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Author: Jayapal, PramilaSummary:
In November 2016, Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, the first Indian American woman to serve in that role. Two years later, the "fast-rising Democratic...
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Author: Marston, MissySummary:
The Love Monster is the tall tale of one woman’s struggle with mid-life issues. The main character, Margaret H. Atwood, has psoriasis, a boring job and a bad attitude. Her cheating husband has...
Genre: Humorous fiction, Canadian fiction -
Author: Taylor, MarkSummary:
Taylor was given word by the Holy Spirit in April, 2011 that Trump would win the election in November 2016. He led the nation into a fervent prayer chain that would accomplish one of the most...
Genre: Body, mind and spirit -
Author: McCaig, DonaldSummary:
This sequel to Donald McCaig's Civil War novel "Jacob's ladder" delivers a saga of Reconstruction America from Lee's 1865 surrender at Appomattox to Custer's 1876 massacre at Little Big Horn....
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Author: Gutstein, DonaldSummary:
Margaret Thatcher transformed British political life. So did Ronald Reagan in the United States. Now Canada has experienced a similar, dramatic shift to a new kind of politics, which author Donald...
Genre: Political science, Canadian nonfiction -
Author: Horowitz, DavidSummary:
Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 election was more than a historic upset. It was the beginning of a major political, economic, and social revolution that will change America-and the world. One...
Genre: Political science -
Author: Knopf, ChrisSummary:
Arthur Cathcart, market researcher and occasional finder of missing persons, had it all; life was good. Then in seconds, it was all gone. The world thought he was dead. He had a choice: make it...
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Author: Grubbs, Jennifer D.Summary:
Ecoliberation is a captivating and creative glimpse into the world of direct action, animal and earth liberation, and political repression. In stories that are simultaneously heartbreaking,...
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Author: Greenhouse, LindaSummary:
"This landmark new book gives us an invaluable perspective on the Supreme Court in democracy's hour of maximum danger."-Jon Meacham. The gripping story of the year that transformed...
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Author: Raskin, Jamin B.Summary:
Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life, as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the...
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Author: Hall, DonaldSummary:
Donald Hall has lived a remarkable life of letters, a career capped by a National Medal of the Arts, awarded by the president. Now, in the "unknown, unanticipated galaxy" of very old age...
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Author: Katz, HelenaSummary:
Former bank manager Ronald Dalton never got to watch his three young children grow up. In 1989 he was convicted for a crime that never happened. His wife, Brenda, was later ruled to have choked to...
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Author: Freeman, Bill, Vaughan, AdamSummary:
The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017 What are the limits of Canadian democracy and how are they being expanded by a revolution in participatory democracy? The Brexit vote in Britain and the election...
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Political science -
Author: Grey, AndrewSummary:
Can a person's life change in just one day? How about seven? Donald Pottier and Jason Greene are barely more than boys when they meet on Chincoteague Island, Virginia. A day of crabbing soon turns...
Genre: Romance fiction