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48 pages. Contains full colour artworks and photographs. Chapters include: Genesis of the Stratofortress; Stratofortress - Technical Features; Stratofortress Weapons Systems; Stratofortress in Service; Stratofortress Colours and Markings; Specifications. Light to moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Book
192 pages including references. Compassionate, thought-provoking, and extremely funny, this book shows us that we can respond to critical issues with humanity and humour. "Reads like a combination of Mark Twain, Candide, Thomas Jefferson, and Erma Bombeck. A vital contribution to sanity and survival." - Joanna Macy. Light wear. Glossy attractive covers. Small erasure to top of front flyleaf. Gift inscription and heart shape written upon half-title page, else unmarked. Book is mildly warped. Book
270 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon title page. Light to moderate wear overall. Some yellowing to pages. Shows that there is indeed a method to the Zalm 'madness.' Despite the promise of 'renewal,' there's a direct and unbroken path between the policies of Vancer Zalm and his predecessor, Bill Bennett. The indispensable record of the Vander Zalm era. Book
Features: Epidendrum nocturnum, A schizoid Species; How to Start An Affiliated Orchid society Library; New Directions in Orchid Light Gardening; Survival on the High Plains; Phytotoxicity of Benomyl on Orchid Seedlings; What is an Orchid Plant Patent?; The Cypripedilinae - Collector's Item; Effects of Ortificial Light sources, Intensity, watering Frequency and Fertilization Practices on Growthof Cattleya, Cymbidium and Phalaenlpsis Orchids; Building a Simple Flasking Case. Significant wear to cover crease else moderate rubbing to covers and light to moderate wear overall. Book
214 pages including index. Clearly written in language that you can understand. A comprehensive introduction to this topic. Physical symptoms, emotional aspects, the various forms of treatment available... all are explained in detail. Discusses the following: what is cancer; symptoms your doctor watches for; diagnostic tests; colonoscopy and polyps; when to seek a second opinion; available treatments; treatments to avoid; what happens when you have surgery; complications of surgery; chemotherapy and radiation; handling the emotional side of your condition; where to turn for help; a list of national and local resosurces. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding solid. Good working copy. Book
177 pages. Demonstrates that the feminization of psychotherapy will have lasting effects on the theories guiding the work of psychotherapists within the consulting room, their views of psychopathology and huma development, and even the techniques and goals of psychotherapeutic practice. Bookplate inside front board, else book as new. Very light wear to dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book
76 pages. One of five-hundred copies printed in first edition. "His poems build by the most essential, primary materials... yet sustain the effect of vision... Piccione's images are the kinds of dreams we rewrite in order to make sense of ourselves." - Stanley Plumly, American Poetry Review. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Very nice copy. Book
858 pages including index and some black and white illustrations. Mr. Pickersgill tells his life's story with a remarkable gift for detail, a shrewd grasp of what lies below the surface and a passionalte commitment to the country in whose affairs he has been so influential a player. Light wear. Unmarked. Attractively illustrated glossy covers. Quarter inch tear along fore-edge at bottom of front cover. Book
160 pages including index. Taken in the later 19th and early 20th centuries, these 200 photos were in the keeping of the British library in London, and were rediscovered only recently. Selected from the only complete surviving set of pictures sent to Ottawa for protection under the Copyright Act of 1895. The other two sets in Canada were partially destroyed by fire or thrown away in 1938 by order of the Cabinet. Book in fine unmarked condition with the following exception; Original purchaser wrote gift greetings upon half-title page and affixed 4 old black and white faimly photos to half-title page and back side of front free endpaper. These photos are of similar vintage to those in the book thus, in our opinion, they add to the book. Light wear to dust jacket. Book
158 pages including black and white illustrations. The real story of the peppery little earth dog that is fast becoming the darling of cosmopolitan dog lovers everywhere. Includes an accurate, factual history of the breed's beginnings and its subsequent development. Price-clipped dust jacket. Very light wear to dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book
136 pages. Features: How Jim Moores Became Florida's Go-To Guy for Restoration; '55 Downeast Dory Adventure; Painting New Wooden Boats; The Renaissance of Duckboat Racing on Barnegat Bay; Falcon II and the enduring Legacy of the Universal Rule; Beyond Formica; The PocketShip from Chesapeake Light Craft; and more. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reference copy. Book
