Biography: adventurers and explorers Books
The History Press Ltd Churchill
Book SynopsisA long overdue reassessment of the part Churchill played in WWII, and how his actions really affected those he led
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The History Press Ltd Queens of the Underworld
Book SynopsisThe incredible story of Britain's female gangsters from the seventeenth century to the present day.Trade ReviewWhat a brilliant piece of research; pieced together with compassion, heart and understanding. Caitlin's book gives voice to women who have been forgotten or have only been seen through a male prism. She wrestles back their stories. This book is an extremely important part of women's social history. Read it! -- Maxine PeakeThis riveting book begins with the surprise of a different "ever after" and goes on to confound expectations, assumptions and stereotypes.In Queens of the Underworld, Caitlin Davies displays that rare talent for history and storytelling without judgment. "Female Crooks" in particular could do with more of this. -- Shami ChakrabartiNeither sentimental nor judgmental, Davies presents these characters as important examples of criminological history.
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The History Press Ltd Magnificent Women and Flying Machines
Book SynopsisBalloons, parachutes, aeroplanes, gliders, airships –the extraordinary personal tales of the women who led the way in early British aviation!Trade ReviewMagnificent Women and Flying Machines is a fantastic celebration of the amazing achievement of women in the air and space! All kudos to our foremothers who said “knickers” to peril and prejudice and went ahead with their ambition regardless. -- Dr Alice Bunn CEng, FRAeS, FIMechEThis lovely book offers a welcome and enjoyable read and provides a timely testament for these unsung pioneers of aviation. -- Maggie Appleton MBEA real celebration of the women who defied tradition and followed their dreams into the sky. Readable and entertaining, this book is a worthy tribute to Britain’s woman aviation pioneers. -- Sharon Nicholson FRAeS
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The History Press Ltd Hellfire
Book SynopsisThe first book to tell the remarkable story of Oxford University's hedonistic Hypocrites Club and its (in)famous membersTrade Review“… A constant pleasure.” - Mark Amory, The Spectator. * The Spectator *'a fascinating and well-told account of an extraordinary group of figures in interwar Oxford, including Waugh, Anthony Powell and the political journalist Claud Cockburn.’ - The Article
£19.00
Little, Brown Book Group Bedpans And Bobby Socks
Book Synopsis''In my dreams, I was always in some vast landscape on a long, straight road. Driving. Always driving.''Gwenda had always loved the open road, but her home town of Newcastle didn''t really offer the sort of adventure she longed for. So, in 1957, with friend and fellow nurse Pat in tow, she left the dismal British winter behind, and embarked on an amazing American adventure.After a year nursing in Cleveland, Gwenda, Pat and three new friends set off on a road trip around North America, driving in a rickety 1949 Ford. What follows is the charming true story of five remarkable young women. Over the course of eighteen months, the girls go to a 4th July rodeo, visit San Francisco and Las Vegas, learn to surf in Hawaii, spot movie stars in Hollywood and celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans.Wherever they go, the travelling nurses cause a sensation. This is a delightfully nostalgic memoir of friendship and the romance of the open road.Trade ReviewCall the Midwife meets Thelma and Louise - a warm, funny and nostalgic memoir' * Daily Mail *
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Orion Publishing Co A Game with Sharpened Knives
Book Synopsis'This is a text you will remember for years...austere, authoritative fiction, a fine and melancholy novel, its poignant insights shimmering' Hilary Mantel, Literary ReviewTrade ReviewThis book is a brilliantly executed exercise in mood, which conveys the vulnerability, confusion and even the surreality of Schrodinger's refugee existence * TELEGRAPH (5/6/06) *This is a novel of many layers, all of them startlingly evocative. It's about war, science, love - or the lack of it - big ideas and small kindness. It's breathtaking. -- Arminta Wallace * IRISH TIMES (17.6.06) *Readers for whom the name Erwin Schrodinger conjures up only a vague image of a cat will find this absorbing novel, based on his wartime years in Dublin, a revelation. -- Christina Koning * THE TIMES (20.05.06) *An atmospheric psychodrama... This evocative novel is distinguished by an undercurrent of gnawing doubt, and potent images abound. * GUARDIAN (17.6.06) *A surprisingly insightful novel, beautifully written * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *
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Orion Publishing Co Memory and Identity
Book SynopsisA truly historical document that leaves for posterity the intellectual and spiritual teachings of His Holiness Pope John Paul II
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Headline Publishing Group The Beatles Football and Me
