ACTON , JANICE / PENNY GOLDSMITH / BONNIE SHEPARD / GAIL GELTNER

Women at Work , Ontario 1850 - 1930

Toronto: Canadian Women's Eductional Press, 1974. First. Soft Cover. Photos, Charts, illustrations. 5-1/2 x 8 x 1 " 1974 Paperback book 1st ... Fair condition; rubber stamp inside first page, yellow highlighting in parts, light crease front cover; serviceable for reading or study ... Book size : 5-1/2" wide x 8" tall x 1 " thick ; 405 pages , illustrated with black & white photographs, tables, charts + photos of drawings by Gail Geltner ... Woman's work has been fundamental to Canada's development ... whether that work involved serving the wealthy, struggling to maintain her own family, tending the ill, teaching, or producing profits for the owner of a garment factory through sweat labour ... And yet, Florence Worthington , and thousands of women like her, have been ignored by history ... This book attempts to explore the realities of Canadian women's experiences, and proposes the framework which begins to answer why the double exploitation of mothers and workers persisted to the present time ... Domestic Service in Canada 1880 - 1920 ... Short History of Nursing in Ontario ... Political Economy of Ontario's Working Women in the 19th Century ... The Victorian Prostitute in Toronto at the turn of the century ... Women During the Great War ... Schoolmarms and Early Teaching ... Women's Organization and early strikes ... Women in Production - Toronto Dressmakers ... Mrs. Georgina Riches first female school principal to be paid a man's salary; charwomen , ethnic breakdown of female domestics 1911, education in Upper Canada , early elementary school teachers, early daycare , white slave traffic & economic roots of prostitution in Toronto ... women munitions workers during WWI, and much more ... " Women at Work , Ontario , 1850 - 1930 " ... published by Canadian Women's Educational Press , Toronto Canada , in English only ; 1974 paper back book ***. Fair .

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Book number: 6385

Catalogue: Women's Studies

Keywords: women at work ontario 1850 - 1930 working women s employment woman s work

ADAMS , IAN

Bad Faith

Toronto, NC Pub. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 0920053122). Hard Cover in Dust Jacket, with dust jacket, 6 x 9 x 1 ". 1983 First Edition HARDCOVER book in dust Jacket .. VG book in VG jacket ; book has bump & 1/2" scrumple to one top back corner and light edgewear in few spots to dark red boards; dj has faint shelf marks to black background as is usual with this volume; else Nice & Clean; NO writing, No tears, No odors. Book size : 6" wide x 9" tall x 1" thick. 232 pages . Brick-red boards with Gold gilt title impressed on spine, in matching black and red jacket, with handsome smiling B&W photo portrait of Ian Adams on the inside back jacket. When the police arrest a " rounder " .. a small-time crook .. and charge him with what appears to be the first of a long string of murders .. the city breathes a sigh of relief .. The monster has been caught .. But do the police have the right man ? .. Ian Adams , author of the best-selling widely acclaimed novel about RCMP intellegince " S : Portrait of a Spy " has another tour de force with this brilliant novel .. Ian Adams emigrated to Canada , all alone , as a teenager , from his native Tanzania , Africa .. In the 1960s he wrote for daily newspapers in Toronto, Winnipeg & Montreal, and became a war reporter for Maclean's Magazine , travelling extensively in Vietnam during the height of the war .. as well as in Latin America , and in the Middle East .. In 1977 his first novel S Portrait of a Spy became a huge controversial best seller .. so controversial , that Adams was sued for libel by the former head of the Russian Desk of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Security Service .. and he became the only novelist in the free world ever ordered to court to reveal his sources for a novel .. His defence became such a cause celebre amongst writers and artists across Canada and the United States, that the case was eventually setteled out of court .. He has written several thrilling novels .. as well as movie screenplays and numerous scripts for television .." Bad Faith " .. by Ian Adams .. published by NC Books , Toronto, Canada , in English only .. 1983 First Edition Hard cover book in DJ Secure packing for Safe Shipping since 1965. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 1302A

Catalogue: Fiction Novels - Mystery Detective Crime

Keywords: Ian Adams , Bad Faith , Serial Killer , Killers, Mass Murders, Murder, Murderers, Crime Novel , Canada , Canadian , Canadiana 0920053122

