In this marriage of memoir and manifesto, Elizabeth May reflects on her extraordinary life and the people and experiences that have formed her and informed her beliefs about democracy, climate change, and other crucial issues facing...
Politicians
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Author:Deverell, WilliamSummary:Montreal journalist Lou Sabatino, under witness protection after nearly being gunned down by the Mafia, is sucked into the quirky world of a conniving Russian dominatrix who has secretly recorded herself putting the whip to the bare...
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Author:Steele, GrahamSummary:On October 8, 2013, Nova Scotia’s NDP government went down to a devastating election defeat. Premier Darrell Dexter lost his own seat, and the party held the dubious distinction of being the first one-term majority government in over...
- Author:Wolff, MichaelSummary:
This program includes an introduction read by the author. If you can judge an audiobook by its enemies, Too Famous could be an instant classic. Bestselling author of Fire and Fury and chronicler of the Trump White House Michael Wolff...
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Author:Bélanger, Damien-ClaudeSummary:Thomas Chapais is one of the great French-Canadian political and intellectual figures of the beginning of the 20th century. Appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec in 1892, then to the Senate of Canada in 1919, he played a...
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Author:Soderstrom, MarySummary:Bujumbura, Burundi is one of the last places you would expect to find Thomas Brossard. Once a powerful cabinet minister in Brian Mulroney’s Conservative government, Thomas never had a particular interest in the continent of Africa and...
- Author:Choyce, LesleySummary:
Winner, Dartmouth Book Award. Shortlisted, Atlantic Booksellers Choice Award. A small Canadian island declares its independence to the world and benign anarchy reigns. A god-like ocean deposits many a thing, yet it also takes away. The...
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Author:Naipaul, V. S.Summary:The Mimic Men is a moving novel that evokes a colonial man's experience in the postcolonial world. Naipaul is the author of 13 works of fiction and has won many prizes including the Booker Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- Author:Majors, InmanSummary:
Living in the late 1970s, brothers J.T. and Roland Cole build an impressive economic empire from their father's humble bank enterprise. Now they have their eyes on endeavors promising more wealth and power--but at what cost?
- Author:Sanderson, BrandonSummary:
New York Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn world of Scadrial as its second era, which began with The Alloy of Law , comes to its earth-shattering conclusion in The Lost Metal. For years, frontier lawman turned big-city...
- Author:McConnell, MitchSummary:
The candid, behind-the-scenes memoir of the of the Senate Majority Leader and GOP veteran. In October 1984, a hard-charging Kentucky politician waited excitedly for President Ronald Reagan to arrive at a presidential rally in Louisville...
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Author:Ternier Gordon, IreneSummary:High finance, wilderness adventures, violence, and questionable legal tactics all played important roles in the history of the North West Company. William McGillivray, head of the company from 1804 until 1821, was arguably the most...
- Author:Fagen, Cynthia, Patterson, JamesSummary:
The Kennedy name is synonymous with American royalty. Those who dwell in the House of Kennedy work hard, live hard, and win at all costs. But just how much has it cost them?
- Author:Hlynka, AnthonySummary:
Translated from personal memoirs and diaries, this is a compelling story of Anthony Hlynka, the only sitting Member of Parliament of Ukrainian origin from 1940 to 1945. Representing the constituency of Vegreville, Alberta, for the...
- Author:Mason, Susan AnneSummary:
After her beloved grandfather's death, Emmaline Moore is shocked to discover that her "deceased" father is actually living in Canada. Having no other family, Emma decides she must find him, and so embarks on a journey...
- Author:Simmons, KristenSummary:
Pretty Little Liars meets Ocean's 11 in this highly commercial, intrigue-filled contemporary drama. Welcome to Vale Hall: a school for aspiring con artists. When Brynn Hilder is recruited to the elite Vale Hall, she can't believe her...
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Author:Hawkins, GordonSummary:This biography explores what drove William Smith to change his name, in the gold fields of California in the 1850s, to Amor De Cosmos. Hawkins traces how De Cosmos became one of the most feared journalists in British Columbia and then...
- Author:Nasrallah, DimitriSummary:
An election sets the stage for Oedipal rivalry and civil revolt. An intimate novel about the levers of power and privilege that shape the lives of the people most affected by war and insurrection.
- Author:Truelove, GraemeSummary:
Few politicians have enraged opponents, frustrated colleagues, and polarized Canadians like Svend Robinson - but few embraced the causes he did. Over his twenty-five years as a New Democrat MP, Robinson was imprisoned for blocking...
- Author:Morton, F. L. (Frederick Lee)Summary:
Politician and political scientist Ted Morton shares an insider's view of Alberta Politics in this illuminating autobiography. Ted Morton has spent a lifetime in Alberta politics. Elected as a Reform Party senator-in-waiting in the 1998...
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