Bøger af Daniel Francis

In a world gripped by a crippling energy drought, Amaryl's modest life shatters when the malevolent Zovelken attack her parents' lightning farm and steal their last remaining bottled lightning. Now, Amaryl must embark on a perilous journey to warn Yerth of the Zovelken's sinister plans. Along the way, she'll forge new alliances, face old adversaries, and unravel a dark secret that could change everything. Will Amaryl find the strength to embrace her destiny, or will she become a prisoner of the Zovelken shadow that threatens to engulf the entire world?

The most difficult coloring book ever, are you up for the challenge?

A new edition of a classic North American text on the image of the Native in non-Native culture.

Canadians have long associated Prohibition with the colorful history of the Jazz Age in the United States. But even before the American ban that was in place from 1920 to 1933, Canada initiated its own Prohibition. The so-called Cold Water Army was led by zealots and prudes preaching hellfire and damnation, but also by committed social reformers who recognized the ill effects of excessive drinking. In March 1918, the federal government banned the manufacture and importation of liquor. For the next 21 months, Canada was as dry as any law could make it, which admittedly was not very dry. Closing Time tells the story of this fascinating attempt to control the social habits of Canadian citizens. It began as a popular crusade to cleanse society of a widespread evil, but instead became an opportunity for larceny, profit, and violence on a grand scale.Employing a variety of anecdotes and illustrations, Closing Time conjures the legal and historical context of Prohibition, presenting well-rendered figures and impressive research. Comparing the past with our present-day prohibition of certain recreational drugs, Francis explores the limits of laws that forbid these indulgences — a topic that is quite relevant today.

"The First 100 Days", provides a selection of speeches by the President of the United States, during his first days in office. His speeches provide the reader with key insight into the political circumstances surrounding America during these first 100 days. It is crucial to the understanding of what Trump aims to achieve and demonstrates how he entertains the masses. His Vision of America - "Make America Great Again" was at the forefront of his political campaign and coupled with his opinions on socio-economic and political attitudes led to a successful entrepreneur becoming one of the most openly spoken presidents to date. The First 100 Days, Part 1, is the first of two books that together cover his first 100 days in office.

As Canadians, we remember the stories told to us in high-school history class as condensed images of the past--the glorious Mountie, the fearsome Native, the Last Spike. National Dreams is an incisive study of the most persistent icons and stories in Canadian history, and how they inform our sense of national identity: the fundamental beliefs that we Canadians hold about ourselves. National Dreams is the story of our stories; the myths and truths of our collective past that we first learned in school, and which we carry throughout our adult lives as tangible evidence of what separates us from other nationalities. Francis examines various aspects of this national mythology, in which history is as much storytelling as fact. Textbooks were an important resource for Francis. "e;For me, these books are interesting not because they explain what actually happened to us, but because they explain what we think happened to us."e;For example, Francis documents how the legend of the CPR as a country-sustaining, national affirming monolity was created by the company itself--a group of capitalists celebrating the privately-owned railway, albeit one which was generously supported with public land and cash--and reiterated by most historians ever since.Similarly, we learn how the Mounties were transformed from historical police force to mythic heroes by a vast army of autobiographers, historians, novelists, and Hollywood filmmakers, with little attention paid to the true role of the force in such incidents as the Bolshevik rebellion, in which a secret conspiracy by the Government against its people was conducted through the RNWMP.Also revealed in National Dreams are the stories surrounding the formation and celebration of Canadian heroes such as Louis Riel and Billy Bishop.