2001, ISBN: 9780385257251

Gebundene Ausgabe, Erstausgabe

London: Sid Harta Publishers, 2005. Used. In seeking to capture the angst of a 19-year old city boy struggling out of the cocoon of adolescence into adulthood in the middle of the 20th … Mehr…

London: Sid Harta Publishers, 2005. Used. In seeking to capture the angst of a 19-year old city boy struggling out of the cocoon of adolescence into adulthood in the middle of the 20th century in rural Victoria, this does a pretty good job of communicating some of the insecurities and preoccupations of both the character and the timesThe country school teacher should be the friend and philosopher of the district.'Inspired by this message from his college lecturers, the idealistic and zealous 19 year old Doug O'Connor takes up his first appointment to a remote one-teacher school in a decaying Australian country town.Friend and Philosopher is an honestly written story, told with warmth, tenderness and insight. Entering that painful period when the child must become an adult, Doug encounters a series of reversals for which he is ill equipped, and struggles to come to a better understanding of himself.Tense and engaging, Friend and Philosopher captures the awkwardness and confusion of youth, celebrates the loss of innocence and deals with profound and complex issues in a candid and compelling way.'There is a warm irony in the title of Noel Braun's first novel. Braun has not rushed into print. He introduces himself by saying he has been mulling over this book for decades, not years. His story bears the mark of an older man in affectionate conversation with a much younger one. It is impressive.Set in the early 1950s, this novel is also a paean to a forgotten army of young men and women who, with little more than chalk, went into battle in small country schools. We have plenty of war stories. It makes a change to read about coming of age in the years after World War II. Doug O'Connor is 19. He leaves Melbourne to take a job in a one-teacher school on the dusty side of Swan Hill, dreaming that his students might come to think of him as a friend and philosopher.Doug is as green as they come, but there is enough substance in the character to be prepared to invest in what happens to him.'- Michael McGirr Sydney Morning Herald, Sid Harta Publishers, 2005, 0, Toronto, Ontario: Toronto, ON: Doubleday Canada, 2001, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2001. -----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, signed and inscribed by Berton "Pierre Berton To Paul -best wishes Oct/01", , 632 pages, ---"From the Introduction ---"I have called this period Canada’s Turbulent Years - turbulent not only because of the battles we fought on the African veldt, the ravaged meadows of Flanders, the forbidding spine of Italy, and the conical hills of Korea, but turbulent in other ways. These were Canada’s formative years, when she resembled an adolescent, grappling with the problems of puberty, often at odds with her parents, craving to be treated as an adult, hungry for the acclaim of her peers, and wary of the dominating presence of a more sophisticated neighbour. --Canada's twentieth century can be divided roughly into two halves. All the wars and all the unnecessary battles in which Canadian youth was squandered belong to the first -from the autumn of 1899 to the summer of 1953. From the mid-1950s on, Canada has concerned itself not with war but with peace. --The first war of the century, which took Canadian soldiers to South Africa, and the last, which sent them to Korea, bracket the bookends on the shelf of history. They have a good deal in common with, these two minor conflicts, whose chronicles pale when compared to the bloodbaths of the two world wars. --Canada's wartime days are long past, and for many, the scars of war have healed. Vimy has been manicured clean, its pockmarked slopes softened by a green mantle of Canadian pines. Dieppe has reverted to a resort town, its beaches long since washed free of Canadian blood. Nowadays, Canadians are proud of their role as Peacekeepers, from which they have gained a modicum of international acclaim the nation has always craved, with precious little blood wasted in the process. --In this monumental work, Pierre Berton brings Canadian history to life once again, relying on a host of sources, including newspaper accounts and first-hand reports, to tell the story of these four wars through the eyes of the privates in the trenches, the generals at the front, and the politicians and families back home. By profiling the interwar years, Berton traces how one war led to the next, and how the country was changed in the process. Illustrated with maps and line drawings, Marching as to War describes how the experience of war helped to bind Canada together as a nation and chronicles the transformation of Canada's dependence upon Great Britain and its slow emergence as an independent nation caught in a love-hate relationship with the United States. "---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes areapproximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. Signed (see description). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see description)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 6.5w x 9.75h Inches. NOT Price Clipped., Toronto, ON: Doubleday Canada, 2001, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2001, 4<

