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

Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Drawn & Quarterly Pubns, 2009. Soft cover. Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal shelfwear; "Smudge and sketchy, Vahamaki's delicate pencil lines conjure up a world whose events are dictated by a surreal interior logic, a bizarre and vaguely sinister realm where a bear and a child argue over which one of them is more qualified to drive a car and where amateur dentistry runs rampant."

Edison, NJ: Chartwell Book Sales, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; slight wear to corners and spine extremestlines four rag rug techniques: hooking, prodding, braiding, and applique, and provides information on design, preparation, and finishing. A beautiful selection of color photographs illustrate examples of contemporary designs and the influences of 19th century rugmakers, from New England to the Maritime provinces of Canada. The second section is for those interested in taking up rugmaking. Each technique is explained and illustrated in detail, then followed a choice of projects - rugs, cushions, hats, and wall hangings. Rag Rugs demonstrates how an essentially simple craft can transform to folk art and provide the maker, even one with no previous experience of textile crafts, with results in which to take lasting pride.

Toronto, ON: Vintage Canada, 2006. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; a few light creases to covers; spine straight and uncreased; very minimal wear; In 1997, a timber scout named Grant Hadwin committed an act of shocking violence in the mythic Queen Charlotte Islands. His victim was legendary: a unique 300-year-old Sitka spruce, 50m tall and covered with luminous golden needles. In a bizarre environmental protest, Hadwin attacked the tree with a chainsaw. Two days later, it fell, horrifying an entire community. Not only was the golden spruce a scientific marvel and a tourist attraction, it was sacred to the Haida people and beloved by local loggers. Shortly after confessing the crime, Hadwin disappeared under suspicuous circumstances and is missing to this day.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Groundwood Books, 2002. Soft cover. Very Good. SIGNED BY W.D. VALGARDSON on half title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; light wear to lower front edge of cover; spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; When Frances finds an old, mouse-eaten journal in a trunk at the family homestead, she is dismayed to find that the entries are written in Icelandic, and the pages are torn and moldy. "Some things should just be left alone," warns her grandmother. Yet something pushes Frances to uncover the secrets that the book contains - secrets about her own past, filled with tales of forbidden love, hardship, scandal and ghosts.

Vancouver, BC, Canada: Douglas & McIntyre, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. SIGNED AND DATED BY W.D. VALGARDSON on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; fold down inside front flap of dustjacket; otherwise absolute minimal shelfwear; appears unread; "Urban paranoia and rural innocence are the themes of these stories, in which W.D. Valgarson moves effortlessly from examining West Coast city life to fishing the inland sea of Manitoba.

Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Wallace, Ian. Clean, tight, unmarked; no dust jacket; very light wear to corners; otherwise very minimal wear; Twelve-year-old Sarah is told by her widowed father that she must leave the Frog Bay wilderness and go to school in the city to learn to speak English, but when the family that she lives with is cold and cruel, keeping her out of school, she earns the angel-like protection of a wise raven.

Madeira Park, BC: Douglas & McIntyre, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED BY W.D. VALGARDSON on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; Valgardson's expert manipulation of metaphor and imagery brings a mythic scale to the murder mystery at the heart of this book. He shapes a portrait of small town living with frank depictions of post-traumatic stress, RCMP conduct, systemic and the real-life tragedies that are too often left unsolved.

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Turnstone Press Canada, 2011. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; Bears, wolves, fish, forests, swamps and insect-infested summers of Manitoba's interlake provide the backdrop for one of Canada's most beloved authors. Blurring lines between reality and fantasy, W.D. Valgardson continues the Icelandic folk-legend tradition in this book. These stories are immediate, the characters, both human and supernatural, cracke with life, as myth, harsh reality and superstition touch the lives of Icelandic immigrants, often in thrilling and heartbreaking ways.

Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. INSCRIBED BY W.D. VALGARDSON on ffep; Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; appears unread; In these wonderful stories Richard, Jim, Rainbow, Sam, Tom, Johnny and Erin all face situations every kid knows well - putting on a brave front, adjusting to a new place, buying their heart's desire, and trying to save the planet ... with an army of two.

Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; In these wonderful stories Richard, Jim, Rainbow, Sam, Tom, Johnny and Erin all face situations every kid knows well - putting on a brave front, adjusting to a new place, buying their heart's desire, and trying to save the planet ... with an army of two.