ADAMS , IAN

Bad Faith

Toronto , Canada: NC Pub, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 6 x 9 x 1 " 0920053122 1983 First Edition HARDCOVER book in Dust Jacket ... VG book in VG jacket. Book has bump & 1/2" scrumple to one top back corner and light edgewear in few spots to dark red boards; dj has faint shelf marks to black background; still Nice & Clean; NO writing, NO tears, NO odors. Book size : 6" wide x 9" tall x 1" thick ; 232 pages. When the police arrest a " rounder " ... a small-time crook ... and charge him with what appears to be the first of a long string of murders ... the city breathes a sigh of relief ... The monster has been caught ... But do the police have the right man ? ... Ian Adams , author of the best-selling widely acclaimed novel about RCMP intellegince " S : Portrait of a Spy " has another tour de force with this brilliant novel ... Ian Adams emigrated to Canada , all alone , as a teenager , from his native Tanzania , Africa ... In the 1960s he wrote for daily newspapers in Toronto, Winnipeg & Montreal, and became a war reporter for Maclean's Magazine , travelling extensively in Vietnam during the height of the war ... as well as in Latin America , and in the Middle East ... In 1977 his first novel S Portrait of a Spy became a huge controversial best seller ... so controversial , that Adams was sued for libel by the former head of the Russian Desk of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Security Service ... and he became the only novelist in the free world ever ordered to court to reveal his sources for a novel ... His defence became such a cause celebre amongst writers and artists across Canada and the United States, that the case was eventually setteled out of court ... He has written several thrilling novels ... as well as movie screenplays and numerous scripts for television. This book is : " Bad Faith " ... by Ian Adams ... published by NC Books , Toronto , Canada ; in English only ... 1983 First Edition Hard cover Book in DJ ***. Very Good/Very Good .

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Book number: 1302

Catalogue: Fiction Novels - Mystery Detective Crime

Keywords: Ian Adams Bad Faith Serial Killer Killers Mass Murders Murder Murderers Crime Novel

ADAMS , IAN

Becoming Tania - a Novel of Love , Revolution , and Betrayal

Toronto / London: McClelland & Stewart, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 5-3/4 x 8- 3/4 " 077100656X 1990 FIRST EDITION Hardcover book in the original dust Jacket. Very Good condition; jacket has tiny faint slight edge bends. Nice and Clean. Handsome book, sky blue boards with silver Gilt title impressed on spine, in matching pictorial jacket with painting of Che Guevara & his lover Tania , on the front , & photo of author / journalist Ian Adams, on the back ... Book size: 5-3/4" wide x 8-3/4" tall; 298 pages ... In 1967 the revolutionary hero Che Guevara and his lover Tania were assassinated in Bolivia ... Along with them died that decade's hope of revolution in Latin America ... In 1977 , in Argentina , Nicolas Quintana ... a mystic & political cynic ... discovers the truth ... about why Che and Tania died ... But in Argentina under military rule ... the truth can be lethal ... and Nicolas knows too much ... Ian Adams , author of the best-selling widely acclaimed novel about RCMP intellegince " S : Portrait of a Spy " has another tour de force with this brilliant novel ... In this book ... " Beccoming Tania " ... Adams takes the political thriller to a new literary landscape ... to the dangerous world of revolution and dictatorship in the politically troubled continent of South America ... Here ... in the jungle mountains of Bolivia ... the revoltionary hero Che was murdered a few weeks after his lover , KGB spy Tamara Bunke , aka Tania Gutierrez , was assassinated ... Here ... where Marxism and mysticism are entangled ... is woven a brilliant novel of love and revenge ... politics and passion ... Ian Adams emigrated to Canada , all alone , as a teenager , from his native Tanzania , Africa ... In the 1960s he wrote for daily newspapers in Toronto, Winnipeg & Montreal, and became a war reporter for Maclean's Magazine , travelling extensively in Vietnam during the height of the war ... as well as in Latin America , and in the Middle East ... In 1977 his first novel S Portrait of a Spy became a huge controversial best seller ... so controversial , that Adams was sued for libel by the former head of the Russian Desk of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Security Service ... and he became the only novelist in the free world ever ordered to court to reveal his sources for a novel ... His defence became such a cause celebre amongst writers and artists across Canada and the United States, that the case was eventually setteled out of court ... He has written several thrilling novels ... as well as movie screenplays and numerous scripts for television. This book is : " Becoming Tania - A Novel of Love , Revolution , and Betrayal " ... by Ian Adams ... 1990 Hardcover First Edition book in its original DJ: published by McCllelland & Stewart , Toronto, in English only ***. Very Good/Very Good .

