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  • The wind-up bird chronicle
    Author:

    Murakami, Haruki

    Summary:

    In a Tokyo suburb a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife's missing cat.

    Genre: Political fiction, Psychological fiction, Magic realist fiction

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      Publisher: Crane Library, Fri, 05/15/2015 - 12:00
  • The land of green plums : a novel
    Author:

    Muller, Herta

    Summary:

    Set in Romania at the height of Ceausescu's reign of terror, The Land of Green Plums tells the story of a group of young people who leave the impoverished provinces for the city in search of better

    Genre: Historical fiction, Political fiction

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      Publisher: Crane Library, Mon, 05/04/2015 - 12:00
  • Escape to Havana A Foreign Affairs Mystery
    Author:

    Wilkshire, Nick

    Summary:

    For Charlie Hillier, a posting to Cuba could be the perfect place to start his new life — if he survives it.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Political fiction, Thrillers (Fiction)

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  • Foreign Voices in the House A Century of Addresses to Canada's Parliament by World Leaders
    Author:

    Boyer, J. Patrick

    Summary:

    The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017 Unique views from John F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, Indira Gandhi, and dozens of other world leaders reveal Canada and Canadians through their eyes.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Discursive works, Political science

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  • Literary Titans Revisited The Earle Toppings Interviews with CanLit Poets and Writers of the Sixties
    Author:

    Urbancic, Anne

    Summary:

    Unearthed recordings reveal the early days of the literary powerhouses who gave birth to CanLit in the 1960s.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Discursive works, Social science

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  • Co-Parenting from the Inside Out Voices of Moms and Dads
    Author:

    Kristjanson, Karen L.

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    Kruk, Edward

    Summary:

    Karen L. Kristjanson shares the stories of a variety of divorced and separated couples who co-parent.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Discursive works, Self-help publications

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  • Ultimatum 2
    Author:

    Rohmer, Richard

    Summary:

    Ultimatum 2 is an action-packed, fast-moving saga. The American president is fed up with the hundreds of millions of dollars given to Russia to clean up high-level nuclear waste.

    Genre: Action and adventure fiction, Political fiction

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  • The idea of Canada : letters to a nation
    Author:

    Johnston, David

    Summary:

    From our present Governor General, a series of 50 (of several thousand) carefully chosen letters he has written to people he has admired and befriended over his seventy-plus years, that sets out Mr

    Genre: Discursive works, Canadian nonfiction

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    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Full Text and Audio
      Running Time: 17:39:17
      Narrator: Apple Alex (synthetic)
      Publisher: BC Libraries Cooperative, Sun, 01/01/2017 - 12:00
    • Publisher: Toronto : Signal, an imprint of McClelland & Stewart, 2016, Fri, 01/01/2016 - 12:00
  • 1979
    Author:

    Healey, Michael

    Summary:

    It’s December 1979 and Clark’s minority Progressive Conservative government is under threat of dissolution before it has a chance to accomplish anything — even pass a budget.

    Genre: Biographical fiction, Canadian drama, Political fiction

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  • The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
    Author:

    Chafe, Robert

    Summary:

    Spanning two decades, Smallwood’s story is anchored and propelled by one of Johnston’s most memorable creations: the fictitious Sheilagh Fielding, a caustic newspaper columnist whose own battles wi

    Genre: Canadian drama, Political fiction

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  • Proud
    Author:

    Healey, Michael

    Summary:

    Shortly after the Conservatives win a majority government in the 2011 federal election, the prime minister discovers a secret weapon in his caucus—Jisbella Lyth, a single mother with a limited unde

    Genre: Canadian drama, Humorous fiction, Political fiction

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  • Leo
    Author:

    Laborde, Rosa

    Summary:

    Political passions and sexual identity are delicately intertwined in this bittersweet tale of stolen youth.

    Genre: Canadian drama, Political fiction

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  • Slouching Towards Innocence
    Author:

    Norman, Ron

    Summary:

    Malcolm Bidwell is young, smart, and ambitious—and he’s just been hired by mistake by newly elected Premier Steven Davis as his “go-to guy” for every political mess that needs cleaning up.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Political fiction

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  • No Return A novel of the Canadian election that vanished in Muskoka's backwoods
    Author:

    Aiken, Gordon

    Summary:

    Canadians took politics seriously in the years following Confederation and Gordon Aiken’s novel about pioneer Muskoka and the fledgling nation’s capital shows why.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Political fiction

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  • Warsaw Spring
    Author:

    Kirk, Heather

    Summary:

    Eva is a seventeen-year-old from Edmonton in 1979 who is experiencing a world of trouble at home.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Political fiction, Young adult fiction

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