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Heroism in the 19th and early 20th centuries is synonymous with military endeavours, imperial adventures and the 'great men of history'. There was, however, another prominent and influential strand of the idea which has, until now, been largely overlooked. This book seeks to address this oversight and establish new avenues of study by revealing and examining 'everyday' heroism; acts of life-risking bravery, undertaken by otherwise ordinary individuals, largely in the course of their daily lives and within quotidian surroundings.

Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, John Price...

Travis "Cream City" Bridges is a high school basketball star and the first-round draft pick of the Milwaukee Bucks. He's also black. So when he is accused of the murder of a white female classmate, the city explodes with racial hysteria. There's rioting in the streets, and a young boy is shot and killed in the confusion. Milwaukee is ready to implode.

It's up to defense attorney Sydney Hirsch to defend Travis, and she must unravel the chain of events leading to the murder. But then Travis's best friend, Vince, apparently commits suicide, and Sydney uncovers a secret that could...

The biggest block to success in the stock market is unconscious investing, or following the crowd without asking the right questions such as: "What is it really worth?" Even more fundamental is: "What rate of return can I confidently expect to get?" Without having the methods to answer these questions is like trying to sail a boat without a rudder.

The Conscious Investor covers each of the main methods used to calculate value or return in the stock market, along with descriptions...

Price s journey toward a conscious commitment to place takes him to some of America s largest...

Colony to nation? Isolationism to internationalism? WASP society to a multicultural Canada? Focusing on imperial conflicts in the Pacific, Orienting Canada disrupts these familiar narratives in Canadian history by tracing the relationship between racism and Canadian foreign policy.

Grounded in transnationalism and anti-racist theory, this book reassesses critical transpacific incidents, including Vancouver's riots of 1907, the Chinese head tax, the wars in the pacific from 1937 to 1945, the internment of Japanese-Canadians, and Canada's significant role in consolidating the US...