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1951. A growing Soviet threat. A volatile nuclear arms race. A dead body in the snow. Canada's newly formed Special Branch is tasked to investigate the murder of a Soviet diplomat whose naked body is dumped on the American Ambassador's lawn. With the Soviets refusing to cooperate, and growing pressure from allies to hand over the reins of the investigation, Inspector Declan Connelly and Canada's fledgling security service find themselves...

In the opening turmoil of the Second World War, a Canadian is spirited into occupied Holland to assess the resistance, an ambitious but insecure Nazi officer is determined to crush Dutch opposition, and a brilliant young woman's life is irrevocably changed by both men.

A nation's fighting forces are often believed to embody a country's qualities of determination, resourcefulness, and courage. This study examines the influences of these qualities from the viewpoint of the American Army in Vietnam, the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the Israeli Army throughout its struggle in the Middle East. It is a provocative look at corporate military character--operations, personalities, organizations, administrati...

Upending the portrait of the Victorian age as a time of stuffy morals and manners, How Different It Was reveals the chaotic years of early Canada. The lifestyles and daily struggles, the controversies and social values, the institutions and tensions in a tumultuous society of immigrants, aboriginals, farmers, workers, and officials.

Three to a Loaf is the page-turning drama of a young Anglo-German Canadian smuggled into Germany during the First World War to discover the Imperial General Staff's top-secret plan to break the deadlock on the Western Front.