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1990165 pages including index. "Contains a wealth of extremely worthwhile information for military men and women and challenges all other texts for sheer practicality and usefulness. It will, I predict, become the primer for military men and women, of all ranks and grades and from all the Services, who separate or retire from our Armed Forces." - Lt. Gen. Edgar A. Chavarrie, USAF (Ret.) Former Deputy Asst. Sec. of Defense for Military Manpower and Personnel Policy (from the foreward). Clean inside aside from large red ink stamp on title page which reads 'Non Commissioned Officers Association of the USA.' Some wear to corners of pages and covers. Both covers curl up moderately. Book
1980171 pages. Only light wear and soiling. Quarter inch tear to bottom of back cover. "If you're bored with your job and hate getting up in the morning to go to work, maybe it's time you looked for another way to make a living. Hundreds of other Canadians have done just that... created their own jobs and turned their lives around. Author talked to them and found out why so many people across this country want to work for themselves and how they made it possible." - from the front cover. Detailed looks at more than 20 people and how they changed their lives. Book
1997294 pages including index. Examines what technology is going to mean to you financially, where the best job prospects will be, and how changes in the health care and educations systems will affect you and your family. Author is considered to by Canada's leading futurist. Book
1971176 pages including index. Average wear and soiling. A common-sense gardening book you will want to take in your hand when you have a job to do, just as you would any gardening tool. Covers: self-pruning, corrective pruning, top pruning, flower bearing plants, fruit-bearing trees, shrubs and vines, hedge pruning, shade trees and evergreens, root pruning. Some pencil underlining. Book
1974160 pages. A personal chronicle of the struggling early years of effort and achievement. Others will write the story with greater skill and objectivity, but no one will do the job with greater love and gratitude. Author was Founder and First President of the Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Loaded with wonderful black and white photographs. Book
1932Features: Announcement, with photos, that after seven years of research, the Caterpillar Tractor Company has applied the diesel engine successfully to the tractor. Contains fascinating two-page wide graphic which illustrates and describes business cycles and patent applications from 1840 to 1932 Articles: The transmission engineer's job - to design a n electrical transmission line, tie in a number of power stations, and solve the many attendant problems oftern requires years of work; Editorials - too old at 40? - airplane engine reliability - peace in radio - expensive babies; Gold from goldfish - goldfish, once imported, now raised in great numbers here; Star colors and star temperatures - the problems with which astrophysicists deal in determining the heat given off by flaming heavenly bodies; The business man takes wings - an account of an actual business trip around the country in which much time and money were saved; New light on Sasanian culture - culture of the peoples whose lands were the scene of the wars of Alexander the Great, as shown by recent archeological finds; Concrete bridge makes new record - George Westinghouse Bridge has America's longest concrete span; Is space curved? - some confusing concepts of the physicists cleared up by simple scissors work; Looking at stresses - complex stresses in structures directly vivible by new method; Big Springs - Some springs in this country flow great rivers of water; Why a watch keeps time - two years' time is often required to design a watch that will consistently keep accurate time; Gun recoil control - simple muzzle attachment reduces recoil of guns and prevents lift of the muzzle off the target; Endurance cut from the hillside - stone for modern buildings is cut in huge blocks by methods that have felt the touch of the machine age. Moderate to average wear. Magazine
1931A very interesting issue. Features: Triangulation - why and how this precise surveying job is done; Editorials - The Nicaragua Canal - The "R-101" disaster - Spiritism exposed - Why a navy is needed - Sick railroads - Lessons learned; Our changing transportation - competitors to the railroads; Zone television and the television arc - television transmission via three channels; Tudying up the constellations - archaic method of outlining roups is being simplified; Problems of calendar improvement - the importance of the movment ot change our calendar; Tons of human hair in industry - woven into press-clth, hair serves a most useful purpose; This new big business of gardening - food raising becomes a gigantic mechanized industry; From the archeologist's Notebook - bronze bowl - home of a notorious Roman - Lid of Canopic jar - a Roman portrait - Chinese head-dress ornament; Man's insect allies - an insect that feeds on cacti and destroys them; Change - the great competitor; Sulfur - the second of three related articles on salt, sulfur and petroleum; Clemenceau and Foch - the United States enters the war - the Armistice and peace conference; Diesel versus gasoline-engined plane - the diesel-engined plane has a higher "ceiling"; A flexible amusement building in New Orleans - a municipal auditorium with a movable stage platform; A two-mile industrial water tunnel - tunnel for the ford plant carries enough water for several cities. Chip loose at top of spine. One inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Tear to page 402. Book
