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136 pages. Although the subject matter is now dated, the concepts presented herein remain most valuable for educating readers, young and old, on how to see through the disinformation which constitutes much of today's big media. School stamp inside front cover else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
207 pages. "Many attempts have been made to put Collins out of action, as will be seen from this book's 'Doug in Censorland' section. Human rights groups, academics, ethnic associations, clergymen and even an archbishop have all tried to silence him. But it's not all serious. There's a thick thread of humour in these pages. You may not laugh and grow fat, but you will laugh.' - from dust jacket. Contains columns from the North Shore News. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
58 pages. Features: Candy Worthington dresses her clientele - and business - for success; Articles on sewing and handicapped people; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
173 pages including index. Trying to dream up a publicity stunt? This book will pay for itself many times over. Documents fabulously successful news generating ideas from the past. Also represents fascinating history. Curious damage to fore-edge of each cover but contents unmarked and in nice shape. Book
218 pages. Leaving few bones interred, author reveals what really happened when he was called on to advise the high, the mighty and the fallen. Contents clean and unmarked. Light wear to book. Heavy wear to dust jacket. Overall a nice copy. Book
432 pages including index. Proves religion is as current as tomorrow's headlines. "Unsparingly honest, highly entertaining... a wonderful gift to anyone trying to make sense of life's many dimensions." - The Globe and Mail. "A fine example of sensitive reporting and analysis." - The Canadian Jewish News. Unmarked. Light wear. Very good copy. Book
128 pages. Features: "Where are our Liberators?" - The Canadian Liberation of west Brabant; The Liberation of Leesten; "Missed Opportunity" - Operation Broadsword, 4 Brigade and the Gulf War, 1990-1991; HMCS Prince Robert - The Career of an Armed Merchant Cruiser; The Calgary Tanks at Dieppe; The Rise and Fall of Canadian Military Assistance in the Developing world, 1952-1971; The Dutch Underground in Barneveld - Occupatiion to Liberation; How the War Ended; The Capture of the Abbaye D'Ardenne by the Regina Rifles, 8 July 1944; Genesis of a Painting - Alex Colville's War Drawings; News from the Directorate of History; Charles Comfort - Soldiering Artist, 1943-1945; Tommy Atkins We Never Knew Ye - Documenting the British Soldier in Canada, 1759-187; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
66 pages. Features: Mr. America's Big Chest Course; Barbells on Campus - Stanford University; Good Nutrition and Your Health; Win a Trophy!; Weightlifting News; World Championships Report - Warszaw; Lifting People is Fun - article with photos; Durable Superman - Coverman Ellwood Holbrook; Artistic Posing - article with photos; Exercise for the Career Girl; Nice back cover ad for York Barbells; and more. Covers detached but present. Middle page loose but present. Somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Chris van Rooyen Profile; Self-adhesive stamps - new era in SA philately; What makes a stamp collection valuable?; Royal Tours and the Post Office; and more. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book
62 pages. Author published "Mental Health Through Will Training". Subsequently, many articles written by Dr. Low appeared in a periodical called Recovery News. This volume contains those articles published in 1950 and 1951. Significant quantity of pencil underlining, else unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Maroon boards with gilt lettering. Solid copy. Book
51 pages. Companion volume to "Selections From Dr. Low's Works, Volume I (1950-1951)". Includes articles from the 1952 and 1953 issues of the periodical "Recovery News." Significant quantity of pencil underlining. Average wear. Binding solid. Maroon boards with attractive gilt lettering thereon. Book
403 pages including index. Well-travelled copy with sound binding and some yellowing. Television affects every aspect of American life. It has changed the way we live on every level of our society. This powerful study explores TV's explosive impact and includes the first surveys on the effects of television violence and explicit sex. "The most complete and certainly the most readable and entertaining account of what television has done to us." - Chicago Tribune Book
334 pages. Footnotes, bibliography and index. Black and white reproductions of photos. "Explores the realities of media censorship in the context of the tension between government, free-market media, and those deputized to act on behalf of the public good. The first examination of Canadian wartime news control to use the massive files of the censors to fill in the historical gaps and answer major questions about Canada's war effort." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket progected in Brodart. A quality copy of this fascinating and controversial history. Book
Some high-lighting in chapter seven. 2" red stain on rear cover has soaked in 2 pages. Spine is leaning. Price sticker on rear cover. Explains how the news media represents crime. Crime news focuses on the sensational and unusual, quite often reinforcing biases and stereotypes. Thus a fear of crime is created which is out of proportion to the actual risk of victimization. Book
