Invaders From The North

Author : John Bell
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-11
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781459720749

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Invaders from the North by John Bell Pdf

Short-listed for the 2007 CBA Libris Awards for Book Design of the Year What do Superman, Prince Valiant, Cerebus the Aardvark, and Spawn have in common? Their creators Joe Shuster, Harold Foster, Dave Sim, and Todd McFarlane are Canadians. And while many of the cutting-edge talents of contemporary comix and graphic novels are also from Canada artists such as Chester Brown, Seth, Dave Cooper, and Julie Doucet far too few Canadians realize their country had a remarkable involvement with the "funnies" long before. Invaders from the North profiles past and present comic geniuses, sheds light on unjustly neglected chapters in Canadas pop history, and demonstrates how this nation has vaulted to the forefront of international comic art, successfully challenging the long-established boundaries between high and low culture. Generously illustrated with black-and-white and colour comic covers and panels, Invaders from the North serves up a cheeky, brash cavalcade of flamboyant and outrageous personalities and characters that graphically attest to Canadas verve and invention in the world of visual storytelling.

Author : John Bell
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781550026597

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Invaders from the North by John Bell Pdf

A history of comics and comic art in Canada includes two thirty-page discussions of the lives and works of Johnny Canuck and Chester Brown.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 145966552X

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Invaders from the North by Anonim Pdf

What do Superman, Prince Valiant, Cerebus the Aardvark, and Spawn have in common? Their creators, Joe Shuster, Harold Foster, Dave Slim, and Todd McFarlane are Canadians. And while many of the cutting - edge talents of contemporary comix and graphic novels are also from Canada, artists such as Chester Brown, Seth, Dave Cooper, and Juliet Doucet, far too few Canadians realize their country had a remarkable involvement with the ''funnies'' long before. Invaders from the North profiles past and present comic geniuses, sheds light on unjustly neglected chapters in Canada's pop history, and demonstrates how this nation has vaulted to the forefront of international comic art, successfully challenging the long - established boundaries between high and low culture. Invaders from the North serves up a cheeky, brash cavalcade of flamboyant and outrageous personalities and characters that graphically attest to Canada's verve and invention in the world of visual storytelling.

Author : Francesca Gherardi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402060298

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Biological invaders in inland waters: Profiles, distribution, and threats by Francesca Gherardi Pdf

Invasive species have come to dominate 3% of the Earth’s ice-free surface, constituting one of the most serious ecological and economic threats of the new millennium, and freshwater systems are particularly vulnerable. This book examines the identity, distribution, and impact of freshwater non-indigenous species and the dynamics of their invasion. It focuses on old and new invaders and provides a starting point for further research.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : CUB:U183015729766

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Notes and Queries by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z252725200

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Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385200845

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Anthropologia by Anonymous Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

Author : Jane Drake,Ann Love
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781770495128

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Alien Invaders by Jane Drake,Ann Love Pdf

From killer toads, feral felines, and brown tree snakes to multiple invaders in the Great Lakes and Lake Victoria, Alien Invaders explores the impact on our ecosystems of the wave after wave of invaders and why they have become a worldwide concern. Environmentalists Jane Drake and Ann Love take us on a journey from the days of sailing ships and shipboard rats to the fungus that sparked the Irish potato famine to the beautiful but deadly purple loosestrife strangling native wetlands, while presenting the concepts of biodiversity and endangered species. Learn where the invaders originate, how they travel, what they displace, why the invaded natural system is vulnerable, and what can be done. Discover if you are an invader or a saver and how you can help.

Author : William Rapai
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780814341254

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Lake Invaders by William Rapai Pdf

There are more than 180 exotic species in the Great Lakes. Some, such as green algae, the Asian tapeworm, and the suckermouth minnow, have had little or no impact so far. But a handful of others—sea lamprey, alewife, round goby, quagga mussel, zebra mussel, Eurasian watermilfoil, spiny water flea, and rusty crayfish—have conducted an all-out assault on the Great Lakes and are winning the battle. In Lake Invaders: Invasive Species and the Battle for the Future of the Great Lakes, William Rapai focuses on the impact of these invasives. Chapters delve into the ecological and economic damage that has occurred and is still occurring and explore educational efforts and policies designed to prevent new introductions into the Great Lakes. Rapai begins with a brief biological and geological history of the Great Lakes. He then examines the history of the Great Lakes from a human dimension, with the construction of the Erie Canal and Welland Canal, opening the doors to an ecosystem that had previously been isolated. The seven chapters that follow each feature a different invasive species, with information about its arrival and impact, including a larger story of ballast water, control efforts, and a forward–thinking shift to prevention. Rapai includes the perspectives of the many scientists, activists, politicians, commercial fishermen, educators, and boaters he interviewed in the course of his research. The final chapter focuses on the stories of the largely unnoticed and unrecognized advocates who have committed themselves to slowing, stopping, and reversing the invasion and keeping the lakes resilient enough to absorb the inevitable attacks to come. Rapai makes a strong case for what is at stake with the growing number of invasive species in the lakes. He examines new policies and the tradeoffs that must be weighed, and ends with an inspired call for action. Although this volume tackles complex ecological, economical, and political issues, it does so in a balanced, lively, and very accessible way. Those interested in the history and future of the Great Lakes region, invasive species, environmental policy making, and ecology will enjoy this informative and thought-provoking volume.

