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The Frontier of Patriotism

Alberta and the First World War

by David Borys, Juliette Champagne, Brett Clifton, Catherine C. Cole, Rory Cory, Duff Crerar, Michael Dawe, L. James Dempsey, Antonella Fanella, Alvin Finkel, Ryan Flavelle, David Gallant, Stephen Greenhalgh, Jarett Henderson, Mark Osborne Humphries, Chris Hyland, Kathryn Ivany, Allan Kerr, Norman Knowles, J. Whitney Lackenbauer, Robert Lampard, Michale Lang, Kassandra Luciuk, Rod McLeod, John Matthews, Peter McKenzie-Brown, Sean Moir, Patricia Myers, Allan Rowe, Robert Rutherdale, Amy Shaw, Donald J. Smith, Paul Stortz, Doug Styles, Ken Tingley, Aritha van Herk, Donald G. Wetherell, Anthony Worman ...

Series Book 6 - Beyond Boundaries: Canadian Defence and Strategic Studies
With the centenary of the First World War, communities across Canada arranged commemorations of the war experience to honour local servicemen who, through their triumphs and sacrifices, were presented as laying the foundation for a free and independent country. Often overlooked are the triumphs and sacrifices of those who supported those soldiers, and the war effort in general, back at home. The ... Read more

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With the centenary of the First World War, communities across Canada arranged commemorations of the war experience to honour local servicemen who, through their triumphs and sacrifices, were presented as laying the foundation for a free and independent country. Often overlooked are the triumphs and sacrifices of those who supported those soldiers, and the war effort in general, back at home. The
... Read more
Mathematical Thinking and Properties in Architecture

Palladio, Le Corbusier, and Eisenman

by Ju Hyun Lee, Michael J. Dawes, Michael J. Ostwald ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This monograph explores the profound connections between architecture and mathematics through the works of Andrea Palladio, Le Corbusier, and Peter Eisenman. Combining historical insights with computational analyses, it examines the social, spatial, and aesthetic properties of twenty-six iconic designs. Advanced methods such as Space Syntax, isovists, fractal analysis, image segmentation and ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This monograph explores the profound connections between architecture and mathematics through the works of Andrea Palladio, Le Corbusier, and Peter Eisenman. Combining historical insights with computational analyses, it examines the social, spatial, and aesthetic properties of twenty-six iconic designs. Advanced methods such as Space Syntax, isovists, fractal analysis, image segmentation and
... Read more
Social Voices

The Cultural Politics of Singers around the Globe

by Jeff Todd Titon, Ruth Hellier, Anthony Seeger, Treva B. Lindsey, Nancy Guy, Carol Muller, Elijah Wald, Andrew Simon, John Lie0, Eric Lott1, Christina D Abreu2, Carol Silverman3, Michael K Bourdaghs4, Kwame Dawes5, Natalie Sarrazin6, Katherine Meizel7 ...

Singers generating cultural identity from K-Pop to Beverly SillsAround the world and across time, singers and their songs stand at the crossroads of differing politics and perspectives. Levi S. Gibbs edits a collection built around the idea of listening as a political act that produces meaning. Contributors explore a wide range of issues by examining artists like Romani icon Esma Redžepova, Indian ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Singers generating cultural identity from K-Pop to Beverly SillsAround the world and across time, singers and their songs stand at the crossroads of differing politics and perspectives. Levi S. Gibbs edits a collection built around the idea of listening as a political act that produces meaning. Contributors explore a wide range of issues by examining artists like Romani icon Esma Redžepova, Indian
... Read more
The Mathematics of the Modernist Villa

Architectural Analysis Using Space Syntax and Isovists

by Michael J. Ostwald, Michael J. Dawes ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This book presents the first detailed mathematical analysis of the social, cognitive and experiential properties of Modernist domestic architecture.The Modern Movement in architecture, which came to prominence during the first half of the twentieth century, may have been famous for its functional forms and machine-made aesthetic, but it also sought to challenge the way people inhabit, understand ... Read more

