Listopia > Andrea's votes on the list Canadian Nonfiction (7 Books)
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Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools
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"A compelling story from a residential school survivor. Something that every one of us should understand better. "
Andrea
rated it 4 stars
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Fatal Tide: When The Race Of A Lifetime Goes Wrong
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"Even knowing the eventual outcome, this is still a surprisingly suspenseful story about an adventure race gone terribly wrong. "
Andrea
rated it 5 stars
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Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter
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"A fascinating story of a young Chilean refugee (to Canada) who travels back to Chile to fight with the resistence during the reign of Pinochet. Surprisingly funny and gripping tale of a young woman trying to reconcile the every day trials and tribulations of being a teenager in the 80's with her life in the underground resistance. Winner of 'Canada Reads 2012.'
Andrea
rated it 5 stars
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Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of Fighting Terror
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"A part of Canada's history that is too shrouded in secrecy. "
Andrea
rated it 3 stars
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Hope and Despair: My Struggle to Free My Husband, Maher Arar
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"Both personal and political, the book by Monia Mazigh who spent years trying to get answers from Canadian government about where her husband Maher Arar was, and why they weren't helping to free him, and appeared to be supporting the US and Syrian governments who were holding him and had wrongly accused him of terrorism."
Andrea
rated it 5 stars
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The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
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The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
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