Most Popular Books by Michael Bliss

One of Canada's best-known and most-honoured biographers turns to the raw material of his own life. A university professor, prolific scholar, public intellectual, and frank critic of the world, Michael Bliss describes a life that has taken him from small-town Ontario to international recognition for his books in Canadian and medical history.

If we think about growing in love we tend to think that what we have or want just gets larger and larger. That is not what the Bible teaches. The Song of Solomon uses the story of Solomon and his Shulammite bride, to illustrate how the love of a believer for his Lord and Savior grows and matures from first love, to personal love, to abiding love, to transforming love, to mature love. It is a story that illustrates the joy and blessing of an intimate relationship with Christ and how one leaves the bondage to self and becomes free to serve and follow the Lord.

Describes the events leading to the Confederation of various Canadian provinces to become the Dominion of Canada.

As Australia took up its role as an elected member of the United Nations Security Council for 2013-2014, the challenges ahead were all too apparent. Dynamics between the five permanent members were particularly tense. Options for elected members to make a serious contribution appeared more limited than ever. The Council was unable to find consensus on how to address the most pressing threats to international peace and security.As Political Coordinator forAustralia's Security Council delegation across the Council's 2013-2014 term, Michael Bliss had a unique insight into the workings of the Council, into Australia's contributions, and into the relationships and diplomacy that underpinned the outcomes achieved. This monograph, published six years after Australia's fifth Council term concluded, seeks to contextualise Australia's work during its term, and to track how those contributions have endured and resonated in subsequent years.As a senior officer of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, a specialist in multilateral affairs, an experienced diplomat and international lawyer, and an unrelenting optimist, Bliss is well placed to tell this recent story of Australian diplomacy. In doing so, he makes a compelling case that it is in Australia's interests to seek to again "serve with distinction" as an elected member on the Security Council, in 2029-2030.

Discovery of the New World brings the white man to the shores of the Pequot. New relationships blossom and fade as a struggle to reconcile differences ensues. Three young Pequot natives find themselves in a rapidly changing world. Unsure of what each day will bring, they seek guidance from a Dutch explorer who is seeking change from a past life.Meanwhile, in the English colony of Massachusetts, a reverend attempts to balance the spiritual and physical while learning the ways of his neighbors. The arrival of the white man is not accepted by all. Many braves despise what they deem to be an invasion of their homeland, and the native braves are not alone in their displeasure. Many Englishmen also struggle with the new life that has been set before them. Amid the fast changing landscape, some nations grow and prosper while others suffer great losses. This is the story of the Pequot War.