These essays span the period of Kroetsch's writing. Included are previously published and new essays that cover (some of) his novels, (some of) his poetry, and even (some of) his critical writing...
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Author: Markotić, NicoleSummary:Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays, Literary arts -
Author: Frick, Don M.; Senge, Peter; Spears, LarrySummary:Thousands, if not millions, of people have heard the term “servant leadership,” introduced by Robert K. Greenleaf in his landmark essay The Servant as Leader, published in 1970. There are now...
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Author: Neary, Peter; Baker, MelvinSummary:No other figure, historical or political, features more prominently in recent Newfoundland history than Joey Smallwood. During his long career in Newfoundland politics, Smallwood used the literary...
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Author: Ruurs, Margriet; Bateman, RobertSummary:This is an enhanced ebook with a read-along function. Celebrated artist Robert Bateman is renowned internationally for bringing the natural world to life on the canvas. A naturalist and painter...
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Author: Shinkle, PeterSummary:This Cold War narrative takes listeners from top secret Cabinet Room meetings to exclusive social clubs, and into the pages of a powerful man's intimate diary to bring new dimension to our...
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Author: Hansen, RonSummary:
Jesse James was a fabled outlaw, a charismatic, spiritual, larger-than-life bad man whose bloody exploits captured the imagination and admiration of a nation hungry for antiheroes. Robert Ford was...
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Author: Lee, Robert E.Summary:Robert E. Lee, the famed Confederate forces commander and icon of the South, is a towering figure in U.S. and military history. The son of a famed Revolutionary War officer, his path to greatness...
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Author: Cooley, DennisSummary:Robert Kroetsch, one of Canada's most important writers, was a fierce regionalist with a porous yet resilient sense of "home." Although his criticism and fiction have received extensive attention...
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Author: Edwards, Ruth DudleySummary:Can anyone British teach English as a foreign language? He's also a civil servant down on his luck and out of a job and thus ripe for a post as a police spy at the Knightsbridge School. Robert's...
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Author: Pogrund, BenjaminSummary:
On 21 March 1960, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, leader of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), led a mass defiance of South Africa's pass laws. He urged blacks to go the nearest police station and...
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Author: Edwards, Ruth DudleySummary:Life in a dismal bureaucratic cul-de-sac is not what Robert Amiss expects when the British civil service lends him for a year to the British Conservation Corporation. In fact, he finds himself...
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Author: Smiles, SamuelSummary:
A biography and history of early rail road development in Great Britain by George Stephenson, 1781-1848 and Robert Stephenson, 1803-1859
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Author: Edwards, Ruth DudleySummary:For many years Westonbury Cathedral has been dominated by a clique of High Church gays, so when Norman Cooper, an austere, intolerant, happy-clappy evangelist, is appointed dean, there is shock,...
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Author: Chisholm, P. F.Summary:In the year 1592, Sir Robert Carey, a handsome courtier, comes north to Carlisle to take up his new post as Deputy Warden of the West March. He has wangled his appointment to be nearer his true...
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Author: Naves, Elaine KalmanSummary:
In the winter of 1868 a name Montreal society associated with art, good breeding, and culture became fodder for scandal mongers. The Notman name, synonymous with fine photography, was suddenly...