Wuorio, Eva-Lis; Markey, Morris; Parr, Grant; Palmer, Gretta; Carleton, M.; Donnel Jr., C.; Dounce, H.; Jennings, John
Liberty Magazine, August 7, 1943 - The 57th Fighter Group / Flying Circus in Africa
50 pages. Features: Let Them Be Canadians - encouragement for new Canadians to learn English so they may rise above manual labour jobs; Coming Up - The Light Metal Age - how aluminum, stainless steel and magnesium will change our world's face; Flying Circus in Africa (part 1 of 2) - article and photos of the 57th Fighter Group; What (Characteristics) Will Your Baby Inherit From You?; This is the Army - with eight photos from this wartime movie; King Solomon Knew Women; Soo-Flay; High Hook!; Wheel of Fortune - part 3; Colonel Stoopnagle's Fictionary; Liberty Goes to the Movies; Woman-Talk; and more. Colour ad for Mercury socks for men on back cover: Interesting ad (#7) by John Labatt Limited in comic-style encourages readers to support government price ceilings. RCAF recruiting ad for women. Center page loose but present, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A nice wartime issue. Book
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Wuorio, Eva-Lis; Porter, M.; Campbell, M.W.; Hutchison, Bruce; Bodsworth, Fred; Hutton, Eric; Ramsay, Lisa; Callaghan, Morley
Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, November (Nov.) 1, 1952 - Looting Our History on Manitoulin Island
64 pages. Features: This issue features, for the first time, cover art by James Hill of Hamilton, featuring an actual scene of a snow sleigh being painted in Dundas, Ontario during a light snow; Great colour ad for Allis-Chalmers Rumely, Ltd. inside front cover features their equipment mining uranium ore ungerground; Household Finance ad features photo of Mr. S.B. Kelly, Manager of the Richmond St., London, Ontario office; One-page two-colour ad for Thor household appliances; Nothing Sacred About the Two-Party System (Editorial); Column on B.C.'s Socred government; Nice colour ad for Canadian General Electric features six of their clocks; Canada's best-loved Governor-General, Lord Alexander, becomes Defense Minister of Great Britain - article with many photos; Benny's Happy Family - nearly four hundred veterans and their wives, and fourteen hundred children live at Benny Farm, a huge apartment development in Montreal's suburb of Notre Dame de Grace - article with five photos; Keep Away from Laura - fiction by Morley Callaghan; The Mysterious Kingdom of the Saguenay - photo-illustrated article (including photo of Madame Gunder Olsen sitting outside her home; How Mackenzie King Won His Greatest Gamble - the fantastic events of 1926 showed him as a true political genius; They're Looting Our History - American collectors and tourists armed with shovels are carting away the story of Canada's dim past from Manitoulin Island - article with photos; When Sears Joins Up with Simpson's - great photo-illustrated article on this important Canadian department store merger; Why the Braden's Don't Come Home - Photo-illustrated article on Bernie and Barbara Braden, once of Vancouver, who now have jobs in British TV, radio, stage and movies; Colour Sweet Caps (Caporal) ad features puffing majorette; Colour centrefold ad for Westinghouse home appliances; Prest-O-Lite ad features photo of Boston Bruin Milt Schmidt in action; Interesting illustrated ad for film "Androcles and the Lion" with heading "Barbaric revelry to fire the senses of the world... in the story of history's most sin-swept era!"; Nice colour ad for Aylmer Golden Corn; Nice colour ad for Champion spark plugs features boy throwing snowball; Uncommon Stelco ad features photos of their new 673-foot ore unloading bridge at Hamilton, their new blast furnace at Hamilton Works, and their new Open Hearth Furnace at Hamilton; Nice two-page Buick ad; and more. Light wear. Unmarked. A high-quality copy of this lovely vintage issue. Book
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Wylie, Brad
Qualicum Beach : A History of Vancouver Island's Best Kept Secrets
219 pages including bibliography and black and white illustrations. "Rich in information about our past, from European discovery to settlement, the creation of the townsite, incorporation, and the development of the modern town, while preserving its village character." - Jack Collins, Mayor, Qualicum Beach. Clean and unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
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y Dawns Early Light DVD
By Dawns Early Light DVD
very good. B000I3Z6U8 unknown
Referencia librero : A5-S044-1214
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Yee, Paul
