Salome Comp
 From Amazon.com: Herbert von Karajan's mastery of the opulent idiom of Richard Strauss is everywhere apparent in this recording of Salome, made in 1977-78 in conjunction with the first-ever Salzburg Festival production of the opera, conducted (as well as [... more]
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The Trouser People: A Story of Burma in the Shadow of ...
From Amazon.com: In The Trouser People, Andrew Marshall recounts his ambitious crisscrossing of contemporary Burma, which emerges as isolated, heartbreaking, fitfully resilient, and, to Western eyes, certainly, often exotically unfathomable. Marshall's [... more]
CDN$25.00
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The Epicure's Lament: A Novel
The Epicure's Lament: Kate Christensen's 'The Epicure's Lament' is, quite simply, a work of lyrical genius. Sharp fredduras dot every page, and Hugo Whittier's voice drips with ready wit \oHugo being the anti-heroic protagonist\c. On top of that, [... more]
CDN$35.95
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The Epicure's Lament
The Epicure's Lament: Kate Christensen's 'The Epicure's Lament' is, quite simply, a work of lyrical genius. Sharp fredduras dot every page, and Hugo Whittier's voice drips with ready wit \oHugo being the anti-heroic protagonist\c. On top of that, [... more]
CDN$21.00
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Polyester/Desperate Living (Widescreen/Full Screen) [2 ...
From Amazon.com: Director John Waters broke new boundaries of bad taste with his hilariously trashy tale of suburban misadventure Polyester. His favorite leading lady, transvestite Divine, plays Francine Fishpaw, a dissatisfied suburban housefrau who [... more]
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The Dying God: The Hidden History of Western Civilization
Daring look at history of Western civilization: A daring and comprehensive look at the darker origins of Western civilization. The author exposes many of the more obscured areas of history and suggests how and, moreover, why they have remained so hidden. [... more]
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The Autobiography Of Joseph Stalin: A Novel
From Amazon.com: In a brief poem written in response to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, W.H. Auden ridiculed the inexpressive nature of tyranny and tyrants: "One prize is beyond his reach, / The Ogre cannot master Speech." Now, it seems, [... more]
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Bridge at Andau
Glimpse Behind the Iron Curtain: Michener is one of the great historians of the 20th century. Not only is his research vast and impeccable, but Michener is able to translate his research into a wonderfully readable book. The Bridge at Andau is no [... more]
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Mrs. Astor's New York: Money and Social Power in a ...
Scholarly and definitive, but tedious: MRS. ASTOR'S NEW YORK deservedly will become the definitive work regarding the City of New York and, specifically, its upper class, during that period of the 19th Century known as the "Gilded Age." As such, [... more]
CDN$19.80
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China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Inc.: The Dynamics of a New Empire
From Amazon.com: With Hong Kong's reversion to Chinese rule, a new style of leadership under party chief and president Jiang Zemin, and unrivaled economic growth, China is more unpredictable than ever. In an era in which communist regimes are crumbling [... more]
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Spider Trap: A Brock and Kolla Mystery
"The trouble is, it's all just too long ago, and the evidence to connect him just isn't out there anymore.": Taking place a few months after Barry Maitland's previous book, No Trace, Spider Trap covers similar territory, taking place in the [... more]
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What If 2
From Amazon.com: Many armchair historians have spent hours daydreaming of what might have been if some turning point in history had gone another way. The appeal of the What If? books is that editor Robert Cowley gets professional historians to [... more]
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