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96 pages. He joined the Navy to serve his country. He kept the Sabbath to honor his God. His convictions challenged, he remained true... whatever the cost. Nice unmarked copy with only light wear. Book
228 pages. Author and thousands of other British children became know as the 'evacuees,' part of the greatest movement of people that Britain had ever experienced. This in the early days of World War II. Clean, bright and unmarked but for prior owner's name atop front endpaper. Light wear overall. Bit of price sticker adhesive remains upon dust jacket. Minor lean to spine. Nice copy. Book
79 pages. "A responsively irritable record of how it is to live bodily life now that the old maps don't tell us the truth. Hryniuk writes with intelligence and conscience. Her book has startling insights to offer." - Brian Fawcett. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
157 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon front endpaper. Includes black and white illustrations. "Since 1967 this work has been continually under consideration by the North Bay Hydro Commission and upon my retirement at the end of January 1973 I was asked to undertake the work. This book, then, is the result of my efforts to collect and coordinate all the many bits of information on North Bay Hydro and to compile and organize them into a chronological history." - author. Text divided into the following eight parts: The Early Days of Electrical Energy in North Bay 1885-1916; Ontario Hydro Administers Hydro Service to North Bay 1916-1940; North Bay Hydro 1941-1968; West Ferris Hydro 1916-1968; Widdifield Hydro 1916-1968; Amalgamated North Bay Hydro 1968-1973; Hydro Personalities; Statistics. Contents clean and unmarked. Light wear to book and dust jacket which bears a half inch tear at the top of the back panel. Nice copy. Book
Over one inch thick. Many black and white photos. Features include: Through the Fields of Chukchi - a report of a Russian icebreaker's trip through a frozen sea; Along the Walnut Run - an N.F.B. story of the Nodwell Transporters, all-Canadian mechanical monsters; Tin Can Line is a Mighty Fine Line - a fast trip along a fantastic railway; Pioneering Arctic Air Services in Greenland - Scheduled Helicopter Flights; Transportation and the Settlement Frontier in the Mackenzie Valley Area; 175 Years after Mackenzie - a trip along the route of the great explorer; Beasts of Burden - a chapter from a book by Eskimo children of Chesterfield Inlet; Television in the North; Blow Spirit - Irene Baird's strange rescue from a storm; Yukon Pattern - a total approach to the problem of development of the Yukon; Fossil Harvest in the Far North; Tundra Trading - the fox fur trade; The Fur Auction - an exciting business; Canadian Fur Overseas - Canadian fur promotion; Fur Industry - the old and new of the industry; The Trapping Profession in the Northwest Territories - Father Brown of Colville Lake presents his case for a new approach to trapping; Walrus Galore! - Chesley Russell reminisces about walrus hunts he has been on; Neighbours - an Eskimo famly enlivens an Arctic campout; Turnabout - an African couple brings light to the dark north; Yukon Paperback - A. A. Wright browses through a 1909 publication; How to cook a Polar Bear; The Port Burwell Co-operative; From the Journal of Baron Munchausen - the great travel-liar visits Russia; Yukon tourist calendar; N.W.T. Tourist Calendar; A Tour of the better spots in the North; Cathay Revisited; Eskimo Art from Holman; Comment Est-ce Dans Le Nord; A Fair Trade - his freedom for a mug of tea - excerpt from a novel by Robert Kroetsch; Bicultural Ookpik - a pin-up designed by Eric Wilson; Yukon Mining Survey - 1965; Flowers of the Forest - Indian crafts from Fort Franklin, N.W.T.; The Tukcoat - an example of Eskimo handiwork; The Co-operative movement in the Arctic (2nd part in a series); The Return - a story of the occult; Northern Health Service - a picture story of the people it serves; Transportation at the top of the world; Indian Giver - short story by Fortesque McKay; Manuel - short story by Alf Copland; The Romance of Northern Names; The Bronze Cross - Scouting's Highest Honour; Early Geographical Concepts of the Northwest Passage; Pine Point Revisited; Growth of NWT Government; But Eskimo Children don't cry!; Bewildered Hunters in the 20th Century - N.W.T councillor Abe Okpik recounts a modern dilemma; Mountain Climbing in the Arctic, by P.D. Baird; A Daughter of the Midnight Sun; Women in Soviet Arctic Regions; Ma Courte Carriere de Vice-Reine; Memories of a Whaling Town; Transport by Submarine in Arctic Waters; Inukshooks and Itigaseemautes - mysterious beacons of the North; High School Drop-ins; Who will Be I; Community Health Workers at Hobbema; Wrangel Island Wrangle; Murder Trial in Spence Bay; Christmas on the Trapline; You only take the First Trip Once; Penny's Polar Probe, 1850-51; Tea and Bannock; Ookpik; The reindeer Journey; The Seal Hunt; An Indian Tale of Birch Bark, Musk-rat Tails and Rabbits' Ears; Since the Days of Barter; Still Life in a Tent; Eskimo Wife. Moderate wear. Tightly bound. Minimal library markings. Book
229 pages plus bibliography. Follows a strictly-based, educated Wyoming girl through the sweep of sparsely-homesteaded northern Alberta to cross the Rockies and pause for a time of heart-ache and new beginnings in British Columbia's Robson Valley, before moving on to the awesome landscape of Canada's arctic. Includes black and white illustrations. "She was a young school teacher, and he was a homesteader with sawmilling in his blood. When he asked her to marry him, she never dreamed of the places they would go, or the situations she would find herself in. but it wouldn't have mattered - she'd have married him anyway. Prior owner's name atop front flyleaf else unmarked. Light wear. Very nice copy. Book
