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The delicacy and intelligence of George Walker's printmaking seems to have come to us from a bygone age. Fortunately, we have George with us now." -- Neil Gaiman A cold case from 1917, the tragic cost of the events of 9/11, and the rise and fall of a media baron. These are the themes as imagined by George Walker in his three wordless contemporary narratives -- The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson, The Book of Hours and Conrad Black -- told in w...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

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Excerpt from The Three Spaniards, Vol. 2 of 2: A Romance For several days he made every possible inqui ry concerning those who serted the convent with various articles. He applied to several of then) to convey a letter but some pleaded their con science, and the rest declared, at once. That they should run the hazard not only of losing the em ploy but their characters, which, in such a case, would ruin them for life. Antonio next had re cours...

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The new edition of the leading single volume work on financial regulation provides analysis of all of the recent changes to the regulatory landscape at national, regional and international level.

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Canada's top playwright sears the page with three new works that excoriate political culture, individualism and the accompanying moral depravity.

Canada's master playwright applies his trademark black humor and incredibly crisp dialogue to the family and politically correct multiculturalism.

Pierre Elliott Trudeau was one of Canada's most charismatic--and polarizing--politicians. His tenures as Prime Minister during the 1970s and 80s were marked by conflict and crisis but also by a sense of nationalism, the development of multiculturalism and Canadian pride. He is known for invoking the War Measures Act in response to FLQ terrorism during the October Crisis, for introducing the Official Languages Act to improve the position of fra...

Excerpt from Boston Maine Railroad: Lowest Rates, Short Line Between Boston and Buffalo, Chicago, St. Louis, St. Paul and Minneapolis, The Vacation Resorts of New England Gov. John Winthrop and his party, called the Massachusetts Company, arrived in several small vessels and settled in Salem and Charlestown, but not liking the location, part of his company came to the peninsula called by the Indians, Shawmut, "The Place Where Boats Go, " and ...

Excerpt from Historical Notes on the Parish of Partney, Lincolnshire I Would beg the intending reader of this little book to remember that it has been written by a country parson away from reference libraries, and that his first object in writing has been to rouse some interest amongst his parishioners for the past history of their parish. It is owing to the former of these facts that I have been unable to verify all my quotations, and to the...

Excerpt from Reverend George Leon Walker, D.D: 1830-1900 Dr. George Leon Walker passed peacefully away at four o'clock this (Wednesday) morning at the Walker home on Prospect street. There were gathered about the bedside when the end came the doctor's son, Prof. Williston Walker, and his wife, the doctor's brother, Dr. Henry F. Walker of New York , their sister, Mrs. Boardman, and her husband, Professor George N. Boardman. The immediate cause...

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Excerpt from Aberdeen Awa: Sketches of Its Men, Manners, and Customs as Delineated in Brown's Book-Stall, 1892-4 The origin of this volume is entirely fortuitous and accidental, and but for the solicitation of Mr. E. T. Smith, my successor as proprietor of the business of A. Brown & Co., it would not have appeared in print, or obtruded itself on the attention of the public. In the go-ahead style of the youth of the present day, he aspired to...