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289 pages including index and black and white illustrations. Two hundred years of life in the Ottawa Valley, colourfully told and lavishly illustrated. Here, in the words of hte men and women who have lived or remembered them, are the remarkable stories which make up the history of Canada's Ottawa Valley. A rich oral history with a wonderful collection of original photos. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Very nice copy. Book
72 pages. Features: The New Quebec State; Who Controls Canadian Capitalism; Euro-Communism in Italy; Fascism and Techno-Bureaucracy; Book reviews on The Parti Quebecois, Automobiles, Rural Social Change. Clean and unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
251 pages. Black and white illustrations. Intensely describes the various states of mind of a scarred hockey player who sets about the task of riding his strong wrists to glory and success. Lafleur's confidant in certain disquieting circumstances, Larochelle embellishes his account with previously unpublished disclosures that are both moving and profoundly human. - from dust jacket. Moderate wear to book which is clean and unmarked. Average wear to dust jacket. Solid copy. Book
186 pages. "...Shows how the radicals from the French Canadian minority that is anchored in Quebec first invaded, then dominated, the Federal Government in Ottawa." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Bit of soiling to title page. Quality copy. Book
124 pages. Numerous nice photographic plates. "Intended to teach young Inuit how fast it has all happened, how very far we have already come, so they will better understand and appreciate their grandparents and parents, and how far we have all come so quickly." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
188 pages. Includes the following papers: A Brief History of Lower Fort Garry; The Big House, Lower Fort Garry; Industrial and Agricultural Activities at Lower Fort Garry; The Sixth Regiment of Foot at Lower Fort Garry; The Second Battalion, Quebec Rifles, at Lower Fort Garry. Includes a variety of black and white illustrations and maps. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Book
11 pages. Bilingual English/French text. Circa 1960. Large black and white photos. An early school of sculpture on Canadian soil. Former library copy with usual markings. Bound in protective card covers. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
66 pages. Features: Llambas, Quebec Maple Syrop Farm; and more. Sound copy. Book
Features: British Columbia - a century of progress - with story and photos; Canada's cradle of celtic culture - St. Ann's, The Gaelic College in Nova Scotia; Rocky Mountain Motorcade - 100-car, 300-man motorcade pioneers 125-mile route from Rocky Mountain House to the Banff-Jasper highway - super photos!; Quebec City's 350th Birthday; Motoring at Fort Churchill; Echoes from an old coach road - highway 33 between Trenton and Kingston. Illustrated with black and white photos. Average wear. Bit of writing on back cover. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
48 pages. Black and white photos. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Pierre Ramet (part 1); How To - Wallhanging Project; Real Mini Roses for Real Mini Gardeners; Shelburne Museum; Show Report - M.E.Y.; Show Report - Quebec; The Doll Corner - Myra Barook; How to Project of a Different Kind - a Merry-Go-Round; Show Report - I.G.M.A.; How to Project - Building a box room on a budget (part 1); Whimsy-On-Why; Show Report - T.E.A.M.; Forst Canadian N.A.M.E. Get Together; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Colin Thatcher claims he was wrongly convicted; Harper's Recovery; Alberta's Wildrose Alliance; Obama's Health Care Proposal; Abdullah Abdullah - a new hope for Afghanistan; Germany gets Tough - sends troops to Afghanistan; Canada's chance to Emerge from America's Shadow?; The Race for the Perfect Battery; The Cooling Cure for Cardiac Arrest; Is Quebec the Human Guinea Pig Capital of North America?; Are we Drinking too much Water?; In Praise of Dead-End Jobs; What Happened to Quentin Tarantino?; Keeping a lid on Vancouver fun; Wal-mart's new cookies taste like Girl Scout cookies; Judith Josephine Koritar - Obituary; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
68 pages. Features: More for Mike Weir after his Masters victory?; The theft of Baghdad; Charest to lead Quebec; Clive Beddoe argues against Air Canada bailout; Oryx and Crake; The Frank Slide; Tribute to Ken McKenzie of the Hockey News; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
66 pages. Features: Third Annual Rankings of Canada's Smartest Cities; Why the Bloc Quebecois has been good for Canada; Mark Steyn on the Rich and the Stupid; Alberta's biggest property developers - massive beaver dam discovered; Heather Reisman on her enemies; Editorial - deadly combination of cars and trucks with bicycles; Canadian Brain Gain; MP Spending; Ayaan Hirsi Ali - in conversation; The U.K. Tory Party Reborn; Southern Louisiana braces for oil spill to make landfall; How a group of nuns in Milan got caught up in the drug trade; WestJet's plans to conquer Air Canada and then the world; David Goldbloom writes about life as a psychiatrist; Heather Reisman and her critics - The Heseg Foundation; The stars at Cannes; Palestinian doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish; Cheese alternative food product; Japanese Rice-growing bra; The death of male lynx known as BC-03-M-02. Moderate wear. Address label on front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
