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Oraison Funebre de Tres-Haut et Puissant Seigneur Messire Michel Le Tellier Chevalier [original]

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Binding: good to very good ; insert that reads "G. HUSER BINDING" ; deep red leather binding ; 5 raised bands on spine ; gold tooling on edges and inside covers ; "G. HUSER" in gilded print on inside front cover border detail ; marbled endpaper ;…

Ottawa's Antidote to U.S. Surcharge Ready in 10 days

Ottawa, Ontario

The Employment Support Act was being debated in House of Commons for a second time. Its purpose was to counteract a newly imposed 10% US “import surcharge.” It would see the Canadian government covering 2/3 of this cost on behalf…

Our Doctors Need a Public Watchdog

Ottawa, Ontario

Desbarats discusses the issue of doctors being the ones who investigate other doctors. In the case he describes, a man who was both a member of the public and a doctor himself was leading the inquiry into the case of his son’s…

Our Own Third World Give us a Jolt

Desbarats recounts a journalism conference at Western’s Graduate School of Journalism, during which the issue of how well Canadian aboriginal news stories were covered was raised by Dan David, the first Canadian Indian journalist to work…

Outside Over There

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This book follows Ida who plays her horn for baby sister every night to get her to sleep while her father is away at sea. One night while she is playing her horn and not paying attention to the baby, goblins sneak in and steal the baby. When Ida…

Palm Leaf Sandwich-type Manuscript [original]

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Binding: good ; wooden boards and leaves have two holes through which they would have been bound with string or cord

Protective case: wrapped in paper and kept in a case

Leaves: good ; palm leaves ; fragile (brittle) ; text on both sides ;…

Pandemic: Can you save humanity?

Players: 2-4
Playing time: 45 minutes
Age: 8+

Game Overview: In Pandemic, you and your fellow players are members of a disease control team. You must work together to develop cures and prevent disease outbreaks, before 4 deadly diseases (Blue,…

Papyrus Sheet [original]

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Condition: very good to near fine ; some cracks ; fragile

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Pat the Bunny

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"In the nursery canon, Dorothy Kunhardt's touch-and-feel book ""Pat the Bunny"" holds a place of special affection. Since 1940, tiny children have delighted in sniffing the scented drawings of flowers and stroking the rough material on ""Daddy's…

Pathfinder Pawns: Monster Codex Box

2-5 players.
60 minutes.
This collection of more than 300 creature pawns for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game or any fantasy RPG.
Printed on sturdy cardstock, it features creatures such as goblins, orcs, hobgoblins, bugbears, boggards,…