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

London, UK: Carnival Books, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal shelfwear; "Tonight we're going to have an all-night disco." So begins a wild week of freedom for the two ginger cats; but after an all-in wrestling competition and the biggest midnight feast the street has ever seen, will their people ever dare go away again?

Arnold, CA: Welsh Products, Inc., 2009. Paperback. Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; aviation museum stamp on title page; pages slightly flayed; wear to bottom edge of cover; otherwise minimal wear; Over 65 bomber crew narrations on their most memorable combat mission 50 diverse war-related stories. Saga of Infantryman, Bulge to Russian soldiers 18 WWII personalities, Short autobiography, other life experiences.

Toronto, ON: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Paperback. New. New Book; "Irreverent social commentator and humor writer Doonan introduces readers to a bracing cross section of exuberantly unconventional women. Distinguished primarily by their wild originality and rule-breaking chutzpah, these women defy rules, shape the cultural landscape, and enrich the world.

Montreal, PQ, Canada: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990. Trade Paperback. As New. First printed in 1832: "Set in 1763 shortly after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. Many of the Indian nations, who had fought on the side of the French, refused to accept British rule. In the Spring and Summer of 1763 Pontiac, a was chief of the Ottawas, led a general uprising that challenged the new regime. In this uprising the Indians captured most of the forts on what was then the western frontier of Great Britain's North American colonies. This book is based on these events."

New York, NY: Workman Publishing Company, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; light wear to corners; otherwise very minimal wear; Scanimation is a state-of-the-art six-phase animation process that combines the "persistence of vision" principle with a striped acetate overlay to give the illusion of movement. The pink pig prances, the brown bear scampers, the gray elephant stomps. Just watch how these creatures move!

Toronto, ON: Random House Canada, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. SIGNED BY SEAN MICHAELS on title page; As New condition; Where does luck come from? What is it worth? And how much of it do you need to be happy? SocitiaBank Giller-Winner Sean Michaels is back with his widely anticipated second novel, The Wagers, a deeply satisfying story of long odds, magical heists and the dizzying gamble of life.

Winnipeg, MB: Turnstone Press, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; "Wah interprets memory - a journey to China and Japan, his father's experience as a Chinese immigrant in small Canadian towns, images from childhood - locate the influence of genealogy

Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 2010. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. SIGNED BY SANDRA BIRDSELL on title page; As New; After losing everything and pushed to figure out what to do next, Joe takes off hitchhiking, leaving Laurie waiting for Joe, and Joe wondering how he will ever find meaning in a world that has disappointed his every expectation.

Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 2010. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED BY SANDRA BIRDSELL on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; name stamp blacked out on ffep; note on ffep; otherwise very minimal wear; After losing everything and pushed to figure out what to do next, Joe takes off hitchhiking, leaving Laurie waiting for Joe, and Joe wondering how he will ever find meaning in a world that has disappointed his every expectation.

Chicago, IL: University Of Chicago Press, 1981. Soft cover. As New. As New; In Waiting for the Mahatma, a young drifter meets the most beautiful girl he has ever seen - an adherent of Mahatma Gandhi - and commits himself to Gandhi's Quit India campaign, a decision that will test the integrity of his ideals against the strength of his passions. This novel, written after India's independence, is a masterpiece of social comedy, rich in local color and abounding in affectionate humor and generosity of spirit.

Regina, SK: Coteau Books, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. SIGNED BY DAVID ELIAS on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; spine straight and uncreased; absolute minimal wear; A roadside diner west of Thunder Bay pulses with vivid, visceral life. Betty, in her 40s and from a comfortable middle-class home, now runs the diner with her ex-trucker husband Arty. Their heartless son Tony likes to come by with his terrifying friends. Sal, a wandering hermit, drifts in. He looks like bad news too, but Betty sees past that, to the boy whose maimed childhood held one joyous thing - going to see an Elvis movie. In this book, Elias takes away our illusions about who can safely be ignored and forgotten in this world.

