Search Results: Authors starting with B from Werdz Quality Used Books

Winnipeg, MB: Turnstone Pr, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. SIGNED BY TODD BABIAK on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread;As its title suggests, this book is not only a 'gripping' read, but also a work that touches important contemporary issues. Babiak, in an allegory of our violent times, brings it all down to the personal dramatic level. A coming-of-age tale that explores the relationship between masculinity and ritualized violence, it is by turns tender, poignant, and tragic.

Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. INSCRIPTION FROM TODD BABIAK on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; a couple of very light scratches to dustcover; otherwise absolute minimal shelfwear; "A provocative comedy about love, death, the afterlife, sasquatches, and the power of musical theatre."

Canada: Andrepont Printing, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; crease to back cover; otherwise very minimal wear; This small volume intends to shed light on the importance of Acadian history relative to a greater understanding of today's Acadians in a modern society, their culture, their way of life and their regional differences. As the 1960s marked the beginning of a major Acadian revival in the Maritime provinces of Canada, and since Acadian society is now more than ever evolving into a multi-faceted community, still growing, but more mature and conscious of its own importance, be it social, political, cultural or otherwise.

Edmonton, AB: Accent International, 2000. Soft cover. Very Good. SIGNED BY WALTER BABIY on half title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; minimal general wear; spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; From time to time and especially in the last few years we have heard about the abuse of young athletes by their coaches. in his many years being involved with hockey, he claims never to have encountered such mental and physical abuse of players as that practised by the acerbic coach of team Druzhba-78, Ivan Pravilov. He reigned supreme as Druzhba-78 achieved the status of the best Bantam team in the world. Very little was said at the time about the methods he used in training his athletes, most of whom were no older than eight. As his association with the team grew, he began to discover that not all was well with what he had perceived to be a model hockey club. His heart goes out to the players of Druzhba-78, as he sees the challenges they face, not only as professional hockey players, but in everyday… Read More

Berkeley, CA: Ariel Vamp Pr, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. SIGNED BY JOLENE BABYAK on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; some creasing at upper inside edge of front cover; otherwise spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; June 11, 1962 - After months of digging through concrete, stealing supplies to make life vests and a raft, four convicts placed dummy maskes in their beds and broke "the Rock." Three of them were never seen again. Alcatraz was the most maximum security prison in the U.S. and this was its most stunning escape attempt. How did they do it? Who helped them? Did they make it? Jolene Babyak's father was the acting warden. She was at home on Alcatraz when the first call announcing the escape came from the prison. Now, using eyewitness interviews, FBI documents and crime scene analysis - she exposes the searing story of how the most famous escape attempt in U.S. history caused the prison to be abandoned nine months later.

U.S.A.: Artful Endeavors New England, 2016. Soft cover. Very Good. SIGNED BY ROSS ALAN BACHELDER on title page; Long, personal inscription from Ross inside back cover; Clean, tight, unmarked; light wear to inside corners; otherwise absolute minimal wear; appears unread; Included: Twenty thought-provoking essays, widely varied in tone and subject matter, each a different encounter or series of encounters in the fine and performing arts; Nine playfully eccentric tiny novelettes written in response to a series of spontaneous drawings Bachelder did in 2008 that explore the idea of the doodle as an artist's fundamental vocabulary; The author's unforgettable travel adventures in England, Scotland, and New Zealand, all in the service of the arts; Celebrations of people from every walk of life who've made important contributions to the world around them because of their high character and unique gifts; Lively discussions of issues that affect creative people each and every day, plus real-life… Read More

Santa Fe, NM: Sounds True, 2005. Spiral Bound. Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; both CDs included and unopened; absolute minimal wear; In this book, Bachman offers an indispensable reference tool that shows you how to read and pronounce this sacred language of inner revolution. An essential resource for the serious yoga student, this immersive guidebook includes: More than 200 illustrated yoga postures with 2 companion CDs for learning their pronumciation; More than a dozen common yoga chants and sutras to grow your practice; An audio dictionary of Sanskrit terms related to yoga. The A to Y of asana and Sanskrit terms

New York, NY: A.A. Wyn, 1944. Hardcover. Good/Good. Previous owner's name inside front cover with date of 1953; dust jacket has significant edge wear; a few stains to inside of dust jacket not visible to outside; burgundy cloth covers with gilt titles; pencil underlining on several pages; Mr. Bachner projects an understanding of singer problems, vocal fatigue and a human approach to career complications that is at once sympathetic and discerning. Here is a complete course of voice training, beginning with elementary instructions for position and first breathing exercises.

Vancouver, BC: Whitecap Books, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. Tight, unmarked; a couple of very small marks on inside edge; spine straight and uncreased; very minimal wear; This book explores the critical roles women played during the gold rush. Frances Backhouse delves into the lives of these diverse individuals - entrepreneurs, miners, teachers, doctors, nurses, and journalists. Through diaries, letters, memoirs, newspaper accounts, and archival photgraphs, Backhouse presents an intimate look at women in the Klondike.

Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 1999. Soft cover. Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; slight wear to back inside corners; otherwise absolute minimal wear; appears unread; The year was 1901, the eve of the first Canadian census of the 20th century. The federal government dispatched a tidy and compact set of instructions to the faithful civil servants charged with surveying the nation. The races of men will be designated by the use of 'w' for white, 'r' for red, 'b' for black, and 'y' for yellow. What was eminently clear was that colour and race, two twin conceptions, were inseparably intertwined. Canadian history is rooted in racial distinctions, assumptions, laws, and activities, however fictional the concept of 'race' may be. To fail to scrutinize the records of our past to identify the deeply implanted tents of racist ideology and practice is to acquiesced in the popular misapprehension that depicts our country as largely innocent of systematic… Read More

Bolton, ON: Little, Brown and Company, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; name blacked out inside front cover with a little bleed through to the facing page; light wear to edges; single light crease to spine; otherwise very minimal wear; The 1st edition of this book caused an international scandal in 1989 by revealing that almost one million German prisoners of war had died of starvation in American and French death camps after WWII. Millions of German survivors applauded while serious academics, the American and French governments and some journalist attacked Bacque for exaggeration. None however could explain how many prisoners died, or why. This revised edition presents relevant new material on the deaths plus new evidence of the suppression of truth by academics, press and governments throughout the West.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Knopf Canada, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal shelfwear; unread; "Badami tells the stories of three women, linked in love and tragedy, over a span of 50 years, sweeping from the Partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 to the explosion of Air India flight 182 off the coast of Ireland in 1985.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Penguin Books Canada, Limited, 1996. Trade Paper. Very Good. 0670869163; INSCRIPTION FROM ANITA RAU BADAMI on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; pp 243-255 bottom corner turned; otherwise very light shelfwear; "A wise and affectionate portrait of two generations of women in an East Indian family, Tamarind Mem is a beautifully evocative novel that explores the mutability of memory and unravels the deep ties of love and resentment that bind mothers and daughters everywhere.

St. John's, NL: Al Clouston Publications, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; some wear to upper edges; creases to front inside flap of dust jacket; otherwise minimal wear; This is the story of the British Arrow Charter DC-8 en route from Germany to the U.S. carrying military personnel [101st. Airborne Regiment] which crashed near Gander, Newfoundland. The author was actively involved with all facets of the recovery operation and this story is an account of his experiences during that time. It is, quite simply, the story of the Armed Forces role in one of the worst disasters in Canadian aviation history.

Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008. Paperback. Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; Bagchi analyzes this capitalist world not in terms of how much growth it made possible but how much human development it made possible, and in this regard he finds it very wanting. One of his principal services to readers is his pulling together of the demographic literature on life expectancy, the public health literature on disease prevention and cure, data on nutrition, income levels, and the various forms of labor coercion to give us a nuanced picture of human development over time and throughout the world, one that is differentiated by geography, age cohorts, and gender.[

Toronto, ON: Macmillan of Canada, 1981. Soft cover. Good. Clean, tight; small mark on side edge; some wearing to edges and crack in spine; otherwise minimal wear; Between 1870 and the depression of the 1930s, more than 80,000 children from the poverty of England were sent to Canada by well-meaning philanthropists to live and work with Canadian farm families. While some households were welcoming, too many were harsh and unsympathetic.

Winnipeg, MB: University of Winnipeg, 2014. Soft cover. Fine. INSCRIPTION FROM AUTHOR on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; This book makes a persuasive case for supporting the political Left, for extensive social reforms improving the lives and opportunities of the majority, for a better-informed and more sophisticated political culture, and for placing substantial restraints on global capitalism.

Canada: Oberon Pr, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. INSCRIPTION "DEC22/97 - A LOYAL SUPPORTER AND A GOOD FRIEND - DON BAILEY"; name from inscription has been blacked out; otherwise in as new condition; When Don Bailey was released from prison, he took up a new life as a writer and social activist. This book is the story of his childhood: a father who went missing on active service, a mother who went to bed with a bottle. He and his brother were sent off to orphanages and foster homes. A story that could have been merely shocking is actually an observant, loving account - a vivid picture of a child alone and astray on a ship of fools.

Canada: Oberon Pr, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIPTION FROM DON BAILEY; Clean, tight, unmarked; two chips to bottom edge and some wear to upper edge; name blacked out to name in inscription; otherwise minimal wear; Over the years, Bailey has come to inhabit the world of his own stories. Whether he admits it or not, he writes about himself, which is why his stories always ring true. They ring true because they are true. And because he has a gargantuan appetite for life, an unbounded capacity for love and a limitless capacity to laugh at himself, he can always confront the truth with a joke, always meet despair with hope.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Oberon Pr, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. INSCRIBED BY DON BAILEY on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; "Whether he admits it or not, Bailey writes about himself, and because he has a huge appetite for life, an unbounded capacity for love and a limitless capacity to laugh at himself, he can always confront the truth with a joke, always meet despair with hope.