Lumières Sur Les Forces de l'Ombre: Une Perspective Canadienne Sur Les Forces d'Opérations Spéciales
ISBN: 9781550026962 / Francuski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Les Forces d'operations speciales (SOF) n'ont jamais fait partie integrante des capacites militaires du Canada. Des unites speciales ont certes existe a certaines periodes de notre histoire, mais elles ont toujours oeuvre dans l'ombre, a la limite de la reconnaissance. Elles ont presque toujours ete marginalisees. Cependant, la tragique attaque lancee par des terroristes sur les tours jumelles du World Trade Center a New York, le 11 septembre 2001, a considerablement modifie leur image. Les SOF sont devenues depuis des forces de premier plan. Les essais qui forment cet ouvrage... Les Forces d'operations speciales (SOF) n'ont jamais fait partie integrante des capacites militaires du Canada. Des unites speciales ont certes exi... |
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166,11 zł |
The Klondike Quest: A Photographic Essay 1897-1899
ISBN: 9781550464535 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The most photographed event in America during the 19th century. More than 10,000 images reside in public archives and private collections, depicting every aspect of what popular historian Pierre Berton has called "one of the strangest mass movements in history." For this book, Berton selected 200 photographs, some iconic, some touchingly personal, and most previously unpublished. The Klondike Quest brings to life the panoramic drama of the great stampede for gold as seen by the ordinary gold-seeker. The photographs are beautifully reproduced and informatively... The most photographed event in America during the 19th century. More than 10,000 images reside in public archives and private colle... |
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124,53 zł |
Deny, Deny, Deny (Second Edition): The Rise and Fall of Colin Thatcher
ISBN: 9781552124161 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Not since the trial of Louis Riel in 1885 had Western Canada seen such a courtroom drama. Colin Thatcher, millionaire rancher, son of former Saskatchewan Premier Ross Thatcher, a Member of the Saskatchewan Legislature and a former cabinet minister in his own right, charged with the brutal slaying of his ex-wife JoAnn. A fifteen-month police investigation, capped by a wire-tapped recording of the accused politician in conversation with his accomplice. The battle before the jury entranced the entire nation as the outcome was uncertain to the very end. But the jury rejected Thatcher's...
Not since the trial of Louis Riel in 1885 had Western Canada seen such a courtroom drama. Colin Thatcher, millionaire rancher, son of former Saskatche...
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130,98 zł |
Ape Tantra: My Adventures in the Land of Spirits
ISBN: 9781552125205 / Angielski / Miękka / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ape Tantra is the story of George Berci, later known as Swami Shivanando, a man born as a Jew in Budapest in 1936 to an upper-middle class family. His father died in a punitive regiment for Jews, in Russia. Berci lived in the Budapest ghetto and his mother in a concentration camp. She survived and became a Marxist.
The book talks about Berci's high-school years and developing sexuality, then later, his job on a stud farm and his relationship with horses. In 1956, during the Hungarian Revolution, he escaped to Canada. He continued his work with horses, mingling with the "super-rich" in New... Ape Tantra is the story of George Berci, later known as Swami Shivanando, a man born as a Jew in Budapest in 1936 to an upper-middle class family. His...
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126,82 zł |
Rabbis and Their Community: Studies in the Eastern European Orthodox Rabbinate in Montreal, 1896-1930
ISBN: 9781552381861 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In one of the few studies of the early immigrant Orthodox rabbinate in North America, Ira Robinson has delved into the Jewish community in Montreal in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Rabbis and their Community: Studies in the Eastern European Orthodox Rabbinate in Montreal, 1896-1930, introduces several rabbis who, in various ways, impacted their immediate congregations as well as the wider Montreal Jewish community.
Most studies of the early North American rabbinate focus on only one rabbi. Here, though, Robinson carefully examines the interrelationship among a... In one of the few studies of the early immigrant Orthodox rabbinate in North America, Ira Robinson has delved into the Jewish community in Montreal in...
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209,30 zł |
The USA and Canada 2005
ISBN: 9781857432794 / Angielski / Twarda / 16 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This renowned reference title provides essential statistical and directory material on these vast North American nations and the issues surrounding it. Completely revised and updated, this seventh edition brings together statistical, factual and directory information on these two vast nations and their constituent states, provinces and territories.
It includes: * Over 600 pages of in-depth analysis and thoroughly researched data * Comprehensive geographical, historical, economic and political information * Contributions from acknowledged regional experts Introductory... This renowned reference title provides essential statistical and directory material on these vast North American nations and the issues surrounding it...
