Most people know about President FDR, but do you know the woman who created his groundbreaking New Deal? As a young girl, Frances Perkins was very shy and quiet. But her grandmother encouraged Frances to always challenge herself. When...
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Author:Krull, KathleenSummary: - Author:Bégin, Monique, Rae, BobSummary:
More than fifty years after most Canadian women received the right to vote, very few women were elected as members of Parliament and none came from Quebec. Canada's 1972 federal election marked a refreshing transition. Twice as many...
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Author:Shinkle, PeterSummary:This Cold War narrative takes listeners from top secret Cabinet Room meetings to exclusive social clubs, and into the pages of a powerful man's intimate diary to bring new dimension to our understanding of the inner workings of the...
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Inspired by the African philosophy of Ubuntu — the importance of community over the individual — and outraged by injustice, Dora Akunyili took on fraudulent drug manufacturers whose products killed millions, including her sister. A...
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In 2001, when Madeleine Albright was leaving office as America's first female secretary of state, interviewers asked her how she wished to be remembered. 'I don't want to be remembered, ' she answered. 'I am...
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A clear-eyed account of learning how to lead in a chaotic world, by General Jim Mattis--the former Secretary of Defense and one of the most formidable strategic thinkers of our time--and Bing West, a former assistant secretary of...
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Author:Graham, BillSummary:Bill Graham – Canada’s minister of foreign affairs and minister of defence during the tumultuous years following 9/11 – takes us on a personal journey from his Vancouver childhood to important behind-the-scenes moments in recent global...
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Author:Castro, JuliánSummary:A candid and compelling memoir about race and poverty in America from Julián Castro, the keynote speaker at the 2012 DNC, former San Antonio mayor, and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, that chronicles his journey from...
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Former Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper reveals the shocking details of his tumultuous tenure while serving in the Trump administration, with events and moments never before told.
