Baraka Books: 58 books
Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes
Wilhelm Weike's Arctic Journal and Letters (1883-84)
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Told from an ordinary man’s perspective, these are the journal and letters of Wilhelm Weike as he accompanied Franz Boas-the father of modern anthropology-on his journey to the arctic from 1883 to 1884. This extraordinary document of early arctic history provides a plain, direct view of the Inuit...
Independent Quebec, An
The past, the present and the future
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
For the first time, Jacques Parizeau shares his views on Quebec's recent history and its future. As chief economics advisor to Quebec premiers in the 1960s, Jacques Parizeau was instrumental in bringing about Quebe's Quiet Revolution. As René Lévesque's Finance Minister from 1976 through 1984, he...
Songs Upon the Rivers
The Buried History of the French-Speaking Canadiens and Métis from the Great Lakes and the Mississippi across to the Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
Long before the Davie Crockets, the Daniel Boones and Jim Bridgers, the French had pushed far west and north establishing trade and kin networks across the continent. They founded settlements that would become great cities such as Detroit, Saint Louis, and New Orleans, but their history has been largely...
Riot that Never Was, The
The military shooting of three Montrealers in 1832 and the official cover-up
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
A fascinating, methodical investigation into a little-known tragedy shows that truth can prevail even 180 years after the fact.In this “whodunit,” James Jackson is a one-man investigative commission. He meticulously demonstrates how British soldiers shot three innocent bystanders in Old Montreal...
The Franz Boas Enigma
Inuit, Arctic, and Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
How did Franz Boas become the central founder of anthropology and a driving force promoting science in public life in North America? To answer this question, linguistic and cultural barriers must be overcome to grasp the importance of Boas’s personal background and academic achievements as a German...
Justice Belied
The Unbalanced Scales of International Criminal Justice
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
For the first time in a book, defence counsel, investigators, journalists, and academics pool their knowledge and experience to answer the burning questions. What has happened to the fundamental principles of the sovereign equality of nations and the right of self-determination? Why do international...
Scandinavian Common Sense
Policies to Tackle Social Inequalities in Health
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
At a time when austerity is claimed by some to be the only answer to today’s economic woes, a close look at the best practices used in Scandinavia is edifying. Decision makers everywhere dispose of ample evidence showing that social determinants have an impact on health and wellbeing. Yet governments...
by Paul Okalik, Louis McComber
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Paul Okalik was raised in Pangnirtung, a community that survived starvation, epidemics, eradication of its spiritual heritage, relocation, schooling in a foreign language, and confrontation with the Canadian justice system. He made the decision to improve the living conditions of his fellow Inuit....
by Matthew Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Captain Jim McFarlane, a Canadian infantry officer, is coming apart at the seams. It’s September 1944, in Italy, and the allied armies are closing in on the retreating Axis powers. Exhausted and lost, Jim tries to command his combat company under fire, while waiting desperately for letters from...
Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East
From European Colony to US Power Projection Platform
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2019
Washington has poured billions into Israel's economy and military and, since 1967, Israel has undertaken innumerable operations on Washington's behalf against states that reject US supremacy and economic domination. The self-appointed Jewish state has become a watch-dog capable of sufficiently punishing...
by Camille Bouchard
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
The year is 1684. Young Eustache Bréman leaves a life of misery begging on the streets of France for a second chance in the New World with his mom, his sweetheart Marie-Élisabeth, and Marie-Élisabeth’s family. But life is tough, with plenty more tragedy and disappointment to come on Cavelier...
by Martin Fournier
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
Courage, diplomacy, love, and conspiracy make for an action-packed adventure in a little-known past. This third instalment of the series continues Radisson’s adventures with the Jesuits and the Iroquois. Mastering the Iroquois language and customs, Radisson leads a mission of French traders and...
Adventures of Radisson 2
Back to the New World
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
The next installment in the series, this book follows the young, 17th-century explorer Pierre-Esprit Radisson from North America to France and back, with plenty of excitement along the way After spending two years with his new Iroquois family, Radisson escapes and sails across the Atlantic to Holland...
by Magali Favre
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
This work of historical fiction deals with the occupation of Quebec by the Canadian Army and the massive imprisonment of French-speaking Canadian artists and trade unionists, based on the pretext of two political kidnappings. In October 1970, 21 days was the legal limit, under the War Measures Act,...