Book SynopsisHunter Davies is one of the most respected writers in the country. THE GLORY GAME is a footballing classic still in print some 30 years since its original publication but Hunter is also a successful novelist and distinguished biographer, whose subjects include The Beatles, Wayne Rooney and Paul Gascoigne. Now, though, he describes his own extraordinary life, from growing up on a Carlisle council estate in the 1950s and his student days at Durham to his introduction to Fleet Street, his enduring obsession with football and memorabilia, and the many fascinating characters he has met, interviewed and written about over the last 40 years. It is also the intimate portrait of his marriage to teenage sweetheart Margaret Forster, herself a well-known novelist. Full of wonderful observations, warm humour and colourful anecdote - a memoir to treasure.Trade ReviewBrilliantly funny * Daily Mail *'Hunter Davies' vivid autobiography retraces a life rich in incident and anecdote' * Good Book Guide *'Such an enjoyable read. Easy-going, humorous and a natural journalist, [Hunter Davies] comes across as a thoroughly nice man' * Sunday Times *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC FDR
Book SynopsisIwan Morgan is Professor of US Studies emeritus at the Institute of the Americas, University College London, UK. He is also a distinguished fellow of the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, UK. He was the recipient of the British Association of American Studies Honorary Fellowship in 2014, and winner of the Richard Neustadt Book Prize in 2010. He is the author of Reagan: American Icon (2016), named by The Times/Sunday Times as a Politics Book of the Year.Trade Review[A] superb study of the way FDR successfully created a presidency that could renew America. -- Tony Badger * Times Literary Supplement *This is not the same old stuff about Franklin Roosevelt. Iwan Morgan has given us a more thoughtful and thorough examination of FDR as politician than many of the political biographies written in the last score of years. Using a topical approach... FDR emerges as a wise man, though occasionally with feet of clay. The persuasive and comprehensive epilogue pulls all the various topics -- economic reform, political economy, race relations, party politics, foreign policy and the 2nd World War, et al. -- neatly together. * Warren F. Kimball, Robert Treat Professor of History (emeritus), Rutgers University. USA *In his fresh and highly original examination of an old, familiar figure, Iwan Morgan reveals why Franklin Roosevelt must be regarded as the inventor of the presidency as we know it today. Other presidents had been strong leaders, but Morgan convincingly argues that it was FDR who institutionalized the chief executive as the federal government’s center of power. Morgan’s crisply argued book is an expert guide to one of the most transformational figures in American history. * Andrew Preston, author of American Foreign Relations: A Very Short Introduction (2019) *Iwan Morgan’s new book is a deeply knowledgeable and important study of FDR’s transformational presidency. Today, as the United States strives to recover from the aberrant presidency of Donald Trump and as autocracies arise around the world, Morgan’s absorbing examination of FDR’s political skills and moral vision of democracy could hardly be more timely and urgent. * Susan Dunn, author of '1940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler — the Election Amid the Storm' *Washington inaugurated the presidency and Lincoln sustained it, but as Iwan Morgan convincingly demonstrates in this important full assessment, Franklin Delano Roosevelt forged the office we know today. FDR’s was ‘an heroic presidency,’ Morgan tells us, and this thoughtful and timely book will be the go-to volume for understanding this presidential great for years to come. * Jeffrey A. Engel, Director of the Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University, USA *Iwan Morgan has written a stunning account of how Franklin Roosevelt guided his country out of depression and through a world war. Morgan shows that strong, effective, and benevolent leadership is possible in a democracy, despite continued partisanship and demagoguery by detractors. He gives us a pragmatic and courageous Roosevelt who transformed the meaning of leadership in his time, and we must again in our own. * Jeremi Suri Author of 'The Impossible Presidency' (2017) *In FDR, Iwan Morgan has pulled off a rare feat of scholarly virtuosity, somehow covering the sweep of FDR’s life and re-invention of the American presidency both concisely and precisely. Organized around the different ‘hats’ worn by modern presidents – a wardrobe FDR expanded and in some cases created – the book synthesizes a vast array of research into a vivid and hugely-readable narrative. Morgan paints a portrait of the rare leader with an instinct for short-term improvisation in service of a long-term vision. FDR’s successors would do well to learn both lessons. * Andrew Rudalevige, Thomas Brackett Reed Professor of Government, Bowdoin College, USA *After his masterful 2016 biography of the most iconic conservative US president of the twentieth century, Ronald Reagan, it is fitting that Iwan Morgan has now produced this exciting new study of the most iconic liberal president, Franklin Roosevelt. In this analytically vibrant and elegantly written work, Professor Morgan explores how FDR transformed America by transforming the institution of the presidency. This is a superb book by the UK's foremost authority on the modern American presidency. * Mark White, Professor of History, Queen Mary University of London, UK *Table of ContentsIllustrations Preface Acknowledgements Prologue: FDR and the American Presidency 1 FDR’s Pre-Presidency: The Making of a Leader 2 Chief Legislator: FDR and the Hundred Days 3 New Dealer: FDR and Socio-Economic Reform 4 Economic Manager: FDR’s Political Economy 5 Second Emancipator: FDR and African Americans 6 Chief Administrator: FDR’s Institutional Presidency 7 Constitutional Revolutionary: FDR and the Supreme Court 8 Party Leader: FDR and the Democrats 9 Communicator-in-Chief: FDR’s Public Presidency 10 Chief Diplomat: FDR as Foreign Policy Leader 11 Commander-in-Chief: Structures and Strategies 12 Commander-in-Chief: Arsenals and Alliances 13 Practical Visionary: FDR’s National-Security Presidency Epilogue: FDR’s Presidential Legacy – Truman to Biden Notes Select bibliography
