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For five centuries, Martin Luther has been lionized as an outspoken and fearless icon of change who ended the Middle…
Ages and heralded the beginning of the modern world. In 'Rebel in the Ranks', Brad Gregory, professor of European history at Notre Dame, recasts this long-accepted portrait. Luther did not intend to start a revolution, yet his actions would profoundly shape our world in ways he could never have imagined. 2017.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.Reagan and Gorbachev: how the Cold War ended
By Jack F Matlock. 2004
Matlock details how, from the start of his term, Reagan privately pursued improved U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations, while still rebuilding America's military.…
When Gorbachev assumed leadership, however, Reagan and his advisers found a potential partner in the enterprise of peace. Describes the meetings, initial views the two leaders had of each other, the gradual trust which emerged, and the politically risky steps Gorbachev took that bore long-term benefits. 2004.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.Qui a tué Napoléon?
By David Hapgood, Ben Weider. 1982
À Sainte-Hélène, l'empereur n'est pas mort d'un cancer: il a été empoisonné à l'arsenic... cette révélation est fondée sur les…
recherches d'un médecin suédois, expert en toxicologie, 20 ans d'enquête l'ont conduit à cette certitude. 1982. Titre uniforme: The Murder of Napoleon.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.Pour en finir avec le Moyen Âge
By Régine Pernoud. 1977
À la lumière de son immense érudition d'historienne, l'auteure pulvérise nombre d'idées reçues à propos du Moyen Âge. Méprisés pendant…
des siècles, encensés par les Romantiques, ces mille ans d'histoire ont été perçus injustement comme n'étant qu'une période d'obscurantisme. À la lecture de ce petit traité, les lecteurs apprendront beaucoup surtout grâce à l'admirable sens des perspectives de l'auteure. 1979, c1977.Postwar: a history of Europe since 1945
By Tony Judt. 2005
Europe, so devastated during World War II and still haunted by its memory, has been transformed. Covering 60 years of…
history in both eastern and western Europe, Judt explains how the European Union was built, how communism "imploded of its own accord", and why Europe still struggles to cope with ethnic diversity. Integrates international relations, domestic politics, ideas, social change, economic development, and culture. Descriptions of violence. 2005. 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.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.Prague farewell
By Helen Epstein, Franci Epstein, Heda Kovály. 1988
In 1952, the author's young husband, Rudolf Margolius, was one of 11 Jews executed during the notorious Slansky trial. They…
were all rehabilitated years after they were hanged. With cumulative force, this quietly fierce recreation of these events confronts the darker realities of the totalitarian state in Czechoslovakia - the persecution by the Nazis from 1941 through the war and by the Stalinist Communists after the war, a testament to man's blindness and weakness. 1988. Uniform title: Na vlastni kuzi.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.Les furies de Hitler: comment les femmes allemandes ont participé à la Shoah
By Wendy Lower. 2014
" Envoyées dans les pays occupés par l'Allemagne nazie, des femmes jeunes, endoctrinées et ambitieuses, se sont transformées en meurtrières.…
Cette enquête fait voler en éclats bien des idées reçues. Non, les femmes allemandes n'ont pas été les témoins passifs de meurtres de masse accomplis par les Einsatzgruppen, leurs maris, leurs fiancés, leurs amants ou leurs supérieurs. Elles leur ont prêté main forte. De 1941 à 1945, près d'un demi-million d'entre elles secrétaires, infirmières, maîtresses d'école, dactylos, assistantes, auxiliaires se sont portées volontaires pour rejoindre les rangs des persécuteurs, des assassins, des bourreaux. Établissant des listes de Juifs à éliminer, apportant à boire et à manger aux soldats pendant les exécutions de masse, les encourageant, ou les réconfortant, voire en tirant elles aussi sur les Juifs affectés aux travaux forcés. Plongée dans les archives, journaux intimes, correspondances pendant la guerre et compte-rendus d'audience de procès tenus après-guerre, Wendy Lower nous brosse un tableau saisissant de ces femmes qu'elle qualifie de véritables furies tant elles ont donné libre cours à leur haine, avec violence, en brutalisant des êtres humains qu'elles pouvaient dominer, malmener, voire tuer. Un livre choc. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Hitler's furies.