ALTHOFF, WILLIAM F.

Drift Station Arctic Outposts of Superpower Science

Dulles, VA: Potomac Books Inc, 2007. 1st. Hardcover. ISBN: 1574887718. DJ shows light edge wear. Light soil to pages at foredge bottom.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W Photographs; 9 X 6.20 X 1.40 inches; 355 pages; "Closed to conventional passage, the Arctic Ocean and peripheral seas have nevertheless known European explorers since the sixteenth century. Systematic observation, however, dates only from the last years of the nineteenth century, with the epic drift of Fridtjof Nansen’s ice ship Fram (1893-1896), the first scientific expedition of the modern era. Twentieth-century technology—the icebreaker, radio transmission, nuclear power, and aircraft—opened the Arctic for survey, basic research, and observation. World War II saw the inhospitable circumpolar Arctic transformed into a theater of military operations.The Cold War and the missile age saw governments staking further claims, because only a relatively short arc of maritime boreal waste separated North America and Eurasia. The complex interactions of air, ice, and water that drive circumpolar systems also serve as engines of oceanic and atmospheric circulation. As a result, meteorology, oceanography, geophysics, and many other areas of scientific research in the region soon became acutely linked to the economic, political, and particularly the politico-military interests of the Soviet Union, the United States, Canada, and the other Arctic nations.In response, both superpowers established “drift stations”—that is, isolated camps based on nomadic ice floes—to conduct crucial scientific research. During the Cold War, they were the objects of suspicion, particularly the Soviet stations, which often stood accused as bases for espionage. Today, with the world’s climate system and global warming under study, Russian expertise, data, geography, and stewardship are crucial to the world community.". Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 17103

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: 1574887718 Arctic ice floes research EXPLORATION SCIENCE

ALTOBELLO, PETER DAVID

Lakers : Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes

Montreal: Eden Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1550450026. Illustrated by Sepia tone drawings. Dust jacket spine faded, some edge wear, tear base of spine, crease down front flap. Only light wear to book.; A tight solid book. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 0.7 x 11.8 x 9 Inches; 128 pages; Artist, Altobello created this book to "record an historic era in shipbuilding; a time when fine craftmanship and aesthetic consideration of Great Lakes ships... With these 64 richly textured drawings, Altobello has managed to seize and record the essence of each of these Great Lakes freighters." The featured boats are the S.S. Elmglen built in 1909; the S.S. Outarde built in 1927 and the S.S. August Ziering built in 1917.. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 15346

Catalogue: Maritime::Ontario

Keywords: 1550450026 Steamships Lakers MARITIME

ALUNIK, ISHMAEL & EDDIE D. KOLAUSOK & DAVID MORRISON

Across Time and Tundra the Inuvialuit of the Western Arctic

Vancouver BC: Canadian Museum of Civilization and Raincoast Books, 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1551926458. Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 11.1 X 9.3 X 1.0 inches; 230 pages; "The Western Canadian Arctic is a cold and seemingly barren wilderness. Yet for a thousand years it has been the homeland of a rich and accomplished people who call themselves Inuvialuit, "the real people." Hunters and fishers, their lives were enhanced by great annual hunts of beluga and bowhead whales. All that changed with the arrival of American whalers in the 1890s. Decimated by disease and cultural dislocation, the Inuvialuit have successfully rebounded in the last fifty years, signing a major land claim agreement in 1984. This beautiful book is the definitive, illustrated history of one of North America's most interesting and least known Native people. Across Time and Tundra features over 120 B&W and colour images, including many rare archival photos and exquisite works of art. The text includes traditional Inuvialuit stories and elders' remembrances of life long ago.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20046

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: 1551926458 inuvialuit Arctic Native Studies NORTH

AMBROSE, STEPHEN E.

Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1975. Later Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385096666. Boards show very light shelf wear. Price-clipped DJ has heavier shelf wear with short tears and light chipping. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 486 pages; "On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 U.S. Army soldiers rode toward the banks of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory, where 3,000 Indians stood waiting for battle. The lives of two great warriors would soon be forever linked throughout history: Crazy Horse, leader of the Oglala Sioux, and General George Armstrong Custer of the Seventh Cavalry. Both were men of aggression and supreme courage. Both had become leaders in their societies at very early ages; both had been stripped of power, and in disgrace had worked to earn back the respect of their people. And to both of them, the unspoiled grandeur of the Great Plains of North America was an irresistible challenge. ". Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 21217

Catalogue: Americana::Little Big Horn

Keywords: 0385096666 George Armstrong Custer sioux Little big horn 7th cavalry crazy horse Biographies & Memoirs Native Studies Militaria

THE ARCTIC INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA

Arctic, Volume 1, Issues No. 1 & 2

The Arctic Institute of North America, 1948. Reprint. Hardcover. Clear mylar jacket added for protection. ; Ex-Library; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 144 pages; Ex-library, with card pocket and "withdrawn" stamp on BFEP. Very clean, as new it appears that these volumes were rarely, if ever, checked out of the library. This is a bound reprint copy of the magazine "ARCTIC", containing copies of the first and second issues of the magazine from 1948.. Good+ .

