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Meet Me on the Barricades is a hallucinatory, comic novel about leftism, modernism, and the Spanish Civil War. It features a "guileless" protagonist whose weak heart means that, instead of fighting on the battlefields of Spain, he daydreams about life as a soldier.

In 2013, the government abolished the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), which had been Canada's flagship foreign aid agency, and transferred its functions to the newly renamed Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD). This edition is suitable for those interested in Canada's changing role in the world.

Malcolm Lowry's Poetics of Space offers a collection of exciting, new, and often controversial readings which seek to readdress not only Lowry's master work, Under the Volcano, but also many of his other writings.

Conversations with Trotsky provides a unique insight into Canadian Trotskyism during the Radical 1930s through an original collection of Birney's work.

Tu sais, mon vieux Jean-Pierre offers a series of essays on the archaeology and history of New France, and sets out to dispense with old-fashioned and facile generalizations and get down to the business of understanding real people and their possessions in context.

As we commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, the most translated and performed playwright in the world continues to live on in our imagination. How might we historicize Shakespeare's influence in Canada?

Alice Munro's Miraculous Art is a collection of sixteen original essays on Nobel laureate Alice Munro's writings.

This collection written by professors experiencing the journey to tenure in education puts the reader in the writer's shoes to provide insight for those who are considering this path, as well as for policy makers.

Why has there been an upsurge in Canadians converting to Buddhism in recent decades and what does it mean to lead a Buddhist life in contemporary Canada? This book answers these questions and more athrough life stories richly complemented by images and contextual readings.

The short story occupies a prominent place in Canadian literature and never more so than since Alice Munro's 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature. Kruk's work is a singularly original exploration of the layered "double-voicing" in the short fiction of eight acclaimed Canadian writers.

A woman contemplates the deadly consequences of a croissant. Children's fates are intertwined with a Rottweiler's. Witty and refreshing, with unpredictable plots and quirky characters, Death Sentences intrigue and entertain.

In the late 19th century, the impact of the Canadian wilderness on writers led to the formation of a new and uniquely Canadian genre, the realistic animal story. This collection of short stories reflects the author's talents as writer, naturalist, and artist.

Known primarily as a poet, Isabella Valancy Crawford's short stories represent the best of early English-Canadian prose. In her stories, as in her poetry, her power lies in her use of imagery. In this collection, her fictional portrayals of Canadian life give us glimpses into our literary past.

Showcases twelve stories from the Canadian Short Story Library. These stories, are presented in a simple and straightforward manner. It also reveals authors characteristic technique of story-telling.

A fascinating biography of Pierre Jeanniot, the man who was at the helm of Air Canada, IATA, and the aviation industry. Taking Aviation to New Heights is a compelling case study of how a business man was born and went on to achieve financial success, social status, and political sway.

The English translation of the winner of the Victor Barbeau Prizeand finalist of the Governor General's Literary Award.

A challenging look at the state of sexual assault law, legal practice and activism in Canada.

As questions concerning nationhood and national identity continue to preoccupy both Canada and Australia, this title brings together the work of Australian and Canadian scholars around five core themes: constitutionalism, colonialism, republicanism, national identity, and governance.

Explores the social, structural, and environmental factors that shape the health of homeless persons in Canada. Covering a range of topics from youth homelessness to end-of-life care, this book outlines policy and practice recommendations to respond to the ongoing public health crisis.

The first and most comprehensive analysis of the new Canadian Sport Policy adopted in 2012.

Focuses on the theme of education inside American and Canadian prisons. This title includes articles that focus on topics including the barriers to education faced by prisoners, the obstacles faced by those who wish to develop scholarly knowledge on imprisonment and the vital role prison writing plays in knowing inside in the contemporary context.

Includes articles that were presented in London, England in late July 2008 at the Colloquium on the Universal Carceral - part of the 12th International Conference on Penal Abolition (ICOPA XII).

The expansion and intensification of coercive powers is a global phenomenon, reflecting the fragility of social order and the authority of ruling elites in the 21st century.Relationships of domination, powerlessness and resistance, still characterize the carceral experience.

This volume of the JPP looks at the aging process inside prisons, whereevery problem is amplified by the prisoner's age.

The writers in this volume expose the pre-September 11, 2001 context and its relevance to the present controversies over political internment, and the attendant mistreatment, torture, and destruction of the carceral subject.

For 25 years, the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons (JPP) has been a prisoner written, academically oriented and peer reviewed, non-profit journal, based on the tradition of the penal press. It brings the knowledge produced by prison writers together with academic arguments to enlighten public discourse about the current state of carceral institutions.

Flora Lyndsay, a prequel to Susanna Moodie's Roughing it in the Bush and Life in the Clearings, presents a fictionalized record of her family's experiences in planning their emigration and crossing the Atlantic.

A philosophical history of the body and a work of recovery, bringing to light many aspects of this history that have been lost or forgotten in the West after the Scientific Revolution.

The first scholarly edition of the only play banned in Canada for political reasons.

The most up-to-date prehistoric culture study of a key area on the Canadian northwest coast.