1994192 pages. The autobiography of one of the rugged individuals who built the Vancouver Island sawmill industry with their blood, sweat and tears. Tells all - his sawmilling, his wives and kids, his hunting and fishing expeditions throughout the West. The hard-loving, hard brawling, hard-working story of one of the BC coast's true originals. Glossy and attractive illustrated boards. Book
1979234 pages including index. Contents: Where do you want it and why?; What your loudspeaker has to do; Fitting a loudspeaker to its job; How each kind does its job; Picking the right kind for the job; Ways to install simple inexpensive units; Ways to install multiple simple units; Putting together more sophisticated types; Things that can ruin your performance; The importance of a thing called phase; Feeding loudspeakers correctly; Making good connections. Front endpaper removed. Relatively few library markings, else unmarked. Very light wear. Bright gilt lettering to spine and front board. Solid copy. Book
1965157 pages. Book #8 in the series. Brad has just settled into a job in his father's London office when he is engaged in a hunt for a missing person whose disappearance means the loss of a scientific secret of urgent national importance. Large tear to base of spine. Scribbing upon endpapers, etc. Writing upon front board has been coloured in with blue pen. Well-worn. We could go on, but all pages seem to be here and binding remains intact. 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
1976365 pages. A public health inspector spends twenty-five frustrating years trying to be of service to his community (Victoria, British Columbia). At fifty he resigns and goes in search of a more satisfying life. He finds it in tropical Northern Queensland. This is his story. It is a novel and an anthology. Essays, verses, short fiction, travel, observations, character sketches. It is the compellingly written, informative, enlightening, thought-provoking, always entertaining experience of a man with intelligence, wit, and humour. The reader will find that she/he is seeing himself and his own community, because this book is not just about a small Canadian city or one corner of the sunny South Pacific. Nor is it just about one man's escape from a frustrating job. It is a forthright assessment of a society in trouble by a man who has a wider view because he deliberately stepped outside. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
1991168 pages. The story of James E. "Ted" Wilson, written in co-operation with marine author S.C. Heal. Captain Wilson went to his first seagoing job as deckboy out of Victoria, at the early age of 14, in 1933. His colourful career saw him working his way through the ranks in British Columbia coast towboats from deckhand to mate and eventually as a licensed master. Includes black and white illustrations. Unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
1998202 pages. Provides easy-to-follow plans for saving, investing and preserving your hard-earned money. You'll discover how you can minimize the impact of job loss, divorce and other difficult times. You'll also find out how you can fully enjoy the good times. You'll also see how you can help your children plan for their futures. Prior owner's name inside front cover else unmarked. Clean. Light to moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
1989237 pages including index. "...very creditable job... correctly identifies the key theories and concerns, and has presented a great body of information in a logical, consistent and well-structured manner." - Allan Hooper, University of Reading, England. Moderate quantity of high-lighting else unmarked. Light to moderate wear. Solid attractive copy. Book
1976294 pages including index. Repairing kitchen appliances is no longer a job for "Mr. Tinker" at the corner "Fix-It Shop." Modern appliances use complex circuitry and sophisticated controls. Changes are introduced frequently with each new advance in technology, so appliance technicians must keep abreast of these changes to remain successful. Understanding how the components of these appliances operate and how modern test equipment is used to test these devices is essential. This book was written to cover this need. Covers the spectrum of kitchen appliances. An excellent reference. Light wear and bumping to blue boards. Contents tight, square and unmarked. Very good copy. Book
