MOLINARO, MATIE & CORINNE MCLUHAN & WILLIAM TOYE

Letters of Marshall Mcluhan

Oxford University Press, 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0195405943. First Edition, First Printing. Orange Hardcovers, black titles to the spine. In Fine condition, a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ Is unclipped, in Fine+ condition. "McLuhan corresponded with a vast number of people, from Hubert Humphrey and Jimmy Carter to popular advice columnist Ann Landers. Indeed, his correspondents amount to a Who's Who of western culture, both high and low, including Duke Ellington, Woody Allen, Jacques Maritain, Rollo May, Susan Sontag, Eugene Ionesco, Wyndham Lewis, Ezra Pound, and Bob Newhart. At times playful and at times profound, his letters offer an invaluable commentary on McLuhan's work and, in some instances, the most lucid and detailed explanation of his ideas available. A brilliant letter-writer and a genial man who made friends all over the world, Marshall McLuhan left behind a correspondence that brims with insight, good humor, and the love of language and word play. His letters offer an invaluable glimpse of the private life and inner thoughts of one of the great minds of the twentieth century." ; 7.6 X 5.0 X 0.6 inches; 576 pages. Fine+ .

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Book number: 26300

Catalogue: Biography, Mass Media, Correspondence

Keywords: 0195405943 Biography > Authors Mass Media Correspondence Biography Business & Economics Media Authors

MORRAH PATRICK

Andre Simon Gourmet and Wine Lover

London, England: Constable, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0094674108. Black hard covers with silver lettering on spine. Like new copy. DJ is unclipped and glossy. " Morrah has written a most attractive biography of a man whose vivid personality was a delight and whose influence on changing the eating habits of the British for the better is unquestionable. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 2350

Catalogue: Biography, Wine Taster

Keywords: 0094674108 Wine Beverages Biography Cooking

MOSLEY LEONARD

Hirohito, Emperor of Japan

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1966. Hardcover. Hard cover marbled boards / red spin / gilt lettering on cover with gilt impression on cover. This book Is very clean, tightly bound, but the photo section has had some water damage. DJ has small piece missing from front bottom edge, spine is sunned with chipping, edgewear and some staining. ; Book Club Edition; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 371 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 2039

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Japan Biography Government History Royalty

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

MUHLSTEIN, ANKA

Cavelier de la Salle L'Homme Qui Offrit L'Amérique à Louis XIV

Grasset, 1992. Paperback. ISBN: 224639581X. A Very Good+ Paperback. An inscription to the previous owner on the front end paper, otherwise, clean & unmarked pages. Tightly bound. An uncreased spine with wear to the spine hinges. "Louis XIV écrivait au gouverneur du Canada : "Mon intention n'est pas que vous fassiez de grands voyages en remontant le fleuve de Saint-Laurent, ni que vous poussiez au loin des découvertes au-dedans des terres." Et pourtant, à la fin de son règne, il était devenu maître d'un immense empire qui joignait le Canada à la Louisiane. Il le devait à Robert Cavelier de La Salle (1643-1687) , un fils de négociants de Rouen, qui, renonçant à la Compagnie de Jésus, partit à vingt-cinq ans pour le Canada. Il apprit des Indiens la science des bois et des rivières, la résistance au froid, à la faim, à l'épuisement, il trouva la force de descendre le cours du Mississippi et de parcourir, en canoë et à pied, les six mille kilomètres qui séparent le Canada du golfe du Mexique, pour la gloire de les offrir à son roi. La Salle y laissa la vie, mais il mourut en héros, en homme pour qui la victoire résidait moins dans la conquête que dans la connaissance." ; 135 X 0.65 X 215 inches; 284 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 27309

Catalogue: History, Biography, Philosophy

Keywords: 224639581x Biography History

NADEAU MAURICE

Littérature Présente -

Paris: Correa, 1952. Paperback. First edition. A Very Good Paperback, tightly bound, no notes or underlining in the book. The majority of the pages are uncut along the top edges. Small tears along the cover edges. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 357 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 27040

Catalogue: French, Biography, Literary Criticism, French Literature, History

Keywords: French Literature Literary Criticism Biography History

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

NORRIS, DAVID & CARL FLINT

Joyce for Beginners

Icon Books, 1996. Paperback. ISBN: 1874166196. A Very Good+ Paperback with a caricature of Joyce on the cover. Tightly bound, bright, unmarked pages. Fully illustrated with black & white illustrations. "This guide provides an introductory map to the labyrinth of Joyce's visionary Dublin. It begins with the early stories, "Dubliners" through to his novel "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", into the comic universe of "Ulysses" and finally to the mythic dreamworld of "Finnegan's Wake" ; 8.1 X 5.5 X 0.5 inches; 176 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26208

Catalogue: Authors, Biography, Literary

Keywords: 1874166196 Authors > Biography Literary Authors > Irish Biography Literary & Literary Citicism Authors