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Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) Do As I Say Not As I Do
Book Synopsis“I don’t own a single share of stock.” —Michael MooreMembers of the liberal left exude an air of moral certitude. They pride themselves on being selflessly committed to the highest ideals and seem particularly confident of the purity of their motives and the evil nature of their opponents. To correct economic and social injustice, liberals support a whole litany of policies and principles: progressive taxes, affirmative action, greater regulation of corporations, raising the inheritance tax, strict environmental regulations, children’s rights, consumer rights, and much, much more. But do they actually live by these beliefs? Peter Schweizer decided to investigate in depth the private lives of some prominent liberals: politicians like the Clintons, Nancy Pelosi, the Kennedys, and Ralph Nader; commentators like Michael Moore, Al Franken, Noam Chomsky, and Cornel West; entertainers and philanthropists like Barbra Streisand and George Soros. Usi
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McGill-Queen's University Press Frontiers and Sanctuaries
Book SynopsisA daughter creates a coherent narrative out of fragments of her mother's writings about her extraordinary life in twentieth-century Holland and Canada.Trade Review"Brandis blends careful research on the period, affectionate puzzlement over the dichotomy of her mother's inner and outer life, and awareness of the stresses felt by any woman trying to find a channel for self-expression." Elizabeth Waterston, professor emeritus, University of Guelph and author of Rapt in Plaid: Canadian Literature and Scottish Tradition and The Travellers: Canada to 1900
£30.60
Beacon Press Reconsidering Reagan Racism Republicans and the
Book Synopsis2021 Prose Award FinalistA long-overdue and sober examination of President Ronald Reagan’s racist politics that continue to harm communities today and helped shape the modern conservative movement.Ronald Reagan is hailed as a transformative president and an American icon, but within his twentieth-century politics lies a racial legacy that is rarely discussed. Both political parties point to Reagan as the “right” kind of conservative but fail to acknowledge his political attacks on people of color prior to and during his presidency. Reconsidering Reagan corrects that narrative and reveals how his views, policies, and actions were devastating for Black Americans and racial minorities, and that the effects continue to resonate today.Using research from previously untapped resources including the Black press which critically covered Reagan’s entire political career, Daniel S. Lucks traces Reagan’s gradual embrace of
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Beacon Press A Surgeon in the Village
Book SynopsisA “lyrical, inspirational” story of doctors who changed the health care of an African nation (Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation)Dr. Dilan Ellegala arrives in Tanzania, shocked to find the entire country has just three brain surgeons for its population of forty-two million. Haydom Lutheran Hospital lacks even the most basic surgical tools, not even a saw to open a patient’s skull. Here, people with head injuries or brain tumors heal on their own or die. When confronted with a villager suffering from a severe head trauma, Dilan buys a tree saw from a farmer, sterilizes it, and then uses it to save the man’s life.Yet Dilan realizes that there are far too many neurosurgery patients for one person to save, and of course he will soon be leaving Tanzania. He needs to teach someone his skills. He identifies a potential student in Emmanuel Mayegga, a stubborn assistant medical officer who grew up in a mud hut. Though Mayegga has
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Beacon Press With Her Fist Raised Dorothy Pitman Hughes and
Book SynopsisThe first biography of Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a trailblazing Black feminist activist whose work made children, race, and welfare rights central to the women’s movement.Dorothy Pitman Hughes was a transformative community organizer in New York City in the 1970s who shared the stage with Gloria Steinem for 5 years, captivating audiences around the country. After leaving rural Georgia in the 1950s, she moved to New York, determined to fight for civil rights and equality. Historian Laura L. Lovett traces Hughes’s journey as she became a powerhouse activist, responding to the needs of her community and building a platform for its empowerment. She created lasting change by revitalizing her West Side neighborhood, which was subjected to racial discrimination, with nonexistent childcare and substandard housing, where poverty, drug use, a lack of job training, and the effects of the Vietnam War were evident. Hughes created a high-quality childcare center that also off
