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Red star tattoo: my life as a girl revolutionary
By Sonja Larsen. 2016
Sonja Larsen's is a childhood in which family members come and go and where radical politics take over her mother's…
life and her own. As a teenager, Sonja finds herself embracing her mother's commitment to an organization known publicly as the National Labor Federation and privately as the Communist Party USA Provisional Wing. Over her three years embedded within the NLF's national headquarters in Brooklyn, Sonja becomes the youngest member of the organization's militia and part of its inner circle. She works sixteen-hour days and soon becomes a mistress of the Old Man, the organization's charismatic leader. As she and the other members count down the days until their American revolution is set to begin, Sonja's doubts about the cause and the Old Man become increasingly difficult to ignore. 2016.Red cloud at dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the end of the atomic monopoly
By Michael D Gordin. 2009
On August 29, 1949, the first Soviet test bomb, dubbed "First Lightning", exploded in the deserts of Kazakhstan. This surprising…
international event marked the beginning of an arms race that would ultimately lead to nuclear proliferation beyond the Soviet Union and the United States. Using newly opened archives, Gordin follows a trail of espionage, secrecy, deception, political brinksmanship, and technical innovation to provide a fresh understanding of the nuclear arms race. 2009.Rebel daughter: an autobiography
By Doris Anderson. 1996
Former "Chatelaine" editor Doris Anderson shares the story of her life. She begins life in a modest boarding house in…
Alberta, becomes a school teacher, switches to a career in journalism, and rises to the position of editor at "Chatelaine" where she shares her opinions on abortion, women in the workforce and pay equity, among other things, with her readers. She also chronicles her time as head of the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women and the fight to have women and men recognized as equal under the law within the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. 1996.Realistic visionary: a portrait of George Washington
By Peter R Henriques. 2006
Peter R. Henriques, a leading scholar on George Washington and professor emeritus of history at George Mason University, produces a…
concise and vital volume on America's first president. "Realistic Visionary" is a focused examination of the vital events and traits that made Washington who he was. In fascinating detail, it shows a man who overcame personal faults to be the greatest person of his generation. 2006.Reading from left to right: one man's political history
By H. S Ferns. 1983
Ferns gives an account of his Philosophical travels from Marxism to Classical Liberalism. He also deals with his earlier Canadian…
careers, including a 3-year stint as a member of Mackenzie King's staff and another year in external affairs. 1983.Ralph Klein: a maverick life
By Frank Dabbs. 1995
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.Québécoise!
By Pauline Marois. 2008
De son enfance dans une famille modeste sur la rive sud de Québec à son accession à la direction du…
Parti Québécois, en passant par ses années de formation, son mariage avec Claude Blanchet avec qui elle aura quatre enfants, ses années de travail dans le réseau des affaires sociales et ses nombreux combats comme députée et ministre, Pauline Marois nous raconte avec passion les principaux événements de sa vie personnelle et politique. Souverainiste et sociale-démocrate déterminée, Pauline Marois a occupé les plus hautes fonctions dans les gouvernements de René Lévesque, Jacques Parizeau, Lucien Bouchard et Bernard Landry. Elle a mené certaines des plus importantes réformes qui ont transformé notre société. 2008.Rabble-rouser for peace: the authorized biography of Desmond Tutu
By John Allen. 2006
Much has been written about Tutu's role as head of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, where apartheid perpetrators came…
forward to confess and ask forgiveness, but the focus of this biography is on Tutu's leadership role in the apartheid resistance, when those racist perpetrators were in power. The inside story of his life is also a gripping history of the fight for peaceful change. 2006.Un ouvrage qui s'adresse aux historiens, universitaires, chercheurs et professeurs. Un autre ouvrage sur Groulx me direz-vous? Je répondrais :…
enfin une analyse complète sur Groulx. Figure incontournable de l'histoire du nationalisme au Québec, quiconque s'intéresse à l'histoire des idées ne peut ignorer Groulx et doit absolument lire cet essai de Michel Bock. Prix du Gouverneur Général 2005. 2004.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.Prisoner of love
By Jean Genet. 1992
Autobiographical reveries from the final years of a French author who began writing in prison. Genet revels in his associations…
with rebellious groups, including the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Black Panthers. The author maintains a certain detachment from which he observes and sympathizes. But, by his own account, he never quite surrenders to the political agendas of the groups that engage his interest. 1992. Uniform title: Captif amoureux.Private demons: the tragic personal life of John A. Macdonald
By Patricia Phenix. 2006
Macdonald's personal life was a mix of drugs, booze, women, back-biting, a harsh childhood, an unplanned pregnancy, unchecked social ambition,…
