BRAITHWAITE, MAX

Why Shoot the Teacher

McClelland and Stewart Ltd, 1976. Paperback. ISBN: 0771015992. A Very Good Paperback, tightly bound, clean & unmarked pages with age tanning. A small tear to the bottom end of the spine hinge. "Why Shoot the Teacher is a caustic, amiable, and unflinchingly honest account of one young man's first collision with reality - an ill paid teaching assignment in an isolated country school during the Great Depression. The young man is Max Braithwaite." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 162 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26837

Catalogue: Canada, Biography, Humor

Keywords: 0771015992 Canada > Biography Humor

CARTIER, GEORGES

Jacques Cartier-Odyssee Intime

Le Jour [Éditeur], 1991. Paperback. ISBN: 2890444376. A Very Good Trade Paperback with a sound binding, clean & unmarked pages. Some tanning to the page edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 303 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26617

Catalogue: Biography, Canada, Explorers, History

Keywords: 2890444376 Canada > History Explorers > Biography History

MACINNIS, CRAIG

Remembering the Rocket a Celebration

Stoddart Publishing, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0773731288. Bright red Hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine. In Fine+ condition, a sound binding, clean, unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped, Very Good+ condition. "Remembering the Rocket is a book about a player so fierce that his down on a glare rushing hapless goaltender has been likened to the light beams of a locomotive. This look back at the greatest player to ever don the red, white and blue includes some of the finest sports writing of the era, documenting Richard the hero and Richard the villain, Richard the doting family man and Richard the aging hockey legend." ; 5.5 X 0.5 X 8 inches; 128 pages. Fine+ .

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Book number: 27143

Catalogue: Sports, Hockey, Biography, Quebec, Canada

Keywords: 0773731288 Canada > Quebec Sports > Hockey Biography

MOWAT, CLAIRE

Travels with Farley a Memoir

Key Porter Books, 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 155263714X. First Edition, First Printing, (Number Line) A Fine + green Hardcover, gilt titles to the spine. Tight, bright & unmarked. The DJ is unclipped and in Fine condition. "Claire Mowat has crafted a second memoir as charming and insightful as the first, providing an intimate portrait of a marriage and a window on Farley Mowats writing life during the period in which he wrote A Whale for the Killing and Sibir, and began the research for Sea of Slaughter." ; 9.1 X 6.1 X 1.0 inches; 272 pages. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26273

Catalogue: Canada, Travel, Biography

Keywords: 155263714x Canada Travel Biography

NEWMAN, PETER CHARLES

Renegade in Power: The Diefenbaker Years ( Signed )

Toronto, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. First Edition. Black Harcovers, bold gilt titles to the spine. The binding is tight and the pages are clean & unmarked. Very Good+. The DJ is Good+ , heavy edge wear, a tiny piece missing of off the spine hing top. "No other Canadian politician in this century could claim the emotional conquest of a generation; yet no prime minister ever disillusioned his disciples more. John Diefenbaker had a large, abiding love for his country. He gave prodigious energy to his office and tried hard to bring the federal administration into a more meaningful relationship with the average citizen...." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 411 pages; Box 23 ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 27052

Catalogue: Biography, Canada, Politics, Government

Keywords: Canada > Biography Politics Government Political Science Biography Politics Canada Government Political Science

NIELSEN ERIK

House Is Not a Home, the

MacMillan of Canada, 1989. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0771594267. Trade Paperback in Very Good++ condition. "Nielson airs his own opinions about the leaders he has served, about his colleagues, about public policy and party lines." ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 323 pages. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 16851

Catalogue: Biography, Canada

Keywords: 0771594267 Nielson, Erik Legislators Biography Politics Canada Government

RITCHIE, CHARLES

Diplomatic Passport More Undiplomatic Diaries 1946-1962

MacMillan Canada, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771595875. A signed First Edition. Balck Hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine. Tightly bound, clean & unmarked pages with light age tannng to them. The DJ is in Very Good conditio with spine sunning and a tear to the back cover top edge. A newspaper obituary from June of 1995 included in the book. " In Diplomatic Passport , we follow Ritchie 's career as he climbs the rungs of the diplomatic-service ladder as an advisor to the Canadian Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference in 1946; as a Counsellor at the Canadian Embassy in Paris, where his friends celebrate Ritchie Week to the citys surprise; as Assistant, Deputy, and Acting Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs in Ottawa; as Canadian Ambassador to Bonn, where he finds himself reciting Little Red Riding Hood in German at a state dinner; and as Permanent Ambassador of Canada to the United Nations. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27549

Catalogue: Biography, Canada, Diplomats

Keywords: 0771595875 Canada > Politcs Diplomats Biography Biography Politics Canada Canadian History

SCHULL, JOSEPH.

