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  • Cultivating Transformative Reconciliation

    Are TRC Processes Enough?

    Edited by Line Merethe Skum, John Klaasen, Bernd Krukpa, Ray Aldred ...
    Are Truth and Reconciliation Commission processes enough to achieve reconciliation? This volume discusses issues that arise once the task of reconciliation emanates from the limited scope of a specific Truth and Reconciliation Commission and into the larger society and political system that originated it. Scholars spanning several research fields, from law to history to theology, discuss how ... Read more

    $43.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Intrepid Warriors

    Perspectives on Canadian Military Leaders

    Edited by Colonel Bernd Horn ...
    Command and leadership are very personal endeavours. The manner in which an individual commands others and exercises leadership speaks more to the character and personality of the individual in question than it does to the concept of command or leadership in and of themselves.Intrepid Warriors takes an intimate look at a number of Canada’s finest military commanders and leaders during the crucible ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nocturnal Animals

    by Bernd Heinrich, PhD, Kelli L. Hicks ...
    Series series Learn about Animal Behavior
    How do over-sized eyes help tarsiers see at night? How do bats find food in the dark? These nocturnal animals have some fascinating ways to survive in the dark. Discover the amazing things nocturnal animals do when the sun goes down. ... Read more

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  • German Soldiers in the Great War

    Letters and Eyewitness Accounts

    Edited by Bernd Ulrich, Benjamin Ziemann ...
    The first English translation of writings that capture the lives and thoughts of German soldiers fighting in the trenches and on the battlefields of WWI.German Soldiers in the Great War is a vivid selection of firsthand accounts and other wartime documents that shed new light on the experiences of German frontline soldiers during the First World War. It reveals in authentic detail the perceptions ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mechanisms in World and Mind

    Perspective Dualism, Systems Theory, Neuroscience, Reductive Physicalism

    by Bernd Lindemann ...
    The topic of the reduction of mental processes to biophysical mechanisms touches at the core of the mindbody problem, a puzzle in the philosophy of mind since the days of Descartes. This book is about philosophical aspects of neuroscience, centred on perspective dualism. The topic unfolds in the discussion of mechanisms in world and mind. Neuronal mechanisms of differing complexity are described ... Read more

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  • Animal Hibernation

    by Bernd Heinrich, PhD, Jeanie Mebane ...
    Series series Learn about Animal Behavior
    Why do aquatic frogs spend the winter buried in mud? Why to garter snakes coil together in dens? Animals hibernate in some unique ways. Discover the amazing ways hibernating animals spend the winter. ... Read more

    $29.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Loyal Service

    Perspectives on French-Canadian Military Leaders

    Edited by Colonel Bernd Horn, Roch Legault ...
    French Canadians have a long, proud history of serving their nation. From the earliest beginnings, French Canadians assisted in carving out and defending the nascent country. They were critical as defenders and as allies against hostile Natives and competing European powers. In the aftermath of the conquest, they continued, albeit under a different flag, to defend Canada. Loyal Service examines ... Read more

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  • Warrior Chiefs

    Perspectives on Senior Canadian Military Leaders

    Edited by Colonel Bernd Horn, Stephen Harris ...
    They were the men who led our nation in war and peace. In world wars, they were the steady hands guiding our forces to victory; in peacekeeping, they helped to establish and preserve order. Over the years they have helped the Canadian Forces to become one of the proudest militaries in the world.Warrior Chiefs: Perspectives on Senior Canadian Military Leaders is the first book of a two-part series ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Military Leadership Handbook

    Edited by Robert W. Walker, Colonel Bernd Horn ...
    In the simplest of terms, leadership is about influencing people to achieve an objective that is important to the leader, the group, and the organization. It is the human element -- leading, motivating, and inspiring, particularly during times of crisis, chaos, and complexity when directives, policy statements, and communiques have little effect on cold, exhausted, and stressed followers. Strong ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • No Easy Task

    Fighting in Afghanistan

    Edited by Colonel Bernd Horn, Dr. Emily Spencer ...
    Afghanistan has long been considered the graveyard of empires. Throughout their history, Afghans have endured the ravages of foreign invaders, from marauding hordes and imperial armies to global superpowers, while demonstrating a fierce independence and strong resistance to outside occupiers. Those who have ventured into Afghanistan with notions of controlling its people have soon discovered that ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Perspectives on the Canadian Way of War

    Serving the National Interest

    by Colonel Bernd Horn ...
    Contrary to popular opinion, this nation has always consciously and consistently utilized military force to further its security, as well as its economic and political well-being. Despite the best of intentions to aid others, the reality is that military force has most often been used to serve the national interest in ways that were not always altruistic but rather to serve practical political ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Taming Fruit

    How Orchards Have Transformed the Land, Offered Sanctuary and Inspired Creativity

    by Bernd Brunner ...
    Translated by Lori Lantz ...
    A captivating cultural and scientific history of orchards, for readers of Michael Pollan's The Botany of Desire and Mark Kurlansky’s Salt.Throughout history, orchards have nourished both body and soul: they are sites for worship and rest, inspiration for artists and writers, and places for people to gather. In Taming Fruit, award-winning writer Bernd Brunner interweaves evocative illustrations ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus