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  • Book cover of So Little for the Mind
    Hilda Neatby

     · 1954

    Edition of book first published in 1953. Subtitle on cover: an indictment of Canadian education.

  • Book cover of Discovery in Russian and Siberian Waters

    History of exploration of Russian arctic, 1553-1928.

  • Book cover of The Pope, the Kings and the People
  • Book cover of Quebec 1760-1791
    Hilda Neatby

     · 2016

    Volume VI of the Canadian Centenary Series Now available as e-books for the first time, the Canadian Centenary Series is a comprehensive nineteen-volume history of the peoples and lands which form Canada. Although the series is designed as a unified whole so that no part of the story is left untold, each volume is complete in itself. In this perceptive history of Quebec before it was divided into Upper and Lower Canada, Professor Hilda Neatby scrutinizes the response of the British Parliament to the duty of devising a sympathetic, fair, and workable system of law and government. The author examines how successive governors administered the Proclamation of 1763 and the Quebec Act of 1774, until the passing of the Constitutional Act, leaving the marks of their unique personalities on the interpretation of often vague terms. Intermingled with vivid descriptions of the colourful social and economic life of the times are portraits of the governors--Murray, Carleton, Haldimand, and Hamilton. Even more interesting is the character of Bishop Jean-Olivier Briand and his tireless labours, in the face of official British uneasiness, to maintain a Church fully orthodox and in communion with Rome. Professor Neatby had the gift of seeing history peopled by believable human beings taking part in the ordinary and often stirring events of the time. First published in 1966, Professor Neatby’s important contribution to the Canadian Centenary Series is available here as an e-book for the first time.

  • Book cover of The Quebec Act: Protest and Policy
  • Book cover of Leadership Team Alignment

    Debunking much of the received wisdom regarding the sources of leadership team dysfunctionality, Leadership Team Alignment presents a targeted strategy for building and managing a top executive team to gain competitive advantage. Frédéric Godart and Jacques Neatby bring a wealth of practical experience and in-depth knowledge, with over eight hundred hours of direct observation with more than fifty leadership teams across the globe and thousands of hours working with executives. With this book, they offer solutions to manage conflict and create environments that effectively address misalignments in organizations. Godart and Neatby take readers through the dual role of leadership team members, the challenges of power games, and the risks of siloed leaders. They give clear advice on how to improve aspects of any leadership team, based on its size and structure and the nature of the organization. While organizational challenges may be inevitable, this book provides leadership teams the tools to correctly diagnose leadership team misalignment, with evidence-based remedies and strategically oriented interventions to maximize organizational performance.

  • Book cover of In Quest Of The North West Passage

    For centuries, explorers sought a fabled sea route linking Europe and Asia through the Arctic waters of North America. In this captivating historical account, Leslie H. Neatby chronicles the numerous attempts made to find the elusive Northwest Passage, and the incredible challenges faced by the intrepid adventurers who dared to venture into this treacherous terrain. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

  • Book cover of William Lyon Mackenzie King, Volume III, 1932-1939

    Aided by meticulous knowledge of the former Prime Minister's diary, and with characteristic conciseness and clarity, H. Blair Neatby has written the impressive and long-awaited third volume of the official biography of Mackenzie King. He carefully and judiciously untangles a complexity of issues in Canadian political history to produce definitive accounts of controversies that have engaged the attention of Canadian historians for years. Beginning the story in 1932, this volume treats the depression years when King was first in Opposition and then the years after 1935 when he was once again Prime Minister; it is a masterly analysis of how one of the most enigmatic figures in Canadian history made shrewd and critical political decisions. Attention is paid in turn to his clearly successful tactics as Leader of the Opposition; the election campaign of 1935; a wide range of his domestic policies, including those on unemployment, inflation, relief, and trade; and to a series of international crises – the Ethiopian crisis, the Spanish Civil War, Anschluss, and Munich – that culminated in the Second World War. At all times, King's overriding concern was to preserve national unity at home and to avoid commitments abroad, either through the British Commonwealth or the League of Nations. We see King in his relations with other Canadian leaders – Aberhart, Pattullo, Hepburn, Duplessis, and Bennett – and with world leaders – Roosevelt, Baldwin, Chamberlain, and Hitler. We also see the personal side of the man, and the link between the private and the public figure. William Lyon Mackenzie King, Volume III is an accomplished piece of historical writing; progressing in a controlled way through a profusion of incident and accident, it brings to completion the outstanding biography of a consummate politician.

  • Book cover of The Bible Treasury

    The Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Discipline in the House of God Brief Thoughts on the Church as the Body and the House A Slight Sketch of the Holy Spirit's Ways "Not ashamed of the gospel." The "Record" and "Christian Standard" Miller's "Short Papers on Church History" Letter on Receiving the Spirit (R. Govett) Reply to the Letter on the Spirit Jesus the Shepherd (John 10) Thoughts on Jacob (Gen. 28: 20-22.) Responsibility Remarks on the Epistle to the Hebrews The Resurrection of the Body Hoare's "Rome, Turkey, and Jerusalem" The Spirit of God and the Baptism of the Holy Ghost Letters on the Sufferings of Christ Neil's "Palestine Re-peopled" The Advocate or the Accuser? Fragments The Son (Heb. 1: 2) Notes on Greek Tenses, Moods, and Prepositions Witherby's "Gospel of our Salvation" Neatby's "Our Lord's Coming Again"

  • Book cover of The Place of Operation in the Treatment of Uterine Fibroids