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239 pages. Index. "The secret history of World War II in Europe... The stories of the spies and counterspies and double-agents, who, under cover of code names such as Hedgehog, Zigzag and Tricycle gathered information behind German lines and passed misinformation to Nazi intelligence... Tells the story of how the British spy Intrepid and a four-man Norwegian team prevented the Germans from manufacturing an ingredient needed in the atom bomb. An how a team of Czech nationals assassinated the Nazi leader of their country." - from dust jacket. Black and white illustrations. Recommended reading list. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound reference copy. Book
100 pages. "These records of famous navigators and expeditions include the first newspaper release of the Mutiny on the Bounty story, the first account of the barbaric death of Captain Cook, and the last record of the tragic La Perouse expedition, with the strange disappearance of its 200-man contingent." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Average wear. Worthy reference copy. Book
197 pages. Father Pat's own story of blindness: a journey from "handicap" to "gift". Examines questions such as: Why am I blind? Why can't I go to school? Why am I different? I can't be a priest? What can I do with my life? Is there anything in life for me? Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
74 pages. Sections include: Geology for Prospectors; Geology; Mining and Prospecting Notes. Line drawings. Average wear. Price blacked out else unmarked. Sound working copy. Book
86 pages. "Parents and childcare institutions will find these creative do-it-yourself projects to be valuable aids in entertaining and teaching young preschool-aged children." - from back cover. Heavily worn but still a useful reference copy. Usual library markings. Ex-Library
25 pages. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. Contents touch on: Maple Creek Homesteads, Les Austin Family, the Buss home and family, an early school - with photo of teacher and students, Reed School - photo of barefoot students in coveralls; article on road mending circa 1909; The Mead Brothers - Walton & William; The William McCrea Family; The Charley Stevens Family; Florence Oregon; Schooner photos. Clean and unmarked wiht light wear. Book
Features: Piebiter Creek - a personal reminiscence of Delina C. Noel; The War Work of Women in Rural B.C.; Sunday School Vans and Their Drivers; The Marine Building Revisited; The Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation; Helen Gregory MacGill - First Woman Judge in B.C.; Adelaide Bailey - Exemplary Teacher 1857-1949; the Sutton Lumber and Trading Co. token; The stolen Church - Windermere; A WCAC in Victoria 1942-45; Pioneer Postmistress; B.C. Women's Institute - a brief history; Music of the Titanic; David Douglas - Botanist and Explorer. Crease to covers. Cigarette smoke odour Book
Undated. Copyright 1953. Heavily worn. Binding intact. Few markings. Book
190 pages including index. The only grammatical forms which the student need know before beginning this book are the terminations of the first, second, and third declensions of the regular noun; the regular adjective of the first and second declension; the regular verb, active, passive and deponent, together with the irregular verbs esse, ire, and ferre. School stamp upon each endpaper. Lots of writing upon back endpaper. Average quantity of marginalia and underlining. Boards and pages well but not excessively worn. Book
152 pages. "Here we examine some of the locational patterns created by various groups of men, some living in simple rural communities strongly attached to the soil, occupying tiny hamlets or nucleated villages, others in modern urban complexes whose patterns and forms of growth are sometimes subject to rigorous planning, sometimes uncontrolled sprawls or obsolescent, deteriorating, residential relics." - from Introduction. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy Book
74 pages. Features include: School for Aces - this new leadership program helps upgrade the combat readiness of NATO pilots; Air Intelligence File - Contemporary happenings in the military aerospace world; Sea Harrier Goes Operational - the BAe Sea Harrier has become the first S/VTOL maritime combat; New Tanker for the Navy - a most unusual new aircraft has been added to the Navy's air fleet; Jaguars meet the Eagles - RAF Jaguars in joint operations with USAF F-15 Eagles; America's Top Guns - How California's 144th Fighter Interceptor Wing won top honors at the 1980 William Tell meet; RAF's New Helicopter - The Chinook will provide heavy duty helicopter service for the RAF; Lizard Fighting Falcon - Experimental paint scheme is tried out on the F-16; Bear Intercept! - How the USAF Phantoms intercept and track Soviet's Bears that prowl the North Atlantic shipping lanes; Canadair's Tutor - This rugged Canadian training aircraft has given years of faithful service and shows no sighs of slowing down. Light wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Jack Borres; Ralph Bower; Let's Carve - Coyote Carving Directions; Carl Johnson; Tales about three snails; More on Kashmir Carving; School of Classical Carving; Burning Techniques; Carvers, Shows and People; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
