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Rimouski Publication de la Société d'Histoire de Matane 1977, In-8 reliure verte de l'éditeur, aroiries dorées de la ville de MATANE au 1° plat. 638 pages. Illustrations in et hors texte. Trés bon état. QUEBEC
743pp.+ frontispice (portrait) & planche hors-texte, 25cm., relié en couv.cart., peu de rousseurs, bon état, R84080
24 pages. Abundantly illustrated. Nice learning tool for young students. Average wear. Few school markings. Decent copy. Book
44 pages (English section). A bilingual back/to back publication. Light wear overall. Illustrated with black and white photos. Brown card covers. Covers the Beothuks, Micmac, Malecite, Abenaki, Naskapi, Montagnais, Algonkin, Cree and the Iroquois (Mohawk and Huron). Book
86 pages including extensive endnotes. Many diagrams and black and white illustrations. Former library copy with usual markings. Average wear. A sound reference copy. Book
300 pages including index. An insider's view of politics and diplomacy at one of the most crucial periods in the history of U.S.-Canada relations. An extraordinary account of how international relations are conducted at the highest level. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Price-clipped. Excellent copy. Book
136 pages. "Author delightfully recounts many adventures from her mother's childhood more than a century ago. Provides rich and vivid detail of post-Confederation Quebec." - from dust jacket. Former library copy with usual markings. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Nice working copy. Book
276 pages. "...a day-to-day account of the sad events that took place in 1847, a year in which nearly 100,000 emigrants, mostly Irish, disembarked at Grosse Ile or the Port of Quebec. Written as a diary, the book gives a detailed description of the administrative measures taken by the authorities to deal with the influx of such a large number of emigrants in deplorable conditions of disease and misery." - from back cover. Bookplate upon first blank leaf. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
148 pages. Author's inscription and signature upon title page. Bookseller's rubber stamp inside front cover. Recaptures the bittersweet depression days in fifty short stories. The scene is a rural farm in the 1930s where the Hanneman family, with grace, good humour and affection, struggle to make ends meet. Author grew up during those years in the Ottawa River Valley as the youngest child in a warm, close-knit farm family. Some of the characters are real, some are not. While some stories are based on actual events, other come "mind-the-time" exchanges at family gatherings or from her mother's remembrances. Book
336 pages This the first book-length study in English of the conflict between French and English-Canadians provides a thorough treatment of French-Canadian complaints against English Canada, and of their implications for Canadian unity. including index. Book very clean, unmarked and lightly worn. Dust jacket price clipped and moderately worn. Prior owner's rubber stamp upon top edge. Book
160 pages. Bibliography. A collection of stories and songs. Former library copy with usual markings. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound copy. Book
163 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon dedication page. "Father Andre Dion, now a priest of the Diocese of Victoria, was born in Montmagny, Quebec, and decided to learn English shortly after his ordination and to exercise his ministry in western Canada. This book is about the different places he served as a catholic priest." - from back cover. Sticker removal mark upon front cover else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
474 pages including index. Morgentaler's story is an intriguing and unique one, and, until now , a story that has never been completely told. Traces the life of a man forced to face death at an early age, a man who has chosen to live as a perpetual and deliberate outsider and a man who may not himself understand why he feels he must go to battle for an issue that few Canadians are entirely comfortable with. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Probably unread. Excellent copy. Book
191 pages. Not dated. Variety of prior owner details upon front free endpaper and inside front board else unmarked. Title page may be missing. Average wear. Binding sound. Good copy. Circa 1942? Book
162 pages. "The raciest, raunchiest, most irreverent yarns and characters ever assembled... A genuine feast of Canadian folk humour." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
167 pages. "This book is a must for every member of a political party, for civil servants, teachers, parents, students and all those interested in the future of Canada!" - from front cover. Bit of cigarette odour. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book
178 pages. Analyses Quebec's drive to be a sovereign state with Canadians paying the bill. Exposes the dangers of the Meech Lake Accord to the Canadian nation. Author was born in Rhodesia in 1905, emigrated to Canada in 1929, and has lived and worked in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia. Glossy blue covers. Unmarked. Light wear. Small nitch to fore-edge of back cover. (ISBN 1969179014) Book
113 pages. Quebec's Ultimatum to 20 million Canadians - Change Confederation to meet our demands - or we leave. This book gives a Canadian answer. Unmarked. Negligible wear. Excellent copy. Book
217 pages. "...if we don't make it quite clear to the rest of the world that we have some sort of a 'Plan B' if the existing process fails, then we may wind up provoking some rather unpleasant economic consequences." A plan for the rest of Canada should the game of constitutional chicken with Quebec end in separation. Clean, bright and unmarked. Miniscule wear. Excellent copy in giftable condition. Book
346 pages. Author and his wife set out in the summer of 1996 to drive across Canada. Starting from Ottawa they drove east through Quebec, through New Brunswick, P.E.I., Nove Scotia, and Newfoundland. From St. John's they headed west on a different route through the Maritimes to Montreal, Toronto, and Lake of the Woods. Then it was west to Vancouver and Victoria. Next, via Prince Rupert, they followed the Yellowhead Trail back through Edmonton ad Saskatoon, hitting Flin Flon and Northern Ontario on the way home. The dream trip you would love to take... if you had the time! Some yellowing to edges of pages. Book
168 pages. Provides the first comprehensive and objective look at this critical issue, considering all important aspects including fiscal flows, trade relations, migration, division of the public debt, and monetary arrangements. Light pencil underlining and marginalia throughout. Light wear. Book
390 pages. In this landmark book, many of the best minds in "English Canada" set out their position and agenda vis-a-vis the Quebec crisis. They argue cogently for Canada's survival as a tolerant, purposeful, independent state, with or without Quebec. Brings a much needed dose of clarity and realism to the questions raised by Quebec's demands for greater powers and possible separation. Addresses possible solutions and looks at the processes of accommodation, renewal or separation. In so doing, it provides a crucial definition of "English Canada" today. Very light wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Book
63 pages. Oblong - 11 inches wide. Examines one of the constant themes of Canadian history - the problem of the relations between our two founding nations. A geographical approach to this historical theme. Many excellent black and white illustrations. Considerable high-lighting. Average wear. Worthy working copy. Bit of tape on front cover. Book
158 pages. In this compelling and fascinating account Leo Heaps reconstructs the double life of the quiet Canadian professor of economics. He follows his career from the early days of his recruitment by the KGB through his ten years working for NATO - when he photographed thousands of highly confidential documents; he shows his subsequent contribution to the Soviet spy network during his travels in Europe, the Middle East and Latin America while working as an economist for the Canadian government and Laval University, Quebec; and he examines the eventual unravelling of the tangled web. Author first knew Hambleton and his family during their schooldays together in Ottawa. Prior owner's name and date upon front endpaper else unmarked. Very light wear to book. Mild lean to spine. Contents partially yellowed. Light wear to dust jacket. Nice copy. Book
213 pages. The inspiring story of one woman's fight for life. The wait for a donor was long but in 1985 author underwent her transplant. She was unconscious for 30 days, but four months later she danced at her welcome home party. Very light wear. Book
