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212 pages including index. "These are the same kind of authentic stories I tell on the radio every day. Since launching 'The Canadian Achievers' in 1985 I have never run short of exciting true stories about the achievements of living Canadians - and never will. because Canada is a country of achievers." - the author. Read this book and discover how you too can become a Canadian Achiever. Unmarked. Light wear. Crease to front cover. Book
Features: Rocket Richard - on the brink of 50... and oblivion; Great old stories from our pages polished and returned 'good as new' - Zoltan Szoboszloi, Anne Murray, Jacqueline Kennedy; The Canadian Magazine kite; What's Where (and worthwhile) in Halifax - or, the things the guidebooks never tell you (please note that there are several long black ink marks across this article; The kindest cut of all - it's called the Caesar, the lady barber says, and it covered Pierre Trudeau's bald spot - Lucille Savage, co-owner of Ottawa's Le Connoisseur. Average wear. Short tears to and chips from fore-edge of last few pages. Book
189 pages including index and bibliography. "One cannot truthfully tell the history of Matsqui and the surrounding area unless one takes careful account of the influence of the church on the lives of the people who pioneered and developed it." - from the Foreward. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Contents clean and unmarked. Light wear and soiling to illustrated covers. Very nice copy. Book
254 pages. Buying a house or condominium is the most expensive purchase of a lifetime for most people. Yet people will buy a home on the basis of a first impression or the assurances of a salesperson they do not even know! This volume is a complete do-it-yourself inspection guide that provides a thorough approach to all of the components of a house, property and neighbourhood. The authors target the symptoms of existing problems and tell how to pinpoint where future problems might occur in all areas. Features checklists, diagrams, charts, appendices and glossary. Average wear. Clean and unmarked. Solid copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Nice two-color illustrated Firestone ad inside front cover features mother and children; Why Half the People Do not Vote - An Explanation; Booth Tarkington Talks of Many Things; Farming Must Become a Chemical Industry - development of co-products will solve present agricultural problem; Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech; The Use of Great Names in 'Blue Sky' Swindles; Ye Knife - Ye Forke - Ye Spoone - a brief history of those noble tools; Henry Ford's Page - money, a national commodity, has been made a private concession; Editorial - news from Russia that the only Jew remaining in a position of importance is Litvinov as the Communist Party threatens to become anti-Semitic after the death of M. Djerjinski; The Harvard of Our Forefathers; The Ebb and Flow of Winged Waves - bird article; The Voyage of the Victoria (part 12) - When Pirates Ruled; Chats with Office Callers - ; Can You Tell Me?; I Read in the Papers - M. Loewenstein Makes an Offer, That Monkey Opera in Budapest, Chess Comes from India; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition with very light shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for previous owner's name on half title page. 579 pages; sections include: Origins of domestication: environmental background; Patterns of exploitation, Methods of investigation: cereals in ancient Egypt, pollen grains of Gramineae and Cerealia from Shandiar and Zawi chemi, Domestication and exploitation of animals: Animal husbandry: the evidence from ethnography, Metrical destinction betwee sheep and goat metacarpals, Regional and local evidence for domestication: early domestic animals in India and Pakistan, early cultivated plants in India and Pakistan, Carnivore remains from the excavation of the Jericho Tell, early animal domestication and cereal cultivation in China, Studies of particular taxonomic groups, Human nutrition etc.
