The Invisible Crown

"First edition published 1995; this edition, with new preface, 2013"--T.p. verso.

Children's esteem and character building book.

The Crown is not only Canada’s oldest continuing political institution, but also its most pervasive, affecting the operation of Parliament and the legislatures, the executive, the bureaucracy, the courts, and federalism. However, many consider the Crown to be obscure and anachronistic. David E. Smith’s The Invisible Crown was one of the first books to study the role of the Crown in Canada, and remains a significant resource for the unique perspective it offers on the Crown’s place in politics. The Invisible Crown traces Canada’s distinctive form of federalism, with highly autonomous provinces, to the Crown’s influence. Smith concludes that the Crown has greatly affected the development of Canadian politics due to the country’s societal, geographic, and economic conditions. Praised by the Globe and Mail’s Michael Valpy as “a thoroughly lucid, scholarly explanation of how the Canadian constitutional monarchy works,” it is bolstered by a new foreword by the author speaking to recent events involving the Crown and Canadian politics, notably the prorogation of Parliament in 2008.

"INVISIBLE CROWN", is a beautiful story that encourages readers to embrace who they are within. The main character discovers that it's not the crown that makes a queen, but the self-love and goodness that lies within. By the end of this story, readers will be motivated to hold their head high and wear an invisible crown of their own.

A biography of the couple who united a nation and, in so doing, saved Western Europe from the entrenchment of a fratricidal enclave to rival the Balkans.

A 5th grader is faced with a tragic hair loss experience shortly after being chosen to participate in her school's coronation. She found it hard to be normal again and lost all hope that her crown would be restored. After several encounters of encouragement, Olivia discovers that her crown was invisible and was there all along. All she had to do was Believe!

"The city of Arcadia is a craphole, but it's my craphole. I've walked its streets my entire life, always searching for something: a purpose, a suspect, or a stiff drink. My name's Eddie Hazzard, and I'm a hard-boiled detective. Yeah, laugh it up. It's a ridiculous job description, but this is a ridiculous town. It's full of every clich� you can imagine: corrupt city officials, police officers on the take, greedy businessmen, and crime so organized it has an accounting department, a health plan, and retirement benefits. Which is more than I can say for myself." Meet Eddie Hazzard: he's tenacious, a certain kind of clever, and usually drunk. When a beautiful woman comes into his office and asks him to find her husband, Eddie takes the case because the alternative is having his creditors show up at his door and do terrible things to his limbs. But the case takes a series of bizarre turns, getting Eddie caught up in a tangled web of reluctant cops, sketchy businessmen, and shadowy crime bosses. The deeper he gets, the worse things look. Will Eddie solve the case? Will he save the day? Most importantly, will he get paid? The Invisible Crown is the first full-length novel of a series featuring Detective Hazzard and the bizarre, bewildering array of tough mobsters, genetically-modified creeps, and ruthless scumbags who inhabit the city of Arcadia.