THE ARMAMENT TIDE
 ReArming America
Rear Admiral Stuart Franklin Platt
With Duffrey Sigurdson
Arming the US military is an ongoing process, one of vital importance. This book will help America’s leaders, educators and general public better understand how to manage the business of rearmament. Drawing on historical anecdotes, common business principles and the author’s 31 years of military service, the book provides an engaging and educational look at the complexities of arming the American military.
AWARD NOMINATION
The Armament Tide Nominated for Prestigious Literary Award
The Armament Tide: Rearming America by Rear Admiral Stuart Franklin Platt SC, USN Ret. is a finalist for the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature. This award is presented by the Naval Order of the US and recognizes significant books that make a major contribution to Naval Literature. Previous winners include Tom Clancy, Edward Beach, Norman Friedman and Stephen Coonts.
POLITICS / NATIONAL DEFENCE / U.S. MILITARY
Hard Cover / 6" x 9" / 224 pages
Granville Island Publishing
ISBN 1-894694-17-1 / $30 US / $45 CDN




LETTERS FROM THE FRONT LINES
Rear Admiral Stuart Franklin Platt
With Duffrey Sigurdson
Letters from the Front Lines is a remarkable account of the lives, and the experiences, of Americans at War in Iraq and Afghanistan. War letters have long served scholars as a rich source of material when researching the history of our Nation and this collection of letters, emails and blogs, preserves for future generations the day-to-day lives and observations of a small group of remarkable men and women in uniform.
Handwritten letters which were, until the current conflict, the only source of communication home from the frontlines, are being replaced by email and in some cases, by a web log or “blog” and this book will also serve as a reminder of how important it is that we preserve these more ephemeral records of our nation’s history, as well.
ARTICLE
Click here to read San Francisco Chronicle article (part 1),
January 14, 2008
Click here to read San Francisco Chronicle article (part 2),
January 14, 2008
MILITARY / HISTORY
Granville Island Publishing
Book and Cover Design: Laura Kinder
ISBN 1-894694-48-1 TC
$24.95 US / $24.95 CDN




FACES OF COURAGE
Young Heroes of World War II
Sally Rogow
Faces of Courage depicts the struggle for survival by brave young people who risked their lives to defy the Nazis. There is Kirsten, a young Danish girl who helped save a group of Jewish children from the clutches of the Nazis. Yojo, a Gypsy teenager, guided downed British pilots over the Pyrenees Mountains to freedom in Spain. Jacques, a blind French teenager, organized a student resistance group called Volunteers of Liberty. The Eidelweiss Pirates were German teenagers who opposed the Hitler Youth and aided homeless Jewish children and runways. And Jacob, a young Pole, concealed his Jewish identity and went to work in a German armament factory. Three of the stories relate the heroics of real people; the others are about fictional characters but are based on documented events.
Click here to read what schoolkids are saying . . .
Click here to read a chapter from the book . . .
Click on following link to hear recorded interview:
http://blogtalkradio.com/bookbitesforkids
YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION / JEWISH HISTORY / HOLOCAUST / WWII
August 2003 / 2000 copies
Trade paperback / 5.5” x 8.5” / 144 pages
ISBN 1-894694-20-1 / $16.95 US/Cdn




A LOVELY LETTER FROM CECIE
The 1907-1915 Vancouver Diary and World War I Letters of Wallace Chambers
John Gillis
The 1907-1915 Vancouver diary and World War I letters of Wallace Chambers give a rare glimpse into the world of middle-class young people in the Vancouver of the early 1900s.
Click here to see page from 2002 print catalogue (44K pdf)
BIOGRAPHY / WWI / ROMANCE
Paper / 6" x 9" / 192 pages
ISBN 0-89716-815-1 / $9.95 US / $14.95 CDN




BOGI BJARNASON . . . his words
Compiled by Brian Bjarnason and Kate Jarvis
Gifted newspaperman Bogi Bjarnason fought in WWI, ran several prairie newspapers, flew airplanes and wrote poetry. His short story "The Parson's Dream" was published in the company of literary work by renowned writers like Ralph Waldo Emerson and W.S. Gilbert. This gem and a wide selection of other enduring pieces, including letters from the war, editorials, essays and poems, are brought together as an eloquent reminder of the events and issues that preoccupied a generation of Western Canadians whose dreams and sacrifices helped shape the nation's future. From "shuddery" socialism to "so-called" Christianity, Bogi always got to the heart of a story and had fun along the way.
Click here to see page from 2002 print catalogue (24K pdf)
POLITICS / NATIONAL DEFENCE / U.S. MILITARY
Hard Cover / 6" x 9" / 224 pages
Granville Island Publishing
ISBN 1-894694-17-1 / $30 US / $45 CDN