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Reagan : an American journey / by Spitz, Bob,author.;
"From New York Times bestselling biographer Bob Spitz, a full and rich biography of an epic American life, capturing what made Ronald Reagan both so beloved and so transformational. More than five years in the making, based on hundreds of interviews and access to previously unavailable documents, and infused with irresistible storytelling charm, Bob Spitz's Reagan stands fair to be the first truly post-partisan biography of our 40th President, and thus a balm for our own bitterly divided times. It is the quintessential American triumph, brought to life with cinematic vividness: a young man is born into poverty and raised in a series of flyspeck towns in the Midwest by a pious mother and a reckless, alcoholic, largely absent father. Severely near-sighted, the boy lives in his own world, a world of the popular books of the day, and finds his first brush with popularity, even fame, as a young lifeguard. Thanks to his first great love, he imagines a way out, and makes the extraordinary leap to go to college, a modest school by national standards, but an audacious presumption in the context of his family's station. From there, the path is only very dimly lit, but it leads him, thanks to his great charm and greater luck, to a solid career as a radio sportscaster, and then, astonishingly, fatefully, to Hollywood. And the rest, as they say, is history. Bob Spitz's Reagan is an absorbing, richly detailed, even revelatory chronicle of the full arc of Ronald Reagan's epic life - giving full weight to the Hollywood years, his transition to politics and rocky but ultimately successful run as California governor, and ultimately, of course, his iconic presidency, filled with storm and stress but climaxing with his peace talks with the Soviet Union that would serve as his greatest legacy. It is filled with fresh assessments and shrewd judgments, and doesn't flinch from a full reckoning with the man's strengths and limitations. This is no hagiography: Reagan was never a brilliant student, of anything, and his disinterest in hard-nosed political scheming, while admirable, meant that this side of things was left to the other people in his orbit, not least his wife Nancy; sometimes this delegation could lead to chaos, and worse. But what emerges as a powerful signal through all the noise is an honest inherent sweetness, a gentleness of nature and willingness to see the good in people and in this country, that proved to be a tonic for America in his time, and still is in ours. It was famously said that FDR had a first-rate disposition and a second-rate intellect. Perhaps it is no accident that only FDR had as high a public approval rating leaving office as Reagan did, or that in the years since Reagan has been closing in on FDR on rankings of Presidential greatness. Written with love and irony, which in a great biography is arguably the same thing, Bob Spitz's masterpiece will give no comfort to partisans at either extreme; for the rest of us, it is cause for celebration"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Reagan, Ronald.; Presidents; Governors; Motion picture actors and actresses;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers : the Texas victory that changed American history / by Kilmeade, Brian,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In his now trademark fashion, Brian Kilmeade explores hidden aspects of Sam Houston, the first president of Texas, and brings the reader to the scenes of one of the most pivotal moments in American history. Thanks to Kilmeade's storytelling, a new generation of readers will remember the Alamo"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Houston, Sam, 1793-1863.; Governors; Legislators;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The English patient : a novel / by Ondaatje, Michael,1943-;
Winner of a Booker prize, 1992Winner of a Governor General's award, 1992
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945;
© 1996., Vintage Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Mary Simon / by Noelle, Becky.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.A look at the life and accomplishments of Mary Simon, who has spent her whole life fighting for Inuit rights and is the first Indigenous Governor General of Canada.LSC
Subjects: Simon, Mary; Governors general; Inuit women; Inuit; Women ambassadors; Ambassadors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mrs. Lincoln's sisters / by Chiaverini, Jennifer,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In 1875, Elizabeth Todd Edwards is shocked to learn her estranged sister, Mary Todd Lincoln, has tried to take her own life. This event causes Elizabeth to look back on her fraught relationship with her famous sister.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882; Edwards, Elizabeth Todd, 1813-1888; Children of politicians; Governors' spouses; Sisters;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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A commonwealth of thieves : the improbable birth of Australia / by Keneally, Thomas,1935-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Phillip, Arthur, 1738-1814.; Convict ships; Frontier and pioneer life; Governors; Penal colonies; Prisoners;
© c2006., Nan A. Talese/Doubleday,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Six degrees of freedom / by Dickner, Nicolas,1972-author.; Lederhendler, Lazer,1950-translator.; translation of:Dickner, Nicolas,1972-Six degrés de liberté.English.;
"A novel featuring obsession and adventure, science experiments and parakeets, coding and container ships, Six Degrees of Freedom was the winner of the Governor General's Literary Award in its original French-language version. Nicolas Dickner is a previous winner of Canada Reads for the novel Nikolski. Three characters, three separate paths to freedom. Lisa is a young woman with an eccentric and absent mother and a father slowly succumbing to Alzheimer's. Lisa's friend Éric is an agoraphobic hacker who ends up getting rich in Denmark before his eighteenth birthday. And Jay is a former computer pirate who's paying her debt to society, day by stultifiying day, working for the RCMP in Montreal. But when Jay learns of the existence of the mysterious ship container Papa Zulu she begins a clandestine investigation to discover who made it disappear and what they are trying to hide."--Winner of the 2015 French-language Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction
Subjects: Stowaways; Hackers; Voyages around the world; Ocean travel;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Lost in the barrens / by Mowat, Farley,1921-; Geer, Charles.;
Subjects: Orphans; Survival; Adventure and adventurers;
© 2000, c1956., McClelland & Stewart,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The handmaid's tale / by Atwood, Margaret,1939-;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.Winner of the GGs, the Governor General's Literary Awards, Canada Council for the Arts
Subjects: Dystopias.; Banned book sanctuary.; Classics; Literary; Misogyny; Women; Dystopias; Pregnancy; Misogyny.; Pregnancy;
© 2011., Emblem,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 6
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Captain in Calico / by Fraser, George MacDonald,1925-2008,author.;
New Providence, 1720s. When infamous pirate Captain 'Calico' Jack Rackham returns from the high seas to ask Governor Woodes Rogers for a royal pardon, the Governor sees his chance to put his own devious plans into action. Their agreement sets off an adventure of betrayals, counter-betrayals, plots and escapes that see Rackham join forces with the scheming but seductively beautiful pirate, Anne Bonney.
Subjects: Adventure stories.; Historical fiction.; Bonny, Anne, 1700-; Rackam, John, Captain;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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