Search Results: Titles starting with L from Werdz Quality Used Books

New York, NY: Lyons Press, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. Whitlock, Dave. Clean, tight, unmarked; a few scratches and wear to corners of covers; p.39 written on back facing page; light wear to edges of spine; otherwise minimal wear; Dave introduces techniques that will enable even beginners to catch bass on a fly rod. There are chapters on the various basses and their habitats, the best balanced fly tackle to use, special casting and fishing methods, innovative flies, how to fish on both lakes and streams, and much more.

Toronto, ON: Simon & Pierre Pub Co Ltd, 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. INSCRIBED BY ANTONINE MAILLET on ffep; Translation by Luis de Cespedes; Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; appears unread; "This is a true story. The story of La Sagouine, a scrubwoman, a woman of the sea, who was born with the century, with her feet in the water. Water was her fortune: the daughter of a cod fisherman, a sailor's girl, and later the wife of a fisherman who took oysters and smelts. A cleaning woman also, who ends up on all fours, with her bucket in front and her hands in the water." - Antonine Maillet

Toronto, ON: Simon & Pierre Pub Co Ltd, 1979. Soft cover. Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; "This is a true story. The story of La Sagouine, a scrubwoman, a woman of the sea, who was born with the century, with her feet in the water. Water was her fortune: the daughter of a cod fisherman, a sailor's girl, and later the wife of a fisherman who took oysters and smelts. A cleaning woman also, who ends up on all fours, with her bucket in front and her hands in the water." - Antonine Maillet

Toronto, ON: Penguin , 2002. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; A continuing discussion among Saul, Dubuc, Erasmus and Rudyard Griffiths about Canada's founding cultures and the future they are forging together connects the essays and extends the debate. Provocative and enlightening, this book is an important addition to the dialogue about Canada's past and its future.

Ottawa, ON: National Museums of Canada, 1974. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; sunning to spine and upper edge; a couple of light stains to back cover; otherwise very minimal wear; spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; Examines Labrador (Canada) Inuit settlements of the early contact period (1771-1784) in order to assess the two different explanations for the size of human residential groups: that which stresses the environment and ecological adaptation ("ecological capacities" and "ecological requirements"); and that which stresses factors of a non-ecological nature.

Montreal, QC: McGill Queens Univ, 1996. Soft cover. Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; A fascinating personal and photographic account of a brief summer visit to Britain's first colony, the harsh and unforgiving territory north of Newfoundland. In a quiet and unassuming style, the region comes to life through the private voice and vision of Eliot Surwen, a young idealistic medical missionary. Curwen's account, ostensibly written for his sisters back home, is rich with both observation and insight, providing stories and anecdotes on the flora, fauna, and grim weather of the region.

Hereford: Adams & Sons. Coiled Soft Cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; bottom corner creased on first few pages; otherwise very minimal shelfwear;"The revised edition of the book of tea time recipes collected and used by Freda Murray over the years she ran King John's Hunting Lodge Tea Rooms, famous for homemade cakes, scones, bread and jams. "

Toronto. ON: HarperCollins Publishers, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIPTION FROM JANICE KULYK KEEFER on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; In August of 1963, the year of the sensational release of Cleopatra, the women of Kalyna Beach prepare for their annual end-of-season party. A radiant portrait of women caught between countries, cultures and aspirations. Richly evocative, beautifully told, this book will resonate with anyone who has longed for the sweet and heady days of bygone summers and the risky promises of change.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Turnstone Press, 1984. Trade Paper. Very Good. INSCRIPTION FROM SANDRA BIRDSELL on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; very light tanning to pages; otherwise absolute minimal shelfwear; spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; "From the sexually wired adolescent to Bobbie, the cocktail waitress and the enduring matriarch, Mika Lafreniere. The Lafreniere sisters are back as mothers and wives. Birdsell broadens her fictional landscape while keeping one foot firmly in the evocative world of Agassiz. " . Very Good.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Turnstone Press, 1984. Trade Paper. Very Good. 0888010923; Clean, tight, unmarked;absolute minimal shelfwear; spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; "From the sexually wired adolescent to Bobbie, the cocktail waitress and the enduring matriarch, Mika Lafreniere. The Lafreniere sisters are back as mothers and wives. Birdsell broadens her fictional landscape while keeping one foot firmly in the evocative world of Agassiz. " . Very Good.