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Book number: 2809

Catalogue: Canadiana::North

Keywords: Arctic, Alaska, Yukon B & W Photos North Illustrat magazine NORTH

AMIRSADEGHI, HOSSEIN (EDITOR); ASSISTED BY R. W. FERRIER WITH INTRODUCTION BY SIR DENIS WRIGHT

Twentieth Century Iran

London: Heinemann Ltd, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0434019844. The usual library markings, missing FFEP ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; Ex-Library; B&W Illustrations; 299 pages. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 12678

Catalogue: Middle East

Keywords: 0434019844 Iran Persia Middle East

AMORY, CLEVELAND

Cleveland Amory's Compleat Cat Cat Who Came for Christmas / Cat and the Curmudgeon / Best Cat Ever

New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1995. Omnibus. Hardcover. ISBN: 1884822282. Boards and DJ show very light shelf wear, price-clipped. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 6 X 2.25 X 8.75 inches; 814 pages; "Cleveland Amory's three classic cat stories have been compiled for the first time into one edition, The Compleat Cat, an enchanting, moving, and humorous collection. A self-confessed curmudgeon and dog lover firmly established in his ways, Cleveland Amory never anticipated how one dirty and scrawny alley cat could affect his life so dramatically. Underneath the New York grime of this hungry stray hid a shimmering white coat and an endearing pair of green eyes; Amory was smitten, and Polar Bear moved right in. In The Cat Who Came for Christmas, Amory crafts a charming narrative between cat and owner. Polar Bear converses through the swish of his tail, a look in his eye, and the tone of his meow. A humorous battle of wits ensues between the headstrong owner and the even more stubborn cat. Amory's second book, The Cat and the Curmudgeon, draws us deeper still into the lives of Polar Bear and Amory, as cat and human face fame, romance, and everyday domestic crises. Now rather famous, Polar Bear is uneasy about his new celebrity status, interested only in eating his fan mail. Amory's final Polar Bear book, The Best Cat Ever, takes a more serious twist: both cat and owner fall ill with arthritis and old-age complications. Amory takes Polar Bear on the cat's final trip--a jaunt back to his college days, where we learn more about Amory's fascinating past.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21005

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 1884822282 FICTION Biographies & Memoirs

L'AMOUR, LOUIS

Jubal Sackett

New York: Bantam, 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0553050869. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, with light chipping to DJ edges, short closed tear top front panel of dustjacket. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; The Sacketts #4; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 375 pages; "In Jubal Sackett, the second generation of Louis L’Amour’s great American family pursues a destiny in the wilderness of a sprawling new land. Jubal Sackett’s urge to explore drove him westward, and when a Natchez priest asks him to undertake a nearly impossible quest, Sackett ventures into the endless grassy plains the Indians call the Far Seeing Lands. He seeks a Natchez exploration party and its leader, Itchakomi. It is she who will rule her people when their aging chief dies, but first she must vanquish her rival, the arrogant warrior Kapata. Sackett’s quest will bring him danger from an implacable enemy . and show him a life—and a woman—worth dying for". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 20835

Catalogue: Fiction::Westerns

Keywords: 0553050869 Fiction::Westerns

ANDERSEN, DORIS

Blood Brothers

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Price-clipped DJ and boards show some shelf wear, DJ has repaired long tear up front edge and light chipping. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 136 pages; A young Norwegian boy and his family emigrate to Canada in the late 1800s and find themselves in Bella Coola on the West Coast. Eleven year old Nels befriends an Indian boy and lots of adventures.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 18912

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: Bella Coola British Columbia Juvenile::Young Adult

