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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Visions of the Crow (Paperback)
Wanda John-Kehewin; Illustrated by Nicole Marie Burton, Kielamel Sibal
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R428
Discovery Miles 4 280
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Could it be that the most remote frontiers of twenty-first-century
exploration lie inside the human mind? Illustrated in kaleidoscopic
full colour, Wonder Drug is the graphic history of a controversial
and little-known medical research project carried out in the
Canadian prairies--one that championed LSD as a way to model
schizophrenia and cure ailments from alcoholism to depression.
Spanning the decades from the 1950s to present day, this
captivating story follows Anglo-Canadian psychiatrist Dr. Humphry
Osmond down the rabbit hole of psychedelic research, conducted both
in the lab and in his living room. Lurching from dazzling imagery
to fanged delusions, and studded with a cast of radical
personalities such as Aldous Huxley, Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, and
Kay Parley, Wonder Drug is a trip like no other. As Osmond and his
colleagues grapple with professional isolation, a growing moral
panic, and the burgeoning War on Drugs, their growing body of
findings are maligned and misunderstood--but the promise of
pharmapolitical revolution is still on the horizon, and the radical
research in Weyburn, Saskatchewan may yet be realized.
On 22 November 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy accompanied her husband to
Dallas, Texas, wearing a pink suit that was one of his favourites.
But as Jackie was greeted by ecstatic crowds that sunny morning,
nobody could have dreamt just how iconic the suit would soon
become. In The Pink Suit, Nicole Mary Kelby has written a novel
imagining the life of the garment that became emblematic of the
moment the American Dream turned to ashes. Kate is an Irish
seamstress working in the back room at Chez Ninon, an exclusive
Manhattan atelier entrusted with creating much of Jackie's
wardrobe. Kate and the First Lady share roots in rural Ireland, and
although their lives could not be more different, Kate honours
their connection by using the muslin toiles for each piece she sews
for Mrs Kennedy to fashion an identical garment - in a different
fabric - for her own niece. Then comes the terrible day that
pictures of Kate's handiwork,splashed with the president's blood,
are beamed all over the world.The Pink Suit is a fascinating novel
about politics, fashion, history and the people who have a hand in
it - from the backrooms of a Manhattan dressmaker's to the Blue
Room at the White House.
"This graphic history tells the story of Canada's first national
internment operations through the eyes of John Boychuk, an internee
held in Kapuskasing from 1914-17. The story is based on Boychuk's
actual memoir, which is the only comprehensive internee testimony
in existence. The novel follows Boychuk from his arrest in Toronto
to Kapuskasing, where he spends just over 3 years. It details the
everyday struggle of the internees in the camp, including forced
labour and exploitation, abuse from guards, malnutrition, and
homesickness. It also documents moments of internee agency and
resistance, such as work slowdowns and stoppages, hunger strikes,
escape attempts, and riots. Little is known about the lives of the
incarcerated once the paper trail stops, but Enemy Alien
subsequently traces Boychuk's parole, his search for work, his
attempts to organize a union, and his ultimate settlement in
Winnipeg. Boychuk's reflections emphasize the much broader context
in which internment takes place. This was not an isolated incident,
but rather part and parcel of Canadian nation building and the
directives of Canada's settler colonial project.
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Create (Paperback)
Nicole Marie Williams
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R207
Discovery Miles 2 070
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Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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Flow (Paperback)
Nicole Marie Williams
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R207
Discovery Miles 2 070
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Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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