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Turnstone Press Canada, 2011. Soft cover. Very Good. SIGNED BY W. D. VALGARDSON; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; Bears, wolves, fish, forests, swamps and insect-infested summers of Manitoba's interlake provide the backdrop for one of Canada's most beloved authors. Blurring lines between reality and fantasy, W.D. Valgardson continues the Icelandic folk-legend tradition in this book. These stories are immediate, the characters, both human and supernatural, cracke with life, as myth, harsh reality and superstition touch the lives of Icelandic immigrants, often in thrilling and heartbreaking ways.

Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Hills Books,U.S., 2000. Soft cover. Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; He was a star at 23 years old, winner of the Critics as well as Readers Poll in Down Beat. But much of his later life was shadowed by his drug use and problems with the law. This book gives a full account of the famous trumpeter - famous as much for his tragic life as his beautiful music. The author has interviewed dozens of Baker's friends and colleagues, his wife, Carol Baker, as well as the investigating team that made the initial report on Chet's strange death. The text in enhanced by many photographs of Chet, his friends, and colleagues. There is a select, as well as a complete, discography.

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: American Literary Press, 2000. Soft cover. Very Good. LONG INSCRIPTION FROM DEB VALLIS on last page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; Vallis combines her experience with cats and human psychopathology, humor and horror to expose extremes in disguise.

Toronto, ON: Owlkids, 2018. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Valério, Geraldo. Clean, tight, unmarked; a few very light scratches to covers; otherwise very minimal wear; Red, yellow, blue... Journey into the Canadian wilderness and discover a rainbow of creatures, from black bears to blue whales to red cardinals and more! Geroldo Valerio makes collage illustrations using magazine and wrapping papers, glue, and a big pair of scissors. Geraldo is wild about Canadian animals, and he loved the happy explosion of colour in his Toronto studio as he created the artwork for this book.

Kingston, ON, Canada: Quarry Press, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; Edited by Bram Stoker Award winner Edo van Belkom, this special anthology is a terrific mix of dark terror and outright horror, from atmospheric creeping fear to over-the-top violence and gore.

Winnipeg, MB: Enfield & Wizenty, 2013. Soft cover. As New. As New condition; In Van Camp's fictionalized north anything can happen and yet each story is roted in a vivid contemporary reality. The stories offer a potent mix tape of tropes from science fiction, horror, Western and Aboriginal traditions. The title story pits Torchy against the Smith Squad, fighting for love and family in a bloody, cathartic, and ultimately hopeful narrative. Van Camps' characters repeatedly confront the bleakness of sexual assault, substance addiction and violence with the joy and humour of inspired storytelling.

Wiarton, ON: Kegedonce Press, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Fine. SIGNED: RICHARD VAN CAMP on title page; As New condition; This book explores the healing going in Indian country. There is pain in these stoires and there is loss. There is death, but there is also rebirth, and there is alsways the search from each of the narrators for personal truth. Characters in communities across the north and the south are all linked by themes of hope, the spirit of friendship, and hunger.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Hounslow Pr, 1999. Trade Paper. New. 0888822006; New Book; "This album follows the history of Kingston from the founding of Fort Frontenac and the accompanying French settlement of Cataraqui in 1673 to its present day incarnation as a popular tourist destination. More than 100 b&w photos accompany the text, granting an intimate look at all facets of life in Kingston over the last century. "

Toronto, ON: Hounslow Press, 1997. Soft cover. Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; a few very light scratches to cover; otherwise appears unread; This book traces the development of Ottawa from its earliest settlers, through its days as a lumber town, and on to its birth as Canada's capital. From Philemon Wright, who first settled Hull, to the celebrations marking the end of the Second World War, this book traces the building of the canal and the Parliament Buildings, the great fire of 1900, and the struggle to become capital. More than 1000 beautiful b&w photographs illustrate the text, providing a glimpse of life in the city. This visual record shows all facets of life in the capital, from sports and leisure activities to transportation, from occupations such as stonemasonry and ice cutting to early pictures of the exhibition grounds.

Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier Univ Pr, 2016. Paperback. Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; First published in 1947, this book broke new ground with its fictional representation of women and of Indigenous people. Set during the dustbowl 1930s, this novel follows Lina Ashley, a homesteader who takes her family from southern Alberta to a new life in the Peace River region. Her daughter Poppy grows up in a community characterized by harmonious interactions between Metis and the European settlers. Stil, there is tension between mother and daughter when Poppy becomes involved with a Metis lover. This novel expands the patriachal canon of Canadian prairie fiction by depicting the agency of a successful female settler and, as noted by Dorothy Livesay, was "one of the first, if not the first Canadian novel wherein the plight of the Native Indian and the Metis is honestly and painfully recorded.