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Sleeping Giant Awakens
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Author : David B. MacDonald
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2019-01-01
Sleeping Giant Awakens written by David B. MacDonald and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-01 with Canada categories.
Confronting the truths of Canada's Indian residential school system has been likened to waking a sleeping giant. In The Sleeping Giant Awakens, David B. MacDonald uses genocide as an analytical tool to better understand Canada's past and present relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples. Starting with a discussion of how genocide is defined in domestic and international law, the book applies the concept to the forced transfer of Indigenous children to residential schools and the "Sixties Scoop," in which Indigenous children were taken from their communities and placed in foster homes or adopted. Based on archival research, extensive interviews with residential school Survivors, and officials at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, among others, The Sleeping Giant Awakens offers a unique and timely perspective on the prospects for conciliation after genocide, exploring the difficulties in moving forward in a context where many settlers know little of the residential schools and ongoing legacies of colonization and need to have a better conception of Indigenous rights. It provides a detailed analysis of how the TRC approached genocide in its deliberations and in its Final Report. Crucially, MacDonald engages critics who argue that the term genocide impedes understanding of the IRS system and imperils prospects for conciliation. By contrast, this book sees genocide recognition as an important basis for meaningful discussions of how to engage Indigenous-settler relations in respectful and proactive ways.
The Sleeping Giant Awakens
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Author : David B. MacDonald
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2019-05-09
The Sleeping Giant Awakens written by David B. MacDonald and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-09 with History categories.
Confronting the truths of Canada’s Indian residential school system has been likened to waking a sleeping giant. In The Sleeping Giant Awakens, David B. MacDonald uses genocide as an analytical tool to better understand Canada’s past and present relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples. Starting with a discussion of how genocide is defined in domestic and international law, the book applies the concept to the forced transfer of Indigenous children to residential schools and the "Sixties Scoop," in which Indigenous children were taken from their communities and placed in foster homes or adopted. Based on archival research, extensive interviews with residential school Survivors, and officials at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, among others, The Sleeping Giant Awakens offers a unique and timely perspective on the prospects for conciliation after genocide, exploring the difficulties in moving forward in a context where many settlers know little of the residential schools and ongoing legacies of colonization and need to have a better conception of Indigenous rights. It provides a detailed analysis of how the TRC approached genocide in its deliberations and in its Final Report. Crucially, MacDonald engages critics who argue that the term genocide impedes understanding of the IRS system and imperils prospects for conciliation. By contrast, this book sees genocide recognition as an important basis for meaningful discussions of how to engage Indigenous-settler relations in respectful and proactive ways.
Awakening Africa S Sleeping Giant
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Author : Michael L. Morris
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2009
Awakening Africa S Sleeping Giant written by Michael L. Morris and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Business & Economics categories.
Awakening Africa's Sleeping Giant' explores the feasibility of restoring international competitiveness and growth in African agriculture through the identification of products and production systems that can underpin rapid development of a competitive commercial agriculture. Based on a careful examination of the factors that contributed to the successes achieved in Brazil and Thailand, as well as comparative analysis of evidence obtained through detailed case studies of three African countries--Mozambique, Nigeria, and Zambia--the authors argue that opportunities abound for farmers in Africa to.
The Rise Of China
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Author : Thomas Waites
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-09-10
The Rise Of China written by Thomas Waites and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-10 with categories.
