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By Nino Ricci, John Ralston Saul. 2009
Begins with the role Trudeau played in the formation of Ricci’s own sense of identity in order to examine how…
he expanded all Canadians. Downplaying the perpetual rebel image that Trudeau crafted, Ricci reconstructs the charismatic prime minister as an almost Zelig-like figure. If his beliefs shifted radically over the years – from separatist to federalist, from fascist to liberal, from civil rights champion to military strongman – he always acted on deep convictions. c2009.By Marguerite Blais. 2016
Ce livre est une suite d'histoires de vie singulières, écrites entre juillet et décembre 2015. Je vivais alors un deuil…
profond, car je venais de perdre mon mari qui a partagé ma vie durant trente-six ans et pour qui j'ai agi comme proche aidante. En 2014, j'avais perdu également mon frère unique et je jonglais avec l'idée de quitter la politique. Ces récits autobiographiques sont présentés sans autre ordre chronologique que celui de la dimension des lieux de mon cœur, à des moments précis de ma vie. Ils mettent en lumière plusieurs personnes qui ont marqué ma trajectoire de vie. Bien sûr, cet ouvrage est parcellaire puisque plusieurs autres personnes significatives ont croisé ma route. J'ai toujours travaillé sans me retourner pour ne pas voir ma vie qui défilait à la vitesse d'un mannequin à longues jambes. Mettre un frein, ajuster son refrain et juste ne rien faire de précis n'a jamais fait partie de mon rythme. Mais cette récente déviation de mon parcours me force à ralentir le tempo et à me donner du temps pour me découvrir. L'approche intimiste que j'ai privilégiée me permet un nouveau regard sur ma vie. Cette expérience m'a permis de constater à quel point j'aime réellement cette forme de communication qu'offre l'écriture et que je partage avec vous. 2016.By Vincent Marissal. 2014
" Ils font la une des journaux, ils tentent de nous séduire, de nous convaincre et de gagner notre vote.…
Pourtant, au-delà de leur image médiatique peaufinée par des spécialistes de la communication, que savons-nous des politiciens? Vincent Marissal, lui, les connaît bien puisqu'il les côtoie depuis près de 20 ans, à Ottawa comme à Québec. Le chroniqueur a partagé leurs repas, pris l'avion en leur compagnie, ri de leurs bons mots et assisté à leurs plus grandes victoires comme à leurs plus amères défaites. Vincent Marissal nous ouvre ses carnets, dans lesquels il a accumulé anecdotes et confidences, pour brosser des portraits très personnels de 23 politiciens fédéraux et provinciaux. " -- 4e de couv.By Jane Ewart-Biggs. 1984
By Charles M Schulz, David Larkin. 1999
In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Peanuts comic strip, Schulz offers an autobiographical sketch and tells how his…
own life experiences and those of people around him provided inspiration for the daily strips. Contains text of more than one thousand Peanuts cartoons. Bestseller. 1999.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.By Philip Norman. 2016
An official biography approved by the former Beatle covers the whole span of his life, from losing his mother in…
childhood to his often troubled partnership with John Lennon, his personal trauma after The Beatles' breakup, his time with Wings, and the death of his wife, Linda. Bestseller. 2016.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.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.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.By Mary Benson, Winnie Mandela, Anne Benjamin. 1984
By Margaret MacMillan. 2001
Analyzes the failure of the Versailles Peace Conference after World War I. Focuses on the nationalistic goals of American president…
Woodrow Wilson, French premier Georges Clemenceau, and British Prime Minister David Lloyd George - the author's great-grandfather - as they reorganized the defeated empires and created the League of Nations. Foreword by Richard Holbrooke. Bestseller. Winner of the 2003 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. Canada Reads 2012. 2001. Uniform title: PeacemakersBy 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.By Garry Wills. 2000
A Pulitzer Prize-winning author--for "Lincoln at Gettysburg"--and practicing Catholic indicts the Church's hierarchy for the papal sin of deception. Calls…
for internal reform regarding teachings on birth control and abortion, priests' celibacy, and the ordainment of women. Challenges the Vatican's attitude towards the Holocaust. Bestseller. 2000.By Kirstine Stewart. 2015
Kirstine Stewart got her first job when she applied for a position as a "girl Friday" at a film distribution…
house. Having worked her way up from the bottom--under women and men, leaders good and bad--she believes it's time we leaped past the question of how women might create change in the working world and exploit the fact that profound change is already under way. The digital revolution, and the wave of millennials who are entering the work force with very different expectations than the generations who preceded them, have created a new reality that demands a new style of leader with attributes and perspectives that make women the natural front-runners. The opportunity is there. The question Stewart tackles is, how do we seize it? Bestseller. 2015.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.By Bobby Orr. 2013
Bobby Orr is often referred to as the greatest ever to play the game of hockey. No defenseman had ever…
played the way he did, or received so many trophies, or set so many records, several of which still stand today. He has never written a memoir, authorized a biography, or talked to journalists about his past, but now he is finally ready to tell his story. Bestseller. 2013.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.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.By Clara Hughes. 2015
From one of Canada’s most decorated Olympians comes a raw but life-affirming story of one woman’s struggle with mental illness.…
After more than a decade in the gruelling world of professional sports that stripped away her confidence and bruised her body, Clara Hughes began to realize that her physical extremes, her emotional setbacks, and her partying habits were masking a severe depression. After winning bronze in the last speed skating race of her career, she decided to retire from that sport, determined to repair herself. She has emerged as one of our most committed humanitarians, advocating for a variety of social causes in Canada and around the world. Bestseller. 2015.