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182 pages. Includes many black and white illustrations. A practical study of ocean passage-making, using a cruise across the Atlantic as a case history. Far more than just another cruising story, includes plans, preparations... the nitty gritty details of gear, supplies, preparations, and boat handling. It's also a great cruising yarn. Small tear to top corner of dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with minor lean to spine. Book
216 pages. Index. Illustrated in colour and black and white. "Explores the history of the CNIB - from the men who crafted its charter to the people who have made it so successful." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Excellent copy. Book
188 pages including index and suggested reading list. Recounts the story of labour from the mid-19th century to the present day. A masterful overview that encoumpasses all regions of the country, the book paints a vivid portrait of labour's varied past, covering the birth of craft unionism before the turn of the century, the growth of industrial unionism prior to World War I, the setbacks of the interwar years, and the post-World War II breakthrough that gave unions a permanent, if still constrained, place in the nation's economy. Significant ink underlining and highlighting. Average wear overall and moderate yellowing to pages. Binding intact. Book
192 pages including index and black and white plates. Copyright 1969. This opinionated account begins with the following dust jacket statement: "During the early 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Demagogue and self-appointed Communist witch-hunter, dominated the headlines." Agree with it or not, this book does provide a perspective on McCarthy and the McCarthy years. Usual library markings. Book
331 pages including index. Howie's full and remarkable life is all captured expertly and engagingly. A rollicking story of a great hockey legend, complete with thrilling and hilarious tales from sweaty locker rooms, skate-creased ice surfaces, and remote fishing and hunting camps. "We fought all the time over the years... Gordie (Howe) was a big, tough boy and very, very strong... But I never really fought with Gordie; Gordie fought - I just took the s***-kickings." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked. Very light wear. Gift quality. Book
55 pages. Clean, bright and unmarked in attractively illustrated glossy boards. Minimal wear. Excellent copy. Book
108 pages including index. Tells the story of the salmon'e epic journey far out into the Pacific Ocean and back. Brings together science and mythology in a fascinating story that reveals secrets of the Adam's River sockeye that are only now coming to light. Includes many colour and black and white photographs plus 16 original drawings by Tom Moore. Usual library markings. Average wear. Book
350 pages. Tells how Tommy broke into show business, came to Toronto, survived his first tough years in the city, and how he struggled to make the Tommy Hunter Show the kind of show he wanted it to be. Contains a loving look at Tommy's relationship with his wife and his three sons. An intimate encounter with Canada's favourite country and western star. Filled with warmth, good humour and lively anecdotes. Bright glossy blue covers with colour photo of Tommy. Book
299 pages. Index. Black and white reproductions of documents. "After more than twelve years of research and dozens of interviews with government executives, military officers and Liberty survivors, a former ship's officer who was there reveals the inside story of Israel's attack on the USS Liberty and of our government's attempt to keep the truth from public knowledge." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. An excellent copy. Book
Unpaginated. Large black and white photographs throughout. Gendarme was to be a Police Horse, but he was big and awkward and slow to learn, and it seemed he would never be a trooper's mount. His trainer called him "Ugly Duckling", but he liked Gendarme's calm, quiet nature and patiently began to train the horse. The true story of how Gendarme learned the ways of a Police Horse. Average wear. Blue boards moderately bumped. Dust jacket well-worn with three inch tear at top of front panel near spine and some smallish chunks missing. Despite this, the brightly illustrated dust jacket has the potential to be quite attractive, given some tlc and the addition of a glossy protective sleeve. Book
232 pages. Winner of the 1980 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts. The story of the illegitimate son of Antonio Samson, the major protagonist in Sionil Jose's novel, The Pretenders. Now grown-up, Pepe Samson escapes from his village of Cabugawan to live in Manila's sprawling slum - Tondo. The story of his journey from one swampland to another; also the story of thousands of young Filipinos who have finally found meaning in their lives. An affirmation of faith in the future as envisioned by the dedicated Filipino youth today. The last, in terms of chronology, of the author's five Rosales novels. Light wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Book
74 pages. Features: Bobby Orr faces crucial decision about the W.H.A.; Can Abdul-Jabbar become a winner?; Top NFL running back is Ron Johnson; Ted Kwalick and his rags to riches story; Guy LaFleur and his battle to escape oblivion; Can Billy Martin Escape Baseball's Siberia?; Green Bay's John Brockington; David Thompson or Bill Walton?; Gail Goodrich; Bernie Parent; Great Hercules ad on back page includes classic comic showing runt (Saul) muscle up and punch out brute to keep his girl; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Date stamp on front cover otherwise unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
