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The author indicts Stephen Harper for destroying the historic Canadian Conservative Party while prime minister and party leader, accusing him…
of turning a force for progressive Canadian values into an American Republican-style vehicle for right-wing ideologues. He urges Conservative progressives to reclaim their party from right-wing extremists and revive its commitment to nation-building and national unity; to re-brand itself, once again, as Progressive Conservative. 2016.No place to hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. surveillance state
By Glenn Greenwald. 2014
Glenn Greenwald, investigative reporter for The Guardian, provides an in-depth look into the NSA scandal that has triggered a vital…
debate over national security and information privacy. With further revelations from documents entrusted to the author by Edward Snowden himself, this book explores the extraordinary cooperation between private industry and the NSA, and the far-reaching consequences of the U.S. government’s surveillance program, both domestically and abroad. 2014.No is not enough: resisting Trump's shock politics and winning the world we need
By Naomi Klein. 2017
Nixon in China: the week that changed the world
By Margaret MacMillan. 2006
In February 1972, Richard Nixon became the first American president to visit China. His historic one-hour meeting with Mao Zedong…
ended the breach between the United States and China, which had lasted since the Communist victory in 1949. Just as significantly, the visit changed the face of international relations from a bipolar Cold War to a three-sided struggle involving the Soviet Union, China, and the United States. 2006.Nasty women: feminism, resistance, and revolution in Trump's America
By Kate Harding, Samhita Mukhopadhyay. 2018
When fifty-three percent of white women voted for Donald Trump and ninety-four percent of black women voted for Hillary Clinton,…
how can women unite in Trump's America? 'Nasty women' includes inspiring essays from a diverse group of talented women writers who seek to provide a broad look at how we got here and what we need to do to move forward. Nasty Women features essays by Rebecca Solnit, Cheryl Strayed, Sarah Hepola, Nicole Chung, Katha Pollitt, Jill Filipovic, Samantha Irby, Randa Jarrar, Sarah Hollenbeck, Meredith Talusan, and Sarah Jaffe, among others. 2018.Never trust a liberal over three---especially a republican
By Ann Coulter. 2013
You have NEVER seen Ann Coulter like this before! Coulter is uncensored, unapologetic, and unflinching in her ruthless mockery of…
liberals, sissies, morons, hypocrites, and all other species of politician. Coulter doesn't stop at the politicians, though. Hear her skewer pundits, salesmen, celebrities, and bureaucrats with ruthlessness and hilarity. No topic is safe! This is Coulter at her most incisive, funny, and brilliant, featuring irreverent and hilarious material her syndicators were too afraid to print! 2013.Nationalism without walls: the unbearable lightness of being Canadian
By Richard Gwyn. 1995
Political commentator Richard Gwyn surveys the current state of Canada, and presents his concerns about our future. Gwyn argues that…
Canadian identity is undergoing profound changes which may threaten Canadian nationalism. He believes that the Canadians will have to move away from group politics and place more emphasis on responsibilities than on rights and entitlements. c1995.Navigating a new world: Canada's global future
By Lloyd Axworthy. 2003
In this memoir, the long-time Winnipeg MP makes the case for what he calls "soft power" - a mix of…
foreign aid, multilateral diplomacy, and simple persuasion to achieve change in war-torn areas - and a foreign policy based on human security rather than the might of armies. He chronicles his efforts pursuing this agenda, including his work on the 1999 land-mine treaty, and also critically appraises the Bush administration's war on terror. He promotes his argument about Canada's vocation as a middle power - one which must work towards a humane and just world. 2003.Most dramatic ever: The bachelor (Pop classics ; #9)
By Suzannah Showler. 2018
When it debuted in 2002, The Bachelor raised the stakes of first-wave reality television, offering the ultimate prize: true love.…
Since then, thrice yearly, dozens of camera-ready young-and-eligibles have vied for affection (and roses) in front of a devoted audience of millions. In this funny, insightful examination of the world's favorite romance-factory, Suzannah Showler explores the contradictions that are key to the franchise's genius, longevity, and power and parses what this means for both modern love and modern America. She argues the show is both gameshow and marriage plot - an improbable combination of competitive effort and kismet - and that it's both relic and prophet, a time-traveler from first-gen reality TV that proved to be a harbinger of Tinder. In the modern media-savvy climate, the show cleverly highlights and resists its own artifice, allowing Bachelor Nation to see through the fakery to feel the romance. Taking on issues of sex, race, contestants-as-villains, the controversial spin-offs, and more, "Most Dramatic Ever" is both love letter to and deconstruction of the show that brought us real love in the reality TV era. 2018.Money to burn: Trudeau, Mulroney, and the bankruptcy of Canada
