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Publicado por Macmillan Canada Div Of Canada, 1992
ISBN 10: 0771599838ISBN 13: 9780771599835
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Publicado por Macmillan Canada Div Of Canada
ISBN 10: 0771573413ISBN 13: 9780771573415
Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Publicado por Macmillan of Canada/a Division of Gage Publishing Limited, 1982
ISBN 10: 0771598416ISBN 13: 9780771598418
Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Publicado por Macmillan Canada Div Of Canada, 1987
ISBN 10: 0771595182ISBN 13: 9780771595189
Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
Libro Original o primera edición
Condición: Good. First Edition. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Nuevo desde EUR 32,71
Usado desde EUR 9,65
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Publicado por Macmillan Canada Div Of Canada, 1994
ISBN 10: 0771573081ISBN 13: 9780771573088
Librería: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Publicado por Macmillan Canada Div Of Canada, 1995
ISBN 10: 077157357XISBN 13: 9780771573576
Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.05.
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Publicado por Macmillan Canada Div Of Canada January 1988, 1988
ISBN 10: 0771592868ISBN 13: 9780771592867
Librería: Isle of Books, Bozeman, MT, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket.
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Publicado por Macmillan Canada Div Of Canada, 1995
ISBN 10: 0771574010ISBN 13: 9780771574016
Librería: Ezekial Books, LLC, Manchester, NH, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: VeryGood. No Highlighting or underlining. Some Wear but overall very good condition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Publicado por Macmillan Canada Div Of Canada, 1983
ISBN 10: 0771597843ISBN 13: 9780771597848
Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Publicado por Macmillan Canada Div Of Canada, 1996
ISBN 10: 0771573979ISBN 13: 9780771573972
Librería: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good.
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Nuevo desde EUR 74,07
Usado desde EUR 9,62
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Publicado por Collier Books/A Division of Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., New York, London, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1973
Librería: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Copyright © 1973. 165 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Lightly creased and slanted spine.
Publicado por Macmillan Canada Div Of Canada, 1980
ISBN 10: 0770518818ISBN 13: 9780770518813
Librería: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.
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Publicado por The Free Press/A Division of the Macmillan Company, New York, London, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1967
Librería: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Hal Siegel (Cover Design) Ilustrador. Copyright 1967. 484 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light creasing at top right corner of front cover page. Previous owner's name written on inside front cover page.
Publicado por Macmillan Canada Div Of Canada, 1995
ISBN 10: 0771573529ISBN 13: 9780771573521
Librería: Ed's Editions LLC, ABAA, West Columbia, SC, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good, damp stain on back. Dust jacket (slight damp stain) and book are clean, has a very good binding, no marks or notations. Professional packaging and prompt shipping.
Publicado por The Free Press/ A Division of Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., New York and Don Mills, ON, Canada, 1993
ISBN 10: 0029118239ISBN 13: 9780029118238
Librería: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Trade Paperback. Condición: Like New. Isadore Seltzer (Cover Design) Ilustrador. 1st Free Press Ppbk. Ed., 1993. 218 pp. Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text.
Publicado por MacMillan of Canada/A Division of Gage Publishing Limited, Toronto
ISBN 10: 0771597665ISBN 13: 9780771597664
Librería: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, Canada
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[0-7715-9766-5] 1982. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 230pp. 12mo. There is a mark, presumably from the removal of a sticker, and a silver Governor General's Literary Award 1982 sticker affixed to the front panel; internally clean and bright.
