Canada Non-Fiction from High Park Books

Vancouver, B.C.: Nonvella Publishing , 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Near Fine +. At 17, an Anishinaabe boy raised in southern Ontario, spends 5 months learning to hunt with a James Bay Cree family. The first book by the CBC television & radio journalist (Cross Country Checkup). 87 pages. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. White… Read more about this item

Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Near Fine +. 166 pages with index. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

Victoria, BC: English Literary Studies, University of Victoria, 1980. Soft cover. Very Good+. Nine academic essays on the Deptford trilogy. (No. 20 ELS Monograph Series). Includes an Intro essay by Robertson Davies. (iv) 123 pages. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Former owner's sticker on inside top corner of inside… Read more about this item

Self Published, 1972. Pictorial Hardcover. Very Good+. An early book on ventriloquism by the Ontario magician, ventriloquist & educator. 182 pages with many pages left for notes, illustrations and a few B&W photos. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor scuff to front cover & tiny amount of soling to vertical pages edge. Otherwise… Read more about this item

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine +. Sweet and sour celebrity interviews from her Globe and Mail column. Lunch stories with Canadian personalities by the highly-read, controversial Globe columnist. 280pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

Saskatoon/Ottawa: Fifth House/Novalis, 1987. First Paper Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. Autobiography of the Canadian priest, parliamentarian, missionary and humanitarian who had contracted brain cancer , B&W photos, 175 pages with 15 pages of letters. Corners rubbed, clean tight copy

Warsaw, Poland: Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw, 2006. Pictorial Wraps. Near Fine +. A salute to the memory and career of the American-born Canadian, (1935- 2006) academic, poet and co-founder of the Polish Association for Canadian Studies, Burke was responsible for creation the study of North American and Canadian literature in… Read more about this item

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2005. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. The authors are senior executives with the polling firm Ipsos-Reid. 373pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight curling to 2 corners.

Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute, 2005. Soft cover. Very Good+. Ink notation on front page, otherwise clean and unmarked. 235 pages. The author shows that socio-economic factors do not explain all the differences in school rankings on test scores -- that principals' managerial skills, quality of teaching, and resources available to the school also affect students' achievement scores.… Read more about this item

Toronto: Tundra Books, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The story of Chan Hon Goh's life, beginning with her early childhood in Communist Beijing, her family's flight to Canada, her rigorous training, and her artistic achievements. 150 pages; many B&W photos.

Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1997. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Thoreau MacDonald. Inscribed"Yours in nature. Paul Aird, December 1997." Also inscribed as a gift from one person to another. Slightly worn at corners, very slight smudging on cover, 87 pages, 14 X 21.5 cm (5-1/2" X 8-1/2").

Edmonton: Newest Press, 2003. Soft cover. Near Fine. In this book about literature and reading, the author does with grace what others vainly essay -- he tells the story of his reading as a life story, moving easily from prairie tuft to Dickens. 258 pages. Stan Dragland is Professor Emeritus at the University of Western Ontario and author… Read more about this item

Canada: Manor House Publishing Inc., 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Blue cover with gold lettering; slight rubbing and wear to spine edges and upper right corner. Clean copy, 128 pages. Stories of business and academia leaders in Hamilton, Halton and Niagara regions -- Ontario's Golden Horseshoe. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: CBC Enterprises, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. DJ very slightly age-yellowed, with 1" rip by upper left front cover. Otherwise book is clean, pages tight. Many B&W photos and chapters on radio's Copper Age, Silver Age, Golden Age, the Dark Ages and the Renaissance. Also a chapter on "How God Created the CBC." 191 pages. 8vo - over… Read more about this item

Edmonton: Oblates of Mary Immaculate, 1990. Soft cover. Very Good -. A book that marks the centennial of the year Green Lake acquired its first resident priest, Father Jules Teston, in 1890. Book is worn along spine and edges of cover, and has slight soiling on back cover. Lots of B&W photos, 197 pages.

Ottawa, ON: Morin, Ronberg & Associates, 2000. First Edition . Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kieron O'Gorman. 'There are two things to learn about golf - how to hit the ball and understanding the game. The former is best learned, not from the book, but on a range from a… Read more about this item

Edmonton, Alberta: NeWest Press, 1998. First Edition . Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. A narration of one woman's emotions/ attractions by rebel men, real and imagined, in Canada, Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean by the author of 'Bloodlines: A Journey into Eastern Europe'. 182pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Ottawa: Bonanza Press, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Essays on the History of the County of Carleton Law Associations By Various Hands on the Occasion of the Association's Centenary, 1888-1988. Presentation copy with one-page loose insert and presentation name plate on inside front cover. … Read more about this item

Toronto: Methuen Publications, 1973. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Methuen Canadian Literature Series, illus wraps, B&W photos and illus. University of Guelph professor surveys Canadian literature themes: regionalism, native peoples, terrain, French and English Canada, the American presence, national identity, 215 pages with index, Softcover shows some wear, corners curling, owners name on inside cover. Tight… Read more about this item

St. John's, Newfoundland: Department of Economic Development, Nwfoundland, 1971. Fourth Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Tourism booklet on historic Newfoundland and Labrador. Contents includes history of Newfoundland, the arrival of the Vikings and the Portugese, the Beothucks ('Newfoundland's vanished race'), Folk Medicines, Omens, Folk Songs, Weather Lore and Newfoundland… Read more about this item