New Releases by James Mcdonald

The fourth volume in McDonald''s Canberra series tells the story of the creation of a national capital in a quiet corner of country NSW. There are glimmers of a grand vision conceived by the six ex-colonies for their capital in the wake of federation, as a means of helping define the new nation itself. But the path was often diverted by jurisdictional jealousies, which bled into the painful processes of site selection and the choice of a design. The treatment of Walter and Marion Griffin, and the dilution of their plan, is a tragedy, which still polarises opinions today. There are some disconcerting truths revealed. The capital was conceived within the context of the White Australia Policy. Despite the pomp of the opening celebrations of the provisional Parliament House, McDonald shows how the fractures within Australian society came to the fore: in race, religion, and class. It was not the rose-coloured spectacle that is so often portrayed. Nothing evinces this so clearly as the brave sovereignty protest of Nangar and Ooloogan on that day in May 1927. Canberra IV also relays the carnage of the land resumptions. There were attempts to socially engineer a utopian model and to win over the city''s disenfranchised residents. But if anything galvanised the population against the bureaucracy, it was prohibition. Canberra asserted itself in the late 1920s. Its community did not just emerge from the cosy cottages of a transplanted Public Service. It evolved from a mix of elements including the workers'' camps, the rump of the original pastoral communities, and the new commercial sector. Canberra IV also looks at how the city''s development stalled during WWI, ramped up again in the 1920s, but was dampened again by the Great Depression and, of course, another World War. The builders of Canberra never really had a clear run. The book also covers the demise of the old villages. And, of course, the impact on neighbouring Queanbeyan, was profound, with that town changing in ways unimaginable at the turn of the century and, along the way, endured shabby treatment from the FCT administrations.

This is the first volume of the first major history of the Canberra-Queanbeyan district since the three-volume set by Gillespie, Gibbney and Sparke, in 1988-1991. McDonald begins with the district''s ''prehistory'', considering what Canberra life was like before 1788. He examines how the landscape evolved into its recognisable form by the end of the Ice Age and considers possible evidence of the first ancient footprints - perhaps other hominins - 130,000 years ago. The volume discusses how Aboriginal occupation was concentrated at campsites along the waterways, especially during the temperate months and in the alpine areas in winter and during the moth hunting season at mid-summer. Agriculture, aquaculture, and hunting methods are examined, including fire-stick farming. Local religious practices and views on the afterlife are also considered as well as the nature and structure of the different local Aboriginal bands in the 1820s and beyond. McDonald also includes new research on the first British expeditions to Canberra and their use of Aboriginal expertise. The most confronting chapter of this volume deals with the invasion. In Canberra it used to be claimed that there was no resistance. McDonald debunks this myth, showing that the impact was genocidal. There are also detailed appendices. One covers the etymology of local names, particularly the toponym, ''Canberra''. Another provides the first ever historiography of the Canberra district. There are 16 maps, 14 tables, several biographies, and illustrative figures.

In 2006, I was told by a spirit guide that I would write a book. Yes, I see spirits. “That sounds good but what story had I to tell? Tell the story of how you came from the slums of Glasgow, pushed away your gifts of ‘sixth sense’ and rediscovered them as an adult.” Okay, from the slums of Glasgow to discovering that you’re a psychic in your late forties sounds good but the part in between might sound uninteresting. “Think about it,” I was told, “You will soon be given the opportunity to write.” My life was to follow two paths; communicating with spirit and learning to replace fear with love. My guidance came from two sources; spirit and dreams. My childhood had been a ‘lie’ and I came to realise that much of my adult life was a ‘lie’ also. I wasn’t quite the person that I thought I was. During my childhood I had been the victim of abuse from an adult who I trusted. Unfortunately, I continued with this habit as an adult and would have difficulty facing up to anything. I had two options: run, as I had been doing, or face the truth about myself. I opted for the latter. Today I do not acknowledge negativity. I learn from every experience and think positively. It does help somewhat when the guidance that I receive is ‘out of this world!’

In the late 2010s, the United States experienced a period of widespread silencing. Protests of unsafe drinking water have been met with tear gas; national park employees, environmentalists, and scientists have been ordered to stop communicating publicly. Advocates for gun control are silenced even as mass shootings continue. Expressed dissent to political power is labeled as “fake news.” DREAMers, Muslims, Trans military members, women, black bodies, the LGBTQI+ community, Latina/o/x communities, rape survivors, sex workers, and immigrants have all been systematically silenced. During this difficult time and despite such restrictions, advocates and allies persist and resist, forming dialogues that call to repel inequality in its many forms. Addressing the oppression of women of color, white women, women with (dis)abilities, and LBTQI+ individuals across cultures and contexts remains a central posit of feminist struggle and requires “a distinctly feminist politics of recognition.” However, as second wave debates about feminism have revealed, there is no single way to express a feminist politic. Rather, living feminist politics requires individual interpretation and struggle, collective discussion and disagreement, and recognizing difference among women as well as points of convergence in feminist struggle. Badass Feminist Politics includes a diverse range of engaging feminist political projects to not only analyze the work being done on the ground but provide an overview for action that can be taken on by those seeking to engage in feminist activism in their own communities. Contributors included here are working for equality and equity and resisting violent, racist, homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, and sexist language and action during this tension-filled political moment. Collectively, the book explores what it means to live and communicate feminist politics in everyday choices and actions, and how we can facilitate learning by analyzing these examples. Taking up current issues and new theoretical perspectives, the authors offer novel perspectives into what it means to live feminist politics. This book is a testament to resilience, resistance, communication, and forward thinking about what these themes all mean for new feminist agendas. Learning how to resist oppressive structures through words and actions is particularly important for students. Badass Feminist Politics features scholars from non-dominant groups taking up issues of marginalization and oppression, which can help people accomplish their social justice goals of inclusivity on the ground and in the classroom.

