Search Results: Authors starting with P from Werdz Quality Used Books

Toronto, ON: Cormorant Books Inc, 2008. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; a few light scratches near bottom back inside corner of dust jacket; light wear to upper spine extreme; a few drops of colour bleeding inside of back and front cover near spine gutter; otherwise very minimal wear; 'M is for Most Marvellous,' an alphabet book whose quirky verse and brilliant paintings - that sparkling water, those nobly looming Moose, those Mouth-watering butter tarts - have Major Mojo. Any Canadian kid or former kid will be Mesmerized, and I think these indelibly vivid and iconic images will take up residence in their Minds. What a lovely legacy!

Toronto, ON: Cormorant Books, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; dust jacket has large half-circle damp stain to upper back edge - other than light rippling, this is only visible from inside dj; otherwise very minimal wear; The numbers 1 to 20 are illustrated with beautiful Pachter images of caribou, dogs, Nanaimo bars, tents, painters, judges, explorers, purple martins, and finches. Additional numbers are illustrated with maple leaves, sign language, hockey sticks and the Fathers of Confederation. The official recipe for Nanaimo bars is included, as is a recipe for strawberry rhubarb pie.

Toronto, ON: Pedlar Press, 2003. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; This book of poetry and prose hitches itself out in buckets of water and silver polish, meadows and invention, Conception Bay icebergs and Leonardo's Great Swan, and takes flight. Lucid, painterly, rich in idiom and movement, it is at once a call and answer, chorus and response, a great antiphon that opens fiercely to dialogue and insists on life.

Toronto, ON: Random House, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; Pagels explores a remarkable range of recently discovered gospels, including the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, to show how a variety of "Christianities" emerged at a time of extraordinary spiritual upheaval. Brillian, provocative, and stunning in its implications. The Gnostic Gospels is a radical, eloquent reconsideration of the origins of the Christian faith.

White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green, 2005. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; large personal inscription on ffep; a small amount of edge wear; otherwise very minimal wear; spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; Pahl shares the history of biodeisel, explains the technology in straightforward terms, and explores its exciting potential in the United States and beyond, including resources you can use to buy or make your own biodiesel.

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; Few people have understood what Einstein has said, thought, and done, but many are hungry to know more about him. This companion volume to Abraham Pais's Subtle is the Lord... enlarges on the way was perceived by the world at large. His becoming the scientist of greatest renown ever is largely the result of attention by the media, as the author has documented by delving in newspaper and magazine archives, from 1902 to the 1990s. We also learn of his views on religion and on philosophy, his marital problems and hi contacts with personalities ranging from Rockefeller to Chaplin to Freud to Ghandi. Interviews with Einstein, as well as reports on brief comments and longer addresses by him, help to convey his vivid style of expression as well as his great talent at formulation. He wrote and spoke about pacifism, supranationalism, civil liberties, and the rights and… Read More

Toronto, ON: Random House Canada, 2023. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. SIGNED BY MICHAEL PALIN on tipped in page; As New; some years ago a stash of family records was handed down to Michael Palin, among which as a photograph of an enigmatic young man in army uniform. This, he learnt, was his Great-Uncle Harry, who perished at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 aged just thirty-two. The discovery both shocked him and made him want to know more. Great-Uncle Harry is an utterly compelling account of an ordinary man who led an extraordinary life. A blend of biography, history, travelogue and personal memoir, this is Michael Palin at his very finest.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Pearson Hall, 1991. 3rd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. History of Music Series; Clean, tight, unmarked; light creasing to last few pages; otherwise very minimal wear; This book invites the reader to study with ear and eye some typical examples of the music of the baroque period. The emphasis is upon giving the reader an entry into the most significant manners of composition through concrete examples. The approach to analysis is based as much as possible on criteria and terminology common in the baroque period.

