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

Philadelphia, PA: Running Press, 2002. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; spine straight and uncreased; Heavy book; Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking illuminates the orgins of modern physics and astronomy. In this single volume you'll find: "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres" by Nicolaus Copernicus; "Dialogues Concerning Two Sciences" by Galileo Galilei; "Harmonies of the World" by Johannnes Kepler; "Principia" by Isaac Newton; Original papers from Albert Einstein first published in "The Principle of Relativity

Halifax, NS, Canada: Formac Publishing Company, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; spine straight and uncreased; For this book Finnan interviewed all the key participants in the search for buried treasure. As he sifted through the evidence, he noted information that points to new directions and approaches that might finally reveal Oak Island's secrets. Finnan offers a complete account of Canada's most puzzling and intriguing historical and archaeological mystery.

Rhinebeck, NY: Epigraph, 2007. 1st Edition . Paperback. Very Good. SIGNED BY JANE BOW on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; wear to bottom of spine; otherwise absolute minimal wear; Vanessa, a freelance writer, goes to Canada's east coast, near Oak Island. Here her discovery of a 400-year old diary written by a failed Spanish Dominican monk rekindles her obsession with an international, multi-million dollar treasure hunt that has drawn investors for more than 200 years. Vanessa's arrival at a new solution to the mystery, by learning how to see beyond the barriers of reason, plunges her into an underworld from which "there is no turning back, where the rules that run the surface world do not apply...

Toronto, ON: HarperCollins Canada, Limited, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; dust jacket chipped on bottom of spine and top inside corner cut off; otherwise very minimal wear; The Reverend Hector Gillean is a ghost. At the start of the last century he built a ship and sailed west from the Hebrides to search for a promised land in the heart of the Canadian Wilderness. Two Hundred years later, his great-great grandson retraces the hopeful voyage.

Toronto, ON: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1981. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; "A powerful and passionate novel that tells, through the eyes of a young girl, the moving story of the Japanese Canadians during World War II.

Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 1995. Soft cover. Very Good. SIGNED BY CARL CHRISTIE on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; light wear to inside corners; otherwise spine straight and uncreased; very minimal wear; appears unread; From the pioneer transatlantic flights of the interwar period and the early attempts to initiate regular commercial service, Christie traces London's decision to have aircraft, supplies, and passengers delivered across the Atlantic Ocean from Canada and the United States. Under the inspired leadership of a handful of Imperial Airways' captain-navigators, a group of civilian airmen from Britain, Canada, and the United States undertook to fly urgently needed bombers, maritime patrol aircraft, and transports to Europe for the RAF. This informal civilian organization was augmented by graduates of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Canada and taken over by the RAF as Ferry Command in 1941. Some five hundred aircrew, as well as sixty passengers, lost… Read More

Victoria, BC, Canada: Ekstasis Editions, 1997. Soft cover. As New. As New condition; Richard Olafson celebrates the sensual fertility of the Pacific Coast environment.

Toronto, ON: Key Porter Books Ltd, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; A search for human values and meaning, this book is both brilliant travel narrative and intellectual adventure story. Mixing philosophical speculation with conversations about the food, art and architecture of France, the author explores a medieval mindset deeply informed by an intimate connection to the universe.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Harpercollins Canada, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY RICHARD B. WRIGHT on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; as new condition; "James Hillyer, a retired professor traveling to England to visit his gravely ill daughter, by chance encounters Gabriel Fontaine, the rich, mercurial American with badly crippled legs whom he met one memorable summer during his adolescence. Now, 60 years later - as he struggles with the possibility that he may outlive his daughter - James must respond to Gabriel's surprising request for company on a final, unthinkable journey.

New York, NY: Ace Books, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; corner of p.35 turned; otherwise as new; Magic unbound was suspect, dangerous. Therefore it was not permitted anywhere in Numis. The wizards of Numis, like its nobles, were subject to the laws of the land. All power ultimately belonged to the king. The wizard Od, now nearly mythical herself, accepted all these rules once upon a time. But no longer...

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; When he was born, Albert was a peculiar, fat baby with an unusually big and misshaped head. When he ws older, he hit his sister, bothered his teachers, and didn't have any friends. But in the midst of all of this, Albert was fascinated with solving puzzles and fixing scientific problems The ideas Albert Einstein came up with during his childhood as an odd boy out were destined to change the way we know and understand the world around us...

Petersborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; spine straight and uncreased; When it comes to the complexities of everyday life in late-Victorian London, there is no better guide than Gissing. In Young's carefully edited and annotated edition, we have the definitive guide to Gissing's novel. Readers will also find the historical documents gathered in this volume an invaluable resource in the study of the woman question and the sociology of work in the 1890s.

Victoria, BC: FriesenPress, 2021. Soft cover. Very Good. SIGNED BY BILL MASSEY on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; light wear to inside edge; otherwise spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; Bill Massey recounts his childhood growing up in a troubled home in rural Manitoba. When an illegal hog farm operation started affecting Massey's community, it was not a big step to move from teaching and advocating for children to dealing with the injustices in his community. The Planning Act of Manitoba has made it virtually impossible for rural people to protect their rights and the well-being of their communities from unscrupulous corporations. With 15 years of fighting under their belt, Massey and his community continue to pursue their rights and protect the environment from forces threatening their way of life.

Winnipeg, MB: Bay Press. SIGNED BY M.C. JOUDREY on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; slight wear to inside corners; otherwise appears unread; William works his way up the petty criminal ranks, making money by fighting in unsanctioned boxing matches. A seasoned fighter, he is both exalted and manipulated by Arnie, a man who deals in sex slavery. William becomes a not-so-unwilling pawn in an international human trafficking syndicate and all too clearly sees the value of a dollar measured against human life. He navigates society's underbelly while keeping his offensive game in check, not knowing if his next move will be his last. . Very Good. Paperback. 2016.

Winnipeg, MB: Bay Press, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY M.C. JOUDREY on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; William works his way up the petty criminal ranks, making money by fighting in unsanctioned boxing matches. A seasoned fighter, he is both exalted and manipulated by Arnie, a man who deals in sex slavery. William becomes a not-so-unwilling pawn in an international human trafficking syndicate and all too clearly sees the value of a dollar measured against human life. He navigates society's underbelly while keeping his offensive game in check, not knowing if his next move will be his last.

Ottawa, ON: Oberon Press, 2004. Soft cover. Very Good. INSCRIPTION FROM CAROLINE SHEPARD on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; Post-modern society is full of people who are searching for a new way to live. The people in these stories are the same. They're trying to find their way in a world where barriers have come down and where a new sense of identity and new beliefs is what they are looking for.

Toronto, ON: Simon & Schuster, 2021. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. SIGNED BY PETER MANSBRIDGE on tipped-in page; Clean, tight, unmarked; creasing across upper front inside corner of dust jacket; otherwise as new; After years of interviewing others, Peter turns the lens on himself and takes us behind the scenes of his life on the front lines of journalism as he reflects on the toll of being in the spotlight, the importance of diversity in the newsroom, the role of the media then and now, and the responsibilities we all bear as citizens in an increasingly global world.

New York, NY: Bantam, 2015. Soft cover. As New. As new; Experience George R.R. Martin's epic series like never before with this one-of-a-kind coloring book featuring 45 exclusive illustrations! With dozens of stunning original black and white illustrations from world-renowned illustrators Yvonne Gilbert, John Howe, Tomislave Tomic, Adam Stower and Levi Pinfold, This unique collector's item expands the reach of an international phonomenon.

Kelowna, BC: Winnipeg Airports Authority, 1989. Staplebound. Near Fine. Thompson, Jack. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; Ogopogo is the legendary monster of Okanagan Lake in British Columbia's sunny southern Interior. He is believed to have lived in the lake for over 100 years. The Aboriginal peoples called him "N'ha-a-tik" meaning "sacred creature of the water". Follow the adventures of the misunderstood lake monster in this tale of dramatic rescue and heroism.

Toronto, ON: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED BY RODDY DOYLE on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; very light wear to upper edge of dust jacket; otherwise very minimal wear; On the last page of A Star Called Henry, the first volume of the The Last Roundup trilogy, we left Henry Smart on the run from his Republican paymasters, the men for whom he had perpetrated murder and mayhem. He flees from Dublin to Liverpool and from thence to Ellis Island, New York, America. and this is where Oh, Play That Thing begins ...