Search Results: Authors starting with M from JKL Books

Bury St Edmunds, UK : Haggerston Press, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED by author to a friend. Bright, clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Dust jacket shows minor wear. Includes b&w illustrations. "This is the fascinating story of how the private US insurance brokerage firm Johnson & Higgins, needing to provide a service to clients expanding into Europe, established a network of leading independent brokers which was so successful that it became the envy of its competitors. . . . This is not a book about insurance, but about people: the amazing collection of individuals who became part of one huge family, and the fun they had doing it" -- dust jacket. CDN BAY 18.

Toronto: United Church Publishing House, 2006. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, unmarked pages. Minor wear to edges and corners of cover. Includes audio CD. This book is "one element of Water in Focus, an ambitious initiative of the United Church of Canada, whose aim is to explore the spiritual significance of water as a metaphor for God's presence in the life of creation and to couple this with an engagement in the issues that threaten the availability and quality of water for all God's creatures" -- David Hallman (back cover).

Cranbrook Courier Press, 1967, 1967. Soft cover. Good. Augmented edition. Stapled booklet (88 pages). Clean, unmarked pages. Previous owner's name on back of cover. Cover shows minor shelf-wear and one small closed tear. BAY 15-19

Borealis Press, 2005, 2005. Soft cover. Very Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Cover shows little shelf wear. A rare book.

Vancouver, BC: Raincoast Books , 2000. Soft cover. As New. Paperback. 205 pages. "Freshly updates with powerful new material, this hard-hitting, outspoken critique of [Canada's] current legal system questions interpretations of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms" -- back cover.

University of Toronto Press, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Binding is firm. Cover shows little wear. Dust jacket shows some grubbiness at back (wrapped in Brodart cover).

Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Binding is firm. Book is in very good condition; cover shows rubbing, wear to the edges, and a couple of tiny nicks at edges.

Vancouver, B.C.: University of British Columbia Press, 2005. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Binding is firm. Cover shows slight wear only. "Pro-Family Politics and Fringe Parties in Canada explores the organizational and ideological nature of political parties that are initially formed to do the work of social movements. Specifically, it examines the development of the Family Coalition Party of British Columbia (FCP) from its origins as a group of alienated Social Credit Party members to its rebirth as the Unity Party of British Columbia, and through its struggles as a marginal political entity along the way" -- back cover.

Nanton, Alta: Larry MacKillop, 2011. Soft cover. As New.

British Columbia Central Credit Union, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean, crisp, unmarked pages; firmly bound. Cover shows slight shelfwear only. Inscription on title page.

Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, 2011. Soft cover. Very Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows minor wear. 259 pages. Contents: Introduction: learning from the social economy community-University research partnerships / Peter Hall with Janel Smith, Aliez Kay, Rupert Downing, Ian MacPherson & Annie McKitrick -- Why staying the course is important: reflecting on the community-university relationships associated with the Canadian social economy research partnerships, 2005-2011 / Ian MacPherson & Mike Toye -- Partners in research: reflections on creating and sustaining a collaborative research network / Leslie Brown -- Proposal for evaluating the research partnership process / Denis Bussieres & Jean-Marc Fontan -- Community University research: the southern Ontario social economy research alliance / Jennifer Hann Laurie Mook, Jack Quarter & Ushnish Sengupta -- Respectful research relations: learnings from communities / Gayle Broad -- Research as engagement:… Read More

Arthur H. Stockwell. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ex-library. Published c1928. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Clean, unmarked text. Inside hinges cracked. Inscribed and signed by author: "To the Union College with the compliments of the Author, A. O MacRae, 1929

Hodder and Stoughton, 1905. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Clean, unmarked text, firmly bound. Rough cut pages - a couple of pages have small tears from cutting. Spine has call number, black ink block, and small stain. Corners bumped, spine tips softening. Ex-library.

Dubai: Motivate Publishing , 2013. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Like new, but with minor wear to dust jacket. "A diverse book that combines personal experiences with ideas about leadership and life from a successful Arab leader with many years of experience" -- Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE (dust jacket). Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Emir of Dubai.

Penang : World Rainforest Movement; Sahabat Alam Malaysia, 1989. Soft cover. Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Binding is firm. Cover shows minor wear. "This book is the first comprehensive collection of documents and articles closely related to the plight of the natives of Sarawak, and their courageous fight to save the forests" (back cover). c.1989.

Stockholm: i samarbete med Stockholms stadsmuseum, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Dust jacket shows some wear: two small closed tears on edges of front (2" and 1/2") and rubbing, surface abrasion, and edgewear on the back. 144 pages; includes many black and white photographs. Swedish-language text.

Ho Chi Minh City: Vietham Buddhist University, 2006. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Like new, but with some rubbing of cover. 437 pages. No jacket, as issued. "The pages that follow will be dealing with Vasubandhu and his philosophy, a subject which is laden with so much controversy and confusing questions that even the identity of Vasubandhu himself is put into doubt. Scholars generally agree, however, to consider him to be an idealistic philosopher . . . according to which 'consciousness' is the sole reality outside which nothing exists.' . . . My own research about him and his philosophy indicates the contrary, nonetheless" -- Preface.

Ho Chi Minh City: Vietham Buddhist University. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Like new, but with some rubbing of cover. 346 pages. No jacket, as issued. Translated from Vietnamese to English by Dao Sinh. "The Emperor Nhan Tong of the Tran dynasty is a national hero who made great contributions to the history of Vietnam . . . This book consists of ten chapters and generally deals with his political and military careers, describes the events of his youth up to his roles in the two wars of 1285 and 1288; the extension of the country's territory; the usage of the Vietnamese language; and the foundation of the Truc Lam Yen Tur Zen school" -- Preface.

Anglican Church of Canada, 1967. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-library. Published in 1967 as a soft cover booklet, but reinforced with hardboard by the library. Clean, unmarked pages (64 pages), firmly bound. Cover shows shelf wear: small tears in edges, corners bumped, cover grubby.

Canberra, Australia: Aboriginal Studies Press, 2006. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Inscribed by one of the authors (Broome) to the previous owners. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Cover shows slight wear to edges and small, unobtrusive crease mark across right front corner. "No account of race relations in Victoria [Australia] could be reliable or complete, without a focus on Alick Jackomos. Ethnically Greek, he devoted his life to Aboriginal advancement, bring sense to what were often pretty senseless situations" -- Colin Tatz (back cover).