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Beacon Press With Her Fist Raised
Book SynopsisThe first biography of Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a trailblazing Black feminist activist whose work made children, race, and welfare rights central to the women’s movement.Dorothy Pitman Hughes was a transformative community organizer in New York City in the 1970s who shared the stage with Gloria Steinem for 5 years, captivating audiences around the country. After leaving rural Georgia in the 1950s, she moved to New York, determined to fight for civil rights and equality. Historian Laura L. Lovett traces Hughes’s journey as she became a powerhouse activist, responding to the needs of her community and building a platform for its empowerment. She created lasting change by revitalizing her West Side neighborhood, which was subjected to racial discrimination, with nonexistent childcare and substandard housing, where poverty, drug use, a lack of job training, and the effects of the Vietnam War were evident. Hughes created a high-quality childcare center that also off
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Beacon Press Harnessing Grief A Mothers Quest for Meaning and
Book SynopsisThe inspiring story of a mother who took unimaginable tragedy and used her grief as a force to do good by transforming the lives of others.When Maria Kefalas’s daughter Calliope was diagnosed with a degenerative, uncurable genetic disease, the last thing Maria expected to discover in herself was a superpower. She and her husband, Pat, were head over heels in love with their youngest daughter, whose spirit, dancing eyes, and appetite for life captured the best of each of them.When they learned that Cal had MLD (metachromatic leukodystrophy), their world was shattered. But as she spent time listening to and learning from Cal, Maria developed the superpower of grief. It made her a fearless warrior for her daughter. And it gave her voice a bell-like clarity—poignant and funny all at once.This superpower of grief also revealed a miracle—not the conventional sort that fuels the prayers of friends and strangers but a realization that, in order
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Beacon Press Harnessing Grief
Book SynopsisThe inspiring story of a mother who took unimaginable tragedy and used her grief as a force to do good by transforming the lives of others.When Maria Kefalas’s daughter Calliope was diagnosed with a degenerative, uncurable genetic disease, the last thing Maria expected to discover in herself was a superpower. She and her husband, Pat, were head over heels in love with their youngest daughter, whose spirit, dancing eyes, and appetite for life captured the best of each of them.When they learned that Cal had MLD (metachromatic leukodystrophy), their world was shattered. But as she spent time listening to and learning from Cal, Maria developed the superpower of grief. It made her a fearless warrior for her daughter. And it gave her voice a bell-like clarity—poignant and funny all at once.This superpower of grief also revealed a miracle—not the conventional sort that fuels the prayers of friends and strangers but a realization that, in order
£14.39
Beacon Press Boyz n the Void
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Beacon Press Pregnant Girl
Book SynopsisA NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2021 Selection“[T]his book is so much more than a memoir . . . . Her prose has the power to undo deep-set cultural biases about poverty and parenthood.”—New York Times Book ReviewAn activist calls for better support of young families so they can thrive and reflects on her experiences as a Black mother and college student fighting for opportunities for herself and her child.Pregnant Girl presents the possibility of a different future for young mothers—one of success and stability—in the midst of the dismal statistics that dominate the national conversation. Along with her own story as a young Black mother, Nicole Lynn Lewis weaves in those of the men and women she’s worked with to share a new perspective on how poverty, classism, and systemic racism impact teen pregnancy and on how effective programs and equitable policies can help teen parents earn college degrees, have increased
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Beacon Press Breathe A Letter to My Sons
Book Synopsis2020 Chautauqua Prize Finalist2020 NAACP Image Award Nominee - Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction)Best-of Lists: Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 (Kirkus Reviews) · 25 Can't-Miss Books of 2019 (The Undefeated) Explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world. Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times seems irredeemable. However, as a mother, feminist, writer, and intellectual, Perry offers an unfettered expression of love—finding beauty and possibility in life—and she exhorts her children and their peers to find the courage to chart their own paths and find steady
£15.29
University Press of Kentucky Anna Hubbard
Book SynopsisAnna Eikenhout (1902-1986) was an honors graduate of Ohio State University, a fine-arts librarian, a skilled pianist, and an avid reader in three languages. Visitors to Payne Hollow recall Anna as a generous, gracious hostess, whose intelligence and artistry made the small house seem grander than a mansion.
