The Mosaic

Author : Nina Berkhout
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781554989867

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The Mosaic by Nina Berkhout Pdf

A teenaged pacifist and a PTSD-afflicted Marine form an unexpected bond over a secret buried in a decommissioned nuclear missile silo. Twyla Jane Lee has one goal. To finish senior year so she can get out of her military hometown of Halo, Montana. But to graduate, she needs to complete forty hours of community service, and that means helping out a rude and reclusive former Marine named Gabriel Finch. A young veteran of the conflicts in the Middle East, Gabriel spends his days holed up in a decommissioned nuclear missile silo on his family farm. Twyla assumes he’s just another doomsday prepper, readying his underground shelter for Armageddon. But soon she finds out the truth, and it takes her breath away. Gradually the two misfits form a bond, and Twyla begins to unearth the secrets that have left the Marine battling ghosts. Her discoveries force her to question her views on the wars until she realizes that even if she gets out of Halo, she won’t ever be able to leave Gabriel Finch’s story behind her. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3 Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

Author : Ninette Kelley,M. Trebilcock
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442690813

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The Making of the Mosaic by Ninette Kelley,M. Trebilcock Pdf

Immigration policy is a subject of intense political and public debate. In this second edition of the widely recognized and authoritative work The Making of the Mosaic, Ninette Kelley and Michael Trebilcock have thoroughly revised and updated their examination of the ideas, interests, institutions, and rhetoric that have shaped Canada's immigration history. Beginning their study in the pre-Confederation period, the authors interpret major episodes in the evolution of Canadian immigration policy, including the massive deportations of the First World War and Depression eras as well as the Japanese-Canadian internment camps during World War Two. New chapters provide perspective on immigration in a post-9/11 world, where security concerns and a demand for temporary foreign workers play a defining role in immigration policy reform. A comprehensive and important work, The Making of the Mosaic clarifies the attitudes underlying each phase and juncture of immigration history, providing vital perspective on the central issues of immigration policy that continue to confront us today.

Author : Nina Berkhout
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781770894846

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The Gallery of Lost Species by Nina Berkhout Pdf

Just as thirteen year-old Edith Walker is about to leave childhood behind, she thinks she spots a unicorn high on a slope while hiking. Her daydreamer father Henry convinces her that what she’s seen is real. Edith’s sighting of the fabled creature – and her unfailing belief that the imaginary creature will eventually be found – sets in motion a series of events that impact the next decade of her life. Edith grows up in her big sister Vivienne’s shadow. While the beautiful Viv is forced by the girls’ overbearing mother Constance to compete in child beauty pageants, plain-looking Edith follows in her father’s footsteps, collecting oddities, studying coins and reading from moldy books that only serve to exacerbate her asthma. Eventually, a family trip to the Rocky Mountains and a chance encounter with a handsome geology student named Liam changes the course of the sisters’ relationship forever. As Viv rebels against her mother and pageantry to become a painter, she embarks on a downward spiral into addiction. Edith then finds herself torn between a desire to save her sister and pursuing her own love for Liam. Fulfilling her father’s wish for her to work in a museum, Edith takes a job cataloguing artwork at the National Gallery of Canada, where she meets an elderly cryptozoologist named Theo. Theo is searching for “Gauguin’s mystery bird” and has devoted his entire life to tracking down extinct animals. Navigating her way through Vivienne’s dark landscape while trying to win Liam’s heart, Edith develops an unlikely friendship with Theo when she realizes they might have more in common than she imagined: they are both trying to retrieve something that may be impossible to bring back to life. The Gallery of Lost Species is about finding solace in unexpected places — in works of art, in people and in animals that the world has forgotten.

Author : Emily Robins Sharpe
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487501426

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Mosaic Fictions by Emily Robins Sharpe Pdf

Mosaic Fictions reveals the tensions between national and global affiliations in Spanish Civil War literature, highlighting writers such as Leonard Cohen, Dorothy Livesay, and Mordecai Richler.

