Benoit, JehaneMareMagnum
519 résultats
335 pages. Index. Colour photos. "Here at last the legendary Madame Benoit opens the door to the kitchen in her own home, at Noirmouton, her sheep farm near Sutton in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. She tells about the joys of cooking at home with her family, and she shares recipes that are her own personal and family favorites from the many she has collected and developed over the years." - back board. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this pleasing work. Book
167 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. Traces the growth of fascism in Canada, from its roots in Quebec with Adrien Arcand, to its widespread appeal across the country. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A fascinating read. Book
288 pages including index and black and white photos. For the first time in English, Lucien Bouchard reveals the man behind the public persona. In this rare look at a politician in office, we meet a warm human being whose career has been driven and governed by his deep loyalty to Quebec. Part autobiography, part essay, this lively book will give all Canadians rich insight into how Bouchard will play the role of his life. Remainder dot upon bottom edge else book clean, bright and unmarked. Dust jacket in similar condition. Excellent copy. Book
37 pages. "Proposes sensible reform of Canada's political and governmental institutions - for the sake of the Canadian nation and citizenry. Contains much factual data on a proven and workable system which can make for a healthier Canadian nation and citizenry." - back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
105 pages. A French language text for young students. Authorized for use in the Protestant Schools of the Province of Quebec. Originally published in 1941. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Appears unused. Superlative copy. Book
134 pages. Black and white illustrations. "Into his notebooks he (Harold Geggie) poured his heartbreaks, his frustrations, his accomplishments and his compassion for the people. His stories speak for themselves." - the Editors. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A tight, sound copy. Book
96 pages. 21 x 15cm. Many black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: OBF and EBL Folds; Enzootic Bovine Leukosis (EBL); Canadian News; beautiful one-page colour-photo ads for Glen Osprey Farm and Swains Fold; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
276 pages including index. The conflict between Quebec nationalism and Canadian values and the story of the appeal to the United Nations Human Rights Committee against the violation of freedom of expression. Author is the Canadian who pioneered the appeal of Quebec's sign law to the United Nations. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
Unpaginated. 5/8" thick. Printed upon glossy stock. Each page charmingly illustrated. Prior owner's details, dated 1909, upon first blank leaf else unmarked. Minor moisture marks to lower edge of all pages. Minor undulations to all pages. Attractive green front board adorned with lovely decoration and gilt lettering. A pleasing volume. Book
Features: Mixed Thoughts on a Mixed Train, with map of Dominion Atlantic Railway, Truro Sub.; A Turntable for Wakefield, Quebec (to accommodate Number 1057); Referred to the Committee - back when the distance between the rails was very important; Chart of the Gauges of some of Canada's early railways; Determination and Hard Work - the story of the Strathcona Museum in Strathclair, Manitoba; Waybills; Please note: a 2" wide band has been stripped from front cover, probably by tape removal. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
22 pages. Features: Trail Creek Tramway; Official diagram of MTC Observation Car No. 1; Sightseeing in four cities - Calgary, Vancouver, Montreal, Quebec; Maritimer to Museum - Number 5, a 4-6-0 of the Maritime Coal, Railway and Power Company (with photo); An L.C.L. shipment - decorated cars; The Winter Timetables; Pine Point Railway; Notes and news. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Fires of Thunder - Quebec's Project of the Century Roars over the Lands and Lives of the Cree; Marine Dominoes - Scientists piece together the complex ecological puzzles of the once great kelp beds; Everest - The Expedition Chronicle of Canadians facing Mountaineering's Crowning Challenge; Canadian Mount Everest Expedition 1982 - The Team. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Where Waters Run Brown - Once the 'pearl of the Caribbean', Haiti hovers at the edge of ecological collapse... a cautionary tale; Audubon's Wake - retracing the route of John James Audubon along Quebec's rugged lower North Shore; The Hounds of Summer - Sans tracks, touts and hustlers, the sleek sport of greyhound racing is catching on in southern Saskatchewan; Bound for Glory - with leather and gold, virtuoso bookbinder Michael Wilcox turns tomes into tiaras; The Great Fire - Early European explorers brought more than fresh ideas to North America - how a simple virus (smallpox) depopulated two continents, destroyed their cultures and helped create, among other things, slavery, the fur trade and capitalism. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
15 pages. Features: The Wonders of the Champlain Trail; New Tourist Wonderland in Alberta, thanks to the completion of the last section of the Bow River-Nordegg Forestry Road; The Glamour of St. Andrews by-the-Sea; Roll back the years with a Roadmap; International Opera House of Rock Island, Quebec. Happy Motoring (on a budget) with the Little Woman. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
