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 |
 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 |
 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 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 PrefaceFrom: Exile |
- | Belen Fernandez | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
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From 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 |
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From Hamilton, Grace Street, and Harbord CollegiateFrom: "At the Barricades" |
Early childhood to high school. | Alan Borovoy | 19 | 2014 | $1.90 Add |
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From At University in the 1950sFrom: "At the Barricades" |
Intellectual and philosophical development spanning undergraduate and law school years. | Alan Borovoy | 22 | 2014 | $2.20 Add |
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From Cormier’s Cove |
1927-1948. Outlines Romeo LeBlanc’s family history, his early life growing up in Corimer’s Cove (including statistics on education, resources, etc at the time), goes over the cost of … | Naomi E. S. Griffiths | 34 | 2011 | $3.40 Add |
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From Getting Down to WorkFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
Deals with his first years in office – 1969 – 1972 | John Sewell | 30 | 2015 | $3.00 Add |
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From LebanonFrom: Exile |
- | Belen Fernandez | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