Author : Scott McGregor,Ina Mitchell
Publisher : Optimum Publishing International
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780888903181

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The Mosaic Effect by Scott McGregor,Ina Mitchell Pdf

In The Mosaic Effect, the authors chronicle how they assembled a formidable team of intelligence collectors, including seasoned journalists, former agents, law enforcement experts, dedicated researchers, and incognito informants within the Chinese diaspora. With precision and dedication, they employ a fusion of modern investigative techniques and age-old tradecraft. Together, they assemble a captivating mosaic of intelligence, piecing together the intricate web of CCP influence that reaches into the highest echelons of global power. The Mosaic Effectisn't just an exposé but an urgent cautionary tale. It invites you to peer into the covert realm manipulated by the CCP within the Western sphere. This isn't merely a story—it's a high-stakes narrative of intrigue and espionage that offers an intimate look into a dimension of global affairs concealed from public gaze. Welcome to a world of international espionage, intrigue, and the relentless pursuit of democratic values, all woven into a narrative that demands the attention of discerning readers immersed in global politics and the preservation of democracy. For those who are well-versed in global politics, espionage aficionados, and public policy writers, The Mosaic Effect is your exclusive passageway to understand what has happened and what needs to be done to safeguard democracy.

Author : John Murray Gibbon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Canada
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU54376815

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Canadian Mosaic by John Murray Gibbon Pdf

Author : Amy Grant
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781400073634

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Mosaic by Amy Grant Pdf

One of America's most popular music artists bares her heart and soul in her first autobiographical work. With honesty and depth, Grant offers poignant and often startling insights on motherhood, marriage, forgiveness, and faith--revealing a life blessed with jagged edges as well as vivid colors.

Author : Regina A. Goulding,Richard C. Schwartz
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Adult child sexual abuse victims
ISBN : 0393701786

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The Mosaic Mind by Regina A. Goulding,Richard C. Schwartz Pdf

Argues that the healthy personality is naturally multiple, and suggests inner dialogs that adult victims of child abuse can use to heal each portion of their personality

Author : Reginald W. Bibby,Joel Thiessen,Monetta Bailey
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781459745612

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The Millennial Mosaic by Reginald W. Bibby,Joel Thiessen,Monetta Bailey Pdf

The Millennial Mosaic provides an unmatched examination of Canada’s youngest adults, unveiling the news that they are an upgrade on older Canadians, and what it means for the future of Canada.

Author : Suleiman Mourad
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786632128

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The Mosaic of Islam by Suleiman Mourad Pdf

A comprehensive introduction to the faith and politics of Islam Today, 23 percent of the global population is Muslim, but ignorance and misinformation about Islam persist. In this fascinating and useful book, Perry Anderson interviews the noted scholar of Islam Suleiman Mourad about the Qurʾan and the history of the faith. Mourad elucidates the different stages in Islam’s development: the Qurʾan as scripture and the history of its codification; Muhammad and the significance of his Sunna and Hadith; the Sunni–Shiʿi split and the formation of various sects; the development of jihad; the transition to modernity and the challenges of reform; and the complexities of Islam in the modern world. He also looks at Wahhabism from its inception in the eighteenth century to its present-day position as the movement that galvanized modern Salafism and gave rise to militant Islam or jihadism. The Mosaic of Islam reveals both the richness and the fissures of the faith. It speaks of the different voices claiming to represent the religion and spans peaceful groups and manifestations as well as the bloody confrontations that disfigure the Middle East, such as the Saudi intervention in the Yemen and the collapse of Syria and Iraq.

