penguin books ltd markham on canada (49 results)

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. F. 1986. 8vo. 22cm, first edition, 222p., fine in near fine jacket (S1) These thirteen short stories, introduced by the author, range in style from stark realism to fantasy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Large 8vo. (12) 337 (3) pp, illus. First Edition (Canadian), 1987. Price clipped. Faintly rubbed bottom edge boards, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.75" x 9.5". Green and off-white cloth with green lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. Size: Large Octavo. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good condition. Moderate wear. Binding fairly tight, pages age toned. Pictures available upon request.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine. 7th Printing. 282 pages. An unread copy. Signed on the title page. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 104 mm X 177 mm. 270 pages. Store stamp and price tag on first page.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 107 mm X 176 mm. 607 pages. Ex library book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 107 mm X 177 mm. 355 pages. Signs left by a little spill of liquid, look like water, on top part of the book. It left pages wavy a bit, but still very readable.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 143 mm X 221 mm. 233 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 106 mm X 174 mm. 221 pages. Ex library book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Pas de jaquette. 126 mm X 196 mm. 194 pages. Stamp of a used book store on pastedown end paper. The tip of the pages is yellowed.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Thus 1st Printing. Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER. SUB-TITLE: A Week in the Life of an NYPD Homicide Cop. COVER DESIGN: Rene Demers. CONTENTS: Notes on the Material; Dream Sequence; Carnivores; Ghormenghast; Salto Mortal; Bloods; Three Hundred Twenty-two Hours; Tuesday; Juris Diction; Cardillo; Wednesday; Dudley; Thursday; Friday; The Doppler Effect; Glossary. SYNOPSIS: In this gripping expose, Carsten Stroud takes readers into the life of a cop--we're with him during the chase, at the autopsy tale, the visit to the victim's mother. We're in his head, sharing his dreams and his nightmares. As Stroud follows Detective Kennedy through a week of investigations--the stabbing of an out-of-town college student, a brutal rape-murder--he explores the psychic landscape of police work: the low morale, the compulsive commitment to the job, the strange intimacy that binds cop and criminal. Fast, gritty, suspenseful, Close Pursuit delivers all the drama of the best cop fiction--plus the power of a true story told in a unique and explosive style. Carsten Stroud is a journalist whose work regularly appears in Canadian and American magazines. The winner of several awards for his articles, Stroud is the author of The Blue Wall, a book about street cops in Canada. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Thus 2nd Printing. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Light Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER. With Intimate Family Photos. Joe McGinniss, Bestselling author of FATAL VISION. BOOK NUMBER: 451-AE6218. ALL PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF: Roby and Chris Marshall. TV TIE-IN: This book was the basis for the 1990 Made-for-Television mini-series of the same name. SYNOPSIS: The Marshalls were the model family of Toms River, New Jersey, living the American dream of all that money could buy. Rob Marshall was the big breadwinner, king of the country club set. Maria Marshall was his stunningly beautiful wife and the perfect mom to their three great kids. Then one night Rob, his head bloodied, reported Maria had been brutally slain. Sympathy poured in--until disquieting facts began to surface.and the true story of adultery, gambling, drugs and murder tore the mask off Rob Marshall and the blinders off the town that thought he could do no wrong. AWARDS: A Book-of-the Month Club Featured Selection. Joe McGinniss is the author of four previous nonfiction works--The Selling of the President, Heroes, Going to Extremes, (available in a Plume edition), and Fatal Vision (available in a Signet edition)--and one novel, The Dream Team. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Thus 4th Printing. Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front Cover, Spine Moderately Chipped; Rear Cover Lightly Chipped; Heavy Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Moderate Moisture Damage; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. WITH 8 PAGES OF REVEALING PHOTOS. SUB-TITLE: The True Story of Nurse Genene Jones and the Texas Baby Murders. BOOK NUMBER: 451-JE196. ALSO KNOWN AS: Portions of this book first appeared, in somewhat different form in Texas Monthly. PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY: Robert Latorre. CONTENTS: Preface; Prologue; Part One The Making of a Nurse; Part Two The Hospital; Part Three The Clinic; Part Four Judicious Silence; Part Five Judgment; Epilogue. SYNOPSIS: One by one the babies were dying in the pediatric ward of a San Antonio, Texas, hospital. Doctors struggled in vain as children survived routine operations only to face life-threatening emergencies and inexplicable deaths. The only common thread: a nurse named Genene Jones, whose daily 3 to 11 p.m. schedule coincided with all the mysterious dying--a time period that became known as "the death shift." This is the horrifying true story of a deeply disturbed woman whose enormous ego needs for constant attention were filled by her tiny victims.and of a hospital administration that, though suspicious, was unable to stop her from killing again and again. This powerful, nerve-shattering account reconstructs the chilling events that led to the deaths of up to thirteen children, as it probes the darkest depths of criminal madness. Peter Elkind is an associate editor of Texas Monthly, which published his award-winning article on the Genene Jones case. For this book, the author interviewed well over one hundred people--including Genene Jones herself--and reviewed thousands of pages of public and secret documents. AWARDS: A Literary Guild Alternate Selection. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Hugh Wesley (illustrator). First Thus 1st Printing. Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. COVER DESIGN: Vince Desai. CONTENTS: Fun on the Farm; To Newfoundland with Love; The Doctor Prescribed Death; Pieces of a Puzzle; Vito and the Mafia; Tony Planted Bodies; Australia's Dingo Murder; Rachel and Jimmy; Chicken Feed Clue; Great Canadian Crook; A Hot Summer Night; Killer in Manila; Ottawa Tragedy; Murder for Money; Twenty Years Later; The Cardiff Giant; Brotherly Love; Missing from Forest Hill; A Passion for Poison; The Zebra Killers; Slain Priest; Rare Defence; A Family Affair; The Murdering Merry Widow; An Eve of Destruction; Innocent or Guilty?; Martha Reached Her Boiling Point; Just for the Dough; Lady Killer; Unidentified Bones; I Want to Live; Bloody Tina; Artie's Luck Ran Out; The Yorkshire Ripper; Justice was Blind; Lady Sundance; Death at the Schoolhouse; Who Killed the Professor?; Hand of Death; Frenchy's Fall; The Perfect Murder--Almost; The Mountain Man; Death Jilted the Bride; The DiPalma Disappearance; Sisters at Sea; All in the Family; Behind Her Back; Murder in Mexico; The Lonely Killer; The Reverend was a Rascal; Mad Man at the Door; The Five Foot Spear; Scary Stuff; Murder at the Opera; The Candy Killer; Beating a Bully; Prescription Murder; Double Trouble; Hurricane Carter; Secret in the Sauna. SYNOPSIS: Join syndicated columnist Max Haines, Canada's Master of the Macabre, as he traces the devious deeds of felons undone by sloppy schemes and suspicious threads. Relive the Yorkshire Ripper's six-year reign of terror, the shocking Zebra Murders of San Francisco and the puzzling Australian dingo case in Max's ninth book of murder most foul. Max Haines was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. True Crime Stories, Book II is his tenth book, all but one being devoted to non-fiction crime. His earlier work, The Collected Works of Max Haines, is considered one of the finest collections of non-fiction crime stories ever produced in Canada. Crime Flashback is the apt title of Mr. Haines' newspaper column, which appears twice weekly in the Toronto Sun. The column is syndicated across Canada, appearing in newspapers from Newfoundland to British Columbia. Crime Flashback has been translated into French and Chinese. Max Haines Crime Flashback, a television series based on Max's column, will be syndicated internationally. A member of Crime Writers of Canada, Mr. Haines resides in Etobicoke, Ont. With his wife Marilyn and his daughters. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition 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; Light Moisture Damage (Edge Staining and Bleed-in for Approximately 1.1 cm, Front Cover to Page 14, Inclusive (Lower Half of Page)); Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. AMERICA'S #1 UNSOLVED SERIAL MURDER CASE. A true crime shocker by Carlton Smith & Tomas Guillen. 16 PAGES OF CHILLING PHOTOGRAPHS. $50,000 REWARD! See Inside For Details. CONTENTS: Author's Note and Acknowledgments; People; Notes on an Investigation; Prologue; BOOK ONE: Kraske, 1982-83 BOOK TWO: Adamson, 1984-86 BOOK THREE: Pompey, 1986-87 BOOK FOUR: Evans, 1988-90; EPILOG: Outcomes. SYNOPSIS: THE MOST SAVAGE SEX KILLER SINCE JACK THE RIPPER IS STILL AT LARGE IN AMERICA! During the 1980s, the Strip in Washington State had become an outdoor sexual supermarket, with countless young women openly offering themselves to any and all passing motorists. Then the first female corpses were found in the Green River. And the reign of terror and maddening mystery began. This is the story of a fiendishly clever killer and of the young women--some little more than children--who became his victims. It is a riveting account, too, of the Green River Task Force that spent $15 million on botanists, anthropologists, seers, psychologists, lasers that could lift fingerprints, and computers that match a face to a sliver of jawbone--all to no avail as the death toll mounted to 49, and still counting. Superbly detailed, this is chilling, edge-of-the-seat true crime written by two prize-winning reporters. Open-eyed and eye-opening, it is a journey into the horrifying heart of American sex and violence. - and - THE MISSING PIECE OF THE PICTURE OF HORROR In this book you will meet the young women who died hideously. Some of them had much to live for. Most of them were already committed to a life of drugs, pimps and prostitution. You will meet the men hunting their killer. Police officers who saw their careers destroyed and politicians defeated at the polls as clue after clue led to a dead end, suspect after suspect wriggled free, and new corpse after new corpse was uncovered. But there is one person you will not meet. Not on these pages at least. The Green River Killer himself. Like London's Jack the Ripper and San Francisco's notorious Zodiac, the Green River Killer is an unsolved serial murder case. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First. first trade paperback edition, collection of science fiction short stories, very good plus condition, very little edgewear, no marks or writing to text.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine. Illustrated (illustrator). First Thus 1st Printing. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SYNOPSIS: In The Arctic Grail, Pierre Berton follows the paths forged by a handful of stubborn explorers, who risked life and limb in their quest to find the Northwest Passage. This quest is peopled with larger-than-life adventurers and with the remarkable Inuit, without whom Arctic exploration would not have been possible. Pierre Berton was born in 1920 and raised in the Yukon. He spent his early newspaper career in Vancouver, where at 21 he was the youngest city editor on any Canadian daily. He moved to Toronto in 1947 and at the age of 31 was named managing editor of Maclean's magazine. He was an associate editor and columnist at the Toronto Star from 1958 to 1962 and has written and hosted several national television programs. He is the author of thirty-four books and has received three Governor General's Awards for works of non-fiction. He is a Companion of the Order of Canada and a member of the Canadian News Hall of Fame. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Navy blue cloth boards with silver lettering on spine, minor bump on spine edges. Many wonderful and interesting pictures of all the Royal children from the time of Queen Victoria 1847, to the birth of Prince Williams 1982. Includes the "Royal Ancestry", "The Shakespeare Connection", "Bibliography", & Index. DJ is a glossy silver, unclipped, missing a piece at the bottom of the front cover by the flap, edgwear. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 207 pages.