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Assessing the legacy of Canada's twentieth prime ministerAssessing the legacy of Canada's twentieth prime ministerAbout the AuthorLois Harder is associate professor, political science, University of Alberta.Steve Patten is associate professor, political...

Pays homage to a remarkable woman and her enormous span of activities, both academic and governmentalPays homage to a remarkable woman and her enormous span of activities, both academic and governmentalAbout the AuthorCABook InformationISBN...

Hughes gives moving details about his life, from his time in England as a child while his father was in action in France during World War I, to time abroad in the army during World War II, to events during his twenty-six-year tenure on the bench. His...

After authoring the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the request of Eleanor Roosevelt, he shepherded the Declaration project through to its completion in 1948. He was involved in the development of the various human rights...

Brother Men is the first published collection of private letters of Edgar Rice Burroughs, the phenomenally successful author of adventure, fantasy, and science fiction tales, including the Tarzan series. The correspondence presented here is Burroughs's...

Immediately after the Holocaust, it seemed inconceivable that a Jewish community would rebuild in Germany. What was once unimaginable has now come to pass: Germany is home to one of Europe's most vibrant Jewish communities, and it has the fastest growing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780757313608Author Roger Dean KiserFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Health CommunicationsPublisher Health Communications

William G. Anlyan, a dedicated doctor and gifted administrator, was a leader in the transformation of Duke University Hospital from a regional medical center into one of America's foremost biomedical research and educational institutions. Anlyan's...

The daunting adversities faced by a Belarusian refugee who found himself at the crossroads of history and geographyThe daunting adversities faced by a Belarusian refugee who found himself at the crossroads of history and geographyAbout the AuthorInge V...

His appointment as archbishop coincided with the Second Vatican Council (1962-65). Inspired by the Vatican sessions he attended, he strove for the spiritual renewal of the people of his diocese, becoming a clear and constant voice of the Church in...

A rich, anecdotal memoir that adds a personal dimension to the major events in recent Quebec historyA rich, anecdotal memoir that adds a personal dimension to the major events in recent Quebec historyAbout the AuthorAlex K. Paterson is co-chair, McGill...

From the preface: "Stephen Leacock is still often regarded as a writer of lightweight amusements and unchallenging satire, as an author without an imaginative centre who lacked a vision of sufficient power and clarity to sustain a lifetime of serious...

When Charles Clarke settled in Elora, Ontario, in 1848 he joined the ranks of the province's radical reformers, becoming a vigorous critic of everything in Canada that smacked of the old regime - rank, privilege, and monopoly - and an enthusiastic...

Subcommander Marcos made his debut on the world stage on January 1, 1994, the day the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect. At dawn, from a town-hall balcony he announced that the Zapatista Army of National Liberation had seized several towns...

This reader collects sixty of the personal essays, critical articles, and other seminal works of Addison Gayle Jr., one of the most influential figures in African American literary criticism and a key pioneer in the Black Arts/Black Aesthetic Movement...

'Without football,we were strangers under the same roof. With it, we were father and son.'Longlisted for the 2012 William Hill Sports Book of the Year, Hamilton tells of how he was inspired by his father's devotion to Newcastle United and the heroes of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616204228Author Isabel VincentFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Algonquin BooksPublisher Algonquin BooksDimensions(mm) 177mm * 127mm * 16mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955257506Author Lynda Mary CantorFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Lynda CantorPublisher Lynda Cantor

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859651400Author Dave ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd

A study of Richard III that looks behind the myths to present a accurate picture of the man. This also looks at why he has remained an enigma for so long.Book InformationISBN 9780750914796Author Keith DockrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Sutton...

Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner first crossed paths as actors on the set of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Little did they know that their next roles, in a new science-fiction television series called Star Trek, would shape their lives in ways no one could...

This anthology of quotations is a selection of reflections about each year of life by a wide range of authors, including American and Continental writers, though without trying to do justice to Oriental concepts of ageing and wisdom which reflect a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780091897864Author Andrew CollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Time Out Group LtdPublisher Crimson PublishingWeight(grams) 356g

The First World War Diaries of Manchester Pals Captain Charlie May - written and kept in secret and published now for the first time. A born storyteller, Charlie May's vivid eye for detail and warm good humour brings his experience in the trenches (and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780810935822Author RoseLee GoldbergFormat HardbackPage Count 204Imprint Harry N. Abrams, Inc.Publisher AbramsWeight(grams) 1247g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911505679Author Enton BarefootFormat PaperbackPage Count 179Imprint Goldcrest Books Int LtdPublisher Goldcrest Books Int Ltd

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Placed under house arrest for almost 15 years, Aung San Suu Kyi has become the symbol of peaceful opposition to her country's military government. With her non-violent activism and passion for freedom and human rights, she follows in the footsteps of...

Celia Birtwell is one of Britain's best-known, best-loved designers. She is an iconic figure on the global arts scene. This lavish, multi-layered book - the first to be published on Celia - delves into her work and eventful life. The book conjures up all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842890226Author Jonathan CroallFormat PaperbackPage Count 221Imprint Pomegranate BooksPublisher Pomegranate BooksDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 18mm

On breaking open the Berlin Bunker on May 2, 1945, Soviet troops captured two of Adolf Hitler's closest associates: his personal valet, Heinz Linge, and his SS adjutant, Otto Guensche - who had just disposed of the bodies of Hitler and Eva Braun.On...

The one where I become a mother...Charlotte Crosby is a woman of many talents - reality TV star, Celebrity Big Brother winner, businesswoman extraordinaire, Mastermind contestant - and now a mam!In the six years since her last memoir, the number 1 Sunday...

"Growing Up in the Gorbals" describes Ralph Glasser's impoverished childhood and adolescence in Glasgow's slum tenements. "Gorbals Boy at Oxford" takes him, with a scholarship, to Oxford; into the army; and back to wartime Oxford. With "Gorbals Voices",...

Ashley Jackson, has had an extremely distinctive and illustrious life in the world of art. Since opening his first gallery back in 1963, he has become one of the country's leading and most successful landscape watercolourists. His unique evocative and...

Jade Goody is Big Brother's greatest success story and one of the hottest properties on the celebrity scene today. She is "Heat Magazine's" best-selling cover-girl, and she continues to boost-ratings on TV whenever she steps in front of the camera. Her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781553956556Author Leonard J. GillFormat PaperbackPage Count 157Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford Publishing

Malachy McCourt grew up in Limerick amid death, squalor, poverty and abuse. When he went to America as a young man, he took with him a gargantuan appetite for what life has to offer - and an equal drive to forget what it had delivered so far. In "A Monk...

The British Army's SAS - the Special Air Service - is recognized as one of the world's premier special operations units. During the Gulf War, deep behind Iraqi lines, an SAS team was compromised. A fierce firefight ensued, and the eight men were forced...

Born Maurice Micklewhite, son of a Billingsgate fish porter and a charlady, Michael Caine's life has been an extraordinary rollercoaster: from washing dishes and fighting on National Service, to winning two Oscars and being knighted by the Queen. With...

'AN EXCEPTIONAL READ' - Motor Cycle News'STUART BARKER IS TO WRITING WHAT VALENTINO ROSSI IS TO RIDING [...] A MUST-READ FOR ALL BIKE NUTS' - DAILY MIRROR'At high speed everything becomes more difficult and more beautiful. When you're racing at 180mph,...