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  • St. Nicholas: His Legend and His Role in the Christmas Celebration and Other Popular Customs

    by George H. McKnight ...
    A few years ago, while trying to trace the history of certain Christmas customs, I was unavoidably brought into contact with St. Nicholas. A closer acquaintance with that amiable personality was the result, and acquaintance gradually deepened into veneration and affection. In the same year in which began my closer acquaintance with St. Nicholas, I was so fortunate as to be brought face to face ... Read more

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  • Christmas Legends

    Classic Tales, Poems, and Fables of Charity, Wonder, Faith, and Holiday Renewal

    by Selma Lagerlof, Robert Louis Stevenson, Leo Tolstoy, Henry Van Dyke, Cyril William Winterbotham, Steven Arnold King, Eugene Field, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, George Harley McKnight, Eleanor L. Skinner ...
    Christmas Legends gathers fiction, devotional tale, folklore-inflected narrative, and poetic reflection around the season's durable imaginative power. Across its varied selections, Christmas appears not merely as a holiday but as a literary occasion for charity, wonder, memory, moral testing, and encounters between the earthly and the sacred. Stories of humble visitors, altered hearts, winter ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • St. Nicholas

    by George Harley McKnight ...
    St. Nicholas is a captivating tale that explores the life and adventures of the beloved figure known for his generosity and kindness. The story delves into the origins of Santa Claus, weaving together folklore and tradition to create a rich narrative that enchants readers of all ages. Through vivid descriptions and engaging characters, the book invites readers to experience the magic of the ... Read more

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  • Ideas: Brilliant Thinkers Speak Their Minds

    Brilliant Thinkers Speak Their Minds

    by Bernie Lucht, Eugen Weber, George Woodcock, Paul Goodman, Northrop Frye, George Steiner, Ronald Wintrobe, John McKnight, Michael Bliss, William Kristol, Bob Rae, Abraham Rotstein, John Crispo, Charles Taylor, Bernie Farber, Bob Davis, James Orbinski, Gerald Caplan, Hannah Arendt, Robert Lowell, Noam Chomsky, Helen Caldicott, Tariq Ali, Ursula Franklin, Robert Fulford, Janice Stein, Richard Holbrooke, Bernard Lewis, Tony Judt, Margaret MacMillan, George Monbiot, Sylvia Ostry, Roméo Dallaire, Conor Cruise O’Brien ...
    For four decades, Ideas has presented more than 400,000 CBC Radio listeners in Canada and the United States with the most challenging contemporary thought of the day. Now, to mark the program’s 40th anniversary, executive producer Bernie Lucht has selected the most striking interviews and lectures for Ideas: Brilliant Thinker Speak Their Minds. Featuring some the best thinkers from North America ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Philosophy of Christopher Nolan

    by George A. Dunn, George A. Dunn, J. L. A. Garcia, Lance Belluomini, Timothy M. Dale, Kevin S. Decker, Jason Burke Murphy, Deborah Knight, George McKnight, Dennis Knepp0, Karen D. Hoffman1, Jamie Carlin Watson2, William A. Lindenmuth3, Jason T. Eberl4, Joseph J. Foy6 ...
    Series series The Philosophy of Popular Culture
    As a director, writer, and producer, Christopher Nolan has substantially impacted contemporary cinema through avant garde films, such as Following and Memento, and his contribution to wider pop culture with his Dark Knight trilogy. His latest film, Interstellar, delivered the same visual qualities and complex, thought-provoking plotlines his audience anticipates. The Philosophy of Christopher ... Read more

    $136.99 CAD

  • P.O.P. Culture

    by Mari George McKnight M.Ed. ...
    Well, its true that you cant control a lot of things. But one thing is for sure, there is ALWAYS change. And you can always change and control the way you think about stuff, explained Rose. ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • The Loveliest Christmas Legends

    by Selma Lagerlof, Robert Louis Stevenson, Leo Tolstoy, Henry Van Dyke, Cyril William Winterbotham, Steven Arnold King, Eugene Field, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, George Harley McKnight, Eleanor L. Skinner ...
    'The Loveliest Christmas Legends' serves as a panoramic tableau of extraordinary literary craftsmanship across diverse narrative styles, chronicling timeless Yuletide myths and tales that resonate across cultures. This anthology weaves together a compelling fabric of stories ranging from lyrical poetry to narrative prose, displaying a variety of thematic tones from the whimsically magical to the ... Read more

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  • Shadow Government

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    The People and Ideas that Shaped the Modern Mind: A History

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  • The Limits of Power

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