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144 pages. Features: Rescued Dog Saves His Mistress; Ultimutt Gift Guide; Digging Dogs; Paula Abdul interview; Guide to Miami; Dogpark Discourse 101; Sibling Revelry; The Michael Vick Scandal; Dancing with the Canine Stars; Teach Your Dog to Jump; Pup Profiles; Calendar; The Modern Dog Photo Contest; Grooming in a Pinch; Ask Dog Lady; Healthy Treats Your Dog Will Enjoy; Top Trainers Answer Questions; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
247 pages. Index. Contains: biographies of every Grandmaster and all major figures; accounts and tables of the greatest tournaments in history; Explanations of all technical terms; Over 100 of the greatest games ever played; Photos of all the great players." - from dust jacket. Somewhat above-average wear with usual library markings. Binding intact. A sound reference copy of this interesting and informative work. Book
58 pages. Containing new and old favorites that will live forever. Songs include: After To-Morrow; Back in the Saddle Again; Be Honest With Me; God Must Have Loved America; Good Old-Fashioned Hoe-Down; Home on the Range; I'll Wait for You; Little Pardner; Oh My Darling Clemintine; Old Macdonald Had a Farm; Old November Moon; Ole Peaceful River; Paradise in the Moonlight; Reuben and Rachael; Silver Threads Among the Gold; Tears on My Pillow; That Little Kid Sister of Mine; There Ain't No Use in Cryin' Now; The Merry-Go-Roundup; Under Fiesta Stars; Your Heart Belongs to Me. Taped repair to table of contents. Please note: front cover and last page missing i.e. last page of The Merry-Go-Roundup is missing. Above-average wear but still a worthy working copy of this great nostalgic collection. 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 Lafleur's confidant in certain disquieting circumstances, Larochelle embellishes his account with previously unpublished disclosures that are both moving and profoundly human.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
60 pages. Bibliography. Partly based upon the exhibition 'Weaving Between the Lines', held in Kelowna and four other cities, 1997-1999. Includes work by: Anne Clark, Marion Cragg, Gabriela Diaconu, Laura Ford, Barbara Heller, Ruth Jones, Alison Keenan, Lois Kennedy, Margaret Klajnert, Mieko Konaka, Karen Leitch, Jane Mackenzie, Anthea Mallinson, Yolanda Olivotto, and Kaija Rautianinen. Printed upon glossy stock. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. (ISBN 0968745505 printed in book may be incorrect.) Book
Features: Mongolia's Mysterious Reindeer People - the last remaining Tsaatan nomads carry on a centuries-old caribou culture; Spineless Wonders - Jellyfish may hold the key to life's deep mysteries; Heavenly Harmonies - Blending spruce, sweat, and sawdust, Linda Manzer builds guitars that dazzle music's top stars; Bones of Contention - Did crewman on the most famous arctic disaster choose the 'last resource' of cannibalism?; Moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
Features: Lead Poisoning; Solid Stars; The Iroquois Confederacy; the prospects of fusion power; giant brain cells in mollusks; the fastest computer; the state of water in red cells; leonardo on bearings and gears. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
120 pages. Contents: The Command and Control of Nuclear War, by Ashton B. Carter; Collapse and Formation of Stars, by Alan P. Boss; The Perception of Speech in Early Infancy, by Peter D. Eimas; Alzheimer's Disease, by Richard J. Wartman; Hot Nuclear Matter, by Walter Greiner and Horst Stocker; The Reliability of Computer Memories, by Robert J. McEliece; Jet-Propelled Swimming in Squids, by John M. Gosline and M. Edwin DeMont; The Crossbow, by Vernard Foley, George Palmer and Werner Soedel. Nostalgic ads for floppy disks and the IBM PC - with Charlie Chaplin look-alike, and more. Initials written atop front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this interesting and informative issue. The crossbow article is particularly interesting. Magazine
Features: Conversion to the metric system; globular-cluster stars; the multiple sclerosis problem; nerve cells and behavior; negative viscosity; the love song of the fruit fly; network analysis; population trends in an Indian village. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
