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1994144 pages including index. Make your gardening - and your garden - more fun, more organized, easier, and more attractive, with 40 projects that are both practical and delightful to view. Colour photography throughout. Minimal wear. Unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
1977164 pages including index, references and colour photography. Presents the current state of soil taxonomy in Canada. The history and rationale of soil classification in Canada are outlined briefly to point out the changes in concepts and the current point of view on soil taxonomy. This is followed by chapters that define soil, soil horizons, and other basic terms, and explain how to key out the classification of a soil. A chapter is devoted to each of the nine soil orders and the great groups and subgroups within each order. Average wear. Unmarked. Excellent reference. 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
1988262 pages. Provides an in-depth view of a particular approach to the teaching of reading and writing, its rationale, and its application. Contends that children are apt to be successful in becoming literate if they have contact with whole and meaningful language used with real purpose to satisfuy real needs. Average wear. Binding solid. Unmarked. Good working copy. 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
1976224 pages including index. "Henry Cabot Lodge took on some of the most difficult and challenging responsibilities ever borne by a single citizen in U.S. history." - Herbert Brownell. Usual library markings. Average wear. good working copy. Book
1971382 pages including index. Relates marketing to society. The carefully edited readings view the most important influences of the marketing system in the United States and describe the problems, solutions, and future directions of marketing. Average wear. Unmarked. Half-inch tear to top of front cover at spine. Solid working copy. Book
1978232 pages including index. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Frances Barkley's "Reminiscences," published here for the first time, contain her descriptions of their life at sea, and visits to South America, India, China, and what is now known as Alaska and British Columbia. Author has added a wealth of interesting detail on the Barkleys and the world of their time. Offers an intriguing view of the eighteenth century and of a high-spirited woman in British Columbia's past. Dab of liquid paper atop first page. Prior owner's name and blind stamp upon half-title page. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Book
1981138 pages including references. Author's signature and warm inscription to his friend, Harry Walker, upon title page. Signed letter, dated 1976, from author to Harry Walker, laid in. Presents hitherto unknown material and personalities in B.C.'s 19th century period from 1859 to 1900. Presents a broader picture than the distorted view many have of the Movement's place in our history. Review stapled to table of contents. Moisure exposure has produced some waviness to pages and covers. Average wear. Some markings. Author was one of the main founders of The Greater Victoria Association on Alcoholism in 1966. A special copy. Book
1984158 pages including notes and bibliography. A study of the task and art of aging. Providesa lucid look at what older people feel and think, and probes their relationships with society, work, family, religion, and themselves. Also offers important orientation to research on the human life cycle and aging. Average wear. Some markings. Good working copy. Book
1924297 pages including bibliography and index. "...into the heart of the vast Pacific the tale shall lead us, where men and ships are dwarfed to veriest specks which crawl laboriously a little space and then are lost to view." - from Introduction. Subjects include: the Straits of Anian; How the Russians crossed Siberia; Vitus Bering; James Cook; John Meares; George Vancouver; Quadra; and more. With 12 illustrations and 7 maps. Binding intact. Soiled but not overly so. Moderate lean to spine. Decorated biege boards. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else unmarked. Remains a decent copy. Book
1936393 pages. "The first attempt to give a complete and comprehensive study of the Jew of Newport, picturing from the religious, economic, social and political points of view the entire colonial background with which the Jew identified himself." - From Preface. Includes 36 black and white illustrations, 11 appendices, notes, glossary, bibliography and index. Chapters include: The Dim Beginnings; Dawn; Progress; From Inquisition to Freedom; The Synagogue; A Glimpse of Jewish Life; Visitors; The Jew in the Community; Uproar, Dispersion and Decline; Evacuation and Revival; The Close of a Colorful Chapter; Noble Memories; Reconsecration; Adjustment; Immorality. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear to blue boards. Lettering worn from spine. Both hinges almost fully open. Tape protects top and bottom of spine. A fragile yet worthy copy of this excellent reference. Book
1972Reprint of the 1916 first edition. 224 pages. The Lusitania Massacre is one of the great landmarks in history, not alone in American history but in human history, because it ensured German defeat in the World War. Chapters include: Should passenger vessels carry war material?; English orders to fight submarines; The German warning; The American warning; The Cunard Company's warning; American Ruling (not law) on foreign armed merchant vessels; Was the Lusitania armed?; The Manifest of the Lusitania; Who is responsible?; View of the English, Austrians and Germans; The official English investigation; and more. Black and white illustrations. Some markings. Front free endpaper removed. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Front hinge secured with librarian's tape. Spine leaning moderately. Remains a decent working copy. Book
1993297 pages. "Takes an inside look at the Blue Jays' road to the World Series title. And at the men who made it happen. Told through the eyes of the 1992 players and coaches, author Rosie Dimanno provides a personal view of this championship team that has not yet been told." - from just jacket. Black and white illustrations. Book clean, bright and unmarked with zero wear... Beautiful! Ever-so-slight signs of handling to bright glossy dust jacket. Excellent gift-quality copy. Book
