5 must-read biography books like Claire L'Heureux-Dubé: A Life (Law and Society) by Constance Backhouse

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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 …

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1. Big Little Lies

By: Liane Moriarty

3.10

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

From the author ofTruly Madly Guiltyand The Husband s Secretcomes a novel about the dangerous littl… read more

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2. Five Little Indians

By: Michelle Good

4.48

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential sch… read more

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3. We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

By: Simu Liu

4.35

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Marvel's newest recruit shares his own inspiring and unexpected origin story, from China to the bri… read more

Similar categories in Simu Liu's We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story book and Constance Backhouse's Claire L'Heureux-Dubé: A Life (Law and Society)

  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Nobody forced us to come here,"

-Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

"Canada is not unilaterally friendly, nor is “friendly"

-Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

"Acting, like life, gets a bit stale when you only make safe choices."

-Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

"Jared had taught me the value of swinging for the fences and being the master of my own destiny."

-Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

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4. Full Disclosure (Jilly Truitt, #1)

By: Beverley McLachlin

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the former Chief Justice of Canada comes a riveting thriller starring Jilly Truitt, a rising, … read more

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  • law
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5. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • law
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6. 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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  • law
  • biography
  • 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

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7. 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

Similar categories in Constance Backhouse's Claire L'Heureux-Dubé: A Life (Law and Society) book and Constance Backhouse's Claire L'Heureux-Dubé: A Life (Law and Society)

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • law
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8. 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

5 Top law books like Claire L'Heureux-Dubé: A Life (Law and Society) by Constance Backhouse

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Beverley McLachlin

3.57

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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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Michael Crummey

3.85

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Sarah Polley

4.32

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Emma Donoghue

3.51

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Rick Mercer

4.45

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