Profiles Henry VII as an enigmatic and ruthless king of a country ravaged by decades of conspiracy and civil war, discussing the costs of establishing a Tudor monarchy and the ways he set the stage for Henry VIII's reign.
Politics and government
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Auteur:Skrabec, Quentin R.Sommaire:William McKinley was the first U.S. president to address globalization; his legacy in protectionism and immigrant labor offer lessons for the current era. He orchestrated an alliance between big business and the American worker that...
- Auteur:Kryzhanovsky, MikhailSommaire:
Here is the book that guides the president of the United States from the first day in the Oval Office to the day he or she walks out for the last time. In fact, the strategies and mindset recommended in these pages are essential tools...
- Auteur:Epp-Koop, StefanSommaire:
Stefan Epp-Koop’s "We’re Going to Run This City: Winnipeg’s Political Left After the General Strike" explores the dynamic political movement that came out of the largest labour protest in Canadian history and the ramifications for...
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Auteur:Clifford, JimSommaire:West Ham and the River Lea explores the environmental and social history of London’s most populous independent suburb and its second largest river. Jim Clifford maps the migration of industry into West Ham’s marshlands and reveals the...
- Auteur:Yakeleya, Elizabeth|Simon, SarahSommaire:
We Remember the Coming of the White Man chronicles the history of the Sahtú (Mountain Dene) and Gwinch’in People in the extraordinary time of the early 20th century. Chapters are transcripts of oral histories by ten Elders about their...
- Auteur:Joseph, Peniel E.Sommaire:
An acclaimed chronicler of the Civil Rights Movement, Peniel Joseph presents this sweeping overview of a key component of the struggle for racial equality--the Black Power movement. This is the story of the men and women who sacrificed...
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Auteur:Booker, CorySommaire:An energetic new voice in American politics, United States Senator Cory Booker sounds a stirring call to reorient our civic discourse around the principles of empathy and solidarity. Telling candid, inspiring stories from his life and...
- Auteur:Engel, DavidSommaire:
In this course, Professor David Engel of New York University examines the encounter between Germany's Third Reich and the Jews of the twenty European countries that fell under Nazi domination between 1933 and 1945.
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Auteur:Stadelmann, MarcusSommaire:43 Americans have held the job of President of the United States. Each has a story, be it one of vision, accomplishment, conflict, scandal, triumph or tragedy. And each story is at the center of the national story, a part of what we all...
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Auteur:Hayes, ChristopherSommaire:Analyzes scandals in high-profile institutions, from Wall Street and the Catholic Church to Major League Baseball, while evaluating how an elite American meritocracy rose throughout the past half-century before succumbing to corruption...
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Auteur:Savage, MichaelSommaire:The "Godfather of Trumpmania," Michael Savage, examines the initial appointments, speeches, tweets, and history of Donald Trump and offers his insights and analysis.
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Auteur:Raymaker, DarrylSommaire:Trudeau appeared to enjoy the encounter. He stood his ground while escaping projectiles, including a tomato… In this insightful and lively history, Liberal insider Darryl Raymaker recalls the attempt to broker “a marriage from hell”...
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Auteur:Litt, PaulSommaire:In 1968, Canadians dared to take a chance on a new kind of politician. Pierre Trudeau became the leader of the Liberal Party in April and two months later won the federal election. His meteoric rise to power was driven by Trudeaumania,...
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Auteur:Ackerman, Kenneth D.Sommaire:Lev Davidovich Trotsky burst onto the world stage in November 1917 as co-leader of a Marxist Revolution seizing power in Russia. It made him one of the most recognized personalities of the Twentieth Century, a global icon of radical...
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Auteur:Laxer, JamesSommaire:In this Anansi Digital Publication, James Laxer takes the pulse of America from the vantage point of Southern California at a time when the United States is riven with debates about immigration, guns, and how to tackle the economic...
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Auteur:Colby, GerardSommaire:The United States' secret history of financial, political, and cultural exploitation of Latin America in the mid-twentieth century is revealed in this "blistering expose", with a new introduction by the authors (Publishers Weekly). What...
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Auteur:Ellis, DeborahSommaire:In a rehabilitation center for disabled children, twelve-year-old Nora says she loves the color pink and chewing gum and explains that the wheels of her wheelchair are like her legs. Eleven-year-old Mohammad describes how his house was...
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Auteur:Lebedev, SergeĭSommaire:A story of a Russian boyhood and coming of age as the Soviet Union is on the brink of collapse.
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Auteur:Rowe, BillSommaire:Part memoir, part history, The Worst and Best of the Premiers and Some We Never Had is Bill Rowe’s most ambitious work of non-fiction to date. The book observes with a critical and humorous eye the landscape of Newfoundland and...
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