Publicado por Macmillan of Canada A Division of Canada Publishing Corporation, Toronto, 1989
ISBN 10: 0771594267ISBN 13: 9780771594267
Librería: Past Pages, Oshawa, ON, Canada
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Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. First Thus 2nd Printing. Light Creasing on Rear Cover; Moderate Creasing on Front Cover, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER. PHOTOGRAPH: Yousuf Karsh/Miller Comstock Inc. DESIGN: David Wyman. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Prologue 1 Growing Pains 2 The War Years 3 The Long Road to Yukon 4 Yukon Politics 5 A Reluctant Candidate 6 Moving the Elephant 7 The Flying MP 8 The Diefenbaker Parliaments 9 The Education of an MP or, the Making of a Cynic 10 Scandal Time: The Rivard Affair 11 Fallout 12 The Death of P.J. 13 Swallow the Leader 14 Stanfield and Trudeau 15 Joe Clark 16 The Media Is the Mess 17 Life with Brian 18 My Home and Native Land 19 Scandal Time--Again 20 The Sinc Stevens Affair; Epilogue: Lessons; Some Key Dates; Appendix; Index REVIEWS: "Nielsen's assessment of various ministers in the Mulroney government are those of a shrewd insider."--Edmonton Journal. "The House Is Not a Home is a rattling good read, with a splendid array of satisfying villains and lesser knaves and fools, and even a few good guys."--The Globe and Mail. "Nielsen's book.reveals him as an unvarnished, plain-spoken politician, harsh on everyone including himself. And it's the absence of any sense of warm nostalgia that makes his book so interesting."--Kitchener-Waterloo Record. "It is a sad book, but not a hypocritical one, as some of Nielsen's former friends have charged in their campaign to discredit him."--Report on Business Magazine. "The more the public can see of the grubby business (politics), the better society as a whole will be. Mr. Nielsen has done us all a favor."--St. John's Sunday Telegram. "Nielsen's is a fascinating and important book. It is one of a handful of books which offer true and believable insight into the flaws of our chosen political leaders, including John Diefenbaker, Lester Pearson, and Brian Mulroney."--Western People. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Publicado por Macmillan of Canada A Division of Canada Publishing Corporation, Toronto, 1988
ISBN 10: 0771599188ISBN 13: 9780771599187
Librería: Past Pages, Oshawa, ON, Canada
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Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. BOOK: Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: John Drainie and the Dilemma of Canadian Stardom. COVER PHOTOGRAPH: CBC. BACK COVER PHOTOGRAPH: Page Tiles. DEISGN: Marc Mireault. CONTENTS: Preface; 1 Legends 2 Early Days 3 Vancouver Radio 4 Toronto Radio 5 On Stage in Toronto 6 The Arrival of Television 7 Staying and Going 8 Later Years 9 Finale; Bibliography; Index. SYNOPSIS: Orson Welles called John Drainie "the greatest radio actor in the world." To a generation of Canadians, he was Jake in "Jake and the Kid," and Stephen Leacock, and Matthew Cuthbert, and even Senator Joseph McCarthy. He was also the host of the much-loved program, "Stories with John Drainie," which aired the work of hundreds of Canadian writers in the sixties. Today, he is honoured in the John Drainie Award for Distinguished Contribution to Broadcasting, given out each year at the Geminis. Who was "the man of a thousand voices"? H was a passionate, irascible, self-educated, sociable, hard-drinking, demanding, colourful perfectionist. He had six children, an unusual marriage, an enormous circle of friends, and more talent than could be readily accommodated by Canadian radio and television drama in the forties, fifties, and sixties. He died in 1966, during the filming of a documentary on his life and work. Many of the barriers and obstacles that John Drainie encountered at the CBC and in Canadian theatre remain, according to his eldest daughter, Bronwyn Drainie, an award-winning broadcaster and arts journalist. After interviewing dozens of her father's colleagues and friends, as well as younger performers, she found that Canada is still a difficult environment for those of extraordinary gifts. Too many talented actors choose to leave the country, rather than struggle against the "who-do-you-think-you-are?" mentality that continues to permeate this country's approach to our most gifted artists. John Drainie stayed, and in making that decision he left an indelible mark on acting and audiences in Canada. Bronwyn Drainie was born in Toronto, the eldest of John Drainie's six children. She studied in Toronto and in Spain, obtaining her M.A. in English literature from the University of Toronto. She began her broadcasting career in 1969 in Ottawa, followed by work in Toronto, a year of study and writing in Greece, and radio work in London at the BBC. She hosted and produced documentaries for CBC's "Sunday Morning" from 1976 to 1981, along with her husband, Patrick Martin. She now works as a freelance arts journalist and book reviewer. She won the 1980 ACTRA award for Best Host Interviewer on radio, and a gold medal in the 1987 National Magazine Awards. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Publicado por Free Press ; A division of Macmillan / Collier Macmillan Canada / Maxwell Macmillan International, New York / Toronto, Canada / New York, &c., 1990
ISBN 10: 002922795XISBN 13: 9780029227954
Librería: Yushodo Co., Ltd., Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi Pref., Japon
Miembro de asociación: ILAB
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. xxvii, 371 p.