Did a medieval Abbot really lead troops into war? And did he really command them to kill the population of an entire city - men, women and children; the old, crippled and infirm; even babies? This question has tantalised historians for centuries, and credible arguments have been advanced both for and against. In this work, James McDonald, sumarises these arguments and develops a number of new arguments of his own, which decisively tip the balance away from view that has predominated for over a century. This is the first ever comprehensive assessment of the arguments, astonishing in their breadth and depth. It is a true tour de force, that will revolutionise your ideas of medieval Europe.

This is a translation of Voltaire''s work on the Cathar Crusade - the thirteenth century papal war against the people of the Languedoc. It includes parallel texts with James McDonald''s English translation against Voltaire''s original French, along with notes, and short essays on Voltaire, his life and his works.

Arthur McKinnon had succeeded in prospering in America. Now there was one more thing he had to do. See the last of the hated Redcoats who had devastated his family

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The Ogre wants the Kung-fu Master to teach him the ancient arts, but burping, farting and bad hygiene certainly aren''t good behaviors that a master would stand for. Written in the spirit of an Aesop''s Fable; both characters in the story have important lessons to learn and they aren''t always easy. The Master and the Ogre come to discover that changing one''s nature is far more difficult than changing one''s behavior.

Grey Forrester is trying to use the few powers he has been left with to make a way in the world while he tries to find out why he has been banished from his home, and facing a trial for his life. Looking for any hint as to what happened nearly seven years earlier, a marker gets called in and he has to find two girls that have been kidnapped. As always, there is more than the obvious when you open the curtains on the veiled world.

Amidst the turbulence and gaiety existing in American society during the last decade of the 20th century, the paths of two young men and a young woman merge. Each is inexorably drawn to a midnight rendezvous on a lonely road in northern Kentucky, and ghastly and fatal consequences result.

Managing the Development of Software-Intensive Systems provides both an introduction to project management for beginner software and hardware developers as well as unique advanced materials for experienced users. This beneficial resource presents realistic case studies for planning and managing verification and validation for large software projects, complex software, and hardware systems, as well as inspection results and testing metrics to monitor project status. Industrial practitioners and students will learn ways to improve how they manage and develop their project management applications and techniques to establish large software applications and systems.

"In a trawl through the entire sweep of sub-Saharan history, the authors have written an accessible introduction for students and general readers. The opening chapter on geography and climate frames the discussion, demonstrating how the environment has shaped the societies and cultures of those living in the region. Thereafter they describe the rise of states and empires in the classical period, the slave trade within Africa and beyond to the Americas, and the European conquest. The concluding section focuses on Africa in the twentieth century as it gains independence and searches for a new identity beyond colonialism. While the authors mull over the debates which have shaped the study of African history, at the centre of this story are the tragedies, triumphs and the resilience of the African people. The book is illustrated with photographs, maps, and sidebars which feature the salient points on either side of the debates."--Publisher''s description, from p. [4] of cover.

LIVERPOOL 1923 A series of murders took place that rocked the nation. Someone was killing the remaining members of the Liverpool Pals Battalion who had survived the carnage of the Great War. Who was committing these crimes and why?.....

James McDonald has put his experiences over 60 years in the oil busines into his book Gettyrama. While an officer of Tidewater Associated Oil Co (Flying A). he worked closely with George Getty, son of J.Paul Getty, and indirectly with J.Paul himself. In the first part of the book, he recites a number of "tales" about the Gettys which were not generally known outside of a few in the company. In the second part of the book, McDonald has included a number of articles which were published in Pacific Oil World over a period of years when he was an editor of the publication. He had a vast experience in the industry over 60 years and is cosidered an expert in the industry both domestically and worldwide.

"This series of experiments used the multiple learning and memory systems hypothesis of the mammalian nervous system to investigate the possibility that the amygdala, dorsal striatum, and hippocampal systems might, in certain situations, interact to produce behavior in the normal animal. Using variations of the conditioned-cue preference (CCP) task, evidence is presented showing that context-specific information acquired by the hippocampus interferes with acquisition of amygdala-based stimulus-reward learning. It was also demonstrated that there are amygdala-, dorsal striatum-, and hippocampus-based forms of place learning and that cue ambiguity and movement are important factors determining which of these learning and memory systems gain behavioral control in place learning situations. These findings provide evidence for interactions among learning and memory systems and implicate the amygdala and dorsal striatum in some types of non-hippocampal based place learning using distal cues." --

The spread of settlement, 1829-50 considers Europeans coming to terms with an alien land surface and problems arising from popular misconceptions of the colonys geography.