BRINSMEAD, HESBA; CLARK, MAVIS THORPE; FATCHEN, MAX; MATTINGLEY, CHRISTOBEL; NORMAN, LILLITH; PHIPSON, JOAN; SHELLEY, NEREEN; SOUTHALL, IVAN; SPENCE, ELEANOR; THIELE, COLIN; DUGAN, MICHAEL (COMPILLED BY)

The Early Dreaming: Australian Children's Authors on Childhood

Brisbane, Jacaranda Press. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0701612177) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Authors of Australian children's literature recall their own childhood. Fine in near fine dust jacket, with a light shelf wear. Fine/Very Good - Fine.

-- Booksplendour

Book number: 008157

Catalogue: Australia - Non-Fiction

Keywords: Australian General Non-Fictions; Australian Writers; Australian Authors; Australian Contents; Australiana, Children's Books, Scarce, A1 0701612177

CLARK JOAN W & MACDONALD IAN:

Ainmean Gaidhlig Lusan Gaelic Names of Plants.

J W Clark 1999 First Edition Softcover. Very Good Clean Sound Copy. 8vo. pp xi 225. ISBN 0 9536351 0 4

-- Court Hay Books

Book number: 11849

Keywords: Ainmean Gaidhlig Lusan Gaelic Names of Plants. 0953635104

CLARK, JOAN

An Audience of Chairs

Vintage Canada, 2006. Pp: 368. Like beauty, madness altered perception, but instead of offering illusion, it offered delusion. Moranna leaned the tricks madness played on perception the hard way as experience showed her how persuasively madness distorted reality. Experience also showed her that if she hung on long enough, the panic would subside and the delusions would pass. There were many dawns on the ferry when the sight of the ugly smoke stacks reassured her. They were proof that once again she had won the showdown with the voice and had delivered herself to the dawn, wholly alive. (p. 286)Joan Clark`s An Audience of Chairs opens with Moranna MacKenzie living alone in her ancestral Cape Breton farmhouse, waging a war with the symptoms of bipolar disorder and grieving the loss of her two daughters, taken from her over thirty years previously. There are few people remaining in her life, as Moranna cannot help but tax the patience of nearly everyone she encounters. Her long-suffering brother Murdoch has her best interests at heart, though he is fatigued by her enormous needs and pressured by his ambitious wife to invest less time in her. Pastor Andy politely sloughs off the peculiarly intelligent yet unpalatable sermons Moranna pens for him. Her neighbour Lottie knows what it is to be an eccentric and can be counted on to come through in a pinch. The local RCMP constabulary smooths over her legal scrapes. And her lover Bun, who lives with her when not working on the ferries between Cape Breton and Newfoundland, knows how to give her a wide berth on her �"œfoul weather�"� days. Thanks to the assistance of these sometimes reluctant guardian angels, as well as to the carefully planned inheritance left by her father (not to mention her own sheer ingenuity), Moranna has managed to get by all these years despite small-town gossips and tormenting youths.Through a series of flashbacks, we learn more about the devastating effects of Moranna`s mental illness on her life and that of her family. But An Audience of Chairs also gives us a glimpse into the mind of a true iconoclast and wild spirit, who has managed despite overwhelming odds to keep hope alive.In her early years, Moranna`s accomplishments and beauty, along with the protection of a father who saw glimmers of his suicidal wife in his beloved daughter, allow her to struggle through childhood and adolescence in Sydney Mines relatively unscathed. She is a gifted pianist, a magazine covergirl, and a promising actress when she makes a brilliant marriage to an up-and-coming young journalist, Duncan. But she soon finds herself unmoored by motherhood, and the oddities that the people in her life have always chosen to overlook become more difficult to disguise with drama and wit when maternal expectations are placed upon her. Her staged life comes crashing down around her ears when she is left alone with her daughters and in a manic artistic phase risks their lives terribly. Her family can no longer explain away her eccentricities, her husband forsakes her, and she is institutionalized, her children taken from her forever.No longer playing the roles of perfect daughter, wife and mother, the devastated Moranna falteringly gropes for purpose in her life. She returns to the inherited Baddeck farmhouse and, inspired by a vision she has of her great-aunt Hettie, whose stories of their Scottish ancestors once filled the youthful Moranna`s imagination with stories of valour, earns a small income as a woodcarver. She carves for tourist sales the courageous and larger-than-life people of her clan, to whose histories she clings in order to reinforce her belief in her pedigree as a lionheart, so much more comforting than the spectre of madness lurking in her maternal lineage.She enthralls the audiences in her mind �"“ in reality an audience of chairs �"“ with daily virtuoso performances on the piano board, a silent keyboard upon which she does battle with her demons through the music of Chopin and Rachmaninov.Through these and other ingenious �"“ and often hilarious �"“ strategies, Moranna has over the years constructed a life of delicate balance, all of which is jeopardized one day by a glimpse of television. Visiting town with Bun, she is astonished to see her now-grown daughter Bonnie being interviewed for a local station about a climatalogical lecture she is to give, to be soon followed by her wedding in Halifax. Moranna knows she must make what will certainly be a surprise appearance at the wedding. But this means a high-stakes gamble with everything she has�"“her pride, her precarious mental health, her hope for a measure of grace in the world. Of An Audience of Chairs, Quill and Quire said: �"œElegantly written and deeply grounded in place, this moving, compassionate novel is far more than a story of mental illness. Moranna`s quest is for peace, joy, and connection�"“the same yearnings that drive us all.�"�From the Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780676976564. Cond./Kwaliteit: Redelijk.