Publicado por Toronto Macmillan of Canada A Division of Gage Publishing Reprinted, 1983
ISBN 10: 077159609XISBN 13: 9780771596094
Librería: Handsworth Books PBFA, Woodford Green, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
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26cm x 21cm, xv, 421pp, Illustrated, some staining to edges, Hardback Good+). Dust Jacket (some creasing, minor wear o/w Good).
Publicado por Macmillan of Canada A Division of Gage Publishing Limited, Toronto, 1983
ISBN 10: 0771597827ISBN 13: 9780771597824
Librería: Past Pages, Oshawa, ON, Canada
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Hard Cover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Front, Rear Fixed Endpapers Pulled From Removal of Jacket Cover; Front Free Endpaper Pulled From Removal of Pocket, Sticker; Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Moderately Creased; Lightly Chipped; Moderate Fading of Spine Due to Sun Exposure; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. Charles Ritchie, Author of The Siren Years, An Appetite for Life, and Diplomatic Passport. SUB-TITLE: More Undiplomatic Diaries, 1962-1971. JACKET PHOTO OF CHARLES RITCHIE AND JOHN F. KENNEDY: Canapress Photo Services. JACKET DESIGN: Michael van Elsen. CONTENTS: Preface; Washington, 1962-1966; London, 1967-1971; Diplomatic Attitudes; Epilogue. SYNOPSIS: "We diarists are peculiar people,." states Charles Ritchie in his Preface. "We write things down, awkward things sometimes, indiscreet things, things better forgotten. We should be banned. No doubt we soon will be." His many admirers will be relieved to see that, before this dire fate befalls all diarists, Charles Ritchie has written Storm Signals, the fourth volume of selections from his delightfully wise and witty diaries. In the first three volumes, The Siren Years, An Appetite for Life, and Diplomatic Passport, we follow him from his youth in Halifax and Oxford to his years as a young diplomat serving with the Canadian Embassy in wartime London, and we watch him climb the rungs of the diplomatic-service ladder through postings in Paris, Ottawa, Bonn, and the United Nations in New York. Now, in Storm Signals, we see Charles Ritchie, the seasoned diplomat (seasoned but never stuffy), in his last two major postings--as Canadian Ambassador to Washington and as Canadian High Commissioner to London. Here is the inimitable Ritchie in the Washington of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, wryly reflecting the stormy family relationship between the American and Canadian governments as he writes of being "shooed" out of President Kennedy's office, or of watching transfixed through a window as President Johnson vents his fury on a mild-mannered Lester B. Person. We see him, too, carrying out the social functions of High Commissioner in London with a certain amiable self-mockery, cutting a ribbon here, touring a dockyard there, and constantly a bit embarrassed by the length of the "hearse" he has been given for transportation. But, as ever, it is the wide variety of people and events in his everyday life that engages Charles Ritchie's lively attentions and dry wit--with results that are often extremely amusing and always vintage Ritchie. "Encounter with a leading name-dropper," he writes of an acquaintance he meets at a party. "He began in top form, firing two governors general, the Leader of the Opposition, a French duchess, and John D. Rockefeller across my bows and all but sinking me." Luckily for his readers, Charles Ritchie is unsinkable. Charles Ritchie has had a brilliant career in Canada's diplomatic service. Since his retirement, he and his wife divide their time between Ottawa, London, and Chester, Nova Scotia, while he works on further selections from his diaries. - and - In Storm Signals Charles Ritchie, in his posts as Canadian Ambassador to J. F. K.'s and L. B. J.'s Washington and as High Commissioner to London, turns his shrewd intelligence and wit once again on the worlds of diplomacy and high society in which he finds himself. The result is vintage Ritchie. It will delight both his many admirers and those who have not read his previous books. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Publicado por Macmillan of Canada A Division of Canada Publishing Corporation, Toronto
ISBN 10: 0771595107ISBN 13: 9780771595103
Librería: Past Pages, Oshawa, ON, Canada
