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Paul Martin: the power of ambition
By John Gray. 2003
Traces the course of Paul Martin's early life and his success in business, as well as the partnership and split…
between him and Jean Chrétien. Six months after he left business for politics, he announced that he would be a candidate for the leadership of the Liberal party. His reach for the leadership in 1990 was a failure, but Martin still appears destined to be the 21st prime minister of Canada. 2003.Pat and Dick: the Nixons, an intimate portrait of a marriage
By Will Swift. 2014
Swift brings his years of experience as a historian and as a marital therapist to this unique examination of a…
long-misunderstood marriage. Nixon the man was enormously complicated: brilliant, insecure, sometimes coldly calculating, and capable of surprising affection with his wife. With the help of personal writings and interviews with family and friends, Swift unveils Pat as a woman who was warm and vivacious, yet much shrewder and more accomplished than she has been given credit for. From Dick’s unrelenting crusade to marry the glamourous teacher he feared was out of his league through the myriad crises of his political career, the Nixons’ story is filled with hopes and disappointments, both intimate and global. 2014.Patriarch: George Washington and the new American nation
By Richard Norton Smith. 1994
With the thoroughness of a newspaper of the era, Smith retells the old familiar stories and legends surrounding our nation's…
first president during the years preceding and during his terms in office. Patriarch brings George Washington to life as few historical accounts have before--showing our country's most celebrated father occupied with the business of the day, and carrying the weight of a nation. 1994.Paris and the Ile de France (DuMont guide)
By Klaus Bussmann. 1984
Paris to the moon
By Adam Gopnik. 2000
In 1995 an American writer moved with his wife and young son to Paris, fulfilling a childhood dream. He recorded…
his expatriate family experience and views on French culture and society during their five-year stay. Bestseller. 2000.Part of my soul went with him
By Mary Benson, Winnie Mandela, Anne Benjamin. 1984
Justin Trudeau, l'héritier: L'héritier
By Huguette Young. 2015
Justin Trudeau a grandi sous les yeux des Canadiens. Après une éclipse de plusieurs années, durant laquelle la politique a…
semblé être le cadet de ses soucis, il est entré dans l'arène en se faisant élire à Montréal, dans Papineau. On connaît la suite : la conquête facile de l'investiture du PLC et un départ en lion dans les sondages d'opinion, qui ont fait voir en lui le sauveur de son parti exsangue. Mais à la veille des élections d'octobre 2015, Trudeau semble fragilisé. Qu'y a-t-il derrière la surface un peu trop lisse de l'« héritier naturel du Parti libéral du Canada » ? 2015.Paddling to Jerusalem: An Aquatic
By David Aaronovitch. 2000
In the last summer of the twentieth century a large man got into a small boat and went out to…
discover England, on its canals and rivers, from the Thames to the Trent, from Camden Lock to Skipton. This text is the story of where the author went, who he met and what he thought. 2000.Donald Trump: [la vérité crue]
By Jean-Louis Morgan, George W Beahm. 2016
Ambitieux, fougueux et redoutable en affaires, Donald Trump est un véritable phénomène. Des millions d'Américains voient en lui l'homme de…
la situation, le richissime bâtisseur qui redonnera sa grandeur à la nation. Sa fortune démesurée lui évite en effet d'être à la merci des lobbyistes, et les solutions qu'il propose, bordées de bon sens, séduisent sa base toujours croissante de partisans. D'autres, par contre, considèrent Donald Trump comme un personnage grotesque, le digne héritier du capitalisme sauvage d'une époque révolue. Son franc-parler, ses propos provocants et ses insultes font le bonheur des médias, qui trouvent à tout coup dans ses déclarations matière à manchettes. "Donald Trump : La vérité crue" élucide la pensée du milliardaire le plus controversé du monde. Fourmillant d'extraits de discours, d'interviews et de références diverses, ce livre permet de décrypter la complexité d'un politicien dont la popularité nous rappelle que, demain, il pourrait fort bien non seulement diriger le Parti républicain, mais aussi les États-Unis d'Amérique, et jouer un rôle prépondérant dans les relations internationales. 2016.Mulroney: le pouvoir de l'ambition
