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62 pages. Colour photos. Features: Vectis reflections; Decline of the Wight railway; Industrial twilight; Just the way it was; Gallery; Stowe - second time around; Worldwide report; The glorious years; Scotland's new steam railway; The Longmoor story concluded; Putting back Scarborough's turntable; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
161 pages. Michael inspired thousands in Canada and the United States through his motivational speaking and CD, Make a Difference. Average wear. Some dog ears and coffee staining. Book
228 pages. The story of how a professional man with a blind wife and their six children find God while looking for adventure, excitement, and danger. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Gift quality. Excellent copy. Book
158 pages. "Sayers is best known as the creator of the Lord Peter Wimsey detective stories that have charmed and fascinated a generation of devoted readers." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
103 pages including glossary, bibliography and references. After a serious kidney illness, author was forced to retire from nursing. Because of recurrent urinary tract infections associated with the kidney illness, she started researching products which would help to prevent and treat this illness. The product that worked best was cranberries. This book is the result of her research, as well as her personal story. Light wear. Unmarked. Book
399 pages including index and black and white illustrations. "From its humble beginnings as a wholesale grocery partnership in 1896, Kelly, Douglas has prospered and grown, responding decisively to each new challenge that emerged with the changing times. Author brings that history to life with engaging anecdotes and a storyteller's sensitivity to the problems faced and the obstacles overcome in almost 100 years of enterprise." - from back cover. At time of publication, Kelly, Douglas was western Canada's largest wholesale food distributor and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Loblaw Companies Ltd. of Toronto, which was, in turn, controlled by the Weston family. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Tight and square. Partially visible crease to top corner of front cover. Excellent copy. Book
Circa 1973. 135 pages including index. Titcombe was the first missionary to live among the Yagba people of Nigeria, West Africa. His story is a blood-stirring pioneer thriller. Above average wear. Clean and unmarked. Binding aging but remains intact. Book
186 pages. Index. References. Abundant beautiful colour photos supplemented with reproductions of archival black and white photos. "A Mangificently illustrated, authoritative and lively tour of the dynamic ebb and flow between the water, the surrounding land and, above all, the people who strove and dreamed along the waterfront." - from dust jacket. Chapters include: The Northwest Coast; Skid Road Logging Port 1858-1886; Rails Meet the Sea 1887-1913; Dreams and Development 1914-1939; The Boom Years 1940-1959; Rise of the Ports 1960-present. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy of this handsome and informative work. Book
212 pages including index. Describes a forward-looking approach to financial decision-making that is based on the unfolding of a number of different future scenarios. Introduces the concepts of upside, downside, and regret. "...a powerhouse in the understanding of risk.... the authors have created an authoritative and innovative book of risk management that is essential for both practitioners and theoreticians." - Peter L. Bernstein, Author of Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk. Pages bright and unmarked. Minor depression midway up front hinge of front board. Book
335 pages. Index. Bibliography. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. "For 200 years coal has been vital to the industrial world and controlled the destinies of millions. Nowhere has its influence gone deeper than in Canada. Coal Black Heart is world history told through Canadian stories." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
Features include: Orchid Classics: Story of Oncidium splendidum; Notes on Orchid Cultivation for Trinidad Conditions; New Trends in Cymbidium Breeding; Plant Quarantine Regulations Governing the Importation of Orchid Plants; Orchids Growing in Hawaii; Collectors' Item: Batemannia yauaperiensis; Orchids Growing in Florida; Book Review "Orchids for Everyone" by O. Eigeldinger; Oncidium serratum and Orchids in England: An Amateur's Collection (Pt II). Light wear. Some pages with writing on them. Back cover with writing and discoloration. A sound copy. Book
160 pages. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Title on half-title page has been crayoned in. Title on title page partially inked-in. Occasional child's markings to contents and back endpaper. Half of page 11 missing. Book
160 pages. A personal chronicle of the struggling early years of effort and achievement. Others will write the story with greater skill and objectivity, but no one will do the job with greater love and gratitude. Author was Founder and First President of the Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Loaded with wonderful black and white photographs. Book
541 pages including index. Copyright 1949. Tells the story of Canada's development in a way that will permit every Canadian reader to *feel* the high adventure that is experienced by all who further and strengthen their country's nationhood. Because citizenship is essentially the practical application of our democratic principles, it should be studied as an integral part of our history, and is so presented here. For this reason too, a constant effort has been made to weave into the story of our nation an understanding of British political institutions which have served as the greatest single unifying force in our history. Former owner's details upon front endpaper. Minimal markings to text. Blue boards well but respectfully worn. Contents in excellent condition. A comprehensive work. Book
192 pages. The autobiography of one of the rugged individuals who built the Vancouver Island sawmill industry with their blood, sweat and tears. Tells all - his sawmilling, his wives and kids, his hunting and fishing expeditions throughout the West. The hard-loving, hard brawling, hard-working story of one of the BC coast's true originals. Glossy and attractive illustrated boards. Book
36 pages. Bilingual French/English. Illustrated in colour. Presents the "deceptively appealing, faux-vernacular paintings of this Acadian artist." - from Introduction. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
186 pages. "The true story of how one Canadian, tired of exorbitant taxes, withdrew his money and RRSP's, left Canada, and now lives tax-free happily ever after... legally." - from cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
264 pages including index. The first full account of a scientific discovery that may change the world, told by a skeptical secular reporter who became part of the story. Clean, bright and unmarked with virtually zero wear. Gift quality. Excellent copy. Book
28 pages. Black and white illustrations. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Solid copy. Book
256 pages. A compilation of 20 stories for younger readers. Markings to each endpaper and frontis. Average wear. Decent working copy. Book
250 pages. The revealing story of the people who live in the forest: the rubber trappers, river people, small landholders and natives. Author not only spoke to them; she lived among them, sharing their meals and their way of life. Clean. Very light wear. Unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
143 pages. Document author's life from 1946. Edwards was a past-president of the Federation of Canadian Artists. Light wear and unmarked but for prior owner's name and details upon half-title page. (Prior owner was Lillian Postgate, author of Lillian Postgate's Story) Book
325 pages including, index, archival black and white photographic plates and several fold-out maps. An excellent history of Canada's national capital. Average wear. Some soiling to bottom edge. Prior owner's name atop front endpaper. Book
143 pages. A story for young Christian readers. Half-title page was stuck to inside of front cover. Separating them damaged each. Well-worn. Book
Approx. 30 pages. Wonderful story and pictures of three baby squirrels. Begins with them weaning from their mother and ends with their humorous adventures as they mature. Wonderfully captured with colour photograhy. Book
