Search Results: Authors starting with S from Reading Rat

Etobicoke ON: Winding Stair Press, 2002. Paperback. Very Good +. 175 p., paperback, VG overall, minor shelf wear. "Rachel Sa was a typical 12th grader on a semester-long work-study program at one of North America's major daily newspapers. She hoped for one chance to write even the most inconsequential story . . . " Rachel got to write her story, a teens-eye view of a labor dispute between teachers and government, and went on to write a weekly column, collected here.

New York: Ace Science Fiction, 1979. 1st. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 309p. Sci-Fi novel from the author of "Berserker Saga, The" 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lincolnwood, IL, U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary, 1977. Soft Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 110p. This book is for die hard puzzle fanatics and anyone interested in the art of the jigsaw puzzle. It's like cracking a cryptographer's code. Many interesting puzzles are described within, such as the self discovery puzzle with flexible pieces. Little wear good condition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lincolnwood, IL, U.S.A.: N T C/Contemporary Publishing Company, 1993. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket. Tradepaper; bio. of actress/comedienne Gilda Radner. Very nice copy, very minor corner wear & very mild crease on back cover. Hardly noticeable. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Winnipeg: Pachyderm Press, 1992. Apparent First. Staplebound. Very Good. 17 p. staplebound; VG. Short stories/narratives in which guns appear. One of a series of chapbooks published by St. John's College, University of Manitoba ISBN handwritten in red ink on inside front cover.

Great Britain: New English Library, 1973. First Paperback. Mass Market Paperback. Good+/No Jacket. 158p. First NEL paperback edition. First printed in 1965 by Frederick Muller. It all started with a passionate love affair, a packet of cigarettes, and a Mercedes Benz. T.V.'s much loved Sgt. Cluff. Secrets wreak havoc on your conscience. Age darkening, very small burn mark no the back cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

San Francisco CA: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Good +. 176 p. incl. bibliography & index. VG+/G+; HC in attractive B & W boards with graphic design, clean and solid; clipped DJ somewhat age-darkened and soiled, some damage to top edge (repaired with archival tape). Author was founder/director of the Wright Institute in Berkeley California and was a professor of psychology and education at Stanford University and director of the Institute for the Study of Human Problems. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Fredericton NB: Broken Jaw Press, 1999. First Thus. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 72 p.; VG condition, corners bumped and bottom corner of back cover is lightly creased, otherwise clean and unmarked. Canadian Poetry Association Book Series #3. "Combustible Light represents a poetic definition of the pastoral, bucolic, idyllic in its beautiful context (city and/or country), yet, as with Virgil, subverted by traits and characteristics of a world in which the writer himself and/or object itself, can not be whitewashed or obliterated by a pop-optimistic or romantic denial focusing on surface beauty alone. Knowledge, intuition, and the poet's voice render beauty 'combustible' by the very nature of mortality and transience. These poems run joyously immolate in the fire of language." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Juva Finland: WSOY Graphic Facility, 1996. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. 240 p.; paperback; VG+. Biography of Finnish politician and disability activist Kalle Konkkolla, co-written by Heini Saraste. Kalle lives with muscular dystrophy but has not let that stop him from having a full life, including marriage, university, a political career, and many years of work for the rights of disabled people. Includes B & W photos.

London: Panther, 1957. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good+/No Jacket. Orig. pub. in German as "Das War Mein Leben", 1953; English translation by Fernand G. Renier and Anne Cliff. Considerable edge and corner wear, creased along spine, small sticker pull on front cover, small damaged area at base of spine. Pages somewhat darkened with age. All pages intact, no marks except check marks beside a few titles in the publisher's advertisement pages at the end. Overall condition Good +. Dr. Sauerbruch was a noted thoracic surgeon whose professional experience extended from imperial Germany through the Third Reich. Appended to the text is a letter from Frau Dr Mathilde Ludendorff regarding Dr Sauerbruch's statements about her late husband, an interesting sidelight. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Winnipeg: Pachyderm Press, 1993. Apparent First. Staplebound. Very Good. 33 p. staplebound; VG. Poems; cover design of woven heart. One of a series of chapbooks published by St. John's College, University of Manitoba ISBN handcorrected

