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Saints and liars : the story of Americans who saved refugees from the Nazis

Dwork, Debórah, author.

Publication Date

2025

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940.531835 DWO

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SD_ILS:794980

Unwinnable peace : untold stories of Canada's mission in Afghanistan

Martin, Tim (Diplomat), author.

Publication Date

2024

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Books

Call Number

958.1047 MAR

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SD_ILS:718854

A mission without borders : why a father and son risked it all for the people of Ukraine

Robichaux, Chad, 1975- author.

Publication Date

2024

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947.7086 ROB

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SD_ILS:788248

L'Ebola, les bombes et les migrants

Liu, Joanne, author.

Publication Date

2024

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610.69 LIU

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SD_ILS:791229

Ghost season : a novel

Abbas, Fatin, author.

Publication Date

2023

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ABB

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SD_ILS:668696

An accidental humanitarian : a memoir

Fowler, Roger John, author.

Publication Date

2022

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361.7634 FOW

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SD_ILS:681916

The good American : the epic life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's greatest humanitarian

Kaplan, Robert D., 1952- author.

Publication Date

2021

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923.573 GER

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SD_ILS:586217

No refuge : ethics and the global refugee crisis

Parekh, Serena, 1974- author.

Publication Date

2020

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174.936287 PAR

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Hope in the balance : a Newfoundland doctor meets a world in crisis

Furey, Andrew, author.

Publication Date

2020

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362.10971 FUR

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SD_ILS:587470

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Red sky over Hawaii

Ackerman, Sara, author.

Publication Date

2020

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ACK

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SD_ILS:585375

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Partir, revenir, mourir un peu : 10 humanitaires racontent

Alhaw, Sami auteur.

Publication Date

2019

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362.26 PAR

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SD_ILS:506264

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Red birds

Hanif, Mohammed, author.

Publication Date

2019

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Humanitarian assistance.

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Autobiographies.

(4)

Girls' schools -- Afghanistan.

(3)

Girls' schools -- Pakistan.

(3)

Humanitarian assistance -- Fiction.

(3)

Humanitarian assistance, American -- Afghanistan.

(3)

Humanitarian assistance, American -- Pakistan.

(3)

Biographies.

(2)

Human rights workers -- Biography.

(2)

Humanitarian assistance, American.

(2)

Mortenson, Greg -- Anecdotes.

(2)

Médecins sans frontières (Association)

(2)

Peace-building -- Afghanistan.

(2)

Peace-building -- Pakistan.

(2)

Social action.

(2)

War fiction.

(2)

Aeronautics in medicine -- Africa.

(1)

Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, Canadian.

(1)

Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- Canada.

(1)

Aide humanitaire -- Coopération internationale.

(1)

Aide humanitaire -- Récits personnels.

(1)

Air pilots -- Fiction.

(1)

Airplane crash survival -- Fiction.

(1)

Bakers -- Fiction.

(1)

Black market -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Sarajevo.

(1)

British Red Cross Society -- Biography.

(1)

Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-

(1)

Canada -- Armed Forces -- Afghanistan.

(1)

Canada -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan.

(1)

Canadian Red Cross Society -- History.

(1)

Canadians -- Nepal -- Fiction.

(1)

Central Asia Institute.

(1)

Charities.

(1)

Children and war.

(1)

Civil war -- Congo (Democratic Republic)

(1)

Civil war -- Fiction.

(1)

Civil-military relations -- Canada.

(1)

Conflits sociaux.

(1)

Disaster relief -- Haiti.

(1)

Disaster relief.

(1)

Domestic fiction.

(1)

Earthquake relief -- Haiti.

(1)

Ebola virus disease -- Africa -- Prevention -- International cooperation.

(1)

Ebola virus disease -- Africa.

(1)

Economic assistance, American -- Haiti.

(1)

Epidemics -- Social aspects.

(1)

Europe -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.

(1)

Famines.

(1)

Fathers -- Death -- Fiction.

(1)

Female friendship -- Fiction.

(1)

Food relief.

(1)

Fowler, Roger John.

(1)

Free Burma Rangers.

(1)

Furey, Andrew -- Travel -- Haiti.

(1)

German Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1941-1948 -- Fiction.

(1)

Germans -- Hawaii -- Fiction.

(1)

Gersony, Robert.

(1)

Globalization.

(1)

Haiti -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.

(1)

Haiti -- Politics and government -- 21st century.

(1)

Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010.

