1996128 pages. "You don't need loads of experience, expensive lumber, or fancy tools to make attractive furniture for your home - just a few 2x4 boards and stock lumber will do to make furniture as good as anything custom-made." - from dust jacket. For each finished project, there are complete material lists, numbered illustrations, full-color photos, and easy directions any beginner can follow. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Excellent copy. Book
1991112 pages. Henry's poems are of the here and now, of people and places we all know or can readily imagine. Which is not to say they are mundane, for flashes of brilliant insight or harsh self-deprecation run through the work, constantly tilting the vision just enough off center to make us take a second, more thoughtful look, or listen more carefully. 4 inch crease to top of front cover. Moderate to average wear. Unmarked inside. Book
1958310 pages including index and a multitude of black and white illustrations. Pump operating and maintenance procedures differ little from one industry to another. So procedures useful in one industry are, generally, equally applicable to the same types of pumps used in another industry. This book is based on this premise and gives specific operating and maintenance instructions for pumps in every industry known to man. Covers every major class and type of pump. Instructions given are exact, enabling an engineer or foreman to supervise the job, and a mechanic to actually perform the work. Using the methods given here, it is possible for anyone responsible for pump operation and maintenance to set up a complete program covering the pumping facilities in any plant - from the largest having thousands of pumps to isolated stations having a single pump. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper, else unmarked. Average wear. Binding solid. Book
1993144 pages including index. Build your own backyard workshop, shorage shed or detached garage. Covers everything you need to know to design and build practical, durable, and attractive outdoor structures easily and inexpensively. Also covers preliminary electrical and plumbing installation techniques. Includes work-in-progress photos. Title page removed. Usual library markings. Average library wear. Book
1994767 pages. Designed for use in introductory courses in business mathematics or mathematics in finance taught in most business administration programs in Canadian colleges. Identifies and builds upon unifying and integrative concepts. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Very good copy. Book
199030 Minute VHS Video Tape in Case. From a series of step-by-step instructional tapes for pleasure and profit. Your instructor, Joan Johnson, is well respected in the floral industry with over 25 years of experience. She established her first design school in 1971. She travels constantly and experiences the newest trends in floral and interior design. You will enjoy and discover that you too can design just like the professionals. This tape will teach you: Rose Arrangement; Mixed Cut Flower Arrangement; Bud Vase; Care and handling of cut flowers; Tips on arranging; tips on using broken or short stem flowers. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
197474 pages. Features: Bobby Orr faces crucial decision about the W.H.A.; Can Abdul-Jabbar become a winner?; Top NFL running back is Ron Johnson; Ted Kwalick and his rags to riches story; Guy LaFleur and his battle to escape oblivion; Can Billy Martin Escape Baseball's Siberia?; Green Bay's John Brockington; David Thompson or Bill Walton?; Gail Goodrich; Bernie Parent; Great Hercules ad on back page includes classic comic showing runt (Saul) muscle up and punch out brute to keep his girl; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Date stamp on front cover otherwise unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1995276 pages including index. A thorough and up-to-date resource for making decisions about hormone replacement therapy. Unmarked. Minimal wear. Very nice copy. Book
1999234 pages including index. Provides 26 effective strategies for retaining valuable employees. "This charming, clever, practical, and user-friendly book isa great desk-side coach for anyone who manages people." - Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School. Glossy, clean and unmarked. Negligible wear. Superb copy. Book
1985302 pages including index. A comprehensive guide to investment opportunities in gold, silver, platinum and palladium. A fact-filled sourcebook, complete with lists of dealers and other financial organizations that handle every kind of metals transaction. Book clean, bright and unmarked. Appears unread. Modest rubbing and light wear to dust jacket. Very nice copy. Buy now at the early stages of this bull market! :-) Book
2001250 pages including index. Exploring the idea of citizenship in the evolving post-national context, author argues that old ideas of civic belonging, historically tied to blood, belief and law, need to be reconceived. Argues for a new model that will give voice and structure to our longing to be part of something larger than we are. "Appeals to the thoughtful reader who thrives on insights into the way humans interact or who enjoys a rich tapestry of concepts and ideas and the thinkers behind them." - The Globe and Mail. Minor underlining and marginalia upon several pages. Minimal wear. Attractive glossy illustrated covers. Book
1977158 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon front flyleaf. Author's first book. Discusses Indians without pain, built or embarrassment. Refuses to take a tragic view of Indian life. His view is unrepentantly comic and his stories are extremely funny. Unmarked. Average wear. Minor lean to spine. Book