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More Faithful Than We Think: Stories and Insights on Canadian Leaders Doing Politics Christianly
ISBN: 9781897213032 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Free from the fetters of the secular media and directly from the Press Gallery in Ottawa, insider Lloyd Mackey shows how Christians in the public square really wrestle with political ideologies and realities. This book is also a clarion and much needed call for Christians to support the unsung labours of Christ's ambassadors on Parliament Hill.
Free from the fetters of the secular media and directly from the Press Gallery in Ottawa, insider Lloyd Mackey shows how Christians in the public squa...
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78,79 zł |
Canadian Peacekeepers in Indochina 1954-1973: Recollections
ISBN: 9780919614963 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a collection of personal reminiscences and first-hand recollections of diplomatic service in war-torn Indochina beginning in the late 1950s with the International Supervisory Commission and concluding with the last days of that terrible and desperate war in Viet Nam. These remarkable essays throw much new light on Canada s foreign policy in the far east, and they also provide us with rare insights into the ill-fated American operations. Contributors range from those who served with ambassadorial rank to those who lent support in more modest capacities."
This is a collection of personal reminiscences and first-hand recollections of diplomatic service in war-torn Indochina beginning in the late 1950s... |
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124,70 zł |
Conformist Kraut to Contentious Canuck: German by Ancestry Canadian by Choice World-Traveller by Vocation
ISBN: 9780595477937 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite a perilous childhood in Nazi Germany and immigration from Germany to Canada in 1951, Herb Duerr finds all but a few things amusing, and he never fails to write about the world as he sees it, based on his extensive travel and fascinating experiences. Following "The Unhyphenated Canuck" and several autobiographical books, Duerr has done it again with stimulating musings and personal adventures that cover fifty years of historical, cultural, and social evolution in the Canadian milieu-just as he lived it. "Conformist Kraut to Contentious Canuck" portrays Duerr's struggle to become...
Despite a perilous childhood in Nazi Germany and immigration from Germany to Canada in 1951, Herb Duerr finds all but a few things amusing, and he nev...
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62,16 zł |
Today and Tomorrow Volume 18 Great Britain, the Empire & America: Columbia, or the Future of Canada Albyn or Scotland and the Future Achates or Canada
ISBN: 9780415463485 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Columbia Or the Future of Canada George Godwin Originally published in 1928 "Deserves grave study." Evening Standard "Indicates aptly that the future of Canada lies with the USA..." Time and Tide In this volume the future of Canada is discussed from political, social and economic standpoints. The possibility of Canada's union with America is also examined. 90pp Albyn Or Scotland and the Future C M Grieve ...Columbia Or the Future of Canada George Godwin Originally published ... |
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752,62 zł |
Fortune, My Foe and Eros at Breakfast
ISBN: 9780889242418 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Robertson Davies has been called the most important Canadian playwright of the postwar period. These two plays from the 1940s prove that great writing and important themes never go out of style.
Robertson Davies has been called the most important Canadian playwright of the postwar period. These two plays from the 1940s prove that great writ... |
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78,96 zł |
Out of the Shadows: Canada in the Second World War
ISBN: 9781550021516 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1977 this accessible general overview of Canada's contribution to the Second World War and of the war's effect on Canada's evolution. This revised edition incorporates new information, particularly in the realms of intelligence and cipher, allowing new interpretations of policies and operations. It also makes new judgements on Canadian generalship. First published in 1977 this accessible general overview of Canada's contribution to the Second World War and of the war's effect on Canada's evolu... |
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103,74 zł |
Food That Really Schmecks
ISBN: 9780889205215 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1960s, Edna Staebler moved in with an Old Order Mennonite family to absorb their oral history and learn about Mennonite culture and cooking. From this fieldwork came the cookbook Food That Really Schmecks. Originally published in 1968, Schmecks instantly became a classic, selling tens of thousands of copies. Interspersed with practical and memorable recipes are Staebler's stories and anecdotes about cooking, Mennonites, her family, and Waterloo Region. Described by Edith Fowke as folklore literature, Staebler's cookbooks have earned her national acclaim. ... In the 1960s, Edna Staebler moved in with an Old Order Mennonite family to absorb their oral history and learn about Mennonite culture and cooking.... |
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145,49 zł |
Names and Nunavut: Culture and Identity in the Inuit Homeland
ISBN: 9781845454135 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ..".a thought-provoking book. Alia lays out the intricacies of Inuit naming so clearly, describes the Arctic environment so vividly, and conveys such a rich sense of Inuit values, concerns, and humour that readers are likely to hunger for more information and to pose ethnographic and on mastic questions that press forward the horizons of Inuit ethnography. Names and Nunavut is a welcome addition to Arctic ethnography and should be of interest not only to linguists and anthropologists working in the Arctic but to anyone interested in the relationship between onomasty, personhood, and cosmology...
