Search Results: Titles starting with S from JKL Books

Seoul: Korean Food Promotion Institute, 2017. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. As New. Spanish-language text.

Collins, 1946. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Bright, clean pages. Some wear to corners, edges, spine tips. Front inside hinge is cracked. Previous owner's name of front free endpaper. No dust jacket.

New Westminster, BC: International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission. Soft cover. As New. 20 pages, staplebound. Describes the sockey of the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada; the Adams River run (the most famous of the river's sockeye races); and sockeye conservation and rehabilitation by the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission. BAY 27.

Seoul: Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, 2010. Soft cover. Very Good. Perspectives on Korean Music, Vol. 1, Fall 2010 (ISSN 2093-7792). Bright, clean unmarked pages. Cover shows only slight wear. Includes two CDs: live performances and sound examples for accompanying articles. English language text.

Vancouver, BC: Vancouver Historical Society, 1971. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Binding is firm. Cover shows minor wear only. Former library book. No dust jacket. Edited by James M. Sandison. Occasional Paper, no. 2, Vancouver Historical Society (1971). 61 pages. CDN BAY 8.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Light blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Clean, unmarked text, firmly bound. Ex-library.

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED by author to previous owner. As new, but with slight wear to dust jacket. Contents: Introduction: Fantasy Scotlands -- 1. Comedy: Global/local identities. Gregory's Two Girls (1999), Festival (2005) -- 2. Road movie: Scotland in the world. Soft Top, Hard Shoulder (1993), Carla's Song (1996), Tickets (2005) -- 3. Bollywood: Non-resident Indian-Scotland. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000), Pyaar Ishq aur Mohabbat (2001), Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006) -- 4. (Loch Ness) Monster movie: A return to primal Scotland. The Secret of the Loch (1934), Loch Ness (1996), The Water Horse (2007) -- 5. Horror film: History Hydes in the Highlands. Dog Soldiers (2002), Wild Country (2005) -- 6. Costume drama: From men in kilts to developing diasporas. The Governess (1998) -- 7. Gangster film: Glasgow's transnational identities. American Cousins (2003), Danny the Dog (2005) -- Female… Read More

Bradford, ON: Demeter Press, 2016. Soft cover. Very Good. Like new with slight wear to dust jacket.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2009. Hardcover. As New/As New. Like new. 238 pages. Contents: Last days of an ocean system -- Great Barrier Reef, Australia : the last best place on Earth -- Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A.: reading the vital signs : oxygen -- Puerto Rico : reading the vital signs : pH -- Plymouth, England: reading the vital signs : metabolism -- Panama: reading the vital signs : fecundity -- Halifax, Canada : reading the vital signs : life force -- Spain : reading the vital signs : medical history -- Hainan Province, People's Republic of China : reading the vital sign that is China -- Zanzibar, Tanzania: reading the vital signs : adaptability -- Off the Florida Keys, U.S.A. : finding hope -- A call for wisdom.

Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bright, clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows minor wear only. No dust jacket. "After the loss of the thirteen American colonies in 1783, the Second British Empire arose like a phoenix from the ashes of the First. The Second Empire was not entirely new, for the old Empire had not been completely destroyed by any means. . . " -- Introduction. CDN BAY 18.

Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Ex-library, small stain on spine, hinges cracked, pages tanned. Attractive blue cloth with gilt lettering. Clean text, firm binding.

Tokyo: Japan Publishing Industry Foundaton For Culture (JPIC), 2017. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Like new. "In 1947, Japan eternally renounced war and the possession of armed forces with its constitution. How, then, did the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) survive, moreover, evolve over the ensuing 70 years into the prominent presence it is today? Sado Akihiro reviews the JSDF's history chiefly from the viewpoint of restrictions imposed on it by civil officials of the national bureaucracy, based on lessons gleaned from the arbitrary conduct of the military in pre-World War II days. He also explores the financial constraints placed on the JSDF in the form of a percentage of the GNP. This book traces the inside story of U.S.-Japan relations and Japan's defense policy. It attempts to shine a light on the true state of the JSDF in the midst of new challenges that put it at a crossroads, including post-9/11 international terrorism, North Korean nuclear development, and… Read More

New York: Academy of Political Science, 2002. Soft cover. Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages, with the exception of 22 pages that have underlining. Binding is firm. Cover shows moderate wear. 200 pages. Contents: September 11 : an overview / Demetrios James Caraley and Alexander Cooley -- The post September 11 debate over empire, globalization, and fragmentation / Walter LaFeber -- The soft underbelly of American primacy : tactical advantages of terror / Richard Betts -- The pragmatic fanaticism of al-Qaeda : an anatomy of extremism in Middle Eastern politics / Michael Doran -- North Korea's weapons of mass destruction : badges, shields or swords? / Victor Cha -- U.S. policy toward Iraq since Desert Storm / Daniel Byman -- CIA's strategic intelligence in Iraq / Richard L. Russell -- Contradictions in Iranian and Indonesian politics / Daniel Brumberg -- Al Qaeda, military commissions, and American self-defense / Ruth Wedgwood -- An interim assessment of September 11 : what has changed and… Read More

Boston: Perkins, Marvin & Company, 1834. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Brown cloth, solid binding and clean, bright, unmarked pages (no foxing, with the exception of page opposite title page, which has light foxing). Frontispiece is portrait of Codman. Contains twelve sermons, six addresses and two speeches. Codman, minister of Second Church in Dorchester, is considered by some to be Boston's most preeminent evangelical preacher of the 19th century. A rare book that is well preserved. Ex-lib. REGS-400.

Ottawa: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Agriculture et agroalimentaire Canada, 1998. Soft cover. Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Spiral bound. Cover shows some wear. Ex-library. Dual language: English and French.

Toronto: Lugus Publications, 1996. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Binding is firm. Cover shows minor wear to edges. Former owner's label on upper right corner of title page. BAY 23.

Emerson Books, 1962. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-library. Bright, unmarked pages. Library has attached this softcover book to a cardboard cover to protect it.

Singapore: National Library (Singapore), 2009. Soft cover. Very Good. Volume 2 only. Part of the larger series: Writing Asia: Literatures in Englishes. Like new, but with slight wear to covers and abrasion from the removal of a bookplate on half-title pages. 267 pages in each volume. "Sharing Borders . . . is the most comprehensive account we have to date of Singaporean and Malaysian literatures in English. Apart from the assessment of single authors, surveys, and special topics, it provides essential background, traces origins and early development, the way significant themes in the life of the two nations have evolved and been articulated . . . " 9789810839116 and 9789810839130. BAY 30.

Singapore: National Library (Singapore), 2009. Soft cover. Very Good. 2-volume set, part of the larger Writing Asia: Literatures in Englishes series. Like new, but with slight wear to covers and abrasion from the removal of a bookplate on half-title pages. 267 pages in each volume. "Sharing Borders . . . is the most comprehensive account we have to date of Singaporean and Malaysian literatures in English. Apart from the assessment of single authors, surveys, and special topics, it provides essential background, traces origins and early development, the way significant themes in the life of the two nations have evolved and been articulated . . . " -- Preface. 9789810839116 and 9789810839130. BAY 30.

Isles of Scilly: St. Mary's, England. Soft cover. Good. Bright, clean pages. Binding is firm (staple bound). Cover shows moderate wear. 84 pages, primarily photographs with captions. BAY 21-20