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Book number: 5267B

Catalogue: Fiction Novels - Mystery Detective Crime

Keywords: Ian Adams Becoming Tania Che Guevara Bolivia Nicolas Quintana Argentina revolution betrayal

ADAMS , IAN

Becoming Tania

Toronto / London: McClelland & Stewart, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 5-3/4 x 8- 3/4 " 077100656X 1990 FIRST EDITION Hardcover book in its original dust Jacket... VG+ book in VG+ Jacket ; jacket has faint slight edge bends. Nice & Clean. Book size: 5-3/4" wide x 8-3/4" tall ; 298 pages ... In 1967 the revolutionary hero Che Guevara and his lover Tania were assassinated in Bolivia ... Along with them died that decade's hope of revolution in Latin America ... In 1977 , in Argentina , Nicolas Quintana ... a mystic & political cynic ... discovers the truth ... about why Che and Tania died ... But in Argentina under military rule ... the truth can be lethal ... and Nicolas knows too much ... Ian Adams , author of the best-selling widely acclaimed novel about RCMP intellegince " S : Portrait of a Spy " has another tour de force with this brilliant novel ... In this book ... " Beccoming Tania " ... Adams takes the political thriller to a new literary landscape ... to the dangerous world of revolution and dictatorship in the politically troubled continent of South America ... Here ... in the jungle mountains of Bolivia ... the revoltionary hero Che was murdered a few weeks after his lover , KGB spy Tamara Bunke , aka Tania Gutierrez , was assassinated ... Here ... where Marxism and mysticism are entangled ... is woven a brilliant novel of love and revenge ... politics and passion ... Ian Adams emigrated to Canada , all alone , as a teenager , from his native Tanzania , Africa ... In the 1960s he wrote for daily newspapers in Toronto, Winnipeg & Montreal, and became a war reporter for Maclean's Magazine , travelling extensively in Vietnam during the height of the war ... as well as in Latin America , and in the Middle East ... In 1977 his first novel S Portrait of a Spy became a huge controversial best seller ... so controversial , that Adams was sued for libel by the former head of the Russian Desk of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Security Service ... and he became the only novelist in the free world ever ordered to court to reveal his sources for a novel ... His defence became such a cause celebre amongst writers and artists across Canada and the United States, that the case was eventually setteled out of court ... He has written several thrilling novels ... as well as movie screenplays and numerous scripts for television. This book is : " Becoming Tania - A Novel of Love , Revoltuion , and Betrayal " ... by Ian Adams ... 1990 Hard cover First Edition book in the original DJ , published by McCllelland & Stewart , Toronto, in English only ***. Very Good/Very Good .

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Book number: 5267D

Catalogue: Fiction Novels - Mystery Detective Crime

Keywords: Ian Adams Becoming Tania Che Guevara Bolivia Nicolas Quintana Argentina revolution betrayal

ADAMS , IAN

End Game in Paris

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1979. First Edition , 1st Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 x 3/4 " 0385149352 1979 FIRST EDITION Hardcover book in Dust Jacket ... VG+ book in VG+ DJ ... NO bumps, No tears, No odors, No writing ... Jacket is price clipped inside flap . Book size : 5-1/2" wide x 8-1/2" tall x 3/4" thick ; 200 pages . Navy blue boards with brick red cloth & gold gilt title impressed on spine .. in original matching red blue and beige dustjacket . Canadian based, African born Ian Adams has worked as an author and journalist around the world for decades ... In the autumn of 1970 he was covering the coup that overthrew the Chilean government of Salvadore Allende ... He stumbled across some information there that led to a lifeling interest in internationa secrect service organizations, and has written many books, both fiction, and non-fiction, about those subjects, including the best-selling novel S Portrait of a Spy ... This novel, End Game in Paris, concerns a bizarre and frightening case of mistaken identity, which sees Timothy Stern, a photographer brutalized by his coverage of the war in Vietnam, drawn into the dangerous netherworld of intelligence organizations where agents cynically carry out the orders of their governments ... Police, instead of helping Timothy, treat him as though he is suspicious ... In investigating the apparent murder of a French Canadian student whose identity has not been released, Paris police detain Timothy Stern near the scene of the shooting ... According to police the identify of the shooting victim is not known, other than he was often seen ' in places frequented by the homosexual community ' ... Friends of Stern back in Canada are not helpful, either, offering the information to police that they had no idea why he was in Paris, and that he had appeared deeply depressed and unable to work after his return from Vietnam several months before, and had been seeking psychiatric counseling ... But there is more than one man calling himself Timothy Stern ... The search for the double begins in Montreal at the height of the October crisis in 1970, and leads the real Stern into a mysterious erotic relathionship with a beautiful CIA agent ... More clues take him to Algiers and finally to Paris, where events take an unexpected turn and the story moves to a stunning close ... Thrilling read from Canada's master of the genre . This book is : " End Game in Paris " - A Novel of Mistaken Identity ... by Ian Adams ... 1979 Hard cover book in DJ ; 1st Edition , published by Doubeday Canada , in English only ***. Very Good/Very Good .

