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Cold War Over Canada
A story of the Cold War over Canada told by RCAF flier Scott Maclagan. This memoir adds a fascinating chapter to Canada’s military history. A story of the Cold War in Canada remembered by RCAF jet interceptor flier Scott Maclagan. In the 1950s, thanks to geography Canada played a major role in the Cold War.…
Read MoreMackenzie
In Mackenzie, A Political Biography, former Toronto mayor John Sewell tells us why William Lyon Mackenzie may in fact be the best model we have of a responsible politician.
Read MoreA Spy’s Wife
This is a lively, readable, and informative account of life in Moscow by the wife of a Canadian military attaché who witnessed the last days of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War Janice Cowan was trained by the Canadian government for her role in Moscow. She and her husband went to…
Read MoreAlex Cross Must Die
Drop whatever you’re doing, Detective Cross, and head to Reagan Airport, DC Metro Police dispatch says. A jet just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto. Cross and Sampson race to the crash site. The plane didn’t fail it was shot down by a…
Read MoreCanadian Spies
During World War II, some of the most treacherous jobs were those performed by men and women located deep within enemy territory. Always in danger of being exposed and subjected to torture, imprisonment, and even death, their stories are chilling accounts of bravery and luck–and, in some cases, what happens when the luck runs out.
Read MoreHow Canada Works: Peter Mansbridge
Midland Readers recommend this book because: the found it compelling and fascinating to meet the people of Canada through these intimate stories. From #1 bestselling authors Peter Mansbridge and Mark Bulgutch comes a new book of first-person stories about the unique people and professions that make Canada work. In this latest collection of personal stories, Peter…
Read MoreJujutsu Kaisen Vol 21
To gain the power he needs to save his friend from a cursed spirit, Yuji Itadori swallows a piece of a demon, only to find himself caught in the midst of a horrific war of the supernatural! In a world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryomen…
Read MoreInheritance (Nora Roberts)
The first book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts’s breathtaking new trilogy.
Read MoreOntario Ghost Stories Vol. 2
Poor Things
Basis for the Major Motion Picture starring Emma Stone, Ramy Youssef, Mark Ruffalo, and Willem Dafoe, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. “Witty and delightfully written” (New York Times Book Review), Alasdair Gray’s Poor Things echoes Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in this novel of a young woman freeing herself from the confines of the suffocating Victorian society she…
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