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Carl Benn's Stories of Canada's Past 2-Book Bundle

Mohawks on the Nile / Historic Fort York

By: Carl Benn

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Carl Benn's Stories of Canada's Past 2-Book Bundle

Mohawks on the Nile / Historic Fort York

By: Carl Benn

Military historian Carl Benn explores the rich history of our nation with two absorbing stories of bravery in this special two-book bundle. Mohawks on the Nile: Natives Among the Canadian Voyageurs in Egypt, 1884-1885 Mohawks on the Nile explores the absorbing history of sixty Aboriginal men who left their occupations in the Ottawa River timber industry to participate in a military expedition on the Nile River in 1884-1885. Chosen becuase of their outstanding skills as boatmen and river pilots, they formed part of the Canadian Voyageur Contingent, which transported British troops on a fleet of whaleboats through the Nile’s treacherous cataracts in the hard campaigning of the Sudan War. Historic Fort York, 1793-1993 Fearing an American invasion of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe had Fort York built in 1793 as an emergency defensive measure. That act became the first step in the founding of modern Toronto. In this book, Carl Benn explores the dramatic roles Fort York played in the frontier war of the 1790s, the birth of Toronto, the War of 1812, the Rebellion of 1837 and the defence of Canada during the American Civil War, and describes how Toronto’s most important heritage site came to be preserved as a tangible link to Canada’s turbulent military past.

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Dundurn

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1459738314

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9781459738317

The War of 1812

By: Carl Benn

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The War of 1812

By: Carl Benn

In this fully illustrated introduction, acclaimed historian Carl Benn examines the War of 1812 and its significance in US history. The war of 1812–1815 was a bloody confrontation that tore through the American frontier, the British colonies of Upper and Lower Canada, and parts of the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico. The conflict saw British, American, and First Nations forces clash, and in the process, shape the future of North American history. Carl Benn explains what led to America's decision to take up arms against Great Britain and assesses the three terrible years of fighting that followed on land and sea, where battles such as Lake Erie and Lake Champlain launched American naval traditions. This new edition has been updated throughout to draw on the research and advances in scholarship in the two decades since original publication in 2002. Benn examines how this has not only impacted basic assumptions of force size and battle dates in some cases, but has also drawn attention to subjects that had previously been overlooked. Fully illustrated in colour with specially commissioned maps and 50 new images, this book provides an accessible overview of the War of 1812.

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145

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472858549

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9781472858542

The Making of Sylvia Plath

By: Carl Rollyson

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The Making of Sylvia Plath

By: Carl Rollyson

Since her death, Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) has become an endless source of fascination for a wide audience ranging from readers of The Bell Jar, her semiautobiographical novel, to her groundbreaking poetry as exemplified by Ariel. Beyond her writing, however, interest in Plath has also been fueled in part by the tragic nature of her death. As a result, a steady stream of biographies of Plath have appeared over the last fifty-five years that mainly focus on her death or contain projections of an array of points of view about the writer. Until now, little sustained attention has been paid to the influences on Plath’s life and work. What movies did she watch? Which books did she read? How did media shape her worldview? In this meticulously researched biography, Carl Rollyson explores the intricate web of literature, cinema, spirituality, psychology, and popular culture that profoundly influenced Plath's life and writing. At the heart of this biography is a compelling exploration of William Sheldon’s seminal work, Psychology and the Promethean Will, which Plath devoured in her quest for self-discovery and understanding. Through Plath’s intense study of this work, readers gain unprecedented access to Plath's innermost thoughts, her therapeutic treatments, and the overarching worldview that fueled her creative genius. Through Sheldon as well as Plath’s other influences, Rollyson offers a captivating survey of the symbiotic relationship between an artist and the world around her and offers readers new insights into the enigmatic mind of one of the most important writers of the twentieth century.

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253

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496854063

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9781496854063

Terrorism and Counterterrorism

A Moral Assessment

By: Carl Wellman

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Terrorism and Counterterrorism

A Moral Assessment

By: Carl Wellman

This book presents a definition of terrorism that is broad and descriptive and much needed to prevent misunderstanding. The book identifies the features that make terrorism ‘wrong’, including coerciveness, the violation of rights and undermining of trust. Next, it evaluates reasons given for terrorism such as the protection of human rights and the liberation of oppressed groups as not normally justified. Following this, the book identifies and evaluates international responses to terrorism, taking into account General Assembly and Security Council resolutions, United Nations conventions and criminalization in international law. It also looks at national responses which often take the shape of surveillance, detention, interrogation, trials, targeted killings, intrusion and invasion. Finally, the book discusses how, if at all, the moral norms of personal morality apply to the actions of nation states.

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135

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9400760078

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9789400760073

The Ebony Cane

By: Carl Mendelsohn

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The Ebony Cane

By: Carl Mendelsohn

The Ebony Cane is an epic story, which spans 200 years, 2 world wars and 2 great cities with an array of characters held together by a mystery, which is solved with surprising and dramatic results. The Ebony Cane is a moving tale of alienation and reconciliation.

