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New York: A Washington Square Press Publication, 2003. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. Gina B. Nahai, Author of Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith. SUB-TITLE: A Novel. COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY: Rob Goldman/FPG International. COVER DESIGN BY: John Vairo Jr. SYNOPSIS: East meets West in acclaimed author Gina B. Nahai's mesmerizing story of a journalist on a search for the truth about his father's death--and his own past--among the mystical, snake-handling Holy Rollers of Appalachia. When Adam Watkins, illegitimate son of ninety-year-old preacher Little Sam Jenkins, learns that his father has died from a snakebite and that a woman named Blue, a fellow handler, is being charged with murder, Adam abandons his assignment in Lebanon and goes home for the first time in twenty years. Almost immediately, he is drawn into a dark and exhilarating relationship with the purple-eyed beauty Blue. Carried to Appalachia from the… Read More

Harmondsworth Middlesex: Penguin Books Ltd, 1985. 0.8 cm Round Gouge in Spine Joint to Front Cover; Book Slightly Warped; Light Creasing on Front Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age. SUB-TITLE: Two Narratives. COVER DESIGN BY: Cooper Thirkell. CONTENTS: Author's Foreword; Prologue to an Autobiography; The Crocodiles of Yamoussoukro. SYNOPSIS: "It is now nearly thirty years since...on smooth, 'non-rustle' BBC script paper, I wrote the first sentence of my first publishable book..." Finding the Centre contains all the irony, instinct and brilliance we would expect from V. S. Naipaul, but never before has he written about himself, the process and the magic of writing with such sustained and engaging intimacy. The two 'personal narrative pieces' in this book both involve journeys. In the first, Naipaul goes back to Trinidad, to his childhood, his family and particularly his father, in search of his roots as a writer. In the… Read More

Dundas: Talent Seven Limited Publishing, 1988. Signed "With my thanks & very best wishes! 12/88" by Author; Repaired; Heavy Creasing on Front Cover; Moderate Creasing on Rear Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled. SUB-TITLE: A Collection of Autobiographical Essays. ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN: Richard Rawling Graphic Design. PRINTING AND TYPOGRAPHY: Stirling Creative Services. CONTENTS: Bullshooters, Bullfighters, Lovers...and Me; Tempera Colour, 1953; Thinking...It Should Be Taught; Grandpa Joseph; Aunt Mary; The Pioneer, the Village; Hunting, The Last Time; The Big Gray Silence; Goodnight, Morley; "I Didn't Call To Depress You"; "How Are You Feeling?"; A Great Thought; Success...and Other Myths!; For Charles; Blackie and Goldie, My Teachers, My Friends; The Boot and the Shamrock; When Someone Fills Your Glass; And Excellence was in Such Short Supply; Nostalgia For the Future; Re-Inventing My Self; No Greater Truth. ABOUT THE… Read More

Dundas: Talent Seven Limited Publishing, 1988. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled. SUB-TITLE: A Collection of Autobiographical Essays. ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN: Richard Rawling Graphic Design. PRINTING AND TYPOGRAPHY: Stirling Creative Services. CONTENTS: Bullshooters, Bullfighters, Lovers...and Me; Tempera Colour, 1953; Thinking...It Should Be Taught; Grandpa Joseph; Aunt Mary; The Pioneer, the Village; Hunting, The Last Time; The Big Gray Silence; Goodnight, Morley; "I Didn't Call To Depress You"; "How Are You Feeling?"; A Great Thought; Success...and Other Myths!; For Charles; Blackie and Goldie, My Teachers, My Friends; The Boot and the Shamrock; When Someone Fills Your Glass; And Excellence was in Such Short Supply; Nostalgia For the Future; Re-Inventing My Self; No Greater Truth. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Fred Napoli is fifty two years old, and lives in the rural environs of Dundas, Ontario with Naomi,… Read More

