Donald Macdonald: 13 books
The Happy Warrior
Political Memoirs
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1998
Originally published in 1988, this revised and expanded edition of Donald C. MacDonald's acclaimed memoirs provides an inside look at provincial politics in Ontario through the eyes of a party leader. Dubbed "the Happy Warrior" by Tommy Douglas, MacDonald led the Ontario CCF/NDP for seventeen...
Golden Gate Bridge
History and Design of an Icon
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Nine million people visit the Golden Gate Bridge each year, yet how many know why it's painted that stunning shade of "international orange"? Or that ancient Mayan and Art Deco buildings influenced the design? Current bridge architect Donald MacDonald answers these questions and others in...
Tilikum Crossing: Bridge of the People
Portland's Bridges and a New Icon
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Portland, Oregon's innovative and distinctive landmark, Tilikum Crossing Bridge of the People, is the first major bridge in the U.S, carrying trains, busses, streetcars, bicycles, and pedestrians- but no private automobiles. When regional transportation agency TriMet began planning for the first bridge...
Bay Bridge
History and Design of a New Icon
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
An innovative landmark a quarter century in the making, the new eastern span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge represents the latest spectacular chapter in the history of this storied structure. The new bridge's architect, Donald MacDonald, teams up with author Ira Nadel to create this illuminating...
Thumper
The Memoirs of the Honourable Donald S. Macdonald
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
"At a certain point in our lives we are left only with our close relationships and our clear recollections." So begins Thumper: The Memoirs of the Honourable Donald S. Macdonald. An early supporter of Pierre Trudeau for the Liberal Party leadership, Donald Macdonald has had a career in public...
The Koreans
Contemporary Politics And Society, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
In this new edition, Donald Clark has thoroughly revised and updated Donald Macdonald's widely praised introduction to Korea, describing and assessing the volatile and dramatic developments on the peninsula over the last five years. Remaining true to Macdonald's original conception, Clark has reworked...
Reel Men at War
Masculinity and the American War Film
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
As they transition into adulthood, many American boys and young men spend a considerable amount of time engaging in physical sports, playing violent video games, and watching action movies, including war films. In many cases, boys spend more time exposed to media models than they do with their fathers....
Women in War Films
From Helpless Heroine to G.I. Jane
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
War has been depicted in cinema for more than a century, from early silent films to more recent blockbusters such as Saving Private Ryan and Lone Survivor. Most war films, especially combat films, are about men engaged in battle. But while Hollywood has reinforced the cultural stereotype of war as...
A Pediatrician's Blueprint
Raising Happy, Healthy, Moral and Successful Children
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
A Pediatrician's Blueprint is written by an experienced pediatrician with the help of experts in various fields and using information gained from many sources that are cited. Parents have come to trust their pediatricians and the advice given by them. Rather than addressing the issues of nutrition, education,...
Merchants of Menace
Mystery Writers of America Presents: Classics, #5
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2018
CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES BY
20 VENDORS OF VILLAINY
Mystery Writers of America is pleased to present this sinister volume of larceny, deception, and murder, brought to you by the very finest purveyors of perfidy.
Donald E. Westlake tells a tale of a cheating wife who tries to turn the...
The Annotated Secessionist Papers
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
A collection of essays, articles and papers that discuss secession from a legal, constitutional and historical perspective.
Mass Communication and American Social Thought
Key Texts, 1919-1968
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2004
This anthology of hard-to-find primary documents provides a solid overview of the foundations of American media studies. Focusing on mass communication and society and how this research fits into larger patterns of social thought, this valuable collection features key texts covering the media studies...
by Donald J. MacDonald
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013
This vivid, bilingual account of the German POW camps of World War II was written by one of Gaeldom's most important bards.