Search Results: Biography - Canadian from Riverwood's Books

Viking Canada. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670886203 . Hardcover is clean and intact, no markings, slight spine end/corner wear, light soiling outer edge of pages. Jacket has light edge/corner wear, light scuffing, not clipped. A beautiful, haunting, bittersweet reflection on growing up and struggling through the roaring twenties and the dirty thirties in Western Canada. ; 8vo .

Edmonton, AB: Ne West Publishers. Very Good. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 1896300839 . Cover has light scuffing, light curling to corners and a couple small creases. Pages clean and unmarked, several small corner creases. B/w illustrations. ; 8vo; Review: "A captivating look into the mind and experiences of a resilient human being, .... Always Someone To Kill The Doves: A Life Of Sheila Watson is a keenly written biography, peppered with diary excerpts by a remarkable woman. Written in Paris in 1955-56, the entries portray a woman of the era, affected by her troubled marriage, genius intelligence, and the moral weight of her Catholic upbringing...." .

Alberta Urban Municipalities Assoc.. Near Fine. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 097388360X . Clean, tight condition, a little wear to corners. Interior pages clean & unmarked. B/w illustrations. 93 pages. Contents: 1905-1913: Boom times in a new province.1914-1929: The Great war and its aftermath1930-1939: The dirty 30's and social credit1940-1948: WWII and labour unrest1949-1961: Oil, prosperity and the cold war1962-1970: Urbanization and property tax pressures1971-1993: New political era for Alberta - new business era for AUMA1993-1999: Belt-tightening for a balanced budget2000-2005: 3R's and urban sustainability for the 21st century. (**Shipping will be reduced to all locations) ; 8vo .

Halifax, NS: Fernwood. Very Good. 1998. First Edition. Softcover. 155266001X . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Only light wear overall, pages clean and intact. As the debate between French and English Canada rages on, this book takes another look at the national unity issue. The central theme of Beyond Two Solitudes is one of optimism and harmony. Author Donald Smith gives an insider? S point-of-view, as a French-speaking English Canadian who has made Quebec his home..... (250? Osl) ; 8vo .

Toronto: Mcclelland & Stewart. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771083130 . HC/DJ - fine/very good. Hardcover is clean, slight wear to spine ends, no markings. Jacket is scuffed, with moderate edgewear and a few small tears, not clipped. A gripping documentary of police life, revealing the drama of survival behind the badge. It is the story of the men and women who have to live within the system and enforce its rules every day of their lives. Carsten Stroud spent a year with street cops, riding and walking Canada's tough urban corridors.... (535) ; 8vo .

Edmonton, AB: Keystone Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 09683372 . Blue, faux leather hardcover, no jacket (as issued) . Limited edition not stated but No. 2235 printed on last endpage. Minimal Wear overall, interior clean & tight, no markings. 69 pages, b/w photos. Colour frontispiece of Byfield. From Inside Front Cover: "By all objective standards, Ted Byfield is the finest columnist in Canada today. In the 25 years he has been publishing Alberta Report, Byfield has delivered his unabashedly conservative message with wit and intelligence, engaging and challenging his reader, and never for a second boring him.....In this book are gathered the best of Byfield's weekly columns from the past quarter century. They cover everything from abortion to zionism and are guaranteed to elicit on of two reactions in the reader - 'Absolutely right! ' or 'Absolute Crap! ' For, love him or hate him, no one comes away from reading a Ted Byfield… Read More

Okanagan Mission: Garneys Developments. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0096544228 . HC/DJ - fine/near fine. Hardcover is clean, tight & unmarked. Jacket has very light edge & corner wear & a little scuffing. 107 pages. Covers 48 artists from the area, all with numerous styles & media types. Each original work of art is presented with a brief biography of the artist & a list of galleries. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; (*Note: due to heavy weight, there will be extra shipping to most locations) .

