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Hak examines the labour conditions, union activities, use of immigrant labour, and role of the First Nations, as well as the mill industry, tariffs and trade, effects of the Canadian Pacific Railway, industrialization, entrepreneurialism, and conservation movements that compose the rich terrain of B.C. forestry." "This study provides readers with essential information that has long been missing from public discourse."--BOOK JACKET.

In Patriot Sons, Patriot Brothers, the untold story of Francis and Abner Nash, the Author interweaves the lives of the two brothers through the fabric of the American Revolution. He chronicles the War of the Regulation, pre-revolutionary North Carolina, the defense of Philadelphia at Brandywine and Germantown, the Siege of Charleston, and the southern battles of Camden, King's Mountain, Cowpens, Guilford Courthouse, and Yorktown. In addition, the Author writes of the astonishing circumstances that surrounded the Nash and Witherspoon families, and he places the settling of Middle Tennessee and the naming of Nashville in the context of America's struggle for independence.

Calls attention to Marion's military career and crucial role in the Revolution as a guerrilla leader in the South during the years 1780 and 81.

From 1942 onward, members of the Royal Canadian Air Force were equipped first with Typhoons, then with the awesome Tempest, one of the most advanced fighters of the day. Includes detailed descriptions of squadron life.

In Nutrition for the Prime of Life, Drs. Hugh McDonald and Frances Sapone, educators in basic and clinical nutrition, introduce vital information on the merits of a nutrient-rich diet with less fat, cholesterol, and sodium for people over 45 years of age. Contending with a surprising lack of resources about the nutritional needs of this population, the authors elaborate on a number of issues, such as changes in nutrient intake, digestion, and metabolism; the role of fiber and water as they affect the digestive tract; the relationship between nutrition and dental health; the impact of nutritional intervention on diseases (e.g., atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, and arthritis); and the benefits of weight control and physical exercise.

Wasting Away is a provocative text that examines and assesses the Canadian health care system. It examines the development of the Canadian health care system, and breaks the analysis down into accessible units: who provides (the institutions and the people); who pays (funding sources); and who decides (public, private, and patients).