-- Boekhandel De Slegte b.v.

Book number: U1854159

Catalogue: Engelse literatuur

Keywords: 9780676976564

CLARK, JOAN

An Audience of Chairs

Toronto, ON, Canada, Knopf Canada. 2005. (ISBN: 0676976557). Hard Cover. Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾-9¾ tall. Signed by Author pp.350. The story of a woman who lives alone in a Cape Breton farmhouse, fighting the ups and downs of mental illness and still grieving the loss of her two daughters who were taken from her over 30 years previously. clean tight copy price clipped slight edgewear to top and bottom d/j. Fine/Fine.

-- Judith Patton Books

Book number: 002573

Keywords: Fiction Literature Fiction_general 0676976557

CLARK, JOAN

An Audience of Chairs

Toronto, ON, Canada, Knopf Canada. 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 0676976557). Hard Cover, 8vo. pp. 350, book in as new condition. Written by the award winning Canadian author from Nova Scotia. As New/As New.

-- The Edmonton Book Store

Book number: 102312

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Keywords: Canadian Literature 0676976557

CLARK, CAROL; TROCCOLI, JOAN CARPENTER; HOXIE, FREDERICK E; JORDAN, GUY; SHARP, LEWIS I; HASSRICK, PETER H.

Charles Deas And 1840s America.

University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: 2009. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Charles Deas (1818-67), an enigmatic figure on the edge of mainstream artistic circles in mid-nineteenth-century New York, went west to explore new opportunities and subjects in 1840. From his adopted hometown of St. Louis, Deas sent his iconic paintings of fur trappers and Indians back east for exhibition and sale, briefly winning the recognition that had earlier eluded him. This handsome volume: featuring more than 150 illustrations, 70 in color: is the first book exclusively devoted to Deas. In two major essays, Carol Clark presents Deas's haunting biography and complex art: works that embodied Americans' uncertainty about the future of their rapidly expanding nation, especially in the contested spaces of the West. Ranging from Indian genre scenes to more violent and bizarre themes drawn from literature and his own imagination, Deas's images reverberate with the racial tensions and cut-throat economic competition of the period. Three additional essayists examine the historical, political, and social context of Deas's art and discuss in detail two of his major paintings, Walking the Chalk and Long Jakes, the Rocky Mountain Man. The volume also includes Clark's catalogue of Deas's paintings, watercolors, and drawings: the most extensive recovery and documentation to date of the work of this important but little-known artist. Charles Deas and 1840s America will constitute the definitive reference on the painter for years to come.
¶ 248 pages.