Author : Franz Michael
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429725753

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China Through The Ages by Franz Michael Pdf

Past studies of China have concentrated on specific events or have related a chronological history of the dynastic periods. These works have included aspects of cultural history but have underemphasized the country's great social, political, and intellectual movements and their ultimate expression in the art and literature of the time. By focusing on such themes, Professor Michael provides a new framework for understanding the Chinese cultural tradition. The author describes the evolving history of ideas in China, from ancient faith in powerful magic to more modern concepts of a logical moral order of the universe and mankind's place in it. He also explores the intellectual ferment following the dawn of the age of reason, the integration of Buddhism into the Confucian social order, and the social transformations accompanying the rise and fall of the centralized state. Throughout, he illustrates how the changing society's beliefs, values, and aesthetic sense were embodied in its art and literature. This portrayal of the Chinese cultural tradition not only puts Chinese history in a new perspective, it also illuminates the process through which China constructed a modern society from a non-Western foundation and serves as an essential tool for understanding modern-day China and its prospects for the future.

Author : Ana Sofia Vaz,Ana Novoa,Joana Raquel Vicente,Ross Taylor Shackleton,Joao Pradinho Honrado
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889716401

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Invaders on the Horizon! Scanning the Future of Invasion Science and Management by Ana Sofia Vaz,Ana Novoa,Joana Raquel Vicente,Ross Taylor Shackleton,Joao Pradinho Honrado Pdf

Author : Gill Williams
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781841623597

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100 Alien Invaders by Gill Williams Pdf

This is a fun science photographic exposure of one of the greatest threats to the planet after climate change and overpopulation.

Author : Nona Fernández
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781644451069

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Space Invaders by Nona Fernández Pdf

Longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature A dreamlike evocation of a generation that grew up in the shadow of a dictatorship in 1980s Chile Space Invaders is the story of a group of childhood friends who, in adulthood, are preoccupied by uneasy memories and visions of their classmate Estrella González Jepsen. In their dreams, they catch glimpses of Estrella’s braids, hear echoes of her voice, and read old letters that eventually, mysteriously, stopped arriving. They recall regimented school assemblies, nationalistic class performances, and a trip to the beach. Soon it becomes clear that Estrella’s father was a ranking government officer implicated in the violent crimes of the Pinochet regime, and the question of what became of her after she left school haunts her erstwhile friends. Growing up, these friends—from her pen pal, Maldonado, to her crush, Riquelme—were old enough to sense the danger and tension that surrounded them, but were powerless in the face of it. They could control only the stories they told one another and the “ghostly green bullets” they fired in the video game they played obsessively. One of the leading Latin American writers of her generation, Nona Fernández effortlessly builds a choral and constantly shifting image of young life in the waning years of the dictatorship. In her short but intricately layered novel, she summons the collective memory of a generation, rescuing felt truth from the oblivion of official history.

Author : George B. Grundy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317704355

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A History of the Greek and Roman World (Routledge Revivals) by George B. Grundy Pdf

A History of the Greek and Roman World, first published in 1926, presents the story of Graeco-Roman antiquity from its earliest recorded origins to the height of the Roman imperium. It aims to bring into prominence the internal dynamism - political, cultural, intellectual, and aesthetic – which animated the ancient peoples at different periods of their history, and to draw attention to the physical, socio-economic and religious conditions under which they lived. Written in a style which will likely be unfamiliar to modern readers, Grundy’s historical portrait is painted with broad brush-strokes, offering not only compelling narrative but also incisive commentary on the individuals and societies which occupy the foreground. A History of the Greek and Roman World will be of interest for the general enthusiast as well as students, who may value such a radically different approach to the interpretation of antiquity compared to the conventions which prevail amongst contemporary scholars.

Author : Alice Beck Kehoe
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317495444

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North America before the European Invasions by Alice Beck Kehoe Pdf

North America Before the European Invasions tells the histories of North American peoples from first migrations in the Late Glacial Age, sixteen thousand years ago or more, to the European invasions following Columbus’s arrival. Contrary to invaders’ propaganda, North America was no wilderness, and its peoples had developed a variety of sophisticated resource uses, including intensive agriculture and cities in Mexico and the Midwest. Written in an easy-flowing style, the book is a true history although based primarily on archeological material. It reflects current emphasis within archaeology on rejecting the notion of “pre”-history, instead combining archaeology with post-Columbian ethnographies and histories to present the long histories of North America’s native peoples, most of them still here and still part of the continent’s history.