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William Osler
A Life in Medicine
Häftad, 2007
608 kr
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William Osler was born in a parsonage in backwoods Canada on July 12, 1849. In a life lasting seventy years, he practiced, taught, and wrote about medicine at Canada's McGill University, America's Johns Hopkins University, and finally as Regius Professor at Oxford. At the time of his death in …
Harvey Cushing
A Life in Surgery
E-bok, 2005
381 kr
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Here is the first biography to appear in fifty years of Harvey Cushing, a giant of American medicine and without doubt the greatest figure in the history of brain surgery. Drawing on new collections of intimate personal and family papers, diaries and patient records, Michael Bliss captures …
William Osler
A Life in Medicine
E-bok, 1999
312 kr
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William Osler, who was a brilliant, innovative teacher and a scholar of the natural history of disease, revolutionized the art of practicing medicine at the bedside of his patients. He was idolized by two generations of medical students and practitioners for whom he came to personify the ideal …
William Osler
A Life in Medicine
E-bok, 1999
312 kr
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William Osler, who was a brilliant, innovative teacher and a scholar of the natural history of disease, revolutionized the art of practicing medicine at the bedside of his patients. He was idolized by two generations of medical students and practitioners for whom he came to personify the ideal …
Making of Modern Medicine
Turning Points in the Treatment of Disease
Inbunden, 2011
180 kr
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At the dawn of the twenty-first century, we have become accustomed to medical breakthroughs and conditioned to assume that, regardless of what ails us, doctors almost certainly will be able to help - not just by diagnosing illnesses and alleviating our pain, but by actually treating or even curing …
Social History of Canada
Häftad, 1972
282 kr
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For too long the history of Canadian society has been hidden in secondhand bookstores, the dark corners of library stacks, and the privacy of the occasional graduate seminar. Contrary to what often seems the common impression, there is a richness and distinctiveness to our labour history, our urban …
Rapids
Av Alan Sullivan, Michael Bliss
Häftad, 1972
412 kr
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For too long the history of Canadian society has been hidden in secondhand bookstores, the dark corners of library stacks, and the privacy of the occasional graduate seminar. Contrary to what often seems the common impression, there is a richness and distinctiveness to our labour history, our urban …
Social Planning for Canada: The 1935 classic of Canadian socialist thought
Häftad, 1975
881 kr
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Queen V Louis Riel
Häftad, 1974
456 kr
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The transcript of Louis Riel’s trial has never been readily accessible to the general reader interested in the 1885 Rebellion and related events. This work will promote knowledge of the facts, and illustrate a social phenomenon of nineteenth-century Canada.In that age litigation was a prime public …
Banting
A Biography
Häftad, 1993
413 kr
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Frederick Banting was thirty-one when he received the Nobel Prize for his part in the discovery of insulin. He was catapulted to instant fame, for which he was neither personally nor professionally prepared. Set up as head of his own research institute by a grateful government, he struggled …
Dreams Within a Dream
The Films of Peter Weir
Inbunden, 2000
605 kr
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What we see, and what we seem, are but a dream, a dream within a dream. Michael Bliss views Miranda's voice-over at the beginning of ""Picnic at Hanging Rock"" as so pivotal in explaining the films of Peter Weir that he borrows her words to create the title of his own study of the Australian …
Peckinpah Today
New Essays on the Films of Sam Peckinpah
Häftad, 2012
381 kr
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Written exclusively for this collection by today’s most significant writers and researchers on Sam Peckinpah, the nine essays in Peckinpah Today explore the body of work of one of the most important American filmmakers, revealing new insights into his artistic process and the development of his …
Word Made Flesh
Catholicism and Conflict in the Films of Martin Scorsese
Häftad, 1998
912 kr
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The Word Made Flesh is an exploration of the thematic concerns and the underlying humanism and morality found in Martin Scorsese's films. It contains individual chapters on fifteen Scorsese films, the most complete Scorsese filmography available, and a host of illustrations.Generally acknowledged …
Between the Bullets
The Spiritual Cinema of John Woo
Inbunden, 2002
988 kr
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Originally a Hong Kong-based director, John Woo is now considered one of the ten most successful directors working in American films, receiving world-wide attention for his highly stylized violence in films such as The Killer (1989), Hard-Boiled (1992), Face/Off (1997), and Mission Impossible 2 …
Uniquely American Epic
Intimacy and Action, Tenderness and Violence in Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch
Inbunden, 2019
627 kr
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One of the most innovative films ever made, Sam Peckinpah's motion picture The Wild Bunch was released in 1969. From the outset, the film was considered controversial because of its powerful, graphic, and direct depiction of violence, but it was also praised for its lush photography, intricate …
