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Alan Moore, master and magician of storytelling, tears back the veil of one of the most arcane of enchantments - The Magic of Television! Part grimoire, part grim invocation of things that are all too ordinary, Light of Thy Countenance - an original and breathtaking story by Alan Moore - is adapted to graphic novella format by Antony Johnston, preserving every word, with each page painstakingly painted by Felipe Massafera. Maureen Cooper is not real. She is an apparition summoned to screens, into homes, into the hearts and mind of the viewing audience by Carol Livesly. But Carol Livesly is not the god that creates the illusions that capture the mind and bind the soul. She is only a servant of a higher power. A higher, hungry power, as old as the world and eternally new. As, perhaps, are we all..
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With a new introduction by William F. Pinar.

Back in print! The canonical text on the history of curriculum in Canada.

A Common Countenance is the book that established the field of curriculum history in Canada. Tomkins eloquent recounting of the complex history of curriculum development, from the beginning of settlement in early French and English Canada to 1980, transformed the writing of Canadian educational history. The original publication of the book marked the end of the most turbulent period in Canadian education this period shaped the Canadian curriculum.

In A Common Countenance, George S. Tomkins brings together his extensive experience with the practical concerns of teachers with his wide-ranging reading and research into Canadian curriculum and history. This still immensely relevant book will interest professionals and academics in education as well as practising and pre-service teachers who will find in it the context of current teaching practices.

The original foreword by Neil Sutherland states: It is not an exaggeration to say that [Tomkins] has put the field together into a coherent whole for the first time, and that later work will be written in his very long shadow. Time has indeed shown this to be the case..
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