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

Nepean, ON, Canada: Borealis Press, Limited, 2004. Trade Paper. Very Good+. 088887278X; INSCRIPTION FROM AUTHOR on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; very light crease near spine of front cover; otherwise absolute minimal shelfwear;"Come travel by car through Southwestern France with Zigoto, the cat. See towns and villages through her eyes. Sample the sights, sounds and delicacies that appeal to a wise, well-travelled cat. " .

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Watson& Dwyer, 1992. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; bump to bottom back corner; otherwise absolute minimal wear; This pictorial history, richly illustrated in colour and black and white, presents the history of the Lower Fort from the rollicking days of the fur trade to its transformation as one of Canada's historic legacies.

Canada: Macdonald Services to Seniors, Inc, 2012. Hardcover. Fine/None - As Issued. Includes unopened DVD; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; The stories collected for this book and DVD represent "moments in time" as shared by our seniors. They are but a tiny spattering of memories on the canvas of their lives. These stories are a glimpse back ... for us to see.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Doubleday Canada, Limited, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; very small scratch bottom back of dustjacket; initials and year on ffep; otherwise very minimal shelfwear; "In this collection of short stories, MacDonald deftly explore the misunderstandings between men and women, the nature of seduction and infidelity, the way geography shapes identity and the heartbreak of longing - for home, family and love."

Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Department of Agriculture, 1968. Stapled Soft Cover. Very Good. Clean, tight; a few very small marks to covers; unfaded with very minimal wear; 420 Manitoba plants are separated into non-botanical sections; trees and shrubs, vines and climbers, woodland plants, ferns and mosses, lake, stream and muskeg plants, moist prairie plants, dry prairie plants, grasses. Each has a line drawing of its leaves and flowers.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Seraphim Editions, 2000. Soft cover. Fine. INSCRIBED BY TANIS on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; MacDonald explores the imaginative depths of contemporary womanhood. Sharply witty, yet abidingly tender, these poems speak eloquently of love and mourning, laundry and gardening, and the hundred other difficult lessons of being human.

Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED BY JAKE MACDONALD with a sketch on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal shelfwear; "Written partly as reportage and partly as memoir, this book brilliantly evokes both the wilderness and the people who make a living in the Shield county within Ontario's Canadian Shield.

Toronto, ON: Dundurn, 2014. Paperback. Fine. SIGNED BY CATHERINE MACDONALD on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; In June 1899, the Rev Lauchlan's life as a young minister is knocked off the rails when he learns that his former university roommate has been arrested on murder charges. The chief of police says it's an open-and-shut case, but Sgt Setter disagrees. Lauchlan and Setter become uneasy allies in a search that takes them from the sleaziest bars to the most sumptuous drawing rooms of turn-of-the-century Winnipeg. On the way Lauchlas uses his pastoral skills in ways never anticipated in the seminary. As time runs out he must risk everything, even his heart, in order to find the real killer.

Toronto, ON: Knopf Canada, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; small area of remainder of address label on ffep; very minimal shelfwear; "At once a loving portrayal and indictment of an era. With her unerring eye for the whimsical, the absurd and the quintessentially human, MacDonald stunningly evokes the pain, confusion and humour of childhood in a perilous adult world.

Banff, AB, Canada: Banff Centre Press, 2007. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; light wear to inside corners; otherwise very minimal wear; This book offers readers a look behind the scenes at the creation and success of the summer dance program at The Banff Centre. Since 1947, dance has been dreamed and devised, and dancer's careers have been shaped and launched right here among the majesty of the mountains.

