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  • Cities of the Dead

    Circum-Atlantic Performance

    by Joseph Roach ...
    In the early eighteenth century, a delegation of Iroquois visited Britain, exciting the imagination of the London crowds with images of the “feathered people” and warlike “Mohocks.” Today, performing in a popular Afrodiasporic tradition, “Mardi Gras Indians” or “Black Masking Indians” take to the streets of New Orleans at carnival time and for weeks thereafter, parading in handmade “suits” ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Cities of the Dead

    Circum-Atlantic Performance

    by Joseph Roach ...
    In the early eighteenth century, a delegation of Iroquois visited Britain, exciting the imagination of the London crowds with images of the “feathered people” and warlike “Mohocks.” Today, performing in a popular Afrodiasporic tradition, “Mardi Gras Indians” or “Black Masking Indians” take to the streets of New Orleans at carnival time and for weeks thereafter, parading in handmade “suits” ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Changing the Subject

    Marvin Carlson and Theatre Studies 1959-2009

    Edited by Joseph Roach ...
    The new field of theatre studies changed rapidly in the post-World War II, post-Sputnik expansion of higher education, driven by the expressive urgencies of the baby boom and the ferment of the revolutionary 1960s. Internationally focused, communicatively multilingual, and culturally provocative, theatre lent itself particularly well to the agendas of many constituencies, some of them violently ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

  • Vital Issues in the Inerrancy Debate

    Edited by F. David Farnell, Norman L. Geisler, Joseph M. Holden, William C. Roach, Phil Fernandes ...
    The inerrancy of God's Word has been attacked throughout church history. Today's assaults are unique since neo-evangelicals now surrender to post-modernistic ideas of history and historical-critical ideologies that assault this vital doctrine. They seek to redefine the orthodox meaning of inerrancy. Since the signing of the Chicago Statements, troubling signs have once again appeared in recent ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Very Thought of Herbert Blau

    by Clark Lunberry, Joseph Roach ...
    Herbert Blau (1926–2013) was the most influential theater theorist, practitioner, and educator of his generation. He was the leading American interpreter of the works of Samuel Beckett and as a director was instrumental in introducing works of the European avant-garde to American audiences. He was also one of the most far-reaching and thoughtful American theorists of theater and performance, and ... Read more

    $65.99 CAD

  • A Cultural History of Hair in the Age of Enlightenment

    Edited by Margaret K. Powell, Joseph Roach ...
    Series series The Cultural Histories Series
    Hair, or lack of it, is one the most significant identifiers of individuals in any society. In Antiquity, the power of hair to send a series of social messages was no different. This volume covers nearly a thousand years of history, from Archaic Greece to the end of the Roman Empire, concentrating on what is now Europe, North Africa, and the Near East. Among the key issues identified by its ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Acting for Freedom

    Fifty Years of Civil Liberties in Canada

    by Marian Botsford Fraser, Joseph Boyden ...
    The Canadian Civil Liberties Association celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with this overview of its activities--sometimes quiet and sometimes strident--as a watchdog and safeguard for Canadians and their rights as citizens. Through a series of discussions and interviews, a picture of Canada over the last half-century evolves. From the Charter of Freedoms to life and death matters such as ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Time Bomb

    Canada and the First Nations

    by Douglas L. Bland ...
    Series Book 2 - Point of View
    A look at how a major confrontation between Canada and the First Nations could erupt, and how it might be prevented.There are few greater tragedies than a war waged by a society against itself. As Time Bomb shows, a catastrophic confrontation between Canada’s so-called “settler” and First Nations communities is not only feasible, it is, in theory, inevitable. Grievances, prejudice, and other ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Forced to Change

    Crisis and Reform in the Canadian Armed Forces

    by Colonel Bernd Horn, Dr. Bill Bentley ...
    Undeniably, the 1990s were a period of crisis for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). Drastic budget reductions and a series of endless scandals all collided to form the perfect storm. The outcome of this was nothing short of the implosion of the Canadian Armed Forces Officer Corps.Stripped by the government of the right to regulate itself, the Officer Corps, which represented the nation’s stewards ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Food Junkies

    The Truth About Food Addiction

    by Vera Tarman ...
    A fact-filled guide to coping with compulsive overeating problems by an experienced addictions doctor who draws on many patients’ stories of recovery.Overeating, binge eating, obesity, anorexia, and bulimia: Food Junkies tackles the complex, poorly understood issue of food addiction from the perspectives of a medical researcher and dozens of survivors. What exactly is food addiction? Is it ... Read more

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  • Irresponsible Government

    The Decline of Parliamentary Democracy in Canada

    by Brent Rathgeber ...
    Series Book 1 - Point of View
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