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Book number: 6967

Catalogue: Fiction Novels - Mystery Detective Crime

Keywords: Ian Adams end game in Paris S Portrait of a Spy

ADAMS , IAN

End Game in Paris

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1979. First Edition , 1st Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 x 3/4 " 0385149352 1979 FIRST EDITION Hardcover book in Dustjacket ... VG+ book in VG+ DJ ... NO tears, No odors, No writing ... Very tiniest bump to bottom corner and very slight almost indectable lean to spine ... Jacket is price clipped inside . Book size : 5-1/2" wide x 8-1/2" tall x 3/4" thick ; 200 pages . Navy blue boards with brick red cloth & gold gilt title impressed on spine .. in original matching red blue and beige dustjacket . Canadian based, African born Ian Adams has worked as an author and journalist around the world for decades ... In the autumn of 1970 he was covering the coup that overthrew the Chilean government of Salvadore Allende ... He stumbled across some information there that led to a lifeling interest in internationa secrect service organizations, and has written many books, both fiction, and non-fiction, about those subjects, including the best-selling novel S Portrait of a Spy ... This novel, End Game in Paris, concerns a bizarre and frightening case of mistaken identity, which sees Timothy Stern, a photographer brutalized by his coverage of the war in Vietnam, drawn into the dangerous netherworld of intelligence organizations where agents cynically carry out the orders of their governments ... Police, instead of helping Timothy, treat him as though he is suspicious ... In investigating the apparent murder of a French Canadian student whose identity has not been released, Paris police detain Timothy Stern near the scene of the shooting ... According to police the identify of the shooting victim is not known, other than he was often seen ' in places frequented by the homosexual community ' ... Friends of Stern back in Canada are not helpful, either, offering the information to police that they had no idea why he was in Paris, and that he had appeared deeply depressed and unable to work after his return from Vietnam several months before, and had been seeking psychiatric counseling ... But there is more than one man calling himself Timothy Stern ... The search for the double begins in Montreal at the height of the October crisis in 1970, and leads the real Stern into a mysterious erotic relathionship with a beautiful CIA agent ... More clues take him to Algiers and finally to Paris, where events take an unexpected turn and the story moves to a stunning close ... Thrilling read from Canada's master of the genre ... " End Game in Paris " - A Novel of Mistaken Identity ... by Ian Adams ... 1979 First Edition Hard Cover book in DJ ; published by Doubeday Canada ; in English only ***. Very Good/Very Good .

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Book number: 6967a

Catalogue: Fiction Novels - Mystery Detective Crime

Keywords: Ian Adams end game in Paris S Portrait of a Spy

ADAMS, RICHARD C. / DEBORAH NICHOLS

Legends of the Delaware Indians and Picture Writing

New York: Syracuse University Press 1905 / 1997, 1997. 1997 First Edition Thus. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photos , illustrations. 6 x 9 x 1/2 " 0815604874 STILL SEALED 1997 HARDCOVER book in dust Jacket ... Brand New , Still Sealed in its original publisher's shrinkwrap ; you'll be the first to unwrap it. Book size: 6" wide x 9" tall x 1/2" thick; 128 pages , illustrated with historical photographs and illustrations of the Delaware Indians from the late 19th and early 20th century ... This is the enlarged edition from 1997, after the 1905 edition ... Richard C. Adams, who died in 1921, was an historian and representative for the Delaware Indians. He worked to preserve the culture and traditions of the people through in words and photographs. Editor Nichols is a Delaware tribal member who has written on Delaware history. These 22 tales are important to show the natural world in Native American religion, the social customs of the Delaware, and their reverence for issues of integrity and spiritual values. The Iroquois and their neighbors, native American literature , legends and folktales ... " When the world was young, there lived in this country many huge Monsters, some who dwelt in the sea, some who moved over the land, and some who lived on land and in the water. The grandfather of these Monsters was greater than them all and exceedingly wise. He invaded every known region of the world, respected no one's righs and preyed upon every living creature. Neither sea nor mountains, nor marshes could stop him, and he was a terror to all living things. When he crossed the mountins he made tracks on the stones, and in many places his tracks can be found today." This book is : " Legends of the Delaware Indians and Picture Writing " by Richard C. Adams , edited and with an introduction by Deborah Nichols ; 1997 Hardcover book in DJ ; published by the Syracuse University Press, New York . Still sealed in the original publisher's shrink wrap . ***. New/New .