Regina, SK: Coteau Books, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. INSCRIPTION FROM DAVID ELIAS on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; spine straight and uncreased; absolute minimal wear; A roadside diner west of Thunder Bay pulses with vivid, visceral life. Betty, in her 40s and from a comfortable middle-class home, now runs the diner with her ex-trucker husband Arty. Their heartless son Tony likes to come by with his terrifying friends. Sal, a wandering hermit, drifts in. He looks like bad news too, but Betty sees past that, to the boy whose maimed childhood held one joyous thing - going to see an Elvis movie. In this book, Elias takes away our illusions about who can safely be ignored and forgotten in this world.

St. John's, NF: Breakwater Books, 1994. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear;"The sequel to Random Passage continues the saga of the inhabitants of Cape Random. It also tells the story of today's Newfoundland - a place where the past overshadows the present and shapes the future.

Vancouver, B.C.: Douglas & McIntyre, Limited, 2001. First Trade . Trade Paper. Very Good. SIGNED BY BILL RICHARDSON on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; "Written in Bill Richardson's inimitable musing and mocking style, is a love story, a whodunit, a meditation on life's transience, and sometimes eruditely rude celebration of literature, fecundity-and cats-set in Paris's Pere-Lachaise cemetary.

Vancouver, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 2003. Soft cover. Very Good. INSCRIBED BY BRUCE MCBAY AND JAMES HENEGHAN on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; Mike's parents and sister are dead and his legs are gone. The horrific accident that shattered his life continues to haunt him. When he grudgingly returns to school and a life that he no longer understands, Mike is bitter and distant. When he meets Sarah, he slowly becomes convinced that she is more than just another student. Discovering the shocking secret she is carrying, he sets out to give her the peace that she so desperately needs.

Winnipeg, MB: Turnstone Press, 2016. Soft cover. Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY SHARRON ARKSEY on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; slight wear to inside corners; otherwise absolute minimal wear; appears unread; Duty, desire, love, and purpose. Whom we want to be and how we live our lives. As Susan prepares for the birth of her first child, she contemplates her role as a mother, wife, and partner on the family farm through the lives of the women closest to her. In a world of wanting and waiting, is fulfillment always beyond reach?

London, United Kingdom: Faber & Faber, Limited, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; age tanning; remainder mark to bottom edge; spine straight with single light crease; minimal wear; The United Nations War Crimes archive contains a dossier of accusations against Lieutenant Kurt Waldheim. These blackmail documents were there since 1947. In 1988, an international committee of historians delivered its verdict: that Waldheim did not directly commit war crimes but that he certainly knew of atrocities - a fact which he had always denied. In this study, Pulumbo takes a dispassionate look at the evidence and shows how it has been manipulated by all parties. This is a meticulously researched account of the realpolitik of the Waldheim Affair.

Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2002. Soft cover. Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear appears unread; On 5 July 1899 Hilda Blake, a 21--year-old maidservant in Brandon, MB, who had come to Canada from England ten years earlier as an orphan immigrant, shot and killed her mistress. Two days after Christmas she was hanged, one of the few women in Canadian history to die for her crime. Blake unintentionally left a remarkable documentary record, ranging from Poorhouse records, court pockets of custody and criminal cases in which she was the central figure, popular, journalistic, and professional assessments of her character, and a poem. "My Downfall", that she penned in Brandon Gaol while awaiting execution. To explain who Hilda bought a gun and why she fire it, Kramer and Mitichell employ both historical and literary techniques. The result is a richly textured story of late Victorian social, cultural and political life.

Winnipeg, MB: Thirty Six Peonies Publishing, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Woodland, Betti. INSCRIPTIONS FROM MARISA HOCHMAN & BETTI WOODLAND; As New condition; Join two little boys and their baby sister as they head off on a series of summertime explorations by land and by sea, hunting for treasures and drinking in the brief but enduring beauty of a seemingly endless day in July. This lyrical story will transport you to that enchanted moment in childhood when even very small things can become big adventures!

Toronto, ON: Kids Can Press, 2015. Paperback. Very Good. Oldland, Nicholas. Clean, tight, unmarked; a couple of very light creases to back cover; very light wear to inside corners; otherwise appears unread; One day, a bear, a moose and a beaver go for a walk in the mountains. To make the hike more exciting, they decide to race to the top. But soon the friends fall into deep trouble. Who will give up their chance for glory to save the day?