1999163 pages. Can profits, people and place co-exist in harmony? Does conservation of nature necessarily mean a loss of jobs? Deals head-on with the massive ongoing threats to the world's ecosystems. Examines a number of case studies from different sectors of the Pacific Northwest and comes up with some surprising answers. Explodes the spotted owl myth by showing that employment and economic activity actually increased. Shows that future job opportunities exist when local residents steward their resource base, not when non-locals have the power to plunder it. "Grant Copeland is one of my eco-heroes..." - David Suzuki. Glossy illustrated covers. Average quantity of pencil markings to text. Light wear. Excellent copy. Book
1997217 pages including bibliography. "...arms readers with an edge and a sense of humour. It is an essential tool for first time job hunters." - Jonathan Torrens, CBC's Jonovision. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
1975176 pages. An offering of some working poems written from inside specific jobs and the working life. "As noted in the introduction to Beaton Abbot, so much English poetry has dealt with the themes of love and death, and so little before now has dealth with the themes of love and death, and so little before now has dealt with the subject that preoccupies most of the human race for most of our time alive on the earth." - from introduction. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Nice copy. Book
1982191 pages including index. A pictorial celebration of what began as a tentative enterprise in 1882 under the name Dominion Bridge and has since grown into a strong company today called AMCA International. Reveals that founder Job Abbott was a man of vision. Chapters include: Birth of a Country and a Company; The First Two Decades; Turn of hte Century to the Great War; Plowshares into Swords; The Postwar Crescendo and the Great Crash; Civilian Skills Make Military History; Modern Cityscapes; Rebirth for a Second Century. Attractively illustrated, primarily with glossy colour photography. Includes introductory letter above faux signature of Kenneth S. Barclay, Chairman and CEO. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
2002224 pages. Reclaim the power you have given to outside sources and make happiness an inside job! This book will show you how. "A powerful book - practical and profound!" - Jerry Levinson, Registered Psychologist. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Excellent copy. Book
1949Features include: A Matter of Magic - a battle of wits between a white man and an East African witch-doctor; Hill Section - a 115 mile section of railway linking Northern and Southern Assam; The Amateur Elephant Hunter; The Lead-Dog's Warning - Told by a Canadian trapper, illustrates the perils awaiting dwellers of the far north; The Captain's Mutiny - Captain Arnas Loivikas in 1931; The Lion-Men of Ussure (Part 3); Philo's Dream - an amazing affair in a tribal village in Papua; Monkey Business - A Moroccan Story; Spawn of Evil - A wild stallion the author endeavoured to break; Memorable Voyage - A South African Story; Pennies for Fools - The Australian Prospector; Four Shark's Teeth; Chasing Red Sea Smugglers - a breezy account of a decidedly interesting job; Illustrated in black and white. Above-average wear to covers. Contents good. Name atop back cover. Magazine
1949Features Include: The Fruit Ranch Riddle - An interesting murder investigation at the Morrisey fruit ranch near Selah, Washington, USA; Interviewing an Eruption - Filming a volcano in the Belgian Congo; The "Lion-Men" of Ussure (Part 2) - The amazing story of Tanganyikans posing as "lion-men"; Exploring the "Great Diagonal" - an ambitious attempt to open the interior of Brazil; Stowaway to Spitzbergen; "Book-Keeper Wanted" - a colourful story from Western Australia; The Blind Malik - A Quaint Tale from Waziristan; The Dingo - An amusing story from the outback; The Bull-Gang - a young Englishman finds his way into a dirty pulp mill job in Canada; Ship's Guard; Ramaswamy's Pal - from 'the queer side of things' . Average to above-average wear. Some staining and prior owner's name upon back cover. Chips from spine. Decent copy. Magazine
1999238 pages including black and white plates. "I found out for the first time, while reading this book, that I almost didn't get the Bruins' coaching job. that was a shocker... This is one of those super books you won't want to put down." - Don Cherry, Hockey Night in Canada. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. Yellow boards show moderate wear and soiling. Solid copy. Book
2000304 pages including index. Helps you gather up your dreams and run away with them. Reveals how to: choose a destination; negotiate leave from your job; take care of your finances; take care of those you leave behind; pack for a year of travel; travel as a grown-up, not a teenaged backpacker; return to real life when your year is up, and more. Interviews with 10 other runaways prove that taking a year off is possible for almost everyone, at every stage of life. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket protected by attractive clear Brodart cover. Beautiful copy. Gift quality. Book