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Book number: 6867

Catalogue: History : North America , Canada , American

Keywords: Native American Literature legends and folktales Delaware Indians Iroquois neighbors cultural studies Richard C Adams

ADAMS , IAN

S Portrait of a Spy

Toronto: Gage Publishing, 1977. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 5-3/4 x 9 " 077159354X 1977 Hardcover book , 3rd printing , in the original dust Jacket ;.. VG book in VG jacket; Book appears unread, very faint lean to spine; jacket has light edgewear to turquoise background; 1/4" x 1-1/2" loss to top spine edge of DJ, not affecting any text or graphics; page edges slightly age darkened. Still Nice & Clean, NO writing, No bumps, No odors. Handsome book, turquoise cloth over boards, with gold gilt title impressed on spine, in matching turquoise jacket ... Book size: 5-3/4" wide x 9" tall ; 176 pages ... Inspector DV of the RCMP - the Royal Canadian Mounted Police - said , at the height of the cold war : " In 25 years the R.C.M.P. has caught only one illegal - real - spy ... Not a hell of a lot to brag about is it ? " ... Was this poor record of 'spy-catching' connected with the mysterious " S " ... the former director of RCMP Security Services ? ... Is it possible that S himself was a double ... or even a triple ... agent ? ... Why was he quietly let go with his pension , after a top-level investigation by the Canadian government ? ... Could S have been the mysterious " Fourth Man " , in the Burgess - MacLean - Philby matter ? ... In pursuit of the truth , author Ian Adams follows the trail of the brilliant mystery person known as " S " ... from Chile ... where an RCMP officer has accidentally disclosed information ... to Australia .. and then to Canada ... It is during this investigation that Adams becomes more and more obsessed with S , as a portrait of the man is given by his exotic mistress ... as well as by his fellow workers , and by government officials ... What also emerges is the intriguing ... and disturbing ... inner secret workings of RCMP intelligence ... Ian Adams was born to Belgian Congo missionary parents in Tanzania , Africa in what became known as Zaire ... Ian Adams emigrated to Canada , all alone , as a teenager , from his native Africa , after being raised in Africa , in Great Britain and in Pakistan ... In the 1960s he wrote for daily newspapers in Toronto, Winnipeg & Montreal, and became a war reporter for Maclean's Magazine , travelling extensively in Vietnam during the height of the war ... as well as in Latin America , and in the Middle East ... In 1977 his first novel S Portrait of a Spy became a huge controversial best seller ... so controversial , that Adams was sued for libel by the former head of the Russian Desk of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Security Service ... and he became the only novelist in the free world ever ordered to court to reveal his sources for a novel ... His defence became such a cause celebre amongst writers and artists across Canada and the United States, that the case was eventually setteled out of court ... He has written several thrilling novels ... as well as movie screenplays and numerous scripts for television ... " S - Portrait of a Spy " - RCMP Intelligence - The Inside Story ... signed, by Ian Adams ... published by Gage Publishing, Toronto 1977 ... in English only ... Third Printing Hard cover book in the original DJ ***. Very Good/Very Good .