$116.99 USD

This book presents the first detailed mathematical analysis of the social, cognitive and experiential properties of Modernist domestic architecture.The Modern Movement in architecture, which came to prominence during the first half of the twentieth century, may have been famous for its functional forms and machine-made aesthetic, but it also sought to challenge the way people inhabit, understand
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The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa

by William Murphy, Victoria de Menil, Theresa Betancourt, Rene Collignon, Andrew Dawes, Michael R. Reich, Seggane Musisi, Zuhayr Kafaar, Shoba Raja, Soroya Seedat, Katherine Sorsdahl, Elialilia S. Okello, Sarah Kippen Wood, Victor Christian Korley Doku, Crick Lund, Pamela Collins, Ursula Read, Bronwyn Meyers, Rita Gillian M. Thom, Guiseppe Raviola, Dan Stein, Vikram Patel, Ama de-Gaft Aikins ...

In many African countries, mental health issues, including the burden of serious mental illness and trauma, have not been adequately addressed. These essays shed light on the treatment of common and chronic mental disorders, including mental illness and treatment in the current climate of economic and political instability, access to health care, access to medicines, and the impact of HIV-AIDS and ... Read more

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In many African countries, mental health issues, including the burden of serious mental illness and trauma, have not been adequately addressed. These essays shed light on the treatment of common and chronic mental disorders, including mental illness and treatment in the current climate of economic and political instability, access to health care, access to medicines, and the impact of HIV-AIDS and
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Race, Education, and Reintegrating Formerly Incarcerated Citizens

Counterstories and Counterspaces

by John R. Chaney, Joni Schwartz, Tiheba Bain, Michael Baston, Michael Carey, Terrance Coffie, Norman Conti, Cory Feldman0, Elaine Frantz1, Tony Gaskew2, Joshua Halberstam3, Davon T. Harris4, Jane MacKillop5, Brian Miller6, Paul J. Schwartz7, Dwayne Simpson8, Timothy Stater9, Carlyle Van Thompson0, Colleen P. Eren1, Joserichsen Mondesir2, Michael Holzman3 ...

Series series Critical Perspectives on Race, Crime, and Justice
This timely, readable text offers an authoritative and balanced analysis of how racially driven policies in America impact post release education as a leading pathway to social reintegration. Compelling research findings from an assemblage of college faculty, seasoned administrators, and criminal justice professionals are interwoven with first-person narratives from formerly incarcerated ... Read more

$42.99 USD

This timely, readable text offers an authoritative and balanced analysis of how racially driven policies in America impact post release education as a leading pathway to social reintegration. Compelling research findings from an assemblage of college faculty, seasoned administrators, and criminal justice professionals are interwoven with first-person narratives from formerly incarcerated
... Read more
Dialogues with Michael Eigen

Psyche Singing

by Michael Eigen ...

Series series Relational Perspectives Book Series
Dialogues with Michael Eigen spans 20 years of diverse interviews and interactions with the acclaimed psychologist Michael Eigen, including interlocutors from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Sweden, Israel, and the United States, published together for the first time.This book explores the importance of soul reveries, psychoanalytic "prayers", and cultivation of psychoanalytic "faith" in Eigen ... Read more

$57.99 USD

Dialogues with Michael Eigen spans 20 years of diverse interviews and interactions with the acclaimed psychologist Michael Eigen, including interlocutors from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Sweden, Israel, and the United States, published together for the first time.This book explores the importance of soul reveries, psychoanalytic "prayers", and cultivation of psychoanalytic "faith" in Eigen
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Watch That Ends the Night, The

Voices from the Titanic

by Allan Wolf ...

Narrated by Michael Page, Phil Gigante, Angela Dawe, Christopher Lane, Laural Merlington ...

