A vintage eight-part radio serial based on the true story of the infamous outlaw and his Kelly gangNed Kelly’s name has gone down in history as Australia’s greatest folk hero. A legendary bushranger and bank robber, he is lauded by many as a Robin Hood-style rebel – and reviled by others as a cold-blooded killer. This thrilling 1963 serial by The Flying Doctor writer Rex Rienits charts his chequered career, from his first hold-up to his dramatic last stand...

Advances in Highly Correlated Systems explores the fundamentals, recent advances, and applications of the physics of highly correlated materials. This book serves as a handbook/reference for advanced graduate students.The book provides fascinating insights into the major developments and applications of strongly correlated materials. It then goes on to integrate various numerical/theoretical models, such as dynamic mean-field theory, Hubbard model, Ab-Initio Calculation et...

This book uncovers an early collection of sayings, called N, that are ascribed to Jesus and are similar to those found in the Gospel of Thomas and in Q, a document believed to be a common source, with Mark, for Matthew and Luke. In the process, the book sheds light on the literary methods of Mark and Thomas. A literary comparison of the texts of the sayings of Jesus that appear in both Mark and Thomas shows that each adapted an earlier collection for his own purpose. Neither Mark nor Thoma...

In the annals of Canadian history, the name Sir Wilfrid Laurier stands tall as a transformative figure. "The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier" chronicles the remarkable journey of this charismatic statesman, from his humble beginnings to his rise as Canada's first French-Canadian Prime Minister. Through vivid prose and meticulous research, Oscar D. Skelton paints a captivating portrait of Laurier's political acumen, his unwavering belief in national unity, and his pivotal role in shaping Canada'...

“In this book, Professor D.N. Sprague tells why the Métis did not receive the land that was supposed to be theirs under the Manitoba Act.... Sprague offers many examples of the methods used, such as legislation justifying the sale of the land allotted to Métis children without any of the safeguards ordinarily required in connection with transactions with infants. Then there were powers of attorny, tax sales—any number of stratgems could be used, and were—to see that the land intended for t...

With the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), commentators began to situate the evolution of the status of children within the context of the “property to persons” trajectory that other human rights stories had followed. In the first edition of A Question of Commitment, editors R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell provided a template of analysis for understanding this evolution. They identified three overlapping stages of development as childr...

Material Cultures in Canada presents the vibrant and diverse field of material culture studies in Canadian literary, artistic, and political contexts today. The first of its kind, this collection features sixteen essays by leading scholars in Canada, each of whom examines a different object of study, including the beaver, geraniums, comics, water, a musical playlist, and the human body.The book’s three sections focus, in turn, on objects that are persistently material, on ...

We All Giggled tells the stories of two families that came together when the author’s parents met and married in 1945. The Hüglins had lost most of their fortune in the course of two world wars, and the Wachendorff s had survived the Nazi years despite their Jewish ancestry. The families’ roots are traced back to a vineyard in southern Germany, a jail in Geneva, the Conservatory in St. Petersburg, and the hometown of a Jewish merchant in Silesia.This engaging book centres ...