This science fiction novel uses historical antecedents to project a future scenario where China becomes the world's new superpower. In the years 2020 and 2021, they conquer most of Europe and they take over several U.S. Western States. They invent two terrible weapons that are used in their European campaign. The laser qiang is the world's first practical laser gun that proves devastating to the Austrian/German forces at the Bad Deutsch Altenburg Bridge. The shengbo, a weapon using infrasound, is even more horrible than the laser qiang. It is the decisive weapon enabling the Chinese forces to defeat the redoubtable Franco/Anglo forces defending France.The United States, in an attempt to free Europe from Chinese occupation, blockades China's entire eastern seaboard in hopes that her troops in Europe, without support from mainland China, will wither and die on the vine. In a fierce battle in the Yellow Sea, the U.S. Naval forces destroy the entire Chinese northern fleet. They also destroy China's eastern fleet. However, the Chinese manage to break free of the blockade in the South China Sea and they launch over 2,000 ultra large container ships, with millions of soldiers, to invade the western United States. Over seven million Chinese soldiers, split into three armies, begin their attack on the Western U.S. using Mexican territory for their bold and massive invasion. The U.S. fights back and there are terrible losses on both sides in the battles of Phoenix, El Paso and San Diego.Holed up in Mount Weather Virginia, the U.S. Government is in disarray. These terrible losses to the Chinese army have shaken U.S. confidence. The U.S. has always believed its armed forces are simply the best in the world, incapable of being defeated, especially on its own turf. During this crisis, the brave but seriously flawed General Johnson, orchestrates the first bloodless coup. President Mary Higgins, along with Admiral Nagamaza, Admiral Lemur and reporter Frank Weiss are locked up in the Mount Weather brigantine. Vice President Thomas is the new President but he is only a puppet of General Johnson who holds the real power. Six main characters are swept up in these epic events. Jack Lemur is a handsome and brash naval aviator. Having lived in China as a child, he is fluent in Mandarin. Akira Nagamaza, a third-generation Japanese-American is a brilliant scientist and Fleet Commander of U.S. Naval forces who destroys most of China's naval forces. He and Jack are favorites of President Higgins. Beautiful, intelligent and ambitious, Mary Higgins, despite great hardship in her youth, becomes the first woman President. She saves the U.S. from the brink of nuclear war. Frank Johnson is fearless and a patriotic American, but he is seriously flawed. This psychologically unstable army general leads the U.S. close to the brink of nuclear Armageddon. Wang Baoshan, the brave and heroic leader of China's naval forces, is the grandson of the famous naval aviator Wang Hai. Despite great losses, he goes toe-to-toe with the formidable American Navy. Zhao Tianhui, a brilliant strategist, follows the precepts of Sun Tzu to win startling victories over supposedly superior enemy forces. Zhao attended the National Defense University where he became proficient in English and mastered American military strategies.
Attack On Pearl Harbor
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Author : Bert Kinzey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Attack On Pearl Harbor written by Bert Kinzey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Bombing, Aerial categories.
An account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Sleeping Giant Awakens
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Author : David Bruce MacDonald
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
The Sleeping Giant Awakens written by David Bruce MacDonald and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Canada categories.
"Confronting the truths of Canada's Indian Residential School system has been likened to waking a sleeping giant. In this book, David B. MacDonald uses genocide as an analytical tool to better understand Canada's past and present relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples. Starting with a discussion of how genocide is defined in domestic and international law, the book applies the concept to the forced transfer of Indigenous children to residential schools and the "Sixties Scoop," in which Indigenous children were taken from their communities and placed in foster homes or adopted. Based on archival research and extensive interviews with residential school Survivors, officials at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, and others, The Sleeping Giant Awakens offers a unique and timely perspective on the prospects for conciliation after genocide, exploring how moving forward together is difficult in a context where many settlers know little of the residential schools and the ongoing legacies of colonization, and need to have a better conception of Indigenous rights. It offers a detailed analysis of how the TRC approached genocide in its deliberations and in the Final Report. Crucially, MacDonald engages critics who argue that the term genocide impedes understanding of the IRS system and imperils prospects for conciliation. By contrast, this book sees genocide recognition as an important basis for meaningful discussions of how to engage Indigenous-settler relations in respectful and proactive ways."--
Thirteen Ways Of Looking
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Author : Colum McCann
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2015-10-13
Thirteen Ways Of Looking written by Colum McCann and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-13 with Fiction categories.
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • NPR • Los Angeles Times • The Boston Globe • The Seattle Times • The Independent In such acclaimed novels as Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlantic, National Book Award–winning author Colum McCann has transfixed readers with his precision, tenderness, and authority. Now, in his first collection of short fiction in more than a decade, McCann charts the territory of chance, and the profound and intimate consequences of even our smallest moments. “As it was, it was like being set down in the best of poems, carried into a cold landscape, blindfolded, turned around, unblindfolded, forced, then, to invent new ways of seeing.” In the exuberant title novella, a retired judge reflects on his life’s work, unaware as he goes about his daily routines that this particular morning will be his last. In “Sh’khol,” a mother spending Christmas alone with her son confronts the unthinkable when he disappears while swimming off the coast near their home in Ireland. In “Treaty,” an elderly nun catches a snippet of a news report in which it is revealed that the man who once kidnapped and brutalized her is alive, masquerading as an agent of peace. And in “What Time Is It Now, Where You Are?” a writer constructs a story about a Marine in Afghanistan calling home on New Year’s Eve. Deeply personal, subtly subversive, at times harrowing, and indeed funny, yet also full of comfort, Thirteen Ways of Looking is a striking achievement. With unsurpassed empathy for his characters and their inner lives, Colum McCann forges from their stories a profound tribute to our search for meaning and grace. The collection is a rumination on the power of storytelling in a world where language and memory can sometimes falter, but in the end do not fail us, and a contemplation of the healing power of literature. Praise for Thirteen Ways of Looking “Extraordinary . . . incandescent.”—Chicago Tribune “The irreducible mystery of human experience ties this small collection together, and in each of these stories McCann explores that theme in some strikingly effective ways. . . . [The first story] is as fascinating as it is poignant. . . . [The second] captures the mundane and mysterious aspects of shaping characters from the gray clay of words, placing them in realistic settings and breathing life into their lungs. . . . That he makes the story so emotionally compelling is a sign of his genius. . . . The most remarkable [piece] is Sh’khol. . . . Caught in the rushing currents of this drama, you know you’re reading a little masterpiece.”—The Washington Post “McCann is a writer of power and subtlety and beauty. . . . The powerful title story loiters in the mind long after you’ve read it.”—Sarah Lyall, The New York Times “[McCann] unspools complex and unforgettable stories in this, his first collection in more than a decade.”—The Boston Globe “McCann is a passionate writer whose impulse is always toward a generous understanding of his diverse characters.”—The Wall Street Journal “Powerful, profound, and deeply empathetic, McCann’s beautifully wrought writing in Thirteen Ways of Looking glides off the page.”—BuzzFeed “McCann weaves the magic that made Let the Great World Spin so acclaimed.”—The Huffington Post
Sleeping Giants
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Author : Sylvain Neuvel
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2016-04-21
Sleeping Giants written by Sylvain Neuvel and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-21 with Fiction categories.