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Thus 2nd Printing. Previous Owner Markings (A rather rough and messy map is drawn on the reverse of the rear cover in black ink; a notation in the same black ink is on the back page (no impediment to text).); Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Heavy Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Moderate Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL--THE MOST HORRIFYING TRUE STORY OF FAMILY MURDER SINCE SMALL SACRIFICES. Darcy O'Brien, Author of Two of a Kind: The Hillside Stranglers. WITH 8 PAGES OF DRAMATIC PHOTOS. BOOK NUMBER: 451-JE167. SYNOPSIS: To his patients and friends in Little Egypt, Illinois, Dr. John Dale Cavaness was a beloved and admired medical practitioner--a selfless humanitarian who often treated patients without charge. Very few people outside of the family knew about the other side of the "good" doctor: a sadistic Jekyll-Hyde personality who beat his wife, terrorized his sons, and carried on a tumultuous private life of boozing, brawling, womanizing, and disastrous financial manipulations, culminating in his 1984 arrest for an unimaginable crime--the murder of his 22-year-old son Sean. Police investigators, and a brilliant, relentless prosecutor, also suspect Cavaness in the unsolved shooting death of his heavily insured firstborn seven years earlier. This utterly harrowing true crime story probes the bizarre psychological dynamics behind these ghastly crimes--and the man who committed them.taking us deep into a hidden Gothic part of America where violence and murder form a long and bloody tradition. Darcy O'Brien's A Way of Life, Like Any Other won the Ernest Hemingway Award as the Best First Novel of 1978. The New Yorker called The Silver Spooner, his second novel, "a triumphant American tragedy" and termed O'Brien "a writer of distinction--real distinction." His nonfiction Two of a Kind: The Hillside Stranglers (1985) was both critically hailed and a best-selling, popular success. O'Brien has also written articles and reviews for many publications, including The New York Times Magazine and New York. A Los Angeles native, O'Brien is a Princeton graduate and since 1978 has been Graduate Professor of English at the University of Tulsa. AWARDS: A Literary Guild Alternate Selection. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition 2nd Printing. BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. CONTENTS: First Impressions CHAPTER ONE Broadbent, Ontario CHAPTER TWO Toronto, 1955: The New Generation CHAPTER THREE The "S" Words: The Sixties, Sex and Socialism CHAPTER FOUR A Political Career CHAPTER FIVE The Perils of Politics CHAPTER SIX The Boss: Rebuilding the Party CHAPTER SEVEN Walking Through Fire: The Constitutional Wars CHAPTER EIGHT Breaking Through the Barriers CHAPTER NINE The Pursuit of Power; Chronology; Select Bibliography; Index. SYNOPSIS: EVERYONE KNOWS WHO HE IS BUT NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT HIM. Ed Broadbent has been a force in Canadian politics for 20 years. The bare facts are on record but up to now there has been little insight into his character, nothing to suggest where his deep ambition comes from. THE EXPERIENCE OF GETTING TO KNOW ED IS LIKE DISCOVERING CANADA: YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THERE UNTIL YOU KNOW WHAT'S THERE. For the first time, here is the story of Ed Broadbent's difficult childhood - the dark shadow that fell across his life - the painful breakdown of his first marriage, his devotion to the pursuit of knowledge, his steady rise to power, and the wrenching political battles he has endured and overcome. AN ORDINARY GUY, AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY. - and - In high school and university, Ed Broadbent "passed" as an ordinary guy - but he always had a deeper drive. When he "went" NDP his friends and family were surprised; he was never a radical. His own party took him for granted; even when he became leader he struggled for recognition. But when the NDP hit 44% in the polls in the summer of 1987, a whole nation came to realize that there was a new force in Canadian politics. How did Ed (as everyone calls him) evolve from a man in the background to a leader intent on the pursuit, indeed the acquisition, of power? In this insightful biography, the first full length study of John Edward Broadbent, Judy Steed examines the influences and experiences that have shaped the man. For the first time we learn about Ed's childhood and the