Brandon, MB: Brandon Books, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; light wear to inside corners; otherwise very minimal wear; Here is a look at a Brandon that no longer exists, a prairie city of the early 20th century. Yet it was still a city filled with everyday people who had their everyday problems and everyday concerns. It is here that the major focus is being given. As for the better known names, dates, and places of historical fact, they will more or less be set to the side in these pages. They too are important, but this is primarily a glimpse of "the way we were" - the lifestyles of the not so rich, and the not so famous.

London, UK: Century, 1987. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; price sticker removal damage upper front corner of cover; spine has three long creases; light wear to lower front corner; otherwise minimal wear; This extraordinary book is based on ancient Chinese beliefs. Most religious Chinese will have had a 'three life' reading done for them when they were born. These readings - based upon the hour, day, month and year of birth - reveal the child's previous incarnation, suggest its likely destiny in this life, (including its major life influences, its chances of marital happiness, and length of life), and describe its next incarnation. By consulting the comprehensive tables and charts in this book it is now possible for a Westerner to work out his or her 'three lives'. The book has a substantial introduction, explaining how such a striking amalgam of Taosit, Buddhist and Confucian beliefs cam to play such an enduring role in Chinese folk religion. It also contains an… Read More

San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.: Chronicle Books LLC, 2006. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Mentis, Anastassios. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; There is nothing like una fiesta latina. You're greeted with a wave of festive music, the animated conversations of good friends, and the irresistible aroma of quesadillas, empanadas, and grilled meats. Whether you want to throw a cocktail party with sizzle or a dinner party with wow, this book is your inspirational guide for an evening to remember.

Toronto, ON: Pemmican Pubns, 1991. Soft cover. Near Fine. Dupas, Philippe. Clean, tight, unmarked; scratch to back cover; light crease to front cover near spine; otherwise very minimal wear; A children's book about Louis Riel's early years. Ms Palud-Pelletier uses her imaginative writing skills to make historical facts come alive as she recreates the daily routines of early Metis life, the buffalo hunt, the games, and the fellowship enjoyed by the Metis.

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.

Vancouver, BC: Talonbooks, 2005. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; Of all our contemporary urban myths none is more absurd than the fiction of the "classless society," Haplessly determined to have his own miserable authority vindicated chief dishwasher Dressler presides over the steam-choked basement of an upscale restaurant. Spouting an indiscriminate cornucopia of working-class ethic, an interminable babble of pride of craft, Marxist rhetoric and the virtues of individual entrepreneurship as celebrated by Ayn Rand, Dressler tyrannizes his co-workers relentlessly. Unfortunately, both the "old hand"and the "new guy" fail utterly to see things his way as they stubbornly and inexplicably pursue both their rejection of and aspiration to join "the folks upstairs.

Toronto, ON: Atlantic Publishing, 1988. Soft cover. As New. As New condition; "This is one person's dynamic story other battles with government at the municipal and provincial levels to put an end to chemical spraying in urban areas.

Winnipeg: Larkuma, 2007. Soft cover. Very Good. SIGNED BY UMA PARAMESWARAN on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread.

Toronto, ON, Canada: TSAR Publications, 2010. Soft cover. Very Good. SIGNED BY UMA PARAMESWARAN on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; a couple of light scratches to back cover; otherwise absolute minimal wear; Using a deceptively simple and intimate style, Parameswaran explores the subtleties of love, marriage, sex, and family life in a changing South Indian environment.

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada: Broken Jaw Press, 2002. Soft cover. As New. As New condition; "Set in Winnipeg against the 1997 "flood of the century", this novel spans 20 days in the life of an Indo-Canadian family.

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Larkuma, 2006. Soft cover. Very Good. SIGNED BY UMA PARAMESWARAN on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; A deftly wrought novella possessing a quiet eloquence born of outrage.

Winnipeg, MB: Larkuma, 2007. Soft cover. Very Good. SIGNED BY UMA PARAMESWARAN on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; This novella challenges Tolstoy's assertion about the similarity of happy families by the very nature and provenance of the writing.