Michael Jessop Books

After John A. Macdonald’s death, four Tory prime ministers — each remarkable but all little known — rose to power and fell in just five years. From 1891 to 1896, between John A. Macdonald’s and Wilfrid Laurier’s tenures, four lesser-known men took on the mantle of leadership. Tory prime ministers John Abbott, John Thompson, Mackenzie Bowell, and Charles Tupper headed the government of this country in rapid succession. Each came to the job with qualifications and limitations, and each left after unexpectedly short terms. Yet these reluctant prime ministers are an important part of our political legacy. Their roles were much more than caretakers between the administrations of two great leaders. Personal tragedy, terrible health issues, backstabbing, and political manipulation, all led to their eventual downfalls. This is the dramatic saga of the lost leaders of Canada.

For over fifty years, Art Buchwald's Pulitzer Prize-winning column of political satire established him as one of America's most widely read humorists, engaging with notable figures in Washington. Dean Acheson hailed him as the "greatest satirist in the English language since Pope and Swift." Buchwald's childhood in foster homes led him to view comedy as a refuge, while he battled depression privately for nearly three decades. His work reflects a unique blend of humor, akin to that of Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker, as he lampooned the powerful and critiqued political scoundrels. He believed in treating light subjects seriously and serious subjects lightly, a hallmark of his style. Throughout his life, Buchwald mingled with icons like Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, and Elizabeth Taylor, and his wit earned him correspondence with legends such as Elvis Presley and Robert Frost. He chronicled significant historical events, including the Cuban Missile Crisis and Watergate, delivering sharp political commentary through his famous "Buchshots." This collection showcases Buchwald's enduring legacy as an American original, blending humor with insightful observations on society and politics.

Sustained throughout by Michael Hill's boisterous sense of humour, 'A Letter from Marigold' is a wide-ranging book whose careful prose embodies ideas about basic reality alongside shrewd and often comic insights into human nature. Some of the stories are familiar in form.

Authored by two highly respected and experienced academics, this book demonstrates the rewards of studying social policy from an international perspective by avoiding the constraints of a single-nation focus.

Tony Saville grew up a tough, uncompromising East London teenage gang leader and family bookmaker's debt collector. More a vigilante with morals and a lot of charm, a neighbourhood PC persuades Tony to join the police. Relocated to East Anglia, and promoted to Inspector, he never relinquishes his family roots. When morally bound to mete out unofficial justice to honour a colleague, Tony turns to his old lifestyle reaching the attention of an ambitious Assistant Chief Constable with similar ideals, who lures Tony into joining his team. Reaching a crossroads, trapped as an unassuming mercenary for the ACC's ambitions, Tony must choose between returning to the principles of the force or descending into the darker, exciting lifestyle of his youth. 'He who rides a tiger cannot dismount.' Still One of the Family is a new crime fiction novel about the moral dilemmas facing officers tackling crime in their own way.

This is the definitive account of the resolution of the Kervaire invariant problem, a major milestone in algebraic topology. It develops all the machinery that is needed for the proof, and details many explicit constructions and computations performed along the way, making it suitable for graduate students as well as experts in homotopy theory.

Relive the highs and lows of a thrilling World Superbike season in the Official 2019 Yearbook, including round by round analysis of all three World Championship classes. Whether you are a fan of Kawasaki or Ducati, green or red, Rea or Bautista, 2019 had something for everyone and ultimately produced one of the greatest duels in WorldSBK history.