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251 pages including index. The story of why, from a very personal point of view, the Maritimes look the way they do, and how to find some of the best experiences these three provinces have to offer. Some wear to illustrated covers but pages clean and square. Book
328 pages. Translated from the Italian. Originally published in 1865. This remarkable book tells the story of the many, many gifts and even miraculous favors which St. Joseph has granted to the dying , to travelers, to those whose salvation is in danger, to those who aspire to great holiness, to those in temporal want, to the Carmelite Order, and to the entire Church. Married persons, those who instruct the young, religious, priests, interior souls, artisans, and even sinners should adopt St. Joseph as their special patron. Shows how to be truly devoted to St. Joseph. Binding opening at page 263. Spine leans to right. Spine beginning to chip off. Unmarked inside. Book
A children's board book. Text in German. The story of a mother panda who has lost her baby. Each page/board has a window giving a clue to the next page. Book
A thoroughly delightful bird book, story book and picture book, all in one! Usual library markings. Front endpaper removed. binding intact. Undated. Circa 1970? Book
156 pages including bibliography. A love story between the author and her home, Hammerstone tells the story of Hornby Island - from its molten birth in the South Pacific, to the present. In a carefully woven, eloquent narrative, Fletcher writes of a special island in the Gulf of Georgia on the West Coast of Canada. The story starts nearly 3050 million years ago. It has not ended. "...talk about a fascinating overview of how our West Coast came into being. The findings in Fletcher's deeply researched work are nothing short of mind boggling as she weaves us through the gigantic warps of geologic time." - Bob Fortune, CBC. Small 'discard' rubber stamp atop half-title page else clean , bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
235 pages including index and black and white illustrations. Gift greetings upon front endpaper. Average wear externally. Contents clean. Binding sound. Solid copy. Book
20 page magazine. 9 x 6". Reproductions of black and white photos. A monthly publication intended as a medium of information concerning the Jews, Israel and the work of the American Board of Missions to the Jews, Inc. Features: Salutation by Daniel Fuchs; Q & A; Jewish News; Incidents from the Field; The Story of a Retired Missionary; Passover Banquet in the Twin Cities; Messianic Youth Fellowship Goes All Out for Jesus; Israel in the Spotlight - Chapter 13; Includes nice photo of the Breslaw family; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
274 pages including logging glossary. Deals with forestry - the scandals and accomplishments, the failures and progress of loggers, corporations, and government policy. But more importantly, author has hopes and recommendations for the future of B.C.'s forest industry. Author was born in 1909 in a small log cabin with a dirt floor on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Very nice copy. Book
342 pages including index. Author set out to discover the extent to which each of us is affected by the free flow of capital around a world without barriers? The result is this hilarious and instructive gallop through international finance. Few of the people she meets know or care about capital flows, but by the time the tour is over, the mechanisms of global finance are no longer obsure or abstract. Part detective story, part business report, this is a primer on today's dizzying economic dynamic and a surprising account of modern life. Unread. Clean and unmarked with faint signs of handling. Book
300 pages including index, notes and sources. "Focussing upon the three major areas of development - navigational satellites, communications, and weather observation and forecasting - Gavaghan tells the remarkable inside story of how obscure men and women, often laboring under strict secrecy, made the extraordinary scientific and technological discoveries needed to make these miracles happen." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Surprisingly light wear. Nice solid clean copy. Book
271 pages including index. Includes black and white photographic plates. Bernard 'Boom Boom' Geoffrion stands among the 20th century's most galvanic athletes. And its most magnetic personalities. Geoffrion invented the slapshot, was one of the first players in the post-World War II era to produce 50 goals a season, had teammate Doug Harvey saw off his leg cast against doctor's orders so that he could skate in the 1961 playoffs, and much more. A candid, entertaining and at times controversial story of this great Hall of Famer. Prior owner's details upon front endpaper else clean and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book
