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Robert Borden (The Canadians)
By Kathleen Saunders. 1978
In 2001, Stephen Harper reluctantly became the leader of the Canadian Alliance. A few short years later, he was the…
Prime Minister, and the shell-shocked Liberal Paul Martin was planning his retirement. What happened, to turn the political world upside down, taking Harper to the top and plunging Martin on a downward trajectory? 2006.Riding the mountains down: Journey By Bicycle From Karachi To Kathmandu
By Bettina Selby. 1984
Return to Tibet
By Heinrich Harrer. 1984
Reflections of the moon on water: healing women's bodies and minds through traditional Chinese wisdom
By Xiaolan Zhao, Kanae Kinoshita. 2006
Dr. Xiaolan Zhao has treated thousands of women suffering from fatigue, PMS, infertility, depression, menopausal symptoms and other gynecological disorders…
- common health problems in the West, but not in China, where traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been an integral part of women's lives for thousands of years. She explains what every woman can do in terms of ongoing and preventative self-care to improve her health and vitality and prevent illness. Descriptions of sex. 2006.Reflections of a Siamese twin: Canada at the end of the twentieth century
By John Ralston Saul. 1997
Saul examines Canadian myths - real, false, and denied - and reconciles them with the reality of today's politics, culture…
and economics. Using the words of Canadian novelists, poets, historians, songwriters, philosophers, painters and political figures, Saul uncovers the shape of the Canadian experiment. c1997.René Lévesque (Extraordinary Canadians)
By Daniel Poliquin. 2009
René Lévesque was born into a Quebec dominated by the Catholic Church, rural values, and Anglophone control of business. He…
was part of the 1960s Quiet Revolution that saw the province become a secular society bent on economic success and, for some, political independence. A journalist, war reporter, and television host, Lévesque channeled his communication skills into politics, founded the Parti Québecois, and permanently altered Canada's political landscape. 2009.Red star & green dragon: looking at New China
By Lila Perl. 1983
Red China today: The Other Side Of The River
By Edgar Snow. 1971
Red China blues: my long march from Mao to now
By Jan Wong. 1996
Born in Canada, Jan Wong began a rocky six-year romance with Maoism when she went to China in 1972. In…
this memoir, she describes leaving China as she became aware of the harsh realities of the communist system, and returning to China in the late 1980s as a reporter. She covered the crackdown in Tiananmen Square and the capitalist reforms of Deng Xiaoping. 1996.Rae days: The Rise And Fall Of The Ndp
By Thomas L Walkom. 1994
The author analyses Bob Rae's life and thinking before and after he joined the NDP, particularly when he was Premier…
during Ontario's first NDP government. Issues such as employment equity, the social contract, and fiscal policy are discussed. Also provided is a guide to influential members of the party and government, bureaucratic and political, and their own stories. c1994.Radical Tories: the conservative tradition in Canada
By Charles Taylor. 1982
Qu'en dis-tu, Socrate?
By Robert Aird, Yves Trottier. 2014
" Dans ce petit ouvrage décapant, les auteurs parodient les dialogues socratiques pour plonger dans les débats qui ont marqué…
la vie politique des dernières années. Pour ce faire, ils transportent sur l'agora d'Athènes des discours que le lecteur avisé saura attribuer sans difficulté à nos rhéteurs contemporains. On retrouve ainsi un Socrate malicieux, mais toujours soucieux du bien public en pleine conversation avec Ministrempos, Alargentos, Xenophobite ou Ploutocratos à propos de la grève étudiante, des gaz de schistes, de la laïcité ou de la collusion dans les travaux publics. Qu'en dis-tu Socrate? est le livre de deux amoureux de la politique et de la philosophie dont l'humour jubilatoire ne les empêche pas de poser certaines des questions les plus importantes de l'heure. " -- 4e de couv.Quai des Indes
By Irène Frain. 1993
Public triumph, private tragedy: the double life of John P. Robarts
By Steve Paikin. 2006
John Robarts became Ontario premier in 1961, and his government established legal aid, a huge system of community colleges and…
universities, law reform, GO Transit, the Ontario Science Centre, and Ontario Place, as well as a significant enhancement of individual civil rights, a reorganization of school administration, and a start on regional government. But for all his success and triumph in the public realm, Robarts struggled with the demons that plagued his private life. 2006.Prisonnier à Bangkok: témoignage
By Alain Olivier. 2001
Cas Vécu. Un ex-héroïnomane accuse la GRC de l'avoir précipité dans un traquenard qui l'a amené à séjourner plus de…
8 ans dans les prisons de Bangkok. Propos crus, sans complaisance et qui ne cachent rien de la violence du monde de la drogue et des prisons asiatiques. 2001.Promised land: inside the Mike Harris revolution
By John Ibbitson. 1997
Political journalist John Ibbitson provides a detailed account of Harris's rise to power and period in office. He reveals the…
inner workings of Harris's party - a group of young, committed, neo-conservative ideologues and political strategists. He explains how the radical changes made by Harris's "Common Sense Revolution" has plunged Canada's heartland into a period of unprecedented political upheaval and social transformation. 1997.Pour un Québec lucide, solidaire et souverain: les leçons du modèle suédois
By Marc Dean. 2011
Dans cet ouvrage inspiré d'un séjour d'étude à l'Université de Stockholm, l'auteur retrace le chemin parcouru par ce pays souverain…
de 9 millions d'habitants marqué par plus de 70 ans de régime social-démocrate. Il propose un retour sur les valeurs chères aux sociaux-démocrates, sur les débats idéologiques et sur l'évolution en Suède et en Scandinavie. Parallèlement, il analyse le modèle québécois, lequel nous a permis de développer nos institutions politiques notre projet de société égalitaire, une économie dynamique et une culture créative. 2011.Pour en finir avec le gouvernemaman: The Extraordinary Journey Of An Exceptional Woman (Essai)
By Joanne Marcotte. 2011
Pendant des décennies, le discours politique nous a invités à nous abandonner à la prise en charge par un État…
bienveillant. Or, ce lyrisme des débuts fait largement place au désenchantement. Le citoyen doit maintenant retrouver sa liberté et se réapproprier ses responsabilités. De même, la population doit exiger de la part de sa classe politique un leadership de convictions et de principes. c2011.Pour une politique de la confiance
By Pierre S Pettigrew. 1999