248 pages. Footnotes. Black and white illustrations. "Dr. Paul Yonggi Cho was pastor of the world's largest church with over 100,000 members." - from front cover. Above-average but not excessive wear. Church library markings and pocket inside front cover otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Book
221 pages including several black and white illustrations and index. Inscribed by author to former British Columbia Provincial Cabinet Ministers Dale Lovick and Jan Pullinger. Excellent unmarked copy with very light wear. A whimsical story of a newspaper family. Author worked for seven daily newspapers or wire services and with his wife Stella ran a public relations company and owned two community newspapers. Only a sense of humor carried Ron and his wife Sheila through the rough patches, and that same humor illuminates many a page of this book. Book
8 page board book. The Bear Family; Mama, Papa and their cubs Posy, Ted and Baby Bear, search for the perfect house in which to live. Young children everywhere will delight inthis engaging story with a happy ending. Brightly coloured illustrations, easy to understand text and the fascinating 'see-through' effect will absorb a child's interest completely. From a series of similar books. Light wear. Unmarked. Circa 1990? Book
435 pages. For twelve arduous but captivating years, Raymond de Coccola was, for all intents and purposes, a Barren Land Eskimo. An unforgettable portrait of adventure, of murder, of sexual mores. It is Father Raymond's touching first-person revelation of birth and of death, of patience and of fatalism; and it is a staggering account of his people's tragedy and loss. It is also a story of survival and hope. Bookplate upon front flyleaf. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Reading creases along spine. Includes a large assortment of excellent black and white plates. Book
178 pages including bibliography and colour plates. A series of picaresque adventures set against the backdrop of a Japan still closed off from the rest of the world. "...Opens a wonderful window into the real-life conditions of a down-at-the-heels lower-middle level samurai." - Susan Matisoff. Average wear. Moderate lean to spine. Decent copy with usual library markings. Book
186 pages including index. Illustrated by Robin Jacques. The exciting story of Marco Polo's thirteenth-century odyssey across the world's most mysterious continent - based on his own journals. Unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket with moisture marking to back panel and average wear. A sound copy. Book
161 pages plus appendix, references and index. Black and white illustrations. A story of young men adventuring in the American west when the law came as a hanging party, and in British Columbia of Fraser gold rush days, of the first breaking of the black loam of the Delta at Ladners Landing and of the pioneering growth of a cannery there. Date and small address label inside front board else book clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Few short tears to still respectable dust jacket. Nice copy. Book
96 pages. Features: What's Hot in Fashion; Many hands make a difference; What's hot in fibers; Flirting with eyelashes - an exotic silk shawl; A sheer room divider; Plain weave with a twist - or two!; Handwoven Devore - more than plain weave; A new look at M's and O's - the full story; Red Hot Polka Dots for a Winter Scarf; Transformation - a study in fibers and finishing; The Magic of Amalgamation - a new look at twill; Gold Doubloons and silver pieces of eight; Weaver's Network - weavers in action; Essay on ethics; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
114 pages. Features: Richie Kotzen; Japanese Black and Gray wunderkind Krazy Kay; The Enigma and Serana Rose Story; Fanny Maurer aka Lady Diamond; Big Sleeps; Ryan 'Sullen' Smith and Jeremy Hanna; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this colorful issue. Magazine
354 pages including glossary. Children's stories which describe the coming of the White Man to the Pacific Northwest to trade in furs, and how these fur-trading explorers established and upheld Great Britain's claim to that part of the Northwest which is now British Columbia. Illustrated in black and white. Some cigarette smoke odour. Green illustrated boards are soiled with average wear. Library writing upon spine. Book
48 pages including black and white photographic plates. Also includes addenda by author dated 1980. A witness of God's great faithfulness, as revealed in the Pentecostal Richmond family. Rolla Richmond was born in 1895. Prior owner's name clipped from top corner of title page. Contents clean and unmarked. Average wear to blue card covers. Half-inch scratch upon front cover. Some rubbing upon back cover. Text block appears to have released from spine as several pieces of clear tape now secure front cover to title page. Book
294 pages including index. The story of how the chemical industry has managed to keep so many of its toxic products on the market, eve in the face of mounting evidence of their danger and emerging - and safer - alternatives. Usual library markings and wear. Binding sound but leans moderately to right. Book
183 pages including index. What is a solemn undertaking when there are millions to be made? What is Truth worth when it can be sold off to the highest bidder? This astonishing book reveals how the Press Barons faced these quesitons - and chose hard cash. The consequences of that choice will be felt for years to come. Remainder mark upon top edge. Price sticker remnant atop front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book
