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The Battle for Australia

Autor: John Ifield

Número de Páginas: 431

Born in the Middle East, Gregorian's desire for acceptance in Australia is thwarted by the old boys' network, epitomised by John Sinclair. Determined to succeed, Gregorian is bribed into undertaking a political career backed by a terrorist organisation. Australia is seen as a soft target for take-over by this organisastion. Initial acts of destabilisation occur in Sydney and Melbourne, leaving the authorities jittery. Finally, Parliament House is stormed; all Parliamentarians are taken hostage and imprisoned; they will be killed if any rescue is mounted. Gregorian becomes Prime Minister. The new government is able to control the south-east corner of the continent and becomes accepted through its nationalisation of the banks and the abolition of income tax. A rescue attempt led by John Sinclair fails and Sinclair's wife, formerly Gregorian's lover, is taken hostage. A second rescue attempt led by Sinclair is mounted under the direction of a foreign power but all the hostages are slaughtered.

The Origins of UNICEF, 1946–1953

Autor: Jennifer M. Morris

Número de Páginas: 183

The Origins of UNICEF traces the history of the founding of the world’s most well-known and often controversial relief aid organization for children. UNICEF modeled itself after several national organizations as well as some of the early twentieth-century transnational and international relief aid organizations, catering to a clientele that many observers claimed would be impossible to resist or ignore. In only a few years, UNICEF’s programs provided relief aid to millions of children in locations around the globe, but the atmosphere of post-war cooperation, quickly supplanted by Cold War tensions, caused UNICEF’s efforts to be scrutinized lest they be too closely aligned with either the United States or the Soviet Bloc. UNICEF remains one of the most highly regarded and effective child relief-aid organizations in the world. The story of its founding and its first years as an aid organization provide insight into how an international, apolitical, philanthropic organization must maneuver through political and cultural tensions in order to achieve its goal of mitigating human suffering.

Le marin-citoyen

Autor: Michael L. Hadley

Número de Páginas: 289

Ce livre commémoratif, produit à l’occasion du Centenaire de la Marine canadienne 1910–2010.

La liberté aussi vient de Dieu--

Autor: François Beaudin , Georges-henri Lévesque , Pierre Valcour

Número de Páginas: 336

The Mercantile navy list. 1848 [4 issues], 49 [2 issues], 50-53,57-61,64-71,80,81,92-1939

Autor: Trade Board Of

Número de Páginas: 690

Seduced at Sunset

Autor: Julianne Maclean

Número de Páginas: 171

USA Today bestselling author, Julianne MacLean brings the popular Pembroke Palace Series to a passionate, satisfying conclusion… Sometimes the matchmaker finds a love of her own… Lady Charlotte Sinclair has long given up her dreams of happily ever after. Years ago, a tragic accident claimed the life of her beloved fiancé, but somehow she found the strength to go on--as an independent woman with a secret double life that has earned her millions. Lately, however, she has begun to yearn for something more… While setting out to play matchmaker for her mother, Lady Charlotte meets a rugged, handsome stranger who saves her from a thief in the street, but her heroic rescuer soon turns out to be more mysterious—and dangerously captivating--than any man she has ever known. Swept away by passion into a sizzling summer affair with a man who leads a double life of his own, she vows to live only for pleasure with no promises of tomorrow. But soon she must accept that one final night of ecstasy with an irresistible lover is never going to be enough… “You can always count on Julianne MacLean to deliver ravishing romance.”—Teresa Medeiros

The Strawberry Girls

Autor: Helen Milecete Duffus

Número de Páginas: 266

A tale of two young women in "reduced circumstances" at the turn of the century

The Pembroke Palace Collection

Autor: Julianne Maclean

Número de Páginas: 503

Enjoy three passionate tales of historical romance in this delightful boxed set collection from USA Today bestselling author Julianne MacLean. MARRIED BY MIDNIGHT For seven years, Lord Garrett Sinclair-- the ruggedly handsome illegitimate son of the Duke of Pembroke--has been traveling abroad with no intention of ever returning home to Pembroke Palace… until his father commands that he must marry by Christmas in order to thwart a family curse or lose his inheritance forever. Haunted by a tragic accident that has hardened his soul, Garrett entrusts his brothers to seek out a bride who will agree to a marriage in name only. Her reward? A sizable share of his inheritance--payable immediately after the wedding night…. Lady Anne Douglas has been ruined by scandal and disowned by her father. Facing a life of poverty and spinsterhood, she leaps at the generous terms of the marriage contract to ensure her independence. But the charade of a two-week engagement proves more of a challenge than either anticipated when they cannot resist the intoxicating lure of the marriage bed. Anne knows they will part ways after the wedding. Will she dare risk her heart for two weeks of pleasure in the ...

