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272 pages including glossary and index. Let two leading fertility experts lead you through the treatment process. Provides clear, concise information on everything from basic physiology to choosing a doctor, and covers the latest assisted reproduction technologies and ethical issues. Accompany a patient on her 30-day journey through a cycle of in vitro fertilization and discover not only the physical but also the emotional impact of infertility treatment. This book can help you get pregnant. "...Filled with useful and reassuring information. It will be a great help to doctors and patients alike." - Dr. Art Ulene, "The Today Show". Moderate wear. Contents clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Otto Duecker Cover Illustration; Combining materials can lead to special techniques; Otto Duecker; Shirley Sturtz-Davis experiments with landscape painting; Jane Culp; Perfect Values for Pastels; Jane Sutherland's New Works; Virginia Artist Anthony Watkins; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
136 pages. Features: Can the new President (LBJ) overcome standpattism in Congress; LBJ Program in Action - photo feature; Unless We Lead We Will Falter; What Kind of Nation Are We? - thoughts in the wake of JFK's murder; Do White Men Have a Future in Africa? - T.J. Mboya of Kenya says yes, as long as they do their part in nation building; Visit to a Russian Village - photo-illustrated article on a trip to the Russian countryside, where few Westerners are permitted; The Importance of Angel Investors to Broadway Producers; Should it Take 34 Months for a Trial?; Today's American Ex-Pats are often businessmen, nor rebels; By 1966 Half of Us Will Be Under 25; The New York City Center of Music and Drama turns 20; Photos of Manhattan town home redone by architect James Stewart Polshek;On Human Rights - thoughts, new and old, as Human Rights Week begins; and more. Ads: one-page ad for Henry Mancini's soundtrack to the movie 'Charade"; Nice fashion ads; Bulova Accutron; 2-page ad for Look Magazine; Color ad for Sony consumer electronics; Cuesta-Rey Cigars; Wilkinson Sword Pruners; Loft's Little Fruit Cakes; Beautiful one-page color-photo ad for E.J. Korvette ladies' fashions - nautical theme; Unox Ham. First few pages rumpled, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy Book
32 p. Double column. Paper browning but not brittle. Softcover. 190 mm. Original tri-color printed pictorial wraps. Covers slightly soiled. Volume Three, Number Twenty-Eight. Very good. Edward Lytton Wheeler (1854-1885) was a professional 'Sensational Novelist' whose "Deadwood Dick" was the most popular hero of the dime novel era at the end of the 19th century. Through 'Dick' he greatly influenced boys (and men) to view the West as eternally exciting and heroic. W8RtRear
12 pages. "The most terrifying secrets of self-defense ever known to man - gathered from confidential sources throughout the world - and published here for the first time!" - from front cover. Contents: Joseph Weider's Personal and Private Correspondence - How to Defend Yourself Against the Senseless Wanton Attacks of Vandal Destroyers; Protect yourself from being Knocked Out by Club, Stick, Bat or Blackjack Attacks to these Vulnerable Areas of Your Body; Watch Out for these Deadly Weapons Used by Vandals to Attack You; What a Weider "Terror-Fighter Does in case of Emergencies; Flatten your "Vandal" Attacker in Seconds; Defend Yourself Against Vandal Attacks by doing this; Avoid Vandal Attacks With These Defensive Counter-Attacks; Fight off a Hockey Stock, Baseball Bat, Lead Pipe or Blackjack with these defensive tactics. Vandal Attackers are a "Push-Over" When you Follow these 6 Golden Fighting Rules. Boldly illustrated in black and red. Average wear. Multiple pen markings on two pages where prior owner studied this work intensely. A sound copy of this great vintage collectible. Book
Previous owner's name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight fading to spine foot, a little foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or creased with small tears to lower edge. 224pp. Very detailed study of lead toxicology, extremely well referenced.