Author : Nick Lovegrove
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781610395571

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The Mosaic Principle by Nick Lovegrove Pdf

Life -- personally and professionally -- is lived to the fullest as a mosaic, encompassing a rich and complex set of diverse experiences that provide purpose, meaning, happiness, and success. Yet, the pressures of modern society push us toward narrower focus and deeper specialization in our lives and careers. Our pursuit of specific expertise risks us becoming isolated from those different from us; our lack of shared experience fosters suspicion and conflict. Today we have businesspeople and government officials who persistently distrust and demonize each other; a fortunate swath of society with professional and financial security, increasingly isolated from those left behind; and community leaders who struggle to relate to and connect with the communities they serve. In every walk of life we have allowed ourselves to be pushed into self-defining cocoons from which it is difficult to break out. Nick Lovegrove's compelling vision provides the way out of this contemporary trap. He supplies vivid portraits of those who get it right (such as Paul Farmer, the physician whose broad and imaginative choices bring health and hope to the world's poorest people) and those who get it deeply wrong (such as Jeffrey Skilling, the former CEO of Enron) and connects their experiences with a blueprint of six skills -- a moral compass, transferrable skills, contextual intelligence, prepared mind, intellectual thread, and extended network. The Mosaic Principle will help you to succeed in an ever-changing, more complex, and diverse world, and build a more remarkable and fulfilling life.

Author : Daniel R. Meister
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780228009986

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The Racial Mosaic by Daniel R. Meister Pdf

Canada is often considered a multicultural mosaic, welcoming to immigrants and encouraging of cultural diversity. Yet this reputation masks a more complex history. In this groundbreaking study of the pre-history of Canadian multiculturalism, Daniel Meister shows how the philosophy of cultural pluralism normalized racism and the entrenchment of whiteness. The Racial Mosaic demonstrates how early ideas about cultural diversity in Canada were founded upon, and coexisted with, settler colonialism and racism, despite the apparent tolerance of a variety of immigrant peoples and their cultures. To trace the development of these ideas, Meister takes a biographical approach, examining the lives and work of three influential public intellectuals whose thoughts on cultural pluralism circulated widely beginning in the 1920s: Watson Kirkconnell, a university professor and translator; Robert England, an immigration expert with Canadian National Railways; and John Murray Gibbon, a publicist for the Canadian Pacific Railway. While they all proposed variants of the idea that immigrants to Canada should be allowed to retain certain aspects of their cultures, their tolerance had very real limits. In their personal, corporate, and government-sponsored works, only the cultures of "white" European immigrants were considered worthy of inclusion. On the fiftieth anniversary of Canada's official policy of multiculturalism, The Racial Mosaic represents the first serious and sustained attempt to detail the policy's historical antecedents, compelling readers to consider how racism has structured Canada's settler-colonial society.

Author : Roger E. Olson
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830899708

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The Mosaic of Christian Belief by Roger E. Olson Pdf

In The Mosaic of Christian Belief Roger E. Olson thematically traces the contours of Christian belief down through the ages, revealing a pattern of both unity and diversity. He finds a consensus of teaching that is both unitive and able to incorporate a faithful diversity when not forced into the molds of false either-or alternatives. The mosaic that emerges from Olson's work, now updated throughout and with a new chapter on the Holy Spirit, displays a mediating evangelical theology that is irenic in spirit and tone. Olson, writing with nonspecialists in mind, has masterfully sketched out the contours of the Great Tradition of the Christian faith with simplicity while avoiding oversimplification.

Author : Frederick Victor Winnett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006008341

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The Mosaic Tradition by Frederick Victor Winnett Pdf

Professor Winnett's view is that the Books of Exodus and Numbers constitute one primary source, the Mosaic Tradition, which has been supplemented and rearranged by P.

Author : Diane Armstrong
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0312305109

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Mosaic by Diane Armstrong Pdf

Starting in Krakow, Poland in 1890, and spanning more than one hundred years, five generations, and four continents, Mosaic is Diane Armstrong's moving account of her remarkable, resilient family. This story begins when Daniel Baldinger divorces the wife he loves because she cannot bear children. Believing that "a man must have sons to say Kaddish for him when he dies," he marries a much younger woman, and by 1913, Daniel and his second wife Lieba have eleven children, including six sons. In this richly textured portrait, Armstrong follows the Baldinger children's lives over decades, through the terrifying years of the Holocaust, to the present. Based on oral histories and the diaries of more than a dozen men and women, Mosaic is an extraordinary story of a family and one woman's journey to reclaim her heritage.