Law, politics and the judicial process in Canada

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The spy who spent the war in bed : and other bizarre tales from World War II by Breuer, William B., 1922-2010

Table of Contents: “…Venus de Milo Fools Germans -- PART TWO: THE ALLIES' HOURS OF CRISIS: Mission "Nazify" a Conquered Nation ; Curfew for Dutch Dogs and Ducks ; Wild Schemes for Saving England ; Curious Duel in British Skies ; A German Pilot's Unlikely Captor ; The Royal Navy's Invisible Ship ; Hitler's Plot to Murder Franco ; A Cleaning Woman Foils Hitler ; The Battle of the Birds ; Roosevelt in a Shouting Match ; Democracy in a Battlefield Hospital ; Strange Means for Urgent Warning ; A History-Making Encounter ; A Dedicated Blood-Bank Volunteer ; The Spymaster's Peculiar Scheme ; A Pursuit of Bugs and Lice ; A Cantankerous Torpedo ; Curious Death of a German Bigwig ; Ernest Hemingway Stalks U-Boats ; Fluke Saves a British Fleet ; The War's Craziest Wedding Scenario ; Two WACs on a Secret Mission ; Strange Place for Royal Jewels -- PART THREE: THE TIDE STARTS TO TURN: Navajo Code-Talkers Ignite Panic ; Adolf Hitler Plays Santa Claus ; Purple Heart Stripped from Sailor ; Saga of Top-Secret Maps ; Eisenhower Aide Helps Trick Germans ; The General's Pants Go AWOL ; Mystery of the Vanishing Report ; Hostile Horsemen Chase Airplane ; A Dead Sergeant Walks Away ; A Tank Commander's Close Call ; Espionage in the Vatican ; OSS Agent's Hidden Bribes ; An Unlikely Spy Scores Coup ; Eisenhower Disclosure Stuns Reporters ; An Horrendous Bombing Error Pays Off ; Freak Encounter in No-Man's Land ; A Mule-Borne Commander ; The Captain Refused to Be Killed ; Two GIs Beat Patton to Goal ; "Prescriptions" for the Lady Spy ; Huge Bonus for a Jungle Spy ; "The Madame" Was a Secret Agent ; A Movie Fan on Bougainville ; A GI Carries His Eyeball -- PART FOUR: BEGINNING OF THE END: An Odd Place for Spying ; Hitler's "Creatures" at Anzio ; American Spymaster Shocks London ; Exciting Races on a Beachhead ; A Social Visit to the Enemy ; The Spy Spent the War in Bed ; Secret Agent Saved by a Blacksmith ; A Bomb Explodes too Late ; An Ingenious Escape Artist ; A Prophetic German Cook ; Gods Smile on Teddy Roosevelt ; "Dont't Worry, I'll Shoot You First!" …”


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Marlon Brando 4-movie collection.

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The Illinois state constitution by Lousin, Ann

Table of Contents: “…ONE The History of the Illinois Constitutions -- Introduction -- The 1818 Constitution: The Statehood Constitution -- The Experience under the 1818 Constitution -- The 1848 Illinois Constitution: The Jacksonian Democracy Constitution -- The Experience under the 1848 Constitution -- The 1870 Constitution: A Constitution for an Industrial-Agricultural Giant -- The Experience under the 1870 Constitution -- The 1970 Constitution: A Constitution for Illinois on the World Stage -- The Experience with the 1970 Constitution -- pt. …”


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The smear : how shady political operatives and fake news control what you see, what you think, and how you vote by Attkisson, Sharyl, 1961-

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Rethinking mathematics : teaching social justice by the numbers

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Landmark decisions of the United States Supreme Court

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2086 : together how? by Abdelhadi, Eman, Axel, Nick, Lee, Hyewon, Bucknell, Alice, Han, Yunjeon, O'Brien, M. E., Chung, Serang, Campagna, Federico, Park, Kyŏng, Jung, Soik, Suh, Yehre, Kang, Yering, Chi-hoon , Lee, Hwang, Nahyun, Moon, David Eugin, Kim, Wolsik, Jung, Jaekyung

