The traditional mythology of the West is dominated by male images: the fur trader, the Mountie, the missionary, the miner, the cowboy, the politician, the Chief. Unsettled Pasts: Reconceiving the West claims to re-examine the West...
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- Author:Carter, SarahSummary:
- Author:Gray, Murray R.Summary:
"The emphasis throughout is to link the fundamentals of the molecules through to the economic drivers for the industry, because this combination determines the technology used for processing."-From the Introduction The high...
- Author:Blaine, Janice, Laycraft, AdriaSummary:
The stories in this anthology are ripe with magic of new beginnings and will change the way you look at life, forever. Psychologist Carl Jung once suggested that an archetype will reappear in a new form to redress imbalances in society...
- Author:Foshay, RaphaelSummary:
The modern university can trace its roots to Kant's call for enlightened self-determination, with education aiming to produce an informed and responsible body of citizens. As the university evolved, specialized areas of investigation...
- Author:Kilpatrick, NancySummary:
Award-winning author Nancy Kilpatrick unlocks the crypt's door to reveal the Undead as you've never experienced them -- merciless, sensuous, intelligent, loving and cruel. The short stories and novellas in Vampyric Variations...
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- Author:Bell, E.C.Summary:
Tout ce que Marie désire, c’est une vie normale. Toutefois, les astres ne s’alignent pas en sa faveur.
- Author:Taylor, CoraSummary:
Victoria Callihoo was born before Canada was a nation, and was a grandmother by the time Alberta became a province. She traveled with her family on the buffalo hunt on a Red River cart when the herds were so numerous they resembled a...
- Author:Irie, KevinSummary:
Viewing Tom Thomson, A Minority Report explores the possibilities in poems sometimes personal, sometimes public, in which this iconic painter emerges as a source of inspiration, intrigue, admiration, and ire. Technically, a minority...
- Author:Montes Garces, Elizabeth, Rocha, Carolina, University Of Calgary PressSummary:
Why has violence been a predominant topic in contemporary Argentine film and literature? What conclusions can be drawn from the dissemination of violent images and narratives that depict violence in Argentina? In Argentina, the problem...
- Author:Wall, KathleenSummary:
Visible Cities prompts readers to reconsider their relationship to the landscapes of cities. Poems explore streets in cities all over the world, while the photographs find beauty in back lanes, observe people taking their coffee breaks...
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- Author:Bennett, Colin J.Summary:
"Nombre de Canadiens savent que les organismes du gouvernement s’adonnent à de la surveillance de masse en utilisant les données téléphoniques et électroniques. Néanmoins, peu d’entre eux sont réellement conscients de l’influence...
- Author:Koller, KatherineSummary:
The sound of the wind across a Prairie field, the smell of grass on the first day of spring, the vocalization of birds in the early morning woods, the silence of the lake at night interrupted by call of the loon – these are...
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- Author:Cullum, J. A.Summary:
An opulent novel of racial and religious tensions, politics, deceit, passion and of course, magic! In a world divided by nine races, humanity struggles to remain independent against the shape-shifter races who would enslave it. In...
- Author:Koth, Karl B.Summary:
Waking the Dictator: Veracruz, the Struggle for Federalism and the Mexican Revolution, 1870-1927 is a study of federalism in late-nineteenth-century Veracruz State. It is also a politico-military analysis and an evaluation of social-...
- Author:Dege, WilhelmSummary:
Obtaining weather data was vital for military operations in Northwestern Europe during World War II. In an effort to secure this data, the German Navy and Air Force secretly established manned weather stations in East Greenland,...
- Author:Galler-Smith, Barbara, Langston, JoshSummary:
The final book of the DRUIDS trilogy tells a tumultuous tale of the Druidic battle to save their tribes, to protect their children and to preserved their culture, as the brutal soldiers of Julius Caesar’s army invades their...
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Water Rites: Reimagining Water in the West brings together artists, activists, conservation groups, and scholars to illuminate the diverse issues surrounding water in Alberta. Examining the human right to water, the effects of resource...