198182 pages. Features: seeking authentic lost gold eagles; mining for fun and profit; Aerial photos; Johnson's Island; Boulevard Bonanza; Workshops; Treasure in trash; California's Chuckawalla Mountains. Some defects by not too bad overall. Book
198183 pages. Features include: Search where others don't; the latest in cabochon equipment; unique detector in Pennsylvania; white sand of Pensacola; Colorado's ghost towns; Aerial photos; a gold recovery system; Florence, Oregon; Front cover rumbled. Contents in nice shape. Book
198084 pages. Features: Hunting the little lawns; Faceting; Gold mine garbage; Montana; "Flint Factories" of Southern Illinois; Thar's gold in Mogollon; Silver in the Black Range; Treasure hunting in Puerto Rico; Gold treasures in them flea markets; Collectables near Salome, Arizona; Beachcombing; Vermont Gold Rush; Hunting 'Hunted out' spots; The Hunt in Northampton. Moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
198076 pages. Searching for gold coins; how to pan for gold; how to stake a claim; bitten by gold fever; nugget hunting in streams with a detector; where's the gold!; simple steps to gold; Mystery Gold Cliffs of Northern California; Spanish Gold Mining Methods; Gold prospecting with geology as an aid; Information on Placer Deposits; the assay office at cable cove. Above-average wear. Book
1972161 pages plus appendix, references and index. Black and white illustrations. A story of young men adventuring in the American west when the law came as a hanging party, and in British Columbia of Fraser gold rush days, of the first breaking of the black loam of the Delta at Ladners Landing and of the pioneering growth of a cannery there. Date and small address label inside front board else book clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Few short tears to still respectable dust jacket. Nice copy. Book
1979140 pages plus index. How to get your kids to eat less sugary, salty "junk food"... Without sacrificing convenience or good taste. Full of more than 200 recipes, practical feeding ideas, tips on getting your best nutritional buys in the supermarket, plus a humorous glossary of kitchen terms. Above average wear. Occasional markings. Book
1989103 pages. Occassional markings in black ball point pen in text. Believe it or not, there is no more positive, life affirming philosophy than Humanism! No other system of thought and action provides greater freedom and potential for growth for the individual, for society and, indeed, for the world. Those locked in, baffled, held back by traditional faith systems, find in Humanism a way of life that lifts the spirit, frees the soul, enriches the mind, feeds the highest emotions and links humankind in a fellowship of understanding, caring and love. Author shares his perception of the positive virtues of Humanism. Book
197632 pages. "For thousands of years gold has been fashioned into beautiful ornaments. It has become a symbol of wealth and power too. What is it about gold that makes it so precious and so desirable?" - from front cover. Unmarked. Average wear. Sound working copy. Book
1995261 pages. This revolutionary new look at vision will broaden your understanding of how you see and how you can see without your glasses or contact lenses. "I can attest to its effectiveness. It's fabulous: It opened my eyes" - Ray Floyd, Professional Golfer. Contents unmarked and lightly worn. Binding open at page 113. Spine leaning. Average wear. Decent working copy. Book
200696 pages. Features: Teach it with towels - huck lace; Is there a right size?; Teach it with towels - Swedish lace; Linen and lace bag - a student's first project; Learn with a sampler in Linen and huck lace; Teach yourself twill with napkins or towels; Designing with twill for a winning ruana; Getting started with warp rep; Zigzagging with warp rep - art pieces for wall or table; Towels in M's and O's; Learning by doing everything wrong; Fabric forecast; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
2001863 pages plus appendices. Economics comes alive for students with relevant issues are examined. Have you wondered whether Canada's "brain-drain" is a problem? Or what should be done with a fiscal surplus? What challenges face the Canada Pension Plan? This book helps you analyze these and many other questions. Bright, clean and unmarked. Faintest signs of wear. Super copy. Book
1933215 pages including exercises and vocabulary. "No writer put more of himself into his work than did Loti. The notes and references put Loti back into his story, infusing it with something of his own strange personality... Peculiar constructions and oddities of translation, so frequently explained in notes are, in this book, consigned to the vocabulary and exercises. The foot-notes (found on the very page) are thus limited to explanations destined to clarify or heighten the interest in the story." - from Preface. Average wear. Binding intact. Good working copy. Book
199865 pages including index. Circa late 1990s. Canada's westermost province is divided into nine distinct regions. Rich in history, each region is unique to its people and land, a key ingredient to any favorite recipe. Contains four or more wonderful recipes from each region, lavishly illustrated with colour photography of the food and its region. Includes such wonders as: seafood dumplings with wasabi mayonaise, tuna tataki, sweet potato chips, Nanaimo bars, wild rice with Porcini mushrooms, and many more. Minimal wear. Unmarked. Attractive glossy colour illustrated covers. Book