**A must-read thriller for lovers of The Passage, World War Z, The Martian or Interstellar** What happens when you make a discovery that changes everything? Deadwood, USA. A girl sneaks out just before dark to ride her new bike. Suddenly, the ground disappears beneath her. Waking up at the bottom of a deep pit, she sees an emergency rescue team above her. The people looking down see something far stranger... "We always look forward. We never look back." That girl grows up to be Dr. Rose Franklyn, a brilliant scientist and the leading world expert on what she discovered. An enormous, ornate hand made of an exceptionally rare metal, which predates all human civilisation on the continent. "But this thing ... it's different. It challenges us. It rewrites history." An object whose origins and purpose are perhaps the greatest mystery humanity has ever faced. Solving the secret of where it came from - and how many more parts may be out there - could change life as we know it. "It dares us to question what we know about ourselves." But what if we were meant to find it? And what happens when this vast, global puzzle is complete...? "About everything." * * * 'Bursts at the seams with big ideas. A sheer blast from start to finish. I haven't had this much fun reading in ages' Blake Crouch, author of the Wayward Pines trilogy 'A stellar debut which masterfully blends sci-fi, political thriller and apocalyptic fiction. So much more than the sum of its parts - a page-turner of the highest order' Kirkus Reviews 'Reminiscent of The Martian and World War Z, this is a luminous conspiracy yarn that shoots for (and lands among) the stars' Pierce Brown, author of Red Rising
Generation Z
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Author : S L Daughtrey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-03-08
Generation Z written by S L Daughtrey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-08 with categories.
Shanaya Daughtrey, at the age of seventeen she has mastered knowledge from the past, connected it to the present and has forecasted future possibilities for GENERATION Z. The author compares past leaders and their motivation to lead such as: Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela and Winnie Mandela, Rosa Parks, John Lewis and many others. You will see the demonstration of the meaning of "Standing on the Shoulders" as you witness the works of our today's young people who are making a major difference such as: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Chad Griffin and Kim Kardashian and etc. The author tackles issues and thoughts such as: Boys Where You At? The Constitution of Generation Z We Are More Than Snapchat and Selfies New Leader, Who Dis? What Is Your Rosa Parks Moment? This book is not just for young folks, it will help every individual who seeks greatness in themselves and others. Reading the chapter on Civics 101-Unalienable Rights will motivate and stimulate us all to be and to do better, and will bring harmony to our great Country.
Solemn Words And Foundational Documents
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Author : Jean-Pierre Morin
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2018-01-01
Solemn Words And Foundational Documents written by Jean-Pierre Morin and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-01 with History categories.
In Solemn Words and Foundational Documents, Jean-Pierre Morin unpacks the complicated history of Indigenous treaties in Canada. By including the full text of eight significant treaties from across the country--each accompanied by a cast of characters, related sources, discussion questions, and an essay by the author--he teaches readers how to analyze and understand treaties as living documents. The book begins by examining treaties concluded during the height of colonial competition, when France and Britain each sought to solidify their alliances with Indigenous peoples. It then goes on to tell the stories of treaty negotiations from across the country: the miscommunication of ideas and words from Crown representatives to treaty text; the varying ranges of rights and promises; treaty negotiations for which we have a rich oral history but limited written records; multiple phases of post-Confederation treaty-making; and the unique case of competing treaties with radically different interpretations.