54 pages. Contents: Four-page colour photo-illustrated tourism ad for Lebanon; Feature article on country music with many great colour photos, including Webb Pierce and wife at their guitar-shaped pool; Nashville Cats - photos of American cowboys, hobos, howlers, growlers, yodellers - and one dark stranger (country music stars); Motoring and the Law - automobiles produce more ways of breaking the law than any other aspect of modern life; Colour photo ad for Long Beach, British Columbia, Canada; Traps of the Trade - buying and selling a car is an area beset with pitfalls; Attractive full-page colour photo ad for Tonik; The Parking Jungle - a guide to the mystery of parking your car; When you Have an Accident; Colour photo ad for the Triumph 2.5 P.I. Chunk torn from fore-edge of page 12 affecting Hank Snow photo and part of the text of the country music article. Clipping from page 47 affecting text of article on 'when you have an accident'. Last page loose but present. Book
150 pages. Features: The shattering of Tiger Woods' image; Military sniper Russ Crane; The return of Gordon Gekko; What drove Finn Caspersen to suicide?; Artist Maurizio Cattelan; Six youn actresses show how stars are born; The crises behind Warren Beatty's epic 1987 flop "Ishtar"; The play Enron; Christopher Hitchens laments the closing of Gore Vidal's mind; Rocker Patti Smith; An oral history of disco; James Wolcott trashes the latest celebrity sex tapes; Spy novelist Henry Porter; Winners of the Twitter contest; Kentucky's Creation Museum; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous fine coloured photographs (many double- or full-page) throughout; white boards, backstrip lettered in silver, grey endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
176 pages. Vocabulary. Notes for teachers. Many charming color illustrations. Originally published in 1935 - this copy may be a 1945 reprint. Chapters include: Weather; Living Things; Land and Water; Sun, Moon, and Stars; Making Work Easy. Average wear - few markings, tears, etc. Binding intact. A sound working copy of this excellent homeschooling text. Book
88 pages. Features: In conversation with Brian Davidson; Jean-Marc Harari reassesses the career of Germaine Thyssens-Valentin; Louis Demetrius Alvanis; Ferruccio Busoni; Alicia de Larrocha has given her final concerts; Charting the history of Italian piano manufacturer Cristofori; Portuguese virtuoso Joao Carlos Martins; Mikhail Petukhov describes his various encounters with Dmitri Shostakovich, Sviatoslav Richter, and his mentor, Tatiana Nikolayeva; Steven Osborne - on of the U.K.'s brightest piano stars; Murray McLachlan discusses ornaments; Dong-Hyek Lim; the recorded history of Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Why Inco must be nationalized, by Nick Lowe; Canada - inflation problems; Post office fights to maintain monopoly powers; Whycocomagh reserve natives protest against chemical spraying they say will pollute their water supply; Chaotic search for a solution in Lebanon; Mexico - land of sinking hopes; Ahmed Shah Masoud - the Che Guevara of Afghanistan - feared by the Soviets; Untangling the scandal fo God's Banker, Roberto Calvi; Breaking up Chirac's Paris; Bulent Ecevit on trial; War on firearms in the US; Sheikh Mohammed charged in Florida; Contrad Black and an 'honourable settlement' to a war - Norcen and Hanna Mining; Ratings of Canadian banks lowered by DBRS; People section contains news and colour photos of Susan Jacks, Princess Anne, Trevor Berbick and The Ducklings; Italy wins the World Cup of Soccer - Paolo Rossi; The fight against MS (Multiple Sclerosis); Canadian Jews oppose Lebanon invasion - Bob Kellermann; Home offices gain in popularity due to technology and desire to stay in touch with family - Kent Harding; Cover Story - movie special effects - Tron, Yoda, The Thing, Poltergeist, Wrath of Khan, etc.; Flashback to King Kong's special effects in 1933. Entertainment reviews. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
156 pages. Features: Precision-guided weapons; the newest stars in Orion; Dutch elm disease; the ribosome; the forging of metals; monsoons; a mesolithick camp in Ireland; Sadi Carnot; and more. Nostalgic colour photo ads. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
176 pages. Features: Advances in antisubmarine warfare; California rice culture; the nucleosome; the activity cycles of stars; pterosaurs; a deep-sea neutrino telescope; the Nok sculptures of Nigeria; and more. Nostalgic car ads plus some from the early days of the PC industry. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