£29.33
Ohio State University Press Birding While Indian
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New York University Press The Marvelous Adventures of Pierre Baptiste
Book SynopsisAn account of the life and times of an African man of letters 'whose ambitions were realized in strange and unexpected ways, yet who made peace with several gods and established a realm of equality & freedom & bounty in which no creature lives from another's labor'. It bridges not only human cultures but the chasm between human and animal.
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Smithmark,U.S. The Life and Death of Mahatma Gandhi
Book SynopsisPayne superbly describes Gandhi's daring marches to aid the oppressed, his fasts and imprisonments, his historic achievements at international congresses and conferences in India and England where, clad only in shawl and loincloth, he met with prime ministers and viceroys and won their respect as he fought for the dignity and freedom of his people.
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The Swedenborg Society Medicine Mysticism and Mythology 2018 Garth
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Transworld The Wild Track adopting mothering belonging
Book Synopsis'Exquisite... a deeply insightful memoir which charts our fundamental longings for place and identity, and ultimately our yearnings for love.' Helena Kennedy'Extremely moving...an unusually thoughtful take on becoming a mother, enabled by removing babyhood and biology.' GuardianHow to find an outlet for a love that demands expression? Single, in her mid-forties and having experienced a sudden early menopause, the realisation comes to Peggy quietly, and clearly, she decides to adopt a child. But the preparation is arduous and the scrutiny intense. There are questions about past lives, about capability and expectations. Asking big questions about identity and belonging, as well as about what makes a mother - and a home - this is a beautiful meditation on how the legacies of childhood might be overcome by a mother's determination to love. 'A remarkable book...wise and arresting' Sarah Winman
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Goose Lane Editions Now the Memory
Book SynopsisA cache of the brooding imagery and strength characteristic of Gotro''s poetry.
£8.07
Goose Lane Editions Word Woman and Place Poems 19711985
Book SynopsisWord, Woman and Place is McCarthy''s fourth collection of poetry. Selections from his earlier works are gathered together with recent poems into this powerful new book which demonstrates McCarthy''s range and achievement.
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Goose Lane Editions Champ
Book SynopsisPart chronicle, part meditation, this witty and unusual collection of poems deals with the life and professional career of Tommy Burns, the Canadian who became Heavyweight Champion of the world.
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Goose Lane Editions Goodbye to the Sugar Refinery
Book SynopsisWheatley reflects on her experience with the Canadian Women''s Army Corps -- exploring her own coming-of-age and offering an historical testament to the Canadian women who joined the Corps in World War II. Rich with sentiment, Wheatley''s poems are never sentimental, but enlivened by honesty and wit.
