AYTOUN, JAMES

Redcoats in the Caribbean

UK: Services Dept, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Card covers are sun-faded along spine edge.; A bright, solid book, stapled wraps, includes footnotes. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 47 pages; Aytoun's observations of the lives of British soldiers in the Caribbean in the late 18th C. He was a private in the light company of the 30th Regiment on the island of Dominica. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 19835

Catalogue: Militaria::UK::Personal accounts

Keywords: Slave uprising Caribbean east lancashire regiment Dominica Militaria

BABINEAU, RENE

Brief History of Acadia 1604

Richibouctou, NB: Rene Babineau, 1988. Third Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 2920726072. Card covers show light shelf wear, light soiling. ; A tight solid book. ; 8.3 X 5.4 X 0.4 inches; 58 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 19833

Catalogue: Canadiana::New Brunswick::Community History

Keywords: 2920726072 History::Canada Community History

BACH, METTE

Off the Highway : Growing Up in North Delta

Vancouver BC: New Star Books, 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 1554200490. Only slight wear to card covers. ; A bright, solid book, unread. ; Trade PB; Transmontanus Series 18; B&W Illustrations; 9.60 X 6.60 X 0.50 inches; 124 pages; About thirty kilometres south of Vancouver, just over the Alex Fraser Bridge and bordering with Surrey and Ladner, lies North Delta, a suburb replete with strip malls, single detached family homes and every–half–hour bus service.It was a sleepy suburb, one considered the boonies, until 1986, when as part of the Expo city–wide upgrades, the Alex Fraser Bridge was built to connect the two sides of the Fraser River.Part social commentary, part personal memoir, and part history, Off the Highway is Mette Bach's thoughtful examination of growing up in North Delta. We learn about the valiant efforts of the Burns Bog Conservation Society volunteers who work tirelessly to preserve the Bog, North America's largest raised peat bog and one of Canada's natural wonders. We find out that her family rented a bedroom in their home to Expo 86 visitors and that her mother composted, a practice well ahead of current environmentally–responsible times. We also get a glimpse into North Delta's storied settlement in the 1860s when Alexander Loggie opened the first cannery, which supplied the British with canned sockeye salmon.. As New .

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Book number: 15639

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Keywords: 1554200490 British Columbia North delta Fraser River burns bog Vancouver History::Canada Natural History

BADAMI, ANITA RAU

Tamarind Mem

London: Viking, 1997. 1st UK; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670874558. As new; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8.60 X 5.60 X 1.10 inches; 272 pages; "Having moved to Canada from India, Kamini tries to make sense of the eccentric family she has left behind. Recounting the story of her mother's life, Kamini reveals the desires, secrets and fears that link different generations, exploring the bond between mothers and daughters." "A beautiful and brilliant portrait of two generations of women. Set in India's railway colonies, this is the story of Kamini and her mother Saroja, nicknamed Tamarind Mem due to her sour tongue. While in Canada beginning her graduate studies, Kamini receives a postcard from her mother saying she has sold their home and is travelling through India. Both are forced into the past to confront their dreams and losses and to explore the love that binds mothers and daughters everywhere.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17615

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian

Keywords: 0670874558 india Vancouver Mother daughter immigrants South Asia Fiction::Canadian History::Canada

BADAMI, ANITA RAU

Tamarind Mem

Toronto, ON: Viking, 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0670869163. Signed by Author; Light wear to card covers, a little creasing base of front cover, some tanning of pages ; Card covers have french flaps which contain the blurbs. ; Trade PB; 266 pages; This is the first novel by the Indo-Canadian writer. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 11397

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian

Keywords: 0670869163 India FICTION Canada Fiction::Canadian

BADAMI, ANITA RAU

Tell It to the Trees

Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0676978932. Only slight wear.; A bright, solid book. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 8.40 X 6 X 1.10 inches; 255 pages; One freezing winter morning a dead body is found in the backyard of the Dharma family’s house. It’s the body of Anu Krishnan.For Anu, a writer seeking a secluded retreat from the city, the Dharmas’ “back-house” in the sleepy mountain town of Merrit’s Point was the ideal spot to take a year off and begin writing. She had found the Dharmas’ rental through a happy coincidence. A friend from university who had kept tabs on everyone in their graduating year – including the quiet and reserved Vikram Dharma and his first wife, Helen – sent her the listing. Anu vaguely remembered Vikram but had a strong recollection of Helen, a beautiful, vivacious, social and charming woman.But now Vikram had a new wife, a marriage hastily arranged in India after Helen was killed in a car accident. Suman Dharma, a stark contrast to Helen, is quiet and timid. She arrived from the bustling warmth of India full of the promise of her new life – a new home, a new country and a daughter from Vikram’s first marriage. But her husband’s suspicious, controlling and angry tirades become almost a daily ritual, resigning Suman to a desolate future entangled in a marriage of fear and despair.Suman is isolated both by the landscape and the culture, and her fortunes begin to change only when Anu arrives. A friendship begins to form between the two women as Anu becomes a frequent visitor to the house. While the children, Varsha and Hemant, are at school, Anu, Vikram’s mother, Akka, and Suman spend time sharing tea and stories. But Anu’s arrival will change the balance of the Dharma household. Young Varsha, deeply affected by her mother’s death and desperate to keep her new family together, becomes increasingly suspicious of Anu’s relationship with her stepmother. Varsha’s singular attention to keeping her family together, and the secrets that emerge as Anu and Suman become friends, create cracks in the Dharma family that can only spell certain disaster.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 15485

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian

Keywords: 0676978932 South Asian LITERATURE

BAERLEIN, HENRY

Box O' Lights

London: Leonard Parsons Ltd, 1923. First English Edition. Hardcover. A tight solid book. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 251 pages; Blue cloth boards have sun-fading, corners bumped. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. This is a series of short stories, mostly reflecting mostly historical - ancient Greece, Roman, mediaeval Europe, et al.. Good+ .

