Politics
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 "At the Barricades"A Memoir |
Best known as General Counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, a position he held for over 40 years, A. Alan Borovoy was at the centre of many of the most profound and difficult … | Alan Borovoy | 395 | 2014 | View |
 NEW! Alexa!Changing the Face of Canadian Politics |
Alexa McDonough’s impact on Canadian politics cannot be measured solely by election victories or seat tallies. As the first female leader of a mainstream Canadian political party, she … | Stephen Kimber | 288 | 2021 | View |
 NEW! ExileRejecting America and Finding the World |
Che Guevara left Argentina at 22. At 21, Belén Fernández left the U.S. and didn’t look back. Alone, far off the beaten path in places like Syria and Tajikistan, she reflects on … | Belen Fernandez | 160 | 2020 | View |
 How We Changed TorontoThe inside story of twelve creative, tumultuous years in civic life, 1969-1980 |
By the mid-1960s Toronto was well on its way to becoming Canada’s largest and most powerful city. One real estate firm aptly labelled it Boomtown. Expressways, subways, shopping centres, … | John Sewell | 349 | 2015 | View |
 NEW! On Love and TyrannyThe Life and Politics of Hannah Arendt |
In an utterly unique approach to biography, On Love and Tyranny traces the life and work of the iconic German Jewish intellectual Hannah Arendt, whose political philosophy and understandings of … | Ann Heberlein | 272 | 2021 | View |
 The Golden Age of LiberalismA Portrait of Roméo LeBlanc |
This book explores the life and times of Roméo LeBlanc, one of Canada’s most popular and successful politicians and statesmen. Probably best known as the long-standing fisheries … | Naomi E. S. Griffiths | 376 | 2011 | View |
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From Cast of CharactersFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
Short biographies about the people consistently mentioned throughout the book. | John Sewell | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
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From Foreword by the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien and Introduction by Author |
Outlines the authors experience with Romeo Leblanc and why she chose to write his biography | Jean Chrétien; Naomi E. S. Griffiths | 16 | 2011 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! IntroductionThat Which Should Never Have Happened From: On Love and Tyranny |
In the introduction, Heberlein exmines the links between Hannah Arendt’s love of the world and her explorations of evil. | Ann Heberlein | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From PrefaceFrom: "At the Barricades" |
Professor Borovoy describes how the memoir came to be written. | Alan Borovoy | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! PrefaceFrom: Exile |
- | Belen Fernandez | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! PrologueFrom: Alexa! |
A brief look at Alexa’s entry into the political fray and the women who inspired, supported, and pushed her to make such a difficult decision. Also a glimpse of the relationship and history … | Stephen Kimber | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! BeforeFrom: Alexa! |
Delving into Alexa’s past by looking at the history of her parents. From the tumultuous relationship of her maternal grandparents to her paternal grandfather’s involvement in the … | Stephen Kimber | 24 | 2021 | $2.40 Add |
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From NEW! BeginningsFrom: Exile |
- | Belen Fernandez | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
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From Discovering a Political LifeFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
Sewell recounts what brought him to getting involved in city politics and brings us right to his election as junior alderman in 1967 | John Sewell | 25 | 2015 | $2.50 Add |
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From From Memramcook to Rideau Hall |
Outlines Romeo LeBlanc’s selection to the position of Governor General, the mixed opinions of the media to the nomination, a background history of the Acadians and how this history relates … | Naomi E. S. Griffiths | 20 | 2011 | $2.00 Add |