Unabridged

10 hours 11 min

Arrogance and innocence, hubris and hope—twenty-four haunting voices of the Titanic tragedy, as well as the iceberg itself, are evoked in a stunning tour de force.Millionaire John Jacob Astor hopes to bring home his pregnant teen bride with a minimum of media scandal. A beautiful Lebanese refugee, on her way to family in Florida, discovers the first stirrings of love. And an ancient iceberg glides ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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Arrogance and innocence, hubris and hope—twenty-four haunting voices of the Titanic tragedy, as well as the iceberg itself, are evoked in a stunning tour de force.Millionaire John Jacob Astor hopes to bring home his pregnant teen bride with a minimum of media scandal. A beautiful Lebanese refugee, on her way to family in Florida, discovers the first stirrings of love. And an ancient iceberg glides
... Read more

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Side Effects

by Michael Palmer ...

Narrated by Angela Dawe ...

Unabridged

9 hours 47 min

Kate Bennett. A bright hospital pathologist with a loving husband and a solid future. Until one day her world turns dark. A strange, puzzling illness has killed two women. Now it endangers Kate's closest friend. Soon it will threaten Kate's marriage. Her sanity. Her life. Kate has uncovered a horrifying secret. Important people will stop at nothing to protect it. It is a terrifying medical ... Read more

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Kate Bennett. A bright hospital pathologist with a loving husband and a solid future. Until one day her world turns dark. A strange, puzzling illness has killed two women. Now it endangers Kate's closest friend. Soon it will threaten Kate's marriage. Her sanity. Her life. Kate has uncovered a horrifying secret. Important people will stop at nothing to protect it. It is a terrifying medical
... Read more
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Return to Sender

by Fern Michaels ...

Narrated by Angela Dawe ...

Unabridged

8 hours 46 min

A single mother targets the man who abandoned her years ago in a “heartbreaking, suspenseful, and tender” novel by the New York Times-bestselling author (Booklist).At seventeen, Rosalind "Lin" Townsend found herself pregnant and alone. Her deeply religious father threw her out of the house, and Nick Pemberton, her baby's father, refused to marry her. Yet even at the lowest point in her life, Lin ... Read more

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A single mother targets the man who abandoned her years ago in a “heartbreaking, suspenseful, and tender” novel by the New York Times-bestselling author (Booklist).At seventeen, Rosalind "Lin" Townsend found herself pregnant and alone. Her deeply religious father threw her out of the house, and Nick Pemberton, her baby's father, refused to marry her. Yet even at the lowest point in her life, Lin
... Read more

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Return to Sender

by Fern Michaels ...

Narrated by Angela Dawe ...

Abridged

4 hours 52 min

At seventeen, Rosalind "Lin" Townsend found herself pregnant and alone. Her deeply religious father threw her out of the house, and Nick Pemberton, her baby's father, refused to marry her. Yet even at the lowest point in her life, Lin vowed to succeed on her own terms, and to give her son, Will, all the love and happiness she'd been denied.Nineteen years later, Lin has made good on her promises, ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

At seventeen, Rosalind "Lin" Townsend found herself pregnant and alone. Her deeply religious father threw her out of the house, and Nick Pemberton, her baby's father, refused to marry her. Yet even at the lowest point in her life, Lin vowed to succeed on her own terms, and to give her son, Will, all the love and happiness she'd been denied.Nineteen years later, Lin has made good on her promises,
... Read more

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Silent Treatment

by Michael Palmer ...

Narrated by George Guidall ...

Unabridged

14 hours 55 min

In his five bestselling novels, from The Sisterhood to Natural Causes, physician Michael Palmer has drawn on years of firsthand emergency-room experience to create the drama of a frighteningly authentic world—a world where the line between medicine and murder is scalpel-thin. Now, in his most harrowing suspense novel yet, Palmer reveals how the power to heal can become a license to kill. …With his ... Read more

$24.99 USD

In his five bestselling novels, from The Sisterhood to Natural Causes, physician Michael Palmer has drawn on years of firsthand emergency-room experience to create the drama of a frighteningly authentic world—a world where the line between medicine and murder is scalpel-thin. Now, in his most harrowing suspense novel yet, Palmer reveals how the power to heal can become a license to kill. …With his
... Read more

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