J Boyer: 21 books
Raw Life
Cameos of 1890s Justice from a Magistrate's Bench Book
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
Rare views of human lives in turmoil are revealed in several hundred trials conducted in 1890s Muskoka by Magistrate James Boyer of Bracebridge. The charges and evidence show how raw life really was in Canada's frontier towns, with cases ranging from nostalgic and humorous to pitiable and deeply disturbing.
While...
Zakim and Boyer's Hepatology
A Textbook of Liver Disease E-Book
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
Get the authoritative, up-to-date information you need on liver disease from the 7th Edition of the most trusted reference worldwide. Covering both basic science and recent clinical developments, this revised edition by Drs. Arun J. Sanyal, Thomas D. Boyer, Norah A. Terrault, and Keith D. Lindor,...
The People's Mandate
Referendums and a More Democratic Canada
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 1991
A mood of anger with the political system has been stirring across Canada; yet rather than turning away from the system, many Canadians are actually seeking a greater say in matters that affect them. they want to become more effective participants in the political process.
In this timely book,...
The Big Blue Machine
How Tory Campaign Backrooms Changed Canadian Politics Forever
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2015
An inside account of the Progressive Conservative’s campaign organization.
The Progressive Conservative Party’s “big blue machine” pioneered electoral techniques of centralized control, communications, campaign advertising, polling, policy-presentation, and fund-raising. Inspired by...
by J. Patrick Boyer
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2004
Robert Boyer was a consummate Canadian, whose long career can be measured by words. An author, journalist, researcher, editor, printer, and public speaker, Boyer's professional life began at the age of 19 when he became a newspaper editor, and continued through the publication of his twelfth book...
Agile Business Rule Development
Process, Architecture, and JRules Examples
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Business rules are everywhere. Every enterprise process, task, activity, or function is governed by rules. However, some of these rules are implicit and thus poorly enforced, others are written but not enforced, and still others are perhaps poorly written and obscurely enforced. The business rule...
Local Library, Global Passport
The Evolution of a Carnegie Library
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2008
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A local library, passport to a larger world for its individual patrons, is also a democratic institution whose contribution to the strength of a community is out of all proportion to its size or membership.
Several thousand Carnegie libraries were built a century...
Direct Democracy in Canada
The History and Future of Referendums
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 1996
Direct Democracy in Canada: The History and Future of Referendums surveys Canada’s century-long record of plebiscites and referendums. J. Patrick Boyer analyzes the effects of the three national referendums and the development of a consensus. This companion volume to The People’s Mandate studies...
Forcing Choice
The Risky Reward of Referendums
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2017
The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017
What happens when crucial public issues are decided the people themselves?
Canadians answered “Yes” or “No” to prohibiting alcohol, conscripting soldiers, and revamping our constitution. Forcing such crucial choices at the ballot box is high-stakes...
by Julio Iglesias de Ussel, Antonio Trinidad Requena, Rosa María Soriano Miras
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 17, 2019
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 17, 2019
La sociedad desde la sociología constituye una obra novedosa y didáctica, pensada y diseñada para las generaciones de estudiantes del siglo XXI, cuyo objetivo es ofrecer una amplia, rigurosa introducción al apasionante mundo de la sociología a través de veinticuatro capítulos. Esta obra es...
A Passion for Justice
How 'Vinegar Jim' McRuer Became Canada's Greatest Law Reformer
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008
This richly detailed biography illustrates how a determined Canadian seeking justice created an enduring legacy. Through vigorous battles, Jim McRuer’s passion for justice was translated into laws that daily touch and protect the lives of millions today.
James Chalmers McRuer was not easy...
Unfinished Business
Why International Negotiations Fail
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Most studies of international negotiations take successful talks as their subject. With a few notable exceptions, analysts have paid little attention to negotiations ending in failure. The essays in Unfinished Business show that as much, if not more, can be learned from failed negotiations as from...
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by Kelly Boyer Sagert, Steven J. Overman
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
This collection of fascinating biographies of outstanding women athletes past and present including superstars such as Nadia Comaneci, Mia Hamm, Jackie-Joyner Kersee, Danica Patrick, and Serena and Venus Williams.
• Photographs of accomplished female athletes
• A chronology helps...
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