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A new English translation of an acclaimed 1970 novel reveals a stark, powerful story, an Inuit worldview, and the unique voice of Markoosie Patsauq.

What is the relationship between culture and mental health? Is mental illness universal? Are symptoms of mental disorders different across social groups? In the late 1960s these questions gave rise to a series of articles by Henri Ellenberger, presented here for the first time in English.

Set in the context of a new field of engineering, driven apace by conflict, this fascinating history follows the mathematicians and scientists who learnt to fly in order to expand our understanding of aeronautics. Tony Royle makes accessible the mathematics and the personal stories that forever changed the course of aviation.

A groundbreaking exploration of the literature and folklore of North America's Irish and Scottish Gaelic-speaking diaspora since the eighteenth century. North American Gaels shines new light on the ways Irish and Scottish Gaels have left an enduring mark through speech, story, and song.

As the US challenges the liberal international order, fights back China's ascendency, and reconsiders its traditional alliances, this book analyses key lessons from Europe's experience and provides comparative insight into the likely dynamics of cooperation and conflict in the 21st century.

In the realm of political discourse there is a distinct gap in understanding between Russia and the West. To an outsider, the ideas that animate the actions of Russia's ruling elite, opposition, and civil society remain shrouded in mystery. This key text is a major contribution to our understanding of this world power.

From humble beginnings wholesaling at a small tobacconist-hairdresser shop in 1915, the London Rubber Company rapidly became the UK's biggest postwar producer and exporter of disposable rubber condoms. Borge shows how aggressive business practices were successfully deployed to protect the monopoly and squash competition.

A political and social history of suburban governance on the island of Montreal.

An indispensable and richly illustrated collection of essays by Melvin Charney, with interpretations by established scholars.

Focusing on the words and experiences of the poor themselves, this book rewrites our understanding of English social policy for the period from the 1750s to 1830s.

An exploration of Nietzsche's ideas of justice by one of his leading modern exponents.

Provides a description of Canada's forests, their historical uses, and their condition. This title examines the ten forest regions of Canada, looking at how the human use of these forests has changed from the end of the last glacial period (10,000 years ago) onwards.

A wide-ranging collection of talks by one of Canada's best-known and best-loved thinkers.

Vivid, haunting, and rhythmical, these poems illuminate the struggles of mental illness and uncover the sinister side of religion.

How Indigenous knowledge and pedagogies can turn teaching and learning upside down and inside out.

An exploration of state records and the forgotten people of Upper Canada.

A hermeneutical exploration of freedom through existence, interpretation, and emergencies.

Providing a new ethical theory of objective engagement for digital, global journalism.

A political biography of the famous Ukrainian hetman Ivan Mazepa and his clash with the emerging Russian empire.

A timely critique of the entrenchment of tradition in Islam, with solutions to recover the religion's dynamism.

How our human world can exist and best flourish even though it is embedded in the physical universe.

What can photography tell us about a world transformed by nuclear catastrophe?

Exhibiting a collection of photographic travelogues, memoirs, thematic collections, and family sagas compiled between 1860 and 1960 and held by the McCord Museum of Canadian History, this second edition includes a revised and expanded preface along with new photographs of the Notman albums.

Evaluating private refugee sponsorship and its potential for global refugee policy.

A collection of unpublished poems by a distinguished poet and novelist.

A detailed examination of the experiences of refugees and receiving communities during Canada's Operation Syrian Refugee from 2015 to 2016.

An exploration of the history of cannabis use and prohibition in the French imperial nation-state.

A consideration of the ways that technology has led to an irreversible transition in power distribution, political journalism, and public discourse. Discussing how the military-industrial complex of the 1950s gave way to today's celebrity-distribution complex, Bill Fox examines the amount of power accorded to people well-known for being well-known.

The liberal order is decaying. Will it survive, and if not, what will replace it? On the eightieth anniversary of the publication of E.H. Carr's The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939, Philip Cunliffe revisits this classic text, juxtaposing its claims with contemporary debates on the rise and fall of the liberal international order.