‘From Fromelles to the final advance — war as it was lived, in the words of the men who faced it.’One battalion. Three years of war. Ordinary men under relentless pressure.‘I was eighteen when I was first sent into battle at Fromelles… War is both the silliest and cruellest activity that a man can get mixed up in. It breaks my heart even now to think of it.’— Walter Herbert ‘Bert’ Bishop, 55th BattalionIn 1915, news from Gall...

From our country's most important war historian, a vital history of the legacy of the Great War and the reverberating impact it has had on Canada since.The Western Front has dominated the culture and memory of the Great War. The lethal power of modern weapons in the form of rapid-firing rifles, scything machine guns, and devastating artillery fire lacerated flesh and shattered bone. Finally, on November 11, 1918, the guns went silent when the beaten German forces s...

From our country's most important war historian, a gripping account of the turbulent relationship between Canada and the US during the Second World War. The two nations entered the war amidst rivalry and mutual suspicion, but learned to fight together before emerging triumphant and bound by an alliance that has lasted to this day.When the Second World War broke out in 1939, it set in motion a deadly struggle between the Axis powers and the Allies, but also fraught ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE OTTAWA BOOK AWARDSA masterful telling of the way World War Two has been remembered, forgotten, and remade by Canada over seventy-five years.The Second World War shaped modern Canada. It led to the country's emergence as a middle power on the world stage; the rise of the welfare state; industrialization, urbanization, and population growth. After the war, Canada increasingly turned ...

There have been thousands of books on the Great War, but most have focused on commanders, battles, strategy, and tactics. Less attention has been paid to the daily lives of the combatants, how they endured the unimaginable conditions of industrial warfare: the rain of shells, bullets, and chemical agents. In The Secret History of Soldiers, Tim Cook, Canada's foremost military historian, examines how those who survived trench warfare on the Western Front found entertainment, solace, relief,...

A bold new telling of the defining battle of the Great War, and how it came to signify and solidify Canada's national identity.Why does Vimy loom so large in Canada's identity—and should it? Tim Cook, Canada's foremost military historian and a RBC Taylor Prize winner, examines the battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917 and the way the memory of it has evolved over a hundred years. Vimy is unlike any other battle in Canadian history: it has been described as the "birth ...

Electric Touch is a slow-burn gay romance novel set in the world of theatrical design, where light, structure, and emotion collide.Nicky, a precise and guarded electrical engineer, is hired to help restore a historic theater. Aryton, a passionate and free-spirited lighting designer, brings chaos, creativity, and unexpected warmth into his carefully controlled world. What begins as a professional collaboration slowly evolves into something neither of them anticipated—someth...

Lost and Found is a heartfelt gay romance about two men who meet by chance and slowly rebuild their lives around something neither of them expected—love that doesn't ask for perfection, only honesty.Michael Bennett is a high-powered city consultant whose life is carefully constructed, successful on paper but hollow in practice. When a storm forces him into the care of Rafael Alvarez, a quiet carpenter living in a remote coastal town, both men begin to confront truths they ...

Chasing Your Heart is the emotional final installment in The One… gay romance series, bringing Vigil and Theo's story to a powerful, heartfelt conclusion.After years of separation, misunderstandings, and unfinished love, Vigil and Theo are forced back into each other's lives during a wedding weekend that changes everything. Old wounds reopen, buried feelings resurface, and the fragile possibility of a second chance begins to grow between them. But love is ...

Liam Mercer built his career around structure, precision, and control. As a respected literary editor in New York, he spends his days refining other people's stories while carefully avoiding the unfinished one that still haunts him.Seven years ago, Will Hart disappeared without explanation.Once, they were inseparable—two literature students connected by late-night debates, scribbled notes passed across classrooms, and a love that felt destined to last forever. But when life...

***WINNER OF THE 2023 OTTAWA BOOK AWARD**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 TEMPLER MEDAL FOR BEST BOOK*From Canada’s top war historian, a definitive medical history of the Great War, illuminating how the carnage of modern battle gave birth to revolutionary life-saving innovations. It brings to light shocking revelations of the ways the brutality of combat and the necessity of agonizing battlefield decisions led to unimaginable strain for men and women of medicine wh...

Joe's life is small, quiet, and painfully ordinary—late shifts at a diner, an empty apartment, and the lingering feeling that nothing important ever really happens to him.Until the night Blake Mercer stumbles into his world bleeding and terrified.Blake is beautiful, secretive, and clearly running from something dangerous. Joe knows he should walk away before trouble follows them both. Instead, he lets Blake stay one night.One night becomes a desperate escape.