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Sisters, OR, U.S.A.: Multnomah Publishers, Incorporated, 1994 257 pages with appendix and index. Former owner's name written on front endpaper. An inside look at women's tragic decisions to chose abortion. Allows reader to help both mother and child by ministering to women in their need.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: Women's Press, 1984 157 pages including index. "Are there issues the pro-choice movement hasn't addressed - issues that remain confusing and unresolved for women?" - from back cover. Describes the often conflicting needs and emotions experienced prior to and after abortion. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Light yellowing. . Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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U.S.A.: Self-Published, 1993 208 pages. Discusses a woman's unique health issues, directly or indirectly influenced by estrogen. This hormone effects her risk for heart disease, osteoporosis, and cancers. It is implicated in the physical-emotional imbalances experienced by some women during premenstrual days. Estrogen influences the amount and location of fat on a woman's body, her special physical struggle against body fat, and the mental anguish of her pursuit for a leaner shape. Very light ... more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 1989 248 pages with index. Filled with provocative statements about racism in Canada, the rights of women, education, the political process, abortion and a host of other issues at the heart of Canada's development as a free and democratic country. Date written on front endpaper.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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USA: Gardner Press, Incorporated, 1990 299 pages including bibliography. A collage of fascinating insights and penetrating analysis of male upbringing in modern industrial society. "...Splendidly addresses the issues of equalization and its ultimate benefits for the well being of men as well as women." - John Money Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University. Address label atop title page else unmarked with light to moderate wear. Nice copy.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9... more information

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Reading , MA, U.S.A.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company Inc., 1997 357 pages including index. Author's signature upon title page. "At once intimate and public, inspirational and frightening, essential reading for our time." - Alan Lightman, M.I.T.; author of Einstein's Dreams. Author, a biologist, poet, and survivor of cancer in her twenties, brings all three perspectives to bear on the most important health and human rights issue of our time: the growing body of evidence linking cancer... more information

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North Vancouver, BC: Write-on Press Publishers Ltd., 1988 189 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon back of front flyleaf. This book is a journey. a journey down a path that is at the same time: thick with the dust of the ages; clear, virgin, untrodden; strewn with the refuse and casualties that are the trademarks of colonialism-cum-imperialism. A unique and significant contribution to our collective search for a path to re-gain our humanity.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8... more information

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Montreal: Guernica Editions, Incorporated, 1982 62 pages. Author's signature upon half-title page. The tenth volume in the Essential Poets series. Records events of the past and present, of here and everywhere. Author puts herself inside the history of women and remembers the details of actions which have subtly subjugated women. "There's something shattering about every one of the poems - like a karate blow that breaks a brick - clean and very strong..." - Mary Meigs. Prior owner... more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: Thompson Educational Publishing, 1992 334 pages including index. Provides a lively introduction to the social issues underlying Canadian sport. A recurring theme is for sport to be more accessible and more broadly-based. Material on women, minorities, and persons with disabilities appears throughout. Includes 56 profiles of prominent athletes, many based on personal interviews for this book. Light wear. Unmarked. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12&... more information

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Canada: Pimatsiwin, 2005 150 pages. Contents/Features: Research on contested grounds - women, mining, and health; Methods to help communities investigate environmental health issues; Telling a story of change the Dene way - indicators for monitoring in Diamond-impaced communities; Mining Denendeh - A Dene nation perspective on community health impacts of mining; Medical pluralism and the maintenance of a traditional healing technique on Lihir, Papua New Guinea; Fair-ly Clean Diamonds; Canada's Resilien... more information

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Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1993 Pages 461-791 including index. Articles: The New Reproductive Genetics - Implications for Women and Their Physicians; The Genetics Revolution and the Role of the Obstetrician; The Human Genome Project; Immediate and Long-Term Applications of Technology; Reproductive Health and Genetic Testing in the Third World; Prenatal Diagnosis - Choices women make about Pursuing Testing and Acting on Abnormal Results; Prenatal Genetic Services - Toward a National Data Bas... more information