25 pages plus colour plates. Text in French. Undated. Probably circa the turn of the century. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Pencil writing upon back board. Light undulations to some pages suggest light moisture exposure. Above average wear. Hinges intact. Top 2.5 inches of binding open (not visible from exterior). Colour plate at page 14 has pencil markings. One colour plate is free of binding. Remains a worthy copy of this delightful work. Book
157 pages including index. "Are there issues the pro-choice movement hasn't addressed - issues that remain confusing and unresolved for women?" - from back cover. Describes the often conflicting needs and emotions experienced prior to and after abortion. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Light yellowing. Book
205 pages. Author's brilliantly crafted studies of the pains and pressures that children endure on the road to maturity have earned hime wide audiences around the world and a reputation for excellence in the field of Theatre for Young Audiences. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Very good copy. 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
117 pages. Contains a range of charming gift ideas including cushions, samplers, a cot cover and bumper, scented sachets and a nursery rug as well as ideas for decorating children's clothes. Clean, bright and unmarked. Very light wear. Beautiful copy. Gift quality. Book
Features: In the Shaker Style; Adding Atmosphere - a little light on the subject, part I; Judy Berman; Green Thumbs; Austin Dollhouse Contest; Miniatures Kit; Miniatures Marketplace in Milwaukee; The Animal Family; Biedermore!; Hit the Road!; Mini-Retreat; Sidwalk Cafe; The American Boy; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Kitchen Nostalgia; More Light on the Subject - Part II; Enrique Quintanar; The House that Kupjack Built; The Origins of the Toymaker's Shop; Cedarbush Enhancements - Helen Bush's 'Natural' Talents; Karen Fuller; A nostalgic look at the twenties and thirties; The Philadelphia Miniaturia; Vintage Drug Store; Chair Times Two; Grandma's Knitted Pillows; Modern Mail Order; Spring Into Summer, 1931; Accessories for the Bath; Soho Gallery; A Model Kitchen; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: Small accomplishments - start the new year right!; The Joseph Addotta Collection - bronze casting at its best; Scott Hughes - Master of Miniature Lights; The Knowles Collection - Rachel and Wink; Floral Creations of Helen David - the Gulf Coast's resident florist; Let there be light - peruse our lighting shop; Show Scene - Chicago; Eliza Doolittle meets upstairs/downstairs; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
125 pages including scripture index. Convinced that children must learn something in church that applies to their own lives, the author has prepared complete scripts concluded by appropriate one-sentence prayers. Short and graphic enough to be read, memorized, or ad-libbed, the lessons target children aged three to six. Underlining on one page else unmarked. Minimal wear. Attractive glossy color covers. Light cigarette odour. Book
Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 470 pages. Illustrated in black and white. "A compilation of letters from Canada and England written by an ordinary soldier in the PPCLI till mid-1942, then a navigator in Bomber Command by the end of the war. These letters cover the entire period of the war from Sept. 1939 to Jan. 1946." -back cover. "His description of the Blitz forms one of the best personal accounts of that terrible episode I have ever read." - back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
36 pages. Illustrated. New Zealand Historic Places Trust Publication No. 6. Light wear. Umarked. 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
48 pages. Includes black and white illustrations of the band. Songs include: Boy Blue; Can't Get it Out of My Head; Evil Woman; Kuiama; Ma-Ma-Ma Belle; 10538 Overture; Roll Over Beethoven; Showdown; Strange Magic. A rare ELO collectible. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 224 pages. 9 1/8"w x 11 1/4"h. Slight edge wear to dust jacket.
255 pages including index and many black and white photographic plates. This romantic episode from World War II has been almost completely neglected for over forty years, but now this volume recreates the stirring adventures of these woman pilots, drawing on private papers, personal interviews, and heretofore classified files. Book clean, unmarked and very lightly worn. Light wear to dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book
256 pages. Fascinating history of the Port Perry area, originally written in 1913. Chapters include such titles as: clearing the land; fashions; Home life of that day; The cost of living; Hotels and Whiskey; The coming of the railway; Mills and Milling; and many more. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else unmarked. Light to moderate wear. Solid copy in green cloth boards. 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
281 pages. Future historians may well agree that Martin Exeter led one of the great lives of the twentieth century. He shaped circumstance through the transcendance of the ordinary human condition. At the age of 21 he left the life of the British aristocracy and moved to the Cariboo region of British Columbia where he honed the strength of character that would eventually make him a source of inspiration to thousands of people worldwide. He founded the town of 100 Mile House B.C. and went on to lead a body of people known as the Emissaries to what could be called today an unprecedented force for the spiritual restoration of the planet. Light wear to book which is unmarked. Light edgewear to attractive glossy dust jacket. Book
432 pages including index. "A book about Canada and its development, about brave and dedicated men and women, and their successes in the face of adversity. It is about motivators of agriculture - federal ministers and their research teams of scientists and support staff - who have brought a wealth of technology to Canadian farmers and the agri-food industry. Celebrates a century of research into soil management, crop and animal production, protection, utilization, food quality, and food processing." - from Foreward. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book