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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
... Read more
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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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, 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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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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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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Los CRÍMENES AZULES

by Enrique Laso ...

Narrated by Daniel Francis ...

Unabridged

10 hours 2 min

UNA MAGNÍFICA NOVELA POLICÍACA. AGARRE DE PRINCIPIO A FIN."Y así continúa Enrique's THE BLUE CRIMES y la forma en que coloca a Ethan Bush y al equipo en la resolución del crimen es tensa, suspenso y en todo momento involucrado. Esta es la escritura de misterio de calidad por una voz nueva para la mayoría de nosotros - una adición bienvenida al género de suspenso'Grady Harp, Top-100 Revisor / Salón ... Read more

$35.72 CAD

UNA MAGNÍFICA NOVELA POLICÍACA. AGARRE DE PRINCIPIO A FIN."Y así continúa Enrique's THE BLUE CRIMES y la forma en que coloca a Ethan Bush y al equipo en la resolución del crimen es tensa, suspenso y en todo momento involucrado. Esta es la escritura de misterio de calidad por una voz nueva para la mayoría de nosotros - una adición bienvenida al género de suspenso'Grady Harp, Top-100 Revisor / Salón
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The Quiet Island

by Mo de la Fuente ...

Narrated by Daniel Francis ...

Unabridged

7 hours 4 min

As dawn breaks, the usual calm of a tiny quiet Mediterranean island is shattered by the news. A teenage girl has gone missing. Inspector Villanueva, temporarily transferred to the island, and sub-inspector Esteller must fight against the elements, the lack of resources, and their own demons to solve the mystery of what happened in a place where nothing ever does. ... Read more

$28.84 CAD

As dawn breaks, the usual calm of a tiny quiet Mediterranean island is shattered by the news. A teenage girl has gone missing. Inspector Villanueva, temporarily transferred to the island, and sub-inspector Esteller must fight against the elements, the lack of resources, and their own demons to solve the mystery of what happened in a place where nothing ever does.
... Read more
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

$2.99 CAD

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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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..
... Read more
Intellectual Property, Innovation and Economic Inequality

Edited by Daniel Benoliel, Peter K. Yu, Francis Gurry, Keun Lee ...

While growing disparities in wealth and income are well-documented across the globe, the role of intellectual property rights is often overlooked. This volume brings together leading commentators from around the world to interrogate the interrelationship between intellectual property and economic inequality. Interdisciplinary and globally oriented by design, the book features economists, legal ... Read more

$123.99 CAD

While growing disparities in wealth and income are well-documented across the globe, the role of intellectual property rights is often overlooked. This volume brings together leading commentators from around the world to interrogate the interrelationship between intellectual property and economic inequality. Interdisciplinary and globally oriented by design, the book features economists, legal
... Read more
The Jesuits and Globalization

Historical Legacies and Contemporary Challenges

by Thomas Banchoff, José Casanova, M. Antoni J. Ucerler, Francis X. Clooney, Daniel A. Madigan, Aliocha Maldavsky, Sabina Pavone, John T. McGreevy, John O'Malley0, David Hollenbach1, Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer2, John Joseph Puthenkalam3, Drew Rau4, Peter Balleis5 ...

The Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits, is the most successful and enduring global missionary enterprise in history. Founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1540, the Jesuit order has preached the Gospel, managed a vast educational network, and shaped the Catholic Church, society, and politics in all corners of the earth. Rather than offering a global history of the Jesuits or a linear ... Read more

$38.49 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits, is the most successful and enduring global missionary enterprise in history. Founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1540, the Jesuit order has preached the Gospel, managed a vast educational network, and shaped the Catholic Church, society, and politics in all corners of the earth. Rather than offering a global history of the Jesuits or a linear
... Read more

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