Professor Swainger has written an excellent book on the creation of the Canadian department of Justice.

"The federal Department of Justice was established by John A. Macdonald as part of the Conservative party's program for reform of the parliamentary system following Confederation. Among other things, it was charged with establishing national institutions such as the Supreme Court and the North West Mounted Police and with centralizing the penitentiary system. In the process, the department took on a position of primary importance in post-Confederation politics. This was particulary so up to 1878, when Confederation was 'completed'".

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. A Apolitcal Advisor: The Fiction of the Attorney General

3. The Department of Justice and the Business of Governance

4. Advisors to the Crown and the Prerogative of Mercy

5. Canadian Penitentaries and the Rhetoric of Nation, Centralization, and Reform

6. The Canadian Department of Justice and the Judiciary

Dr. Swainger's book is of value to those interested in Canadian politics and the administration of justice.

Professor Swainger has written an excellent book on the Canadian department of justice.

"The federal Department of Justice was established by John A. Macdonald as part of the Conservative party's program for reform of the parliamentary system following Confederation. Among other things, it was charged with establishing national institutions such as the Supreme Court and the North West Mounted Police and with centralizing the penitentiary system. In the process, the department took on a position of primary importnace in the post-Confederation politics. This was particularly so up to 1878, when the Confederation was "completed".

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. An Apolitical Advisor: The fiction of the Attorney General

3. The Department of Justice and the Business of Governance

4. Advisors to the Crown and the Prerogative of Mercy

5. Canadian Penitentiaries and the Rhetoric of Nation, Centralization, and Reform

6. The Department of Justice and Judiciary

7. Conculsion

An valuable edition to one's library

Well and away the most comprehensive source to Canadian fire insurance plans in Ontario collections, bar none.

This esoteric title has been an invaluable addition to our collection - I'm looking forward to further editions or reprints.

Dr. Leisure ranks The Canadian Guide to Naturist Resorts & Beaches as the most comprehensive and accurate guide to nude recreation in Canada. It is a hundred pages of useful information. The emphasis is on information such as maps and directions. Photographic depictions of the lifestyle are limited. A must have for the traveling nudist/naturist out to visit as many clubs and beaches as possible. Nice job David, Stephane and Paul. Aloha DrLeisure.com

This book is a godsend to all naturists and nudists anywhere. It shows where and how to get to all clubs and beaches in the area as well as detailed information particular to each place. Yes! a definate item for your car and home......

I was working overseas for 4 years before discovering this book. If I would have read a copy when I was relocating and adjusting I would have been much better off. Reading it after 4 years of working overseas was like reading my personal transition. I now use the book to keep my resume up to date.

This book gave a very realistic analysis of working overseas and what to expect when returning. I think it would help encourage or discourage people appropriately by helping define what they want and what they expect of their overseas experience. It reinforced a lot of our thoughts and feelings and also enlightened us on points we didn't consider like coming home to Canada and the effects and feelings we might have. It offers many useful resources from organizations to books to the internet. We now feel better prepared and informed and have started to pursue our goal of an overseas, expatriate lifestyle.

If you're looking for the perfect "coffee table book" this is it. From first glance you will be captivated by the most beautiful pictorial you could ever lay your eyes on, no exaggeration! This book will have you calling your travel agent and planning a trip to Canada A.S.A.P. From Mt. Robson in Jasper to Red Rock Canyon in Waterton, over 100 pgs of full color landscapes, flora and fauna of the Canadian Rockies. Each picture is titled and described with historical facts and details which only enhance your enjoyment of this awesome book. I highly recommend this photographic masterpiece, you won't regret the money spent!

I recently went on New Year's ski trip to Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada (1998-99) and took some great pictures. Unlike my amature pictures, Douglas Lighton's pictures truly capture the spirit and raw beauty of this unsploiled landscape. In this book, on the inside cover, one line reads,

"Many of today's visitors are on their own kind of vision quest. These mountains rejuvenate tired souls."

Let me tell you, I left my high stress corporate job and graduate studies for 8 days to enter the most beautiful area I have ever visited in my 28 years of existance. I fully agree with the author when he wrote, "These mountains rejuvenate tired souls." I came back to Atlanta changed forever by the utter sense of "awh" when we stayed in the magnificint resort town of Banff and visited the surrounding areas like Lake Louise. I highly recommend this book to anyone who appreciates the splendor of mother nature doing her finest work. I also recommend visiting Banff National Park in either the summer and/or winter seasons; either time of year you will get the full effect of this magnificent and rejuvenating area. By the way, the residents of this area are among the friendliest people I have ever met too!

super book with an interesting mix of history, recommendations, and photographs. i was very glad i read through this book before i visited the area.

I travel quite a bit in my job as a computer trainer. I had the rare priviledge of working on a project in Edmonton, Alberta on several trips.

I've toured the Jasper to Banff (and reverse) Icefields Parkway five times, and Mt. Robson twice. It was on my second weekend trip during a rest stop at The Crossing that I spied a different kind of book. The stunning photography and well-organized sections sold me on the spot.

This guide made my ride that day on the Icefields Parkway an experience I'll never forget. It has everything: maps, history, biographies, and hotel guides, you name it! I still get it out occasionally to relive the most beautiful trips I've been on.

There's even a section on best times and techniques to photograph certain places. I have taken it with me every trip to help me identify and record where my numerous photos were taken.

I always recommend this book as an essential part of any excursion into the area. Read it before you go, that way you won't miss anything!

