Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills three thousand years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing...
Political science
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Author:Greene, RobertSummary: - Author:Wells, KarinSummary:
In the spring of 1970, seventeen women set out from Vancouver in a big yellow convertible, a Volkswagen bus, and a pickup truck. They called it the Abortion Caravan. Three thousand miles later, they “occupied” the prime minister’s front...
- Author:Whitlock, CraigSummary:
The groundbreaking investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about America's longest war, foreshadowing the Taliban's recapture of Afghanistan, by...
- Author:El Baradei, MohamedSummary:
For the past two decades, Mohamed ElBaradei has played a key role in the most high-stakes conflicts of our time. Unique in maintaining credibility in the Arab world and the West alike, ElBaradei has emerged as a singularly independent,...
- Author:Taylor, AstraSummary:
These days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially stressed and emotionally overwhelmed. The status quo isn't working for anyone, even those who appear to have it all. What is going on? In this urgent cultural diagnosis, author and...
- Author:Nanos, NikSummary:
Democracy is becoming a toxic environment, rife with trolls, bots, fake news and computational propaganda. Why, and what can be done? In this highly informative, engaging and readable book, Canada's lead pollster and data expert...
- Author:Wilford, HughSummary:
There's a fundamental tension buried within the heart of the CIA's mission to protect the American people: between democratic accountability and the inherent need for secrecy. Ultimately, it's U.S. citizens who bear the...
- Author:Hill, GordSummary:
The shocking images of neo-Nazis parading in Charlottesville, North Carolina in the summer of 2017 linger in the mind, but so do those of the passionate protestors who risked their lives to do the right thing. In this stirring graphic...
- Author:Mead, Walter RussellSummary:
In this bold examination of the Israeli-American relationship, Walter Russell Mead demolishes the myths that both pro-Zionists and anti-Zionists have fostered over the years. He makes clear that Zionism has always been a divisive...
- Author:Hurtig, MelSummary:
Mel Hurtig, Canadian nationalist, publisher, best-selling author, has been warning Canadians about the negative influences of the excessive corporate takeover of Canada, including the impacts of foreign ownership and so-called free-...
- Author:Heyman, BruceSummary:
When Bruce Heyman was sworn in as the United States Ambassador to Canada, he and his wife and confidante, Vicki, already knew the country north of the border as America's closest friend and neighbour. By the end of four years as...
- Author:Barnhizer, Daniel D., Barnhizer, DavidSummary:
As AI and robotics eliminate jobs across the spectrum, governmental revenues will plummet while the debt increases dramatically. This crisis of limited resources on all levels--underfunded or nonexistent pensions, health problems, lack...
- Author:Shapiro, Ben.Summary:
How far are Americans willing to go to force each other to fall in line? According to the establishment media, the intelligentsia, and our political chattering class, the greatest threat to American freedom lies in right-wing...
- Author:Rudd, KevinSummary:
Veteran diplomat and former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd confronts the growing sense that the US-China relationship is beginning to hurtle out of control. The purpose of this book is to challenge politicians, strategists and...
- Author:Glenny, MishaSummary:
From the bestselling author of McMafia and DarkMarket comes this unique and lively history of Balkan geopolitics since the early nineteenth century which gives readers the essential historical background to more than one hundred years...
- Author:Langley, Lester D.Summary:
Offers a sweeping panorama of America's tropical empire in the age spanned by the two Roosevelts and a detailed narrative of US military intervention in the Caribbean.
- Author:Sorbara, GregSummary:
2015 Speaker's Book Award — Shortlisted Greg Sorbara presents a front-row seat to some of the most significant changes in Ontario politics. Greg Sorbara has enjoyed one of the most successful careers of any Ontario politician, and...
- Author:Caplan, Gerald, Springer, JaneSummary:
"[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have left them." -- Globe and Mail Think...
- Author:Boyer, J. PatrickSummary:
An inside account of the Progressive Conservative’s campaign organization. The Progressive Conservative Party’s “big blue machine” pioneered electoral techniques of centralized control, communications, campaign advertising, polling,...
- Author:Johnston, David Cay.Summary:
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and dean of Trumpologists David Cay Johnston reveals years of eye-popping financial misdeeds by Donald Trump and his family. While the world watched Donald Trump's presidency in horror or delight,...
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