a child's unpunished murder, a distant Queen Victoria and Louis Riel. Amid all that, Macdonald managed to become prime minister seven times while spearheading a national railroad and pulling errant provinces together into the cohesive whole known today as Canada - and all of this while mostly drunk. 2006.Prisoner of Tehran: a memoir
By Marina Nemat. 2007
The author recalls her life as a Christian in Iran. Discusses her childhood, her two-year internment in Ayatollah Khomeini's prison…
from age sixteen, and her rescue by her interrogator, Ali. Covers her marriage to Ali, his death, and Nemat's emigration to Canada. Some descriptions of sex. Descriptions of violence. Some strong language. Canada Reads 2012. 2007.Pourquoi l'autre et pas moi?: le droit à la jalousie
By Louise Auger. 1988
L'auteur s'intéresse surtout à la jalousie "normale", quotidienne, celle que nous avons tous ressentie. Si être en proie a la…
jalousie provoque toujours la souffrance, cela ne tous transforment pas pour autant en désaxes. Il s'agit simplement d'un signal d'alarme. 1988.President Reagan: the triumph of imagination
By Richard Reeves. 2005
Reagan was a bold president whose vision included a new world order and a fresh definition of the office he…
held. He sought to reduce taxes, destroy communism, and restore American patriotism in an increasingly troubled world. A man who advocated smaller government, Reagan also expanded the power of the Executive Office--and scholars still disagree about how he used his new power. Ultimately, Reagan emerged as a dynamic and crafty politician whose legacy will long be felt. 2005.Prince Charming: the John F. Kennedy Jr. story
By Wendy Leigh, Stephen Karten. 1994
Originally published in 1993 and updated following his death in 1999, this account of John F. Kennedy Jr. looks at…
his public and private lives. Discusses his relationship with his parents, his desire to be an actor, his law career, the publication of George, his marriage, and finally his untimely death. Bestseller. 1994.Bill et Hillary Clinton: le mariage de l'amour et du pouvoir
By Thomas Snégaroff. 2014
" C'est comme-ci ces deux-là avaient signé un pacte : ne jamais se séparer sans avoir atteint le sommet, l'un…
et l'autre. Et que le chemin fut long et sinueux. Un chemin dans la lumière et dans l'ombre, une incroyable histoire qui se confond avec celle d'une génération. Si cette biographie d'un couple reprend la carrière de Bill Clinton comme gouverneur, puis président des États-Unis, elle nous fait aussi découvrir leur vie depuis 2001. Bill quitte la Maison Blanche et se met au service de la carrière politique de son épouse (cas unique aux États-Unis), qui devient sénatrice de l'État de New-York avant de se lancer, en vain, dans la course à la présidence en 2008. Renouant avec Barack Obama en 2009, elle devient secrétaire d'État des États-Unis jusqu'en 2013. Les rumeurs ont beau les séparer, Bill et Hillary font corps. Rarement vus ensemble, on ne peut les dissocier. Bill triomphe à la convention démocrate en 2012 ? Tout le monde imagine quil prépare, en réalité, le terrain pour Hillary en 2016. L'histoire des Clinton est encore en marche Thomas Snegaroff nous propose une vraie biographie de couple et non deux portraits en parallèle. Il y a de quoi raconter une histoire palpitante : des scandales, des succès. Tout ce dont les Américains, mais pas qu'eux, raffolent. " -- 4e de couv.Angela Merkel: une Allemande (presque) comme les autres
By Florence Autret. 2013
'' Au pouvoir depuis 2005, la Chancelière allemande se prépare à affronter les élections de 2013. Mais qui est Angela…
Merkel? Gestionnaire pragmatique ou animal politique? Femme sans imagination ou redoutable? Voici le portrait de celle que l'Europe a surnommé Madame Non . Née à Hambourg en 1954, Angela Merkel est la fille d'un pasteur protestant. La famille s'installe en RDA où la jeune fille fréquente les jeunesses communistes. Elle garde un fort attachement à l'Ouest dont sa mère est originaire. Élève brillante, elle prépare un doctorat de physique. À la chute du mur, elle rejoint la démocratie-chrétienne. Femme dans un univers d'hommes, originaire de l'Est dans une Allemagne réunifiée par l'Ouest, scientifique dans un monde politique de juristes et d'historiens, elle profita du retrait d'Helmut Kohl, son mentor, écarta Edmund Stoiber, patron de la CDU bavaroise, ainsi que de Franck-Walter Steinmeier, avant de succéder à Gerhard Schröder. Janus politique, elle semble exercer le pouvoir avec frugalité, mais en a un appétit insatiable. Est-elle une femme pétrie de morale et de principes ou une dissimulatrice formée par une jeunesse à l'Est? '' -- 4e de couv.Le courage de ses convictions
By Tom Mulcair. 2015
L’autobiographie de Thomas Mulcair, le chef de l’opposition officielle au Parlement canadien. L’histoire de sa vie révèle un homme de…
passion et de profonde conviction, dont les décisions découlent de principes acquis de longue date et solidement ancrés par l’expérience, tout au long de sa carrière. On apprend les raisons de ses choix, les défis qu’il a relevés, les épreuves que lui et sa famille ont surmontées ainsi que le secret de ses nombreuses réussites, dont certaines, remises dans leur contexte, semblaient à première vue si improbables. Connu pour sa franchise et son courage en politique, Thomas Mulcair l’est aussi pour la clarté de ses positions, son intégrité inébranlable et sa profonde maîtrise des enjeux qui préoccupent la population. 2015. Titre uniforme: Strength of conviction.