Books published by Lorimer (James) & Co Ltd ,Canada

Billy Bishop was the top Canadian flying ace in the first World War, credited officially with a record breaking 75 victories. A highly skilled pilot and an accurate shot, he was fiercely ambitious, driven by an undisguised hatred of his enemies. He played hard and fought even harder.

Ben Mandelkern was only 23 when the Nazis invaded his native Poland in September 1939. From then until the end of the war his one concern was survival. Like other Polish Jews, Ben and his young wife, Helena, came face to face with the evil of Nazism as their families and friends were murdered by the SS.

"This is a solid, no-nonsense book, an important one that lays the Bishop controversy to rest... a tour de force of research..." - Vancouver Sun "A meticulously researched book." - Ian Gillespie, London Free Press Billy Bishop was fiercely ambitious, driven by an undisguised hatred of his enemies. He played hard and fought even harder.

"Finkel and Leibovitz have come up with a new and more satisfactory explanation of why the Second World War broke out when it did.

"One Woman's War will undoubtedly earn a place as one of the most valuable personal documents of the Second World War." - Montreal Gazette "A compelling memoir." - William French, Globe and Mail "The eyewitness report is so vivid, so utterly human, that one puts down the book with the feeling of having been there.