1914-1945

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1914-1945

The Farmerettes

In 1943 Ontario, six girls fresh out of high school live and work together on a farm as part of the Farm Service Force, taking the roles of the men who were fighting in the war abroad.

Mussolini and the rise of fascism

2007
Discusses the political circumstances that led Italy into World War II, examining the effectiveness with which Mussolini seized power after arriving in Rome in 1922, and the weakening of the previous political system due to social fragmentation, unionization, inflation, and nationalism.

The day of battle

the war in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
2007

Fever season

2009
When David is orphaned by the Spanish influenza outbreak in 1919 Montreal, he needs to find his long-lost uncle if he wants to avoid the orphanage, and he gets his chance when he gets a job with the Montreal Canadiens.

A peace to end all peace

the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the creation of the modern Middle East
2001

Anne of Avonlea

2007
In this sequel to Anne of Green Gables, teenage Anne Shirley becomes a schoolteacher in a small village on Prince Edward Island. Includes a study guide.

Mussolini

1982
A political portrait of the totalitarian ruler reexamining the political, social and personal forces that shaped his regime.

Mussolini's empire

the rise and fall of the facist vision
1994
Biography of Italian facist leader, Benito Mussolini, discussing his life, political career, and inner personality.

I will come back for you

a family in hiding during World War II
2011
A grandmother tells her granddaughter the story of the charm bracelet that represent her own childhood experiences while she and her family tried to evade the Nazis in Italy during World War II.

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