Tales from Gold Mountain - Stories of the Chinese in the New World
64 pages. A collection based on the tumultuous and brave history of the Chinese immigrants to Canada. Drawing upon the real background of the Chinese role in the gold rush, the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the settling of the west coast in the nineteenth century, Yee has created eight original stories that combine the rough-and-tumble adventure of frontier life with the rich folk traditions that these immigrants brought from China. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Very light wear. Lovely copy of this attractive volume. Book
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Yoder, Shirlee Kohler
Savoring the Times - Stories on MCC (Mennonite Central Committee) Indonesia's 50th Anniversary 1998
115 pages. ... The stuff of MCC volunteer life in the Indonesian archipelago. From a place too dangerous to accommodate foreigners in 1948, in intervening years to 1998, Indonesia eventually hosted a total of 164 Mennonite Central Committee volunteers. For the 50-year anniversary celebration of MCC in Indonesia, some alumni wrote stories about: mixing sulfa with vaseline for patients in the 1950's; balancing on slippery logs in Kalimantan; weathering a coup d'etat; visiting Birdshead Anabaptists in Irian Jaya; and much more. Very light wear. Some soiling to title page else unmarked and in fine condition. Excellent copy in glossy decorated boards. Book
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YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE DAN COATES 1977 SHEET MUSIC SHEET MUSIC FOLDER 412
YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE DAN COATES 1977 SHEET MUSIC SHEET MUSIC FOLDER 412
Vintage Sheet Music. Vinyl. Very Good. Nice looking book has minor edge wear. cover slightly faded. Vintage Sheet Music unknown
Referencia librero : 2462190509008
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YOUNG THOMAS. THE DISCOVERY OF THE INTERFERENCE OF LIGHT.
The Bakerian Lecture. Experiments and Calculations relative to physical Optics. Read November 24 1803.
London W. Bulmer and Co. 1804. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1804 - Part I. Pp. 1-16. With titlepage to the volume Part I. Light browning to titlepage otherwise fine. � First appearance of this groundbreaking paper giving the first really convincing evidence that the fringes are produced by interference of light waves and giving the experimental demonstrations of the general law of Interference.This importent demonstration served as the experimental basis for the wave hypothesis of light. - In his two preceeding papers "On the Theory of Light and Colours" 1802 and "An account of Some Cases of the Production of Colours not hitherto described" 1802 - he only partially announced his principle of Interference and the statement of it in "An Account." was entirely hypothetical and not experimental. Magie. Source Book in Physics gives extracts of this paper and a later paper under the head: Discovery of the interference of light pp.308-15.<br>Young also shows in this paper that diffraction effects can be explained by the interference law.<br><br>"The experimental basis for the wave hypothesis of light as Young formulated it was interference. The fact has already been observed that two trauins of water waves may be so superposed that in certain regions the throughs of one train will lie continuously on the crests of another thereby producing zero disturbance.Destryctive interference is said to occur between the two trains of waves in the former case and constructivee interference in lthe latter. Similarly two sound waves may be so combined as to produce alternate regions of silence and enhanced sound. The phenomenon of interference of which the forgoing are familiar examples is easely comprehensible in the case of combining waves but would be utterly incomprehensible in the case of combining streams of particles. So when Young demonstrated in 1803 in the paper offered here that two beams of light could under properly controlled conditions be made to combine in such a way as to produce alternate regions of darkness and light he was rightly considered to have identified in light a characteristic property of waves." Lloyd Taylor in: Physics. The Pioneer Science. p. 511.<br>Of the three papers published in the years 1802-04 this paper is the most importent as it gives the experimental demonstrations of the interference of light. Dibner in Herlalds of Science No. 151 list the first paper so does PMM: 259. unknown
Referencia librero : 45880
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YOUNG THOMAS. THE DISCOVERY OF THE INTERFERENCE OF LIGHT.
