David Smith: 396 books
The Invisible Crown
The First Principle of Canadian Government
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2013
The Crown is not only Canada’s oldest continuing political institution, but also its most pervasive, affecting the operation of Parliament and the legislatures, the executive, the bureaucracy, the courts, and federalism. However, many consider the Crown to be obscure and anachronistic. David E....
Why We Lie
The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2007
Deceit, lying, and falsehoods lie at the very heart of our cultural heritage. Even the founding myth of the Judeo-Christian tradition, the story of Adam and Eve, revolves around a lie. We have been talking, writing and singing about deception ever since Eve told God, "The serpent deceived me,...
The People's House of Commons
Theories of Democracy in Contention
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2007
Canada's House of Commons has come under considerable attack in recent years. Many critics have contended that the House has been unresponsive to public opinion, and that its party leaders have too much control, while leaving individual MPs essentially powerless. The House has also faced challenges...
The Kabbalistic Mirror of Genesis
Commentary on the First Three Chapters
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
A bold line-by-line reexamination of the first 3 chapters of Genesis that reveals the essential nature of mind and creativity
• Deconstructs each line of Genesis chapters 1-3 with esoteric methods derived from the oral teachings of the Kabbalah
• Reveals the sefirot, the Tree of...
Playing on Words
A Guide to Luciano Berio's Sinfonia
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Luciano Berio's Sinfonia (1968) marked a return by the composer to orchestral writing after a gap of six years. This in-depth study demonstrates the central position the work occupies in Berio's output. David Osmond-Smith discusses the way in which Berio used the Bororo myth described in Levi-Strauss's...
by Kenneth Grahame, George Macdonald, Ernest Bramah Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2019
The Classic Fantasy Collection brings together 20 of the greatest fantasy novels ever written.
Featuring:
Phantastes, by George MacDonald
The Water-Babies, by Charles Kingsley
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll
Lilith, by George...
Partnership with the Dying
Where Medicine and Ministry Should Meet
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2005
What do physicians, nurses, chaplains, and social workers think about moral and religious issues in care for the dying? These professionals live with death, including many untimely and difficult deaths, on a daily basis. Based on intensive interviews with a cross sample of health care professionals,...
20 Classic Fantasy Works Vol. 1 (Golden Deer Classics)
Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Man Who Was Thursday...
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
This Golden Deer Classics compilation contains the following classic fantasy works: Phantastes - George MacDonald The Water-Babies - Charles Kingsley Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll Through the Looking Glass (And What Alice Found There) - Lewis Carroll Lilith - George MacDonald The...
Fiction River Special Edition: Editor Saves
An Original Anthology Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
In this second Fiction River Special Edition, award-winning editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch performs editing magic in assembling this anthology of stories saved by not one but six different Fiction River editors. Culled from stories that did not fit in the magazine’s regular run, these gems piece...
Unfettered III
New Tales By Masters of Fantasy
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
From the editor of the award-winning anthology Unfettered comes the newest installment in the science fiction and fantasy series, Unfettered III.
Lacking health insurance when he was diagnosed with cancer, Shawn Speakman asked friends in the science fiction and fantasy writing community to...
by Marcelle Dube, Rebecca M. Senese, Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
Christmas, a time of delight, fun, merriment, and also a time of mystery.
Investigate the mysterious side of Christmas with these 15 tales of mystery and suspense. From detectives to elves, superheroes to bounty hunters, sheriffs to ghosts, explore these stories that delight and surprise!
Give...
Less Than Human
Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Winner of the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction
A revelatory look at why we dehumanize each other, with stunning examples from world history as well as today's headlines
"Brute." "Cockroach." "Lice." "Vermin." "Dog." "Beast."...
by Peter David, Esther Friesner, Diane Carey
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2002
Like a strand of mutating DNA, a deadly conspiracy winds its way through the Alpha Quadrant, even as it stretches across several years of Starfleet history. This special omnibus volume contains the entire bestselling saga-by some of Star Trek's most popular authors:
Book One: Infection
John Gregory...
On Voice in Poetry
The Work of Animation
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2015
What do we mean by 'voice' in poetry? In this work, David Nowell Smith teases out the diverse meanings of 'voice', from a poem's soundworld to the rhetorical gestures through which poems speak to us, in order to embark on a philosophical exploration of the concept of voice itself.