194296243London: Allen & Unwin 1942. 1st edition. Very Nice Copy. small octavo. orig. cloth 185pp. bibliog. Wonderful piece of Wartime propaganda. Author interviewed experts on mental diseases and is able to show that Hitler is a neurotic weakling with incurable failings. i.e. a typical German infected with the same disease Ger-mania that has always made Germany the professional disturber of EuropeÕs Peace. No dust jacket & neat ownership stamp but a very nice crisp copy in bright purple boards. Very scarce Allen & Unwin hardcover
1494036371.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
194230895London: Allen & Unwin 1942. 1st edition. Nice Copy. small octavo. chipped dust jacket 185pp. bibliog. Wonderful piece of Wartime propaganda. Author interviewed experts on mental diseases and is able to show that Hitler is a neurotic weakling with incurable failings. i.e. a typical German infected with the same disease Ger-mania that has always made Germany the professional disturber of EuropeÕs Peace. Very scarce Allen & Unwin unknown
262 pages including index. A four-time delivery room veteran talks to you the way that only a best friend can. Moderate wear. Minor water marks to last few pages. Solid copy. Book
217 pages. Songs include: A New Beginning; Ain't Givin' Up Now; Are You Ready?; Come to Me; Come Unto Me; Come Unto Jesus; Follow Jesus; For Me, For You; Free Again; Get in Touch with the Savior; Give Them All to Jesus; God's Love; God's Mighty Peace; He Gives Me Joy; He Knew Me Then; He Means All to Me; He's Coming Back; Heart O'Mine; Hey, I'm a Believer; I Can't Wait; I Love the Son; I Wish You All Could Know Him; If I Had it to do All Over Again; It is in Loving You; Jesus Got Ahold O' My Life; Jesus (He is the Son of God); Jesus I'm an Open Book; Joy in the Morning; Just Because he Loves You; Just When I Need Him; Would you Tell me His Name Again?; Keep Singing that Love Song; Lady; Land of Oohs and Ahs; Let Him in Today; Life in Jesus; Lift Him Up; Lift Up the Name of Jesus; Little Flowers; Long Ago; Nobody Cares Like Jesus; Our House; Peace, Joy and Love; Praise the Lord; Psalm 9; Resurrection; Rise Again; Shepherd's Song; Someday (It May Be Tomorrow); Song of Love; Sweet Jesus Peace; Sweet Lovin' Grace; The Music's Gotta Stop Someday; The Way, The Truth, The Life; There is a Light; 'Till I Met the Christ; We're not Strangers anymore; Would you Believe in Me?; Your Heart, your Home; You're Gonna Love Your New Life. Heavily worn but still worthy of use. Book
Wear and creases to cover. 33 pages. Includes these songs: Bamboo, Blowin' in the Wind, Early in the Morning, Gone the Rainbow, Hush-A-Bye, Man of Constant Sorrow, Oh Rock My Soul, Pretty Mary, Puff the Magic Dragon, Tell it on the Mountain, This Train.
143 pages. "Not all visions are unique but Barry Callaghan has broken from a dream that is both unique and marvelous. Thank God he got back alive to tell us!... The book will burn your fingers. The occasion of its publication is one of those all too rare events - the sounding of a new and authentic voice." - Timothy Findlay. Usual library markings. Average wear. Includes numerous wonderful colour plates of author's art. Book
183 pages. Gives the answer to every question about 400-day clocks which will ever face a repairman. Explains the escapement action in simple, understandable language, using clearly and carefully detailed illustrations. Makes it possible to tell - in less than a minute - which of 21 different strength suspension springs is correct for over 350 identified clocks. Shows how the suspension unit should be assembled for every model imported since 1949. Includes almost 500 illustrations. "The most complete repair manual of its kind ever published." - J.E. Coleman, Clockmaker, Nashville, TN. Contents clean and unmarked. Moderate wear to book. Multiple closed tears to dust jacket which shows average wear and remains of decent appearance. Solid copy. Book
19633120483Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell 1963. 335 Seiten. Gr. 8° (22,5-25 cm). Orig.-Broschur. [Softcover / Paperback].
