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

Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; gift inscription on ffep; otherwise absolute minimal wear; Take an alphabet tour around the gorgeous Maritime treasure, New Brunswick, from the rich Acadian heritage and the nets cast out with care to the tides on Fundy's coast and the dark zinc mines. The people, places, and landmarks of this province are thoroughly explored with delightful rhymes and detailed expository text.

Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre, 2010. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED BY RAY on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; slight wear to upper edge of dust jacket; otherwise absolute minimal wear; A riveting diary tracking the daily experiences of a doctor on the front lines of the war against the Taliban. Ray Wiss is an emerg physician by training and a soldier by choice - twice. He was the first Canadian military physician to spend so much time in the field, on combat operations. The result is this diary that Ray kept during his three months at these rudimentary outposts. This book is an intimate collection of a thoughtful man's reflections on loss, 21st-century soldiering and medicine, and what it means to be Canadian. It is a great definition of the examined life, and of the army itself.

Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Tight, unmarked; light damp rippling to back of dustjacket; light wear to edges; sunning to spine of dj; otherwise colours are bright; brown cloth covers with black titles; light rubbing to title decor on front cover; age tanned; minimal general wear; Nimble and naughty, lyric and laughing, sharply penetrating and lighter than air, Nash's poetry bears the unmistakable stamp of an authentic poet of his day and age. It is the poet's own selection and revision of his work. There are, in all, 280 poems. Of these, 81 are from the lively and long-lived best seller, "I'm a Stranger Here Myself." Many from the earlier, less widely-known volumes are included, and there are 31 poems that were first published in this edition.

Victoria, Australia: Spinifex Pr, 2002. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal shelfwear; "Fisher and Shelton take us on a journey of insight into how community performance is made: from conception, through creative process, to deepening and coming of age. The book is a guide as well as a story, and the final chapters contain practical information about budgets, ethics and managing community interaction.

New York, NY: Harper Perennial, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/None - As Issued. (A Welcome to Night Vale Novel) SIGNED BY JOSEPH FINK AND JEFFREY CRANOR; In the town of Night Vale, there's a faceless old woman who secretly lives in everyone's home, but no one knows how she got there or where she came from...until now. Interspersed throughout is a present-day story in Night Vale, as the Faceless Old Woman guides, haunts, and sabotages a man named Craig. By the end, her dealings with Craig and her swash-buckling history in 19th century Europe will come together in the most unexpected and horrifying way.

New York, NY: Pantheon, 1988. 1st Edition . Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; spine straight and uncreased; absolute minimal wear; Generation, gender, race, and raking-it-in: popular music helps define who we are, and often expresses our deepest - as well as our most banal - feelings. It is also a mult-billion dollar industry. This lively Pantheon Guide to Popular Culture goes right to the heart of the contradictions in pop and rock experience in five fresh, intelligent essays.

Toronto, ON: Kids Can Press, 2007. Soft cover. Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; slight wear to corners; otherwise absolute minimal wear; appears unread; At the indgy, overcrowded Acme Garment Factory, Emily Watson stands for eleven hours a day clipping threads from blouses. She can't talk to the other girls who work beside her. She can't even look up or the boss will snarl at her. Every time the boss passes, he shouts at her snip faster. But if Emily snips too fast, she could ruin the garment and be docked pay. If she works too slowly, she will be fired. She desperately needs this job. Without the four dollars a week it brings, her family will starve. Emily Watson is twelve years old. When a young reporter arrives, determined to expose the terrible conditions in the factory, Emily finds herself caught between the desperation of the immigrant girls she works with and the hope of change. Then tragedy strikes, and Emily must decide where her loyalties lie. Emily's story is based on the… Read More

Toronto, ON: Harcourt, 2005. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal shelfwear; "Written earlier in Martel's career, these tales are as moving as they are thought-provoking, as inventive in form as they are timeless in content.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Harcourt, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal shelfwear; "Written earlier in Martel's career, these tales are as moving as they are thought-provoking, as inventive in form as they are timeless in content.

Winnipeg, MB: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1981. Soft cover. As New. As New Condition; The term Academy has come to imply formulas and finish but lifeless and devoid of meaning. Yet these artists were celebrated by their own age. A tour of the exhibition provides a bit of nostalgia and indeed some surprises.

