Random House Of Canada: 136 books
Tragedy in the Commons
Former Members of Parliament Speak Out About Canada's Failing Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
In Tragedy in the Commons, Alison Loat and Michael MacMillan, founders of the non-partisan think tank Samara, draw on an astonishing eighty exit interviews with former Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum to unearth surprising observations about the practice of politics in Canada.
Though...
Hope Is Better Than Fear (e-book original)
Paying Jack Layton Forward
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
An e-book original inspired by the vision of late NDP leader Jack Layton with short, personal essays by a diverse line-up of Canadian writers and activists.
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HOPE IS BETTER THAN FEAR reflects upon and looks forward on a number of issues that Jack Layton championed over the course of his extraordinary...
The Longer I'm Prime Minister
Stephen Harper and Canada, 2006-
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
WINNER 2014 – Ottawa Book Award for Non-Fiction
The definitive portrait of Stephen Harper in power by this country’s most trenchant, influential and surprising political commentator.
Oh, he won, but he won’t last. Oh, he may win again but he won’t get a majority. Oh, his trick bag...
by Gwynne Dyer
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Canada in the Great Power Game 1914-2014 is a serious contemplation of what it means to engage in major world conflicts, and the price we pay when we do.
The First World War was Canada's baptism of fire, or at least the only one that people now remember. (Montrealers in 1776 or Torontonians in...
The Armageddon Factor
The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
In her new book, award-winning journalist Marci McDonald draws back the curtain on the mysterious world of the right-wing Christian nationalist movement in Canada and its many ties to the Conservative government of Stephen Harper.
To most Canadians, the politics of the United States — where fundamentalist...
Original Highways
Travelling the Great Rivers of Canada
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
**Expanding on his landmark Globe and Mail series in which he documented his travels down 16 of Canada's great rivers, Roy MacGregor tells the story of our country through the stories of its original highways, and how they sustain our spirit, identity and economy--past, present and future.
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How We Lead
Canada in a Century of Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
A passionate argument for Canada's reassertion of its place on the world stage, from a former prime minister and one of Canada's most respected political figures.
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In the world that is taking shape, the unique combination of Canada's success at home as a diverse society and its reputation internationally...
Carbon Shift
How Peak Oil and the Climate Crisis Will Change Canada (and our lives)
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2011
"We are now so abusing the Earth that it may rise and move back to the hot state it was in fifty-five million years ago, and if it does, most of us, and our descendants, will die."
-James Lovelock, leading climate expert and author of The Revenge of Gaia
"I don't see why people are so worried...
Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times
Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
An exciting story, passionately told and rich in detail, this major biography is the second volume of the bestselling, award-winning John A: The Man Who Made Us, by well-known journalist and highly respected author Richard Gwyn.
John A. Macdonald, Canada's first...
Thieves of Bay Street
How Banks, Brokerages and the Wealthy Steal Billions from Canadians
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
A newsmaking exposé about why Canada's financial industry is a haven for fraud.
Beneath the veneer of stability that saw Canada's banking sector through the financial crash of 2008, investigative reporter Bruce Livesey has uncovered a rampant failure of epidemic proportions. Though no large financial...
The Carbon Bubble
What Happens to Us When It Bursts
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
As the price of oil falls, bestselling author and economist Jeff Rubin takes us to the epicentre of the bursting global carbon bubble, and dares us to imagine a new engine for growth that does not run on oil.
For a decade, the vision of Canada's future as an energy superpower has driven the...
Is This Live?
Inside the Wild Early Years of MuchMusic: The Nation's Music Station
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
"A fascinating, moving recollection that celebrates one of the great achievements in Canadian television." Elaine Lui, author of Listen to the Squawking Chicken
"Ward celebrates...raw, forward-thinking, multicultural, multigender-produced content by finally freezing it in a...
Canoe Country
The Making of Canada
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
One of our favourite chroniclers of all things Canadian presents a rollicking, personal, photo-filled history of the relationship between a country and its canoes.
From the earliest explorers on the Columbia River in BC or the Mattawa in Ontario to a doomed expedition of voyageurs up the...
Mafia Inc.
The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada's Sicilian Clan
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
The runaway bestselling exposé about Canada's most infamous mafia family is finally available in English, updated to include shocking events and revelations that followed its newsmaking publication in Québec.
Queens, New York, 1981. When Alphonse "Sonny Red" Indelicato and two others...