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Toronto: Seal Books McClelland-Bantam, Inc., 1996. Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. A personal insight into a tumultuous era by Canada's most popular historian. NATIONAL BESTSELLER. SYNOPSIS: "MY TIMES HAVE BEEN THE MOST EXCITING OF ALL TIMES." For fifty years Canadians have had a standing date with Pierre Berton - in Maclean's and The Toronto Star, on the TV screen in Front Page Challenge and The Pierre Berton Show, and in each of his successive bestsellers. In his passion for truth and justice, he has taken on issues few others dared to touch: sex, religion, racism, feminism, national hypocrisy, civil liberties. Now he tells the stories behind the stories. Berton has lively anecdotes about such figures as John Diefenbaker, Brian Mulroney, and his television show guests, from Lenny Bruce to Malcolm X. He watches the Berlin Wall go up and hears the nightly rattle… Leer más

New York: A Signet Book - The New American Library of World Literature, Inc., 1959. Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. The most thrilling sea adventure of all time - the skipper of the submarine Nautilus tells the dramatic, true story of the first voyage across the top of the world . . . under the Arctic ice pack; with 58 photographs. BOOK NUMBER: D1692. All photographs in this book are official U.S. Navy photos. CONTENTS: 1. "Execute Operation Sunshine" 2. A Difficult Interview 3. A "Hero" in NRB 4. An Unknown Quantity 5. A Great Ship - An Extraordinary Crew 6. Final Preparations 7. The Journey North 8. Probing the Unknown 9. Compass Trouble 10. A Conference at the White House 11. Double Talk and Frenzied Preparations 12. Ill Omens 13. Pins and Needles 14. Toward the Pole 15. A Closed Door 16. A Narrow Escape 17. A… Leer más

New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1985. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Free Front Endpaper Missing; Front, Rear Endpapers Pulled From Removal of Jacket Cover; Corners, Spine Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Sun Exposure; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: A Social History of Venereal Disease in the United States Since 1880. CONTENTS: Introduction: Sex, Disease, and Medicine; I. "Damaged Goods": Progressive Medicine and Social Hygiene; II. "Fit to Fight": The Commission on Training Camp Activities; III. "The Cleanest Army in the World": Venereal Disease and the AEF; IV. "Shadow on the Land": Thomas Parran and the New Deal; V. Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet: Venereal Disease in the Age of Antibiotics; Appendix; Note on Sources; Manuscript Sources;… Leer más

Scarborough: A Signet Book New American Library - The New American Library of Canada Limited Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Moderate Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SYNOPSIS: THE TEAM: The Eagles, a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of a great American corporation, hand-picked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. THE MISSION: To penetrate a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran and free the Americans imprisoned there. THE ODDS: If you had to calculate them, you didn't go. The story on these pages would have been incredibly exciting had it been fiction. But it is more than that - it is fact. It's a story that only Ken Follett, today's master of action and suspense, could do justice to. - and - There were two major American rescue efforts in Iran. One failed - and made grim headlines.… Leer más

New York: A Signet Book - New American Library Previous Dealer Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SYNOPSIS: THE TEAM: The Eagles, a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of a great American corporation, hand-picked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. THE MISSION: To penetrate a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran and free the Americans imprisoned there. THE ODDS: If you had to calculate them, you didn't go. The story on these pages would have been incredibly exciting had it been fiction. But it is more than that - it is fact. It's a story that only Ken Follett, today's master of action and suspense, could do justice to. - and - There were two major American rescue efforts in Iran. One failed - and made grim headlines. The other succeeded - and inspired Ken Follett to write his greatest thriller.. First Thus 8th… Leer más

New York: A Signet Book - New American Library Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Moderate Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Spine Slightly Cocked; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SYNOPSIS: THE TEAM: The Eagles, a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of a great American corporation, hand-picked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. THE MISSION: To penetrate a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran and free the Americans imprisoned there. THE ODDS: If you had to calculate them, you didn't go. The story on these pages would have been incredibly exciting had it been fiction. But it is more than that - it is fact. It's a story that only Ken Follett, today's master of action and suspense, could do justice to. - and - There were two major American rescue efforts in Iran. One failed - and made grim headlines. The other succeeded - and inspired Ken Follett to write his greatest thriller.. First Thus 8th… Leer más

New York: A Signet Book - the Penguin Group Penguin Books USA Inc. Repaired; Moderate Creasing on Front Cover, Spine; Light Creasing on Rear Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Moderately Chipped; Light Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SYNOPSIS: H. ROSS PEROT'S TEAM: The Eagles, a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of a great American corporation, hand-picked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. THEIR MISSION: To penetrate a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran and free the Americans imprisoned there. THE ODDS: If you had to calculate them, you didn't go. The story on these pages would have been incredibly exciting had it been fiction. But it is more than that - it is fact. It is a story that only an heroic American patriot like H. Ross Perot could have made happen. It is a story that only Ken Follett, today's master of action and suspense, could do justice to. - and - There were two major… Leer más