family tragedy that profoundly affected his attitudes and actions. Another early influence was General Motors, the industry that dominated his hometown of Oshawa and his family (for more than sixty years there has always been a Broadbent at the Motors - and there still is). He is as distinctive a product of industrial Ontario as Pierre Trudeau was of the Quebec intelligentsia. Ed struggled through many battles, political and personal: the painful breakdown of his first marriage, his role in the Waffle movement, several challenges to his leadership, the Constitutional crisis. But he endured, and began to wear his leadership with confidence and determination. Diefenbaker said, "Leadership's a funny thing. It makes some people grow and others swell. Ed's growed." In The Pursuit of Power Judy Steed examines the myth of the "ordinary guy" and discovers an extraordinary man and an extraordinary story of conflict, struggle and determination. Judy Steed is a feature writer at The Globe and Mail and the winner of a National Magazine Award and two National Newspaper Awards (Citations) for her stories on business and political issues. Raised in Ottawa, she graduated from the University of Toronto and became a playwright and film editor before establishing a production company with artist Joyce Wieland. In 1978, she moved into magazine journalism and in 1981, joined the Globe. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Thus 2nd Printing. Previous Dealer Markings (Store Stamp on First Page of Front Matter); Previous Owner Markings (Name Neatly Inked on First Page of Front Matter); Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. BOOK NUMBER: 451-AE5544. SYNOPSIS: THE SENSATIONAL TRUE-CRIME STORY THAT BEGAN IN NEW YORK'S DIAMOND DISTRICT. The media played the story extra-big--because the victims were the media's own. Three CBS employees had been savagely and senselessly gunned down in a Manhattan parking lot. The law was under pressure to do something, and do it fast. But even the case-hardened police detectives who went into overtime and overdrive were startled at the crime involving a hired killer, a multimillion-dollar swindler from New York's diamond district, a lesbian bookkeeper and her Chinese lover, and a plot of theft and murder that gave a new definition to perverse evil. This is the riveting story of that mind-boggling crime--and the twisted, rapacious murderer who orchestrated it. Richard Hammer is the author of numerous books, including The Vatican Connection, winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and the highly acclaimed The Court Martial of Lieutenant Calley and The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano. - and - WHAT WAS THE CONNECTION? Three bloody corpses on a Manhattan parking lot pier.a posh Westchester mansion where a man and wife lived like the millionaires they weren't.a cluttered apartment in Queens that was the hiding place of a set of brilliantly doctored books and a cache of pornographic lesbian magazines.the body of a Chinese woman fished out of a New Jersey swamp.the boardroom of a powerful New York bank faced with a fearful discovery.a van stopped in Kentucky and held there while the police desperately tried to find a way to prevent its driver from going free.the ways and wiles of Manhattan's fabled diamond district, where millions of dollars and precious stones were exchanged on the basis of a handshake.a huge secret account in an Israeli bank.a packed courtroom where a psychopathically brilliant murderer was on the verge of escaping punishment. This is the book that puts it all together--in the most gripping, shocking, spellbinding story of true crime and punishment of the 1980s--THE CBS MURDERS. AWARDS: 1988 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime Book; A Literary Guild Alternate Selection. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Original publisher's paperback, pictorial frontcover, large 8vo: [viij], 422pp., epilogue, general bibliography, chapternotes & references, index, table of contents.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. 170 mm X 240 mm. 219 pages.