Featuring trusted series editor Christopher Doda and acclaimed guest editor Joseph Kertes, this eighth installment of Canada's annual volume of essays showcases diverse nonfiction writing from across the country. Culled from leading Canadian magazines and journals, The Best Canadian Essays 2016 contains award-winning and award-nominated nonfiction articles that are topical and engaging and have their finger on the pulse of our contemporary psyches.
THESE MEMOIRS/REFLECTIONS/REMINISCENCES OF VINCENT BUCKLEY SPAN AN EXTRAORDINARY RANGE OF INTERESTS AND ACTIVITY OFONE OF AUSTRALIA'S LEADING INTELLECTUALS OF THE PAST 25 YEARS. BUCKLEY IS APOET AND MAJOR LITERARY CRITIC. MORE THAN THAT, THOUGH HE HAS BEEN A CENTRAL FIGURE IN MAJOR POLITICAL AND UNIVERSITY CONTROVERSIES. HE RECOUNTS HIS EARLY IRISH CATHOLIC AUSTRALIAN BOYHOOD; STUDENT LIFE AT MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY; AND LATER HIS ROLE AS A TEACHER AND A MAN AT THE CENTRE OF THE DEBATES ON THE 50S...
Browne's Religio Medici and Digby's Observations (Classic Reprint)
by Thomas Browne
Sayed Kashua has been praised by the New York Times as "a master of subtle nuance in dealing with both Arab and Jewish society." An Arab-Israeli who lived in Jerusalem for most of his life, Kashua started writing with the hope of creating one story that both Palestinians and Israelis could relate to, rather than two that cannot coexist together. He devoted his novels and his satirical weekly column published in Haaretz to telling the Palestinian story and exploring the contradictions of modern I...
Mrs. Jameson on Shakespeare and the Collier Emendations (Classic Reprint)
by Henry Scadding
The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal, Vol. 132
by Unknown Author
A Survey of English Literature 1780-1830, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
by Oliver Elton
Epitome of Military Science (Translated Texts for Historians, v. 16)
by Vegetius Renatus,Flavius
The only Latin Art of War to survive, Vegetius' Epitome wag for long an essential part of the medieval prince's military education. The core of his proposals, the maintenance of a highly-trained professional standing army and navy, was revolutionary for medieval Europe, while his theory of deterrence through strength remains the foundation of modern Western defence policy. This annotated translation highlights the significance for his own age of Vegetius' advice, written just before the fall of...
The Gentleman Instructed, in the Conduct of a Virtuous and Happy Life, Vol. 1 of 3
by William Darrell
Serious Reflections on the Present Condition of Great-Britain
by Unknown Author
A Brief Retrospect of the Eighteenth Century, Vol. 2 of 2
by Samuel Miller