..".a thought-provoking book. Alia lays out the intricacies of Inuit naming so clearly, describes the Arctic environment so vividly, and conveys such ...
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140,24 zł |
Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power, and Lies
ISBN: 9781416546573 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Americans call Niagara Falls a natural wonder, but the Falls aren't very natural anymore. In fact, they are a study in artifice. Water diverted, riverbed reshaped, brink stabilized and landscape redesigned, the Falls are more a monument to man's meddling than to nature's strength. Held up as an example of something real, they are hemmed in with fakery -- waxworks, haunted houses, IMAX films and ersatz Indian tales. A symbol of American manifest destiny, they are shared politely with Canada. Emblem of nature's power, they are completely human-controlled. Archetype of natural beauty, they belie...
Americans call Niagara Falls a natural wonder, but the Falls aren't very natural anymore. In fact, they are a study in artifice. Water diverted, river...
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91,43 zł |
North America: An Introduction
ISBN: 9780802096753 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Historians have traditionally approached North America through the lens of the nation-state rather than from a continental perspective. While acknowledging that the geographic vastness and historical complexity of North America make it difficult to study as a whole, authors Michael Brescia and John Super build on the premise that the experiences of each country can be better understood when evaluated as a whole rather than as unique and discrete units. Employing a thematic approach, the authors investigate the North American past to explain the similarities and differences in the... Historians have traditionally approached North America through the lens of the nation-state rather than from a continental perspective. While ackno... |
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170,59 zł |
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution: Hungarian and Canadian Perspectives
ISBN: 9780776607054 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In October 1956, a spontaneous uprising took Hungarian Communist authorities by surprise, prompting Soviet authorities to invade the country. After a few days of violent fighting, the revolt was crushed. In the wake of the event, some 200,000 refugees left Hungary, 35,000 of whom made their way to Canada. This would be the first time Canada would accept so many refugees of a single origin, setting a precedent for later refugee initiatives. More than fifty years later, this collection focuses on the impact of the revolution in Hungary, in Canada, and around the world. In October 1956, a spontaneous uprising took Hungarian Communist authorities by surprise, prompting Soviet authorities to invade the country. After... |
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126,70 zł |
Switchbacks: Art, Ownership, and Nuxalk National Identity
ISBN: 9780774812276 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Switchbacks explores how the Nuxalk of Bella Coola, British Columbia, negotiate such complex questions as: Who owns culture? How should culture be transmitted to future generations? Where does selling and buying Nuxalk art fit into attempts to regain control of heritage? To answer these questions, Jennifer Kramer undertook participant observation at Nuxalk artists? studios, in the Nuxalk-run band school's cultural education classes, and during the everyday activities of Nuxalk in their homes. She charts the fluid character of tangible material culture (such as masks and other... Switchbacks explores how the Nuxalk of Bella Coola, British Columbia, negotiate such complex questions as: Who owns culture? How should cult... |
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471,64 zł |
The Postage Stamps of Canada
ISBN: 9781444607727 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This antique text details the history of Canada's postal service, with particular emphasis on the development and evolution of postage stamps as a means of payment. A fascinating and detailed treatise on the subject, this text will greatly appeal to philatelists and anyone with an interest in the history of the Canadian postal service. Chapters included in this text are: 'Its Postal History', 'A postmaster's Provisional', 'The First Issue', 'The Second Issue', 'The Perforated Pence Stamps', 'The First "Cents" Issue', 'The First Dominion Issue', 'The Lc Orange of 1869', 'The Large 5c Stamp',...
This antique text details the history of Canada's postal service, with particular emphasis on the development and evolution of postage stamps as a mea...
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121,03 zł |
Bomb Canada: And Other Unkind Remarks in the American Media
ISBN: 9781897425497 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anti-American sentiment in Canada is well documented, but what have Americans had to say about their northern neighbor? Chantal Allan examines how the American media have portrayed Canada, from Confederation to the Obama inauguration. Informative, thought-provoking, and at times hilarious, this book reveals another layer in the complex relationship between Canada and the United States. Anti-American sentiment in Canada is well documented, but what have Americans had to say about their northern neighbor? Chantal Allan examines how ... |
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115,35 zł |