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National Dreams

Myth, Memory, and Canadian History

by Daniel Francis ...

As Canadians, we remember the stories told to us in high-school history class as condensed images of the past--the glorious Mountie, the fearsome Native, the Last Spike. National Dreams is an incisive study of the most persistent icons and stories in Canadian history, and how they inform our sense of national identity: the fundamental beliefs that we Canadians hold about ourselves. National Dreams ... Read more

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As Canadians, we remember the stories told to us in high-school history class as condensed images of the past--the glorious Mountie, the fearsome Native, the Last Spike. National Dreams is an incisive study of the most persistent icons and stories in Canadian history, and how they inform our sense of national identity: the fundamental beliefs that we Canadians hold about ourselves. National Dreams
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Becoming Vancouver

A History

by Daniel Francis ...

A brisk chronicle of Vancouver, BC, from early days to its emergence as a global metropolis, refracted through the events, characters and communities that have shaped the city.In Becoming Vancouver award-winning historian Daniel Francis follows the evolution of the city from early habitation by the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations, to the area’s settlement as a mill town, to the ... Read more

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A brisk chronicle of Vancouver, BC, from early days to its emergence as a global metropolis, refracted through the events, characters and communities that have shaped the city.In Becoming Vancouver award-winning historian Daniel Francis follows the evolution of the city from early habitation by the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations, to the area’s settlement as a mill town, to the
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Seeing Reds

The Red Scare of 1918-1919: Canadas First War on Terror

by Daniel Francis ...

At the end of World War I, Canada was poised on the brink of social revolution. At least that is what many Canadians, inspired by the Russian Revolution, hoped and others dreaded. Seeing Reds documents a turbulent period in Canadian history, when in 1918-19 a fearful government tried to suppress radical political activity by branding legitimate labor leaders as Bolsheviks.” ... Read more

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At the end of World War I, Canada was poised on the brink of social revolution. At least that is what many Canadians, inspired by the Russian Revolution, hoped and others dreaded. Seeing Reds documents a turbulent period in Canadian history, when in 1918-19 a fearful government tried to suppress radical political activity by branding legitimate labor leaders as Bolsheviks.”
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LD

Mayor Louis Taylor and the Rise of Vancouver

by Daniel Francis ...

LD is the colourful biography of Louis Taylor, the longest-serving mayor in Vancouver's history; he was first elected mayor in 1910, and served off and on until 1934, for a total of eleven years. Taylor's story is also the story of Vancouver in the early decades of the 20th century, a young city experiencing a turbulent adolescence.Louis Taylor, or LD as he was known, arrived in Vancouver from ... Read more

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LD is the colourful biography of Louis Taylor, the longest-serving mayor in Vancouver's history; he was first elected mayor in 1910, and served off and on until 1934, for a total of eleven years. Taylor's story is also the story of Vancouver in the early decades of the 20th century, a young city experiencing a turbulent adolescence.Louis Taylor, or LD as he was known, arrived in Vancouver from
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Seeing Reds

The Red Scare of 1918-1919, Canada's First War on Terror

by Daniel Francis ...

Narrated by Michael Puttonen ...

Unabridged

7 hours 11 min

At the end of World War I, Canada was poised on the brink of social revolution. At least that is what many Canadians, inspired by the success of the Russian Revolution in 1917, hoped and others dreaded. Seeing Reds tells the story of this turbulent period in Canadian history during the winter of 191819, when a fearful government led by Prime Minister Robert Borden tried to suppress radical ... Read more

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At the end of World War I, Canada was poised on the brink of social revolution. At least that is what many Canadians, inspired by the success of the Russian Revolution in 1917, hoped and others dreaded. Seeing Reds tells the story of this turbulent period in Canadian history during the winter of 191819, when a fearful government led by Prime Minister Robert Borden tried to suppress radical
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The Imaginary Indian

The Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture

by Daniel Francis ...

First published in 1992, The Imaginary Indian is a revealing history of the "Indian" image mythologized by popular Canadian culture since 1850, propagating stereotypes that exist to this day.Images of First Nations people have always been fundamental to Canadian culture. From the paintings and photographs of the 19th century to the Mounted Police sagas and the spectacle of Buffalo Bill's Wild West ... Read more

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First published in 1992, The Imaginary Indian is a revealing history of the "Indian" image mythologized by popular Canadian culture since 1850, propagating stereotypes that exist to this day.Images of First Nations people have always been fundamental to Canadian culture. From the paintings and photographs of the 19th century to the Mounted Police sagas and the spectacle of Buffalo Bill's Wild West
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The Wrong Race

In Apartheid-Racist South Africa

by Azra Daniel Francis ...

The persistent trauma of extreme, institutionalized racism can be expected to take its toll on anyone. But resilience, instead, is the main theme of Azra Daniel Francis’s latest book, a raw and deeply personal memoir that details his experience growing up in South Africa. Through vignettes of people, places, and institutions that impacted him, Francis’s account details his always being an outsider ... Read more

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The persistent trauma of extreme, institutionalized racism can be expected to take its toll on anyone. But resilience, instead, is the main theme of Azra Daniel Francis’s latest book, a raw and deeply personal memoir that details his experience growing up in South Africa. Through vignettes of people, places, and institutions that impacted him, Francis’s account details his always being an outsider
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Lost Weekend

by Roberto Fustini ...