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Hard Cover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. Don Besco Ilustrador. BOOK: Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: A Memoir. EDITED BY: Pat Kennedy and G. S. Fischer. DESIGN BY: Peter Maher. ALL PHOTOGRAPHS ARE: from the personal collection of Jack Nissen. CONTENTS: Maps; Introduction; Chapter One Recruit to Secrecy; Chapter Two Pre-War British Radar; Chapter Three Pre-War German Radar; Chapter Four The Outbreak of War; Chapter Five A Scottish Testing-Ground; Chapter Six Deception and Interception; Chapter Seven Radar and the Battle of Britain; Chapter Eight The Tizard Mission to Ottawa and Washington; Chapter Nine Ghost Station; Chapter Ten Night Attacks; Chapter Eleven Navigational Radar--The Tide Turns; Chapter Twelve "Jubilee"; Chapter Thirteen Freya; Chapter Fourteen Dieppe Post-Mortem--The Tide Builds; Chapter Fifteen D-Day; Afterword; Index. SYNOPSIS: The Second World War was the first "technological war", and no technology was more important in winning that war than radar. The British desperately needed a tool that would warn of bombing or U-boat attacks. Here, for the first time, is the complete drama of the secret race to develop radar, told in the words of one of the key players. In 1937, Jack Nissen, a young Cockney with a genius for electronics, was recruited by the British Air Ministry to work on the even newer development of radar technology. This is the suspense-filled story of the experiments, the inventive breakthroughs, the electronic eavesdropping, and the sheer good luck that sometimes determined the outcome. Nissen, sent to operate the prototype radar installation at Bolt Head, discovered a way to use radar to guide fighter pilots directly, rather than just the detect enemy aircraft. He used this "secret" to circumvent central Bomber Command, and was caught, suspected of being a spy. But his brilliant idea was soon seen as the key needed to scramble fighters more quickly, and he was sent to build a new type of radar station on the south coast. In 1942 Nissen volunteered for a dangerous commando mission to obtain German radar equipment at Dieppe so the British could determine how to jam it in preparation for the huge invasion being planned. Because of the invaluable knowledge he carried, he was assigned a bodyguard--South Saskatchewan Rifles--who had orders to kill him if he fell into enemy hands. Nissen and one Canadian were the only survivors of the special group. But what he found out during that dreadful mission went a long way towards making D-Day and the eventual liberation of Europe possible. Jack Nissen was educated at Mansford Technical School and Regent Street Polytechnic in London. He worked for E.M.I., the hi-fi giant, before being stationed at Bawdsey, England's first radar station. After perfecting various uses of radar for the European front, Nissen spent the later part of the war developing mobile radar units in the African campaign. A. W. Cockerill served during the second World War in the British Army, and then in the Corps of Royal Engineers until 1951. He later combined engineering with journalism, contributing articles to magazines and newspapers. Mr. Cockerill has also written short stories, plays, musicals, and two books. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Publicado por Macmillan Canada Div Of Canada, 1997
ISBN 10: 0771574231ISBN 13: 9780771574238
Librería: Zoom Books Company, Lynden, WA, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Condición: Good. Book is in good condition and may contain underlining or highlighting and minimal wear. The book can also include library labels. May not contain miscellaneous items (toys, dvds, etc). We offer 100% money back guarantee and fast customer support.
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Publicado por Macmillan of Canada - A division of Gage Publishing, 1980
ISBN 10: 0770518826ISBN 13: 9780770518820
Librería: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Sur Africa
Libro Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Signed and a gift inscription written by the author. Blue top page edges. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The text within the book is clear. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.
Publicado por Macmillan of Canada A Division of Canada Publishing Corporation, Toronto, 1987
ISBN 10: 077159495XISBN 13: 9780771594953
Librería: Past Pages, Oshawa, ON, Canada
Libro
Hard Cover. Condición: Fair. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Repaired; Front Free Endpaper Missing; Front, Rear Fixed Endpapers Pulled From Removal of Jacket Cover; Corners, Spine Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Light Sticker Residue to Spine; Spine Text Heavily Faded Due to Sun Exposure; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. JACKET PHOTO: Jim Allen. JACKET DESIGN: Craig Allen. CONTENTS: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part I: No Little Clients; Interlude: The Barracuda; Part II: Not Above the Fray; Interlude: The Outdoorsman; Part III: And Nothing but the Truth; Interlude: Do It for the Quipper; Part IV: The Policeman's Lot; Interlude: Breakfast of Champions; Part V: Justice in High Heels; Interlude: The Epistolist; Part VI: Of Counsel; Interlude: The Crusader; Part VII: It is Good Law; Interlude: The Pretender; Part VIII: Just Deserts; Interlude: Fast Eddie; Part IX: One Law for the Rich; Interlude: The Real Greenspan; Part X: Whodunit; Index. SYNOPSIS: Criminal lawyer