72 pages. Features: The Killing of Antoine Fiant - Nate, Clay & George Kinsley, Metis; Old LeMoigne's Lead Mine - John LeMoigne, Rhyolite, Nevada; They Didn't All Die with their Boots On - Bill Tilghman, Cole Younger, William Milton Breakenridge; Grass-Grown Streets in Sierra Nevada - Part III; Jose (Maria) Polancio - Killed by Indians; Loopholes and Nooses - George Webster; William S. "Bill" Hart; Legend of Howards Well; Victoria's Gayest Rogue - John Charles Butts, Victoria BC; Free "Homes" in the Pecos Valley - Bill Morgan, James Carper; Spanning the Monster Deschutes - Joseph H. Sherar - . Above-Average wear. Pen marks and highlighting. Sound working copy. Book
Topics/Photos: America's Gemini 3 blasts into space; Man's first steps into space as Leonov swims from Voskhod 2; American steps to reduce Russian lead; Selma Civil Rights March; The future of the public school; Battle of Waterloo refought upon the Chelsea table-top; Rowing Battles; Hancock's Heroic Dash saves day for England; Oldest Sardis begins to emerge in American diggings; Rocking-Horse School; 3 Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
191 pages. More than a cookbook, this is a unique story, created and shaped by the very personal moments and memories of the 96 celebrities who have generously contributed to this book. Although they lead extremely public lives, all of them took time to respond to the invitation to help celebrate the importance of caring and sharing. These remarkable women are the "lights" behind Celebrity Lights - a book designed not as a collection of light recipes but as an innovative way to create a beacon of light in the battle against breast cancer. Contributors include Hillary Clinton, Aline Chretien, Adrienne Clarkson, Diana Krall, Anne Murray and many more. A very attractive volume in glossy pastel boards. Illustrated dust jacket is similarly attractive. Approximately 8" high by 7" wide. A perfect gift. Book
28 pages. Features: Alberta is Manning Country - Excellent article on Ernest Manning who took over as head of government in Alberta twenty-five years ago - colour photo of E.C. Manning and black and white photo of his son Preston Manning; Interview with Montreal Model Nicole Deslauriers - article with photos; Interview with golfer Billy Casper - article and photos; Nice colour ad for the CCM Firebird bicycle which has a 'banana' seat and endorsement by Bobby Hull; Article on Lasers; "The Fool" - Barry Finch and his group of designers lead London in way-out fashions - article with colour photos; Hires Root Beer ad; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Please note: 3"x 8" clipping from page 23 only affects recipe and preview of next issue. A quality vintage copy. Book
205 pages. Author's signature upon title page. Black and white illustrations. This book was "conceived in the campfire glow of four big-game hunters in the mountains and forests of British Columbia, and grew slowly over the twenty years they hunted together.... Shares not only the beauty and challenges of this beautiful land, but also the tales they told as they whiled away the fire-lit evening hours of their hunting years - of their youth in the dust-stormed depression years on the Canadian prairies; roding the rods; ice train hauling freight in the frozen north; wartime from the standpoint of an infantry platoon commander and a Navy sub-chaser; the real life of an underground coal and hardrock miner; high lead on big timber logging; commercial fishing on the Pacific, and much more." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
Book is in excellent, as-new condition with sraight, tight, solid binding, sharp corners, creaseless covers. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 51 pages with maps, charts, b&w photos, lots of very specific and descriptive detail regarding the system.
545 pages including index. Chapters include: Commercial Explosives; Blasting Supplies and Accessories; Blasting with Safety Fuse; Blasting Electrically; Blasting with Detonating Cord; Loading Explosives; Blasting in Underground Mines; Blasting in Coal Mines; Tunnelling Operations; Surface Blasting Operations; Blasting Ditches, Stumps, Boulders, Gravel Pits, Fills, etc.; Seismic Prospecting; Use of Explosives for Special Purposes; Transportation, Distribution and Storage; Accident Prevention; Electric Blasting Caps - Average Resistances; Copper Lead Wire - Resistance and Capacity; Maximum Number of Electric Blasting Caps for Series-in-Parallel Circuits; Properties of C-I-L High Explosives; Properties of C-I-L Blasting Agents; Approximate Average Weight per Cartridge; Approximate Average Weight of Explosives per foot in Column Loads; Properties of C-I-L Permitted Explosives. Properties of C-I-L Blasting Agents; Loading Densities. Appendices include: Blasting Check-up Form; Calculations for a Large Electrical Blast; Average Weight of Various Materials; Abstract Revised British Table of Distances. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photographs. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
187 pages. Two week retreats. A four day camp. A week-long camp. Designed to strengthen students to become fully devoted followers of Christ. Unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
First edition, vi, 442, [2]pp., large folding frontispiece of "a ground plan of the antient Roman Bath" (foxed and partially offset onto title), presentation inscription on upper blank margin of title "W. Godwin with the author's best regards.", original boards, uncut, rebacked.