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Goose Lane Editions Wings Over the Sea
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Goose Lane Editions With All Her Might
Book SynopsisBorn in 1889, Gertrude Harding spent a boistrous childhood on a Welsford, New Brunswick, farm. She travelled to Hawaii to live with her sister, and, when her sister moved to London in 1912, Harding went with her. One day, from the top of a London bus, she saw a parade of women carrying large white posters. Attended by a policeman, they walked in single file on the street close to the curb as passersby stared and shouted rude remarks. It was a poster-parade of Militant Suffragettes demanding votes for women; after more than two decades of mild action, the Suffragettes were on the warpath. Gertrude Harding couldn''t wait to join them. After a short initiation, Harding and a comrade-in-arms hit conservative Englishmen in a very tender spot: they smashed up the orchid house at Kew Gardens. Then, to counter government violence, Harding organized a cadre of women who learned jujitsu and wore Indian clubs on their belts. This bodyguard had two jobs: to deter the policemen who tried
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Goose Lane Editions The Scent of Eucalyptus
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Engaging and thought-provoking." * Globe and Mail *"An intelligent and nuanced look at the missionary experience, layered with sharp insight and poignant reflection ... frank commentary on cultural dynamics." * Edmonton Journal *"Daniel Coleman's vivid memoir of Ethiopia has relevance for today's NGOs ... Fascinating ... Coleman vividly relives emotions as well as sensations and reveals his own spiritual struggles." * FFWD *
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Goose Lane Editions The Right Fight Bernard Lord and the Conservative
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The Tory Hamlet ... Poitras is a solid journalist who gives everyone a say ... a clear-minded and coherent portrait ... a reporter's book, concentrating on the nitty-gritty of political warfare ... The portrait of Lord is a good one ... Poitras is effective in capturing the essence of his consensus-building style and cautious nature." -- Lawrence Martin * Globe and Mail *
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Goose Lane Editions Sanctuary
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Naturalist, educator, writer, and community activist, Mary Majka has done more to preserve the natural and cultural legacy of the Bay of Fundy than anyone in our time. Sanctuary is an engaging and clear-eyed portrait of her indomitable spirit — a celebration of a courageous life — and an important book." -- Harry Thurston
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Goose Lane Editions As You Were The Tragedy at Valcartier
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Written in a clear, engaging voice and never descends into sensationalist finger-pointing... a cogent and provocative reassessment of a tragic incident the DND has done little to address." -- Paul Challen * Quill & Quire *
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Goose Lane Editions The Travel Journals of Tappan Adney Vol. 1
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Goose Lane Editions Aloha Wanderwell
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Aloha Wanderwell must surely be the most remarkable woman adventurer to remain virtually unknown to history. This marvellous book sets the record straight, even as it powerfully evokes a distant era of travel when the survivors of the Great War set out to go anywhere but home." -- Wade Davis, author of The Lost Amazon and The Serpent and the Rainbow"Fink-Jensen and Eustace-Walden expertly parse Aloha’s journals, films, and photos as well as press coverage and previously classified government documents to bring readers along on the adventures of an audacious and fierce young woman of the early 20th century." * Atlantic Books Today *"Fink-Jensen and Eustace-Walden have compiled a remarkable biography about the exploits of a young Canadian woman and the charismatic man who guided her early career. In rescuing Aloha’s life from obscurity, they have reintroduced her as a significant and accomplished historical actor who was both a product and a purveyor of her times." -- Bonnie Reilly Schmidt * BC Bookworld *"She was a young adventurer, ready to take on the world without fear. Aloha Wanderwell, the book, is a fascinating look at her travels and her other exploits. She may have slipped from our collective memory for a few decades, but she is back." -- Dave Obee * Times Colonist *"Aloha Wanderwell recounts over a decade of non-stop adventure (along tens of thousands of kilometres of “barely existing roads” on several continents). All told, it’s an impressive feat." -- Brett Josef Grubisic * Toronto Star *
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Goose Lane Editions Driven How the Bathurst Tragedy Ignited a Crusade
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Driven has been received as not only a touching tribute to those who lost their lives, but also to two women, Ana and Isabelle, who in their unimaginable grief decided to fight for justice in the name of their sons." -- Linda Hersey * Times & Transcript *
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Goose Lane Editions Down Inside
Book SynopsisTrade Review"If every politician in Canada would read this book, I'm betting that we'd soon see a sweeping range of reform in our prisons, one that would benefit not only those doing time, but society as a whole."" -- Ruth Elwood Martin, Director, MD, FCFP, MPH * Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education, UBC, School of Population and Public Health *
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Liberty Fund Inc George Washington A Collection
Book SynopsisGeorge Washington speaks for himself on behalf of liberty and the emerging American republic in this book, the only one-volume compilation in print of his vast writings. This volume includes correspondence, all of his presidential addresses, various public proclamations, his last will and testament, and the most comprehensive recompilation of the discarded first inaugural ever printed.
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Liberty Fund Inc John Randolph of Roanoke A Study in American
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Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Descent into Madness The Diary of a Killer
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Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada ralphedwardsoflonesomelake
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Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Fogswamp
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Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Flying to Extremes
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Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Yukoners True Tales of the Yukon
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Hancock House Curse of Gold
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