66 pages. Features: Rod Noise; The Van Man Cometh; Chocolatetown Swap Meet; Pick-Ups Ltd Swap meet and Marching Society; Rod Product News; Building a '25 Vega Hi-Boy -Part 1; '23 T from A to Z - Part III; Hopping the Thermo-Quad; Using Wood; Keeping your engine cool; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
29 pages. Features: The Coastal Logger as seen in some novels; Mrs. Moody's First Impression of British Columbia; Haslam Hall - Ave Atque Vale; plus six book reviews. Blue covers show significant wear but contents clean and in good shape. Book
31 pages. Features: Archives and History; Chief Benedict of Boothroyd and the Department of Indian Affairs; 'Very Dear Soldiers' or ' Very Dear Labourers' - the Royal Engineers in British Columbia; Old Trails and Routes in British Columbia - Blackeye's and the 1849 HBC Trail; Captain Cook comes to Campbell River - museum displays rare Cook journals; plus six book reviews. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
33 pages. Features: Bibles and Booze - Prohibition in Chilliwack in the late 1800s. The Depression in Matsqui, 1930-1937; Willard Ernest Ireland, 1914-1979; Old Trails and Routes in British Columbia: The Boston Bar Trail, 1859-1860 - Fort Hope to Boston Bar; plus 15 book reviews. Book
41 pages. Cover illustration of the first Motor Car in Prince Rupert, B.C. May 1909. Features: T.D. Pattullo's Early Career; Prince Rupert B.C. - adjusting to the peace after WW II; John Webber - a sketch of Captain Cook's artist; Old Trails and Routes in British Columbia - Pt. Palmer's Precipice; plus 6 book reviews. Unmarked but for number "105" on back cover. Average wear. Book
37 pages. Features: One Room Schools of fifty years ago; The Hope-Nicola Trail; Book Reviews of: Schooling and Society; Caledonia -100 Years Ahead; Railway Stations; The Court House of New Westminster; Historical Portraits of Trail; God's Galloping Girl; One Century Later. Average wear. Book
80 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Schramm Glass Manufacturing Company of St. Louis, 1905-1925; Jar Talk - Killer Fruit Jars; Hair Raising Stories - Tricopherous for the Hair; British Bottle Bits - Unlisted Poison Bottle - John Southerst Patent, fantastic ads for vintage machines; Great illustrated two-page ad for a Western Glass Auctions event; Extra Special Deliveries; S.L.O.B.S. - The San Louis Obisbo Bottle Society; Bottle Network News - The Pioneer Drug Store, by David Bethman; Auctions; Bottle Displays welcome new collectors; Up-Dates; Golden Gate Show; My Little Brown Jug - Charlie Horn digs up a M.& M.Co. Island City, Oregon jug; Extraordinaire - Potomac Show & Slick's Auction, including photo of Vaseline jar collection. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: Weekend "Diggins" - The Antique Bottle Collectors of North Florida, by Arlene. Caruso, Jackie McRae & Michael Skie; Tips on buying British Isles Whisky Ceramics, by Jack Sullivan; Jar Talk - Unique colored half-gallon Mason Jars, by Jack La Baume; Hair Raising Stories - "Perry's Hungarian Balm", by Don Fadely; Extra Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News; Auction Directory; Polishing My Onion Bottles from the late 17th century - many photos, by David W. Barker; The Label Space - Richelieu Preserves, Meyer's Closure Patent, Hayward Brothers Bottled Foods from London - by Tom Caniff; Las Vegas Show - nice photos, by Steve Bava; Up-Dates; Texas Dr. Pepper, by Jack La Baume; Dublin, Texas Dr. Pepper Plant Turns 100, by Larry Zelisko. Bits of writing on first page. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: What in the World are Nordhausen Korn Schnapps? - article with photos by Jack Sullivan; Bryan's Top Shelf - Embossed Pepsi-Cola Bottles - article with photos - by Bryan Grapentine; Magic Metamorphic Advertising/Trade Cards of the late Victorian age - article plus reproductions of super vintage ads, by Dave Cheadle; "Seeking Killer Jars", by Jack La Baume; Extra Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News - Shows; Auction Directory; British Bottle Bits - Clay Pipe Bowls; The Label Space - Max Ams of Cincinnat and their patented sheet metal can and their patented cover fastening for jars, WAN-ETA Cocao of Boston - by Tom Caniff; Details of a major Western Glass Auction; Up-Dates; Bromo-Seltzer Blue - postscript to article in last issue, by Cecil Munsey. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: One Hail of a Story, by John Moore; Westmoreland's Mustards - The Westmoreland Specialty Company of Grapeville, PA; Jack La Baume tours the oldest Dr. Pepper Bottling Company in the world in Dublin, TX - great article and photos; Two Hard-to-Find Warners - Richard A. Cannon collects bottles from Hulbert Harrington Warner of Rochester, New York; Jar Talk - Jack La Baume has moved to Texas and shares his experiences; Extra Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News; British Bottle Bits - Nailsea Glass; Auction Directory; The Label Space - O.C. stands for the Oneida Community - a Smalley, Kivlan & Onthank's Double Safety Jar - An Atlas E-Z Seal packed by Harbauer; ; Up-Dates; Bottle Colors - article by Ben and Miriam Glassman. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: H. Kennedy Pottery of Glasgow - Scottish Potter for the World - good article with photos; Holston Bottling Company - an earlyDr.Pepper bottler; Political Trade Cards II - article with reproductions of super vintage ads; Jar Talk; Extra-Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News; The Owl of Munsey - Scott Grandstaff dislikes stain!; British Bottle Bits; The Label Space - Weyman & Bros. Jars; Auction Directory; Up-Dates; Digging Around. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book