Lasting Impressions

Autor: Joanna Carey

Número de Páginas: 1166

The South Australian Government Gazette

Autor: South Australia

Número de Páginas: 1524

Une vie pour l'humanitaire

Autor: Marta Aleksandra Balinska

Número de Páginas: 1252

À travers la vie aventureuse d'un fonctionnaire international, Ludwik Rajchman, on accède aux coulisses d'épisodes fondamentaux du XX e siècle. L'auteur reconstruit avec brio l'extraordinaire parcours d'un homme qui fut non seulement sans doute " médecin sans frontières ", mais aussi une grande figure d'intellectuel doué d'un exceptionnel " sens de l'universel ". Quoi de moins héroïque qu'un fonctionnaire international ? C'est pourtant le portrait d'un héros de notre temps que trace Marta A. Balinska avec cette biographie de Ludwik Rajchman. Précurseur de l'ingérence humanitaire, défenseur des peuples colonisés, aussi doué pour la diplomatie secrète que pour la lutte anti-épidémique, Rajchman est né en 1881 en Pologne dans une famille d'intellectuels juifs patriotes et socialistes. Après une jeunesse d 'étudiant en médecine et de militant anti-tsariste, ses qualités exceptionnelles lui valent d'être nommé en 1921 à la tête de la Section d'hygiène de la Société des nations. Il combat le typhus en Europe de l'Est, anime l'aide sanitaire à l'URSS et promeut l'intégration de l'Allemagne aux instances internationales. Bête noire des cercles...

Canadian Saturday Night

Número de Páginas: 588

Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion

Número de Páginas: 784

The Happiness To Sleep

Autor: Athlynne Morley

Número de Páginas: 740

They had their beginnings where we all did, in the Greater World. According to tales written later, when God finished making the Lesser World, he invited all the souls in Heaven to look upon it. The ethereal crowds drew close at first, but the fires of making had not yet cooled upon the Earth, and in fear of the heat they drew back, all save seven. These were so entranced by the beauty they saw, they stepped without hesitation onto the Earth. They could not be burned, for they were still spirits without flesh, but God tied their immortal hearts to the heart of the Earth, and named them guardians of the Lesser World unto its ending. As long as they are there, close to the planet's heart, its life and continuation are said to be assured. Should they step away, the Lesser World becomes vulnerable. God help us, we stepped away.

Order of Canada, Second Edition

Autor: Christopher Mccreery, Mvo

Número de Páginas: 533

The second edition of The Order of Canada continues the celebration of the order. Christopher McCreery sheds new light on the development of Canadian honours in the early 1930s, the imposed prohibition on honours from 1946 to 1967, and new details on those who have been removed or resigned from the Order.

Pick One Intelligent Girl

Autor: Jennifer Anne Stephen

Número de Páginas: 313

During the tumultuous formative years of the Canadian welfare state, many women rose through the ranks of the federal civil service to oversee the massive recruitment of Canadian women to aid in the Second World War. Ironically, it became the task of these same female mandarins to encourage women to return to the household once the war was over. Pick One Intelligent Girl reveals the elaborate psychological, economic, and managerial techniques that were used to recruit and train women for wartime military and civilian jobs, and then, at war's end, to move women out of the labour force altogether. Negotiating the fluid boundaries of state, community, industry, and household, and drawing on a wide range of primary sources, Jennifer A. Stephen illustrates how women's relationships to home, work, and nation were profoundly altered during this period. She demonstrates how federal officials enlisted the help of a new generation of 'experts' to entrench a two-tiered training and employment system that would become an enduring feature of the Canadian state. This engaging study not only adds to the debates about the gendered origins of Canada's welfare state, it also makes an important...

Greatcoats and Glamour Boots

Autor: Carolyn Gossage

Número de Páginas: 299

The colourful story of Canadas "forgotten women" who volunteered for service during the Second World War.

International Organization and Conference Series I-IV.

Autor: United States. Department Of State

Número de Páginas: 196

Report of the United States Delegation, with Selected Documents

Autor: Unesco. General Conference. Delegation From The United States

Número de Páginas: 208

Citizen Sailors

Autor: Richard H. Gimblett , Michael L. Hadley

Número de Páginas: 274

This commemorative volume records a special kind of dual citizenship: Canadians exercising the profession of the sea in their nation's service, while also living out civilian occupations in their home communities. The perspectives of these citizen sailors provide an interesting, valuable, and timely alternative history of the Navy.

Highland Strength

Autor: Celeste Barclay

Número de Páginas: 345

A lonely woman with far too many secrets… Greer Gunn feared for her life every day that she breathed the same air as her father. An unwanted reminder that he had no heir, Greer employed her greatest defense. She looked and learned, tucking away her clan’s secrets that she used silently to defend her people against her father’s inept leadership and to keep their enemies at bay. When her father’s death leaves her adrift among a clan that no longer wants her, Greer turns to her longtime friend for shelter. But it’s her friend’s brother who plagues her every waking and dreaming moment. Can Greer put aside the secrets she shares with him and find happiness with a man who was once her adversary? A man locked in his memories… Thormud Sinclair, future heir to the almighty Clan Sinclair, finds himself once more entangled with the beautiful but elusive Greer Gunn. Their past is one no one knows about, and one they both wish to forget. But that’s impossible when it was Greer’s uncle who slayed Thor’s best friend the first time they rode out to battle. Events surrounding that fateful day continue to divide them while ghosts from their pasts push them together now. A decade ...