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dutton/Plume, 2000. Soft Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 246p. A book about a gay couple and their quest to adopt a child. They find a street kid who's pregnant by accident and have an open adoption. Hillarious but disarmingly honest. A love letter to his new son. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Northbrook, IL, U.S.A.: W. Clement Stone, P M A Communications, Incorporated, 1973. Hard Cover with Slipcase. Good/Good. Savitt, Sam. 126p. Cloud is a grey mustang struggling to remain free, his experiences eventually bring him to his new friend a young boy. Library stamps and card holder. some corner and edge wear. good overall condition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Hushion House, 2001. Soft Cover. As New/No Jacket. 312p. The horror of the Sandoz fire, explosion and resulting chemical spill in Switzerland 1986 produced a group known as the Phoenix Foundation in this gripping novel centered around tragedy of environmental and personal nature. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Inclusion Press, 1997. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. 154 p.; small paperback, VG+ condition. In 1982 Nicola Schaefer published "Does She Know She's There?", a memoir of life with her profoundly disabled daughter Catherine. Yes! She Knows She's Here continues Catherine's story as she moves into a home of her own with 24 hour support. An expanded biography incorporating both books was to be published c. 1998. The present volume is a detailed account of the challenges faced by Catherine and her family in dealing with multiple, severe disabilities, and Nicola Schaefer's commitment to enabling her daughter to have a life of dignity and self-determination despite all obstacles.

Milford, CT, U.S.A.: L P C/InBook, 1990. Third Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Jacket. 308 p.; VG+, has very small black mark in bottom of text block, slight shelf wear, otherwise clean, solid, unmarked copy. Essays by 39 notable Canadian women writers. "Invites the reader to join many of Canada's most distinguished writers in a spirited debate on the relationship of feminism to writing." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Winnipeg MB: St. James Anglican Church, 2001. Revised and Updated . Spiral Binding. NEW/No Jacket. 194 p.; NEW; a history of St. James Anglican Church in Winnipeg, first written/compiled by Anita Schmidt in 1975 and published by her husband Lawrence F. Schmidt in 1975, updated to incorporate developments from 1974-2001. First 135 pages seem to be unchanged from original, with added pages. Many B & W photos included. The story begins with the building of the rectory, schoolhouse and the church itself, between 1851 and 1855. Much interesting information about the early days of settlement along the Assiniboine, the buildings, the ministers, and the parish, both the old church (which is now maintained as an historic site) and the "new" church, built in 1922 on Collegiate Street in St. James. A valuable source for anyone interested in local history or with family connections to St. James. MULTIPLE COPIES AVAILABLE. This book is sold on behalf of the church and all proceeds will go to St. James Church.… Read More

Winnipeg: McNally Robinson Booksellers, 2014. Paperback. Very Good. 219 p. TP. Self published at McNally's in Winnipeg. The story of the Roblin Hotel, built in 1882 in the Exchange district, owned by three generations of the same family until its demolition in 1993. Family, local and Manitoba history interwoven.

Winnipeg MB: Turnstone Press, 1988. Not Stated. Saddle Stitched. Very Good +/No Jacket. 27 p.; VG+, cream card covers with blue print; very nice, minor shelf wear. Poems from Winnipeg writer Barbara Schott who is "a fashion stylist with passions for skating, reading, sewing, the piano and photography. About her writing: 'The poem is an accident of thought.'" 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Doubleday Canada, Limited, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. 214 p.; VG+/VG DJ; book is in beautiful clean condition, no marks, DJ unclipped, very slight bumping of upper edge, some yellowing along spine. SIGNED by author on title page, with inscription"for Emmet, with best wishes". This is a novel based on the true story of Tom Sukanen, who spent years building an ocean-going cargo steamer in a wheatfield near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. A wonderful piece of Canadiana in excellent condition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.