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Clara Vidal
MÉLIE'S MOTHER IS sometimes nice, sometimes mean-prone to erratic behavior that Mélie does her best to cope with. As a young girl, she invents rituals to protect herself from her mother's moods; but as Mélie becomes a teenager, the [... more]
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All Heaven Broke Loose
 More "Jazz" for the Progressive Philistine: As I've already attempted for Earthwork's later "A Part and Yet Apart", this review is intended to help the fan of Bruford's progressive music to decide if it'd be interesting to them. " [... more]
CDN$10.99
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Etudes (Complete)
Skryabin, a hinge between two ages: The world was changing fast. Composers were catching up with the limits of tonality, but Skryabin was pointing a way to an almost contrapuntal, modern, overlapping, layered tonality that--like Bach--didn't work if you [... more]
CDN$6.99
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By Night in Chile
A wondrous reverie - rich and strange.........: Roberto Bolano, alas, died this year. BY NIGHT IN CHILE is his only work translated into English (very sensuously and beautifully by Chris Andrews) despite the fact that he wrote nine novels, short stories [... more]
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Construction Time Again
Was great when it was new -- does not hold up today: This was my favorite Depeche Mode album for a long time. But like a lot of earlier Depeche Mode, I just don't think this holds up anymore. It's not the timeless pop classic that Violator is, and doesn' [... more]
CDN$28.64
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Not the Girl Next Door: Joan Crawford, a Personal Biography
She wasn't the girl next door: Charlotte Chandler's latest book may describe Joan Crawford as "Not the Girl Next Door," but from the way she writes, you'd think she had been. And as for the personal part... well, there's such a thing as too [... more]
CDN$29.99
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Gears of War
Amazon.ca Product Description: Gears of War, an Xbox 360 exclusive game that blends tactical action with survival horror, thrusts gamers into a deep and harrowing tale of humankind's epic battle for survival against the Locust Horde, a nightmarish race [... more]
CDN$39.99
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The Caine Mutiny
More Than A War Story: Good literature can transport the reader into the world of the book. Great literature enters the world of the reader. "The Caine Mutiny" is great literature. Many have seen the movie so I can say a little about the story. [... more]
CDN$35.00
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American Fictions
Wonderful and difficult...: This book contains 27 of Hardwick's literary critical essays--and they are gems. The essays are arranged in themes (e.g., "Old New York," "Victims and Victors") around particular authors (e.g., Edith [... more]
CDN$28.00
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The Queen of the Tambourine
Is she, or isn't she, mad?: Winner of the Whitbread Award for best novel, this is a witty and affecting journey to the brink of madness. The narrative takes the form of letters from Eliza Peabody, affluent 50ish wife of a senior civil servant, to her [... more]
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Next Position Please
The pleasant early 80's surprise: In the liner notes to the box set, Rick mentioned that I Can't Take It was a number one hit down under and advised the American public to wake up. It's a sentiment that I wholly agree with on one hand, but also one that [... more]
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