Roger Turene
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From  NEW! Pierre Trudeau, Olof Palme, the King, the Queen, and Dining at the OperakällarenFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene traces relationships between Canada and Sweden from the mid-1970s through 2023. | Roger Turene | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! Politics: A Family AffairFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene traces the Préfontaine family’s multi-generational involvement in Manitoba politics from the early 1900s through the 1960s. | Roger Turene | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! PrefaceFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this preface, Roger Turene introduces his memoir. | Roger Turene | 3 | 2025 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! Québec and Me: It’s ComplicatedFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene traces the fraught relationship between Québec and Francophone minorities in Manitoba, spanning from the 1981 ACCT meeting in Libreville to the 1986 Versailles Summit … | Roger Turene | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! Redemption: Gary Filmon and the Francophone CommunityFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene examines Premier Gary Filmon’s 1989 address to the Société franco-manitobaine, a speech that redefined Manitoba’s French language policy and … | Roger Turene | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! RocketsFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene discusses his amateur rocketry programme in Winnipeg in the late 1950s, which he started because of the launch of Sputnik. | Roger Turene | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! Rumble in GotlieblandFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene discusses his turbulent years within Canada’s Department of External Affairs under Under Secretary Allan Gotlieb. | Roger Turene | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! Rwanda and BurundiFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene discusses Canadian diplomat Richard Howard’s 1974 journey through Rwanda and Burundi, a region still reeling from the 1972 Burundi genocide. | Roger Turene | 13 | 2025 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! Sink or Swim in ParisFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene recounts his first posting in Paris in 1969, at Canada’s UNESCO delegation. | Roger Turene | 13 | 2025 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! Sometimes Goliath WinsFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene follows a transformative friendship with Alice Chambers, a dedicated conservation volunteer in Manitoba, and examines the persistent struggles of environmental advocates … | Roger Turene | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! St. Boniface CollegeFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene recounts his time at Jesuit St. Boniface College in Manitoba, from 1956 to 1964, where the institution served as a cornerstone of Francophone cultural survival. | Roger Turene | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! That’s an Order, Young Man!From: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene discusses his experiences with political and diplomatic friction in Zaire. | Roger Turene | 5 | 2025 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! The AftermathFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene traces the quiet aftermath of the 1984 Manitoba French language confrontation, as the legislative building fell silent and the national debate simply vanished. | Roger Turene | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! The Final ActFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene traces the political turbulence surrounding Manitoba’s bilingual legislation from 1985 to 1988. | Roger Turene | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! The Hidden BooksFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene recounts his experiences hiding French books from a school inspector, discussing the underground resistance to language suppression in Manitoba. | Roger Turene | 3 | 2025 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! The Joy of Spying … on FriendsFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene traces Canada’s seventy-year involvement in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, established in 1941. | Roger Turene | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
