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2000128 pages. Undated. Occasional pencil markings. Former owner's name blacked out atop title page. Fascinating lessons for Christians from common, everyday things. Flies, peanuts, tails, tears, lead pencils, etc. Did you know that such things could teach wonderful vivid lessons! Author was an amazingly happy and successful soul winner. Book
196486 pages including index. An inexpensive guide to those fishes most likely to be seen by the average person. Draws heavily upon the comprehensive "Fishes of the West Coast of Canada" by Clemens and Wilby, to provide a less detailed account of the common species. Numerous black and white illustrations. Moderate wear, yellowing and age spotting. Unmarked. Book
1900393 pages plus advertisements. Full of valuable suggestions regarding shop practice. Some of the over 500 items and 222 illustrations were contributed directly by eminent constructors; the rest were gathered by the author in his 30 years' travel and experience. "The most useful book yet issued for the Machinist. No shop can be without it." - from title page. Former owner's name inside front board. Back hinge gone. Front hinge started. Well worn and soiled. Some yellowing to pages. Binding loose. Book
1982155 pages with index. With over 240 recipes, provides imaginative culinary ideas for over 35 kinds of fruit, from the common - apples, bananas, peaches, and pears, - to the less familiar - mangoes, papayas, pomegranates, and kumquats. You'll discover fruits don't just have to be for breakfast and dessert anymore. Book
1931Features: Chemistry may become the important post-depression factor; Editorials - extreme naval economy; farm by-products - one dollar for ducks - no dole for us - pilotless plane of the future; Cows fed irradiated yeast give ricket-preventive milk; Space as yet unfathomed - man's report is - "no bottom"; Better engines for navy planes; Speeding rail freight - new merchandise containers carry less than carload lots; Man-made oases in American deserts; Poland becomes a maritime nation - denied use of Danzig, Poland builds her own seaport; Has forest conservation created a false alarm?; Modern coal for modern markets - coal is now washed and thoroughly cleaned; Trademarks in disguise - the secret of a good trademark is its arbitrary nature; How stable is the earth's crust?; Masterpiece of Minoan Art; Babylonian brick reliefs; a link between Hellenistic and Roman painting; Butterfly faking - a new industry - rare and costly species "manufactured" from common varieties; Stone age man's world-wide culture. Back cover boasts colour Lucky Strike advertisement featuring illustration of a sultry Jean Harlow. She is quoted as saying "It's a delight to find a celophane wrapper that opens without an ice pick." Average wear. Unmarked. Two very small tears to fore-edge of back cover. Book
1978144 pages including index. A detailed and well-illustrated explanation of the technical terms and rules of blazon and of the science of Armory. Explains how individual coats of arms properly interpreted can be a valuable source of historical knowledge. Chapters include: heralds and heraldry; tinctures, partitions, ordinaries and sub-ordinaries; common charges; the rules of blazon; differencing and marshalling of arms; crests, crowns and coronets; the description of the achievement, and some famous arms; ecclesiastical heraldry; arms of heiresses, and hatchements; the seal; the badge; banners of arms, standards and flags. Average wear. Usual library markings else unmarked. Minor lean to spine. Book
1993252 pages including bibliography and glossary. Subject is a young Guatemalan peasant woman, already famous in her country as a national leader, whose life vividly reflects the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America. Markings/highlighting to a handful of pages. Average wear. Bit of writing inside front cover. Average wear. Book
1995264 pages. Author's signature atop title page. "Our family story reads like none other. This Smith saga takes us from poor pioneers to feisty farmers; from Senators to Brigadiers; from local fruit processing to a national manufacturer to a growing North American family firm. When I realized our history included war, fire, the Great Depression, family dissension, bravery under attack, successes, failures, innovation and vision, I wanted to pass it all on to my children. Apart from the name Smith, the common thread throughout the generations has been jam. A guiet, friendly, unassuming product has been the mainstay of our business. It is the framework from which all the adventures stem, and they are considerable." - Author Unmarked. Moderate wear. Prior owner's business card affixed inside front cover. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Book
1935354 pages including index. A study of the relations between men's ideas about the universe and the institutions of law and government. Binding loose but intact. Hinges intact. Moderate quantity of markings. Tears to spine. Useful reading copy. Book
1976420 pages including index. A handbook to specific preventive measures and cures to all common pet and livestock ailments. Unmarked. Average wear. Minor lean to spine. Great reference. Book
1989136 pages including index. Explores, in the figure of St. Catherine of Siena, the growing awareness of common sisterhood with all women of the church. Reflects upon the necessary qualities for apostolic religious women to realize the power of their sisterhood. Book in lovely clean, unmarked condition with faintest wear. Dust jacket price-clipped and sunned at spine and top. Nice copy. Book
1979261 pages including index. Told for the first time, here are the stories of twelve of Canada's outstanding labour leaders and organizers. Their accounts tell the behind-the-scenes story of some of the key events in twentieth-century Canadian history from the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, the 1935 On-to-Ottawa trek of the unemployed which played a major role in the defeat of Tory prime minister R.B. Bennett and the 1945 Ford strike in Windsor which consolidated the rights of big industrial unions through to the 1972 Common Front of Quebec's public sector workers. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding solid. Book
