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The good fight: political memoirs, 1909-1958
Par David Lewis. 1981
The Gospel of Thomas: the hidden sayings of Jesus
Par Harold Bloom, Marvin W Meyer. 1992
An English translation of 114 wise sayings attributed to Jesus as collected in the Coptic text found near Nag Hammadi…
in Upper Egypt. Discusses the history of the writings. Explanatory notes follow. Includes an interpretive essay by Harold Bloom. c1992.The gilded ghetto: women and political power in Canada
Par Sydney Sharpe. 1994
Sharpe takes an in-depth look at women in Canadian politics, and their struggles in an arena of male privilege and…
influence. She documents the attitudes of male politicians towards women, from Pearson to Mulroney, and interviews women in all levels of politics across the country, such as Monique Begin, Sheila Copps, and Barbara McDougall. c1994.The friendly dictatorship
Par Jeffrey Simpson. 2001
Simpson argues that with the Liberal Party's re-election to a third majority government, Canada is in danger of becoming a…
de facto one-party state. He tries to make sense of what has been happening in three areas that are vital to Canadian democracy: the parliamentary system, the political parties, and the electorate. What has occurred within each of these spheres has directly influenced developments in the others. 2001.The far-off hills
Par Rita Anton. 1979
Following her husband's death in 1976, Anton spent several years in India as a volunteer Jesuit Lay Missionary. Having travelled…
extensively in India, she presents a realistic look at this nation in transition. 1979.The essential Trudeau
Par Ron Graham, Pierre Elliott Trudeau. 1998
This collection brings together many of Trudeau's most well know writings relating to Canadian political issues. Some topics covered include…
free enterprise, the role of the state, democracy and the state of Quebec. 1998.The hidden Jesus: a new life
Par Donald Spoto. 1998
The author, a former Catholic monk and a theologian, examines Jesus in the context of the Holy Bible, other ancient…
texts, and discoveries in biblical scholarship. In a series of meditations, Spoto offers his views on the significance of Jesus' life from his conception to his resurrection. 1998.The convert: a tale of exile and extremism (ITK audio)
Par Deborah Baker. 2012
Baker offers an eye-opening account of Margaret Marcus' dramatic conversion from an American secular Jew to a proponent of radical…
Islam. In 1962, Margaret left New York for Lahore, Pakistan, changed her name, and quickly became one of Islam's loudest critics of the West. 2012.The cult of impotence: selling the myth of powerlessness in the global economy
Par Linda McQuaig. 1998
McQuaig looks into the popular belief that the Canadian economy is beyond Canada's control, held at the mercy of globalization…
and technology. Instead, she argues, the international community has the tools to regulate the world financial system to everyone's benefit, as was done in the decades after World War II. 1998.The author writes of her conversion from a Southern Baptist with a patriarchal view of the world to a feminist…
who glories in the spiritual consciousness of womanhood. Kidd includes research from the Bible, fairy tales, myths, and feminist religious leaders to illustrate her beliefs. 1996.The case of Valentine Shortis: a true story of crime and politics in Canada
Par M. L Friedland. 1986
Two men were shot and killed at the Montreal Cotton Company in 1895. This is the dramatic story of the…
trial of Valentine Shortis, a young Irish immigrant who was accused of the murders. 1986.The changing faces of Jesus
Par Géza Vermès. 2001
Rather than attempting to retrieve the historical Jesus by eliminating later theological accretions, this book starts by setting out our…
fully developed portraits, beginning with the most evolved and retreating towards the more primitive. 2001.Atheist-turned-Christian, Strobel focuses on rediscovering the real Jesus, whose identity and message have come under attack in recent years. He…
addresses six major challenges and claims. He attacks the issues as an investigative journalist. He searches out experts to refute each objection, offering readers evangelical scholarship revealed in everyday language while challenging the claims of liberal writers. c2007.The case for faith: a journalist investigates the toughest objections to Christianity
Par Lee Strobel. 2000
Strobel turns his journalistic skills to the most persistent emotional objections to belief - the eight "heart" barriers to faith.…
The Case for Faith is for those who may be feeling attracted to Jesus but who are faced with intellectual barriers. It will also deepen the convictions of Christians and give them fresh confidence in discussing Christianity with even their most skeptical friends. c2000.The Canadians
Par Andrew H Malcolm. 1985
The Canadian caper
Par Jean Pelletier, Claude Adams. 1981
The Canadian revolution, 1985-1995: from deference to defiance
Par Peter C Newman. 1995
Newman charts the changes in Canadian life from 1985 to 1995. He argues that Canada underwent fundamental, irreversible political and…
social changes. Not only did Canadians abandon their traditional deference to authority, but the old institutions of Canadian life fell apart. Some strong language. 1995.The candidate: fear and loathing on the campaign trail
Par Noah Richler. 2016
During the 2015 federal election, approximately 1200 political campaigns were held across Canada. One of those campaigns belonged to author,…
journalist and political neophyte Noah Richler. Recruited by the NDP to run in the bellweather riding of Toronto-St Paul's, he was handed $350 and told he would lose. But as veteran NDP activists and social-media-savvy newbies joined his campaign, Richler found himself increasingly insulated from the stark reality that his campaign was flailing, imagining instead that he was headed to Parliament Hill. Richler recounts his time on the trail, from door knocking in Little Jamaica to being internet-shamed by experienced opponents. Lays bare what goes on behind the slogans, canvassing and talking points, told from the perspective of a political outsider. 2016.The bloody red hand: a journey through truth, myth and terror in Northern Ireland
Par Derek Lundy. 2006
Author Derek Lundy, bearing in mind that the name "Lundy" is synonymous with traitor in Ulster, delves into the lives…
of ancestors Robert Lundy, Protestant governor of Derry in 1688, William Steel Dickson, a Protestant preacher of the early 19th century who advocated resisting the English, and Billy Lundy, born in 1890 and the embodiment of what the Ulster Protestants became - a tribe united in their hostility to Catholics and to the prospect of an independent Ireland. 2006.Soeur Emmanuelle: la biographie
Par Pierre Lunel, Carine Marret. 2005
Le quatrième ouvrage de l'auteur consacré à Soeur Emmanuelle. Il retrace le parcours de cette femme hors du commun, religieuse…
missionnaire qui a consacré sa vie à aider les plus déshérités, notamment au Soudan et en Égypte. Maintenant nonagénaire, elle reste très impliquée dans sa communauté du sud de la France, en particulier auprès des sans-abri de Fréjus. 2005.