Regina, SK: Coteau Books. Fine. 1999. First Edition. Softcover. 1550501445 . Signed by author on title page. Excellent condition. Cover has slight wear at corners, slight spotting endpage, old price sticker on rear cover. Pages otherwise clean, intact and unmarked. "In a powerful, matter-of-fact prairie woman's voice, Rita Moir weaves a memoir of travels alone and with her mother along the backroads of the country, and of their own family's history. Through her mother's stories, her own explorations, and powerful animal dreams, Rita comes to an understanding of, and deeper kinship with, her female ancestors. In her journeying, Rita is drawn back again and again — both physically and imaginatively — to the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in southern Alberta. It becomes both a sacred place for her and a metaphor for the process of rediscovering hersel...." (os) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

SK: Western Producer Prairie Books. Very Good. 1985. Second Printing. Softcover. Western Producer, 2nd printing 1985. Very good condition. Pages clean and unmarked other than small gift inscription first endpage and one page with two small edge tears, light age tanning to pages. Cover has light scuffing and slight wear at corners. (os) ; 8vo .

Saskatoon, SK: Western Producer Prairie Books. Near Fine. 1986. Third Printing. Softcover. 0888331304 . Very nice condition, pages clean and unmarked, light age tanning. Light scuffing to cover. Minor wrinkling to small area near bottom of first section of pages. " The dirty thirties might have been barren - a veritable physical wasteland - but to a young boy with a large imagination and an alert mind, they were years of joy and delight. It is a compelling story which holds one's interest from beginning to end. "--Canadian Book Review Annual. (180os) ; 8vo; 149 pages .

Formac Publishing. Very Good. 1988. First Edition. Softcover. 0887800645 . Very good condition. Pages unmarked other than erased pencilled prices on endpage. Light edge/corner wear to cover, one rear corner is creased. " Charles Bruce is one of the most distinguished Canadian writers of all time. His most noted work, The Channel Shore is one of the best Canadian novels of the 20th century. His short stories and poetry won acclaim from his contemporaries and in 1951 he won the Governor General's Award for a book of poetry. " [480] ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. HC/DJ - very good/good. Hardcover has light wear to edges and corners, corner bumping, a few light spots on cover, and light soiling outer edge of pages. Pages unmarked other than name written on title page. Jacket has some age tanning, creasing and several small tears and chips to edges. 207 pages. B/w photos. For more than forty years, John W. Dafoe was the fighting editor of the Winnipeg Free Press. Under his leadership the Free Press became one of the most influential newspapers in Canada, and Dafoe acquired an international reputation as a journalist. ; 8vo .

Greystone Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 1553651561 . HC/DJ - fine/near fine. Excellent condition. Hardcover is clean and tight, with no markings. Jacket has light scuffing and a little edge crinkling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages; The first volume of David Suzuki’s autobiography, Metamorphosis, looked back at his life from 1986, when he was 50. In this eagerly awaited second installment, Suzuki, now 70, reflects on his entire life, and on his hopes for the future. The book begins with his life-changing encounters with racism while interned in a Canadian concentration camp during World War II and continues through his troubled teenage years and later successes as a scientist and host of PBS’s The Nature of Things. With characteristic candor and passion, he describes his growing consciousness of the natural world and humankind’s precarious place in it; his travels throughout the world and his meetings with international leaders,… Read More

Greystone Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 1553651561 . HC/DJ - fine condition. Signed/inscribed by the author on title page: "Thanks for your support - David Suzuki". Hardcover is clean and tight, with no markings. Jacket is excellent, with slight scuffing and a small amount of edge crinkling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages; The first volume of David Suzuki’s autobiography, Metamorphosis, looked back at his life from 1986, when he was 50. In this eagerly awaited second installment, Suzuki, now 70, reflects on his entire life, and on his hopes for the future. The book begins with his life-changing encounters with racism while interned in a Canadian concentration camp during World War II and continues through his troubled teenage years and later successes as a scientist and host of PBS’s The Nature of Things. With characteristic candor and passion, he describes his growing consciousness of the natural world and humankind’s… Read More