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Turnstone Press Canada, 1992. Soft cover. Very Good. SIGNED BY JAKE MACDONALD on ffep; Clean, tight, unmarked; light wear to inside corners and inside back edge; spine straight and uncreased; very minimal wear; Forty-year-old Michael Saunders abandons his upscale lifestyle and shady consulting business for the wilds of northern Ontario when he inherits a run-down tourist lodge. In the course of renovating his boyhood home, he travels from Toronto to Winnipeg to Mexico, and contends with wealthy mobsters, a series of natural disasters, and his growing desire for a stubbornly independent woman.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada: Thistledown Pr Ltd, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. INSCRIPTION FROM MARY KATE on half title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; The young people in these stories are all touched by grief, loneliness and neglect, but they are sustained by a rare courage and resilience. Love may be withheld or betrayed but there is the possibility of friendship and loyalty to all of her characters.

Toronto, ON: Talonbooks, 2018. Paperback. As New. As New; Part detective story, part memory play, and part supernatural chiller, stars crime - solving Sister Vivian Salter, an astute, flinty yet compelling Catholic nun forced into the role of amateur sleuth. The mystery she uncovers combines family secrets, unanticipated twists, sudden shocks... and, ultimately, a heart-warming love story between an adult child and an elderly, failing parent.

New York, NY: Church Publishing Incorporated, 2003. Soft cover. Very Good. Liturgical Studies, Four; Clean, tight, unmarked; name on title page; otherwise spine straight and uncreased; very minimal wear; appears unread; This book deals with the critical subject of inculturation - the meeting of culture and liturgy - as it affects, and will affect, the Church in this century. With essays on topics from the development of hymns across cultures to the unanticipated cultural roadblocks that appeared on a liturgical consultation in India, this book illuminates the various concerns surrounding inculturation. The authors bring a multiplicity of perspectives to this issue that is, at its heart, all about inclusiveness and multiple points of view.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Great Plains Pubns, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; "The story of a young girl who attempts to deal with her parents' divorce while at her father's fishing lodge. Over the summer, with the help of an Ojibway friend, Juliana uncovers an ancient secret that helps her reconcile with her father and, at the same time, acquire a new appreciation for the dangerous beauty of Canada's north country.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Anchor Canada, 2003. Trade Paper. Very Good+. 0385658907; Clean, tight, unmarked; remainder mark on bottom edge; otherwise absolute minimal shelfwear; appears unread;"These 15 short stories are written elegiacally of a distinct Cape Breton heritage, a defining identity directly linked to an ancestral past..."

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Great Plains Publications, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Thomson, Tom; Reede, Dave. Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; Combining archival and modern photography with personal reminiscences by notable Manitobans, it covers in words and pictures every aspect of cottage life. Stunning full-colour photographs by Tom Thomson and Dave Reede reveal the astonishing beauty of lake country. Large book.

Nepean, Ontario, Canada: Borealis PrESS, 2006. Soft cover. Very Good. SIGNED BY BILL MACDONALD on half title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; a few scratches to front cover; otherwise very minimal wear; Come meet dwarfish Nigel Tillich, oracle, clairvoyant, guru, soothsayer. He sees visions, makes predictions, is never wrong. After seventeen years in a metal institution, he breaks free and turns his talents to good use. Fame and fortune do not lessen his ability. His dreams are just a vivid, his prophecies just as spooky. And meet the fine, upstanding people who know Nigel better than he knows himself, and are happy to share their secrets.

Ottawa, ON: Borealis Press, 2005. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; very light wear; During the Second World War, the Canadian Red Cross Corps Overseas Detachment and the enthusiastic young women who volunteered, served their country and humanity in a time of dire need. This book provides the unique perspective of a young Canadian woman in the Red Cross who has a front row seat on history as she records the routine of daily life and impressions of tumultuous events unfolding around her in the letters she wrote to her parents.

Ottawa, ON, Canada: Borealis Press, Limited, 2009. Trade Paper. New. 0888873767; New Book in original manufacturer's wraps; "Recently widowed, Marge and Zelda have courage, determination, defiance, self-esteem, a zest for living. The two ladies decide serve as summer wardens of remote Trowbridge lighthouse in northern Lake Superior. There, they experience freedom from prejudice and an opportunity to regain control of their destinies. But forces on Trowbridge Island prove to be as treacherous as the surrounding waters. "