Dugald, MB: Maneline books, 2007. Soft cover. As New. SIGNED BY TRUDY ANDREW on title page; As New condition; The second of the Aynslie McCallum adventure series.

Toronto, ON: Viking, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED: FOR SHEILA AND KENNY WONDERFUL TO YOU AGAIN, WITH LOVE, JOHN RALSON SAUL 16 OCT 2008; Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; In this startlingly original vision of Canada, renowned thinker John Ralston Saul argues passionately that Canada is a Metis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal ideas. Operating under mythologies that do not take these truths into account, our elites - whether political, administrative or business - have become increasingly ineffective, slipping into colonial insecurity and afraid to advance Canada's interests. To unleash our energy, we must embrace our Aboriginal and egalitarian nature.

Petersborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 2002. Trade Paper. Very Good+. 1551115131; Clean, tight, unmarked; remainder mark on upper and lower edge; otherwise absolute minimal shelfwear; appears unread; 74 pp plus 4pp music and lyrics; "A United Empire Loyalist family flees from Boston to New Brunswick during the American Revolution. A stranger reveals himself to be a Rebel seeking to avenge the death of his brother; at gunpoint he demands that the others choose one among them to be executed at first light. "

Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2003. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Kelly, Becky. Clean, tight, unmarked; very slight wear to upper edge of dust jacket; otherwise as new; Have faith in what you cannot see ... this is the uplifting message in Becky Kelly's enchanting gift book. Fairies leave their touches all around us in nature if we have the eyes to see them. Only faith in the unknown can give us this vision - so believe in what you cannot see ... and maybe you'll see it! Beautiful illustrations by Becky Kelly

Guelph, ON: Coastline Publishing, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pokrant, Luther. Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; In 1920, the Falcons won the first Gold medal in Olympic hockey history. Falcons Gold celebrates their impressive story. When young Erik's grandfather hands him the puck he caught at a 1920 Olympic game, Erik begins a magical adventure in which he meets the Falcons and travels back in time to the 1920 Olympics. The story of the Winnipeg Falcons is a fascinating and important part of hockey history and deserves to be told from coast to coast in Canada.

Winnipeg, MB: Great Plains Publications Ltd, 2013. Paperback. Near Fine. SIGNED BY COLLEEN on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; very slight wear to upper back corner of cover; otherwise as new; When one teen dies in a tragic accident, the lives of three others are forever changed. One turns to alcohol to escape his guilt. Another looks to a gang to replace what he's lost. Ben must find the strength to break through a growing web of lies and convince everyone at school that he was not to blame. But first he has to convince himself.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Thomas Allen Publishers, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; Told with the inspired wit of a magus in love with a wicked world, this is a love story, a story of jealousy, obsession and paranoia, of a family torn apart by delusion and betrayal. It's also a missing person drama, a fast-paced slide show of a dislocated North American psyche, and in particular one family's passage through the dark night of the road into unexpected sunny uplands.

Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED BY HELEN SZABLYA; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; The real-life escape of Helen Sxablaya's own family from Communist Hungary in 1956 inspired the dramatic events told here with accuracy and feeling. Stephen's spellbinding story speaks to the universal struggle for freedom - then and now.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Viking Canada, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal shelfwear; appears as new; "The story of a Canadian soldier immersed in the corrupt chaos of post-war Italy. Finucan has recreated 1944 Naples with an historian's fidelity; but Finucan is foremost a gifted storyteller, and it is his depiction of a moral man's plight in an immoral world that makes this novel such a compelling experience. "

Mississauga, ON: John Wiley & Sons, 2006. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; stain on page 278; very minimal wear; appears unread; Fallen Angel details one man's improbable rise to power in one of the world's more violent organizations, while shedding light on how this enigmatic and dangerous biker gang operates and why it remain so powerful. Not only did Walter Stadnick lead the Angels through the violent war with their rivals the Rock Machine in Montreal in the 90s, Stadnick saw opportunity to grow the Hells Angels into a national criminal gang. He was a visionary - and a highly successful one.