Search Results: Titles starting with L from Reading Rat

Winnipeg: Les Edition Des Plaines, 1998. Apparent First. Paperback. Very Good- . 197 p.; TP; VG-, has stamp from school library on inside f. cover; "20" in black marker on half title page. En Francais. "Heroine peu connue de la petite histoire canadiennem Prudence Dube Le Gardeur, surnommee l'Amazone, mene un convoi de colons du Quebec au Manitoba en passant par le Nord des Etat's Unis". Biography in French of Prudence Dube Le Gardeur, 1847-1877.

Paris: Dargaud Editeur, 1983. Apparent First. Hardcover. Very Good. Uderzo. 48 p. large format HC; full colour illustrations in comic strip format; text in French. Asterix and company find themselves in North America. Adventures ensue. VG overall, bottom corners rubbed, mild wear.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Knopf Publishing Group, 2000. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 260p. A man leaves his prospective wife at the altar, then shows up to apologize, 30 years later... This is the story. He has reinvented himself and regrets this abandonment of the past. Hilarious yet serious. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Lopez Publications Inc., 1976. Magazine. Good/No Jacket. Magazine, Lady's Circle Patchwork Quilts No. 4 , $1.25. Published in 1976. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Vancouver BC: Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. As new. 94 p. 8,5x11" HC. As new. Published in conjunction with the Lalakenis exhibition at the Belkin, 2016. Writing by Chief Robert Joseph, Beau Dick, Guujaaw, Gyauustees, Linnea Dick, Wanda Nanibush, Charlotte Townsend-Gault, Tarah Hogue and Shelly Rosenblum.

Toronto ON: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1970. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good -/No Jacket. 97 p.; VG-; small paperback; has PO name on ffep, some age darkening, original price sticker on cover. Interior clean and unmarked. Third reprint. Number 50 in the Carleton Library series. George Grant's classic study of the struggle for Canada's survival under pressure from American corporate capitalism. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Calgary, AB, Canada: Fifth House Publishers, 1986. Soft Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 112p. 3 plays with Aboriginal themes, reserves. Dealing wtih struggles and some hardships. Pretty harsh cover wear, slightly dog-eared corners. Very readable, pages fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Monthly Review Press, 2005. Paperback. Very Good- . 224 p., incl. index and bibligraphy. Trade paperback. Moderate reading wear, some underlining (pencil). A detailed discussion/analysis of the abuses committed at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere during the disastrous American occupation of Iraq.

Milford, CT, U.S.A.: L P C/InBook, 1990. Third Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Jacket. 308 p.; VG+, has very small black mark in bottom of text block, slight shelf wear, otherwise clean, solid, unmarked copy. Essays by 39 notable Canadian women writers. "Invites the reader to join many of Canada's most distinguished writers in a spirited debate on the relationship of feminism to writing." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Montreal: Arrimage Gestion Impression Inc.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 81p. Rosalie was the mother of 11 and a midwife to many others. She was hated by society at times and later became a model religious. This book tells her story, she is an ever burning light of hope. Humble in her ways but long lasting in effect. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Winnipeg: The Wicc Collective, 1995. First edition. Staplebound. Very Good. Shei. 48 p. in stapled wraps. VG overall. A collection of short pieces by "a group of hungry writing fanatics from Carol Shield's 1994-95 Creative Writing Course at the University of Manitoba." List of contributors will be sent on request.

David W. McFadden. Not Stated. Saddle Stitched. Very Good/No Jacket. No date; unpaginated; slim chapbook containing six tanka and six haiku, on blue and lilac paper, gray paper cover with photo. VG. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1990. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 251p. The Avro Arrow, thought to be discontinued, is the only hope the U.S. and Canada have of averting world war 3 in this technothriller. extremely slight wear around the edges. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt Brace, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good+. 342 p. incl. index, endnotes, bibliography. VG+/VG+; book is as-new, unread condition except for creased corner of page 137 and very light crease to back DJ flap. The story of the October 1958 Springhill NS mine disaster, recreated through long-lost stories and interviews with survivors. Greene, who lives in Atlanta, Georgia, also traces the unlikely connection between Georgia and Nova Scotia and the impact of racism on responses to the disaster and its aftermath. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Winnipeg: Great Plains Publications, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. As New/No DJ. Chris McVarish-Younger. Unpaginated; square HC 91/4 inches; juvenile fiction by noted storyteller/entertainer Rick McNair; full colour illustrations by Chris McVarish-Younger. "Follow Red Rooster, Spotted Dog and Clyde the Horse through a wild romp across southern Manitoba to find the last unicorn on the prairies. Why? Because we all know unicorns are lucky, and maybe even lucky enough to save the animals' farm." As new condition.

Toronto, ON, Canada: James Lorimer & Company, 1976. Second Edition. Mass Market Paperback. As New/No Jacket. Young adult book; Bains series 2; "Vicky Metcalf Lifetime Achievement Award" sticker on FC; As New, unread, bright, crisp copy. "In the spring of 1873, Meg and John Bains are ready to return home from a winter working in a lumber camp when they are lured into a trap and shanghaied as crew on a leaky old square-rigged sailing ship in Quebec City." The voyage takes them to Jamaica, to Liverpool and finally back to Halifax, wkth many adventures on the way. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1965. Unstated. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. Lewis Parker. 99 p; HB, orange cover with black illustration; book is clean, solid and square, slight rubbing at corners. DJ edge rubbed, 2 small closed tears. DJ white with coloured illustration to match book cover. A special Dominion Day picnic in the 1880s, highlighted by a balloon ride and a visit from Sir John A. MacDonald. B & W illustrations by Lewis Parker. Leslie McFarlane's writing career included children's books, including some of the Hardy Boys series, short stories, television plays and documentaries, and a Cannes Film Festival award in 1947 for "The Boy Who Stopped Niagara". 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Netherlands: Aa Balkema, 1983. Apparent First. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 409 pages; VG+, clean, unmarked, solid copy in light blue cloth-covered boards. A few small smudges on front cover, small smudge on bottom edge of text block, otherwise immaculate copy. Papers in German, French and English are included. From the Preface: "This colloque was organized as an ad hoc one on the occasion of a guest professorship granted by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Dr. Johan Ludvig Sollid, Department of Geography, University of Oslo. Unfortunately Dr. Sollid had an accident during fieldwork and was injured so heavily, that even after having postponed the colloque for more than half a year he could not come to Trier. Hans Kinzl could not participate either, he died during the preparation of the colloque. Kinzl was the one who started systematic research of historical alpine glacier oscillations in the thirties and made essential progress in his work during the whole of his life. That is… Read More

New York: Citadel Press, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. First edition; spine sl. bumped, DJ sl edgewear, small triangular chip at top of spine, otherwise clean, unmarked copy. "A study of the current crisis in Latin America showing that it is not an ephemeral phenomenon but enduring and chronic, inherent in the relations between the impoverished masses and the traditional rulers" . . . three parts, "Chronic Crisis in Latin America", "Revolutionary Crisis in Argentina", and "Imminent Explosion in Brazil". 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Annapolis MD: 2Way Media, 1997. Not stated. CD_rom. As New. CD ROM in original cardboard sleeve and plastic wrap; multimedia; includes live track from Sarah McLachlan's album Surfacing, also Meredith Brooks and Ben Folds Five, song samples and interactive reviews, movie interviews with John Leguizamo, Noah Wyle, Ben Affleck; game demos.