Cory Doctorow
Marcus, a.k.a "w1n5t0n," is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works-and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school's ... [... more]
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Introduction to SQL: Mastering the Structured Query Language
 Clear, with numerous helpful examples: First, I should mention that I got this book in Dec. 2000 and had no trouble installing the disk on Windows98. Hopefully the problem pointed about by another reviewer has been resolved. Incidentally, I find the [... more]
CDN$63.60
Amazon CA |
Story of Dr Dolittle -Lib -OS
From Amazon.com: Listening to Alan Bennett read The Story of Doctor Dolittle is the next best thing to borrowing someone's kindly British grandfather for a marathon round of bedtime stories. Bennett seems to have an unlimited supply of voices, accents, [... more]
CDN$12.04
Amazon CA |
Russian Basic WorkBook Berlitz
good concept, poor tapes: I used the cassette version and was disappointed. With the tape version I the sound quality was so low that I had a hard time understanding what was being spoken. A native speaker verified the accents to be accurate, so it wasn' [... more]
CDN$14.95
Amazon CA |
Karla: A Pact with the Devil
Amazon.ca: Karla Homolka is an enigma. After a decade of investigation, a previous book about the case (Invisible Darkness), access to police officers, attorneys, doctors, and internal documents, and correspondence with the subject herself, that is the [... more]
CDN$24.95
Amazon CA |
ADO: ActiveX Data Objects
Visual Basic ADO Book: This is a well written book for existing programmers who want to learn ADO. While the examples are in Visual Basic, the core concepts of ADO are very detailed and anyone with an understanding of a similar language, such as ASP or C+ [... more]
CDN$67.95
Amazon CA |
Ultimate Robot Kit
From Amazon.com: From the depths of the deep blue sea to the mysterious world of space, robots are up to the task of exploring, traveling, saving lives, or making life easier for human beings. David Eckhold's Ultimate Robot Kit makes life a whole lot [... more]
CDN$34.99
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Vacationing with Your Pet: Eileen's Directory of ...
From Amazon.com: Most pet lovers will buy this book for the extensive listings of more than 23,000 pet-friendly accommodations in the United States and Canada. As a bonus, however, they'll be getting nearly 100 pages of terrific advice on everything from [... more]
CDN$23.91
Amazon CA |
Sorcerer's Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda
Window to an Insidious Mindset: Anxiety, fear, distrust, co-dependency and physical manifestations of stress disorder are not terms one would associate with spiritual enlightenment. Amy Wallace, in detailing her own experiences with Carlos Castaneda, [... more]
CDN$24.95
Amazon CA |
The Breakaway Japanese Kitchen: Inspired New Tastes
Zen and the Art of Improvisation: The Breakaway Japanese Kitchen is an excellent little cookbook with a passionate ethos that speaks to the Michelin star in all of us. Imagine Alice Waters meets Nigel Slater at a Zen barbeque, without the celebrity cook [... more]
CDN$40.95
Amazon CA |
CHEZ PANISSE MENU CKBK
A good idea book: I enjoy reading this cookbook more to gather ideas than to find recipes I want to cook. Alice Waters describes how she and her team at Chez Panisse created many of their memorable meals, what inspired them, the problem that arose, and [... more]
CDN$9.98
Amazon CA |
John Quincy Adams: 1825-1829 The American Presidents
an error about an error: Referring to Marshall Newman's review. The Macaulay that JQA read and Remini mentions was Catherine Macaulay (1731-1791), an historian and a distant relative of T.B. Macaulay (1800-1859). Too much Freud at the begining.: Full [... more]
CDN$29.95
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