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The dragon's gift : the real story of China in Africa by Brautigam, Deborah

Table of Contents: “…: myths and realities -- "Chinese aid: it's all about oil / minerals / resources" -- "China enables Sudan to get away with murder in Darfur" -- "China hurts efforts to strengthen democracy and human rights in Africa" -- "Chinese support kept Robert Mugabe in power in Zimbabwe" -- "China is making corruption worse" -- "Chinese aid and loans are part of a system of 'unfair' subsidies" -- "China gains business with low environmental and social standards."…”


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Theorizing feminisms : a reader

Table of Contents: “…Roberts -- Multiculturalism, antiessentialism, and radical democracy: a genealogy of the current impasse in feminist theory / Nancy Fraser -- Postcolonialism and feminism / Leela Gandhi -- Carnal knowledge and imperial power: gender, race, and morality in colonial Asia / Ann Laura Stoler -- Socialist feminism and the limits of dual systems theory / Iris M. …”


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Captain America and the crusade against evil : the dilemma of zealous nationalism by Jewett, Robert

Table of Contents: “…Popular culture as a bearer of the national complex -- Superheroic entertainments and civil religion -- The rise of the American monomyth -- The popularization of crusading zeal -- American superheroism as a threat to democracy -- The challenge of pop fascism -- 4. A rod of iron or a light to the nations -- The birth of Israelite zeal and realism -- The critique of zealous warfare by prophetic realists -- Israel's dilemma during the Roman period -- The Book of Revelation and the dominance of zealotry -- 5. …”


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Virtue politics : soulcraft and statecraft in Renaissance Italy by Hankins, James

Table of Contents: “…-- Biondo's virtue politics, republicanism, and the greatness of Rome -- a cosmopolitan papalist -- Cyriac of Ancona on democracy and empire: a short history of the term democratia -- Cyriac of Ancona's attempted rehabilitation of the term democratia -- Cyriac the Caesarian -- Leon Battista Alberti on corrupt princes and virtuous oligarchs: why virtue is incompatible with court life -- who should constitute the political elite? …”


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The colonial crucible : empire in the making of the modern American state

Table of Contents: “…Doeppers -- "'The world was my garden": tropical botany and cosmopolitanism in American science, 1898-1935 / Stuart McCook -- Scientific superman: Father José Algué, Jesuit meteorology, and the Philippines under American rule, 1897-1924 / James Francis Warren -- The limits of American empire: democracy and militarism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries / Jeremi Suri -- Crucibles, capillaries, and pentimenti: reflections on imperial transformations / Nancy Tomes -- Empire in American history / Ian Tyrrell.…”


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The wound and the dream : sixty years of American poems about the Spanish Civil War

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Cuba : what everyone needs to know by Sweig, Julia

Table of Contents: “…-- So, did communism mean no democracy? -- How did the revolution organize Cuban society? …”


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Never give in! : the best of Winston Churchill's speeches by Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965

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Treasury of philosophy

Table of Contents: “….) / "The First Elements," "The Twelve Books of Euclid's Elements" -- Fechner, Gustav Theodor (1801-1887) / "The Spirits of Man" -- Feuerbach, Ludwig (1805-1872) / "Above Religion" -- Fichte, Johann Gottlieb (1762-1814) / "The Ego" -- Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) / "Wise Sayings" -- Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (1869-1948) / "Hinduism" -- Gassendi, Pierre (1592-1655) / "Active Happiness" -- Gentile, Giovanni (1875-1944) / "Science and Philosophy" -- George, Henry (1839-1897) / "Democracy's Danger" -- Gersonides (1288-1344) / "Is the Universe Created or External?" …”


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The Mexico reader : history, culture, politics

Table of Contents: “…From the perfect dictatorship to an imperfect democracy. Mexicans would not be bought, coerced / Wayne A. …”


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Civics flash cards for the naturalization test.

Table of Contents: “…-- 55: What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy? -- 56: When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms? …”


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Greek and Roman classics in translation

Table of Contents: “…Plato's conception of democracy ; X. 614a-621d. The vision of Er / Plato -- Nicomachean ethics : I. 1-10. …”


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