Edward Blake the Man of the Other Way

Ottawa , Ont: MacMillan, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0770513255. Black Hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine. In Near Fine condition, tightly bound, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good condition with moderate cover edgewear. A black & white photo section and illustrations through the book. ; 1833-1881; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 257 pages. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 26924

Catalogue: Canada, Biography, Legislators, Government

Keywords: 0770513255 Canada > Government Biography > Legislators Biography Canada Government

SEARS, VAL

Hello Sweetheart, Get Me Rewrite : Remembering the Great Newspaper Wars

Key Porter Books, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1550131125. A Fine+ blue Hardcover, white titles to the spine. A sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is Very Good+, glossy and unclipped. "In the 1950s, as veteran newspaperman Val Sears recounts, shenanigans of this sort were commonplace. In their competition to build readership, newspapers resorted to extreme measures - even hiding crime victims - for the sake of an exclusive story. It was the age of the great newspaper wars and Val Sears was a frontline combatant. His rollicking account of the events that made the headlines, and the behind-the-scenes skirmishes among reporters battling for a scoop, is often hilarious, sometimes surprising, and occasionally tragic." ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 213 pages. Fine+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26689

Catalogue: Canada, Biography, History, Journalists, Media

Keywords: 1550131125 Canada > Newspapers History Media > Journalists Biography Canada Media Journalism History

STEWART, RODERICK

Mind of Norman Bethune, the

Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1977. Paperback. ISBN: 0889024251. Bright red covers, gilt titles to the spine. In Very Good+ condition. Tightly bound, bright, unmarked pages. Light corner and spine end wear. The DJ is unclipped and in Good+ condition. Light chipping along the top cover edge and cover rubbing, small piece missing of off the front flap bottom. "The mind of Norman Bethune contains the most important and revealing writings of Norman Bethune. Illustrated with over 100 contemporary photographs The Mind of Norman Bethune uncovers one of the most fascinating and controversial figures of the 20th century." Known for Developing mobile medical units, surgical instruments and a method for transporting blood for transfusions. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 150 pages. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26378

Catalogue: Canada, Biography, Surgeons, Medicine

Keywords: 0889024251 Canada > Biographies Medicine > Surgery Surgeons Biography Health & Fitness Medicine Canada

STRONG-BOAG, VERONICA

Heritage: The Diaries of Elizabeth Smith, 1872-1884

University of Toronto Press, 1980. Paperback. ISBN: 0802063977. Trade Paperback In Very Good condition. Tightly bound & clean pages, cover edgewear and rubbing. Very Good+. "Elizabeth Smith's diaries are a rare expression of female experience, all the more valuable as the writer is articulate, sensitive, and out-spoken. They cover a critical period in the 1870s and 1880s." ; 5.5 X 0.77 X 8.5 inches; 346 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26876

Catalogue: Canada, Biography, Medical, Women Physicians

Keywords: 0802063977 Canada > Woman Physicians Health & Fitness Meidcal Biography Health & Fitness Medicine Women Canada Feminism & Feminist

SULLIVAN, ROSEMARY

Shadow Maker the Life of Gwendolyn Macewen

Harpercollins Canada / Non-Fiction, 1995. Hardcover. ISBN: 0002554062. Trade Paperback in Very Good+ condition. Tightly bound, the pages are clean & unmarked, light age tanning. An uncreased spine with some corner wear. Black & white photo sections. "Who is the mystery that is Gwendolyn MacEwen? Acclaimed biographer Rosemary Sullivan poignantly uncovers the life of a searingly gifted but wounded poet, novelist and mystic, a writer who, after a spellbinding reading to a packed house in one of Toronto's largest halls, was proclaimed as "one of the last great bards." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 416 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26847

Catalogue: Biography, History, Canada

Keywords: 0002554062 Biography Canada History Authors