80 pages. Features: Osvaldo Orellana; Try Carving a Lynx; Burning Techniques; Let's Carve - carve a cow; Painted Pony sets new World Record; Campbell Folk School; Chips - Making a Carving knife, by Ted Kona; David Bennett; Tupelo - an excellent carving wood; Many show photos and reports; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Creative Duplicate Stitch - Part II - more designs with specialty threads; Connie Harbor teaches Machine Heirloom Sewing; Handkerchief/Nosegay - double buttonholed with branced bars and fil tire; Organdy and Linen Collar - pattern pull-out by Margaret Pierce; Prairie Fashions - Old West Colors and Fabrics; The Final Touch - Edgings; Back to School - Appliqued Jacket; The Art of Peppering - Couching; Smock PLate - by Gwen Milner; Smocking Tips - Centering a Smocked Design; Simply Serging - Piping; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Carl Lemasters' dollhouse creation; Make a roombox house purse; Mini Construction - dollhouses in school; Make a jointed teddy bear; Striped Baby Afghan; Make a wicker-looking basket without weaving; Floor tile in miniature; a mission-style hanging shelf; make a cuckoo clock; renovating a dollhouse; Seashell planters; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
20 pages. Features: Hand Knit Guru Inspires Glorious Colour tour to U.K.; The Orpheum Embroideries Project - by Connie Wilks; Seminar Impressions - lots of photos from Sault Ste. Marie; Stitching Trivia; Wee Treasures; From Our Correspondence School; and more. Clean with light wear. Magazine
18 pages. Features: Taking on a School - by Joyce Sirski-Howell; Wolfville Inn Taken Over by Stitchers; Seminar '90 - West Coast Images; Maple Leaf Cross-Stitched Bag; Overdyed Yarns - by Mary Sustrik; The Leonida Leatherdale Award Winners 1990; and more. Clean with light wear. Magazine
Features: Autumn in the garden; Back to school; Halloween Party; Colour it Bronze; Ayletts Dahlia Festival; Bamboo as a traditional Chinese Brush Painting; how to preserve dahlias; Flowers at Harewood House; Flowers through the ages; Collecting books on flower arranging; Autumn candles; how to grow Hippeastrum; have a spring garden indoors this winter; Isla Gladstone Prints; A Flower Arranger visits Bangkok; Floral Feathers; Relaxing under glass; Growing unusual climbers indoors; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
67 pages. Black and white photos of 82 exhibits. Biographies of artists, including: Larry Bomberry, Simon Brascoupe, Leslie Claus, Mary Claus, Eddy Cobiness, Blake Debassige, Don Ense, David General, Richard Hill, Russell Hill, Stanley Hill Jr., Alex Janvier, Bruce King, Clifford Maracle, Gerald McMaster, Norval Morrisseau, Bill Powless, Erwin Printup, Tim Restoule, Michael Robinson, Richard Salter, Mark Silver, Wayne Skye, Jeffery Thomas, Roy Thomas, Saul Williams, Helen Wassegijig, Duffy Wilson, Leo Yerxa, Cecil Youngfox. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy. Book
Features: Interview with Michael Wilson; Bernie Madoff and his boring mistress; Ignatieff's Double Dare; Disaffection with Ed Stelmach; The G8 Go to Muskoka in 2010; The last of the Kennedys - the passing of Ted Kennedy; The Torture Debate; Google Voice - a huge threat to the wireless industry; 'Pleasure' is the latest buzzword in school sex education, and not all are pleased; Why surviving cardiac arrest in Canada is so difficult; Stars reveal how they spent their summer vacations; Shaquille O'Neal prepares for life after the NBA; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Fauxs and Finds - what's a bravura finish?; Shopping with Jane; Go for Baroque - the history of architecture; Building Sherlock's Room;"Piet's" Perfect Plants; Therese Bahl and her Guild School Class; Spring Projects; Shows; A Santa Fe Getaway; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: Show Shopping Finds; The Acquisto Silver Co.; Faith Rogers is an Original; Make A Wish - Sparkling Dollhouse; Ginger Peebles fruitful career; Marny Cardin and her flooring; Furt-tive visitors; Birmingham, England Show; Purrfectly Appointed Room; Gretchen's twin brother; Nutshell the Cat; School Supplies; A Belter Bed in 1/4" scale; Freshman Dorm; Mudworks - ceramics studio; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Summer School - The Guild School; Brooke Tucker - a "Star" in her own right; Marilyn Cieszynski's Dollhouse Country; The American Provincial Dollhouse of Dee Snyder; Folk Designs for Every Setting - Karen and Leonard Steely; Lillian Foley's Golden Years; America's First Ladies - Galia Bazylko's collection; Joan Adams' Plush Persians; Carolyn Lockwood and Monica Roberts - Friendship at First Sight; Zack & Shari Fox's Cottage Victoriana; Jo-Ellen Bossom's Minikins; DIY Folk Art Signs and Designs; Mary Eccher's New Year's Munchies; Winter days near a warming hearth; Latest building techniques with Bob Porter; A Portable Workshop; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: The miniaturization of Nero!; Collectables - Winter Figurals; A Castle for Christmas; Santa - all 157 varieties - lives in Pittsburgh; Mr. Heal's Store in London; Precious Porcelains - combine contemporary collectable ornaments to create holiday vignettes; Hand-weaver Gary Romine; Travels in Italy; Helga Tacreiter explains how she taught herself her stonework technique; A miniature of the Duke of Devonshire's home; The Castine Experience - I.G.M.A.'s Guild School; Creative Notebook II - how to add dry rot to your building; Master File V - Mini floral designs by Jane Kilkenny; Kit Renderings - Wing Chair Magic; Creative greeting card; Joann's Country Christmas; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: Reflecting on Windows - Part IV; Collecting Creches - manger scenes in miniature; George Held; George and Sally Hoffman; The Guild School; Judy Smith's Creatures; The Original Mini-Tongas; Nutshell News Cruise; Claycrafting - easy Christmas ornaments; Creating Corners in Time; Easy Wigs; Kit Renderings - A hidden Hepplewhite; Finishing the Post-War Kitchen - 1940s furnishings from large appliances to small conveniences; Joann's Christmas Tree Lot; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