-- Ad Infinitum Books

Book number: 69528X2

Catalogue: ART

Keywords: ( Painting 1840s American West History).

CLARK, JOAN

Connie Carl at Rainbow Ranch

Chicago, IL: Goldsmith, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear; 251 pages.

-- Gibson's Books

Book number: 14451

Catalogue: Juv Series For Girls

Keywords: Children Clark, Joan Connie Carl Juv Series Juv Series For Girls Girl's Series

CLARK, JOAN,

Connie Carl at Rainbow Ranch.

Chicago, The Goldsmith Publishing Company, 1939. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hard Cover Fair/No Jacket. The cover is rubbed with edgewear, front board is detatched but present. Pages are tanning and brittle with no markings.

-- Top Notch Books

Book number: 125482

Keywords: Literature

CLARK, JOAN

Connie Carl at Rainbow Ranch

Chicago, The Goldsmith Publishing Company. 1939. Hard Cover. Moderate scuffs, soils and edge wear; an adequate readable copy. 251 pages. Good +/Good +.

-- UHR Books

Book number: 058732

Catalogue: General

Keywords: Study, Studies, Readers, Reading, Writers, Writing, Author, Culture, Society, Cultural, Literature, Literary, History, Historical, Reference, Resource, Man, Mankind, Humanity, Kids, Youth, Juvenile, Children, Child Children's Literature

CLARK, JOAN,

Connie Carl at Rainbow Ranch.

Chicago, The Goldsmith Publishing Company, 1939. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hard Cover Fair/No Jacket. Cover: heavy edgewear, bumped, chipped, sunned; split @ spine. Pgs: browning (dark), lightly throughout; tight @ spine.

-- Top Notch Books

Book number: 128521

Keywords: Mystery Fiction

JOAN CLARK

Eiriksdottir: a Tale of Dreams and Luck

Penguin Books Ltd, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. clean, tight, unmarked, very light handling.() A combination of fact, fiction, and fantasy, Eiriksdottir is the story of Norsemen who, 1,000 years ago, crossed the treacherous seas to Vinland, a land that became both mythical and real. Their final voyage, led by Freydis Eiriksdottir, the enigmatic daughter of the renegade Eirik the Red, is shrouded in mystery. Of the two ships that set out from Greenland in search of Vinland, why did only one ship return from the fabled new-found land? And what kind of a leader was Freydis? Was she brave and resourceful? Or was she, as the sagas claim, vengeful and cruel? Epic in scope, Eiriksdottir presents a complex northern world in which greed and desire, dreams and luck are intertwined. Joan Clark's vivid and sensuous prose will resonate in the reader s mind long after the last page has been turned. ID: mon0000097342 .

-- Kbooks

Book number: mon0000097342

Keywords: Clark, Joan, Contemporary, Paperback, Printed Books, General Miscellaneous

CLARK, JOAN;CLARK, J.

Eiriksdottir: A Tale of Dreams and Luck A Novel

Toronto, Macmillan of Canada. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 0771590091). Hardcover, 8vo. pp. [5] 371.Signed and dedicated by the author on half title page. Very Good/Very Good. Signed and Dedicated by Author.

-- The Edmonton Book Store

Book number: A01967

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Keywords: Canadian Literature Signed Canada 0771590091

CLARK, JOAN

Eriksdottir

Penguin. (ISBN: 0-14-024950-8) . 1995, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. (Historical Fiction).

-- Pandora's Books

Book number: 295087

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Historical Fiction 0140249508

CLARK JOAN

La Fille Blanche

Boreal 2002. 2002. Hardcover. 8vo , pbk/br , dj/jaquette Fine/Excellent ISBN 2764601646. /Dust Jacket Included.

-- Bidonlivre

Book number: 14108

Catalogue: Roman Quebecois/Quebec Fiction

CLARK, JOAN

From a High Thin Wire

Edmonton, Newest Press. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0920316530). Soft Cover, 8vo. pp. 152. Very Good/Paperback.

-- The Edmonton Book Store

Book number: 100089

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Keywords: Canadian Literature Canadian Fiction Signed Canada 0920316530

JOAN CLARK

From a High Thin Wire

GLE Library. 2004. (ISBN: 9780864923851) Trade Paperback . Very good.

-- Cover To Cover Books, Inc.

Book number: 0088567

Catalogue: General Fiction

Keywords: 9780864923851

CLARK, JOAN

From a High Thin Wire

Edmonton, Newest Press. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0920316514) Pb. 150p. Good.

-- Champ-Clark

Book number: 031113

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 0920316514

JOAN CLARK

The Hand of Robin Squires

Puffin Books. 1977. (ISBN: 9780140319057) MassMarket Paperback . Good.

-- Cover To Cover Books, Inc.

Book number: 0083101

Catalogue: Youth Fiction

Keywords: 9780140319057

CLARK, JOAN.

The Hand of Robin Squires (Puffin Story Books)

Puffin. 1986. (ISBN: 0140319050) Soft Cover, Very minimal wear. Packed securely and posted promptly from our bookshop in Surrey, England. Good.

-- The Robb Inn

Book number: 0218W265908

Catalogue: Childrens

Keywords: Childrens 0140319050

CLARK, JOAN

The Hand of Robin Squires : The Mystery Of Oak Island

Clarke Irwin, Toronto, 1981. First Thus, Trade Paperback. Very Good. trade size softcover tight and square, Very slight discoloration to cover, Juveniile novel based upon the oak island Mystery, 145pp vg/--, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .

-- Dustjacket Books and Treasures

Book number: 69660

Catalogue: Young Readers

Keywords: Oak Island, Mystery, Novel, Juvenile, Nova Scotia

CLARK, JOAN

The Hand Of Robin Squires

Clarke Irwin, Toronto, 1977. First Edition Second Printing, Hard Cover. VG Red Brown cloth hardcover in vg+ dj now in mylar. Gift inscription on ffep. Dj has couple of short closed tears to top edge Children's Book choice stamp on cover 145pp vg/vg+ .

-- Dustjacket Books and Treasures

Book number: 32169

Catalogue: Young Readers

Keywords: Oak Island, Nova Scotia

CLARK, JOAN

Hand of Robin Squires

Puffin, 1986. (ISBN: 0140319050) Paperback. UK postage on the book 99p. We stock 100's of Puffin titles,visit The Puffin shop on our web-site. Good+.

-- Astley Book Farm

Book number: 00042480

Catalogue: The Puffin Shop

Keywords: Girls_fiction Children's Fiction 0140319050

CLARK, JOAN

The Hand Of Robin Squires

Clarke Irwin, Toronto, 1977. First Edition, Hard Cover. VG Red orange cloth hardcover in g dj now in mylar. Gift inscription on ffep. dj was tape to insides of covers and there are small tape scars ( 4 ) at points where taped. Dj is edge worn with chips and short tears 145pp vg/g .

-- Dustjacket Books and Treasures

Book number: 24139

Catalogue: Young Readers

Keywords: Oak Island, Nova Scotia

CLARK, JOAN

The Hand of Robin Squires

Puffin. (ISBN: 0-14-031905-0) . 1986, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) Very good. (Historical Fiction, Teen Novel).

-- Pandora's Books

Book number: 702531

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Historical Fiction, Teen Novel 0140319050

CLARK, JOAN

The Hand of Robin Squires

Clarke, Irwin & Co. Ltd. 1978, Reprint. (ISBN: 0772010919). Hard Cover. Ill.: Taylor, William; Cserepy, Mary. Ex-Library, Light wear overall, text pages are clean. Usual library marks. Good/Good.

-- Rainy Day Books

Book number: 21047

Catalogue: Children/Young Adult

Keywords: 0772010919 Taylor, William; Cserepy, Mary