Ontario is an insightful and entertaining introduction to its people, culture, geography, history, and economy.  The easy-to-read text - by Ontario native Michael Barnes - is complimented with beautiful colour photography, taking readers on a fascinating tour of the province.

Ontario

Michael Barnes

Sagebrush Education Resources

This authoritative and timely book presents current world thinking on the design and construction of large covered spaces. Drawing on contributions from internationally renowned projects, and directly from the designers, architects and engineers responsible for those schemes, readers are offered insights into many of the most innovative construction design projects of recent years.Technologies explored include the advances within stressed membrane roofing, atria and glass structures, with a focus on international developments.

Widespan Roof Structures

Michael Dickson

Science & Math

Inst of Civil Engineers Pub

Order of Canada recipient, Michael Barnes, presents the stories of twenty-five men and women of the North who made their mark there and in the wider world. Here are tycoons and tyrants, sinners and saviours, the humble and the arrogant, all asserting their right to be individuals. This book is a reminder of the great wealth this country has in its people and gives us an opportunity to celebrate the lives and achievements of a few of the best.

Great northern characters

General Store Pub. House

Taken from Michael Barnes columns in the Austin American-Statesman, Indelible Austin: Selected Histories explores the links between Old Austin and New Austin. It doesn't treat the city as a subject for nostalgia but rather brings real stories of its people, places, and culture into the present.

Indelible Austin: Selected Histories

Waterloo Press, Austin History Center Association

Provides comprehensive and practical discussion of the application of speed and agility to an athletes training program. Learn from two of the industrys most renowned experts how to implement a research-based speed and agility training regimen, utilizing cutting-edge techniques and programming. Breaks down speed and agility into manageable components and analyzes those components to give coaches and athletes a strategic and methodical approach to training. With proper training, a slow athlete can become faster, a fast athlete can become even faster, and a good athlete can become great! This book has two basic parts. Part I covers the information that a coach or athlete needs to have to design and implement successful speed and agility programs. Part II offers specific examples of speed and agility training programs for several sports (baseball, basketball, football, hockey, rugby, and soccer) that rely heavily on speed and agility for success. The second edition also includes a companion DVD that explains each exercise and drill that is discussed in the text.

Sport Speed and Agility Training (Second Edition)

Sports & Outdoors

John M. Cissik

Coaching

Coaches Choice

The Polar Bear Express is one of the last great romantic train rides in North America, 186 miles through history from Cochrane to Moosonee on the sub-Arctic tidewater. Barnes has captured the mystery and excitement of a trip down north, and combined it with practical information and knowledgeable advice.

Ride the Polar Bear Express: Visiting Moosonee and Moose Factory

In 1946 mining engineer Arnold Hoffman published a highly popular book called FREE GOLD - The Story of Canadian Mining. The work covered the successes of the industry to the end of World War II. Now More Than Free Gold continues the story of the search for fortunes in the ground over the six decades since 1946.Any endeavour which brings in $45 billion annually to the Canadian economy,contributes 600,000 direct and indirect jobs, provides two-thirds of the rail revenue in the country and three-quarters of the traffic through its ports will spark the interest of many. Miners north of the 49th parallel produce sixty commodities sought by world markets and our diamonds now rank fourth globally by value of production.Here is the story of this vast nationwide undertaking. Follow the ways the search for minerals is financed, how science has taken exploration beyond the scope of the traditional prospector and consider some of the discoveries made over more than half of a century. Discover how the health of the mining industry positively impacts upon national prosperity and the lives of all citizens.Become aware of the dangerous decline in mineral reserves and what must be done to ensure future successes in mineral exploration.More Than Free Gold is a nonprofit undertaking presented under the auspices of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. Proceeds from sales by the PDAC go to Mining Matters, the education arm of the Association.

More Than Free Gold: Mineral Exploration in Canada Since World War II

History

Americas

General Store Publishing House

Red Lake: Golden Treasure Chest

The Canadian mining industry is one of the most successful national winners of fortunes from the ground in the world. The mineral resource extraction business in Canada generates 363,000 direct and indirect jobs, has one of the highest compensation rates of any sector, and pumps $42 billion annually into the economy, accounting for one-fifth of all exports. The results of the labour of miners north of the 49th parallel provides the greatest volume of commercial rail shipments and three-quarters of all traffic through our ports. But this vital wealth generator for Canadian financial prosperity is subject to cyclical fluctuations in demand for its more than sixty widely sought commodities, due to external political, social, and economic events. Despite downturns in world demand, this huge industry continues to deliver wealth from economic mineral deposits, and its products touch and enrich the lives of all Canadians. In little more than a century of development, mining has become a powerhouse of development and continues to richly reward its investors. Mining success is predicated on the long haul. Prospectors keep on mine finding; major entrepreneurs and even small investors maintain faith in the careful and sustainable exploitation of resources over the long term. Among highlights in this book are a city that welcomes the industry, hot commodities, and recent and emerging mining achievements. Above all is the emphasis on sustainable development, support of the aspirations of First Nations peoples, and protection of the environment. This is a story of enterprise, hard work, and perseverance. Follow the exploits of the peopl who ensure the success of this vast nationwide undertaking and ensure Canada's place as a world leader in mining--finding fortunes in the ground. Proceeds form the sale of Fortunes Found: Canadian Mining Success by the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CIM) will benefit its registerd Canadian charity arm, the Canadian Mining and Metallurgy Foundation (CMMF). This charity promotes awareness of Canada's geology, mineral resources, and the mining industry.

Fortunes Found: Canadian Mining Success

The Norn Language of Orkney and Shetland

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Shetland Times Publishing

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