Search Results: Authors starting with B from JKL Books

E. J. Brill, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ex-library. Bright, clean pages, unmarked.

The Banner of Truth Trust, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A reprint of the 1832 publication. Bright, clean pages. Binding is firm. Cover shows little wear. Dust jacket is in good condition. Spine shows fading.

London: Eyre Methuen, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Brown cloth with gilt lettering: little wear. Slight wear only to edges of dust jacket. 207 pages, includes b&w photographs. "Of all the theatrical pioneers of the first half of the twentieth century, Edward Gordon Craig remains amongst the most influential. He, more than anyone, created the concept of a totally integrated stage action in which the actor is just one animated element in a powerful combination of sculptural lighting, expressive costumes and ambitiously three-dimensional sets" -- dust jacket.

Hamilton: Macnab, 1975. Soft cover. Fair. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Binding is firm. Cover shows significant wear: bumped corners, worn edges, and markings/scuff marks. BAY 10.

Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. Like new, but with slight wear to edges. 320 pages. Contents: 1. The personal and social world of families -- 2. Cultural variations in families -- 3. Early family life in settler societies -- 4. Conceptualising families -- 5. Intimacy, cohabitation and the quality of marriage -- 6. Childhood, reproduction and childcare -- 7. Families and paid/unpaid work -- 8. Separation, divorce and remarriage -- 9. State regulation of family life -- 10. The future of family life. BAY 24.

Kelowna, BC: Northstone , 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, unmarked pages. Minimal wear to cover.

New Delhi: New Age Books, 2006. Soft cover. Near Fine. Bright, clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows slight wear only. 219 pages, including numerous colour photographs. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Contents: The sacred landscape -- The dance of the soul -- The beginnings and the longings : excursions in time and space -- Tremblings along the journey -- In the Himalayan lap : drinking the mountain stream -- Borderland troubles : seeking God's intervention -- On the roof of the world --The glorious mountain and the grateful pilgrim -- Revelations along the pilgrim's path -- The Dolma La Pass : epiphanies and rebirth -- The miracle of descent -- Manasarovar : the fecund lake of the mind -- Return of the pilgrim. BAy 28.

New York: Routledge, 2012. Soft cover. Very Good. Like new, but with slight wear to cover. Contents: 1. Emerging India: Issues in Development -- 2. Global Trade and Investments: Opportunities and Challenges for India -- 3. Industrial Capabilities: Research and Development as the Indicator -- 4. Economic Restructuring: Employment and Income Implications -- 5. Agriculture: The Genesis of Growing Vulnerability -- 6. Trends in Wage and Earnings Differentials -- 7. Development as Governance: More Evidence from the Social Sector -- 8. Epilogue. BAY 36.

London: EARTHSCAN, 1993. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows minor wear. 183 pages. Date stamp on half-title page. "These world-renowned experts - all contributors to this book - are expressing their professional outrage over a feasibility study that recommends construction of the Three Gorges Dam. The study, funded through foreign aid, tries to justify the forced relocation of one million people, and the destruction of one of the remaining wonders of the world" -- back cover. BAY 28.

Canadian Historial Assn, 1991. Soft cover. Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Cover has faded a little at the margins. Name has been cut from centre top of title page (no text affected). 29 pages, staple-bound.

Morgan and Scott, 1915. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-library, minor wear to spine tips/corners, small stain on cover. Clean text, firmly bound.

World Council of Churches, 1964. Soft cover. Good. Ex-library. Red cover with black and white lettering. Clean, unmarked pages. Minor shelf wear.

[Toronto]: E?ditions Canalgarve, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bright, clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows minor wear only. Book appears not to have been read. 239 pages; 24 cm. A rare copy.

Aldershot: Edward Elgar , 1994. Hardcover. Good/Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Binding is firm. Dust jacket shows minor wear. Small black mark on half-title page. Front free endpaper has been torn out.