Toronto: Mcclelland & Stewart. Good in Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library book, but still in good condition - cover has light edgewear and light soiling to outer edge of pages and cover. Usual ex-lib type markings - jacket under laminated cover has some creasing. Pages are all intact, with occasional light soiling and a few earmarks. Book description glued onto first page. B/w photos. John A. McDougall left his Ontario home in 1873 to seek his fortune in the West, first becoming a trader on the Fort Carlton Trail and then for some 50 years as a merchant in Edmonton after having arrived there in 1879. By the time of his death in 1928, he was a millionaire businesman and polititian. His story covers many aspects of the settling of the west; the coming of the railway, the plight of the native people, the Riel Rebellion, the inland trail to the Klondike gold rush, the rapid growth and booms and busts of the early decades of the 20th century. ; 8vo 8" -… Read More

Alberta: Grant Macewan College. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969712502 . Excellent condition - clean and unmarked, feels tight and unread. Donation sticker on front from Grant MacEwan college. B/w photos. 195 pages. 4to (10.5" tall) Review: "John Walter Grant MacEwan has embraced Canada's prairies with a passionate concern for its environment and people. He was raised to carry on the ideals his lifestyle professed: to be wholesome, industrious, respectful of the environment, and to have an attitude that being given life on Earth meant returning something in kind for that privilege. Canadians and Albertans alike have benefited from the thoughts and deeds of this man who lived as he preached, yet preach he did not. This book is about a man who walked the talk. ". ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

AB: University of Alberta Press. New. 2001. First Edition. 0888643640 . New book with no markings. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Frederick Philip Grove's autobiography, In Search of Myself, won the Governor General's award for non-fiction in 1947. Yet the details of his early life are anything but clear. In this remarkably rich portrait of the author's life and milieu, Klaus Martens follows Grove's alter ego, Felix Paul Greve, from a mysterious period in Germany as a student and translator tohis new identity as F. P. Grove, a teacher and writer in Canada.... [540] .

Alberta Art Publications. Very Good. 1991. First Edition. Softcover. 0969541805 . Rare title. Signed by author & illustrator. Cover has light soiling/spotting, light soiling outer edge of pages, light crease on cover . Interior pages clean & tight; first few pages have corner creasing. Illus. In brown/beige. 93 pages. A collection of autobiographical stories; the book takes us back to the 1920's, the hungry 30's, and wartime 40's, from roughing it at the family cottage to the chance meeting of a lifetime love. Always delightful, often burst-out-laughing hilarious; whimsically illustrated by Vancouver artist, Gord Snyder. [osl-342]; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author .

Macmillan Canada. Very Good. 1968. Third Printing. Softcover. Light edge & corner wear, crease to spine, some rubbing to edges. Internal pages unmarked, age tanning to pages. Includes are some of the most important pieces done by Trudeau on federalism and the French-Canadian society - taken from his various speeches from 1964-1967. (*shipping will be reduced to some locations) [os]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Dundurn Press. Very Good. 1992. First Edition. Softcover. 1550021575 . Ex-library, with sturdy laminated cover & usual stamps & stickers. Light soiling outer edge of pages, light wear to edges. French flaps. Interior clean & unmarked other than a couple earmarks. b/w illus.Book Description: In 1759, Voltaire in Candide referred to Canada as "quelques arpents de neige". The image prevailed and for centuries Canada was perceived and portrayed as a cold, hard, and unforgiving land - a land not for the faint hearted.....This book is a collection of twenty-two essays that explore, from the geographer's perspective, how poets, artists, and writers have addressed the physical essence of Canada, both landscape and cityscape. Included in the subjects are: Hugh MacLennan, Gabrielle Roy, Lucius O'Brien, the art of the Inuit, Lawren Harris, Malcolm Lowry, etc.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .