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190 pages. This hard-hitting report to the Citizens Commission on Bhopal is the first authoritative book-length account of the tragedy and its implications for American workers and communities exposed to similar risk of catastrophic accident. Probes what really happened in Bhopal that awful night in December 1984 when the city was gassed by a Union Carbide chemical plant... the worst industrial disaster in history, in which at least 5,000 people were killed and more than 200,000 injured. Unmarked. Light wear. Tight and square. Excellent copy. Book
<p>19 cm, brossura editoriale con titolo al piatto e dorso, p. 220. Esemplare intonso. Ordinarie tracce del tempo alla copertina. Interno molto ben conservato.</p>
In 4, pp. 14 + (2b). Dedica autogr. dell'A. alla sguardia. Br. ed.
In 24, pp. 71 + (1b). D. rifatto. Forellino alle ultime due carte. Br. ed. Tragedia di questo semisconosciuto autore piemontese citato en passant in 'L'Annotatore piemontese' di Michele Ponza del 1832: 'non vi parlo... della Romentruna d'un vivace inesperto giovanetto... non di altre molte tragedie, commedie, pasticcetti e cose simili che spuntano ad ogni passo in ogni paesuccio del Piemonte... (p. 244).
Features: The Makin' of a Brush Propper Cowhand - chasing mavericks in Arizona; Whiskey Traders of Fort Whoop Up - center of the trade in northern Montana and the south prairies of Canada - John J. Healy and Alfred B. Hamilton; Sweet Trail to the Gallows - the Penascal murders; Search for the Old Overland (stagecoach); Alexis Godey's Kinship with risk; Land of the violent sun - Old Hachita; Doc Crumbine of Dodge City; Narrow-Gauge Royalty - The Slim Princess; Ambush and gold dust - a Black Hills tragedy; Mojave desert's wild Dutchman - Charlie Koehn; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
Features: Special Feature - Apache Vengeance - The savage murder of Sheriff Glenn Reynolds and deputy Hunkydory Holmes; Jesse (James), Frank and Cole; Gold-Filled Safe of Knight's Ferry - it floated down the Stanislaus River!; Terror on a Train - The "Harvest Excursion"; Massacre by White Men - The Tragedy of the Nueces; Tombstone 'Typos'; San Augustine Ranch House; Hobo, the horse that never quit; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
Features: Letter from Tierra del Fuego - populated before Magellan; Restoration of the Bowdoin - veteran of Arctic expeditions; Tragedy at Chichen Itza - an ancient Mayan ritual recalled; Late Pleistocene Fossils in Georgia - site in northwest of state a bonanza; Visit to Jungle Barrios of Mindanao - by bus, pump-boat and logging truck; Expedition Photography II - preparing for desert conditions; Sketched in India - with paint box and pencil; The Mound Builders - a vanished race; Land Divers of Pentacost Island - successful, they assure good yam crop. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Cover photo of Johanne Harelle; Des Films Canadiens Dans Nos Cinemas... Une Utopie?; Le 29 Novembre - Tragedie a Sainte-Therese - an Air Canada DC-8F crashes; Les Francos, par Massue Belleau; Manchester, New Hampshire, Ville Americaine aux noms Francais; Les Ouvriers de la 'Baboche' - bootleggers; Desfosses, Guerisseur - le bon dieu roule en Limousine. Text in French. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
539 pages including index. This report grew from a previous OTA report on Technology and Aging in America. The unusual length of this report is testimony to the diversity of issues associated with dementia that fall within the jurisdiction of various committees. Has been reviewed by the project's advisory panel and more than 50 other experts in various relevant fields. Distills a mass of information into a form that will be useful to policymakers. Bookplate upon title page else unmarked. Moderate wear. Clean solid copy. Book
Features: Nice full-page colour ad for IH (International Harvester) service trucks inside front cover; Where we stand in the fight to conquer cancer - compelling answers from eight of the world's top experts; Who will the federal Liberal Party choose after Louis St. Laurent? - Lester Pearson, C.D. Howe, Pau Martin Sr., Jack Pickersgill, Harris or Winters?; How to be a singing star, the hard way - WAlly Koster, a baritone familiar to Canadian television viewers for the past four years; The Secret War of Charles Goodeve - Part 1 of 3 - in the desperate race against German weapons this Canadian was a brilliant innovator - with but a small band of fellow wizards he helped devise the weirdest tools of war - some of the revealed here for the first time - with black and white photos - the plane killer, the Cockatrice (flame-throwing truck), and the Hedgehog; It takes women to run a railroad - John Norman Harris; The desperate plight of the small farmer - for generations he was the most important man in Canada, but now he can't make a living - what's behind the tragedy and what probably lies ahead; How to Tolerate In-Laws, by Parke Cummings; Fantastic full-page colour ad for GWG (Great Western Garment) clothing; Nice colour photo full-page ad for the Buick Special 2-door convertible; Similar ad for the Pontiac Laurentian 2-door convertible; Clyde Gilmour's brief 'Best Bet' rating of the movie, The King and I. Please note: right half of page 7 has been removed but it only contained ads for finance and whiskey companies. Average wear. Address label. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: The sweaty fight for a single seat - the current federal election campaign; The merciful aftermath of the Moroccan oil tragedy - almost ten thousand men, women and children, paralyzed by poisoned cooking oil in 1959 are walking and working again - a Canadian medical team helped in the most devastating medical story of our time in Meknes, Morocco; The case for taking children away from their parents - Dr. Karl Bernhardt; Jeanine Beaubien - the woman who stages plays in 5 languages in Montreal's Powderhouse; How to spot a home-grown (Canadian) image; How Zoo Animals get their kicks - with photos; Ralph Allen's 'Lost Art of Fishing for Fun'; Nice colour photo full-page Pepsi ad; Toronto and Montreal should be provinces, by Donald C. Rowat; The Medical Care (Medicare) War - Ralph Allen reports from Saskatchewan. Moisture stains to upper corner of all pages. Average wear. Address labe. Binding intact. Book
Features: Guest-worker crisis in France; Devil's Lake Corral - white elephant; Barbara Amiel on Canada's native peoples; Cover Story - Thunder from the Tory Right - the PC federal leadership race; Bill Bennett's guessing game; Personal connection between Trudeau and Greece's leader Papandreou; Rampage in Campbellton, N.B.; Settlement of Skagit Valley flooding dispute; Reagan's new arms offer - colour photo of protesters around Greehnam Common; Tragedy in Ethiopia - when ideologies collide; Re-examining the Roberto Calvi Mystery; Columbia - tragedy in Holy Week; Uncertainty in the Beaufort Sea - Arctic oil development; Static in the Stereo industry with the introduction of the CD; Energy prices across Canada; Baseball's Blue Jays flutter to life; nice colour ad for the Commodore Vic 20 computer; Male adventure magazines; Tom Alderman - new star of The Journal. Average wear. Book
64 pages. Features: The RCMP's handling of a drug case is marred by mishap and tragedy - Eugene and Michele Uyeyama murdered; Special report on Canada's federal opposition - The Reform Party/Preston Manning/Keith Martin/Gilles Duceppe; Alexa McDonough - the NDP's new leader needs a seat, a profile and more MPs; Jean Charest attempts to revive federal Tories; John Savage - Time to Bow Out; Burr, Saskatchewan - striptease fever; War on biker gangs in Saint-Nicholas, Quebec; John Major's Last Stand, with photo of scumbag Tony Blair holding Sun Paper bearing Rupert Murdoch's endorsement of him; Contentious developments in the EU; Vultures close in on the Eaton's Empire; SaskTel - Canada's last public phone firm may vanish; Upsetting Chretien's electoral applecart, by Peter C. Newman; The Blue Jays and the Expos - a tale of two budgets, with photo of Roger Clemens in Jays Uniform; Elvis Stojko Reigns Again; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Singapore - a paradise haunted by dark fears; Haitians dying in exodus; Giovanni Vigliotto claims to have married 105 women; The Gillespie-Lalonde Affair; Herb Gray and the federal government's blue books; Trudeau the the Belize case; Sick Kids baby deaths - who did it?; German election campaign; Brutal tragedy in Assam, India - Hindu/Moslem violence; The world according to Saudi Arabian oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani; Jack Gallagher's farewell to Dome Petroleum - with additional coverage by Peter C. Newman; Controversial National Film Board films on Acid Rain; Troubled Central America hosts the Pope; Bargain-hunting by Canadian tourists; Herschel Walker and the USFL; Cover story - John le Carre's trail of terror - with colour photos. Average wear. Soiling to front cover. Book
