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Condition: clean copy.Content: In a seedy Hollywood bar, a whiskey-loving barman is struggling to compile his notes for a novel. Drawn ever further into the nocturnal world of the bar's clientele of drifters and losers - with their jealous squabbles, delusions, and casual sex - he comes to realize that escape offers the only chance of survival.168 pages.

Sound clean copy read once no prev owner name or markings. In stock. A very nice copy of this hard to find title. Book is heavy extra postage may be required for shipping outside of Canada. Softcover.

This volume is the author's considered response to the questions raised in The Outsider. Based on the remarkable case of Brad Absetz, it takes issue with the false despair of the rationalist and presents a completely new vision of human potential. Index, 144 pages.

The author brings the immigrant experience in America to life through the eyes of the descendants of Mexicans, Poles, Africans, Irish-Scots, Franco-Canadians and many others, all linked by their successive ownership of a simple green accordion. The music they make is their last link with the past - voice for their fantasies, sorrows and exuberance.

'Acedia & me shows how the numbing repetitions of everyday life...can lead to a sense of hopelessness....And gently, with no fanfare, [Norris] preaches the practicality of love - healing, empowering, sustaining. What demon, however insidious, can compete with that? O, The Oprah Magazine

Adrian Mole has at last reached physical maturity, but he can't help roaming the pages of his diary like an untamed adolescent. Finally given the heave ho by Pandora, he seeks solace in the arms of Bianca, a qualified hydraulic engineer masquerading as a waitress. Between his dishwashing job and completing his epic novel Lo! The Flat Hills of My Homeland Adrian hopes the fame and fortune will not keep him waiting much longer.

Condition: clean copy.Content: catalogue of the travelling exhibition of the work of Quebec artist Adrien Hebert. 60 pages.

Condition: clean copy.Content: The authors interweave history, research, and exceptional personal stories, taking readers on an exploration of the evolving understanding of the science of memory from the Renaissance discovery of the hippocampus up to the present day.302 pages, notes.

The American classic tale of a boy's adventures in the Mississippi Valley.

Condition: clean copy.Content: When British and American intelligence catch wind of a major Al Qaeda operation in the works, they are primed for action - but what can they do? They know nothing about the attack: the what, where, or when. They have no sources in Al Qaeda, and it's impossible to plant someone, impossible, unless...The Afgan is Izmat Khan, a five-year prisoner of Guantanamo Bay and a former senior commander of the Taliban. The Afgan is also Colonel Mike Martin, a 25-year veteran of war zones around the world, a dark, lean man born and raided in Iraq. In and attempt to stave off disaster, the intelligence agencies will try to do what no one has ever done before - pass off a Westerner as an Arab among Arabs - pass off Martin as the trusted Khan.464 pages.

Condition: clean copy.Content: This book takes a straightforward look at the questions we all have about dying. It examines death myths from different cultures, the science behind dead bodies, and the ways people around the world honor their loved ones who have died.88 pages, glossary, resources, index, richly illustrated with colour photographs.

Condition: dust jacket in excellent condition, as is the book itself.Content: non-fiction, history. The author provides a comprehensive and insightful analysis of Japanese Buddhist modernism by focusing on a 50 year period from 188501935, during which the tradition sought various ways of reforming itself in relation to domestic sociopolitical challenges and the impact of Western influences and ideologies. This exceptionally well-researched and eminently readable volume brings to light many previously overlooked sources cast in terms of global perspectives.404 pages, notes, bibliography, index.

The renown of Agnes Deans Cameron - a trailblazer in the early days of educational standards in British Columbia, a bold and undaunted traveller, and one of the most well-known writers of her time - has been shadowed in the annals of history. Now, over 100 years later, her life and accomplishments are brought to light in this comprehensive biography of an outstanding woman.

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Sound clean copy illustrated throughout with b and w photos 72pp

Illustrated paper over boards. Light edge wear. Sound clean copy.

Condition: clean copy.Content: This is about an Andalusian shepherd boy who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point the boy in the direction of his quest. No one knows what the treasure is, or if he will be able to surmount the obstacles along the way. But what starts out as a journey to find worldly goods turns into a discovery of the treasure found within.192 pages.

Condition: clean copy. Content: This biography of Alfred Russel Wallace traces the development of one of the most remarkable scientific travelers, naturalists, and thinks of the 19th century. The author reveals his subject as a courageous, unconventional explorer and a man of exceptional humanity. He draws extensively on Wallace's correspondence and offers a revealing yet balanced account between the relationship between Wallace and Darwin.340 pages, notes, sources and select bibliography, index.

Condition: clean copy.Content: In 1848 British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace set off for Brazil where he was to spend four years exploring the wildest parts of the Amazon basin. This is an account of his adventures. It describes the triumphs and disasters and the discoveries that were to lead him to one of the biggest and most controversial ideas of the 19th century.184 pages, reading list, index, illustrations.

Sound clean copy In Alias Grace, bestselling author Margaret Atwood takes us back in time and into the life of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the nineteenth century.Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer, Thomas Kinnear, and Nancy Montgomery, his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders.Dr. Simon Jordan, an up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness, is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story while bringing her closer and closer to the day she cannot remember. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories? Is Grace a female fiend? A bloodthirsty femme fatale? Or is she the victim of circumstances?