War Junk
War Junk

Author: Alex Souchen

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2020-04-15

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 0774862955

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During the Second World War, Canadian factories produced mountains of munitions and supplies, including some 800 ships, 16,000 aircraft, 800,000 vehicles, and over 4.6 billion rounds of ammunition and artillery shells. Although they were crucial to winning the war, these assets turned into peacetime liabilities when hostilities ended in 1945. Drawing on comprehensive archival research, Alex Souchen provides a definitive account of the disposal crisis triggered by Allied victory and shows how policymakers implemented a disposal strategy that facilitated postwar reconstruction. Canadians responded to the unprecedented divestment of public property by reusing and recycling military surpluses to improve their postwar lives. War Junk recounts the complex political, economic, social, and environmental legacies of munitions disposal in Canada by revealing how the tools of war became integral to the making of postwar Canada.

Ilario
Ilario

Author: Mary Gentle

Publisher: Gateway

Published: 2013-08-29

Total Pages: 687

ISBN-13: 0575128844

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Abandoned and alone, the fosterling Ilario grows up as the King's Freak, surrounded by all the pomp, intrigue, and danger of the Iberian court. Fleeing a failed treacherous attack, Ilario crosses the sea to Carthage, where the mysterious Penitence shrouds the sky in darkness. There, a strange and awful destiny awaits the would-be painter, one that spans continents and kingdoms.

The Battle of Junk Mountain
The Battle of Junk Mountain

Author: Lauren Abbey Greenberg

Publisher: Running Press Kids

Published: 2018-04-17

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 0762462965

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For fans of Rebecca Stead and Jennifer L. Holm, this is the perfect middle grade summer beach read. Twelve-year-old Shayne Whittaker has always spent summers on the Maine coast, visiting her grandmother Bea and playing with her BFF Poppy. Both Shayne and Bea are collectors, in their own ways: Shayne revels in golden memories of searching for sea glass and weaving friendship bracelets with Poppy, while Bea scours flea markets for valuable finds, much of which she adds to a growing pile in her house that Shayne jokingly calls Junk Mountain. This summer, though, everything has changed. Poppy would rather talk about boys than bracelets, and Bea's collecting mania has morphed into hoarding. Only Linc, the weird Civil War-obsessed kid next door, pays attention to her. Turns out Linc's collected a secret of his own, one that could enrage the meanest lobsterman on the planet, his grandpa. What begins as the worst summer of Shayne's life becomes the most meaningful, as she wages an all-out battle to save her friendships, rescue her grandmother, and protect the memories she loves the most.

Archaeologies of Hitler’s Arctic War
Archaeologies of Hitler’s Arctic War

Author: Oula Seitsonen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-10-29

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0429640668

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This book discusses the archaeology and heritage of the German military presence in Finnish Lapland during the Second World War, framing this northern, overlooked WWII material legacy from the nearly forgotten Arctic front as ‘dark heritage’ – a concrete reminder of Finns siding with the Nazis, often seen as polluting ‘war junk’ that ruins the ‘pristine natural beauty’ of Lapland’s wilderness. The scholarship herein provides fresh perspectives to contemporary discussions on heritage perception and ownership, indigenous rights, community empowerment, relational ontologies and also the ongoing worldwide refugee crisis.

The Sea Wolves 1784-1795
The Sea Wolves 1784-1795

Author: Eugene M. a. Baikoff

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2011-10-01

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 125794231X

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The second instalment in the story of Yves de Kergouat; we follow our hero on a new adventure as he sets up a trading firm. But he is always in danger from the jealousies of the British East India Company. Meanwhile, back in France, the Revolution has overthrown the aristocracy. Yves and his staff must now decide where their loyalties, and their futures, lie.