By D'Arcy Jenish. 1996
Journalist D'Arcy Jenish examines Canada's worsening debt problems, from the beginnings of the debt in the 1970s, its growth in…
the 1980s, and the current attempts by the Chretien government to control the deficit. Arguing that ignoring the fiscal excesses of the past could imperil Canada's financial health, he also discusses steps taken by Alberta and Ontario to rein in their deficits. 1996.Midnight in Sicily: on art, food, history, travel and La Cosa Nostra
By Peter Robb. 1999
A journey into the heart of Sicily, using art, food, history and literature to shed light on southern Italy's legacy…
of political corruption and violent crime. The text takes as its starting point the ongoing trial of seven-time Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. Some strong language. 1999.Middle power, middle kingdom: what Canadians need to know about China in the 21st century
By David Mulroney. 2015
China’s rise is having a direct impact on our prosperity, our health and well-being, and our security here in Canada.…
China has become our second largest economic partner, not as important as the US is, but far bigger than all the rest. Canada exerts a magnetic pull on Chinese tourists, students, and home buyers. An assertive China is challenging the balance of power in the Pacific, and it is more than willing to reach across borders, including Canada’s, to steal technologies and to confront challenges to its ideology. Mulroney, the former ambassador to China, and a leader in forming a successful strategy in Afghanistan, discusses what our challenges in Afghanistan were and how we eventually got it right, and how these lessons can be applied to the future challenges of China, and beyond. 2015.Medium rare: jamming with culture
By Ken Rockburn. 1995
Rockburn, former host of the Ottawa radio program "Medium Rare," presents some of the interviews and anecdotes he has gathered…
over the years. The people he interviewed include writers and musicians like Robertson Davies, Peter Gzowski, Margaret Atwood, Douglas Coupland, Sarah McLachlan, and Holly Cole. c1995Memos to the Prime Minister: what Canada could be in the 21st century
By Harvey Schachter. 2001
30 of the most prominent thinkers in Canada get the chance to give advice and present ideas to the Prime…
Minister. The ideas are meant to be prescriptive - to offer solutions rather than to describe problems - and often conflict with each other. The book is divided into four sections: "Leading Canada," "Economic Canada," "Social Canada," and "Constitutional Canada". 2001.Memoirs of the blind: the self-portrait and other ruins
By Jacques Derrida, Pascale-Anne Brault, Michael Naas. 1993
This book examines issues of vision, blindness, self-representation, and their relation to drawing, while offering detailed readings of an extraordinary…
collection of images. Selected by Derrida form the prints and drawings department of the Louvre, the works depict blindness - fictional, historical, and biblical. From the Old and New Testament scenes to the myths of Perseus and the Gorgon and the blinding of Polyphemus, Derrida uncovers in these images rich, provocative layers of interpretation. 1993.Memo to the President elect: how we can restore America's reputation and leadership
By Madeleine Korbel Albright, William Woodward. 2008
Former Secretary of State Albright offers a wide-ranging set of recommendations to the prospective winner of the 2008 Presidential election.…
Explains how to select a first-rate foreign policy team, how to avoid the pitfalls that plagued earlier presidents, how to ensure that decisions, once carefully made, are successfully implemented, and how to employ the full range of tools available to a president to persuade other countries to support U.S. objectives. 2008.Mayors gone bad
By Philip Slayton. 2015
Whether they’ve misappropriated funds, had cosy relationships with Mafia hoods, been caught with prostitutes, or admitted to smoking crack, Canada’s…
mayors are a colourful collection: Peter Kelly, long-serving mayor of Halifax, driven from office by investigative reporting of ethical lapses; Alexandre Duplessis of Laval left after a hooker scandal; Susan Fennell of Brampton was under police investigation for possible criminal use of city funds; Sam Katz of Winnipeg was dogged throughout his mayoralty by conflict-of-interest allegations; and Rob Ford made headlines across North America as “the crack-smoking mayor of Toronto.” Aside from creating a rogues’ gallery of mayors, Slayton offers insight into the nature of municipal government in Canada and speculates about why people seek the office of mayor. 2015.Lincoln on leadership: executive strategies for tough times
By Donald T Phillips. 1999
Lifting the shadow of war
By Pierre Elliott Trudeau, C. David Crenna. 1987