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FriesenPress

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1460277791

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9781460277799

First-Generation Student Experiences in Higher Education

Counterstories

By: Carl E. James,Leanne E. Taylor

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First-Generation Student Experiences in Higher Education

Counterstories

By: Carl E. James,Leanne E. Taylor

In First-Generation Student Experiences in Higher Education: Counterstories, we meet eight students who attended university through an access program, and hear their stories of deciding to enter university, navigating and negotiating the institution, and bringing their university experiences with them into adult life. Their "counterstories"—drawn from application statements, weekly group meetings, diary entries, group conversations, interviews, and media reports—challenge the stereotypes commonly applied to marginalized students in higher education. Chapters offer insights into a range of salient themes and highlight the students’ strategies, challenges, successes, and trajectories, as well as their nuanced relationships with their networks, communities, families, and significant others. With this volume, James and Taylor present a valuable resource for educators, administrators, scholars, students and community agencies interested in extending understandings of first-generation university students.

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173

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Taylor & Francis

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100072834X

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9781000728347

Confessions of a Serial Biographer

By: Carl Rollyson

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Confessions of a Serial Biographer

By: Carl Rollyson

Some critics rank biographers just above serial murderers. The author of this book, a self-described member of the Samuel Johnson school, doesn't share this view. An account of a life, he believes, should adhere to the truth as the biographer sees it, not to the sentiments of others. This memoir of a professional biographer's life tells the inside story of how he became interested in his subjects and reveals the mechanics of the trade: how to assemble proposals for publishers, conduct interviews and archival research, and joust with editors, subjects and their literary estates. Other biographers have described their process but remained discrete, not wishing to offend their sources and supporters. This author has forgone such caution.

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255

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McFarland

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1476663254

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9781476663258

An Invitation to Family Law

Principles, Process, and Perspectives

By: Carl Schneider,Margaret F. Brinig

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An Invitation to Family Law

Principles, Process, and Perspectives

By: Carl Schneider,Margaret F. Brinig

Invitation to Family Law contains such materials as briefs, literary treatments of marriage, divorce, and parenting, and simulated case files from families involved in the social service system. This work reflects the contrasting backgrounds and interests of the authors including constitutional theory, moral philosophy, and the literary tradition of law, community and family. It also presents law and economics, feminist theory and application of legal theory to many practical family law problems. You'll see the authors' common fascination with history, concern with fairness (and fair treatment of the issues), and genuine love of the subject that motivated this work.

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1460

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West Academic Publishing

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0314248579

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9780314248572

Bibliography of Medieval Drama

By: Carl J. Stratman

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Bibliography of Medieval Drama

By: Carl J. Stratman

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1954.

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Univ of California Press

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0520345576

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9780520345577

Carl Einstein

A Defense of the Real

By: David Quigley,Carl Einstein

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A Defense of the Real

By: David Quigley,Carl Einstein

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David Quigley

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3851600835

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Sylvia Plath Day by Day, Volume 2

1955-1963

By: Carl Rollyson

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Sylvia Plath Day by Day, Volume 2

1955-1963

By: Carl Rollyson

Since her death in 1963, Sylvia Plath has become an endless source of fascination for a wide audience, ranging from readers of The Bell Jar, her semiautobiographical novel, to her groundbreaking poetry as exemplified by Ariel. Beyond her writing, however, interest in Plath was also fueled in part by the nature of her death—a suicide while she was estranged from her husband, Ted Hughes, who was himself a noteworthy British poet. As a result, a steady stream of biographies of Plath, projecting an array of points of view about their subject, has appeared over the last fifty-five years. Now biographer Carl Rollyson, the author of two previous biographical studies of Plath, has surveyed the vast amount of material on Plath, including her biographies, her autobiographical writings, and previously unpublished material, and distilled that data into the two volumes of Sylvia Plath Day by Day. As the follow-up to volume 1, volume 2 commences on February 14, 1955, the day Plath wrote to her mother declaring her intention to study in England, a decision that marked a major turning point in her life. With brief signposts provided by the author, this volume follows Plath through the entirety of her marriage to Hughes, the challenges of simultaneously raising a family and nourishing her own creativity, and the major depressive episodes that ultimately led to her suicide in 1963. By providing new angles and perspectives on the life of one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated poets, Sylvia Plath Day by Day offers a comprehensive image of its enigmatic subject.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496851986

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Carl Benn's Stories of Canada's Past 2-Book Bundle

Mohawks on the Nile / Historic Fort York

By: Carl Benn

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Carl Benn's Stories of Canada's Past 2-Book Bundle

Mohawks on the Nile / Historic Fort York

By: Carl Benn

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Book's by Carl Benn

Carl Benn's Stories of Canada's Past 2-Book Bundle

Carl Benn's Stories of Canada's Past 2-Book Bundle

The War of 1812

The War of 1812

The Making of Sylvia Plath

The Making of Sylvia Plath

Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Terrorism and Counterterrorism

The Ebony Cane

The Ebony Cane

First-Generation Student Experiences in Higher Education

First-Generation Student Experiences in Higher Education

Confessions of a Serial Biographer

Confessions of a Serial Biographer

An Invitation to Family Law

An Invitation to Family Law

Bibliography of Medieval Drama

Bibliography of Medieval Drama

Carl Einstein

Carl Einstein

Sylvia Plath Day by Day, Volume 2

Sylvia Plath Day by Day, Volume 2

Carl Benn's Stories of Canada's Past 2-Book Bundle

Carl Benn's Stories of Canada's Past 2-Book Bundle

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