(1)

Hawaii -- History -- 1900-1959 -- Fiction.

(1)

Helping behavior.

(1)

Historical fiction

(1)

Historical fiction.

(1)

Humanitarian aid workers -- Biography.

(1)

Humanitarian aid workers -- Fiction.

(1)

Humanitarian assistance -- Africa.

(1)

Humanitarian assistance -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Sarajevo.

(1)

Humanitarian assistance -- Corrupt practices.

(1)

Humanitarian assistance -- Developing countries.

(1)

Humanitarian assistance -- International cooperation.

(1)

Humanitarian assistance -- Iraq -- Mosul.

(1)

Humanitarian assistance -- Moral and ethical aspects.

(1)

Humanitarian assistance -- Personal narratives.

(1)

Humanitarian assistance -- Political aspects.

(1)

Humanitarian assistance -- Ukraine.

(1)

Humanitarian assistance -- United States -- Fiction.

(1)

Humanitarian assistance -- Yugoslavia.

(1)

Humanitarian assistance, American -- Congo (Democratic Republic)

(1)

Humanitarian assistance, American -- Haiti.

(1)

Humanitarian assistance, Canadian -- Afghanistan.

(1)

Humanitarian assistance, Canadian -- Developing countries.

(1)

Humanitarian assistance, Canadian -- Haiti.

(1)

Humanitarian assistance, Canadian -- History.

(1)

Humanitarian assistance, Canadian.

(1)

Humanitarian intervention -- Afghanistan.

(1)

Humanitarian intervention -- Pakistan.

(1)

Humanitarian intervention.

(1)

Humanitarianism -- Political aspects.

(1)

Humanitarianism.

(1)

Hunger -- Developing countries.

(1)

IS (Organization)

(1)

Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Fiction.

(1)

Informational works.

(1)

Integrated operations (Military science)

(1)

International relief -- Fiction.

(1)

Interviews -- Canada.

(1)

Iraq -- Politics and government -- 2003-

(1)

Iraq -- Social conditions.

(1)

Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction.

(1)

Judicial assistance -- Afghanistan.

(1)

Kilauea Volcano (Hawaii) -- Fiction.

(1)

Large type books

(1)

Liu, Joanne.

(1)

MacFarlane-Barrow, Magnus.

(1)

Mary's Meals (Organization)

(1)

Mattos, Ephraim.

(1)

Medical assistance -- Developing countries.

(1)

Medical assistance -- Haiti.

(1)

Medical assistance.

(1)

Medical personnel -- Iraq -- Mosul -- Biography.

(1)

Middle East -- Fiction.

(1)

Mighty Oaks Foundation.

(1)

Military art and science -- Canada.

(1)

Military doctrine -- Canada.

(1)

Missionaries, Medical -- Québec (Province) -- Personal narratives.

(1)

Mortenson, Greg. Three cups of tea.

(1)

Murder -- Fiction.

(1)

Muslim teenagers -- Fiction.

(1)

Médecins missionnaires -- Québec (Province) -- Récits personnels.

(1)

Nepal -- Fiction.

(1)

Non-governmental organizations -- Fiction.

(1)

Novels.

(1)

Personal narratives.

(1)

Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Philanthropists.

(1)

Physicians -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.

(1)

Physicians -- Travel -- Haiti.

(1)

Poor children -- Developing countries.

(1)

Refuge (Humanitarian assistance)

(1)

Refuge (Humanitarian assistance) -- Fiction.

(1)

Refuge (Humanitarian assistance) -- United States.

(1)

Refugees -- Europe -- Social conditions.

(1)

Refugees -- Government policy -- Europe.

(1)

Refugees -- International cooperation.

(1)

Refugees -- Public opinion.

(1)

Refugees -- Social conditions.

(1)

Refugees, Tibetan.

(1)

Refugees.

(1)

Religious fiction.

(1)

Robichaux, Chad, 1975-

(1)

Robichaux, Hunter.

(1)

Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022 -- Participation, Foreign.

(1)

Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022 -- Personal narratives, American.

(1)

Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022 -- Refugees.

(1)

Récits personnels.

(1)

Réfugiés -- Conditions sociales.

(1)

Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) -- History -- Siege, 1992-1996.

(1)

Satirical literature.

(1)

Scuba divers -- Biography.

(1)

Secrecy -- Fiction.

(1)

Self-realization in women -- Fiction.

(1)

Shannon, Lisa, 1975-

(1)

Smuggling -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Sarajevo.