Toronto: House of Anansi Press Limited Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Repaired; Front, Rear Covers Pulled From Removal of Stickers; Inside Front Cover Pulled From Removal of Pocket; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SUB-TITLE: A Rural Ontario Document CONTENTS: Powasson, Ontario, 1971; Hugh Miller's Farm, Pickering Township, 1972; Farm Sales and Farm People, Wellington, Waterloo and Bruce counties, 1970-73; Fall Agricultural Fairs, Huron County, 1971; Kitchener Stock Yards, Kitchener, Ontario, 1972. SYNOPSIS: David Nasby has spent the last two years photographing the people and the countryside near Guelph, Ontario. Free from sentimentality or nostalgia, and with complete respect for his subjects, he has recorded people at work, farm sales and auctions, stockyards and country fairs. There is great integrity in his approach. he is concerned with everyday events - a man haying, three… Read More

New York: Pocket Books - Simon & Schuster Inc., 1990. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled. THE ALL-NEW COLLECTION OF THE MOST AMAZING, ASTOUNDING, AND HILARIOUS MOMENTS IN BASEBALL HISTORY! BOOK NUMBER: 69172-4. CURATOR: Bernie Ward. CONTENTS: Leading Off; Holey Mitts! (The Most Inept Fielding Performances); Batty Batters (The Most Pitiful Appearances at the Plate); Run for Your Lives! (The Most Absurd Baserunning Fiascoes); Every Trick in the Book (The Sneakiest Chicanery Perpetrated by Players); Mound of Trouble (The Most Outrageous Performances by Pitchers); Ump Chumps (The Craziest Actions of Umpires); That's the Way the Rookie Crumbles (The Most Inauspicious Major League Debuts); The Blights of Spring (The Most Foolish Behavior in Spring Training); Snooze Plays (The Most Mind-Boggling Mental Miscues); Bubble Gum Bozos (The Most Unprofessional Baseball Cards); Corny Flakes (The Daffiest Characters of the Game);… Read More

New York: A Dell Book Published by Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1984. Previous Dealer Markings (Store Stamp on First Page of Front Matter (No Impediment to Text)); Light Creasing on Rear Cover; Heavy Creasing on Front Cover, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age. MURDER TOOK THEM OFF THE SOCIETY PAGES AND PUT THEM IN THE HEADLINES! Jay Robert Nash, Author of Bloodletters and Badmen. SUB-TITLE: Celebrity Slayings That Shocked America. CONTENTS: 1872 Edward S. "Ned" Stokes - Slayer of Big Jim Fisk; 1892 Carlyle Harris - Killer of a Secret Wife; 1906 Harry K. Thaw - The Millionaire Murderer; 1907 Dora Feldman McDonald - Murder for Love; 1909 Dr. Bennett Clarke Hyde - The Lethal Inheritance; 1910 Stanley Ketchel - Murder of a Champion; 1918 Charles Chapin - Debts That Killed; 1924 Kid McCoy - The Marrying Murderer; 1928 Arnold Rothstein - A Bullet for "Mr. Big"; 1930 Alfred "Jake"… Read More

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1985. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SUB-TITLE: The Trenchcoat Memoirs of a Foreign Correspondent. BOOK NUMBER: 6701-1. COVER PHOTOGRAPH: Peter Croydon. CONTENTS: Preface; Prologue 1 Writing for the Kansas City Milkman 2 Correspondent in Waiting 3 The Washington Beat 4 The Freelance Life 5 The New Frontier 6 One Minute to Midnight 7 Hello Lyndon 8 Vietnam 9 That Slum of a Year 10 Back Home Again; Index. SYNOPSIS: For close to thirty years Knowlton Nash has been "the news" for Canadians--that knowledgeable, believable, and articulate correspondent, and more recently, anchorman, who keeps us informed and up-to-date with happenings at home and abroad. Here at last is Nash's candid and highly personal reminiscence of the remarkable globe-trotting career that has spanned continents, seen him at the centre of the major news stories of our lifetimes, and taken… Read More

