Modern italian poets translators of the impossible

In 1948, the poet Eugenio Montale published his Quaderno di traduzioni and created an entirely new Italian literary genre, the...

The hakkas of sarawak sacrificial gifts in cold war era malaysia

This book tells the story of the Hakka Chinese in Sarawak, Malaysia, who were targeted as communists or communist sympathizers...

The last plague spanish influenza and the politics of health in canada

The ‘Spanish’ influenza of 1918 was the deadliest pandemic in history, killing as many as 50 million people worldwide. Canadian...

Across the aisle opposition in canadian politics

How do parties with official opposition status influence Canadian politics? Across the Aisle is an innovative examination of the theory...

Marsilius of padua at the intersection of ancient and medieval traditions of political thought

This book focuses on the reception of classical political ideas in the political thought of the fourteenth-century Italian writer Marsilius...

Writing women saints in anglo saxon england

Product Description The twelve essays in this collection advance the contemporary study of the women saints of Anglo-Saxon England by...

Fackenheim's jewish philosophy an introduction

Product Description Emil L. Fackenheim, one of the most significant Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century, is best known for...

The last plague spanish influenza and the politics of health in canada

The 'Spanish' influenza of 1918 was the deadliest pandemic in history, killing as many as 50 million people worldwide. Canadian...

The culture of the seven years' war empire

The Seven Years' War (1756-1763) was the decisive conflict of the eighteenth century - Winston Churchill called it the first...

Tumultuous decade empire

The 1930s was a dark period in international affairs. The Great Depression affected the economic and social circumstances of the...

Living with animals ojibwe spirit powers

Product Description Within nineteenth-century Ojibwe/Chippewa medicine societies, and in communities at large, animals are realities and symbols that demonstrate cultural...

Paul robert magocsi a bibliography and commentaries

Paul Robert Magocsi: A Bibliography and Commentaries provides an introduction to the scholarly career of the world renowned Canadian academic....

Exchanges in exoticism cross cultural marriage and the making of the mediterranean in old french romance

Charting important new territory within medieval gender studies, Megan Moore explores the vital role that women played in transmitting knowledge...

Fair copies reproducing the english lyric from tottel to shakespeare

In the latter half of the sixteenth century, English poets and printers experimented widely with a new literary format, the...

The king's body burial and succession in late anglo saxon england

The King's Body investigates the role of royal bodies, funerals, and graves in English succession debates from the death of...

The drama of the assimilated jew giorgio bassani's romanzo di ferrara

Giorgio Bassani (1916-2000) was a Jewish Italian novelist, poet, essayist, editor, and intellectual. A cosmopolitan writer concerned with the problems...

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Christopher columbus's naming in the 'diarios' of the four voyages

In this fascinating book, Evelina Guzauskytė uses the names Columbus gave to places in the Caribbean Basin as a way...

Shadow people inside history's most notorious secret societies

Roving from the parched wadis of the Middle East, to an isolated farmhouse in rural Quebec, to the crowed boutiques...

Toronto the way we were

For decades Toronto historian Mike Filey has regaled readers with stories of the city’s past through its landmarks, neighbourhoods, streetscapes,...

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The battle of seven oaks and the violent birth of the red river settlement

For many Métis, the Battle of Seven Oaks is the historic moment when their people first stood up for their...

Spitfire ii the canadians

Canadians flew Spitfires in over a dozen RCAF fighter squadrons and in RAF squadrons in every theatre of war. These...

Niagara a history of the falls

Full of heroes and villains, eccentrics and daredevils, scientists, and power brokers, Niagara has a contemporary resonance: how a great...