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Memoirs: 1939–1993 by Brian Mulroney
Described as “possibly the best memoirs ever written by a Canadian Prime Minister” (Ottawa Citizen) the book sets new standards for frankness, and for success in taking the reader behind the Prime Minister's desk as domestic and foreign problems fly across it. Memoirs is full of surprises, as we fall under the spell of a great storyteller who is “engaging and enlightening”. (Globe and Mail)
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My Mother’s Daughter by Rona Maynard
“A wonderfully honest and enthralling book” (Alice Munro). Through the magic of her writing, Rona Maynard gives a clear-eyed and affectionate account of her relationship with a powerful, demanding, loving mother. Every mother and daughter will recognize some parts of this story, in a “searingly honest accounting that makes for a most compelling read.” (Toronto Star)
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Hot Air: Meeting Canada's Climate Change Challenge
by Jeffrey Simpson, Mark Jaccard, and Nic Rivers
Here’s a clear, direct, convincing – and hopeful – book for Canadians concerned about our environment, by an authoritative journalist, a respected academic, and a fine researcher, a great team for a vitally important issue. “Hot Air provides indispensable information about what went wrong with Canadian climate policy, and how that can be fixed.” (Literary Review of Canada)
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Raisin Wine: A Boyhood in a Different Muskoka
by James Bartleman
Ontario’s popular Lieutenant-Governor recalls growing up as a “half-breed kid” in this warm, affectionate memoir that is full of funny stories but still has a kick to it.
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King John of Canada by Scott Gardiner
Set in the near future, this savagely funny political satire foresees a Canada that is falling apart – until the winner of the "Be A Monarch Lottery" takes charge, and transforms the country.
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The Years of Fire by Yves Beauchemin, translated by Wayne Grady
Young Charles Thibodeau – “Charles the Bold” – continues his career in east-end Montreal, through the high-school years when he encounters girls and fights the threat of arson. Charles the Bold is “one of the great works of Canadian literature.” – Madeleine Thien
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Charles
the Bold by Yves
Beauchemin
Translated
by Wayne Grady
An unforgettable
coming-of-age
story set in
1960s and 1970s
east-end Montreal,
from French Canada’s
most popular
novelist. “Truly
astonishing .
. . one of the
great works of
Canadian literature.” – Madeleine
Thien
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What
Is a Canadian? Forty-Three Thought-Provoking
Responses edited
by Irvin Studin
Forty-two
prominent Canadian “sages,” including
Roch Carrier,
John Crosbie,
Joy Kogawa, and
Margaret MacMillan,
provide essays
beginning “A
Canadian is .
. .” The
result is an
important book
for all thinking
Canadians.
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The
Way
It
Works:
Inside Ottawa by
Eddie Goldenberg
Chrétien’s
senior policy adviser
from 1993 to 2003,
Eddie Goldenberg
takes us behind the
scenes to show how
vital decisions are
made at the top.
The book reveals
secrets from the
ultimate insider. |
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The
View from Castle
Rock by
Alice Munro
The
latest collection
of short stories
by Alice Munro
is her most personal
yet, based loosely
on her family
history. "When
reading her work
it is difficult
to remember why
the novel was
ever invented." – The
Times (U.K.)
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Sailing
Away from Winter:
A Cruise from
Nova Scotia to
Florida and Beyond
by Silver Donald
Cameron
The author, his wife, and their dog, Leo, sailed from Nova Scotia down the East
Coast, all the way to the palm trees of the Bahamas. This is the perfect armchair
sailing adventure, with enough detail to set a person dreaming . . .
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Right
Side Up:
The Fall of Paul
Martin and the
Rise of Stephen
Harper's New Conservatism
by Paul Wells
Canadian
politics were turned
upside-down when
the Conservative
Stephen Harper
beat out the Liberal
Paul Martin in
the 2006 election.
The shrewd and
irreverent Paul
Wells tells the
story of their
duel for power
from 2001 on.
Canadian politics
has never been
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Magna
Cum Laude: How
Frank Stronach
Became Canada’s
Best-Paid Man by
Wayne Lilley
A solid, thorough
business book about
Frank Stronach, one
of Canada’s
most controversial
billionaires and
the man behind the
country’s most
famous rags to riches
story.
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Young
Trudeau: 1919-1944
Son of Quebec,
Father of Canada by Max
Nemni and Monique
Nemni
Translated
by William
Johnson
A disturbing
intellectual
biography of
Pierre Trudeau
that exposes
his pro-fascist
views until 1944,
completely reshaping
our understanding
of him. “I
was extremely
shocked.”
–Lysiane
Gagnon, Globe
and Mail
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at the Cottage:
Or the Cabin, the
Shack, the Lake,
the Beach, or Camp
by Charles
Gordon
The follow-up
to the classic At
the Cottage,
this is an affectionate
and hilarious look
at cottage living. “Funny,
reflective and always
insightful, this
is Charles Gordon
at the top of his
game."
–Will
Ferguson
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Sorry,
I Don’t
Speak French:
Confronting the
Canadian Crisis
That Won't Go
Away
by Graham
Fraser
The national bestseller
that looks at how
well official bilingualism
is working in Canada. “It’s
hard to think of
any writer better
qualified to write
about language than
Mr. Fraser. . . .
He is informed, balanced,
judicious and experienced,
and a very clear
writer.”
–Jeffrey
Simpson, Globe
and Mail
Finalist for the Ottawa Book Award 2007
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