Children

Número de Páginas: 838

Department of State Publication

Número de Páginas: 744

The Honeymoon Prize

Autor: Melissa Mcclone

Número de Páginas: 151

He needed a wife. She needed a home. A completely platonic arrangement. When sexy, single bodyguard Nick Cahill and his childhood friend, sweet and jobless Adelaide Sinclair, agree on a marriage solely for convenience, they have no idea what's in store. Winning an unexpected dream honeymoon turns into a nightmare when they find a reality TV crew waiting for them on the island paradise. With cameras rolling, filming their every move, the lines blur between fantasy and reality. Acting like passionate newlyweds wreaks havoc on their platonic agreement. Will Nick and Addie succumb to their feelings off camera, turning their make-believe marriage into a real fairytale? Ever After Series Book 1 - The Honeymoon Prize Book 2 - The Cinderella Princess Book 3 - Christmas at the Castle

Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China and Australasia

Número de Páginas: 664

Searching for W.P.M. Kennedy

Autor: Martin L. Friedland

Número de Páginas: 502

In this highly entertaining biography, W.P.M. Kennedy emerges as a complicated yet compelling figure in the academic and legal history of Canada.

Heartlessness

Número de Páginas: 320

Joan Davis

Autor: David C. Tucker

Número de Páginas: 233

The Emmy-nominated star of the classic 1950s sitcom I Married Joan, Joan Davis (1912-1961) was also radio's highest paid comedienne in the 1940s--and she displayed her unique brand of knockabout comedy in more than forty films. This book provides a complete account of her career, including a filmography with critical commentary, and the most detailed episode logs ever compiled for her radio and television programs. A biographical chapter offers never-before-published information about her family background, marriage to vaudeville comedian Si Wills and relationships with other men, and her tragic early death.

The Department of State Bulletin

Número de Páginas: 514

The official monthly record of United States foreign policy.

Gerhard Herzberg: An Illustrious Life in Science

Autor: Boris P. Stoicheff , National Research Council Canada

Número de Páginas: 494

A biography of one of the most influential scientists in the twentieth century.

Canada and the Nobel Prize

Autor: Harry Black

Número de Páginas: 122

This fascinating and beautifully illustrated book explores Canadian achievements in peacekeeping, chemistry, physics, medicine, and literature over the last 100 years.

Second Session ... Mexico City November 6 - December 3, 1947

Autor: United States Delegation To The General Conference Of The United Nations Educational, Scientific And Cultural Organization, 1947, Mexico City

Número de Páginas: 196

The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australia

Número de Páginas: 660

Second Session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Mexico City, November 6-December 3, 1947

Autor: Unesco. General Conference. Delegation From The United States

Número de Páginas: 196

World War II Women 3-Book Bundle

Autor: Carolyn Gossage , Mary Hawkins Buch

Número de Páginas: 802

Bravery, patriotism, and sacrifice marked the women caught up in conflict during the Second World War. This special collection of three books tells the stories of a young airwoman, prisoners of war, and women in service. Includes: The Accidental Captives: The Story of Seven Women Along in Nazi Germany In April 1941, a passenger ship sailing from New York to Cape Town was attacked and sunk by a German raider. The passengers were pulled from the water and transported to Nazi-occupied France, where the majority were released. Among those left behind were seven Canadian women. This is the tale of the year they spent together in Germany. Greatcoats and Glamour Boots: Canadian Women at War, 1939-1945 The colourful story of Canada’s forgotten women who volunteered for service during the Second World War. Props on Her Sleeves: The Wartime Letters of a Canadian Airwoman A first-hand account of the experiences of a young Canadian airwoman who served both in Canada and on overseas duty, this series of 150 letters brings home the day-to-day immediacy of life in uniform during the Second World War.

The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India, China and Australasia

Número de Páginas: 716

The Asiatic Journal

Número de Páginas: 670

Awfully Devoted Women

Autor: Cameron Duder

Número de Páginas: 328

The lives of many lesbians who grew up before 1965 remain cloaked in mystery. Historians have turned the spotlight on upper-middle-class “romantic friendships” and on working-class lesbian bars, but the lives of the lower-middle-class majority remain in the shadows. Drawing on a rich collection of archival sources and interviews, Awfully Devoted Women offers a nuanced portrait of middle-class lesbianism in English Canada in the decades before the gay rights movement. Accounts and explorations of these women’s sexual practices, thoughts on same-sex desire, and relations with friends and family unveil a world of private relationships, house parties, and discreet social networks. This intimate study of the lives of women forced to love in secret not only challenges the idea that lesbian relationships in the past were asexual, it also reveals the courage it took for women to explore desire in an era when they were supposed to know little about sexuality.

Memoirs of Sir G. Sinclair, Bart, etc

Autor: James Grant

Número de Páginas: 504