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Book number: 5269B

Catalogue: Fiction Novels - Mystery Detective Crime

Keywords: S Portrait of a Spy RCMP Intelligence inside story Royal Canadian Mounted Police Mounties Security Services CSIS KGB political thriller

ADAMS , IAN

S Portrait of a Spy

Toronto: Gage Publishing, 1977. 1st Edition, 1st printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 5-3/4 x 9 x 3/4 " 077159354X 1977 FIRST EDITION Hardcover book , 1st printing , in the original dust Jacket ... VG book in VG jacket; slight curl to front board ; small areas shelfwear to brown paper boards bottom edges; Jacket has light edgewear not affecting any text or graphics; page edges very slightly age darkened; still Nice and Clean, more than suitable for reading. Handsome book, this First Edition is in faux woven coffee colored linen 'cloth' paper over boards, with gold gilt title impressed on spine, in turquoise & orange jacket. Book size: 5-3/4" wide x 9" tall x 3/4" thick ; 176 pages , including one page chart at the back showing the direct route of 'chain of command' from the Prime Minister at the top, all the way through the departments, to the RCMP counter terrorism squad at the bottom ... Inspector DV of the RCMP - the Royal Canadian Mounted Police - said , at the height of the cold war : " In 25 years the R.C.M.P. has caught only one illegal - real - spy ... Not a hell of a lot to brag about is it ? " ... Was this poor record of 'spy-catching' connected with the mysterious " S " ... the former director of RCMP Security Services ? ... Is it possible that S himself was a double ... or even a triple ... agent ? ... Why was he quietly let go with his pension , after a top-level investigation by the Canadian government ? ... Could S have been the mysterious " Fourth Man " , in the Burgess - MacLean - Philby matter ? ... In pursuit of the truth , author Ian Adams follows the trail of the brilliant mystery person known as " S " ... from Chile ... where an RCMP officer has accidentally disclosed information ... to Australia .. and then to Canada ... It is during this investigation that Adams becomes more and more obsessed with S , as a portrait of the man is given by his exotic mistress ... as well as by his fellow workers , and by government officials ... What also emerges is the intriguing ... and disturbing ... inner secret workings of RCMP intelligence ... In the 1960s Ian Adams wrote for daily newspapers in Toronto, and became a war reporter for Maclean's , travelling extensively in Vietnam during the height of the war ... as well as in Latin America , and in the Middle East ... This was his fourth book; his second novel , which he began in Santiago Chile where he was working on assignment covering the coup that overthrew Salvador Allende ... This book became such a huge controversial best seller that Adams was sued for libel by the former head of the Russian Desk of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Security Service ... Adams subsequently became the only novelist in the free world ever ordered to court to reveal his sources for a novel ... His defence became such a cause celebre amongst writers and artists across Canada and the United States, that the case was eventually setteled out of court ... He has written several thrilling novels ... as well as movie screenplays and numerous scripts for television ... " S - Portrait of a Spy " - RCMP Intelligence - The Inside Story ... by Ian Adams ... published by Gage Publishing, Toronto 1977 ... in English only ... Hard cover book in the original DJ ***. Very Good/Very Good .

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Book number: 5269D

Catalogue: Fiction Novels - Mystery Detective Crime

Keywords: S Portrait of a Spy RCMP Intelligence inside story Royal Canadian Mounted Police Mounties Security Services CSIS KGB political thriller

ADAMS , IAN

The Poverty Wall

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1970. First. Soft Cover. 5-1/2 x 8 " 1970 Paperback book , 1st ... VG condition ... Never opened, Never read , Never marked ; page age darkening as is usual with this volume, else Nice & Clean . Book size : 5-1/2" wide x 8" tall ; 154 pages . One third of the nation of Canada , in the late 1960s , lived in poverty ... This is an angry book, about this third of Canadian citizens ... It is an indictment of the stupidity , brutality , and inhumanity ... of the wealthy classes .. and the governments and corporations they control ... The Poverty Wall is built of racism , greed, and the misery of millions ... Ian Adams emigrated to Canada , all alone , as a teenager , from his native Africa , after being raised in what is now Tanzania , Africa ; in Great Britain and in Pakistan ... In the 1960s he wrote for daily newspapers in Toronto, Winnipeg & Montreal, and became a war reporter for Maclean's Magazine , travelling extensively in Vietnam during the height of the war ... as well as in Latin America , and in the Middle East ... In 1977 his first book S Portrait of a Spy became a huge controversial best seller ... so controversial , that Adams was sued for libel by the former head of the Russian Desk of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Security Service ... and he became the only novelist in the English-speaking world ever ordered to court to reveal his sources for a novel ... His defence became such a cause celebre amongst writers and artists across Canada and the United States, that the case was eventually setteled out of court ... He has written several books , as well as political thrillers ... as well as movie screenplays and numerous scripts for television . This book is : " The Poverty Wall " ... by Ian Adams ... published by McClelland & Stewart , Toronto Canada ; in English only ; 1970 First Edition paper back book. ***. Very Good .