(1)

Social conflict.

(1)

South Sudan -- Fiction.

(1)

Spoerry, Anne, 1918-1999.

(1)

Sudan -- Fiction.

(1)

Sudan -- History -- 21st century -- Fiction.

(1)

Sudanese Americans -- Fiction.

(1)

Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Refugees.

(1)

Taliban -- History

(1)

Taliban -- History.

(1)

Team Broken Earth (Organization)

(1)

Templeton, Stefan, 1967-

(1)

Templeton, Stefan, 1967- -- Homes and haunts.

(1)

Templeton, Stefan, 1967- -- Travel.

(1)

Terrorism -- Social aspects.

(1)

Terrorisme -- Aspect social.

(1)

Thieves -- Biography.

(1)

Tibetan Refugee Aid Society -- Biography.

(1)

Tibetan Refugee Aid Society -- History.

(1)

United Nations -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Sarajevo.

(1)

United States. Agency for International Development -- Officials and employees -- Biography.

(1)

United States. Department of State -- Officials and employees -- Biography.

(1)

Vachon, Marc.

(1)

Voluntarism.

(1)

Voluntary health agencies -- Canada -- History.

(1)

Volunteer workers in search and rescue operations -- Ukraine -- Biography.

(1)

Volunteers.

(1)

Voyages and travels -- Fiction.

(1)

War relief -- Iraq -- Mosul.

(1)

War relief.

(1)

War victims -- Congo (Democratic Republic)

(1)

War victims.

(1)

Women and war -- Congo (Democratic Republic)

(1)

Women and war.

(1)

Women physicians -- Africa -- Biography.

(1)

Women refugees -- Congo (Democratic Republic)

(1)

Woodcock, George, 1912-1995.

(1)

Woodcock, Ingeborg.

(1)

World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians.

(1)

World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.

(1)

World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.

(1)

World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.

(1)

World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees.

(1)

World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States.

(1)

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Personal narratives.

(1)

Épidémies -- Aspect social.

(1)

Author

(2)

Abbas, Fatin, author.

(1)

Ackerman, Sara, author.

(1)

Alhaw, Sami auteur.

(1)

Andreas, Peter.

(1)

Arbour, Louise, 1947-

(1)

Arbour, Louise, 1947- writer of preface.

(1)

Audet, François, 1972- ditor.

(1)

Borlase, Craig, author.

(1)

Bugingo, François, 1974-

(1)

Canada. Canadian Armed Forces. Wing, 17, issuing body.

(1)

Canadian Defence Academy, issuing body.

(1)

Doyle, Alan, 1969- writer of foreword.

(1)

Dwork, Debórah, author.

(1)

Evaluation of (work): Mortenson, Greg. Three cups of tea.

(1)

Farage, Nigel, 1964- panelist.

(1)

Foley, Conor.

(1)

Fowler, Roger John, author.

(1)

Fox, Renée C. (Renée Claire), 1928-2020, author.

(1)

Furey, Andrew, author.

(1)

Glassford, Sarah Carlene, 1978- author.

(1)

Griffiths, Rudyard, editor.

(1)

Hanif, Mohammed, author.

(1)

Heminway, John Hylan, 1944- author.

(1)

Kaplan, Robert D., 1952- author.

(1)

Katz, Jonathan M., author.

(1)

Krakauer, Jon, author.

(1)

LeMay, Kathy.

(1)

Linden, Rachel, author.

(1)

Liu, Joanne, author.

(1)

MacFarlane-Barrow, Magnus, author.

(1)

Martin, Tim (Diplomat), author.

(1)

Matthews, David, 1967 Nov. 8-

(1)

Mattos, Ephraim, author.

(1)

Nutt, Samantha, 1969-

(1)

Nyers, Peter.

(1)

Parekh, Serena, 1974- author.

(1)

Pratte, André, 1957- author.

(1)

Richards, Paul, 1945 May 14- author.

(1)

Robichaux, Chad, 1975- author.

(1)

Salbi, Zainab.

(1)

Schama, Simon, panelist.

(1)

Shannon, Lisa, 1975-

(1)

Skog, Susan, 1955-

(1)

Steyn, Mark, panelist.

(1)

Thapa, Manjushree, 1968- author.

(1)

Twigg, Alan, 1952-

(1)

Vachon, Marc.

(1)

Woycheshin, David E. (David Earl), 1961-, editor of compilation.

(1)

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