Scarborough: A Signet Book New American Library - The New American Library of Canada Limited Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Light Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Spine Slightly Cocked; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SYNOPSIS: THE TEAM: The Eagles, a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of a great American corporation, hand-picked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. THE MISSION: To penetrate a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran and free the Americans imprisoned there. THE ODDS: If you had to calculate them, you didn't go. The story on these pages would have been incredibly exciting had it been fiction. But it is more than that - it is fact. It's a story that only Ken Follett, today's master of action and suspense, could do justice to. - and - There were two major American rescue efforts in Iran. One failed - and made grim headlines. The other succeeded - and… Leer más

New York: A Signet Book - New American Library, 1984. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Light Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SYNOPSIS: THE TEAM: The Eagles, a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of a great American corporation, hand-picked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. THE MISSION: To penetrate a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran and free the Americans imprisoned there. THE ODDS: If you had to calculate them, you didn't go. The story on these pages would have been incredibly exciting had it been fiction. But it is more than that - it is fact. It's a story that only Ken Follett, today's master of action and suspense, could do justice to. - and - There were two major American rescue efforts in Iran. One failed - and made grim headlines. The other succeeded - and inspired Ken Follett to write his… Leer más

New York: A Signet Book - New American Library Previous Owner Markings; Moderate Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Moderate Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SYNOPSIS: THE TEAM: The Eagles, a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of a great American corporation, hand-picked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. THE MISSION: To penetrate a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran and free the Americans imprisoned there. THE ODDS: If you had to calculate them, you didn't go. The story on these pages would have been incredibly exciting had it been fiction. But it is more than that - it is fact. It's a story that only Ken Follett, today's master of action and suspense, could do justice to. - and - There were two major American rescue efforts in Iran. One failed - and made grim headlines. The other succeeded - and inspired Ken Follett to write his… Leer más

Scarborough: A Signet Book New American Library - The New American Library of Canada Limited Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SYNOPSIS: THE TEAM: The Eagles, a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of a great American corporation, hand-picked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. THE MISSION: To penetrate a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran and free the Americans imprisoned there. THE ODDS: If you had to calculate them, you didn't go. The story on these pages would have been incredibly exciting had it been fiction. But it is more than that - it is fact. It's a story that only Ken Follett, today's master of action and suspense, could do justice to. - and - There were two major American rescue efforts in Iran. One failed - and made grim headlines. The other succeeded - and inspired Ken Follett to write his… Leer más

Scarborough: A Signet Book New American Library - The New American Library of Canada Limited Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Moderate Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SYNOPSIS: THE TEAM: The Eagles, a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of a great American corporation, hand-picked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. THE MISSION: To penetrate a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran and free the Americans imprisoned there. THE ODDS: If you had to calculate them, you didn't go. The story on these pages would have been incredibly exciting had it been fiction. But it is more than that - it is fact. It's a story that only Ken Follett, today's master of action and suspense, could do justice to. - and - There were two major American rescue efforts in Iran. One failed - and made grim headlines.… Leer más

New York: A Signet Book - New American Library Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Light Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Moderate Moisture Damage (Staining); Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SYNOPSIS: THE TEAM: The Eagles, a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of a great American corporation, hand-picked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. THE MISSION: To penetrate a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran and free the Americans imprisoned there. THE ODDS: If you had to calculate them, you didn't go. The story on these pages would have been incredibly exciting had it been fiction. But it is more than that - it is fact. It's a story that only Ken Follett, today's master of action and suspense, could do justice to. - and - There were two major American rescue efforts in Iran. One failed - and made grim headlines. The other succeeded - and inspired Ken Follett to write his greatest thriller..… Leer más

Pitman Previous Owner Markings; Repaired; pp 1-4 (Front Matter, Including Title Page) Missing; Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Heavy Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled. CONTENTS: Preface; I. Man the Conqueror; II. The Greeks; III. Rome; IV. The World After Rome; V. Life in the Town and the Manor; VI. Medieval Industry and Commerce; VII. The New World; VIII. The Eve of the Industrial Revolution; IX. Men and Machinery; X. The Workers; XI. The World from 1800 to 1850; XII. Canada; XIII. The World from 1850 to 1900; XIV. The World at War; XV. The Great Depression; XVI. The Second World War; Index.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket (As Issued). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: George Braziller, Inc. BOOK: Corners, Boards Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Moderately Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SYNOPSIS: It is now more than five hundred years since the Aztecs and Incas were conquered by the Spaniards, but there still exist in Mexico City, in Cuzco, and in many native villages, patterns of layout and land use which correspond functionally to cities built there before the fifteenth century. Although it is difficult today to distinguish those pre-Columbian cities which were deliberately created from those which emerged spontaneously, Jorge Hardoy describes many regional capitals in which there clearly existed a decision-making apparatus responsible for designing and carrying out a ceremonial center, or determining and executing the basic layout of a city. Dr. Hardoy uses social and political factors - the production of goods and services, population, labour force, power structure,… Leer más

