The Father's Tale

The Father's Tale
Author: Michael D. O'Brien
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Total Pages: 1077
Release: 2011
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 089870815X

"Canadian bookseller Alex Graham is a middle-age widower whose quiet life is turned upside down when his college-age son disappears without any explanation or trace of where he has gone. With minimal resources, the father begins a long journey that takes him for the first time away from his safe and orderly world. As he stumbles across the merest thread of a trail, he follows it in blind desperation, and is led step by step on an odyssey that takes him to fascinating places and sometimes to frightening people and perils. Through the uncertainty and the anguish, the loss and the longing, Graham is pulled into conflicts between nations, as well as the eternal conflict between good and evil. Stretched nearly to the breaking point by the inexplicable suffering he witnesses and experiences, he discovers unexpected sources of strength as he presses onward in the hope of recovering his son--and himself"--Jacket.

Leaving Shadows

Leaving Shadows
Author: Lisa Grekul
Publisher: University of Alberta
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2005-12-16
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780888644527

"On our way home, we stopped in Vegreville for one last look at the Pysanka-and, posing in front of it while my dad pulled out his camera, I wanted to cry. Are we doomed? Click. Is this all we are? Click. How do we drag ourselves out from under the shadow of the giant egg? Click." Conceived in a fervent desire for fresher, sexier images of Ukrainian culture in Canada, and concluding with a new reading of enduring cultural stereotypes, Leaving Shadows is the first Canadian book-length monograph on English Ukrainian writing, with substantive analysis of the writing of Myrna Kostash, Andrew Suknaski, George Ryga, Janice Kulyk Keefer, Vera Lysenko, and Maara Haas.

Inter- and Transcultural Learning in the Context of Canadian Young Adult Fiction

Inter- and Transcultural Learning in the Context of Canadian Young Adult Fiction
Author: Grit Alter
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2015
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 3643906757

Within the past few years transcultural learning has become one of the key terms in TEFL theory. Central concerns in current research include differentiating between inter- and transcultural learning, navigating processes of understanding otherness, and assessing cultural competences. Using these aspects this study investigates texts recommended for cultural learning and key components of implementing literature in ELT. The results call for a more holistic perception of alterity and argue in favour of transcultural literature as a basis for transcultural learning. All of this dissertation is in English. (Subjects: Literary Criticism, Education) [Series: Fremdsprachendidaktik in globaler Perspecktive, Vol. 5]

The New Republic of Childhood

The New Republic of Childhood
Author: Sheila A. Egoff
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 1990
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

This critical guide to Canadian children's literature in English has been largely rewritten to take account of the enormous output of Canadian children's books since 1975. There is new emphasis on realistic fiction, fantasy, and picture-books.

Maths Meets Myths: Quantitative Approaches to Ancient Narratives

Maths Meets Myths: Quantitative Approaches to Ancient Narratives
Author: Ralph Kenna
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2016-09-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319394452

With an emphasis on exploring measurable aspects of ancient narratives, Maths Meets Myths sets out to investigate age-old material with new techniques. This book collects, for the first time, novel quantitative approaches to studying sources from the past, such as chronicles, epics, folktales, and myths. It contributes significantly to recent efforts in bringing together natural scientists and humanities scholars in investigations aimed at achieving greater understanding of our cultural inheritance. Accordingly, each contribution reports on a modern quantitative approach applicable to narrative sources from the past, or describes those which would be amenable to such treatment and why they are important. This volume is a unique state-of-the-art compendium on an emerging research field which also addresses anyone with interests in quantitative approaches to humanities.

Encyclopedia of Ukraine

Encyclopedia of Ukraine
Author: Danylo Husar Struk
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 2380
Release: 1993-12-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1442651253

Over thirty years in the making, the most comprehensive work in English on Ukraine is now complete: its history, people, geography, economy, and cultural heritage, both in Ukraine and in the diaspora.

Ukrainians of Metropolitan Detroit

Ukrainians of Metropolitan Detroit
Author: Nancy Karen Wichar
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2010-02-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1439639396

Ukrainians have contributed to the diverse ethnic tapestry in Detroit since the arrival of the first Ukrainian immigrants in the late 1800s. Bringing their history, culture, and determination to achieve, they established a foundation for the resilient community that would continue to emerge during the decades to come. Ukrainian neighborhoods formed on both the east and west sides of the city. This is where they constructed the churches, schools, cultural centers, and financial institutions that would allow them to maintain their cherished ethnic identity while integrating into the American way of life. This book is a pictorial history of the people and events that created a community that would come to be known as the Ukrainians of metropolitan Detroit.