The Bakerian Lecture. Experiments and Calculations relative to physical Optics. Read November 24 1803.
London W. Bulmer and Co. 1804. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1804 - Part I. Pp. 1-16. Clean and fine wide-margined. � First appearance of this groundbreaking paper giving the first really convincing evidence that the fringes are produced by interference of light waves and giving the experimental demonstrations of the general law of Interference.This importent demonstration served as the experimental basis for the wave hypothesis of light. - In his two preceeding papers "On the Theory of Light and Colours" 1802 and "An account of Some Cases of the Production of Colours not hitherto described" 1802 - he only partially announced his principle of Interference and the statement of it in "An Account." was entirely hypothetical and not experimental. Magie. Source Book in Physics gives extracts of this paper and a later paper under the head: Discovery of the interference of light pp.308-15.<br>Young also shows in this paper that diffraction effects can be explained by the interference law.<br><br>"The experimental basis for the wave hypothesis of light as Young formulated it was interference. The fact has already been observed that two trauins of water waves may be so superposed that in certain regions the throughs of one train will lie continuously on the crests of another thereby producing zero disturbance.Destryctive interference is said to occur between the two trains of waves in the former case and constructivee interference in lthe latter. Similarly two sound waves may be so combined as to produce alternate regions of silence and enhanced sound. The phenomenon of interference of which the forgoing are familiar examples is easely comprehensible in the case of combining waves but would be utterly incomprehensible in the case of combining streams of particles. So when Young demonstrated in 1803 in the paper offered here that two beams of light could under properly controlled conditions be made to combine in such a way as to produce alternate regions of darkness and light he was rightly considered to have identified in light a characteristic property of waves." Lloyd Taylor in: Physics. The Pioneer Science. p. 511.<br>Of the three papers published in the years 1802-04 this paper is the most importent as it gives the experimental demonstrations of the interference of light. Dibner in Herlalds of Science No. 151 list the first paper so does PMM: 259. unknown
Referencia librero : 42122
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YOUNG THOMAS. THE DISCOVERIES OF THE INTERFERENCE OF LIGHT GERMAN EDITIONS.
Ueber die Theorie des Lichts. Frei �bersetzt vom Professor L�dicke. Nachricht von einigen F�llen einer bisher noch nicht beschriebenen Entstehung der Farben. Beschreibung einer Vorrichtung um mittelst des Sonnen-Mikroskops die Farben d�nner Fl�cken darzustellen. Versuche und Berechnungen zur physikalischen Optik. 4 Papers.
Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1811. Without wrappers. In: "Annalen der Physik. Hrsg. Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert" Bd. 39 der Reihe Eilftes u. Zw�lftes St�ck. Titlepage to vol. 39. Pp. 129-244 a. 2 engraved plates. The entire issue offered. Young's papers: pp. 156-205 a. pp. 206-220. And pp. 245-360 a. 2 engraved plates. The entire issue offered. Young's papers: pp. 255-261 a. pp. 262-290. � First appearance in German of Youngs 3 groundbreaking papers On the Theory of Light and Colours 1802 - An account of some Cases of the Production of Colours not hitherto described 1802 - The Bakerian Lecture. Experiments and Calculations relative to physical Optics. 1804 - which gives the first really convincing evidence that the fringes are produced by interference of light waves and giving the experimental demonstrations of the general law of Interference.These importent demonstrations served as the experimental basis for the wave hypothesis of light. - In his two first papers "On the Theory of Light and Colours" 1802 and "An account of Some Cases of the Production of Colours not hitherto described" 1802 - he only partially announced his principle of Interference and the statement of it in "An Account." was entirely hypothetical and not experimental. Magie. Source Book in Physics gives extracts of this paper and a later paper under the head: Discovery of the interference of light pp.308-15.<br>Young also shows here that diffraction effects can be explained by the interference law.<br><br>"The experimental basis for the wave hypothesis of light as Young formulated it was interference. The fact has already been observed that two trauins of water waves may be so superposed that in certain regions the throughs of one train will lie continuously on the crests of another thereby producing zero disturbance.Destryctive interference is said to occur between the two trains of waves in the former case and constructivee interference in lthe latter. Similarly two sound waves may be so combined as to produce alternate regions of silence and enhanced sound. The phenomenon of interference of which the forgoing are familiar examples is easely comprehensible in the case of combining waves but would be utterly incomprehensible in the case of combining streams of particles. So when Young demonstrated that two beams of light could under properly controlled conditions be made to combine in such a way as to produce alternate regions of darkness and light he was rightly considered to have identified in light a characteristic property of waves." Lloyd Taylor in: Physics. The Pioneer Science. p. 511.<br>Of the three papers published in the years 1802-04 the last is the most importent as it gives the experimental demonstrations of the interference of light. Dibner in Heralds of Science No. 151 list the first paper so does PMM: 259. unknown
Referencia librero : 44092
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YOUNG THOMAS. THE REVIVAL OF THE WAVE THEORY OF LIGHT.
Untersuchungen �ber Schall und Licht. Experiments on Sound and Light
Halle Rengerschen Buchhandlung 1806. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Spine slightly rubbed. "Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert" Bd. 22. 8440 pp. a 10 engraved plates. Young's paper in 2 parts: pp. 249-285 a. 337-396.Stamps on verso of title-page. Internally clean and fine. � First German Version of the paper in which Young again embraced the wave theory of light and for the first time considered the problem of the superposition of waves. His consideration of the problem led to his discovery of the principle of interference. Young introduced the term "interference" in 1802. unknown
Referencia librero : 49445
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Young, Cy
The Other Parksville... Where Our Hearts and Souls Live...
84 pages in light green card covers. Author's third book of published poetry. He lives on Arbutus Bay, British Columbia. Contains: Crossing the Strait Enroute to Parksville; City-vs-Country Life; Thunder in the Bay; Mountains...Sea...Glaciers...Forest Silences...; Island Flowers; Herons...Eagles...Gulls...Crows...Squirrels...; A Deja-Vu of Parksville and Maui Beaches; Olga. Book
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Young, Joanne
Nuclear Family : One Woman's Confrontation with Atomic Power
113 pages. The personal story of one of Canada's leading anti-nuclear and peace activists. Her quest for truth about the nuclear industry - and its complicity in her husband's death and the lengthy cover-up that followed - eventually led her to a determined campaign of civil disobedience to alert the public to "an extremely dangerous, expensive and carelessly operated technology." Gift inscription upon half-title page, else unmarked. Very light wear. Illustrated glossy covers. Book
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Yuzyk Paul editor Contributor JW. Anderson: Eastern Cree Indians; William Douglas: New Light on the Old Forts of Winnipeg; Doug
Papers Read Before the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba; Series III Number 11 Series: Manitoba Historical Society Series III 11; Contributor J.W. Anderson--Eastern Cree Indians; William Douglas--New Light on the Old Forts of Winnipeg; Dougald McDougall--History of Pharmacy in Manitoba; Maurice Prud'homme--Life and Times of Archbishop Tache.