London: George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited, 1986. BOOK: Spine Bumped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Light Moisture Damage (Staining); Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: Intelligence, Treason and the Universities. CONTENTS: Introduction to Intelligence 1 Fallen Leaves 2 Two Cultures 3 Climacteric 4 An Excess of Generosity 5 The Moles and the Trojan Horse 6 The Crisis of Commitment 7 Security Risk 8 Conscientious Fission 9 A Changing of the Guard 10 O Yes - My Country, White and Wrong 11 Just to be on the Safe Side; Notes on Sources; Index. SYNOPSIS: Much has been written about the 1930s, Cambridge traitors, but Andrew Sinclair provides a fresh insight into their activities compared to those of the university's scientists at the same time. There were 'two cultures' and two traditions. At the Cavendish Laboratory the atom was split and later the genetic secrets of life… Leer más

Garden City: Anchor Books Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1973. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front Cover Moderately Chipped; Rear Cover, Spine Lightly Chipped; Light Sticker Pull to Front Cover. SYNOPSIS: Because the French Revolution was, in Burke's phrase, "the most astonishing event . . . in human history," a full seventeen months elapsed after the first meeting of the National Assembly before any notable public figure dared to interpret the events in France to an awe-struck world. In November 1790, Burke published his Reflections on the Revolution in France, a masterpiece of political analysis and prediction which ran through ten editions in the first year. Many attempts were made to refute Burke's attack on the Revolution, of which none was more famous than Thomas Paine's Rights of Man. The issue joined between these great antagonists was the value of our civilized heritage. Burke believed that each generation was beholden for its liberties, its learning, and other… Leer más

New York: Bantam Books, Inc., 1979. Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Light Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. THE SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SHROUD OF TURIN. A FANTASTIC HOAX? AN OCCULT PHENOMENON? THRILLING PROOF OF JESUS' RESURRECTION? 32 PAGES OF STARTLING PHOTOS. CONTENTS: Preface; Miami; Lisbon; Turin; Paris; London; Nottingham; London; Esopus; Brooklyn; Port Chester; Miami; Washington; San Diego; Los Angeles; San Francisco; Denver/Boulder; Boston; Brookline; New York City; New Rochelle; Miami; Bibliography; Index. SYNOPSIS: Discovered in Europe over 400 years ago, this ancient linen cloth is thought to be the genuine burial shroud of Jesus. Now, journalist Robert Wilcox investigates every aspect of the controversial and perplexing relic with its incredible imprint of the body of a bearded man who has been beaten, crowned with thorns, and pierced with… Leer más

Toronto: Toronto Typographic Association, 1980. Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Fading Due to Sun Exposure. This book has been produced in an edition of 700 copies, of which 300 are reserved for presentation to members of the International Typographic Composition Association at the 61st Annual Convention in Toronto Canada in October 1980. Approximately 300 copies have been contributed to libraries throughout North America in order to make the content of this book available to interested members of the public. CONTENTS: Introduction; The Canadian Poster (Robert Stacey); Carl Dair and the Cartier Type Face (Douglas Poff); The Printing Trade in Toronto 1779-1841 (Patricia Fleming); The Life and Times of William Walter Copp (Elizabeth Hulse); The Private Press in Canada (Marilyn Rueter); Contributors; Acknowledgements; TTA Membership.. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket (As Issued). 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: Crescent Books - Crown Publishers, Inc. BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Moderately Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. Over 130 color and black and white illustrations. JACKET ILLUSTRATIONS: FRONT - Edison phonograph (Michael Holford Library); Britain's Skylark rocket (British Aircraft Corporation); Howe's sewing machine (Michael Holford Library/Science Museum); Flint spearhead (Michael Holford Library/British Museum); Early compound microscope (Michael Holford Library/Science Museum); Stephenson's Rocket (Ronan Picture Library); Gas-filled balloon (Ronan Picture Library); Bright's Bell telegraph receiver (Michael Holford Library/Science Museum); Galileo's escapement (Michael Holford Library/Science Museum); Radio telescope at Jodrell Bank (Ronan Picture Library); BACK - Duke of Devonshire's engine, designed by Watt (Birmingham Public Libraries). SYNOPSIS: 50 illustrations in full color; 85… Leer más