Regina, SK: Canadian Plains Research Center, 1997. Soft cover. Good. Clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows wear to edges; corners are bumped. Ex-library with all the markings. 202 pages, including b&w photographs, illustrations, and maps. "A fascinating study encompassing the origins of the names of hundreds of Saskatchewan [Canada] cities, towns, and hamlets, and a host of other sites in the province. A 'must read' for anyone interested in Saskatchewan history" -- back cover. BAY 34.

Edmonton, AB: AU Press, 2010. Soft cover. Very Good. Like new, but 5 pages have highlighting and former owner's name on half-title page. 368 pages. Contents: Foreword / David Taras -- Contexts of popular culture / Bart Beaty and Rebecca Sullivan -- A future for media studies : cultural labour, cultural relations, cultural politics / Toby Miller -- Log on, goof off, and look up : Facebook and the rhythms of Canadian internet use / Ira Wagman -- Hawkers and public space : free commuter newspapers in Canada / Will Straw -- Walking a tightrope : the global cultural economy of Canadian television / Serra Tinic -- Pedagogy of popular culture : "doing" Canadian popular culture / Gloria Filax -- Popular genres in Quebec cinema : the strange case of horror in film and television / Andre? Loiselle -- Cosmopolitans and hosers : notes on recent developments in English-Canadian cinema / Zoe? Druick -- From genre to genre : image transactions in contemporary Canadian art / Johanne Sloan --… Read More

Ottawa: Buschekbooks, 2006. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows minor wear to corners. Long inscription from translator to previous owners on title page. 239 pages, dual English/French text. "John Barton documents the last seventeen years of Carr's life in an 'autobiographical' verse-memoir. While deftly recasting her creative engagement with the Northwest Coast rainforest and aboriginal peoples that shaped her vision, he captures her desire to come to terms with the sacrifices and achievements that the whole of her life presented her as an iconoclast and women" -- back cover.

Scarborough: Prentice-Hall Allyn and Bacon Canada, 2000. Soft cover. Very Good. Like new, but previous owner's signature at top of Contents page. "The book is concerned both with images of what constitutes the 'normal,' as well as how deviations from norms are constructed as deviant behavior. The first section considers topics which are traditionally found in deviance text books: prostitution, drug use, alcoholism and mental illness. In the second section of the book . . . . assumptions about what constitutes 'normal' families, bodies, and cultural practices are highlighted" -- Preface.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008. Soft cover. Very Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows minor wear. 490 pages. Contents: Introduction. Honouring Social Justice -- Honouring Dianne Martin / Alan Grant -- pt. 1. Before the Law: Innocence, Marginality, and Social Justice -- 1. Shouting Innocence from the Highest Rooftop / Margaret E. Beare -- 2. Exonerating the Wrongfully Convicted: Do We Need Innocence Hearings? / Kent Roach -- 3. Poverty, Motherhood, and Citizenship under Neoliberalism. Who's In? Who's Out? / Dorothy E. Chunn -- 4. More Than Just Mens Rea: Indian Policy in Two Aboriginal Capital Cases from Regina, NWT / Shelley A.M. Gavigan -- pt. 2. Women and the Exclusions of Law -- 5. Policing 'Deviant' Women: Idle, Dissolute, Disorderly, and Scandalous Behaviour / Bernadine Dodge -- 6. First Women Lawyers: Gender Equality and Professionalism in Law / Mary Jane Mossman -- 7. Safety through Punishment? / Laureen Snider -- pt. 3. Social Injustice… Read More

Sainte-Foy: Presses de l'Université du Québec, 2003. Soft cover. Good. Most pages of this text are clean, but the introduction and two other chapters contain pen underlining, markings in margins, and a few dog-eared corners. Cover shows minor wear. French-language text. "Art vivant. Art de l'instant. Où va le théâtre une fois la représentation terminée ? Qui en est le dépositaire ? Comment raconter tout un siècle de théâtre et ses multiples territoires ? Aussitôt terminée, la représentation sera interprétée, traduite en d'autres signes que les siens propres. Le théâtre sera désormais raconté, de façon incertaine, parcellaire, dans des récits où se mêlent l'impression, l'analyse, la description, l'appréciation. Comment donc rendre compte du théâtre qui se joue toujours au présent ?… Read More