ANDERSON, PAUL

Hunger's Brides

Toronto: Random House Canada, 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0679310886. Light edge wear, short closed tear, top back panel of dust jacket. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 9.49 X 7.20 X 2.48 inches; 1408 pages; "Spanning three centuries and two cultures, Hunger’s Brides brings to vivid life the greatest Spanish poet of her time, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, & plumbs a mystery that has intrigued writers as diverse as Robert Graves, Diane Ackerman, Eduardo Galeano and Nobel laureate Octavio Paz. Why did a writer of such gifts silence herself? At the time of her death in 1695, Juana Inés de la Cruz was arguably the greatest writer working in any European tongue, yet she had never set foot in Europe. Instead she was born among the descendants of the Aztec empire, in the shadow of the mountain pass Cortés and his troops descended on their advance to Montezuma’s capital. A child prodigy from a barbarous wilderness, her beauty and wit provoked a sensation at the viceregal court in Mexico City. But at the age of nineteen, still a favourite of the court, Juana entered a convent, and from that point her life unfolded between the mystery of her sudden flight from palace to cloister, and the enigma of her final vow of silence, signed in blood. After a quarter-century of graceful, often sensuous poetry, plays and theological argument, Sor Juana chose silence, which she maintained until she died of plague at the age of forty-five.Drawing on chronicles of the conquest and histories of the Inquisition, myth cycles and archeological studies, ancient poetry and early Spanish accounts of blood sacrifice, Hunger’s Brides is a mammoth work of inspired historical fiction framed in a contemporary mystery. In the dead of a Calgary winter night, a man escapes from an apartment in which a young woman lies bleeding — in his arms he clutches a box he has found on her table addressed to him. He is Donald Gregory, a once-respected, now-disgraced, academic. She is Beulah Limosneros, one of his students, and for a brief time his lover. Brilliant, erratic, voracious, she had disappeared two years earlier in Mexico, following the thread of her growing obsession with Sor Juana. Over the ensuing days and weeks, as a police investigation closes in around him, Gregory pieces together the contents of the box she has left him: a poetic journal of her travel in Mexico, diaries, research notes, unposted letters, and a strange manuscript - part biography, part novel - on Sor Juana.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 15498

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical

Keywords: 0679310886 aztec sor juana Fiction::Historical

ANDERSON, SCOTT

Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East

Toronto: Mcclelland & Stewart, 2013. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771007663. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 577 pages; "Based on four years of intensive primary document research, Lawrence in Arabia definitively overturns received wisdom on how the modern Middle East was formed. Sweeping in its action, keen in its portraiture, acid in its condemnation of the destruction wrought by European colonial plots, this is a book that brilliantly captures the way in which the folly of the past creates the anguish of the present.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21549

Catalogue: Militaria::WWI

Keywords: 0771007663 saudi arabia TE Lawrence Militaria Middle East

ANDERSON, DORIS

Rough Layout

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771007426. Signed by Author; Light wear to extremities. Price-clipped dust jacket has short tears top of spine, small chip missing at base of DJ on spine. Previous owner's stamp on front free end paper and half title page ; Signed by author on title page. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve. A bright, solid book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 221 pages; The story line about the editor of Canadian women's magazine, trying to keep her responsibilities as wife, mother and businesswoman from devolving, lightly resembles Anderson's own life. Anderson was, for a time editor, of Chatelaine magazine.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 16201

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian

Keywords: 0771007426 magazine Toronto Fiction Fiction::Canadian

ANDERSON-DARGATZ, GAIL

Turtle Valley

Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0676978851. A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8.3 X 6.0 X 1.1 inches; 292 pages; "Kat has returned with her disabled husband and young son to her family’s homestead in Turtle Valley, in British Columbia’s Shuswap-Thompson area. Fire is sweeping through the valley in a ruthless progression toward the farm and they have come to help her frail parents pack up their belongings. Kat’s mother, Beth, (the now elderly protagonist of Anderson-Dargatz’s first novel, the award-winning The Cure for Death by Lightning) is weighed down by her ailing husband, Gus, and by generations of accumulated detritus. But there is something else weighing her down, a secret she has guarded all her life. Kat is determined to get to its source before fire eats up all that is left of the family’s memories.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 19807

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian

Keywords: 0676978851 British Columbia Fiction::Canadian

ANDERSON, CHARLES; LORI CULBERT; SHELLEY FRALIC (ED.)

Wildfire; British Columbia Burns

Vancouver BC: Greystone Books/Douglas & McIntyre, 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1553650573. Illustrated by Colour Plates. Only slight wear to DJ ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 139 pages; The summer of 2003 brought tinder dry conditions to the interior of British Columbia resulting in some spectacular wildfires. The worst was the fire engulfed the hills just outside the major recreational city of Kelowna. The lakeside view was spectacular. many other areas were affected including the historic trestles of the Kettle Valley Railway and the famous wildlife center developed by Ralph Edwards at Lonesome Lake.. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 12783

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: 1553650573 Fire kelowna British Columbia ralph edwards lonesome lake Firefighting History::Canada

ANDERTON, BASIL

Sketches from a Library Window

New York: D. Appleton, 1923. First US Edition. Hardcover. 182 pages; Green cloth covered boards with gilt printing and decoration, corners bumped, previous owner's name on FFEP. Untrimmed fore and bottom edges. This is a study of a few of the authors beloved tomes.. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 1265

Catalogue: Books about Books

Keywords: Poetry Literature POETRY