Plague
A Story of Smallpox in Montreal
Häftad, 2026
253 kr
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In January 1885, as the people of Montreal celebrated one of the greatest winter carnivals of the century, a deadly epidemic inched its way through the city streets. When the case of a railway porter suffering from smallpox was gravely mishandled, what followed was a “carnival of death” causing the …
Plague
A Story of Smallpox in Montreal
E-bok, 2026
302 kr
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In January 1885, as the people of Montreal celebrated one of the greatest winter carnivals of the century, a deadly epidemic inched its way through the city streets. When the case of a railway porter suffering from smallpox was gravely mishandled, what followed was a "e;carnival of death"e; …
Plague
A Story of Smallpox in Montreal
E-bok, 2026
302 kr
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In January 1885, as the people of Montreal celebrated one of the greatest winter carnivals of the century, a deadly epidemic inched its way through the city streets. When the case of a railway porter suffering from smallpox was gravely mishandled, what followed was a "e;carnival of death"e; …
Invasions USA
The Essential Science Fiction Films of the 1950s
Inbunden, 2014
686 kr
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Out of more than 180 science fiction films produced in the United States between 1950 and 1959, twenty were concerned with the notion of an invasion. Of these, a select number used the invasions as metaphors of issues that were of importance to America at the time, such as assaults upon …
Discovery of Insulin
The Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition
E-bok, 2000
655 kr
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The discovery of insulin at the University of Toronto in 1921-22 was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of disease. Insulin was a wonder-drug with ability to bring patients back from the very brink of death, and it was no surprise that in 1923 the Nobel Prize for …
Discovery of Insulin
The Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition
E-bok, 2000
636 kr
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The discovery of insulin at the University of Toronto in 1921-22 was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of disease. Insulin was a wonder-drug with ability to bring patients back from the very brink of death, and it was no surprise that in 1923 the Nobel Prize for …
Making of Modern Medicine
Turning Points in the Treatment of Disease
Inbunden, 2010
355 kr
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Originating in the prestigious Joanne Goodman Lecture Series, and drawing on the author's series of award-winning books, The Making of Modern Medicine explores the foundations of medicine through three case studies that elucidate turning points in the evolution of health care. Michael Bliss first …
Right Honourable Men
The Descent of Canadian Politics from MacDonald to Chrétien
E-bok, 2012
125 kr
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Updated with an insightful and controversial assessment of Jean Chrétien Since first published in 1994, Right Honourable Men has remained the definitive source for Canadians wanting to know more about the quality of our leaders and the personalities behind the policies. Now, in this timely new …
Writing History
A Professor’s Life
E-bok, 2011
99 kr
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One of Canada’s best-known and most-honoured biographers turns to the raw material of his own life in Writing History . A university professor, prolific scholar, public intellectual, and frank critic of the world he has known, Michael Bliss draws on extensive personal diaries to describe a life …
Discovery of Insulin
Special Centenary Edition
Häftad, 2021
366 kr
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The discovery of insulin at the University of Toronto in 1921–2 was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of disease. Insulin, discovered by the Canadian research team of Frederick Banting, Charles Best, James Collip, and John Macleod, was a wonder drug with the ability to …
Discovery of Insulin
Special Centenary Edition
E-bok, 2021
450 kr
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The discovery of insulin at the University of Toronto in 1921–2 was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of disease. Insulin, discovered by the Canadian research team of Frederick Banting, Charles Best, James Collip, and John Macleod, was a wonder drug with the ability to …
Social History of Canada
E-bok, 1972
370 kr
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For too long the history of Canadian society has been hidden in secondhand bookstores, the dark corners of library stacks, and the privacy of the occasional graduate seminar. Contrary to what often seems the common impression, there is a richness and distinctiveness to our labour history, our urban …
Queen V Louis Riel
E-bok, 1974
587 kr
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The transcript of Louis Riel’s trial has never been readily accessible to the general reader interested in the 1885 Rebellion and related events. This work will promote knowledge of the facts, and illustrate a social phenomenon of nineteenth-century Canada. In that age litigation was a prime public …
Social Planning for Canada
The 1935 Classic of Canadian Socialist Thought
E-bok, 1975
734 kr
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The League for Social Reconstruction was formed in 1932 to provide an analysis of the capitalist system and to define the social goal toward which political action should be directed. Early in its history the need was seen for a comprehensive book bringing together important pieces of individual …