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Book number: 1648

Catalogue: Short Fiction

Keywords: FICTION Greece Rome Mediaeval short stories FICTION Fiction::Short Stories

BAGBY, GEORGE & AARON MARC STEIN

Killer Boy Was Here

Garden City: Crime Club by Doubleday, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows light edge wear. Book is missing back free end paper, previous owner's stamps and date stamp on front end papers. Glue remnants on front and back pastedowns under flaps. 'Anco copy' stamped on bottom page edges. Book was probably from a company library. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 185 pages; "George Bagby was the nom de plume of the American novelist Aaron Marc Stein (1906- August 29, 1985),[1][2] who specialized in mystery fiction. Bagby's focus was on police investigators, especially the fictional Inspector Schmidt, Chief of Homicide for the New York Police Department. In the Schmidt novels, mystery-writer Bagby himself appears as "the Watson to Schmidt's Holmes, following him on cases, and acting as biographer."" (Wikipedia). Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 15014

Catalogue: Fiction::Mystery

Keywords: aaron marc stein pseudonym Fiction::Mystery

BAHADUR, JAY

Pirates of Somalia

Toronto: Harpercollins Publishers, 2011. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1554686822. Only slight wear, pages slightly toned ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photos ; 6.38 X 1.13 X 9.25 inches; 302 pages; "In The Pirates of Somalia, Bahadur ventures to Puntland, a region in northeastern Somalia, and tells of the pirates’ lives beyond the attack skiffs: how they spend their money, how they conduct business, how they think and why they risk their lives in often suicidal missions. In the remote pirate havens of Somalia, Bahadur sits down and talks with some of the pirates, their cheeks bulging with khat (the local drug of choice), their cellphones ringing as the men conduct their business. Bahadur also talks to some of the security personnel tasked with combating piracy, as well as with former pirate hostages who lived on their ships for months while awaiting news of a ransom.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21128

Catalogue: History::Africa

Keywords: 1554686822 somalia Africa Piracy ransom Pirates HISTORY Law & True Crime Africa

BAIN, DAVID (EDITOR)

British Columbia the Magic Mine

Vancouver BC: Educational Committee of the BC Museum of Mining, 1976. Paperback. Slight wear and soil of orange card covers ; A bright, solid book ; Trade PB; This educational book is presented in a graphic form illustrating the discovery of coal, lead, silver and copper. Edited by David Bain.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 15130

Catalogue: Geology

Keywords: Britannia mines British Columbia Mining

BAINE, RODNEY M.

Daniel Defoe and the Supernatural

Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket chipped, short tear top back edge, spine faded ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 1 x 9.3 x 6.4 Inches; 233 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 15056

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: METAPHYSICS LITERATURE Supernatural LITERATURE

BAIRD, IAN & PETER SMITH

Ghosts on the Grade ; Hiking and Biking Abandoned Railways on Southern Vancouver Island

Victoria, BC: Heritage Architectural Guides, 2001. Revised Edition; Second Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 0968957803. Signed by All Authors; Card covers show very light shelf wear.; Signed by Baird and Smith on the title page. A bright, solid book, stapled wraps, B&W illustrations and maps.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 56 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 20508

Catalogue: Railroad::British Columbia

Keywords: 0968957803 Hiking Railroad Vancouver Island biking TRAVEL Railroad

BAK, BORGE

Elementary Introduction to Molecular Spectra

Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth boards show some shelf wear, sun-faded on spine. ; A tight solid book, text unmarked, hinges intact. Red cloth covered boards with gilt titles front and spine (faded) ; 125 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 19558

Catalogue: Science::Physics

Keywords: spectrum molecular SCIENCE

BAKER, STEPHAN

Chilliwack. . . Adventure Outdoors

Chilliwack BC: Stephan Baker, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0978129601. Illustrated boards show light shelf wear, light soiling. ; A bright solid book. Glossy pictorial paper covered boards. Full colour photographs. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 64 pages; This is a photographic tribute to Chilliwack, British Columbia, the mountain valley in which it is located and all the activities which it affords to those who dare.. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 20704

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Chilliwack

Keywords: 0978129601 Chilliwack Cultus Lake Mount Cheam History::Canada PHOTOGRAPHY

BAKER, STEPHAN

Chilliwack. . . Adventure Outdoors

Chilliwack BC: Stephan Baker, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0978129601. Signed by Author; Illustrated boards show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, signed by the author on the FFEP. ; 64 pages; This is a photographic tribute to Chilliwack, British Columbia, the mountain valley in which it is located and all the activities which it affords to those who dare.. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 21494

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Keywords: 0978129601 Mountains Cultus Lake Chilliwack lake History::Canada PHOTOGRAPHY