Copyright date 1988. "...a remarkable account of a very unusual upbringing and should be read by all who call themselves Christians." - Malcolm Muggeridge. "A totally gripping story! Her years as an elected alderwoman in Vancouver, her open line radio broadcast, her chaplaincies at two major universities and her years of evangelism make Bernice, without a doubt, one of the most interesting ministers in the history of the Nation." - David Mainse, 100 Huntley Street. Book
288 pages. The grassroots story of the People's Synod, Diocese of Victoria, B.C. as experienced and reflected upon by dozens of men and women of all ages, occupations and points of view. From late 1986 to early 1991, several hundred Catholics and friendly neighbours on Vancouver Island and adjacent islands met, prayed, discerned and set action goals for the diocesan Church as it approaches the 21st Century. Signed by Editors and Bishop Remi De Roo. Book
223 pages. Small rubber stamp upon title page else unmarked. Very light wear. Continues the story of Doctor Morris and Doctor Janet Gibson so happily begun in 'One Man's Medicine'. Lovely copy. Book
104 Bawdy recollections of the Nanaimo businessman who entertained local newspaper readers for years with his humorous ads and letters to the editor. Pror owner's address label inside front cover otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. Book
200 pages including index. Oblong. Numerous black and white illustrations. "As well as being a history of the Anglican Church on the southern mainland of B.C., this is a story of the society the church has worked within for 120 years. A story of brave, daring and eccentric men and women and of the bishops who were leaders of this spiritual Wagon Train." - from back cover. Gift greetings across from title page else clean and unmarked with light wear. Reading crease to spine. Solid copy. Book
354 pages including index. An extraordinary, true Arctic drama of man against nature - and man against man. A work of non-fiction narrative that reads like a novel - a raw, vivid, harrowing adventure, brilliantly told. Excellent giftable copy. Book
176 pages with charcoal drawings. Major sunning to portion of front cover plus spine and back cover. Story of a Nova Scotian fishing village, based on the true episode of Joe Cracker, a young boy from Herring Cove, and His Royal Highness, Edward, Duke of Kent. Author has attempted to make this book as historically accurate as possible. The facts, as given, have been painstakingly checked with diaries, newspapers, and histories of the period. Book
256 pages including index. Black and white photographic plates. A compelling story of Germany, told through the lives of the people who lived in a once-elegant, now dilapidated villa near Berlin. Spot of soiling to fore-edge. Bit of wrinkling to top of front panel of dust jacket. Book
181 pages. Internal school markings. Intended for younger readers but informative for all. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Decent working copy. Book
300 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. Very attractive large gilt legion logo upon navy blue front board. Book
82 pages. Features: Floatplanes of British Columbia; Flying coast-to-coast with commuters; Strange story of the Concordski - Russia's supersonic airliner appears to have been pulled from regular service; America's Aerobatic Victory; Stearman Interlude - a crop-spraying Stearman biplane; Flying the P-51D - A WWII Time Machine; What it takes to be a navy flight surgeon; Victory for America at the world aerobatic championships; Winnipeg fun-flying club. Average wear. Book
240 pages including index. A book about the author's love for the high fells and the rivered valleys, and the marvellous Dales people. The story of many different walks he has made and photographed over the last fifteen years. A book for everyone who loves the British countryside in all her moods. Book clean and unmarked with light to moderate wear to green boards. Moderate wear to dust jacket. Nice copy of a lovely book. Book
Author's signature, and inscription to Western Canadian talk-show host Terry Moore upon front free endpaper. 208 pages including index and black and white illustrations. "Two days after the Soviet spy satellite Cosmos 954 splattered its debris across northern Canada, I decided to try to find the truth behind this disturbing incident." - from Preface. Light wear. Clean and tight. Nice solid copy. Book
86 pages. Features: Nice color-photo ad for the Ruger Blackhawk or Single-Six revolver - advises of a free improvement to these guns; ad for the ithica 'bear stopper' model 37 handgrip shotgun; Carver Dean K. Otteson of Kenai; Nice color one-page ad for the Ruger M-77 rifle; Bernie, the 12-pound Bow; Saint Elias Lake - Jewel of Kluane; Herbie Nayokpuk (conclusion); Winging It! - the story of Jack Jefford; photos of totem preservation; Trade secrets to finding that elusive empty berth on an Alaska fishing vessel; Memories of a fishing trip - Eldo Miller; A Home in the Willows - Jeff Hartman; Alaskana-Canadiana Book Collecting - Dee Longenbaugh of 'The Observatory" in Sitka; Toyota 4x4 ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine