History
The Reich's Orchestra
There has never been a book written on the subject of the Berlin Philharmonic during the Third Reich, in any language. The historiography is scant, and strewn with rumours and misinformation. This book represents the first comprehensive study of the relationship between Hitler’s regime and its musical crown jewel. The Nazi regime’s patronage af …
The Reinvention of the World
The late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries saw the virtual reinvention of the known world. It was at this time that the very notion of knowledge itself began to shift away from classical traditions of diversity to the modern scientific model of the world based upon absolute andunchanging principles. Contemporary literature both embraced an …
The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire
A study of the religious system of Mithraism, one of the 'mystery cults' popular in the Roman Empire contemporary with early Christianity. Roger Beck describes Mithraism from the point of view of the initiate engaging with the religion and its rich symbolic system in thought, word, ritualaction, and cult life. He employs the methods of anthropology …
The Reluctant Land
Winner, 2008 K.D. Srivastava Prize for Excellence inScholarly Publishing, UBC Press
The Reluctant Land describes the evolving pattern ofsettlement and the changing relationships of people and land in Canadafrom the end of the fifteenth century to the Confederation years of thelate 1860s and early 1870s. It shows how a deeply indigenous land wasrecon …
The Remarkable Adventures of Portuguese Joe Silvey
British Columbia is known for the colourful pioneers who helped build and shape the character of this weird but wonderful province. And few were as colourful as Portuguese Joe Silvey - a saloon keeper, whaler and pioneer of seine fishing in British Columbia.
Born on Pico Island, of Portugal's Azores Islands, sometime between 1830 and 1840, Joseph Si …
The Remarkable World of Frances Barkley
Frances Barkley was just eighteen when she became the first European woman to set foot on the west coast of North America. After a sheltered upbringing in England, Frances found herself boarding the Imperial Eagle in 1786 to set sail on an adventurous, round-the-world voyage with her husband, Captain Charles William Barkley.
With great wisdom and w …