Winnipeg: Manitoba Historical Society 1956. Oversize paperback Very good. 95pp. Photograph notes. Contributors include J.W. Anderson Eastern Cree Indians William Douglas New Light on the Old Forts of Winnipeg Dougald McDougall The History of Pharmacy in Manitoba Maurice Prud'homme The Life and Times of Archbishop Tache. Article about Alexandre Antonin Tache. Locale: . Series: Manitoba Historical Society Series III 11. Manitoba Cree Indians Indians of N.A. Pharmacology. Manitoba Historical Society Paperback
Referencia librero : 104550
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Yvonne Kapp Charmian Brinson Editor Betty Lewis Editor Alison Light Preface
Time Will Tell: Memoirs
Verso 2003-04-01. First. Hardcover. Used:Good. Verso hardcover
Referencia librero : DADAX185984510X ISBN : 185984510X 9781859845103
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Yvonne M. Bishop Stephen E. Fienberg Paul W. Holland RJ. Light Contributor F. Mosteller Contributor R. J.
Discrete Multivariate Analysis: Theory and Practice
Springer 2007-07-30. 2007. Paperback. Used:Good. Springer paperback
Referencia librero : DADAX0387728058 ISBN : 0387728058 9780387728056
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Yvonne M. Bishop; Stephen E. Fienberg; Paul W. Holland; Contributor RJ. Light; Contributor F. Mosteller R. J.
Discrete Multivariate Analysis: Theory and Practice
Springer 2007-07-30. Paperback. Good. Springer paperback
Referencia librero : SONG0387728058 ISBN : 0387728058 9780387728056
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Yvonne M. M. Bishop Stephen E. Fienberg Paul W Holland; and with Richard J. Light and Frederick Mosteller
Discrete Multivariate Analysis: Theory and Practice
Cambridge MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology / M.I.T 1980. Stiff Pictoral Wraps. Very Good. Quarto 10" tall 557 pages stiff wraps. A very good clean neat soft cover edition with light exterior shelf wear and soiling; internal condition near fine with binding tight paper clean white. Massachusetts Institute of Technology / M.I.T paperback
Referencia librero : 24150
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Yvonne MM. Bishop Stephen E. Fienberg and Paul W. Holland with the Collaboration of Richard J. Light and Frederick Mosteller M
Discrete Multivariate Analysis: Theory and Practice
Cambridge Massachussets USA: The MIT Press 1978 Printed Pages: 567. A water-stain throughout the text. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 18.5 Cms x 27 Cms. The MIT Press hardcover
Referencia librero : 008983 ISBN : 0262021137 9780262021135
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Zeiger, Eduardo; Taiz, Lincoln
Plant Physiology
565 pages including index. Provides students with a firm foundation in the traditional topics of plant physiology while placing the major concepts in the dynamic context of contemporary biology. Moderate quantity of light pencil underlining and marginalia. Moderate wear overall. Solid, attractive copy. Book
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Zeldis Bill; Light Stuart
SANTA BARBARA PHOTOGRAPHY
Santa Barbara California U.S.A.: Bill Zeldis 2005. Silver lettering on the spine and front cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A very good copy of this photography book with an essay by Stuart S. Light. . Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Blue Cloth Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Zeldis Bill. 10.5 x 12. Photography American . Bill Zeldis Hardcover
Referencia librero : 003353 ISBN : 0971908060 9780971908062
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Ziek, Bhakti; Marzolf, Marion T.; Baizerman, Suzanne; Kestenbaum, Stuart; et al
Surface Design Magazine, Winter 2008 - Structured Surfaces
76 pages. Lavishly illustrated in color. Features: Catharine Ellis - Innovative Cloth Constructions; Sherri Smith - Science as Inspiration; Image, Structure, and Emotion - Lia Cook's recent work; Lissa Hunter - Finding Her Truth; Joan Livingstone - Corporeal Dynamics; Gail Resen - Patterning Light; Yvonne Morton - A Dorset/Congo Connection; Kim Kamens - String to the Nth Degree; Mind + Body - Reflections; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Ziolkowski Jan/ Balint Bridget K./ Lake Justin Translator/ Light Laura Translator
A Bouquet of Satire Wisdom and History – An Anthology of Latin Verse from Twelfth–Century France in Houghton Library