88 pages. Features: Humourous cover art by Oscar Cahen; The Censorship that Helps the Enemy - The bad events of March 17, 1951 in the Korean War involving the Princess Patricias - Editorial; There'll Always Be a Massey - Canada's most famous family started on the road to wealth from a tiny implement forge near Port Hope, Ontario - article with photos; You Laughed at My Father - story by James Aldridge; The Hottest Square Mile in the World - under the humpland between Ace Lake and Beaverlodge lies an abundance of Uranium, and here Uranium City will be built - article with photos; The West Coast's Worst Disaster - The Tragedy of the Princess Sophia which disappeared off Vanderbilt Reef and took 343 people to their deaths in icy Alaskan waters - a Maclean's flashback; How to Raise Ten Kids in Six Rooms - Frank and Helen Teskey of Toronto have ten kids under fifteen and they'd welcome more; One-Man Powerhouse - John Deagle of Whitefish Falls, Ontario runs his own electric power company! - article with many photos of this incredible man; Sherbrooke, Quebec - where French and English share a city in harmony - nostalgic article with photos; The Battle to Beat Leukemia - doctors search for a cure; Footlights Round My Heart - story by Ronald R. Smith; Sensational full-page colour Coke ad features illustration of young lady and the caption "Want Something Good?"; Nice colour Chevrolet ad; DeSoto car ad; Full-page ad for Birks Jewellers features watches including the Challenger Eterna-matic; Plymouth car ad; Canada Savings Bond ad features James F. Johnston, Superintendant of Palm Dairies Limited in Regina; Great colour photo Caterpillar ad inside back cover shows horses pulling vintage auto through the mud. Light wear. Unmarked. Center page loose but present. A quality copy. Book
Features: Turkish Military attache murdered in Ottawa by Armenians - Atilla Altikat; Harnessing the mighty Slave River; Takla Lake, B.C. shooting; Days of danger at Friendship Pass - China and Vietnam; Lebanon - moving into a a perilous vacuum; The Nugan Hand scandal; Soviet Union losing the long battle for bread; Looking into Amway's empire; The bull markets march on; Olympian Calgary task for David Leighton; Ricky Henderson keeps stealing bases; Cover Story - the new medicine's grave risks - PET machine, colour-enhanced X-ray, etc.; Learning the joys of the Logo language; Sackloth adversity - Winnipeg nuns go door-to-door for money; Zoot Capri; Canadian War Museum commemorates Dieppe tragedy; Entertainment reviews. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
112 pages. Features: Human Smugglers - Running refugees into the U.S. from the Akwesasne Reserve; Chinese migrants risk their lives to be smuggled to North America; Patrolling 'Little Korea' - illegals from all over jump the U.S. border in southern B.C.; Chinese migrants seek release in B.C.; The Tragedy of Andrew Rich - teen Innu suicide victim; Problems with Emploi Quebec; Britain's hereditary peers fall victim to reform; Plunge of Flight 990 off Massachusetts; Feature Article - Wayne Gretzky's New World - he talks of family, life, and the public perils of selling himself; Bill Gates - as Microsoft fights antitrust findings, rivals gear up in the battle for web markets; Smart Appliances are set to rival the PC's role; Chris Staples and his Vancouver ad agency Palmer Jarvis DDB; Photo of young entrepreneur award recipients Stephen J.P. Comeau and Michael-Andreas Kuttner with their mentor, Wendy Paquette; Photos and short write-ups of additional entrepreneurs: Colleen Kennedy, Paul Wareham, Mark McLane, Allen and Tim McCandless, Ariel and Ron Shlien, Dave Zakutin, Kirt Eliza Kootoo, Chris Bond, Ken Zorniak, Daniel and Garnette Weber, Alan and Ian Andreasen, Susan Ireland, Daniel Sacks; Johan Arnet, and Samson Hartland; Brian Scudamore and 1-800-Got-Junk?; The Harry Potter Series; Pianist Naida Cole; Alexei Yashin and Carol Alt; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. One-inch opening to top of cover fold. A high-quality copy. Book
