Gregory doris (10 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Still sassy, Doris Gregory takes the reader back over seventy years to the time when she broke with tradition, first by publicly challenging the University of British Columbia's discrimination against women, and then by joining the Canadian Women's Army Corps. Gregory's memoir allows us to travel with her across the Atlantic at the height of the U-boat infestation and to take refuge in underground shelters while bombs fall on London. Unlike most memoirs of the war that focus on battles, Gregory shows the everyday mundane activities of office life, working under some less-than-brilliant supervisors. Gregory transforms what could have been a dull soldier's life into one of small adventures: cycling along traffic-free roads through southern England, the midlands and Scottish Lowlands, hopping on the ferry to Ulster, slipping into neutral, forbidden Eire, and looking into the gun barrel of an angry German sentry. Although at times the war weighs heavily upon her, the author's optimism, enthusiasm and sense of humour permeate this memoir, full of laughter and surprises.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 110 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.28 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 4th Edition. B Colo His. This 94 pages W index trade softcover is fine, as new, up to date fourth edition. Hotel photo on cover. This pink spine, black title.

Zustand: Very Good. Cascade Publications Long Beach, CA 1989.

Hard cover. Zustand: Good+. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages; [SIGNED] 1937 Green Circle, NY. HC. Inscribed by author and signed using the pseudonym Greg Mason -"To Luke Rowand, because he is a good editor of America's best weekly newspaper-even if Republican." Dated Jan 30, 1937. Original sand colored cloth with titles in dark brown and borders in orange. Binding sound and contents complete, but lower board gnawed at edge, presumably by a small rodent. Aside from this flaw the book is sound and neat. Unusually inscribed by author and uncommon thus. G+; Signed by Author.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - My husband came home beat up. I ask, 'Who did this to you ' He said, 'Our son.' My heart froze because I knew that if our 17 year old son had done this he had done something really bad.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Signed by author on title page, very clean, tight and bright, soft cover. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. 72 Pp. Fine. Inscribed By Author And With A Personal Letter To The Recipient Laid In. Inscribed by Author(s).