64 pages. Features: New poll finds Canadians are envied - happy; Too Many Tears - News about abused kids just keep getting worse - Patricia Johnson and her daughter Shanay; Letter from Beauce, Quebec; The Pearson Airport case may soon be resolved; Road to nowhere - Palestinians see home dimming for a real peace; Rise of Racism in Australia; Busang Mystery - Bre-X investors demand answers - geologist Mike de Guzman turns up dead; Misery on the markets - higher interest rates spell trouble for stocks and home buyers - Canadian dollar falling; Bre-X and the dark side of capitalism, by Peter C. Newman; The New Outlaws - Defiant smokers tell the government to butt out; Garfield Mahood makes no apologies for his aggressive tactics against Big Tobacco; Cigarette industry on defensive as pressure builds; Tiger Woods - ready to roar at the Masters in Augusta; Who should pay for ESL?; Breast cancer and the fat connection; Nova Scotia pays tribute to artist Maud Lewis; Lionizing athletes is a disservice to Blacks - so says Allan Fotheringham; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Trudeau cover photo; When We Were Young - looking at the Truedeau phenomenon 30 years later; Jean Charest leaves the Progressive Conservatives to seek the Quebec Liberal leadership and go head-to-head with former federal colleague Lucien Bouchard; Nova Scotia election ends in dead heat; RCMP kills two on Tsuu T'ina reserve near Calgary; School shooting at Jonesboro, Arkansas by Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden; Yeltsin's cabinet cleanout; Photo of Bill Clinton with Nelson Mandela in the latter's prison cell; Has Oil Hit Bottom? - price per barrel is US$16.76; Deidre McMurdy on Dual-Class share structures and how they allow families and senior managers to enrich themselves; Allan Gregg on what the future holds for Canada; Atom Egoyan's Oscar Diary; Review of Michael Ignatieff's book The Warrior's Honour, with photo; Ontario education funding feud between teachers and boards. Somewhat above-average wear. Prior owner's name stroked out on address label on front cover. A sound copy. Book
Features: Technological Momentum, Motor Buses, and the Persistence of Canada's Street Railways to 1940; Thomas Edison - the battle of the systems and the persistence of direct current; The Persistence of Draft Oxen in Western Agriculture; Technical Advance and Stagnation - the case of nail production in nineteenth-century Montreal; The Influence of Resource Quality on Technological Persistence - Charcoal Iron in Quebec; Time for a Change? - Technological Persistence in the British Watchmaking Industry; Change and Diversity within traditional Cooperage technology; Randolph Hersey and the Montreal Nail Industry, 1852-1903; Revolution Forgotten - The Peters' Combination Lock Co., Moncton, N.B.; and more. Average wear. Former library copy with usual markings. A sound copy. Book
Features: Transforming the Food Axis - Houses, Tools, Modes of Analysis; Machines in Suburban Gardens - the 1936 T. Eaton Company Architectural Competition for House Designs; Tompkinsville, Cape Breton Island - Co-operativism and Vernacular Architecture; Slag Houses in a Steel City; British Army Officer Housing in Upper Canada, 1784-1841; Managing Household Pests the Old-Fashioned Way - Defenses against pest damages in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Also includes the following exhbit reviews: Love, Leisure and Laundry - Why Housework Just Won't Go Away; Finding a Space for Children and Their History; Power and Planning - Industrial Towns in Quebec, 1890-1950. Seven book reviews. and more. Average wear. Former library copy with usual markings. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Architecture of Old Quebec, or The HIstory of a Palimpsest; Material History as Cultural Tradition - A La Ronde, Exmouth, Devon, England; Construction d'un paysage identitaire - Grand-Pre et la collectivite acadienne; Construire une histoire basque au Quebec; "Our Nation's Attic?" - Making American National Identity at the Smithsonian Institution; "Hitler's Car" and the Canadian War Museum - problems of documentation and interpretation; The changing significance of the Warren B. Sheppard Site, Battle Creek, Michigan; David Lowenthal on Public History - an interview; 5 book reviews. Average wear. Former library copy with usual markings. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Appropriation and Disappropriation of Objects/L'appropriation et la desappropriation des objets; La ceinture flechee au carrefour des convoitises des communautes canadiennes-francaises, amerindiennes et metisses du Canada; Vitrines coloniales - ethnologie plastique de l'Algerie a l'exposition universelle de 1889 a Paris; L'identite culturelle armenienne entrevue dans un interieur domestique - les indices d'un patrimoine de diaspora; From Object of Poverty to National Treasure - the Ambiguous place of Catholic convents in Quebec and the Rhetoric of heritage; La modernite paradoxale inscrite dans la culture materielle d'une communaute de Roms hongrois; Reconsidering the Smallest of artifacts - on the origins of Philatelic Collecting; Des musees dans tous leurs etats - trois sites Web; three book reviews. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
56 pages. Features: War on Lake Ontario - a costly victory at Oswego, 1814; Rescue Mission - Canadian soldiers and airmen in an arctic ordeal; Quebec and Conscription - the death of Ernest Lapointe and a fateful change of policy; Mysterious deaths at Onion Lake - were two union men murdered?; Reflections from The Beaver 1936. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy. Book
56 pages. Features: The Iron Duke, Quebec and the defence of Canada; Fire! - Ottawa and Hull in Flames, April 1900; Mayflower compact and family compact - contrasting views of the political authority; North End - Winnipeg's immigrant community observed; Camels in the Cariboo - on the gold rush trail; Berlin 1936 - Canadian dancers at Hitler's Olympics. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy. Book
Articles: The Saladin Trial - A Last Hurrah for Admiralty Sessions; Hardly Heroes - Canadian Merchant Seamen and the International Convoy System, 1939-1945; The Origin and Growth of the Canadian Customs Preventive Service Fleet in tyhe Maritime Provinces and Eastern Quebec, 1892-1932; plus several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
32 pages. Ffeatures: St. Lawrence Seaway; From Festive Rocket to Nuclear Rocket; Science Fair; Tennis Anyone; Competition Instructions; General Competition Instructions; Province of Quebec; Canada's Fur Trade. Includes several wonderful vintage colour ads intended for younger readers by such companies as: The Bank of Nova Scotia; Orange Crush; The Book of Knowledge; Gold Seal canned Salmon; General Motors of Canada; Face-elle tissues; Mil-Ko powdered milk; Shredded Wheat; Oxo products; Texaco; St. Lawrence Starch Company products; Toastmaster baked goods; Southam Newspapers; Rose Brand pickles (back cover). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this interesting and unusual education publication for younger readers. Book
25 pages. Presents information in tabular format. Topics include: Quebec Peat Bogs; Ontario Peat Bogs; Miscellaneous Samples including coal, briquettes from organic city refuse, anthracite, oil shale and natural gas. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Book