82 pages. Features: Why should polygamy be a crime?; Beverley McLachlin in conversation; Paul Wells article on Jason Kenny; Airport Security - Don't Touch My Junk; Quebec - "A New Scandal All the Time"; Nancy Pelosi still talks tough despite mid-term loss; How Public Health Failed - HIV/AIDS; Brits are using credit like never before; Investing after the Great Recession; General Motors' 'comeback'; Feature Article - What the Boomers are Leaving Their Children; Teaching Swearing to ESL students; Keeping track of patients and their implants; Barbara Streisand's epic home reno; Canadian Garlic Types, once shunned, are a sought-after, and scarce, autumn staple; Oreste Mordini 1920-2010; and more. Average wear. Address label clipped from front cover. Book
56 pages. Features: The Arctic ordeal of Captain John Ross; Health reformers and alternative medicine in 1860s New Brunswick; Canada's aboriginal soldiers come into the light; Louis Cyr and his Amazing feats; The Sisters of Ann - the Pacific Coast Mission of four faithful Quebec daughters; Devil's Island - the brief but vital life of a tiny Atlantic community; Canada's last political club celebrates its longevity. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy. Book
Features: Canada's Negotiations with Newfoundland 1887-1895; The Quebec Resolutions and Le Courrier du Canada 1864-1865; W.T. Stead and the Boer War - The Irony of Idealism; David Thompson and Defence Research. Average wear. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book
87 pages. Features: Orapex '90 - Ottawa's Second National Stamp Show and Bourse; Netherlands - Indies - In Quest of Correct Franking; Prairie Pathfinders - Henry Kelsey and Anthony Henday; Postmarked Ottawa; George Mackinley Geldert, M.C. 1886-1967; Decoys, Spears and Skates; The R.P.S.C. Junior Stamp Collector; Vignettes of early British North American Postal History - Part XIII - The Wilderness Route from Quebec to Halifax; Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
231 pages including bibliography and over 180 illustrations. "A complete history of what John Maynard Keynes has called "the underworld of economics." Beginning in England in 1917, it makes a bizarre, at times nearly unbelievable, story of monetary cranks, political parvenues, conspiracy theorists, end-of-the-world millennialists and political demagogues that sweeps through Alberta, British Columbia, and Quebec before culminating in the '80s in British Columbia." - from back cover. Moderate wear and soiling. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book
269 pages. "The story of the bloody civil war that breaks out in the early 1970s between Canada and Separatist Quebec. Every event... is imaginary. But every event is possible, perhaps even likely." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Moderate wear to book. Well-worn dust jacket. Book
184 pages. Index. Bibliography. "A well-reasoned argument for the necessity of thinking about - and preparing for - the unthinkable." - J.L. Granatstein. "Draws upon comparisons with other regions where ethnic divisions are pronounced, including Yugoslavia, Ireland, and Switzerland. Offers thoughtful analysis on the Quebec scenario, and legislative proposals that the author suggests the federal government should introduce now to avoid violent confrontation with a post-confederation Quebec." - from back cover. Beginning to yellow at edges. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Tight binding. Sound copy. Book
84 pages. Features: New Deputy-Commissioner, R.J. Ross; The King's Escort - with several archival black and white photos; VIP Section gets a home at Harrington Lake, Gatineau; Maintien(s) Le Droit - G.T. Hann/Grand Trunk Railway Regiment; The Martin's Field Murder - Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia; Open House - Frobisher Bay; Why I Joined the RCMP - Wive's Division; Police solve two hit-and-runs; A Book and Its Cover - C.W. Harvison intercepts a book intended for German POWs in Canada, and prevents an escape; Schefferville, Quebec; Electronics - an aid to criminals; "Mojo" - on the spot; Shades of Androcles; Chapel Windows Creator; Refurbishing the old St. Roch; Right Name Wrong Crime; The Brothers Jarvis; Grain Theft Solved; Stray Shot; Trapline Trouble; and more. Prior owner's name blacked out atop table of contents. Faint ink stamp to bottom of table of contents. Book
84 pages. Features: 1973 Quebec Winter Carnival; Colonel Mike Carroll retires; The Truth; Bennie or "Bob" Roach; Chicken Came Home to Roost; La "filiere francaise"; Pride of Beausejour; Great Chicken Robber; Providence?; Sergeant William Fury; and much more. Prior owner's details blacked out atop title page else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
260 pages including answers. Originally published in 1920. Authorized in separate edicions for use in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Chapters include: Notation and Numeration; Common and Decimal Fractions; Percentage and Simple Applications; Applications of Percentage; Powers and Roots; Mensuration; The Metric System; Review. Few pencil markings primarily at or near endpapers. Above-average but not excissive wear. Book
374pp.+ frontispice, dédicacé par l'auteur, cachet, 19cm., br.orig. (peu restauré), bon état, R47028
Unpaginated. 0.3" thick. Text in French only. Illustrated in colour. Appears to be an exhibition catalogue. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. An excellent copy. Book
