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Victoria Crosses on the Western Front – Battles of the Hindenburg Line – Canal du Nord
In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the years numerous sources have been consulted. Victoria Crosses on the Western Front – Battles of the Hindenburg Line – Canal du Nord is designed for the battlefield visitor as much as the armchair reader. A thorough account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical context. Detailed sketch maps show the area today, together with the battle-lines and movements of the combatants. It will allow visitors to stand upon the...
Victoria Crosses on the Western Front
In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the years numerous sources have been consulted. Victoria Crosses on the Western Front: Second Battle of Bapaume is designed for the battlefield visitor as much as the armchair reader. A thorough account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical context. Detailed sketch maps show the area today, together with the battle-lines and movements of the combatants. It will allow visitors to stand upon the spot, or very close to, where each VC was won. Photographs of the battle sites richly illustrate the accounts. There is also a comprehensive biography for each recipient, covering every aspect of their lives warts and all: parents and siblings, education, civilian employment, military career, wife and children, death and burial/commemoration. A host of other information, much of it published for the first time, reveals some fascinating characters, with numerous links to many famous people and events.
The Empire on the Western Front
When Great Britain and its dominions declared war on Germany in August 1914, they were faced with the formidable challenge of transforming masses of untrained citizen-soldiers at home and abroad into competent, coordinated fighting divisions. The Empire on the Western Front focuses on the development of two units, Britain’s 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division and the Canadian 4th Division, to show how the British Expeditionary Force rose to this challenge. Examining their respective geneses and following them through to the end of the war, Geoffrey Jackson explores many aspects of the division-building process of these two units – from leadership and training to discipline and morale – and how (or whether) the process differed in Britain and Canada. The Empire on the Western Front examines army formation and operations at the divisional level and ultimately calls into question existing accounts that emphasize the differences between the imperial and dominion armies.
Whispered Art History
An illustrated assessment of the impact of the Western Front #8211 one of the first artist-run centres in Canada #82111 on the evolving mythology of artmaking in Canada. Along with essays on the Front's remarkable history by Peter Culley, Karen Knights, Judy Radul, Alex Varty and William Wood, the book includes a complete chronology of Western Front events and 150 two-colour photos.
Sightlines
Sightlines is an architectural term meaning what you can see from where you stand - it's a question of perspective. This collection of images and words, gathered in conjunction with the international Sightlines symposium in Edmonton, Canada, in 1997, reveals the printmaker and the print from many angles. Including more than 250 color images representing more than 120 artists and a text by more than a dozen contributors, Sightlines opens up a rare view of contemporary printmaking around the world.
Documentary Protocols (1967-1975)
"Documentary protocols (1967-1975) is the third part of a major project that ... also included two exhibitions (Documentary protocols I and Documentary protocols II) presented at the Gallery in 2007 and 2008. This ....[was] conceived and developed by Vincent Bonin ... The publication Documentary protocols (1967-1975) ... constitutes an exercise in the critical examination of the nature of curatorial work and research at the Gallery ... It is an attempt to grasp and describe ... the paradigm of self-determination in Canadian art that emerged in the mid-1960s ... and the rupture that occurred in the mid-1970s between certain aesthetic positions and political objectives."--"Exhibiting research".
Future Horizons
Across more than twenty chapters, Future Horizons explores the past, present, and future of digital humanities research, teaching, and experimentation in Canada. Bringing together work by established and emerging scholars, this collection presents contemporary initiatives in digital humanities alongside a reassessment of the field’s legacy to date and conversations about its future potential. It also offers a historical view of the important, yet largely unknown, digital projects in Canada. Future Horizons offers deep dives into projects that enlist a diverse range of approaches—from digital games to makerspaces, sound archives to born-digital poetry, visual arts to digital textual analy...
Cory Arcangel and Olia Lialina: Asymmetrical Response
Since their first meeting Olia Lialina, one of the best known participants in the 1990s net.art scene, and artist Cory Arcangel have been united by an abiding preoccupation with the relationship between people and the internet.Their technical and cultural understanding of the web, as it has shifted from a tool for military communications, to the 'information superhighway', to the increasingly asymmetric 'content delivery system' it has become today, has resulted in two complex bodies of work in constant conversation with each other.Asymmetrical Response is a large-format book which captures this collaboration and includes installation shots, critical essays, correspondence and performance documentation.Includes text insert and a CD of music.
Secret Vancouver
Hidden hotels, gourmet restaurants, trendy nightspots, exotic excursions, and little-known legends are featured in this travel guide to off-the-beaten-path Vancouver sites. Covered are places and activities that will appeal to all types of travelers, from outdoor adventurers in search of kayaking, cycling, and birdwatching to culture devotees who will relish the Museum of Anthropology and aboriginal art. Local customs of blackberry picking and raccoon watching complement travel listings about the ultra-chic Yaletown restaurants, the Punjabi market, the vintage clothiers on Main Street, and the feeryboat to Granville Island.