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1997. Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled. SYNOPSIS: You've never seen the CBC like this before. In Cue the Elephant, Knowlton Nash, best-selling author and former anchor of "The National," presents thousands of unforgettable stories - some absurdly funny, others tearfully poignant - about what really goes on behind the scenes at CBC Radio and TV. Nash interviewed more than 120 past and present stars, who talk freely and candidly about the thrills, the disappointments, and the silliest moments of their glittering careers, and the charms - and shortcomings - of their colleagues.. First Thus 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Oxford University Press, 1975. Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled. SERIES: General Editor: D. I. Scargill, University of Oxford. Great economic and social changes have taken place in Europe in recent years, and there has been growing consciousness of the need for regional planning. The magnitude, persistence, and areal extent of consequent problems for specific regions seem to justify studies which identify, analyse and even seek solutions to them. The different regions chosen for this series illustrate a variety of problems such as a harsh environment, contraction of agriculture, isolation, industrial decay, urban congestion, or proximity to a sensitive political frontier. One problem of this kind forms the theme for each study but attention has been drawn to similar problems encountered in other parts of the continent and the reader is encouraged to deduce principles of more… Read More

Toronto: Harlequin Books, 1977. Previous Dealer Markings (Black Marker Traces on Front Cover); Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Light Moisture Damage (Staining); Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SERIES: 2041st in Harlequin Romance line. SYNOPSIS: Araminta went to Holland to nurse a sick relative - and, to her surprise, ran into the disconcerting Doctor Crispin van Sibbelt again. Unfortunately she found him even more difficult to understand in his own country than he had been in hers!. First Thus 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Mineola: Dover Publications, Inc., 1990. Remainder Mark; Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled. SYNOPSIS: Flashes of creative insight, mystical and ecstatic states of mind, dreams foretelling the future . . . are these and other extraordinary - and sometimes even useful - experiences paranormal, or are they events shaped by subtle psychological processes of the mind? In this well-balanced evaluation of transcendental experiences, a noted authority on the subject rationally and impartially explores these and other topics. Combining a healthy scepticism with scholarly objectivity and a solid understanding of psychological principles and research, Prof. Neher discusses the roles of physiology, condition, and cultural influences in determining the nature of extraordinary experiences. His study covers a broad range of topics: mediation, deprivation and motivation, hypnosis, contagious behavior, multiple… Read More

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1980. BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. A dissident's memoir of his detention in the most notorious Soviet psychiatric institution. SUB-TITLE: Notes from the Serbsky. EDITED AND TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN BY: Marco Carynnyk and Marta Horban. CONTENTS: Introduction; Editors' Note; Preface; INSTITUTE OF FOOLS; APPENDIX; The Trial of Nekipelov; Oprichnina 1977; Oprichnina 1977 Continues; Our Searches; Notes to the Appendix; Bibliography; Index of Names. SYNOPSIS: We now know, from grimly authentic sources, the truth about the Gulag labour camps in the Soviet Union. But we still know comparatively little, at first hand, about the increasing use of mental institutions as part of the system of political repression. Here for the first time is a detailed account, from the inside, of the… Read More

Washington Square Press Previous Owner Markings; Repaired; pp 1-6 Missing (Front Matter, Including Title Page; No Impediment to Text); Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. CONTENTS: The Planting of the Colonies; The Colonial Heritage; The Imperial Problem; The Revolution and Confederation; Making the Constitution; The Republic Finds Itself; The Rise of National Unity; A National Culture; Jacksonian Democracy Sweeps In; The West and Democracy; The Sectional Struggle; The Brothers' War; The Emergence of Modern America; The Rise of Big Business; Labor and Immigration; The West Comes of Age; The Farmer and His Problems; The Age of Reform; The Rise to World Power; America Comes of Age; Woodrow Wilson and the World War; From "Normalcy" to Depression; Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal; The Second World War; The Cold War; Postwar Problems, 1946-1952; The… Read More

London: Jupiter Books (London) Ltd, 1979. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings; Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Light Moisture Damage; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Missing. CONTENTS: Author's Note; A Note on the Illustrations; Heyday of Highwaymen; The Gallows and the Gibbet; Crooked Cavaliers; Claude Duval; Gentlemen of the Road; Jonathan Wild; Jack Sheppard; The Real Dick Turpin; Sixteen-String Jack; The Bushrangers of Australia; The Road Agents of America; Select Bibliography. EXCERPT: Author's Note - In relating the stories of celebrated highwaymen I have concentrated first on the English variety, followed by their cousins-in-crime, the "bushrangers" of Australia and the "road agents" and railway bandits of America's Wild West, a cavalcade of highway robbery starting in the mid-seventeenth century and ending in the early years of the twentieth century. In writing this volume I have consulted many books and journals and hereby… Read More