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Hugh Wesley (illustrator). First Thus 1st Printing. Light Creasing on Front Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. COVER DESIGN: Vince Desai. CONTENTS: The Beauty and the Missionary; Three's a Crowd; Slaughter in New Orleans; Sam the Ladies' Man; The Hitch-hiker; Murder by Prescription; Pretty but Deadly; The Monkey Trial; 181 Days of Hell; A Question of Law; Death in the Cards; Murder of a Cop; Faith in Murder; The Perfect Family; Who Killed Dottie?; Desire to Kill; Forbidden Love; Discreet but Deadly; Unlucky Win; The Last Duel; Scheming Female; Deadlocked Jury; The Breaking Point; The Oregon Trail; Mystery Boy; The Butcher of Hamburg; Love Triangle; Haystack Hanky Panky; Dirty Money; Dungeons and Dragons; In the Wrong Place; A Case of Kidnapping; Bad Medicine; The Death of John Knight III; An Innocent Man; The Heat of Passion; To Russia with Murder; Attic Joys; They Killed Their Father; A Moment of Fury; Death Farm; The Professor and the Hooker; Mercy Killing; Love on the Run; Mysterious Mail; Family Feud; Unlucky in Love; Mary Anne Cotton; An Unusual Gift; Born to Raise Hell; Cheating the Gallows; Murder or Suicide?; The Bruce Curtis Case; Mississippi Burning; Ted Bundy's Long Road. SYNOPSIS: Max Haines is back! From the popular syndicated columnist and best-selling author of True Crime Stories II, sixty more stories of larcenous deeds, baffling murders and strange twists of fate. Join Max on the trail of Nova Scotia's John Paris, a man tried for the same murder four times, of Ted Bundy, America's most shocking serial killer, and of Bruce Curtis, who went visiting in New Jersey and ended up on trial for murder. And, as Max says, "There's more. So, put out the cat, turn down the lights, and get ready to curl up with a good crook." Max Haines was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. True Crime Stories, Book III is his eleventh book, all but one being devoted to non-fiction crime. His earlier work, The Collected Works of Max Haines, is considered one of the finest collections of non-fiction crime stories ever produced in Canada. It has recently been reissued under the title Crime Flashback: The Collected Works of Max Haines. Crime Flashback is the apt title of Mr. Haines' newspaper column, which appears twice weekly in the Toronto Sun. The column is syndicated across Canada, appearing in newspapers from Newfoundland to British Columbia. Crime Flashback has been translated into French and Chinese. Max Haines Crime Flashback, a television series based on Max's column, will be syndicated internationally. A member of Crime Writers of Canada, Mr. Haines resides in Etobicoke, Ont. With his wife Marilyn and his daughters. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. The book is inscribed and signed by the author on the blank page opposite the full title page. The book is near fine with slight edge wear in a near fine dust jacket with very slight edge wear. Signed by Author(s).

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Thus 2nd Printing. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Light Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. THE NATIONWIDE BESTSELLER! NEWLY UPDATED. SUB-TITLE: A true story by FBI Agent Joseph D. Pistone with Richard Woodley. BOOK NUMBER: 451-AE5749. MOVIE TIE-IN: This book was the basis for the 1997 feature film of the same name. CONTENTS: 1. The Whirlwind 2. The Beginnings 3. Preparations 4. Hitting The Street 5. Brooklyn: The Colombos 6. The Bonannos 7. Tony Mirra 8. Lefty 9. Milwaukee 10. The Accident 11. Frank Balistrieri 12. Sonny Black 13. King's Court 14. Coldwater 15. Drugs And Guns 16. The Raid 17. The Sitdowns 18. The Hits 19. The Contract 20. Coming Out; Epilogue; Update: July 1988. SYNOPSIS: Posing as jewel thief "Donnie Brasco," FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone carried out the most audacious sting operation ever, working undercover for six years to infiltrate the flamboyant and deadly community of Mafia soldiers, "connected guys," captains, and Godfathers. Now his unforgettable eyewitness account brings to pulsing life the entire world of wiseguys--their code of honor and their treacheries, their wives, girlfriends, and whores, their lavish spending and dirty dealings. With the drama and suspense of a high-tension thriller, Joseph Pistone reveals every incredible aspect of the jealously guarded world he penetrated.and draws a chilling picture of what the Mafia is, does, and means in America today. Joseph D. Pistone was an FBI agent for seventeen years. He now lives under secret identity in an undisclosed location. Richard Woodley has written numerous books, including Dealer: Portrait of a Cocaine Merchant and Rookie (with Dwight Gooden). AWARDS: A Book-of-the-Month Club Alternate Selection. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Repaired; Moderate Sticker Pull; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Moderately Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Heavily Soiled; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age. The China Years. A Biography. CONTENTS: Foreword; Prologue 1 First Decade 2 American Interlude 3 Return to China 4 Life with Father 5 The Higher Education of Bob McClure 6 The Intern 7 Loa Ming-yuan 8 Weihwei 9 Hwaiking and the Path to Chinghua 10 News from Home 11 Religious Background 12 The Tent 13 Loa Ming-yuan and the Warlord of Hwaiking 14 Moment of Truth 15 Wedding Bells 16 Exodus 17 Taiwan the Beautiful 18 Assault on Edinburgh 19 Return to Hwaiking 20 Loving Lotus and Others 21 The Hwaiking Rural Medical System 22 Quicksand 23 Times of a Red Cross Man 24 Number One Hankow Lady 25 On Tour 26 The Burma Road With a Bishop 27 Trucking Along 28 Oh Canada! 29 The China Convoy 30 Precious Mountain 31 Raid on Chengchow 32 General Ming-yuan McCurdle 33 The Return of Hankey 34 The City of Jade and (a=r+p) 35 Plague Valley 36 General McCurdle and the Relief of Honan 37 Requiem for Hwaiking 38 The Last China Year of Bob McClure; McClure-China Chronological Table. SYNOPSIS: This is the true story of a Canadian hero. The first half of Robert McClure's remarkable career was spent in China. From the Boxer rebellion in 1900 through to the final Communist victories in 1949, China was in the midst of social revolution and war. McClure was a dynamic and controversial part of that scene. The Nationalist troops attempted to execute him, the Japanese put a price on his head, the Chinese Communists blacklisted him and MacKenzie King threatened to throw him in jail. Dr. Robert McClure was a different breed of surgeon-missionary whose 25 adventurous years in China are documented in this excellent biography. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus 1st Printing. Remainder Mark; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age. FRONT COVER PHOTO: Susan Ashukian. BACK COVER PHOTO: George Whiteside. COVER DESIGN: Rene Demers. CONTENTS: Introduction; That Sensual Music; A Perfectly Beautiful Devastation; The Sunlight on the Garden Hardens and Turns Cold; "I Keep the Joy": The Death of Mary Ellen Cann; Writing for Life; A Mother and Two Daughters; Two Daughters; Passions Spin the Plot; Kaddish for My Mother; "After Great Pain."; And Therefore I Have Sailed the Seas. SYNOPSIS: Fredelle Bruser Maynard has led an extraordinary life. Raised in a series of small prairie towns, she went on to become a brilliant academic, a popular teacher and an acclaimed writer. However, although she wrote eloquently about family issues, her own personal life was full of pain. In this powerful sequel to Raisins and Almonds, Maynard examines with wit, insight and honesty the crucial events and people that have shaped her life: her strained relationship with her beautiful doomed sister Celia; her devoted and dominating mother and her 25-year marriage to the dazzling, alcoholic artist Max Maynard. Reflecting on her work as a mother, teacher and author, Maynard writes with an eye for the telling details that are part of all our lives. The Tree of Life is about love, letting go, about discovering difficult truths--and, ultimately, about hope. Born and raised in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Fredelle Bruser Maynard studied at the University of Manitoba and the University of Toronto before taking her Ph.D. at Radcliffe. She has taught at Wellesley, Radcliffe and elsewhere, and her articles have been published in Woman's Day, Chatelaine, Parents magazine, the Malahat Review, Maclean's, Atlantic and many other journals. She has also appeared extensively on television and radio, most recently as hot of TV Ontario's "Parents and Children." Her books include Guiding Your Child to a More Creative Life, The Child Care Crisis and a first volume of memoirs, Raisins and Almonds. Ms Maynard now lives in Toronto. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The first Canadian edition. SIGNED by author on title-page. Some mild rubbing to jacket. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book in like dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.