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My life with Jacqueline Kennedy
By Frances Spatz Leighton, Mary Barelli Gallagher. 1970
My years as Prime Minister (Ron Graham Bks.)
By Jean Chrétien. 2007
By the time he left office, Jean Chrétien had been in politics for forty years. Through the decade 1993 to…
2003 he won three majority elections as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. Finding the country dangerously in debt and bitterly divided, he describes how his government wiped out the deficit in just four years, helped to defeat the separatists in the cliffhanger Quebec referendum, passed the Clarity Act, and set out to fulfill the economic and social promises his party made in its famous Red Books. 2007.My father's country: the story of a German family
By Shaun Whiteside, Wibke Bruhns. 2009
On August 26, 1944, Hans Georg Klamroth was executed for his participation in the July 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler.…
Decades later, his daughter Wibke was watching a TV documentary about those events when images of her father suddenly appeared on screen. Wibke began to trace her father's, and more widely, her well-to-do merchant family's, life in Germany, finally coming to know the mysterious man she barely remembers. Explicit descriptions of violence. 2009. Uniform title: Meines Vaters Land.My turn: the memoirs of Nancy Reagan
By Nancy Reagan, William Novak. 1989
Feeling that she needs to set the record straight for historical purposes, Nancy Reagan tells her side of the story…
regarding the eight years she spent in the White House. Among the topics she discusses are her adjustment to being a first lady, and her use of astrology. Bestseller. 1989.Mussolini: A Biography
By Denis Mack Smith. 1981
An account of the fascist dictator of Italy, showing how he rose from humble origins to absolute power by capitalising…
on the situations in which he found himself. Something of the man behind the public image is explored and also his journey from wide popular appeal to becoming possibly the most hated man in his own country. 1981.My life
By Golda Meir. 1975
Some of the men and women whom the author has known, some of the places she has seen, and some…
of the incredible events in which she, as Prime Minister of Israel, has participated. 1975.My life
By Bill Clinton. 2004
President Bill Clinton's "My life" is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to…
devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. It is the fullest, most concretely detailed account of a presidency ever written, and a testament to the positive impact on America and on the world of his work and his ideals. Here is the life of a great national and international figure, revealed with all his talents and contradictions. 2004. If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.Mulroney: the politics of ambition
By John Sawatsky. 1991
Mulroney, the making of the prime minister: The Making Of The Prime Minister
By L. Ian MacDonald. 1984
Mitterrand, l'insaisissable
By Jean Daniel. 2016
Etalés sur plus de trente ans, les textes ici rassemblés dressent le portrait d'un homme politique riche en contrastes. Histoire…
d'un long compagnonnage entre J. Daniel et F. Mitterrand, d'abord intellectuel et politique, mais aussi littéraire et philosophique. 2016."Most blessed of the patriarchs": Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination
By Annette Gordon-Reed, Peter S Onuf. 2016
Tracing Jefferson’s development and maturation from his youth to his old age, the authors explore what they call the “empire”…
of Jefferson’s imagination—his expansive state of mind born of the intellectual influences and life experiences that led him into public life as a modern avatar of the enlightenment, who often likened himself to an ancient figure—“the most blessed of the patriarchs." Jefferson was a man so riven with contradictions that he is almost impossible to know. The authors challenge much of what we have come to accept about Jefferson, and reintroduce us to a man more gifted than most, but complicated in just the ways we all are. 2016.Moneyshift: how to prosper from what you can't control (Your coach in a box)
By Jerry A Webman. 2012
While listeners may not be able to stop change, Webman believes they can profit from it. He provides expert advice…
on staying afloat in the changing global economy, including investment strategies and financial planning tools fit for the new financial landscape. 2012.Money talks: when to say yes and how to say no
By Gail Vaz-Oxlade. 2015
"Money talks" is Gail's answer to the toughest - and most common - problem that sits at the heart of…
money and relationships: how to tell your mate, your father, your best friend or your grandmother it's time for a change. With over 75 different scenarios drawn from years of working with real Canadians, Gail helps readers see their own situations through stories that reflect what they're experiencing. Then she gives readers the language to negotiate effectively, showing them that for each problem there are steps they can take to find a solution. 2015.Money-smart kids: teach your children financial confidence and control
By Gail E Vaz-Oxlade. 2011
Want to teach your kids to see money as a tool, not a trap? Determined to help them avoid the…
mistakes you made? Gail starts with an age-appropriate allowance, showing parents how to use it effectively to help their kids. What better gift could you give your kids than the confidence to control their money, rather than letting their money control them? 2011.Money rules: rule your money, or your money will rule you
By Gail E Vaz-Oxlade. 2012
Covering every topic under the financial sun--from TFSAs to taxes, borrowing to breaking bad habits, relationships to RRSPs--Gail tells readers…
that many of the rules they have been following might actually be working against their best interests. Some of her advice is common sense (Rule #17: Needs Must Come Before Wants), some of it is surprising (Rule #222: Don't Borrow to Contribute to an RRSP), and some is even counterintuitive coming from Gail (Rule #261: Take Pleasure from Your Money). All of the rules are delivered in digestible pieces that each give the reader a clear sense of what works and what doesn't. Includes strong language. 2012.More than a rose: prime ministers, wives, and other women
By Heather Robertson. 1991
Heather Robertson tells the stories of the wives of Canada's prime ministers, revealing not only lives of adventure, power, and…
love, but in some cases, lives of loneliness, public condemnation, and drug addiction. Robertson offers a portrait of the trappings, and the traps, of politcal power, past and present. c1991.Money magic: seven simple steps to true financial freedom
By Alvin D Hall. 2010
This text contains tips and advice on how to: track your money habits, learn about your money personality, get out…
of debt, start to save, make money work in a relationship, become a money magic family and chase your money dreams. 2010.Monica's story
By Andrew Morton. 1999
An account of Monica Lewinsky's affair with President Bill Clinton that began soon after she became a White House intern…
in 1995. Portrays her as worldly and sophisticated but, at the same time, naive and overly trusting of others. Describes how she became the star witness in an investigation of the president. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1999.Docteur Bethune (Opuscule)
By Ted Allan, Sydney Gordon, Jean Paré. 1989
Qui était ce Canadien dont le nom est encore vénéré en Chine? Bagarreur, frondeur, séducteur, ce médecin souvent irascible, mu…
par une passion pour la vie, refusait au coeur de la Grande Depression des années trente, le refuge pharisien du monde des nantis. 1989. Titre uniforme: The scalpel, the sword.Portrait du général Georges Vanier, homme de Dieu qui pratiquait avec modestie, humour, délicatesse et avec une chaleur humaine rayonnante…
les vertus de l'Évangile. La vie de foi chrétienne de cet homme qui a illustré son époque par son fils Jean, fondateur de l'Arche, un organisme oeuvrant auprès des démunis. 1992.