"A call to arms for a fresh approach to the most fundamental right of passage – from birth to citizenship – that ought to be easily claimable." PETER C. NEWMANWhen Vancouver-born Don Chapman was six years old, he was stripped of his Canadian citizenship, thanks to an arcane provision of the 1947 Canadian Citizenship Act. Years later, he was stunned to discover that he couldn't return to his homeland, and thus began his David and Goliath battle to change Canada's discriminatory citi...

The medical consultant of Oxford University’s Bodleian Library told Don Chapman to strip off, took one look at him and demanded: ‘Young man, how do you expect to get through life with a body like that?’ Seventy years later he is still trying.In this, his latest book, a tongue-in-cheek memoir called ‘A Tenpenny Dip in Paradise and other flights of fancy’, Don draws on some of the wackier articles he wrote during forty years in journalism to explore the excitements, fascinations and absurdit...

In the 1850s a craze swept through the wardrobes of the women of British and American society. These 'bloomers', wearing their new loose-fitting 'Turkish dress', represented a turn against the painful and unhealthy fashions of the Victorian hey-day with its corsets and bindings. But it was more than that: with the newspapers everywhere decrying this new style of dress, bloomers became an overnight feminist firestorm. These early pioneers had set in motion a form of social protest in which ...

In today’s rapidly changing world, diplomacy is undergoing a revolutionary transformation. Imagine ambassadors using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze millions of social media posts in real time, crisis responses guided by predictive analytics, and complex negotiations enhanced by unprecedented data‑driven insights. This isn’t the future—it’s diplomacy today, reimagined through AI.Drawing on over 21 years of experience integrating technology into foreign affairs, Donald Kilbu...

Honorable Mention Recipient for the 2026 Jazz Book of the Year in Biography or Autobiography from the Jazz Journalists AssociationDon Byas (1913–1972) may be lesser known than the counterparts he played with—Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Dizzy Gillespie, among others—but he was an enigma. He never stayed with a band for long, and eventually went solo partly to make more money and partly due to his inability to work with bandleaders. Often drinking to excess, alc...

Protecting Your Mental Health: If You Don't, Who Will? Is a book about one woman's life changing struggle with mental health and how she overcame it. It also is a self-help book discussing ways to cope with stress, depression, and loss while still maintaining balance and having a positive outlook on life.

The decade which began in July 1997 saw a global financial system that generated more wealth for more people for a much longer period of time than any other in financial history.But ten years later, in a seemingly sudden move, there was a flight of capital and a collapse of the global banking system. What went wrong? Did anyone see it coming? What lessons can we learn from this?And is it really all that bad?Fooled Again is not a history book, but it looks a...

Gather 'Round for a Good StoryKick back, relax, and relive some of your favorite memories as hunting buddies Steve Chapman and Don Hicks tell a tale or two from time spent in God's great outdoors.Hit the trail with Steve and Don as they share aboutEscaping nature's fiery wrath by miraculous meansDiscovering new interests at midlife and beyondExperiencing the highs and lows of tracking wounded gameDepending on God'...

This text provides a detailed introduction to number theory, demonstrating how other areas of mathematics enter into the study of the properties of natural numbers. It contains problem sets within each section and at the end of each chapter to reinforce essential concepts, and includes up-to-date information on divisibility problems, polynomial congruence, the sums of squares and trigonometric sums.;Five or more copies may be ordered by college or university bookstores at a special price, ...

Your call to love those who don’t know Jesus does not mean you need to save them. Through real-life guidance and encouragement, Peace in the Waiting helps us navigate the grief, confusion, and urgency we feel for loved ones who have rejected or wandered away from God.Is your heart weary from praying for someone you love to know Jesus? Peace in the Waiting offers a hope-filled path as you turn from your own doubts and frustration to God’s sovereignty and comfort. Drawing on her expe...

Amidst the rampant use of algorithmization enabled by AI, the common theme of AI systems is the human factor. Humans play an essential role in designing, developing, and operationalizing AI systems. We have a remit to ensure those systems run transparently, perform equitably, value our privacy, and effectively fulfill human needs. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to contribute to the ongoing development of human–AI interaction with a particular focus on the "human" dimension a...

This book is a detailed examination of social connections to language evaluation with a specific focus on the values associated with both prescriptivism and descriptivism. The chapters, written by authors from many different linguistic and national backgrounds, use a variety of approaches and methods to discuss values in linguistic prescriptivism. In particular, the chapters break down the traditional binary approaches that characterize prescriptive discourse to create a view of the comple...