Eddie Greenspan is one of Canada's most publicized and least understood personalities. Colourful, controversial, influential, outrageous, he is both loved and hated, sought after as an ally and avoided as an adversary. The very variety of these reactions suggests the inadequacy of any one label to describe this larger-than-life, complex man, whose determination to see that human rights are kept firmly to the forefront in the legal process and in the judicial system has been a consistent passion throughout his meteoric career. Now, in Greenspan: The Case for the Defence, a stimulating account of a twenty-year period in the life and times of one of the country's most outstanding criminal lawyers, we are introduced to the Greenspan behind the headlines through anecdotes about and uninhibited revelations of his experiences and views, his celebrations and failures, his tribulations--and his trials. Central to the book, of course, are Greenspan's own cases, ranging from dramatic murder trials to those that few people have ever heard about. But woven into the narrative are Greenspan's comments on legal, social, or jurisprudential points such as police powers, parole, and plea bargaining. What he has to say may amuse or enrage, but it is certain to challenge every Canadian. It not only illuminates how Canadians view the law; it clarifies, in sometimes shocking ways, how the law views Canadians. In learning how the legal system has affected Greenspan's life, we discover how it continues to affect our own liberties, reputations, and pocketbooks. Greenspan: The Case for the Defence is a lively and thoughtful account of and by a major figure of our times. George Jonas's Vengeance, his most recent full-length work, was a major success, occupying the number-one position on the bestseller list in Canada for more than a dozen weeks. By Persons Unknown, written with Barbara Amiel, was also a bestseller, and won the coveted Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Final Decree, his highly acclaimed novel, has recently appeared in a new paperback edition in Canada. He is the award-winning producer of The Scales of Justice on CBC Radio and continues to write his column for the Toronto Sun and special pieces for Toronto Life and other major periodicals. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Publicado por Free Press, A division of Macmillan / Maxwell Macmillan Canada / Maxwell Macmillan International, New York / Toronto / New York, &c., 1993
Librería: Yushodo Co., Ltd., Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi Pref., Japon
Miembro de asociación: ILAB
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. xiii, 253 p.
Publicado por Macmillan of Canada, a Division of Gage Publishing, Limited, Toronto
ISBN 10: 0771595565ISBN 13: 9780771595561
Librería: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, Canada
Libro Original o primera edición
[0-7715-9556-5] 1981, 1st edition, first printing. (hardcover) Fine in very good dust jacket. 326pp. 8vo. First edition, first printing. The first book of 3 books in what is considered the 'Cornish Trilogy'. The narrative takes place in the same universe as Davies' 'Deptford Trilogy' from which several characters appear or are mentioned. The jacket, unclipped, shows light wear at the upper and lower edges. The book is clean, crisp, and solid. Canadian Author .
Publicado por Macmillan of Canada A Division of Gage Publishing Limited, Toronto, 1983
ISBN 10: 0771597193ISBN 13: 9780771597190
Librería: Past Pages, Oshawa, ON, Canada
Libro
Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. BOOK: Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Moderately Chipped (Portion Missing From Upper Edge on Cover Panel); In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. DESIGN: Brant Cowie/Artplus. JACKET PHOTO: Michael Rafelson. JACKET DESIGN: Brant Cowie/Artplus. CONTENTS: Acknowledgements; Prologue; ONE Reverence for Life; TWO Doctor to the Shah; THREE The Doctors' Doctor; FOUR The Other Medicine; FIVE Rookie Doctor; SIX Doctors Who Left; SEVEN The Plumber Is a Lady; EIGHT When Doctors Err; NINE The Maverick; TEN The Last Doctor; ELEVEN Deus Ex Machina. SYNOPSIS: "Doctors are the most familiar professionals. They bring us into the world, try their best to keep us here, and at the end they help us fight the last fight, yet they remain shrouded in a potent mystique," writes Martin O'Malley. "In a secular age, doctors are the priests of flesh and blood, prescribing sacraments, saving us." Doctors presents us with under-the-skin portraits of Canadian physicians who talk openly about their careers, the unusual challenges and pressures they face, their rewards--financial and spiritual--the politics of institutionalized medicine, and the high cost of making a mistake. To write this book Martin O'Malley visited doctors' offices and operating rooms, listening in on consultations and witnessing life-saving surgery, talking to patients and their doctors across