Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Lone Pine Publishing (1992). First edition - The author, a Harvard ethnobotanist, writes with empathy and understanding and personal experience about indigenous tribes from the tropics to the Arctic circle. Included are chapters on shamanic healing, the plants of the gods - and on the end of the wild. Photographs. 156 pp. ISBN: 1551050269.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1999.). First edition - First novel by this Canadian (although born in New Zealand) writer and actress - the story a very precocious 14 year old girl's journey of discovery - from Eugene, Oregon to Malibu and more -

New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2004.). SIGNED first edition - Advance issue of the first American edition of this collection of a novella and three short stories, written earlier in Martel's career, in 1993. Includes the title novella and 'The Time I Heard the Private Donald J. Rankin String Concerto with One Discordant Violin, by the American Composer John Morton,' 'Manners of Dying,' and 'The Vita Aeterna Mirror Company.'' Martel won the 2002 Man Booker Prize for 'Life of Pi.' SIGNED on the title page. 179 pp.

New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collects a novella and three short stories, written earlier in Martel's career, in 1993. Includes the title novella and 'The Time I Heard the Private Donald J. Rankin String Concerto with One Discordant Violin, by the American Composer John Morton,' 'Manners of Dying,' and 'The Vita Aeterna Mirror Company.'' Martel won the 2002 Man Booker Prize for 'Life of Pi.' SIGNED on the title page. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-151010900.

New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Collects a novella and three short stories, written earlier in Martel's career, in 1993. Includes the title novella and 'The Time I Heard the Private Donald J. Rankin String Concerto with One Discordant Violin, by the American Composer John Morton,' 'Manners of Dying,' and 'The Vita Aeterna Mirror Company.'' Martel won the 2002 Man Booker Prize for 'Life of Pi.' 208 pp. ISBN: 0-151010900.

Vancouver, BC: Polestar Book Publishers, (1996). First edition - "Nolan skillfully shows how darkly humorous and devasting life can be." 149 pp. ISBN: 1-896095208.

Toronto: Doubleday, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - In this story of a marooned circus sideshow troupe, a former baseball hero, and a Michigan village dominated by a fundamentalist religious sect, the author confronts some of the highest as well as the least desirable aspects of human motivation. Second novel by this Canadian author who has been compared to Tom Robbins and John Irving.

Toronto: Stoddart, (1998). SIGNED - The author's first novel, set in the proud, tight knit Black community of the Little Burgundy district of Quebec in the mid-1940s. It follows the life of Marion Willow, a Black widow, working two jobs as she attempts to raise her three daughters with dignity despite the limitations placed on them due to segregation. INSCRIBED on the title page. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-773780024.