373 pages including index. An extraordinary collection of letters by the writer Gore Vidal once called "one of our most brilliant - certainly most witty - novelists, whose literary reputation continues to grow long after her death." Contents clean and unmarked. Discard stamp upon top edge of text. Slight lean to spine. Very light wear overall. Nice copy. Book
272 pages. Documents the three phases of the Italian-Canadian fascist press, following its parabolic trajectory from the initial failure of hte 1920s, to the noisy success in the mid-1930s, and to its final demise in the early 1940s. Focuses upon three key publications: L'Italia; Il Bollettino; and L'Eco. A history of the Italian in Canada under the spell of fascist propaganda. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
350 pages including index and black and white illustrations. "A history of independent, courageous people who dared to be first, who dared to meet the challenges of a wilderness, who dared to leave their comfortable surrounds in "civilized" Britain and Europe and who dared to be leaders in a new land and in a new mountain and marine-oriented Municipality. This is the story of those people." - Don Lanskail, Mayor. Gift greetings upon dedication page and small erasure atop front endpaper else clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy in attractive glossy boards. Book
492 pages including index. Meets the needs of all students and clinicians who encounter respiratory patients. Covers the principles of drug actions, routes of administration, and specific classes of drugs. Clean, bright and unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Please note: does not include pocket guide to aerosolized agents. Book
194 pages including index and bibliography. Analyzes the respective roles of government and the voluntary sector in the financing and administration of social services. Focusing on developments in British Columbia from 1983 to 1991, when the Social Credit government actively pursued a policy of privatization, this book examines the growth of the voluntary sector there and presents data which track the impact of privatization on services. Examines the issues of funding and accountability of the voluntary sector as it adopts the public agent role and increasingly delivers services on behalf of the government. Raises important issues about government privatization policies and about the possible effects these policies will have on the future of the welfare state in Western society. Usual library markings. Average wear. A worthy working copy. Book
384 pages including bibliography and index plus 215 tables, photos, and detailed drawings. Contents include: plant nutrition; the nutrient solution; the medium; water culture; gravel culture; sand culture; sawdust culture; other soilless cultures; plant culture. Light wear to glossy boards. Few beige spots of soiling to fore-edge else clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
297 pages. The first book-length study of English Canadian nationalism in the post-World War II period. Approaching the subject from a Marxist perspective the author sets out to examine the class basis of nationalism in English Canada since the war. Average wear. Light pencil markings throughout. Good working 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
176 pages. Author commits to paper his befuddlement at the last bit of the century. This is his first book. Contains insight into those tiny conundrums, the sum of which make a life: the steadfast and comforting solidity of a Social Insurance Number; the sordid fate of night-school dropouts; the uncomfortable consequences of a boy's prematures exposure to condoms; the role of the sinus in free trade; and more. Also includes a number of author's poems, for which he hopes to be instantly acclaimed Canada's Poet Laureate. Unmarked. Five inch crease to top corner of front cover else very light wear. Book
228 pages. Describes the approaches and techniques used by innovative teachers and writers. Crease to front cover. Will help classroom teachers make language classes more participatory and communication oriented. Prior owner's details upon front flyleaf and top edge. Light wear. Sound working copy. Book
307 pages. A compact collection of readongs on the topics of policing, the courts, corrections, youth justice, and special topics in criminal justice. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
428 pages including index. Offers hope - and help! - for those citizens who see bulldozers gathering upon the horizon. A complete how-to guide written by a streetwise, battle-hardened expert who has beaten developers time and again. Unmarked. Some cigarette odour. Sticker upon front cover. Light wear. Tight and square. Nice copy. Book
575 pages including glossary. Copyright 1968. Gift greetings upon front endpaper. Contents bright, unmarked, and illustrated, primarily in colour. Contains dozens of children's stories on the following themes: Anywhere; Bold Beginnings; Wondrous Things; Courage to Try; Of Cabbages and Kings. An excellent reader for young students. Only light wear. Book
363 pages. Shows how technology products can help teachers with efficiency, exploration and creativity. Clean, bright and unmarked. Light wear. Four inch crease to top corner of front cover. Excellent copy. Book