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    John Buchan: Model Governor General
    J. William Galbraith - Hardback - Dundurn
    An accomplished Scottish thriller writer, journalist, soldier, spy, and Member of Parliament, John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, was Canada's governor general from 1935 to 1940 and helped draw Canada, Britain, and the United States closer together during the perilous days before and at the start of the Second World War.
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    Comandante: The Life And Legacy Of Hugo Chávez
    Rory Carroll - Paperback - Canongate
    Hugo Chávez was a phenomenon. He has been compared to Napoleon, Nasser, Perón and Castro but the truth is there has never been a leader like him. He was democratically elected, reigned like a monarch from a mobile television throne, and provoked adoration and revulsion in equal measure. Journalist Rory Carroll breaches the walls of Miraflores Palace to tell the inside story of Chávez's life and his political court in Caracas.
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    Comandante: Inside Hugo Chávez's Venezuela
    Rory Carroll - Hardback - Canongate
    Hugo Chávez is a phenomenon. He has been compared to Napoleon, Nasser, Perón and Castro but the truth is there has never been a leader like him. He is democratically elected, reigns like a monarch from a mobile television throne, and provokes adoration and revulsion in equal measure. Journalist Rory Carroll breaches the walls of Miraflores Palace to tell the inside story of Chávez's life and his political court in Caracas.
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    Send Back The Money: The Free Church Of Scotland And American Slavery
    Iain Whyte - Paperback - James Clarke
    Iain Whyte investigates the history of slavery and its abolition with a particular assessment of Scotland's role in emancipation.
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    Territories In Resistance: A Cartography Of Latin American Social Movements
    Raúl Zibechi - Paperback - AK
    This volume explores the 'other worlds' being created in the wreckage of colonialism and capitalism in Latin America. From Mexico, Ecuador, and Colombia to Argentina and Brazil, no living author digs as deep and presents theoretical challenges quite like Raúl Zibechi.
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    A Colossal Wreck: American Diaries, From The Time Of Clinton To Obama
    Alexander Cockburn - Paperback - AK
    In these stunning diaries, political journalist Alexander Cockburn paints the vast and tragic-comic canvas of America's descent to what Percy Shelley in his poem 'Ozymandias' invoked as 'that colossal wreck' of empire.
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    An Animated Son Of Liberty: A Life Of John Witherspoon
    J. Walter McGinty - Paperback - Arena
    This text assesses the personality, work, and achievements of John Witherspoon as a man, an ecclesiastic, an educationalist, and a politician, through examination of his writing and the tumultuous events through which his life passed in the 18th century, both in Scotland and America.
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    Scots In The USA
    Jenni Calder - Paperback - Luath
    The experiences of Scottish settlers in the United States varied enormously, as did their attitudes to the lifestyles that they left behind and those they began anew once they arrived in North America. This work discusses why they left Scotland, where they went once they reached the US, and what they did when they got there.
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    Hopeless: Barack Obama And The Politics Of Illusion
    - Paperback - AK
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    Haymarket Scrapbook
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    Marking the 125th anniversary of the 1886 bombing at Chicago's Haymarket Square, this illustrated anthology reproduces hundreds of original documents, speeches, posters, cartoons and handbills. It also features contributions focusing on the Haymarket affair of 1886-7, its impact, and its endearing influence around the world.

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