Voici un livre incontournable pour comprendre la Palestine et ce qu’on omet généralement de nous dire sur le conflit israélo-palestinien. PALESTINE : Le refus de disparaître est un éloquent plaidoyer en faveur de l’instauration d’une...
Politics and government
- Author:Faraj, RezeqSummary:
- Author:Oliver, CraigSummary:
Craig Oliver, chief parliamentary correspondent for CTV News, reflects on his personal and professional life, and the major political stories of our time.
- Author:Adams, JohnSummary:
August 12, 2003, marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir James Douglas. Although he played an integral role in British Columbia's history, in many ways Douglas remains misunderstood and an enigma. He is known for his...
- Author:Kading, Terry, Cooke, Lisa, Farough, Dawn, Reid, Robin, Besanger, Kendra, Ratsoy, Conny, Block, TinaSummary:
Small cities face intricate challenges. No Straight Lines provides the basis for a refined model of community engaged leadership and research designed to realize equality of quality of life. With particular attention to the small city...
- Author:Rowe, BillSummary:
In this eagerly awaited follow-up to his memoir The Premiers Joey and Frank, bestselling author Bill Rowe delivers a spirited account of the next three premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador: Brian Peckford, Clyde Wells, and Brian Tobin...
- Author:Mukhopadhyay, SamhitaSummary:
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...
- Author:Barr, DamianSummary:
Long-listed for the Green Carnation Prize and The Sunday Times' selection for Memoir of the Year. "This amazing book tells the story of an appalling childhood with truth and clarity unsmudged by self-pity. It grips from beginning to end...
- Author:Block, ThomasSummary:
In this disturbing, erudite and highly readable book by author, playwright and artist Tom Block, America is shown to be a surprising example of Machiavellian politics, utilizing all of the post-modern methods of information distribution...
- Author:Beaulieu, IsabelleSummary:
La stabilité de la Malaysia -- gouvernée depuis 1957 par le même parti politique -- n’est pas assurée, ni par les mécanismes de la démocratie libérale, ni par des traits culturels, mais par l’État rentier et ses institutions. Les États...
- Author:Bach, Daniel C., Gazibo, MamoudouSummary:
Pourquoi le néopatrimonialisme est-il si fréquemment utilisé pour caractériser les systèmes politiques Africains ? Les pratiques auxquelles renvoie cette notion, qu’il s’agisse du clientélisme, de la corruption ou de la privatisation de...
- Author:Albert, Susan WittigSummary:
When A.P. political reporter Lorena Hickok—Hick—is assigned to cover Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the wife of the 1932 Democratic presidential candidate, the two women become deeply, intimately involved. Their relationship begins with...
- Author:Grant, JohnSummary:
The idea of political unity contains its own opposite, because a political community can never guarantee the equal status of all its members. The price of belonging is an entrenched social stratification within the political unit itself...
- Author:Franken, AlSummary:
For the first time since his bestselling Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot, Franken trains his subversive wit directly on the contemporary political scene. Now, the "master of political humor" (Washington post) destroys the myth of...
- Author:Gagnon, CharlesSummary:
Dans cet essai, Charles Gagnon réfléchit à la place qu’occupe aujourd’hui, à l’échelle de la planète, un Québec pieds et poings liés par les politiques néolibérales des multinationales ; il propose également une nouvelle approche de la...
- Author:Forand, ClaudeSummary:
Au cours d’une fête organisée pour ses 30 ans de service dans la police, le sergent-détective Roméo Dubuc apprend que le populaire député Marc-André Plamondon vient d’être assassiné, d’une manière sordide, le soir même de la fondation...
- Author:Greenberg, Amy S.Summary:
The acclaimed author of A Wicked War now gives us the little known story of Sarah Polk: remarkably influential First Lady, and brilliant master of the art of high politics--a crucial but unrecognized figure in the history of American...
- Author:Ephron, DanSummary:
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin radically altered the future of both Israel and the Palestinians. In a riveting narrative, Ephron tells the parallel stories of Rabin and his stalker, Yigal Amir, for two years leading up to the...
- Author:Ashby, DarylSummary:
This historical biography—based on the life of British Columbia pioneer John Muir—tells the amazing story of a family from Scotland who came out to Canada in the late 1840s to work as "consignee" labourers for the Hudson's Bay Company....
- Author:Stahr, WalterSummary:
From the award-winning and New York Times best-selling author of Seward and Stanton, here is the critically acclaimed and definitive biography of John Jay: a major Founding Father, a true national hero, and a leading architect of...
- Author:Ferguson, Julie H.Summary:
James Douglas' story is one of high adventure in pre-Confederation Canada. It weaves through the heart of Canadian and Pacific Northwest history when British Columbia was a wild land, Vancouver didn't exist and Victoria was a muddy...