At the age of nine, John Diefenbaker announced, «I'm going to be prime minister when I grow up.» He never lost sight of his goal. Diefenbaker was prime minister of Canada from 1957-1963. He believed in social justice, opening up the North, and making things better for western farmers. Canadians responded to his campaign call to «Follow John.» This compelling book recreates the tensions of the Diefenbaker era – the time of the Cold War, spy scandals, and the Cuban Missile Crisis – when the...
Having never published a book before, I decided to follow a 32 second Tik Tok video claiming I could be a published author in 10 minutes. Up for the challenge, I wrote this book in real time documenting the process every step of the way to share my findings with others. Now that I'm published, let me show you exactly how you can do it too!
First published in 1902, “Just So Stories” is Rudyard Kipling’s classic collection of animal fables and poetry. This collection grew out of nighttime story-telling between Rudyard and his daughter Josephine. The peculiar name is drawn from her insistence that these tales, which were origin stories describing how animals got their most distinctive features, be told “just so”. This volume reproduces the complete edition of “Just So Stories” which includes the following stories: “How The Whale Got...
’n Vars nuwe stem in Afrikaans. Die verhale in hierdie bundel belig uiteenlopende karakters, milieus en temas. Hattingh gooi die net wyd: in een verhaal neem ’n Hindoe-meisie wraak ná haar Joodse kêrel se verraad; in ’n ander word ’n 4x4 die middelpunt van ’n boeretroue. Daar is huwelike wat verbrokkel, ouers en kinders, slagters en vegetariërs, rebelle en randfigure. ’n Stem met sensitiwiteit en insig is egter telkens aan die woord, en bind die verhale nie slegs tot eenheid saam nie, maar dwing...
