An intimate history of the journalists who covered Canadian history, and made some of their own.The history of the press gallery is rich in anecdotes about the people on Parliament Hill who have covered 23 prime ministers and 42 elections in the past 150 years.Mining the archives and his own interviews, Robert Lewis turns the spotlight on the watchers, including reporters who got too close to power and others who kept their distance.The Riel Rebelli...

What does it mean to be a man?Moreover, how do you as a Christian father instill that reality in your son? By Raising a Modern-Day Knight.The medieval custom of knighthood offers a unique approach to shaping and parenting a boy into a strong, godly man. Centuries ago, select boys and young men went through a rigorous, years-long process of clearly defined objectives, goals, and ceremonies―with the hope of achieving knighthood. Along the way, they a...

About this book:Treasure Island is an adventure novel by British author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". First published as a book on May 23, 1883, it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881–82 under the title Treasure Island or, the mutiny of the Hispaniola with Stevenson adopting the pseudonym Captain George North.Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island i...

With more than one million copies in print since its first publication in 1959, this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic details the journey of 13-year-old Jaimie and his father from Kentucky to gold-rush California in 1849.

What does it mean to be a man?Moreover, how do you as a Christian father instill that reality in your son? By raising a modern-day knight.The medieval custom of knighthood offers a unique approach to shaping and parenting a boy into a strong, godly man. Centuries ago, select boys and young men went through a rigorous, years-long process of clearly defined objectives, goals, and ceremonies―with the hope of achieving knighthood. Along the way, they acquired:

A collection of easy and delicious diabetic friendly recipes. This cookbook features recipes that turn ordinary farm fresh produce into something extraordinary! Cook Fresh Live Happy celebrates all things fresh! Making simple changes to how you cook will produce diabetic-friendly dishes that explode with flavor. You will love learning how to master the art of roasting vegetables. Cook Fresh,Live Happy teaches you to make foods come alive with flavor and texture like you have never tasted b...

After the success of the Nashville sit-in movement, John Lewis’ commitment to change through nonviolence is stronger than ever — but as he and his fellow Freedom Riders board a bus into the vicious heart of the deep south, they will be tested like never before. Faced with beatings, police brutality, imprisonment, arson, and even murder, the movement’s young activists place their lives on the line while internal conflicts threaten to tear them apart.But their courage will attract the notice...

The SS grew out of Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler's obsession to prevent the treachery they believed to have caused the German defeat in the First World War. The SS was to be an elite corps of politically aware soldiers whose primary aim was to prevent the undermining of the Nazi Party by rendering its potential enemies harmless. This disturbing story reveals not only the inner workings of the SS, but its paramount role in the mass murder of ...

By Fall 1963, the Civil Rights Movement is an undeniable keystone of the national conversation, and as chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, John Lewis is right in the thick of it. With the stakes continuing to rise, white supremacists intensify their opposition through government obstruction and civilian terrorist attacks, a supportive president is assassinated, and African-Americans across the South are still blatantly prohibited from voting. To carry out their nonviole...

He was the first to pull the trigger. The shot that changed everything.In the skies over Vietnam, U.S. Navy fighter pilot Jerome "Beau" Beaulier made history by being the first Top Gun graduate to down an enemy MiG—a split-second decision captured on classified gun camera footage that would help validate one of the most legendary training programs in military history: TOP GUN.But Jerry's story didn't end with medals or military glory.In Top Gun Lega...

In "A Defence of Virginia," Robert Lewis Dabney offers a robust intellectual justification of the South during the tumultuous period of the American Civil War. Combining historical analysis with impassioned rhetoric, Dabney crafts a narrative that delves deeply into the reasons for Virginia's secession from the Union, contextualizing it within the broader themes of states' rights and regional identity. His literary style is marked by eloquence and a profound familiarity with classical rhet...

This ebook discusses making your pet's food in your own kitchen. It is not without contoversy since many advocates of boths of the raw versus cooked divide are very passionate baout their positions. While Robert Lewis touches on this contobersy he also acknowledges that many veterinarians do not support making pet food at home, whether raw or cooked.What you will find inside:Your pet's nutritional requirementsRecipes for dogd and catsDiscussions on...