Narrated by Daniel Francis-Berenson ...

Unabridged

4 hours 35 min

A weekend out of town should mean peace and lightheartedness, but it can also lead into unchartered situations, from the odd to the life-threatening, treading a thin line between bucolic charm and sheer madness. Pedro and Yuri are trying to find peace once more, or perhaps to rediscover themselves, but right from the start they have to cope with people who approach them in an ambiguous way, to say ... Read more

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A weekend out of town should mean peace and lightheartedness, but it can also lead into unchartered situations, from the odd to the life-threatening, treading a thin line between bucolic charm and sheer madness. Pedro and Yuri are trying to find peace once more, or perhaps to rediscover themselves, but right from the start they have to cope with people who approach them in an ambiguous way, to say
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Christmas Tales

by Paulo Coelho ...

Narrated by Daniel Francis-Berenson ...

Unabridged

51 min

An audio edition of Paulo Coelho's Christmas Stories.This includes several Christmas tales that speak of the joy, generosity, humility, and small yet large miracles that we experience in our day to day lives. ... Read more

$8.95 USD

An audio edition of Paulo Coelho's Christmas Stories.This includes several Christmas tales that speak of the joy, generosity, humility, and small yet large miracles that we experience in our day to day lives.
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The New Makers of Modern Strategy

From the Ancient World to the Digital Age

by John Bew, Lawrence Freedman, Walter Russell Mead, Toshi Yoshihara, Matthew Kroenig, Hew Strachan, John H. Maurer, Michael Cotey Morgan, James Lacey, Eric Helleiner, Jonathan Kirshner, Iskander Rehman, Matt J. Schumann, Michael V. Leggiere, Charles Edel, Kori Schake, Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh, Sarah C. M. Paine, Priya Satia, Margaret MacMillan, Williamson Murray, Robert Kagan, Tami Biddle, Brendan Simms, Francis Gavin, Daniel Marston, Guy Laron, Tanvi Madan, Sergey Radchenko, Thomas G. Mahnken, Christopher J. Griffin, Dmitry Adamsky, Carter Malkasian, Ahmed S. Hashim, Elizabeth Economy, Seth G. Jones, Sue Mi Terry, Jason K. Stearns, Joshua Rovner, Thomas Rid, John Lewis Gaddis, Eric Edelman, Andrew Ehrhardt, Mark Moyar, Antulio Echevarria ...

The essential resource on military and political strategy and the making of the modern worldThe New Makers of Modern Strategy is the next generation of the definitive work on strategy and the key figures who have shaped the theory and practice of war and statecraft throughout the centuries. Featuring entirely new entries by a who’s who of world-class scholars, this new edition provides global, ... Read more

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The essential resource on military and political strategy and the making of the modern worldThe New Makers of Modern Strategy is the next generation of the definitive work on strategy and the key figures who have shaped the theory and practice of war and statecraft throughout the centuries. Featuring entirely new entries by a who’s who of world-class scholars, this new edition provides global,
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50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die vol: 3 (2024 Edition)

by Friedrich Nietzsche, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Henry Rider Haggard, Plato, John Cleland, Wilkie Collins, Margaret Cavendish, Elizabeth Gaskell, Lucius Apuleius, Marcus Aurelius, Victor Hugo, Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Daniel Defoe, Alexandre Dumas, Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, Charles Dickens, G.K. Chesterton, David Herbert Lawrence, Jack London, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Grant Allen, Dale Carnegie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Shelley, Niccolò Machiavelli, Jane Austen, Joseph Conrad, H.P. Lovecraft ...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names- What's Bred in the Bone [Grant Allen]- The Golden Ass [Lucius Apuleius]- Meditations [Marcus Aurelius]- Northanger Abbey [Jane Austen]- Lady Susan par [Jane Austen]- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [Lyman Frank Baum]- The Art of Public Speaking [Dale Breckenridge Carnegie]- The Blazing World [Margaret Cavendish]- The ... Read more

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This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names- What's Bred in the Bone [Grant Allen]- The Golden Ass [Lucius Apuleius]- Meditations [Marcus Aurelius]- Northanger Abbey [Jane Austen]- Lady Susan par [Jane Austen]- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [Lyman Frank Baum]- The Art of Public Speaking [Dale Breckenridge Carnegie]- The Blazing World [Margaret Cavendish]- The
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Spaced Out

Baby's Final LSD Trip

by Don Canaan, Tessa Osborne ...

Narrated by Daniel Francis ...

Unabridged

2 hours 12 min

We first meet Baby, a 10-year-old Jewish boy, abused by his mother, when he learns that his GI father has been killed in Europe during a World War II battle.This shocking news, as well as the Nazi extermination of six million Jews, transforms Baby's quest to one involving alcohol, LSD, and murder. This drug-induced euphoria continues to haunt him and his search for love because wherever he goes.. ... Read more

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We first meet Baby, a 10-year-old Jewish boy, abused by his mother, when he learns that his GI father has been killed in Europe during a World War II battle.This shocking news, as well as the Nazi extermination of six million Jews, transforms Baby's quest to one involving alcohol, LSD, and murder. This drug-induced euphoria continues to haunt him and his search for love because wherever he goes..
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