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1995Written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this company. Traces its tenuous beginnings, growing pains and ultimate success as a truly co-operative approach to insurance and one of the few organizations of its type to survive... and thrive. Author played an active role in the company for 25 years. Includes company photo album with some pictures in colour. Book
1993317 pages. Reveals the secrets of his success and shares the details of his deals. Offers fascinating insight into why some investors make millions while others lose everything, and shares his wisdom and advice on playing the market. Sarlos grew up on Hungary before WWII, experienced Communism, participated in the Hungarian Revolution, was imprisoned during the Stalinist purges, and emigrated to Canada. Contains fascinating Canadian business history. Spine leans a little to the right. Your humble bookseller met the late Mr. Sarlos in 1986 and found him to be a gentle and warm man. Book
1881219 pages. A very attractive volume with exquisite gilt lettering and illustration upon brown cloth. All edges gilt. With frontis and illustrations. Presentation inscription upon chocolate coloured front endpaper dated 1882, else unmarked. Moderate wear overall. Dampstains to the corners of some pages and back endpaper. Book
1931Features: Ivory - the pearl of the forest - the age-old industry built around the teeth of elephants; Editorials - blindness and false shame - help needed - too fat? - international affairs; Testing the astronomical yardstick - when Eros approaches the earth, Astronomers will study him further; A stone dam greater than Cheops' pyramid - novel methods of construction on World's largest rock-filled dam; Has living matter been produced in the laboratory? - Mexican scientist produces what resembles low forms of life; The volcanic birth of a new island - an eruption in hte bay that was Krakatoa's crater; Mining the sky for scientific knowledge - problems and questions that may be solved by the exploring rocket; Modern 'alchemy' in iron and steel - scientists are making iron almost a noble metal; Preserving newspaper files - tissue coating adds to strength of wood pulp paper; An actor turns inventor - safety oven shelf spells financial success; Practical X-ray crystal analysis in engineering - inner characteristics of materials can now be ascertained; Pre-constructed pip-line hauled out to sea - launching a huge pipe to make an ocean filling station for tankers; Giant Tortoises - they are now being propagated in the U.S.; From the archeologist's notebook - Petra - Chinese pottery dogs - a venus from the sea; Landscaping with fully-grown trees - difficult procedure in moving large trees; On the track of the Mayas - modern Mayas mix Christianity with their old paganism. Back cover features interesting advertisement by Southern California Edison with photo of enormous new transmission tower supplying Los Angeles. Uncommon Auburn Automobile advertisement inside front cover features their Cord Front Drive feature. One inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Book
1916272 pages including glossary. Occasional black and white illustrations. "The literature in the readers of the lower grades must be largely that of the nursery tale and fairy lore, but when the children have reached the middle period of their public school course - in the Third Reader - they may be introduced with profit to more mature forms of literature, and acquire at an early age a taste for reading good books... A careful reading of properly chosen selections cannot fail to extend the knowledge of the pupils as well as to improve their taste and to develop their power of expression... The highest aim of all good teaching is the development of character, and the selections for practice in oral reading should illustrate the virtues in which the children should be established - the virtues that make for material success, and those especially that form and strengthen right principles of conduct and life." - from the preface. Contains primarily selections drawn from the works of writers in Britain with input from some of Canada's best known writers. Prescribed for use in the schools of British Columbia. Illustrated brown cloth front board reads "The British Columbia Readers - Third Reader." Writing and scribbing upon front endpaper, few marks otherwise. Well worn boards with no major defects. Some soiling to contents. Book
1992212 pages including index. "These are the same kind of authentic stories I tell on the radio every day. Since launching 'The Canadian Achievers' in 1985 I have never run short of exciting true stories about the achievements of living Canadians - and never will. because Canada is a country of achievers." - the author. Read this book and discover how you too can become a Canadian Achiever. Unmarked. Light wear. Crease to front cover. Book
1991295 pages including index. Offers a more balanced view of the western past. Includes failure as well as success; defeat as well as victory; sympathy, grace, villainy, and despair as well as danger, courage, and heroism; women as well as men; varied ethnic groups and the differing perspectives as well as white Anglo-Saxon Protestants; an environment that is limiting, interactive, and sometimes ruined as well as mastered and made to bloom... Helps us consider the old and familiar in new ways. Highlighting in chapter eight, else unmarked. Very light wear. Book
19866 Cassette Tape Set. Circa 1986. Let the master of success help you reach higher levels of achievement! Former business library copy. Small library sticker at base of spine else unmarked. Front cover has separated from balance of tape case yet whole package remains quite attractive with very light signs of use. Book
1986435 pages. For twelve arduous but captivating years, Raymond de Coccola was, for all intents and purposes, a Barren Land Eskimo. An unforgettable portrait of adventure, of murder, of sexual mores. It is Father Raymond's touching first-person revelation of birth and of death, of patience and of fatalism; and it is a staggering account of his people's tragedy and loss. It is also a story of survival and hope. Bookplate upon front flyleaf. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Reading creases along spine. Includes a large assortment of excellent black and white plates. Book