1976230 pages. A blueprint for a vibrant, meaninful life-style, just as it was created with challenge and joy at Canada's most remarkable educational commune. Twin Valleys is a spiritually-based educational commune. First few pages loosening. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
1967330 pages. Prepared primarily to meet the needs of the layman or one casually interested in seaweeds and their natural history. Somewhat above-average wear. Usual library markings. A sound working copy of this excellent reference. Book
1998157 pages including extensive. Clear attractive colour photography throughout. Designed to help the reader with both field and laboratory identification of common poplar diseases in British Columbia, and to provide regionally specific disease impact and distribution information, where it is known. Includes host-fungus index for Populus in British Columbia. Lightest wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
1988Unpaginated. Circa 1988. Includes black and white illustrations. "As you read these stories you will join Eunice in the celebration of a special family occasion, the appreciation of places and happenings in the Orillia area, the spirit of adventure as she hunts rocks in the rain or goes whale watching on the St. Lawrence River, and the all-too-familiar agony of choosing a new car. You will experience with her the changing glories of the seasons, the joys - and one sudden heartbreak - of grandparenting, the morning eagerness of setting forth on new ventures and the quiet pleasure of arriving home at the end of the day. Woven into this tapestry of one person's life are threads and patterns that are common to us all... perhaps you will find their colours glowing just a little brighter as you look at them through Eunice Streeter's eyes." - Dorothy Stripp. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Small sticker price patch atop front cover. Nice copy. Book
1999406 pages. Intended to encourage students to be critical and active readers and to 'talk back' to the texts both verbally and in writing. Minor quantity of markings. Moderate wear. Solid copy. Book
1991247 pages. Introduces a revolutionary new system designed to help you connect with your creativity and power, and to help you actually find specific solutions to specific problems. "By common agreement, the father of the modern dreamwork movement is Henry Reed." - Jack Maguire, quoted from Night and Day, Using the Power of Your Dreams to Transform Your Life. Gift greetings upon front flyleaf else unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
1983Unpaginated. One of the most useful "self-health" and first aid manuals ever published. Basic G-Jo is an effective, easy-to-learn technique that brings immediate relief from pain and suffering... using nothing but the touch of a finger! Headaches... back pains... indigestion and literally hundreds of other common ailments can be "erased" in moments using this remarkable method from the orient. Describes and illustrates 116 basic G-Jo acupressure points. Approximately one inch thick. Includes bibliography. Contents as new. Negligible wear to attractive glossy illustrated boards. Excellent giftable copy. Book
198663 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Chapters include: the neck or cervical spine; common causes of neck pain; exercises; when to apply the exercises; general instructions. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy of this helpful work. Book
1976174 pages. Deals with one of the most important aspects of contemporary international development - What is economic integration: is it a new phenomenon or a deep-rooted objective process? What do we mean by "organised integration"? Concludes that the basic aim of the Common Market is to extend the area for capital investment and to obtain a maximum rate of profit, entailing an all-out attack on the gains of the working people and further restrictions of national sovereignty for the EEC member states. Book clean, bright, tight and unmarked in beige cloth-covered boards which show very light wear. Minor lean to spine. Closed one inch tear to dust jacket which bears moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
1994356 pages including index. Offers clear explanations to common questions about Christianity. Provides a source for answers in a society that constantly challenges the thoughtful Christian. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Gift quality. Excellent copy. Book
198074 pages. Features include: Air Intelligence - what is new in the military aerospace world; Corsairs for Two - The TA-7C is now in production and, along with a profile of this new warplane, we look at some of the previous 'two-holers' from Vought; NAS Sigonella - A visit to the Navy's vital air base in the Med; Richy Stops a Convoy - Flying in the back seat of an OV-10 can be hadardous to your health; NATO at Newbury - large warplane display at RAF Greenham Common; Target Practice in the BUF - Flying a mission in the ancient B-52D Stratofortress; World War Two Miscellany - Camouflage and markings of World War Two aircraft; KC-10 Extender - New McDonnell Douglas tanker is rolled out for test flying. Light wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Book
198082 pages. Features: Captured Nazi warplanes; oldest Hercules still flying (City of Ardmore); Two-seat Thunderbolt; Biggest military air displays - Paris and Greenham Common Coverage; First Netherlands F-16s. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Magazine
1926278 pages plus index. Includes multiple iterations of the British North America Act and other important law. "Explains existing Canadian institutions and their workings. These institutions are complicated and our triple citizenship in Province, Dominion, and Empire is not easy to understand." - from Preface. The twenty chapters include such topics as: Nation, Government and Law; Our Civil Law - Common Law and Statute Law; Trading Corporations; Courts of Law; Criminal Law; Nationality, External Affairs, Defence; The Aims of Government; etc. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Contents yellowed with age. Read this book and weep for what has become of our society. As witnessed by this text, schools used to be places of learning. Read it and discover how much you never knew about the workings and history of your own society. An exquisite and cherished reminder of more civilized times. Book