38 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos in text. Contents: Melanope - The Ship of Tragedy; Time, and the Indian; Panechates, Son of Hatres; The Pleistocene, or Ice Age of South-West British Columbia; Birds in the Cariboo; The Fine Arts; The Museum is a School of Visual Education; The Cinder Cone Buried Forest, Garibaldi Park, British Columbia; Pioneer Wesleyan Missionaries in British Columbia. Average wear. Binding intact. Moisture marks to periphery of all pages and covers - legibility unaffected. A worthy copy of this informative issue. Book
Features: The Marmots of Spotted Nellie Ridge; Building a Gas Pipeline Through the Arctic - what will be the environmental impact?; Jim Lumbers; A Great Lakes Tragedy - the effect of chemicals on bird reproduction; Butterflies and Moths in Winter; Nature Canadiana II - The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club in the 1880s. Few library markings. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Artist "Shorty" Shope; Lost River of Silver; The Only Conchita; Dyrenforth's Assault on the Heavens; Jekyll-Hyde of the Twin Territories; Tragedy in Fremont County; When Steam was Power; The Murder of Cadete; Sam Colt's Big Pistol; Cyclones and Neighbors; Old Wimberley Mills; At Strawberry, Arizona; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Tragedy in Hood Valley; Treasure of the Estrellas; Man and Beast on a Crash Course; Two-Bar's Biggest Roundup; Bill Nye's Funny Bone; The Rogue's Rogue; A Man with Three Graves; Silver Fox Farming; A Pretty Lady Few People Knew; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Memories of Stewarts Lane - Part 2; 1942-1967 Ian Allan Ltd - a publishing success story; Steam on Pilatus; The "Royal Scots" - Part Two; "City of Truro" and the "Rheingold" - locomotive running past and present - No. 182; End of Steam in the North-east - many photos; The Leukerbadbahn - a Swiss Tragedy; Kinnaber - junction no more; The Didcot Derailment; East Coast Specials; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: Cover photo of John Greig (Rangers and Scotland); Bobby Moore writes about Jimmy Greaves "the best of enemies'; b/w photo of Per Bartram (Crystal Palace); The Top 'Doog' - Derek Dougan is soccer's supreme showman; Soccer's rolling stones - players who move from team to team; Colour photos of Alan Gilvean (Spurs) and Fred Pickering (Blackpool); b/w photo of Ian Gibson (Coventry City); Rangers are riding high again; Match-winning 'robots' - teams who get goals from 'dead-ball starts'; Colour centerfold photo of Everton - the Blues of Goodison Park; b/w photo of Mick Jones (Leeds United) and John Winfield (Nottingham Forest); England's Football 'Test' Team; Paul Went (Charlton); George Connelly (Celtic); Focus on Brian Kidd (Man. U.); b/w photo of Drew Jarvis (Airdrie); First Class players in the Second Division - Derek Possee, Dixie Hale, Eric McMordie, Tony Green (Blackpool), Keith Newton (Blackburn Rovers); Tragedy for Liverpool's Gallant 'Reds' - knocked out by 'Goals that Never Were'. Colour photo of Terry Paine (Southampton) on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Modest wear. A quality copy. Book
Features: Cover photo of Prime Minister Wilson; The way it was at the Battle of the Bulge, by Louis Simpson; Hubert Humphrey's Brand on the Vice-Presidency; Congo's Tragedy; Harold Wilson under attack for his 15% import tax and his hard line against white supremacists; Playing the numbers in New York; The College Intellectual - 1965 Model; 5,000 Vietnamese Students - study in Paris; Contact Lenses; Conductor Leopold Stokowski; Edward Whymper and six companions struggled to the top of the Matterhorn in 1865, and then....; Scenes from 'Carol for Another Christmas'. Crossword completed in pencil else unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
Features: Pigskin Preview '61 - an expert's pick of the Nation's Top Teams and Players; Berlin on a Tightrope - a Post editor reports from the city on which the eyes of the world are focused; The Tragedy of Tibet - in 2 and a half years of brutal domination, the Red Chinese have reduced this once-proud nation to slavery and famine - a shocking report based on eyewitness accounts; Brunette Today, Blonde Tomorrow - tints promise to become as widely used as lipstick; These Children Love to Read - Mae Carden teaches reading using the maligned phonetic system; Adventures of the Mind - The Joy of Life, by Alexander Eliot; Atomic War on Insects - by using radiation to sterilize males, scientists are tricking the deadly screwworm fly into breeding itself out of existence - Drs. Edward Knipling and Raymond Bushland. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound copy. Book