199082 pages. Inscribed by author to Dorothy and Art Stilwell upon half-title page. "A book for my friends... not planned as a great piece of literature, it is a letter to those I love and I want to do it while I still have time." - author. "Like all who have known Father Bob Ogle, I hold him in the highest esteem and admire his persistent quest for justice. Now we have the rare opportunity to share in Father Bob's world travels - to see the world not just through a glossy tourist magazine, but through the probing, observant and caring eyes of one who has dedicated his life to the service of others. I would that all world travellers could view their surroundings with such vision and clarity." - from dust jacket. Numerous colour photographs. Clean, bright and unmarked with slightest wear. Beautiful copy. Book
1973324 pages including bibliography, index, black and white plates. "Covers every aspect of the history of Malawi from pre-colonial times to the present, developing important social, economic and political themes. Describes and analyses events and social conditions in Malawi to show how and why Malawians have influenced the course of Central African affairs. Traces the influence of external forces, African, European and Asian, on the history of Malawi. The first comprehensive study of Malawi's history which considers events not only from the point of view of Malawi, but also in the wider context of Central African history." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. Front free endpaper removed. Solid working copy. Book
1975247 pages including references and index. "The question of sovereignty in the oceans is one of the most vexed of modern international problems and for all who are concerned from either a practical or an academic point of view, Dr. Prescott makes a cool appraisal of the situation. For the first time, his book considers the geographical characteristics and problems associated with the political regions of the world's oceans. Prior owner's name atop front endpaper else book clean, bright and unmarked. Spine leaning. Moderate wear to dust jacket. Solid copy. Book
199044 pages. Features include: Back to the basics - the ultralight; First kill in the six year air war; Battle of Britain - a woman's view; Leaping Squadron Leader; Not just the Arrow; Those were the Days; Escape from the SPs; Return to the Rock; The Arrow rises from the Wreckage; From AC2 to Lieutenant-Governor; Tac Hel not glamorous; McKnight Defends Budget Cuts; Canada's next space mission; Air Command Pipes and Drums - Over 40; Stranraer Down and Out. Light to moderate wear. Address label upon back cover else clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
199358 pages. Cover illustration depicts one of 9,300 Japanese balloons launched against North America in WWII being shot down by P/O E.E. Maxwell of 133 (F) Sqn in his Kittyhawk IV. Features include: Sea King ground crew a cut above; Dangerous year flying to Sarajevo; When Japan attacked Canada; Stringbag (Mark III Fairey Swordfish) restoration nears completion; Readiness Challenge; OP Boreal II Delivers; Low level with the Lynxes; Arctic Vigilance - CC-144 Challengers of 434 Sqn; Clements takes command; A Canadian owned and operated by the RAF; CF Aircraft aid in drug bust; Return of the Dambusters; Winning the Schneider Cup; Tragic Liberator Crash remembered; RCAF Stn McDonald Man. Revisited; Memories of Murph the Serf; The Cold War - a Soviet View; 42 Radar - a new beginning; A Yank in the RCAF; Somme - view from the air; 6 group takes it on the chin. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Centerfold held by one staple only. Solid copy. Book
199756 pages. Features: What it means to be Canadian; Mr. McIntosh's wonderful apple - in 1811 a settler made a strange discovery; The trial of Ambroise Lepine - murder, politics and the public memory; In the footsteps of the workers - Canadian labour history walking tours; Mr. King and Lady Byng - Hate at first sight; Canada's Black Defenders - former slaves answer the call to arms; The struggle for a secret Canadian ballot. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy. Book
1963Features/Photos: The Wessex HC MK. 2 Helicopter; Lord Nuffield; Shepton, Pennsylvania mine collapses trapping miners - rescue efforts documented; The U.N. and Malaysia; Sir Eric Ashby; An ancient medical centre identified at Velia; Preparation for New York's World's Fair 1964-65; Mrs. Nina Khrushchev; The all-round view - the r.e. periphery camera and some examples of its work; England v. West Indies at the Oval; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Magazine
1961Features/Photos: The Queen before the Taj Mahal; the royal visit to India; Deterioration in the Congo; the Queen speaks before half a million people; large photo of the U.S. Navy's 'Mothball Fleet' at San Diego; After the fire which left 8,000 homeless - a helicopter view of the Valley Road area of Kowloon; The standard Vanguard Luxury Six Estate Car; and more. Centrefold loose but present. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Book
19919 issues from 1991 including the following months: February, March, April, May, June, August, September, November, December. Topics featured include: Cayman Islands; Port Hardy, B.C. Dolphins; Wreck of the A.W. Perry - Nova Scotia; Kingston and Killarney Shipwrecks; The Elusive Wrymouth; Barkley Sound, God's Pocket, Campbell River; Caribbean ABCs; Blackfish Sound; Wreck of the Emperor; Tropical Fish - in the Maritimes?; Indonesia - Exotic Diving; Yap, Saba, Catalina Island; Sunshine Coast, B.C.; Wreck of the Cornwall; Gulf Stream - Bahamas and Florida; Gargantua Harbour Wreck- Lake Superior; East Coast Anemone; Kona, Palau, CoCo View; Sidney, B.C.; St. Lawrence; Moon Jelly; Six Gill Sharks; Diving naturalist - temperate vs. tropical; B.C's Race Rocks; Diving with the RCMP - Search and Rescue; The US Virgin Islands; Sinking the G.B Church - New Canadian Artificial Reef; The Sea Cucumber; Construction Diving; Emeral Bay - wreck dive in Alberta; Panama; Thunder Bay; The Solomon Islands - WWII remnants; Diamond Knot - West Coast Wreck; Indonesia; Beluga Encounter off Cape Breton; Nudibranchs. Moderate wear. Sound copies. Book
1900Photos and illustrations include: With Roberts to the Gold Reef City (Johannesburg), Swaziland native execution, General Ian Hamilton, The Queen's Birthday Naval Parade at Portsmouth, Photo of Group of Boer Commanders, Charlseton Tunnel Entrance, Cronje in Retirement, Arrival of Boer Prisoners, Relief in Sight (centerfold), The First Automobile Race in England (photo), and more. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
199896 pages. Gorgeous colour photography throughout. Text in German, English and French. "In this book the city on the rivers Rhine and Ruhr is presented from a bird's-eye view, with pictures unknown even to the people of Duisburg." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book