8 best-selling history books like Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law by Beverley McLachlin

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Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law

By: Beverley McLachlin

4.28

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley McLachlin offers an intimate and revea…

If you liked the history plot in Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law by Beverley McLachlin , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

By: Tanya Talaga

4.52

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In 1966, twelve-year-old Chanie Wenjack froze to death on the railway tracks after running away fro… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Talaga's Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City book and Beverley McLachlin's Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • canada
"Rebuilding an inequitable and harmful relationship is not easy. But for the good of all our children – Indigenous and not – the hard work must begin."

-Tanya Talaga, Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

2. Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda

By: Roméo Dallaire , Samantha Power

3.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

On the 10th anniversary of when UN peacekeepers landed in Rwanda, Random House Canada proudly publi… read more

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3. Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World

By: Margaret MacMillan , Richard Holbrooke

4.28

Format: 120 pages,

'Without question, Margaret MacMillan's Paris 1919 is the most honest and engaging history ever wri… read more

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4. The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2)

By: Chris Hadfield

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author, astronaut, and fighter pilot Chris Hadfield comes a rivetin… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hadfield's The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2) book and Beverley McLachlin's Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law

  • canada
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5. The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . .

By: Rick Mercer

4.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Rick Mercer is back—again!—with the eagerly awaited sequel to his bestselling memoir At the end … read more

Similar categories in Rick Mercer's The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . . book and Beverley McLachlin's Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • canada
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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6. Hotline

By: Dimitri Nasrallah

4.15

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A vivid love letter to the 1980s and one woman’s struggle to overcome the challenges of immigration… read more

Similar categories in Dimitri Nasrallah's Hotline book and Beverley McLachlin's Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law

  • book club
  • canada
"Here i am on my own, because of him, maybe free from a life that was turning into a prison, but cast away like a bad-luck omen too. Now I must give myself to others to survive. The world has judged t…"

-Dimitri Nasrallah, Hotline

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7. Snow Road Station

By: Elizabeth Hay

3.77

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the Giller Prize-winning author comes a novel, witty and wise, about thwarted ambition, unreal… read more

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  • canada
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8. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act

By: Bob Joseph

4.57

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Based on a viral article, 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act is the essential guide to… read more

Similar categories in Bob Joseph's 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act book and Beverley McLachlin's Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • canada
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9. The Council of Animals

By: Nick McDonell

3.58

Format: 195 pages, Hardcover

A captivating fable for humans of all ages—dreamers and cynics alike—who believe (if nothing else) … read more

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10. The Sleeping Car Porter

By: Suzette Mayr

3.46

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

When a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend with the p… read more

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  • book club
  • canada
"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."

-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter

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11. "Indian" in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power

By: Jody Wilson-Raybould

4.14

Format: 304 pages, ebook

THE #1 BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE WRITERS' TRUST BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICY A compelling … read more

Similar categories in Jody Wilson-Raybould's "Indian" in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power book and Beverley McLachlin's Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • canada
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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12. A New Season

By: Terry Fallis

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From beloved and bestselling author Terry Fallis comes a novel unlike any of his others. A thoughtf… read more

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  • canada
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13. Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada

By: Michelle Good

4.44

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

Abold, provocative collection of essays exploring the historical and contemporary Indigenous experi… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Good's Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada book and Beverley McLachlin's Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • canada
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14. Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past

By: Brett Popplewell

4.31

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Into the Wild  meets  Born to Run  meets  The Stranger in the Woods  in a fascinating true story of… read more

Similar categories in Brett Popplewell's Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past book and Beverley McLachlin's Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • canada
Cover of Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation by Andrew Stobo Sniderman

15. Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation

By: Andrew Stobo Sniderman

4.54

Format: 384 pages, ebook

A heart-rending true story about racism and reconciliationDivided by a beautiful valley and 150 yea… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Stobo Sniderman's Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation book and Beverley McLachlin's Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • canada
Cover of Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law by Beverley McLachlin

16. Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law

By: Beverley McLachlin

4.28

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley McLachlin offers an intimate and revea… read more

Similar categories in Beverley McLachlin's Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law book and Beverley McLachlin's Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • canada
  • feminism
  • politics
  • law
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • book club
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17. Nothing But the Truth

By: Marie Henein

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An intimate and no-holds-barred memoir by Canada's top defence lawyer, Nothing But the Truth weaves… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • canada
  • politics
  • law
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
"Women do not need to be changed, adjusted, domesticated, moulded, formed, or coddled. We need space and a runway."

-Marie Henein, Nothing But the Truth

"Effective advocacy is about confronting the weaknesses in your case and overcoming them, which involves a combination of humility and rigour."

-Marie Henein, Nothing But the Truth

"Men are to be reminded of their inner strength and superiority, while women need to be taught how to overcome their inherent, life-stunting limitations."

-Marie Henein, Nothing But the Truth

"In a nutshell, cross-examination, this great engine of truth, is the ability to ask questions and to control the wording and order of those questions. That is all. The theory is that through cross-ex…"

-Marie Henein, Nothing But the Truth

Cover of DreadfulWater (DreadfulWater, #1) by Hartley GoodWeather

18. DreadfulWater (DreadfulWater, #1)

By: Hartley GoodWeather

3.81

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The award-winning, bestselling author of The Back of the Turtle and The Inconvenient Indian masters… read more

Similar categories in Hartley GoodWeather's DreadfulWater (DreadfulWater, #1) book and Beverley McLachlin's Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law

  • canada
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19. Five Wives

By: Joan Thomas

3.57

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of The Poisonwood Bible and State of Wonder, a novel set in the rainforest of Ecua… read more

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  • book club
  • canada
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20. Claire L'Heureux-Dubé: A Life (Law and Society)

By: Constance Backhouse

4.51

Format: 600 pages, Hardcover

Both lionized and vilified, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé has shaped the Canadian legal landscape – and in … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • law
Cover of Bora Laskin: Bringing Law to Life (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History) by Philip Girard

21. Bora Laskin: Bringing Law to Life (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History)

By: Philip Girard

3.81

Format: 600 pages, Hardcover

In any account of twentieth-century Canadian law, Bora Laskin (1912-1984) looms large. Born in nort… read more

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  • law
  • biography
  • canada

7 Best politics books like Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law by Beverley McLachlin

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Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

Tanya Talaga

4.52

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21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act

Bob Joseph

4.57

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"Indian" in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power

Jody Wilson-Raybould

4.14

Transform Your Habits

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Michelle Good

4.44

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We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

Simu Liu

4.35

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Beverley McLachlin

4.28

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Marie Henein

4.07

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4.51

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