ONDAATJE, MICHAEL

Running in the Family

Toronto, Ont: General Paperbacks, 1984. Mass Market. ISBN: 0773670637. Mass Market Paperback with wear on the spine hinges, edgewear, scuffing and a crease on the back cover. Clean text and solid binding. "Inspired by a trip home to Sri Lanka, the poet and novelist Michael Ondaatje writes a quasi-autobiography that is an impressionistic portrait of his unusual family, particularly his eccentric but lovable father." ; New Press Canadian Classics; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 203 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 2414

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0773670637 Sri Lanka Canada Autobiography & Memoirs Reference

PANNETON PHILIPPE, RINGUET, JEAN PANNETON, EDITOR

Le Carnet Du Cynique : Notes Pour Servir a` L'Histoire D'Anthiste`Ne le Jeune, Philosophe Du Ne´o-Cynosarge

Montreal, Canada: Guerin, 1998. Paperback. ISBN: 2760146782. Very Good Paperback. An ex-library book with a date sticker on the back end paper, a sticker to the front end paper and on the spine. One stamp to the top edge. Tightly bound, clean & unmarked pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 85 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 27301

Catalogue: French, Authors, Biography, Diaries

Keywords: 2760146782 French Author > Biography Diaries Biography French Books Authors

PEARSON, HESKETH

Dizzy; the Life & Personality of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

Harper / Metheun, 1951. Hardcover. Blue cloth covers, gilt titles to the spine. In Very Good condition, the binding is tight and the pages are unmarked. Wear to the spine ends and corners. "Hesketh Pearson turns this book to perhaps the most fascinating, perplexing and dramatic figure of the Victorian age -- a man who was equally famous as statesman, author and wit...penetrating the glittering facade to give us the man himself. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 284 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 27037

Catalogue: Biography, Great Britain, Politics and Government

Keywords: Biography Great Britain Politics & Government Prime Ministers Biography Politics Government Prime Ministers England

PENNAC, DANIEL

Chagrin D'école

Gallimard, 2007. Paperback. ISBN: 2070769178. A Near Fine Paperback. A sound binding, bright, unmarked pages with a small stain to the front cover. "Dans la lignée de Comme un roman, Chagrin d’école est donc un livre qui concerne l’école. Non pas l’école qui change dans la société qui change, mais, «au cœur de cet incessant bouleversement, sur ce qui ne change pas, justement, sur une permanence dont je n’entends jamais parler: la douleur partagée du cancre, des parents et des professeurs, l’interaction de ces chagrins d’école». Daniel Pennac entremêle ainsi souvenirs autobiographiques et réflexions sur la pédagogie et les dysfonctionnements de l’institution scolaire, sur la douleur d’être cancre et la soif d’apprendre, sur le sentiment d’exclusion et l’amour de l’enseignement." ; PRIX RENAUDOT 2007; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 27242

Catalogue: French Books, France, Education,Biography

Keywords: 2070769178 France > Education Biography French Book Biography Education France French Books

PERRUCHOT HENRI

Montherlant

Paris, France: Gallimard, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. French. Mass Market. A Very Good+ book with a sound binding, clean & unmarked pages, an uncreased spine. "Henry de Montherlant est né à Paris, le 21 avril 1896, d’une mère champenoise, Marguerite Camusat de Riancey, et d’un père picard, mais appartenant à une famille que la tradition orale prétend d’origine catalane, Joseph Millon de Montherlant. L'auteur prolifique de plus de quarante ouvrages en quarante ans, est et restera l'unique enfant d'une mère, qu'il ne connaîtra que dans son lit ou sur sa chaise longue, et d'un père tourmenté par les problèmes d'argent. Après nous avoir retracé les principales facettes de l'homme et de l'écrivain, Henri Perruchot aborde son œuvre et sa pensée." ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 249 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26157

Catalogue: French, Authors, Biography

Keywords: French Authors > Biography

PLATT, WALLACE

Gentle Eminence: A Life of Cardinal Flahiff

Montreal, Canada: McGill-Queens University Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0773518460. Signed by Cardinal Flahiff on the title page. Black Hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine. In Fine+ condition, a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is in Fine+ condition, protected by a clear plastic cover. "His appointment as archbishop coincided with the Second Vatican Council (1962-65). Inspired by the Vatican sessions he attended, he strove for the spiritual renewal of the people of his diocese, becoming a clear and constant voice of the Church in Canada and beyond. Open to new things but respectful of the old, he spoke up for the rights of women and the importance of the laity in the Church." ; 6.31 X 0.99 X 9.33 inches; 256 pages; Signed by Biographee. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26659

Catalogue: Religion, Biography, Cardinals, Catholic Church

Keywords: 0773518460 Religion > Biography Catholic Church Cardinals Biography Religion Christianity Church