Women have reached the highest levels of political office in Canada's provinces and territories, but what difference has their rise to the top made? In Doing Politics Differently? leading researchers from across the country assess...
Biography
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Author:Bashevkin, SylviaSummary: - Author:Light, Alan, Frampton, PeterSummary:
Peter Frampton's tells the story of his positively resilient life and career in his own words for the first time.
- Author:Ruland, Jim, Bad Religion (Musical group)Summary:
With a unique blend of melodic hardcore and thought-provoking lyrics, Bad Religion paved the way for the punk rock explosion of the 1990s. They showed the world what punk could be, and they continue to spread their message one song, one...
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Author:Ritz, DavidSummary:Drawing from interviews conducted before Marvin Gaye's death, friend and music writer David Ritz has created a full-scale portrait of the brilliant but tormented artist who embodied the very essence of the word "soul."...
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Author:Halton, DavidSummary:A biography of Canadian foreign and war correspondent, Matthew Halton, written by his son, David Halton, drawn from archival research and interviews.
- Author:Howard, Dylan, Griffin, CathySummary:
Cathy Griffin and Dylan Howard present a definitive account of how a Beverly Hills socialite with little formal education built a global empire. This is the Kris Jenner story as you've never heard it before in all its dirty, sexy...
- Author:Durso, JosephSummary:
Presents the definitive story of an American hero.
- Author:MORTON, AndrewSummary:
The controversial biography of the Princess of Wales. This book exposes the private unhappiness and dramas behind the public front of Charles and Diana.
- Author:SASSON, Jean PSummary:
This story is the sequel to Princess Sultana's bestselling memoir 'Princess', where readers were gripped by her revelations about a life of unimaginable privilege and wealth inside the royal family of Saudi Arabia.
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Author:DIRIE, WarisSummary:Waris ran away from her desert nomad family at the age of 12 when her father arranged her marriage to a sixty-year-old stranger in exchange for five camels. She escaped through the harsh Somalian desert and travelled to London.
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Although Waris Dirie fled her homeland, she never forgot the country and culture that moulded her. The world of famine and violence, where women have no voice. This is the story of her return to Somalia where she traces the roots of her...
- Author:Tate, PoloSummary:
Polo Tate wanted to be in the Air Force since she was eleven, an unpopular dream for most young girls, but her hard work paid off. At eighteen, Polo is in basic training at the United States Air Force Academy and doing everything right...
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Dawn Fraser tells us, in her own words, what is behind the rumours that have swirled around her from the beginning, and shines a spotlight on many other aspects of her life. Strong, warm-hearted and unique, Dawn has come through it all...
- Author:BOWYER, AlisonSummary:
Having worked herself up from the early days of seven-pound-a-night comedy clubs, Dawn French is the doyenne of British comedy. From her childhood to meeting Jennifer Saunders, her 18-year marriage to Lenny Henry and beyond.
- Author:McSally, MarthaSummary:
America's first female combat jet pilot and Arizona Senator Martha McSally shows you how to clear the runway of your life: embrace fear, transform doubt, succeed when you are expected to fail, and soar to great heights in this...
- Author:SHEPHERD, JanineSummary:
After the horrific traffic-accident, the author was not expected to live, let alone walk. But she did, and in this sequel, the former Olympic contender describes her rehabilitation and her new-found love of flying, with the support of...
- Author:Grossman, ValerieSummary:
- Author:Greer, GermaineSummary:
When her father died in 1983, Germaine Greer realized how little she knew about him. What had happened during World War II to make this charming but distant man draw a “curtain of silence” around himself? Why had he never spoken of his...
- Author:GLASS, CathySummary:
The story of the Dawn, a sweet and seemingly well-balanced girl whose outward appearance masks a traumatic childhood of suffering at the hands of the very people who should have cared for her. Dawn was the first girl Cathy Glass ever...
- Author:McMurtry, LarrySummary:
McMurtry turns his attention to George A. Custer, a complex man who has captivated historians for over a century. From graduating last in his class at West Point to leading the ill-fated 7th Cavalry in the attack at Little Bighorn,...
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