Toronto, ON: Natural Heritage, 1994. Soft cover. Very Good. INSCRIBED BY ROBERT W. NERO on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; wear to lower inside corner; otherwise absolute minimal wear; This book, about Lady Grayl, is a personal account. For nine years since the rescue of a starving runt owlet from a wild brook, Nero has taken his beautiful owl to countless schools and public meetings to preach the gospel of conservation.

Lexington, KY: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018. Soft cover. Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; a couple of pages have upper corner turned; otherwise absolute minimal wear; The scheming and unscrupulous Lady Susan is unlike any Austen heroine you've met in this fascinating early novella. Beautiful, flirtatious, and recently widowed, Lady Susan Vernon seeks a new and advantageous marriage for herself, and at the same time attempts to push her daughter into marriage with a man she detests. Through a series of crafty maneuvers, she fills her calendar with invitations for extended visits with unsuspecting relatives and acquaintances in pursuit of her grand plan.

Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart, 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIPTION FROM W.O. MITCHELL on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; a few scratches to back of dustjacket; otherwise absolute minimal wear; A fascinating mixture of light and dark shadow, laughter and tears, this book deals with the 'heart of darkness', with aging, and with love.

Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart, 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIPTION FROM W.O. MITCHELL on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; travelling bookplate on ffep; otherwise absolute minimal wear; A fascinating mixture of light and dark shadow, laughter and tears, this book deals with the 'heart of darkness', with aging, and with love.

Toronto, ON: Knopf Canada, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; very light wear to spine extremes; otherwise very minimal wear; Trapped in a loveless marriage, Stephen Sagar returns eagerly to his native Trinidad when he is commissioned by a powerful island politician to write his biography. Expecting to discover a lost innocence, Stephen is at once disillusioned - old friends are no longer recognizable and strangers view him with indifference or hostility. To piece together his own past, he explores the lush island landscape and encounters a woman who once loved him. In her need to love again, his own longing begins to awaken and intensify.

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Great Plains Publications, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Thomson, Tom; Reede, Dave. Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; Combining archival and modern photography with personal reminiscences by notable Manitobans, it covers in words and pictures every aspect of cottage life. Stunning full-colour photographs by Tom Thomson and Dave Reede reveal the astonishing beauty of lake country. Large book.

Toronto, ON: ECW Press, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. As New. SIGNED BY S.M. BEIKO on ffep; As New; 16-year-old Ash is counting down the days until she and her mother move away from their prairie hometown of Treade. It's Ash's summer of goodbyes until she finds her way into the mysterious, condemned building on the outskirts of town that has haunted her childhood with secrets and questions. What she finds inside - or what finds her - is an untouched library, inhabited by an enchanting mute named Li. Brightened by Li's charm and his indulgence in her imagination, Ash becomes locked in a world of dusty books and dying memories, with Li becoming the attachment to Treade she never wanted. As the summer vanishes underneath her, Ash must choose between the road ahead or the dream she's living before what she wants most consumes her.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Doubleday Canada, Limited, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; previous owner's stamp, name and date on ffep; otherwise very minimal wear; An intimate and provocative memoir grounded in the fertile soil of Meadow Lake in two historical traditions - Native and settler.

Keewatin, ON, Canada: Tom Thomson Photography, 2002. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. SIGNED BY TOM THOMSON on ffep; Clean, tight, unmarked; light wear to corners; light wear to upper edge of dust jacket - a few light scratches to covers; otherwise very minimal wear; Join us in this photographic journey on a trip on the lake and with those who make Lake of the Woods, a way of life.

Altona, Manitoba: Christopher J Conway, 2000. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Thomson, Tom. Clean, tight, unmarked; gift inscription on ffep; otherwise absolute minimal wear; This collection of Tom Thomson's photographs, along with a selection of stories, make this book a must for everyone who knows and loves Lake of the Woods. CJ Conway's stories complement Tom's gorgeous shots and evoke the lake with scientific description, historical narrative, and lakey yarns set in places you know with people it seems you've already met.