New York: Modern Promotions - Unisystems Inc. Previous Dealer, Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Heavy Sticker Pull; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. SUB-TITLE: A love story. SYNOPSIS: Why would a big city girl leave a plush job - and a fiancé - in New York, to be a librarian in a small Montana town? Young Gerry Dorsett fled to Big Water hoping to find a new life - perhaps a new love. But she could not escape the horror which had sent her to seek a new career - a new life - in the West. EXCERPT: Fearing she'd not be believed, Gerry told the insurance detectives, "I know nothing about the jewels, Mr. Jones. Mr. Ragsdale didn't tell me everything. I think that was proven at the trial." Did he look sympathetic? It was difficult to judge. The other detective's face, though, was easier to read. Disbelief was naked on it, and anger as well. Would she… Read More

Winnipeg: A Greywood Paperback - Greywood Publishing Limited Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. BOOK NUMBER: Universal Best-Seller Library 124. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Peter C. Newman, one of Canada's most distinguished political commentators, was born in Vienna in 1929. After emigrating to Canada with his family, he was educated at Upper Canada College, and then at the University of Toronto, where he achieved both his B.A. and M.A. in Economics. Mr. Newman has been in his time a gold miner, a department store magician, a jazz drummer, and a naval officer. Collecting modern jazz records is still one of his main interests, and boating is his favourite way of spending a weekend or vacation. His first book, Flame of Power (1959), went into three printings, and a paperback version. His second, Renegade in Power (1963), was even more successful,… Read More

Toronto: Viking - Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 1995. BOOK: Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: From Deference to Defiance. SYNOPSIS: Peter C. Newman, whose bestselling books have charted the intricacies of power in Canada for three decades, now brings his explorations to a chilling climax in The Canadian Revolution. With a premise as sweeping in its implications as it is profound in its insights, Newman tears down the artifices of power while explaining the new society and the new politics that have taken their place. Filled with penetrating analysis and the author's far reaching grasp of class and history, The Canadian Revolution is thoughtful, witty and essential reading for anyone trying to understand how Canada was transformed during the past decade. This provocative study chronicles that sea change, showing how Canadians lost faith in their touchstone institutions.… Read More

Winnipeg: A Greywood Paperback - Greywood Publishing Limited Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. BOOK NUMBER: Universal Best-Seller Library 124. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Peter C. Newman, one of Canada's most distinguished political commentators, was born in Vienna in 1929. After emigrating to Canada with his family, he was educated at Upper Canada College, and then at the University of Toronto, where he achieved both his B.A. and M.A. in Economics. Mr. Newman has been in his time a gold miner, a department store magician, a jazz drummer, and a naval officer. Collecting modern jazz records is still one of his main interests, and boating is his favourite way of spending a weekend or vacation. His first book, Flame of Power (1959), went into three printings, and a paperback version. His second, Renegade in Power (1963), was even more successful, and… Read More

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Missing. CONTENTS: Introduction; Foreword; Part I Places; Czechoslovakia; Israel; Sweden; Laos; Washington; Part II Pierre Trudeau; Moving Up; Consolidating Power; Brief Encounter; Journey to London; Becoming Isolated; Reflections on a Fall from Grace; Part III Survivors; Eric Kierans; J. Watson MacNaught; Walter Gordon; Quentin Durgens; Bryce Mackasey; Willy Brandt; John Kenneth Galbraith; Josef Skvorecky; Part IV Quebec; Marcel Chaput; Giles Gregoire; Claude Ryan; Daniel Johnson; Marc Lalonde; Jean-Jacques Bertrand; Robert Bourassa; Part V Campaigning; John Diefenbaker (1965); Robert Stanfield; Pierre Trudeau; John Diefenbaker (1968); Part VI Music; Stan Kenton; Part VII Departures; Ralph Allen; Robert Thompson; Leon Balcer; Jack Pickersgill; Walter Gordon; George Vanier; Lester Pearson; Frank Underhill; John Diefenbaker; Part VIII Home… Read More