Seuil, L'Histoire Immédiate, 1979, 280 pp., broché, tranches brunies, couverture un peu défraîchie, état correct.
46 pages. Features: Mayoral ads for Joy Leach and Larry Iwaskow; Moving on from the Mill - Port Alberni's work-force heads into the 90s; Big Changes - a new Nanaimo City Plan will lead downtown and the waterfront into the next century - with large photo of Victoria Crescent; Photo of the Gordon St. area and the old Malaspina Hotel; Photo of Gino Sedola on the Visiting Vessel Pier; Ian le Cheminant and the Victorian restoration of the Thomson residence on Milton St. - article with construction photo; Phantoms of the Island, by Linda Putnam - discusses Kanaka Pete (Peter Kakua); Super aerial photo of downtown Nanaimo with Cameron Island under construction; Dozens of ads for local small businesses; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
120 pages. A tribute to those, past and present, who have encouraged the quest for leadership in business. A collection of memories by some of those who have helped lay the foundation of Western Business School. Clean and bright with very light wear. Small erasure atop front endpaper else unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
259 pages. This book can lead you to the adoption of your choice - whether that be of an infant through a private, independent arrangement, a special needs child through a public agency, an international adoption, or some other plan suited just for you. "A unique and important contribution to the literature on adoption." - Jim Pahz, Past President, The International Alliance for Ethics in Adoption. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Excellent copy. Book
48 pages. Colour photos of Robert Plant. Songs include: Billy's revenge; Dance on My Own; Heaven Knows; Helen of Troy; Ship of Fools; Tall Cool One; Walking Towards Paradise; The Way I Feel; White, Clean and Neat; Why. Average wear. Few pencil lyrics added to Ship of Fools, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Book
262 pages including index. Explores the relationship between fracture theory and engineering design in the hope that this will lead to improvements in the philosophy of design and to a clearer understanding of the goals of future research. Scope is restricted to metallic materials. Bright gilt upon spine and front board. Light wear to spine ends and board corners. Unmarked aside from former owner's details upon front endpaper. Book
6 Cassette Tape Set. Circa 1986. Let the master of success help you reach higher levels of achievement! Former business library copy. Small library sticker at base of spine else unmarked. Front cover has separated from balance of tape case yet whole package remains quite attractive with very light signs of use. Book
Pages 225-256. Features: Hon. Alvah W. Sulloway - article with illustration of subject; New Hampshire at Saratoga; Favors, Faults and Future of the American System; New Hampshire Men at Bunker Hill and Bennington; The Use, Misuse and Abuse of Text-Books; Physical Degeneracy - a less-than-positive report on the health of local people from the Nashua School Report for 1876 by John Goodale, Superintendant; Ads inside back cover for D.Arthur Brown & Co., Salem Lead Company and the Phenix Hotel of Concord, NH. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this early issue. Magazine
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 7 1/4"w x 10 3/4"h. 96 pages. Text in English and French.
Former owner's name faintly in pencil atop front cover, else unmarked. Stapled contents separated from cover. Covers well-worn but contents good or better. Back cover graced with black and white advertisement from the Committee on Mobilization of Relief Resources featuring image of a man tightening his belt. Features: Seeing with invisible light - use of ultr-violet light makes possible the 9000 power microscope; A new dam-reconditioning method - concrete facing is of novel construction; Editorials - synthetic rubber - studies in sex - we build ships; Is space expanding? - evidence points to the fact that the universe is exploding; Mechanical stevedores aboard ship - ship is converted into a "self-unloader"; Gorilla - greatest of all apes - thrills of a scientific expedition's hunt for gorillas; Safety rules for the airways - Department of Commerce regulations are all-inclusive; Eugenics for cows but not for humans - much of so-called eugenics is based upon fallacies; Marking the nations's boundaries - Questions of state's boundaries are complex and interesting; New York's newest subway cars - cars for new line are greatly improved; What science really is - why had the Greeks or the Chinese no Industrial Revolution?; Erosion Dares the west - a menace and the measures that must be taken to defeat it; From the archeologist's note book; Curious lead tablet, Luristan bronzes, a benevolent hippopotamus, a road of the ages; Analyzing "Archies" shots - Theodolite records shell-bursts in movies for close study; New and exotic delights for our table - many delicious fruit and vegetable immigrants in American markets. Book