Once I started reading the books in this series I was captured. The trials and triumps of Elizabeth and Wynn Delaney are so down to earth and real that I actually felt that I was Elizabeth. I could feel the pain of being childless right along with her. These stories constantly reminded me of Gods love and guidence in all situations of Life. I have read all the books in this series twice and I am passing them on to my own daughters. They are great role models for young girls and women today.

I just love EVERYTHING that Janette Oke's writes. Sometimes I just find myself sitting for hours reading her books. I NEVER tire of them. I wish that she had a "fan club". I do not know of how to find out if she does - I just can not get enough of all of her books! I want to collect everything that she has written.

J. Oke's fan,

Heidi

I was thrilled to discover this book has been re-released, as it has been unavailable for years. Another reviewer has gone into great detail, and I do not want to repeat what he has written. However, I will reinforce his review with my own endorsement - this book is a fascinating look at the every day lives of men in the naval service. Little more than boys, really, thrown in over their heads to either sink or swim. However, the stories contained in this book are often humourous, as "boys will be boys" stories. The humour is intermingled with some interesting insight into the feel of the RCN in WWII - for example, their awe at being in the presence of a British battleship. Highly recommended for anyone interested in this era.

In every war, a few men gain an everlasting reputation by standing brave and firm against immense odds -- from the time of the Spartans at Thermopylea to the US Marines at Khe Sahn -- and the story of the men who manned the corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy is one such legend.

James B. Lamb was one of those men, and he has written a superb story about 'The Corvette Navy' of Canada which helped fight the U-boats to a stand-still in World War II. Corvettes were rugged little ships, about 200 feet in length and only 1,200 tons, based on the design of Antarctic whaling ships. Almost 300 were built, the largest number of any one class of warships ever built. England's Royal Navy named them for flowers; which meant the proud Teutonic U104 was sunk by HMS Rhododendron, and U147 was sunk by HMS Periwinkle, and U605 was captured by HMS Poppy. It was truly "flower power" in action.

Canadians named their corvettes after towns, and let crews design the coat-of-arms for each ship. Five aces were chosen for HMCS Baddeck (bad deck -- get it?); a crowned lady falling on her backside in a puddle of water became the crest for HMCS Wetaskiwin (Wet-ass-Queen). Lamb, one of the top newspaper editors in Canada during his career, includes the courage, duty, sacrifice, terror and, thankfully -- the humor that war can provide. Lamb lived that experience, as commander of HMCS Minas and later HMCS Camrose. His book is a first hand account.

The winter North Atlantic, where Canadian corvettes took convoys to and from England, is one of the grimmest bodies of water on earth. Fall into the sea, and you lose consciousness within five minutes and freeze to death within 15 minutes. Lamb tells of frantic work by corvette crews to chop foot thick ice of the upper decks to keep from rolling over and sinking. He also tells of a depth charge attack against a U-boat by a trawler which couldn't get away from the explosions in time. Geysers of water erupted and the trawler disappeared under the spray; when it reappeared with it's stern blown off and steam pouring from broken boiler pipes, the captain meekly signaled, "I have busted myself."

Even Americans, who got into the war two and one-quarter years after Canada, are included. Lamb was once part of a crew bringing a new Canadian warship from British Columbia to the North Atlantic. The Americans posted an armed guard with a massive gun on his hip to prevent any "monkey business" while in the Panama Canal. Canadian ships in those days issued a daily tot of rum to every sailor; so the guard was plied with food and extra rum. After he fell asleep in his chair, the Canadian sailors slipped the revolver out of the man's holster and replaced it with a banana.

When the fun was over, they gave a very worried guard his beloved gun back before they left him in Colon, Panama. In a few months, the Canadians were in the toughest combat theatre of World War II; the American was left to keep Panama safe. It's this combination of the sublime to the ridiculous -- how else do you expect teenagers in warships to act? -- that makes his book a rare gem in military histories. Without such kids, U-boats could have closed the Atlantic -- and Germany might have won. Understand them, and you'll understand the mood of American service men in World War II.

Who were these sailors? Look at it this way: anyone who was 30 years of age or older was immediately nicknamed "Pappy." The regular peacetime navy men all got safe desk jobs in Canada or England; just as the old Spartans sat at home and sent the teens to Thermopylae. Wars are ever like that, and Lamb tells their story superbly. Only one corvette now remains, as a dockside museum in Halifax. Lamb's book heralds the passing of an fantastic era lived by incredible men.

Even if you've never seen a ship, let alone the North Atlantic Squadron, you'll understand this story that's told in terms of the people. It's a gem.

When I studied poetry in school I didn't particularly like most of what we were assigned to read. And then I read Robert Service's poem The Shooting of Dan McGrew and discovered that I liked it. Next I read The Cremation of Sam McGee and decided that poetry could actually be fun. Eventually I read other poems by Robert Service and discovered that, although most were more serious than Dan McGrew and Sam McGee, they still appealed to me. In fact, thanks in large part to Service, I have now developed a taste for other poetry as well. Robert Service was an adventurer as well as a poet and his adventurer's perspective makes his poems particular appealing. If you're a fan of Robert Service this is a good collection of his work. If you haven't read him yet this is a good place to start. And if you think that you don't like poetry, maybe Service will help convert you as he did me.

This is an outstanding collection of great Robert Service Poetry, superbly illustrated.

Layton is a poet who is at once both the Poet and the Celebrity, and it is no wonder after reading the poems in this book. He has always been a favorite of mine - he contiues to typify the best of modern poetry...

The romantic poetry of master poet Layton coupled (and I used that word carefully!) with the unusual erotic etchings of master artist Richard Gorman. A happy alliance of Canadian art and literature.