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321 pages including bibliography. The first anthology devoted exclusively to climbing on the world's two highest and best-known mountains. Spans the years 1933 through 1996. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
354 pages. Contains 14 selections for people who love the wilderness and readers who love great writing. Very light wear. Unmarked. Minor damage to half-title page. Excellent copy. Book
117 pages including bibliography. Light to moderate soiling and wear. The first of a series of volumes on the Indian history of British Columbia, a history which begain at least a hundred centuries before the Province itself was born, and which is still being made. This volume covers the post-contact or historic period, roughly the past two centuries. Book
161 pages. Author's signature upon title page. The compelling sequel to the immensely popular "Weet"! Eric, his sister Rose and their faithful dog Sally find themselves thrown back into a familiar, albeit frightening, world - a world of 65 million years ago when dinosaurs ruled. Unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
286 pages including index. An ambitious and engrossing portrait of an insecure, ambitious and not always scrupulous young man who invented a personality, and a myth, to make it to the top. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
176 pages including index. This invaluable guide for parents, educators, and physicians shows how an autistic child views his world, the difficult behavioral and emotional problems that must be expected, and how these can be coped with. Aims toward the careful progressive development of the autistic child toward integration in society through individual growth. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Moderate quantity of pencil markings. Minor warp to glossy green front board. Clean copy with very light wear. Book
104 pages. An unusually brilliant presentation of fine art and craftsmanship, lively interviews with artists and penetrating descriptions of four major areas of Maui - a picture book that is delightful to read. Artwork is displayed in full color in an exceptionally large format. Whether you've lived all your live on Maui or are visiting it for the first time, Artists of Maui provides enough excitement, knowledge and surprises to make it a must. Very light wear. Unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
200 pages. A story about the triumph of the human will and the follower of Christ's responsibility to stand against false political ideology. A story each of us could someday be asked to relive. Book shows light wear and is clean and unmarked. Average wear to dust jacket. Overall, a nice copy. Book
148 pages. Chaika Wiseman is 82 now - a Ukrainian Jew who came to Canada in the 1920s. In childhood and now again for several decades she has been making dolls - an outpouring of "naive" art that is astonishing in its variety and profusion, and also astonishing for what it tells us about Chaika Wiseman's own history and vision of life. Relates Chaika's tough, idiosyncratic family; a childhood in Russia - the river, the village people, the pograms - and the struggle to make ends meet during the Depression in Winnipeg. Then, leads readers into the mystery - why the dolls and where they came from. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper else unmarked. Very light wear. Minor moisture stain to top edge of text. Dust jacket bears three 1" tears to back panel and average wear. Nice copy. Book
71 pages. Author's signature and inscription appear beneath table of contents. "Compiled from experience in the area of Christian healing covering the past twelve years. As the experiences have deepened over the years, so has the Word of God come to life, and an attempt has been made to quote the particular Scripture which relates to a specific aspect of healing. All names and locations regarding case healings have been changed, and I have tried to relate every case in honesty, as results have been made known verbally or by letter." - from the Introduction. Circa 1980? Book
256 pages. An extremely comprehensive illustrated listing of everything the model railroader could ever want. Spine leans to left. Light sticker adhesive upon front cover. Craft seller's rubber stamp in appropriate spot upon back cover. Bit of writing in pen in top corner on backside of front cover, else no other marks noticed. Book
62 pages. Light curl to lower corner of front cover. Light wear at edges. Why do some schools and districts thrive in a decentralized environment while others simply go through the motions? To determine what factors foster improved school performace through school-based management (SBM), reserachers at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles spent more than four years studying schools and districts in the United States, Canada, and Australia. They report their findings - based on visits to 40 schools, interviews with 400 people, and archival and survey data - in this concise book. Book
197 pages. "A new opportunity for a wider audience to engage head and heart with a provocative and important thinker... Perhaps a warning should be placed on the cover: This book could change you." - Christian Century. Minor quantity of high-lighting else unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
405 pages including index. In a wry, absorbing and often sureal narrative, she relates the horrors that led to her disillusionment with the "worker's paradise." Creates an extraordinary portrait of the world's most populous nation. Book is clean, unmarked and shows negligible wear. Dust jacket shows light soiling and wear. Very nice copy. Book
195 pages including index. Examines how culture creates and sustains our definitions of caring, determines who cares along gender lines, and assigns the diminished value that caring has in our society. Prior owner's name inside front cover. Clean. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
240 pages including index. Presents the history of British Columbia in all its exciting contrast with almost four hundred illustrations. Spans the whole range from the age of the dinosaurs to the politics of the 1980s. "The pictures are well chosen so the reader comes away with a good idea of what life was like during the different periods of B.C.'s development. Woodcock's text, which is always quick and readable, completes a production that could serve as a model for others of the sort." - Books in Canada. Gift greetings upon front endpaper. Light wear overall. Some sunning to spine of jacket. Nice copy. Book
112 pages. With step-by-step instruction on landscape and seascape painting including: The Beginner's Basic Materials; Paints and Brushes; Drawing Boards and Easels; Kit for Painting Outdoors; Techniques for using all the Major Media - Watercolour, Oils, Acrylic, Couache, Pastels, as well as Sketching in Colour and Black and White. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
138 pages including index. Does your landscape just dry up sometimes? Do you spend hours watering your lawn and garden? If so, then you need this book! Water-saving and money saving options. Pros and cons of different water sources. How to use gravity, not pumps. Plumbing how-to. How to buy and install underground lawn sprinklers. Simple descriptions of pumping systems. How to get maximum growing results. Clean, bright and unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
219 pages including bibliography and black and white illustrations. "Rich in information about our past, from European discovery to settlement, the creation of the townsite, incorporation, and the development of the modern town, while preserving its village character." - Jack Collins, Mayor, Qualicum Beach. Clean and unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
64 pages. A collection based on the tumultuous and brave history of the Chinese immigrants to Canada. Drawing upon the real background of the Chinese role in the gold rush, the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the settling of the west coast in the nineteenth century, Yee has created eight original stories that combine the rough-and-tumble adventure of frontier life with the rich folk traditions that these immigrants brought from China. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Very light wear. Lovely copy of this attractive volume. Book
84 pages in light green card covers. Author's third book of published poetry. He lives on Arbutus Bay, British Columbia. Contains: Crossing the Strait Enroute to Parksville; City-vs-Country Life; Thunder in the Bay; Mountains...Sea...Glaciers...Forest Silences...; Island Flowers; Herons...Eagles...Gulls...Crows...Squirrels...; A Deja-Vu of Parksville and Maui Beaches; Olga. Book
113 pages. The personal story of one of Canada's leading anti-nuclear and peace activists. Her quest for truth about the nuclear industry - and its complicity in her husband's death and the lengthy cover-up that followed - eventually led her to a determined campaign of civil disobedience to alert the public to "an extremely dangerous, expensive and carelessly operated technology." Gift inscription upon half-title page, else unmarked. Very light wear. Illustrated glossy covers. Book
565 pages including index. Provides students with a firm foundation in the traditional topics of plant physiology while placing the major concepts in the dynamic context of contemporary biology. Moderate quantity of light pencil underlining and marginalia. Moderate wear overall. Solid, attractive copy. Book
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; printed wrappers, a near fine copy. SCARCE.
8vo., Second Edition, with plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; green cloth, upper board with regimental insignia blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised reissue of the original edition of 1949, with factual corrections and index of personal names. Sutcliffe, p.367; White, p. 186 (both recording the original edition).
