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Since Canada may be faced with a period of minority governments, it has become increasingly important to understand the role of the Head of State -- the Governor General -- in facing the challenge of dysfunctionality. The author clearly lays out the present powers and responsibilities of the office, advising the country on what to expect from the Governor General and Prime Ministers. He does within an historical frame, revealing how the office...

Suzanne Davis lounges around her tiny New York City apartment in her pyjamas, writing press releases for the International Association of Air-Conditioning Engineers, listening to the ticking of her biological clock, and wondering where life is taking her. As her 35th birthday looms, Suzanne embarks on a wrong-headed, but very funny, quest -- to find Mr Right and start the family she hopes will give meaning to her life. Her quest plunges us int...

There is nothing quite like a harvest of freshly caught crabs to set the tone for a perfect shoreline feast. Charlie White shows how beginners and veteran crabbers alike can benefit from his decades of experiencefrom finding and capturing crabs to storing, cleaning, and cooking your catch. Whether you use crab traps or the traditional shoreline, low-tide hunt to bag your quota, this book will aid your cause. This new edition of the classic cra...

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Great for beginning readers! This invaluable learning audio CD uses the synthetic phonics approach to teach short vowels, high-frequency consonants and blends. It teaches the following short vowels and consonants: (s, m, h, p, b, t, d, f, l, and hard c).

This volume, the third in our Collected Works of Frederic Bastiat, includes two of Bastiats best-known works, Economic Sophisms and the pamphlet What is Seen & What is Not Seen. Both Economic Sophisms and What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen share similar stylistic features and were written with much the same purpose in mind, namely, to disabuse people of misperceptions they might have had about the benefits of free trade and free markets. Econom...

This book gives a glimpse and a tour into the primary and collateral events triggered when the Reagan Administration abruptly shifted three decades of American foreign policy to favour the interests of the Arab States to the detriment of our traditional Middle East allies, the Israelis. Have you ever wondered about the real story behind the blaring headlines of that era? Count Alexandre de Marenches, long-time chief of the Service de Documenta...

Islam, probably the most misunderstood religion in the world, is among the hot reading topics for people all over the world. 'Questions and Answers About Islam' have been prepared to provide first-hand information from one of the most leading Islamic scholars of our time. The first volume addresses the more essential questions concerning Islamic faith. For example: God and the nature of His existence, Can Islam solve every problem? Did Prophet...

An irreverent assault on Comp 101 and a roadmap for finding pleasure in language. Writers need this.

This book presents an amazing mixture of classical Turkish illumination patterns and their contemporary interpretations. It illustrates how illumination was applied to various articles during the Ottoman period, including pictures, royal edicts and insignia, tiles, chests, gun holsters, shields, and even costumes prepared for the Sultan and his family. It also shows how today illumination has extensively been applied on architectural surfaces,...

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Geometry & Measurement Workbooks introduce important foundational math concepts gradually, which allows children to feel confident and eager to learn more. Our fun and colorful activities inspire a love of math.

In its rich evolution from antiquity to present times, Chinese religion has encompassed manifold religious expressions. Taoism is one facet of Chinese religion, and exemplifies particularly well the variety of beliefs and practices that humankind has adopted and experienced in the search for answers to both ultimate and proximate questions about life and death. This book explores the different pathways Taoism took in that search, touching at m...

Money's unique and essential role in a free market and monetary disequilibrium as the root cause of the business cycle are principles central to the work of economist Leland Yeager. For three decades he has extolled the pre-eminent importance of money as a source of economic fluctuations whose influence goes well beyond mere changes in interest rates or the price level. Yeager's work discloses the disruptive consequences of 'monetary disequili...

This series of 12 beautifully detailed charts explores human anatomy through the use of body systems. Ideal for students, patient education and the informed consumer, the series is suitable for the home, school library or doctor's office.

Jacob Howland's book is an engaging, readable, and extremely suggestive addition to the literature on Plato's magnum opus." --Ancient Philosophy