140 pages. Features: The homelessness problem; Undersea volcanoes; Immunotoxins; Form and function in fish swimming; Symbiotic stars; Multilingual word processing; the mathematics of three-dimensional manifolds; medieval roots of the industrial revolution; and more. Nostalgic ads including several from the early days of the PC industry. Bit of writing atop front cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Black Caiman of Zancudo Cocha; Solo in the Arctic; Explorations Among the Stars; In Search of Hypercharge - A Matter of Some Gravity; Huautla; Yamantaka - Tibet's Yak-headed Deity; Soko Islands, South China Sea. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
66 pages. Features: Cover photos of Billy Red Cloud, Bill Watts, George Drake, Sputnik Monroe, Dale Lewis and Johnny Weaver; Great photo inside front cover shows Little Beaver throwing Sky Low Low; Sputnik Moore - "I hate crybabies" - article with many photos; Izzy Moidel - No one loves the referee; Johnny Weaver - article and photos (one with Haystack Calhoun); Mary Jane Mull - article with photos; Spiros Arion - article with photos, including a shot with Bruno Sammartino; The Riddle of Bill Watts - article with photos; Amateur Wrestlers - article with photos; Peter Fladever - article with photos; George Drake has made it big in England - article with photos; Lucille Dupree - article with photos; Billy Red Cloud - article with photos; Dale Lewis - All-American boy goes bad; Salt Lake City Mat Stars - photos; Hempstead action photos; Toronto action photos; Action photos from the Middle East; Action photos from Malta; Nation-wide results; Super photo of Man Mountain Dean inside back cover; Colour photo of Vern Gagne on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Four-inch opening to top of cover-fold. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
Features: Teardrops for the Trigull; Roundels, Stars and Bars; From Harvey Bergen's Journey Log; An episode of Merlins - the Rolls Royce RM 14-SM Merlin; Brisbane (1937-1952) - BC Aviation's Early Trade School; Auriga - a BC Kitplane; The Baron STOL Modification for the DHC-2 Beaver; Homebuilts in Canada. Sound copy. Magazine
34 pages. Cover: Joni James Features include: Just Call Me Joey: Betty Madigan; Juke-Box Dynamite; Win a Date With Tommy Mara; The Stars' Choice; Jo's Jumping Again: Jo Stafford; Disc Jockey Platter Patter; Broadway's Favorite Fella': Robert Clary; Music for the Blind; and Point of Order. Collection of lyrics to the popular songs of that era including: Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight (Well, It's Time to Go); Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love); Lulu's Back in Town; and many more. Binding sound. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Magazine
18 pages. Cover: Rosemary Clooney Features include: "The Stars are Singing" latest hit tunes from Paramount's bright new technicolor musical starring Rosemary Clooney, Anna Maria Alberghetti and Lauritz Melchoir; "She's Back on Broadway" Lovely Virginia Mayo and Steve Cochran team up in a lavish Warner Brothers production filmed in Warnercolor; and Song of the Month "Keep It a Secret". Collection of lyrics to the popular songs of that era including: (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window; Your Cheatin' Heart; You are My Sunshine; and many more. Full page b/w movie poster "The Stars Are Singing" starring Rosemary Clooney, Anna Maria Alberghetti and Lauritz Melchoir on inside front cover. 1.5" opening top fore-edge from cover to page 8. Front cover worn with ink marking. A good reading copy. Magazine
76 pages. Features: Nice colour photo Yardley ad inside front cover features Bobby Orr; Great full-page ad for CKNW/98 features photo of Jim Robson photo; Bill White and Pat Stapleton are the Pride of Chicagp; Stan Mikita Deserves More Recognition; Vic Stasiuk's Practices are Never Dull; The NHL Will Soon Shop in Europe for Players; Canuck photos; Top Stars of the Game; Canucks' Young Defence in Action; Tony Esposito Flopped his way to Stardom; Canucks' Schedule; Great full-page CJOR/60 ad featuring photo of Jack Webster; Centerfold loose but present; Tony Esposito is featured in a full-page ad for Butler Tire Ltd; Photo of J. Paul McConnell in CKWX/1130 ad; The Job of an NHL Scout; Dunc Wilson - Royal Bank Player of the Week; Nice Dennis Hull Feature on back page; plus many great vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
This is a fine copy bound in illustrated flexible boards. Signed and inscribed in black marker, by the artist, Ai Jing, on the front endpaper. Most text in CHINESE. Illustrated throughout in color with photographs on almost every page. 9" square, about 210 pages. Heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