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Book number: 5268a

Catalogue: Canada , Canadian , Canadiana

Keywords: Ian Adams Poverty Wall poverty in Canada Canadian sociology Addams

ADAMS , SYLVIA

This Weather of Hangmen

Toronto: General Pub, 1996. First. Soft Cover. 6 x 9 " 189618264X 1996 Paperback book ... New from 1996 publisher ; feltpen line bottom edge ; Never opened, Never read. Book size : 6" wide x 9 " tall ; 268 pages ... This is written as a novel ; it is actually of a spectacular and horrendous true crime ... But was it murder ? ... Did Charley Luckey copy Lizzie Borden ? ... Would investigator Greer - disciple of The Great Detective, John Wilson Murray - solve Canada's famous mystery of 1892 ? ... James Luckey and his whole family ... wife Martha and daughter Mary Ann, are found killed in their farmhouse at Newbliss Ontario ... Son Charles, fresh out of prison is known by the local townspeople to have been on bad terms with his father and step-mother ... Was that him who was seen in the area on the night of the awful murders? ... The author exploits her unique knowledge of historic Leeds County, the internal workings of a Crown Attorney's office and the ways of the legal profession ... Author Sylvia Adams has produced a thoroughly good read and a remarkable portrayal of rural Ontario , outside Toronto, a century ago . This book is : "This Weather of Hangmen " ... by Sylvia Adams ... published by General Publishing, Toronto , Canada , in English only ; 1996 paper back book . ***. New .

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Book number: 5243

Catalogue: Crime , Law Enforcement

Keywords: Charley Luckey Charlie Lucky Canada s Lizzie Borden John Wilson Murray Greer Leeds County Crown Attorney Canadian Charley Luckey Charlie Lucky Leeds County Ontario trials litigation Sylvia Adams this weather of hangmen

AGRAWAL , DHARMA P.

Proceedings of the Icpp Workshop on Challenges for Parallel Processing

Florida, CRC Pub. 1995, First Thus. (ISBN: 0849326184). Soft Cover, 8-1/2 x 11 x 1/2". STILL SEALED 1995 Large Paperback book .. BRAND NEW from 1995 publisher .. Never opened Never marked .. Still sealed in original publishers Shrinkwrap ; you'll be the first to unwrap it. Book size : 8-1/2" wide x 11" tall x 1/2" thick ; 168 pages. This book contains all the information presented at the 1995 International Conference on Parallel Processing. This conference, held August 14 - 18, featured over 100 lectures from more than 300 contributors, and included three panel sessions and three keynote addresses. The international authorship includes experts from around the globe, from Texas to Tokyo, from Leiden to London. Compiled by faculty at the University of Illinois and sponsored by Penn State University, these Proceedings were a comprehensive look at the field of parallel processing .. " Proceedings of the August 14 , 1995 International Conference on Parallel Processing , ICPP Workshop on Challenges for Parallel Processing " .. ed. by Dharma P. Agrawal .. published by CRC Press , Florida USA. 1995 paper back book Secure packing for Safe shipping since 1965. New.

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Book number: 3278

Catalogue: Textbooks Reference Scientific Technical

Keywords: Dharma P. Agrawal , parallel processing , ICPP workshop , August 14 , 1995 , Science & Scientific Discoveries 0849326184

AHLUWALIA, RAJ ED. / PETER MANSBRIDGE , CBC

We Interrupt This Program - the Cbc , Canadian Broadcasts That Kept Us Tuned in - Includes 2 New Cd-Roms - Book Foreword by Peter Mansbridge , C.B. C. Canada