1998219 pages including bibliography. A hands-on guide people can use to amplify their own emotional intelligence. Includes scores of real-world examples and dozens of practical exercises that accelerate the process, as well as step-by-step approaches to mastering a variety of EI techniques. Clean and bright. Unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
19876 Cassette tape set. Presents IBM business and other success strategies. Includes dozens of ideas to double your income. 18 characteristics of high-income achievers. 35 ways to sell yourself - create a professional image. 62 proven techniques for closing any sale. 48 sources of new prospects. 51 ways to turn objections into cash profits. and much, much more. Lovely clean condition. Book
2001410 pages including index. Provides students just beginning their post-secondary education with the tools needed to take full advantage of the opportunities ahead. Very light wear. Clean. Minor quantity of markings to contents. Glossy illustrated covers. Excellent copy. Book
1988123 pages. The record of a life dedicated to a medium, of a young man struggling to become an artist, and an artist striving to become a success. His images are arresting in their allusions, impressive in their breadth, and rich in their visual vocabulary. Includes some colour illustrations with the balance in black and white. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
1973163 pages. Sequel to author's Real Estate Listing Magic. Reviews and expands upon the basic techniques of listing single family dwellings detaied in author's Listing Magic. Presents a wide spectrum of additional listing information, dialogues and procedures. Describes listing techniques used by salesmen in different parts of the country and money making innovations salesmen have added to author's standard techniques. Moderate wear to brown boards. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Nice copy. Book
1989114 pages including index and bibliography. Contains a simple, straightforward system for getting your personal financial situation under control and heading in the right direction. You will learn: how to become debt free in 10 years; seven deadly myths about money that nearly everyone believes; how to prepare against Murphy's Law; Six basic principles of wise investing; and much more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book
1998368 pages. Reveals how, with little money, he created a fortune in Nutrition for Life and how you can too. Today, Dayle is an international leader in the industry and recognized as Mr. MLM. "The great laws of success are presented with such warmth and simplicity that you forget you're reading a book." - Charlie 'Tremendous' Jones. Unmarked. Light wear. Binding cracked at page 248. Remains a nice clean copy. Book
1987248 pages including list of recommended reading. A holistic guide to personal development, as readable as the daily paper. "I've never come a cross a more readable self-help book! What's more, Tony Larsen is practical and has common sense... unusually good!" - Robert E. Alberti Ph.D., Co-Author, Your Perfect Right. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1995237 pages. 50 success stories from people who are fighting allergies, cardiovascular disease, depression, yeast infections, MS, AIDS, chronic fatique syndrome, lupus, cancer, arthritis, diabetes, and more. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
1996362 pages. 20 inspiring tales of entrepreneurs who changed the way we live and do business. Clean, bright and unmarked with virtually zero wear. Gift quality. Book
1999272 pages. Documents the three phases of the Italian-Canadian fascist press, following its parabolic trajectory from the initial failure of hte 1920s, to the noisy success in the mid-1930s, and to its final demise in the early 1940s. Focuses upon three key publications: L'Italia; Il Bollettino; and L'Eco. A history of the Italian in Canada under the spell of fascist propaganda. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
1938119 pages. Introduction by Lou Handman, composer of "Are You Lonesome Tonight" and many other hits states in part "I know of no one who could be more capable to write a book on the songwriting and music publishing business". Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Nice copy of this nostalgic work. Book
1993249 pages including index. Designed for A Level and AS Level students, and provides a clear and simple text with an emphasis on exam technique and the known areas of difficulty and misunderstanding. Light wear. Unmarked. Binding solid. Nice copy. Book
1932306 pages including reference index and bibliography. "Presents as clearly and as concisely as possible those fundamental principles on which all achievement is based, in order that the person seeking success, may, by having a comprehensive chart of the road, more easily, quickly and surely attain his/her objectives." - from foreward. A very practical and helpful work. Front free endpaper removed, taking with it most of front hinge. Above average wear. Unmarked. While this is not the prettiest copy, it remains a valuable and uncommonguide to self-improvement, written during the pit of the Great Depression. Book
1931165 pages. An anonymous biography of a woman who made her husbad a success. "Until you have read this you cannot guess the number and variety of things that a woman can do, often without expense, to promote her husband's business." - from dust jacket. Bright, happy, constructive, suggestive reading for any wife, young or old, new to the game or experienced in it. Light wear to book which is clean and unmarked. Average wear and soiling to dust jacket. Very nice copy. Book
1978276 pages. How 18 everyday women became fortune builders and famous speakers. Minor quantity of high-lighting otherwise unmarked. Moderate wear to book. Average wear to dust jacket. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book