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Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1995 Pages 443-672. Articles: Hematologic Complications of pregnancy; Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnancy; Megaloblastic Anemia in Pregnancy; Hemolytic Anemias in Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complicated by Sickle Hemoglobinopathy; Thalassemia in Pregnancy; Inherited Disorders of Coagulation in Pregnancy; Management of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy; Management of the Obstetric patient with Thrombocytopenia; Hematologic Malignancies during Pregnancy; Transfusion... more information

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Toronto: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1993 174 pages including index. The new reproductive technologies raise serious ethical and social-policy questions, and it is these questions that the essays in this volume seek to address. Combining a fundamental commitment to individual reproductive autonomy with a feminist recognition of the dangers posed for women and children allike by the unrestricted proliferation of new technologies, Overall offers a balanced philosophical perspective on a broad ran... more information

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USA: Western Publications Inc., 1974 Features: My wonderful country - Joe Lee, the most famous of all Navajo Indian traders; La Pondre's Nuggets; A Total Breakdown of Justice - execution of an Chinese man in California; Helena, Texas says die; Ta-Tanka-Buffalo; Famous old bridge to the west - the Muscatine over the Mississippi; Socorro killer - Joel Fowler was lynched in New Mexico; Badge of honour - land and cattle gave the Californian prestige; Come and get it! - boarding houses were run by women; and... more information

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New York: Hearthstone/Carlton, 1996 227 pages. Signed and inscribed by author upon half-title page. "My twenty years of work as a single woman in developing countries." - subtitle. "Author is an anthropologist and international development worker whose twenty-one year odyssey has taken her to nearly every continent, providing technical assistance to women in rural development and Women In Development projects in the Third World that try to improve the quality of people's lives." -... more information

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New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1912 190 pages. Illustrated. Issued under the direction of the Council of Women for Home Missions. "It is generally acknowledged that Mormonism is similar to Mohammedansim in its endorsement of the practice of polygamy, and its ideas of heaven. Many other points of similarity between these systems have been noted by students, and the Book of Mormon has marked resemblance to the Koran. As all ancient religions have a modern equivalent, Mormonism can justly be cl... more information

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Tokyo: Ikebana International, 1986 Features: Cover Artist - Mayumi Oda; Pine - many lovely colour photos; Catching Up With the West - the story of the Meiji period; The Saga of Five Meiji Girls - they left Japan to see how foreign women were educated and raised their children - nice archival black and white photos; State of the Art - I.I.'s Ikebana Portfolio; Japanese Fans. Two small marks inside back cover else clean with moderate wear. A sound copy. . Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 1... more information

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Tokyo: Ikebana International, 1980 Features: Cover Artist - Junsuke Watarai; Ohara School; Ryusei School; Korean Celadon; Ikenobo School; Sogetsu School; Summer in Japan; Ichiyo School; Soami School; Saga School; There's a Special Welcome for Women in Japan; Koryu Shohtoh-kai School; Chiko School. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... more information

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USA: National Lampoon, 1986 82 pages. Stories: You're a Man Baby and Don't You Forget It; I was a Gay Male Drag Queen Trapped in the Body of a Woman; Feminist Party Jokes; Ass-Anon Comes to New Jersey; How I Became a Feminist; Guys on Dolls - Four Male Cartoonists Look at the World of Women; National Tampoon; Mary Tyler Moore and Me; A Tale of Modern Romance; Womaning; A Woman Tells Men - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Women and Probably Won't Understand When I Explain It to You; Wo... more information

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Tokyo: Ikebana International, 1991 Features: Floral focus - weeping willow - a graceful sob story, with beautiful color photos; A Dyeing Art - Keiji Kawakami and Tenugui - attractively color illustrated article; Master Banana Plant (Matsuo Basho) - How Japan's Most Famous Writer Got His Name; Seeking the Heart of a Flower - Master Ikebana artist Toshiro Kawase explains his work; On Exhibition - Modern Women's Ikebana - Daimaru Department Store, Tokyo, September 13-18, 1990; Ikebana Portfolio; Hana ... more information

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