Toronto, Winding Stair Pub. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 1553663004). Hard Cover in Dust Jacket, with dust jacket, 11 x 11-1/2 x 3/4 ". Ill.: Photos. Book with CD's, 2002 Large Hardcover Book in dust Jacket + 2 original CD 's as issued by Toronto publisher .. This is the Canadian edition; in English.. BRAND NEW from 2002 publisher .. Never read , Never marked CD's never opened ; you'll be the first to open them. Book size: 11" wide x 11-1/2" tall x 3/4" thick ; weighs 3-1/2 pounds ; 172 pages; illustrated with Color and historical black & white photographs throughout; + the 2 New CDs .. Foreword by Peter Mansbridge of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the CBC .. Where were you when Montreal exploded in the Richard Riot ? .. When Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon ? .. Were you listening when Foster Hewitt called Paul Henderson's goal in 1972 .. or when Terry Fox told Canadians he had to end his Marathon of Hope ? .. Chances are, your memories of these events are memories of television or radio broadcasts .. And chances are your attention was first drawn to them with the words, " We interrupt this program .." .. Memories of these and other national and international events help to unite Canadians in a shared history .. This fascinating book offers Canadians the chance to experience those moments unfolding .. Written by CBC , Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , television and radio reporter Raj Ahluwalia .. and with a foreword by acclaimed CBC broadcaster Peter Mansbridge .. this book features spectacular photography .. and includes two digitally mastered co mpact discs of broadcasts from the events as they happened ..You'll feel a thrill when you hear the words .. and see the images you first heard and saw on the days they describe .. And you'll be taken even deeper into these events as you read the rest of the story and re-live & share the memories with your friends and family , children and grandchildren .. " We Interrupt This Program - The CBC News Broadcasts That Kept Us Tuned In " .. Canada's News, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation .. by Raj Ahluwalia , ed.. Foreword by Peter Mansbridge .. published by Winding Stair Publishing, Toronto , Canada , 2002 .. in English only Secure packing for Safe Shipping since 1965. New/New.

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Book number: 4699

Catalogue: Journalism , Journalists , News Reporter

Keywords: m, Raj Ahluwalia, CBC, C.B.C. Television, Radio, Peter Mansbridge, Mannsbridge , CBC, C.B.C. , radio reporter , journalism , news, Canadian broadcasting Corporation , corp.,, television , tv , Canada , Canadian , Canadiana 1553663004 Photos

AHLUWALIA, RAJ ED. / PETER MANSBRIDGE , CBC

We Interrupt This Program - the Cbc , Canada's News Broadcasts That Kept Us Tuned in - Includes 2 New Cd-Roms - Book Foreword by Peter Mansbridge , C.B. C.

Toronto, Winding Stair Pub. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 1553663004). Hard Cover in Dust Jacket, with dust jacket, 11 x 11-1/2 ". Ill.: Photos. Book with CD rom, 2002 Large Hardcover Book in dust Jacket + 2 original CD 's as issued by Toronto publisher .. This is the Canadian edition; in English.. BRAND NEW from 2002 publisher .. tiny bump book edge. Never read , Never marked CD's never opened ; you'll be the first to open them. Book size: 11" wide x 11-1/2" tall x 3/4" thick ; weighs 3-1/2 pounds ; 172 pages; illustrated with Color and historical black & white photographs throughout; + the 2 New CDs .. Foreword by Peter Mansbridge of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the CBC .. Where were you when Montreal exploded in the Richard Riot ? .. When Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon ? .. Were you listening when Foster Hewitt called Paul Henderson's goal in 1972 .. or when Terry Fox told Canadians he had to end his Marathon of Hope ? .. Chances are, your memories of these events are memories of television or radio broadcasts .. And chances are your attention was first drawn to them with the words, " We interrupt this program .." .. Memories of these and other national and international events help to unite Canadians in a shared history .. This fascinating book offers Canadians the chance to experience those moments unfolding .. Written by CBC , Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , television and radio reporter Raj Ahluwalia .. and with a foreword by acclaimed CBC broadcaster Peter Mansbridge .. this book features spectacular photography .. and includes two digitally mastered co mpact discs of broadcasts from the events as they happened ..You'll feel a thrill when you hear the words .. and see the images you first heard and saw on the days they describe .. And you'll be taken even deeper into these events as you read the rest of the story and re-live & share the memories with your friends and family , children and grandchildren .. " We Interrupt This Program - The CBC News Broadcasts That Kept Us Tuned In " .. Canada's News, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation .. by Raj Ahluwalia , ed.. Foreword by Peter Mansbridge .. published by Winding Stair Publishing, Toronto , Canada , 2002 .. in English only Secure packing for Safe Shipping since 1965. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 4699m

Catalogue: Journalism , Journalists , News Reporter

Keywords: m, Raj Ahluwalia, Peter Mansbridge, Mannsbridge , CBC, C.B.C. , radio reporter , journalism , news, Canadian broadcasting Corporation , corp.,, television , tv , Film Films Movies, T.V. & Radio 1553663004 Photos