By John Sawatsky, Harvey Cashore. 1991
Comment un jeune irlandais catholique de Baie-Comeau a-t-il fait son chemin jusqu'au poste de premier ministre? C'est cette fulgurante ascension…
que l'auteur a méticuleusement fouillé. 1991. Titre uniforme: Mulroney : the politics of ambition.One woman's journey: a portrait of Pauline Vanier
By George Cowley, Deborah Cowley. 1992
Biography of Pauline Vanier, whose husband was the first French-Canadian Governor General of Canada. After the death of Georges, Pauline…
moved to France to live with her son, Jean, who founded l'Arche, the internationally-renowned network of communities that are devoted to the care of the mentally handicapped.Open lands: travels through Russia's once forbidden places
By Mark Taplin. 1997
An American diplomatic officer chronicles his travels through seven Russian cities and regions that were restricted zones prior to 1992.…
Describes the local scenes, people, and historical events that took place in these areas during the Soviet era. Descriptions of violence. c1997.One room in a castle: letters from Spain, France & Greece
By Karen Connelly. 1995
Connelly writes of her travels and experiences in Spain, France, and Greece. Favouring letters because of the "sometimes funny, sometimes…
jarring intimacy" they create, Connelly has collected letters she has written to friends, to herself in diaries, and to the reader of this book. 1995.Lesage
By Richard Daignault. 1981
En 1958, Jean Lesage est élu chef du Parti Libéral du Québec. En 1960, il prend le pouvoir et dirige…
à partir de ce moment la fameuse "équipe du tonnerre" qui animera la Révolution tranquille. 1981On ne peut pas être heureux tout le temps: récit
By Françoise Giroud. 2001
Une quarantaine de chapitres enjoués et dynamiques, à partir de photos qui évoquent les épisodes d'une vie remplie. De la…
jeune script-girl à la ministre, en passant par la journaliste, sans oublier la mère, la "vieille dame indigne" se raconte avec brio. 2001.On the wrong side: my life in the KGB
By Stan Levchenko. 1988
In 1979, Stan Levchenko became the highest-ranking KGB officer to defect to the United States. His field of expertise was…
Japan, where he had worked to obtain information and recruit Japanese sympathetic to the Soviet cause. With his wife and son still in the USSR, he now lives in hiding under an assumed name. 1988.Old Square-Toes and his lady: the life of James and Amelia Douglas
By John D Adams. 2001
The private lives of James Douglas, first Governor of B.C., and his wife Amelia. Born of mixed blood and humble…
beginnings, both had experienced native uprisings, political changes and the gold rush. They crossed Canada by canoe, toured Europe by train; they became part of the establishment and had lifelong connections to the Hudson's Bay Company elite. 2001.On six continents: a life in Canada's foreign service, 1966-2002
By James Bartleman. 2004
From his humble origins as an Aboriginal child whose first home was a tent near a dump in Muskoka, Ontario,…
Bartleman rose to become a legend in Canada's foreign service. He served as ambassador to Cuba, Israel, South Africa, and Australia, was Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's foreign policy advisor, and is Ontario's lieutenant-governor and a member of the Order of Canada. 2004.Odd man out: the life and times of Eric Kierans
By Jamie Swift. 1988
A self-made millionaire, Eric Kierans was head of the Commerce School at McGill University and president of the Montreal Stock…
Exchange. As a provincial, and then federal, politician, he was involved in the major issues of the 1960s and 1970s: foreign investment, free trade, provincial rights, and the War Measures Act. 1988.Missing, porté disparu
By Thomas Hauser. 1982
Un journaliste américain vivant au Chili est arrêté chez lui quelques jours après le coup d'état de 1973. Un mois…
plus tard son cadavre sera identifié à la morgue de Santiago. Sa femme et son père veulent faire toute la lumière sur cette affaire. Descriptions régulières de violence. 1982. Titre uniforme: Execution of Charles Horman.