96 pages. Very attractively illustrated throughout in both colour and black and white. Chapters include: The History of Jigsaw Puzzles; Themes and Variations; Schoolmasters Puzzle Their Brains; Puzzle the Devil; Nature Puzzles; Going Places; Tell Old Tales; Pieces of History; The Puzzle is the Message; Puzzle Key Pictures; plus index. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Spray of small purple dots to bottom edge and bit of half-title page. Minor bit of adhevise on glossy back cover. A lovely gift for your special jigsaw puzzle afficionado. Very nice copy. Book
132 pages. Features: Many gorgeous color fashion ads; Three generations of the Mitchell family are featured in Sohmer piano ad; Chinese Nuclear Research - article with photos; The World of the Unborn - the new medical specialty of Fetology; Holy Men of India - In Search of Seekers of the Truth; Don't Tell it to the Computer - the threat it represents to privacy; Toscanini - the Greatest Single Influence on Today's Conductors; George Plimpton - story with photos of his varied activities; El San Juan Hotel (Puerto Rico) ad features Lou Puro, Chairman of the Board; Sweater fashion photos; "Because I Say So" - raising children; Sensuous Cone Towel ad; 1966 Was a Happening for Home Furnishings; Save the Children Federation ad features the family of Nancy and John Seletti - and young Chang Sook of Korea; and more. Above-average wear to front cover which is almost loose. Back cover missing. A worthy vintage copy. Book
48 pages. This glamorous publication brought New York women important information including: news of the choicest fashion, entertainment, current happenings, where to go, what to see, and how much to pay. Features: Color cover photo features lady applying lipstick amongst a throng of well-dressed football fans; Nice Franklin Simon's one-page ad featuring Persian (wool) Prestige; Super half-page photo ad for Best & Co. features 'Sequins for Glamour'; Nice Macy's full-page ad features photo of four fashionable kids disembarking the 'Normandie'; Full-page ad for Macy's Little Shop features elegant lady in evening gown; The tragic case of Elizabeth Smith, convicted of second degree manslaughter in the death of her newborn; Great one-page Singer sewing machine ad encourages readers to make the $4 dress illustrated; Several photos commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty; Photos and brief article on new diaper service (which some readers thought was a fiction!); Flaming Youth - Sixteen Years Older - "The Younger Generation" that made the 1920's such hectic years grows old and conservative, and its bearded prophets tell how they grew up - article with before and after photos of H.L. Mencken and F. Scott Fitzgerald; "Dear Martha Deane" - brief article with nine photos of radio broadcaster Mary Margaret McBride; 'Mama Martinelli and her Soup of Vengeance'; Photo-illustrated three-page article on Gloria Vanderbilt; Article on John Perona's 'fashionable hellhole' El Morocco - including photo of Jack Dempsey and Perona; The Fashion Ediitor's Diary; Two nice full-page color fashion photos; Review of some New York hair salons; Color-illustrated centerfold features Football Fashions; So Much To Buy - So Much to Spend; Evening accessories; Skin products; There's a difference in light bulbs - photo-illustrated article compares American with foreign bulbs; Color photos of fine china and sparkling crystal tableware; We Shop the Town; Hearty Dinners for Cold Days; Photos and article on the movie "Libeled Lady" which starred Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy; Schaefer beer one-page ad mentions Empire City horse racing, Oct. 19-31; Maisonette Russe is opend with the blessing of Archimandrite Inna - brief article with photos; Manhattan Date Book; Nice color-illustrated Kotex ad inside back cover features fashionable ladies; and more. Unmarked with modest wear. A quality copy of this great vintage depression-era item. Magazine
Features: Nice color Pepsi ad on page 3; Merrily we Probe Along - Ralph Schoenstein talks about the analysis fad and a nation of psychic Peeping Toms; The World Needs the Truth about America - RFK proposes a plan to sell U.S. Ideals on an open market; Water-Hole Wonderland - man-made Lake Texoma; Hawaii's Hustling Shepherd - Rev. Abraham Akaka of Hawaii infuses new vigor into the Christian ministry; Don't Tell Me About Diets - Jockey Eric Guerin reveals the dieting truths he has learned during a 15-year struggle to avoid eating himself out of business; The Many Moods of Robert Mitchum - an exclusive account of the turbulent career and times of Hollywood's rugged nonconformist - many great black and white photos; Luxurious Mountaintop - the Burgenstock in Switzerland; Frank Robinson Comes of Age; Grand Tour for a College Combo - the Route 2 Tooters junket through Europe bartering their jazz music for a summer's fun. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
ria9781349290895_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; An interpretative history of the emergence and consolidation of the modern state in Jordan this book examines the resilience of the Hashemite monarchy and the economic sources of social power under Ottoman British and post-colonial H paperback
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62514599MacMillan pp. 232 . Hardback. New. MacMillan hardcover
0230108016.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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