Cavell was born. And 100 years ago, on October 12, 1915, during the First…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Oct 26, 2019
The Mischevious Protestant’s guide to Catholic Rome (10-minute read /6-minute video) Did you know there are two statues of Martin Luther (at least) in Rome?…
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Adult non-fictionThe Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the plot to kill Hitler
by John Hendrix 176 pages / 2018 Rating: Good/GREAT/Give The world “pastor” is not often paired with words like “plot” or “kill.” But when the…
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Children’s non-fictionShooting at the Stars: The Christmas Truce of 1914
by John Hendrix 40 pages / 2014 Rating: Good/GREAT/Give I was raised with stories of the Dutch Resistance and the Canadian liberators fighting against the…
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AnimatedSgt. Stubby: an unlikely hero
Animated / Family 2018 / 84 minutes Rating: 8/10 I read a review by a parent who arrived at the movie theater with his four-year-old…