2001, ISBN: 9780385257251

Gebundene Ausgabe, Erstausgabe

Toronto, Ontario: Toronto, ON: Doubleday Canada, 2001, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2001. -----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine d… Mehr…

Toronto, Ontario: Toronto, ON: Doubleday Canada, 2001, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2001. -----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, signed and inscribed by Berton "Pierre Berton To Paul -best wishes Oct/01", , 632 pages, ---"From the Introduction ---"I have called this period Canada’s Turbulent Years - turbulent not only because of the battles we fought on the African veldt, the ravaged meadows of Flanders, the forbidding spine of Italy, and the conical hills of Korea, but turbulent in other ways. These were Canada’s formative years, when she resembled an adolescent, grappling with the problems of puberty, often at odds with her parents, craving to be treated as an adult, hungry for the acclaim of her peers, and wary of the dominating presence of a more sophisticated neighbour. --Canada's twentieth century can be divided roughly into two halves. All the wars and all the unnecessary battles in which Canadian youth was squandered belong to the first -from the autumn of 1899 to the summer of 1953. From the mid-1950s on, Canada has concerned itself not with war but with peace. --The first war of the century, which took Canadian soldiers to South Africa, and the last, which sent them to Korea, bracket the bookends on the shelf of history. They have a good deal in common with, these two minor conflicts, whose chronicles pale when compared to the bloodbaths of the two world wars. --Canada's wartime days are long past, and for many, the scars of war have healed. Vimy has been manicured clean, its pockmarked slopes softened by a green mantle of Canadian pines. Dieppe has reverted to a resort town, its beaches long since washed free of Canadian blood. Nowadays, Canadians are proud of their role as Peacekeepers, from which they have gained a modicum of international acclaim the nation has always craved, with precious little blood wasted in the process. --In this monumental work, Pierre Berton brings Canadian history to life once again, relying on a host of sources, including newspaper accounts and first-hand reports, to tell the story of these four wars through the eyes of the privates in the trenches, the generals at the front, and the politicians and families back home. By profiling the interwar years, Berton traces how one war led to the next, and how the country was changed in the process. Illustrated with maps and line drawings, Marching as to War describes how the experience of war helped to bind Canada together as a nation and chronicles the transformation of Canada's dependence upon Great Britain and its slow emergence as an independent nation caught in a love-hate relationship with the United States. "---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes areapproximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. Signed (see description). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see description)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 6.5w x 9.75h Inches. NOT Price Clipped., Toronto, ON: Doubleday Canada, 2001, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2001, 4<

2013, ISBN: 9780385257251

Gebundene Ausgabe

Editions L'Harmattan, 2013. Paperback. Very Good. Former library book. Soiling on the side. Edition 2013. Tome 1. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this book's net price to charity organ… Mehr…

Editions L'Harmattan, 2013. Paperback. Very Good. Former library book. Soiling on the side. Edition 2013. Tome 1. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this book's net price to charity organizations., Editions L'Harmattan, 2013, 3, Paperback / softback. New. Expert suggestions for guiding your child through the roughteenage years Does it sometimes seem like your teenager is trying to push youover the edge? Learn what your child is going through and what youcan do to help your teen navigate this difficult period in thispractical guide from psychologist and parenting expert CarlPickhardt., 6, Toronto: Doubleday Canada. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385257252 . Gift notation on blank page, otherwise NF. ; A bright solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 632 pages; “I have called this period Canada’s Turbulent Years – turbulent not only because of the battles we fought on the African veldt, the ravaged meadows of Flanders, the forbidding spine of Italy, and the conical hills of Korea, but turbulent in other ways. These were Canada’s formative years, when she resembled an adolescent, grappling with the problems of puberty, often at odds with her parents, craving to be treated as an adult, hungry for the acclaim of her peers, and wary of the dominating presence of a more sophisticated neighbour.” Pierre Berton ., Doubleday Canada, 2001, 4<

2001, ISBN: 0385257252

Gebundene Ausgabe

[EAN: 9780385257251], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Doubleday Canada], MILITARY HISTORY, Jacket, Sticker on cover else fine, Books

2001, ISBN: 9780385257251

Gebundene Ausgabe

Hardcover, 0385257252., Very Good in Very Good dust jacket, [ED: 1], Military History, Sticker on cover else fine., [PU: Doubleday Canada]