the country. In his role as the curious layman, O'Malley introduces us to Dr. Harley Smyth, a Toronto neurosurgeon who describes the intricacies of performing microscopic surgery on the human brain for ten hours at a stretch, and agonizes privately over the ethics of modern medicine. Dr. Christina Hill, an Ottawa urologist, dons red rubber boots to puddle about in urine while she operates, likening the "thrill" of her work to her hobby of flying a small plane. Dr. Paul Henteleff of Winnipeg discusses the paradox of being trained to cure but choosing instead to care for the terminally ill--to be their "last doctor". Other chapters concern a Toronto forensic psychiatrist testifying in a brutal murder case, a Saskatchewan family practitioner who has abandoned traditional medicine to treat his patients by unorthodox holistic methods, a Vancouver radiologist who pioneered a technique he used on the Shah of Iran, and an Ontario doctor who treats other doctors for the all-too-prevalent symptoms of professional burnout--alcoholism, drug abuse, marital and personality breakdown. Medicine touches the core of being human, of the meaning of life, its mysteries and wonders, and Doctors is a moving book, worthy of its important subject. It is a book you will never forget. Winnipeg native Martin O'Malley has been a journalist for over twenty years, during which time he was national reporter and feature writer for the Globe and Mail. Since 1977 he has been working freelance, contributing articles to a wide variety of Canada's top magazines. He is the author of The Past and Future Land (an account of the Berger Inquiry, 1976). A baseball fanatic, he lives in Toronto. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Publicado por Macmillan Canada A Division of Canada Publishing Corporation, Toronto, 1995
ISBN 10: 0771573650ISBN 13: 9780771573651
Librería: Past Pages, Oshawa, ON, Canada
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Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition 1st Printing. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings (Gift Inscription From 1996 Neatly Inked to Front Free Endpaper); Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. By the author of The Glitter Girls. Sixteen pages of Photographs included. BACK COVER: Edgar and Rosemary Sexton arriving at the Art Gallery of Ontario for the Barnes Foundation Exhibit, September 1994. AUTHOR PHOTOGRAPH ON BACK COVER: Bryce Duffy. JACKET DESIGN: Concrete Design Communications Inc. CONTENTS: PART ONE: SOCIAL COLUMNIST AT LARGE - PROLOGUE How I Got Started at The Globe and Mail; CHAPTER ONE A Day in the Life of a Society Columnist; CHAPTER TWO Highs and Lows of a Society Columnist--Columns; CHAPTER THREE Dear Rosemary; CHAPTER FOUR Diary of a Social Columnist (1991 to 1993); PART TWO: THE GLOBE AND MAIL YEARS - CHAPTER FIVE Fear and Loathing at The Globe and Mail; CHAPTER SIX Copy Editors, or He Who Edits Least Edits Best; CHAPTER SEVEN Exit from The Globe and Mail; PART THREE: LIFE AFTER THE GLOBE AND MAIL - CHAPTER EIGHT Diary of an Author; Epilogue; Index. SYNOPSIS: Just when you thought you were safe, Rosemary Sexton, bestselling author of The Glitter Girls, tells all in Confessions of a Society Columnist. The scented pen strikes again with published and unpublished letters to the editor, full reprints of her most controversial columns, columns that got killed and juicy selections from her own, personal diary. Rosemary Sexton's tenure as gossip columnist at The Globe and Mail from 1988 to 1993 covered a turbulent period at Canada's national newspaper, and none of the high and mighty is spared her sharp observation or sly wit: "It looked like a bulldozer had come in and razed the whole room. There was nothing left of the office but an enormous crater. 'So that's what happens when you disagree with Megarry,' I said." In this autobiographical account of her life in the spotlight, Rosemary Sexton reveals herself as never before, and talks about her reaction to the social hoopla surrounding publication of The Glitter Girls (some people still aren't speaking to her). Love her, or hate her, you can't ignore Rosemary Sexton. Rosemary's got the goods, and she proves it again with Confessions of a Society Columnist. Rosemary Sexton grew up in the small town of Haileybury, Ontario, the eldest daughter of a district court judge. She began her career as a secondary school teacher and went on to study law. After a brief stint as a tax lawyer, she served as a member of the Ontario Censor Board. In 1979, she married Edgar Sexton, chairman of Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, and became a full-time mother, stepmother and busy fundraiser, with seats on numerous charitable boards. In January of 1988, she began writing a social column and various features for The Globe and Mail, a freelance position she held until January of 1993. Today, she divides her time between the homes she and Edgar own in Rosedale, Brockville and Charleston Lake. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Publicado por Macmillan of Canada A Division of Canada Publishing Corporation, Toronto, 1987
