Of the 7000 Jews living in the Baltic seaport of Libau (Liepaja), Latvia when the Germans invaded on June 21, 1941, only 200 remained alive when the city was liberated May 9,1945. Of these, maybe two dozen were hiding within Libau itself. This story is about 12 of them. Eleven adults were in the care of Robert and Johanna Sedols who hid them in a cellar behind a false wall constructed with the "holy bricks" of the demolished Ch ...
Finally, after over 30 years of hagiographies, comes a book that sets the record straight and tells us the truth about Pierre Elliott Trudeau. <br><br>In this unprecedented and meticulously researched sweep of the record, Globe and Mail bestselling author Bob Plamondon challenges the conventional wisdom that Trudeau was a great prime minister. With new revelations, fresh insights, and in-depth analysis, Plamondon reveals that the man ...
Thirty seven years after the end of the Vietnam War an historic event occurred at busy Da Nang Airport, an Agent Orange hot spot where tonnes of the infamous herbicide were decanted and reloaded on to cargo planes for spraying across the country's lush fields and forests. Dioxin, the accidental contaminant in Agent Orange responsible for many tens of thousands of birth defects and early deaths, is regarded as probably the most poisonous ...
Compiled in one book, the essential collection of Icelandic sagas:<br><br>Cormac's Saga<br>Grettir the Strong<br>Frithiof the Bold<br>The Prose Edda ...
Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by Rafael Sabatini <br><br>SCARAMOUCHE<br><br>THE SEA-HAWK<br><br>CAPTAIN BLOOD<br><br>THE TAVERN KNIGHT<br><br>THE SHAME OF MOTLEY<br><br>BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT<br><br>THE HISTORICAL NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENT<br><br>-First Series<br><br>-Second Series<br><br>THE LIF ...
Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books about pirates:<br><br>Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy <br>The Madman and the Pirate- R.M. Ballantyne <br>Blackbeard Or, The Pirate of Roanoke.– B. Barker <br>The Pirates of Malabar- John Biddulph <br>Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea- James O. Brayman <br>Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver- Brantz Mayer <br&g ...
Compiled in one book, the essential collection of Celtic folklore:<br><br>Legends and Stories of Ireland- Samuel Lover<br>Glossary<br>King O'Toole and St Kevin<br>Lough Corrib<br>A Legend of Lough Mask<br>The White Trout<br>The Battle of the Berrins; or, the Double Funeral<br>Father Roach<br>The Priest's Story<br>The King and the Bishop<br>Jimmy the Fool<b ...