Houghton Library of the Harvard 2008. Hardcover. New. 200 pages. 10.00x6.50x0.75 inches. Houghton Library of the Harvard hardcover
Referencia librero : __0976547279 ISBN : 0976547279 9780976547273
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Ziolkowski Jan M. & Bridget K. Balint Eds. with Justin Lake Laura Light & Piper Prydwyn
A GARLAND OF SATIRE WISDOM AND HISTORY Latin Verse from Twelfth-Century France Carmina Houghtoniensia
Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library. Very Good. 2007. Softcover. 0976547279 . Corners of front wrap are chipped else Fine. ; This book brings into print editions translations and commentaries for more than two dozen unique poems in Latin from the late eleventh and early twelfth century preserved in Houghton Library's anthology known as MS Lat 300. This book offers unparalleled access to the anthology previously unavailable in English. From a literary point of view those interested in lyric poetry composed in Old French and Old Provencal have paid increasing attention to Latin poetry that circulated in France; Houghton Library Studies; 243 pages . Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library paperback
Referencia librero : 3885 ISBN : 0976547279 9780976547273
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Zoosh. Robert Shapiro. Arthur Fanning
Shining the Light Book III - Humanity Gets a Second Chance
Sedona: Light Technology Pub 1996 Crease to cover corners else VG. 460pp. 1st Printing. Softcover. Very Good. Trade Paper. Light Technology Pub paperback
Referencia librero : 014379 ISBN : 0929385713 9780929385716
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Zucchi, John E.
The Little Slaves of the Harp : Italian Child Street Musicians in Nineteenth-Century Paris, London and New York (Studies in Ethnic History, No. 13)
208 pages including index and bibliography. Virtual slaves, these children were uprooted from their villages in central and southern Italy to perform as barrel-organists, harpists, violinists, fifers, pipers, and animal exhibitors. "This extremely, unusual study, enlivened by photographs, throws a floodlight on ethnic prejudice, cultural constructs of childhood, Tammany Hall politics and 19th-century immigration and working conditions." - Publishers Weekly. Very light wear. Glossy laminated covers. Clean and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
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Zumtobel Staff
Luce - ambiente. L'arte dell'illuminazione architettonica
30 cm, rilegatura editoriale illustrata, titolo al piatto e dorso; p. 338; numerose illustrazioni e foto a colori, alcune tavole ripiegate
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Zuzka Light Jeff O'Connell
15 Minutes to Fit: The Simple 30-Day Guide to Total Fitness 15 Minutes At A Time
Avery. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD codes toys may not be included. Avery paperback
Referencia librero : 3242262185 ISBN : 158333582X 9781583335826
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Zuzka Light
15 Minutes To Fit: The Simple 30-Day Guide to Total Fitness 15 Minutes at a Time
Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Referencia librero : A9781583335826 ISBN : 158333582x 9781583335826
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Zuzka Light
15 Minutes to Fit: The Simple 30-Day Guide to Total Fitness 15 Minutes At A Time
2015-09-09. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be re-issue. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence excellent customer service! unknown
Referencia librero : 158333582Xq ISBN : 158333582x 9781583335826
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Zuzka Light/Jeff O'Connell
15 Minutes to Fit: The Simple 30-Day Guide to Total Fitness 15 Minutes At A Time
Avery 2015-12-29. 1. Paperback. Very Good. Avery paperback
Referencia librero : S-19-320 ISBN : 158333582X 9781583335826
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Zuzka Light
15 Minutes to Fit: The Simple 30-Day Guide to Total Fitness 15 Minutes At A Time
2015-09-09. New. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May be re-issue. Buy with confidence excellent customer service! unknown
Referencia librero : 158333582Xn ISBN : 158333582x 9781583335826
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