Nahlah Ayed captures the tension and struggles of ordinary people caught up in World War II in a universal way that make us think: what would I do faced with a choice when the world is in turmoil?
Love, betrayal, and a secret war: the untold story of two elite agents, one Canadian, one British, who became one of the most decorated couples of WWII.
On opposite sides of the pond, Sonia Butt, an adventurous young British woman, and Guy d’Artois, a French-Canadian soldier and thunderstorm of a man, are preparing for war.
From different worlds, their lives first intersect during clandestine training to become agents with Winston Churchill’s secret army, the Special Operations Executive. As the world’s deadliest conflict to date unfolds, Sonia and Guy learn how to parachute into enemy territory, how…
As in all his books, Macintyre transports you to a world of war and spies but he has an eye for details and personalities that makes his characters come alive
'Macintyre's page-turner is a dazzling portrait of a flawed yet driven individual who risked everything (including her children) for the cause' Sunday Times
DISCOVER THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF THE SPY WHO ALMOST KILLED HITLER - FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR
Ursula Kuczynski Burton was a spymaster, saboteur, bomb-maker and secret agent. Codenamed 'Agent Sonya', her story has never been told - until now.
Born to a German Jewish family, as Ursula grew, so did the Nazis'…
Buruma takes you into the world of 17th century Europe where religion and politics swirled around everyone - and yet the debates over freedom of thought seem relevant and powerful for today.
Ian Buruma explores the life and death of Baruch Spinoza, the Enlightenment thinker whose belief in freedom of thought and speech resonates in our own time
"An elegant, relevant biography of a vital thinker."-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Baruch (Benedictus) Spinoza (1632-1677) was a radical free thinker who led a life guided by strong moral principles despite his disbelief in an all-seeing God. Seen by many-Christians as well as Jews-as Satan's disciple during his lifetime, Spinoza has been regarded as a secular saint since his death. Many contradictory beliefs have been attached to his name: rationalism or metaphysics, atheism or pantheism,…
A riveting account of the years, months, and days leading up to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, my book reveals the unexpected ways Canadians were deeply involved on both sides of the American Civil War.
Canadians take pride in being on the “good side” of the American Civil War, serving as a haven for 30,000 escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad. But dwelling in history's shadow is the much darker role Canada played in plots against Lincoln. While many ordinary Canadians fought in the Union Army, many of the elites in Canada backed the slave South. From Canada, Confederate agents plotted terror raids in Vermont, arson attacks in New York and bio-terrorism with yellow fever. The assassin John Wilkes Booth, his co-conspirators and later the defeated Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, all found havens in Canada.