ISBN 10: 0771595085ISBN 13: 9780771595080
Librería: Past Pages, Oshawa, ON, Canada
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Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. BOOK:Corners, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Moderately Scuffed; Moderately Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: The Tragedy of Kristy McFarlane. DESIGN BY: Brant Cowie/Artplus Ltd. JACKET PHOTOGRAPH: Simon Harworth. DESIGN: Brant Cowie/Artplus Ltd. CONTENTS: Acknowledgements; Preface 1. The Disappearance 2. The Street 3. A Short Visit Home 4. Kristy 5. Working Girl 6. Kristy 7. Sheila 8. Home and Away 9. A Child in Need of Protection 10. The Bucket 11. Montreal 12. Kristy 13. Losing Patience 14. Kristy 15. Molly 16. Disappearing Act 17. Golden Life 18. Dick Tracy 19. Kristy 20. Capture 21. Solo 22. H.M. The Queen versus Mark Richard Morgan 23. Day in Court 24. Sentence 25. February 11, 1987; Afterword. SYNOPSIS: On August 29, 1984, a fourteen-year-old high school student named Kristy McFarlane disappeared from the Toronto Eaton Centre. Seventy-two hours later, her worried mother, Sheila, was invited down to 52 Division's police station to pick up her daughter. Sheila was horrified to hear what Kristy had been doing those last few days; she had taken up with a fast-talking young pimp, been given drugs, seduced, and sent out onto the street to turn tricks. The episode was the beginning of a two-and-a-half year nightmare for mother and daughter as both Sheila and "the street" struggled to hold Kristy. The final tragedy of Kristy's death in February of 1987 was wholly unexpected. Never Let Go is Sheila's and Kristy's story, as seen by both women. Kristy's own accounts of her adventures on the streets of Toronto and Montreal make for fascinating reading; her dealings with her pimps, the attacks by angry "dates", her flight from various social agencies and the Juvenile Task Force officers, her friendships with other prostitutes, her many arrests, her understanding of the rules of "the game", her constant frustration with her determined mother, and above all, her love for her. Sheila's fierce love and her resolve to win her daughter back led her to patrol Toronto's "Track" areas nightly for weeks at a time, to risk being chased by pimps, to personally confront everyone who might have some idea as to Kristy's whereabouts. She finally succeeded in seeing Kristy's pimp sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment following Kristy's grudging agreement to testify at his trial. Never Let Go is a gritty view of how street society operates, and a revealing look at a level of society few outsiders understand. It is a compelling examination of one of the most disturbing problems of our time and moving testimony to a tremendous personal tragedy. Never Let Go will change your view of our city streets forever. Tom MacDonnell has worked as a broadcast journalist in Winnipeg, Halifax, and Toronto since 1974, primarily with CBC Radio. He has had a great many radio plays and documentaries broadcast and has occasionally contributed to such publications as Maclean's magazine and the Globe and Mail. His first play, Victory, was staged at the Neptune Theatre in Halifax in 1986. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Susan. This is his first book. - and - "I wouldn't even try to explain the total shock of being told in a police station at 2:00 a.m. that your child is a prostitute." On August 29, 1984, fourteen-year-old Kristy McFarlane disappeared from Toronto's largest shopping centre. When her mother, Sheila, was called to 52 Division police station seventy-two hours later, she learned that her daughter had been seduced by a young pimp, given drugs, and put out on the street to turn tricks. "You never forget your first date. You never forget. We went, and it was okay, I wasn't afraid of him. Then he drove me back, and I was at the corner of Jarvis and Wellesley again, and he had given me a hundred dollars." For the next two and a half years Sheila fought the toughest battle of her life to save her daughter from "the street" as Kristy continued to run: "I wasn't concerned whether I was having a good time or not. I was just living the way it came. I made my living, and when it was over, I'd have my normal life." Then everything changed. On February 11, 1987, Kristy's lifeless body was found in the stairwell of a downtown Toronto hotel. Never Let Go is the gritty and fascinating true story of Kristy and her mother, a testimony to their love for each other and especially to her mother's courage. It is also a shocking account of one of society's greatest urban problems, teen prostitution, told by a teenager who lived it for the last years of her short life. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.