Earth
 Standard Characters and Eccentric Plot from a Sci-fi Master: As he says in the introduction, Earth is David Brin's most optimistic view of what the future will look like. The fact that the planet he depicts is on the knife edge of environmental collapse [... more]
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Soundtrack to the Personal Rev
soundtrack to my life: burnt by the sun is back with their latest effort for relapse records, titled "soundtrack to the personal revolution". this record, in my own opinion, is that burnt by the sun bring us a heavier, much more technical [... more]
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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
From Amazon.com: Whether you write an occasional professional letter or a daily newspaper column, William Zinsser's On Writing Well should be required reading. Simplicity is Zinsser's mantra: he preaches a stripped-down writing style, strong and clear. [... more]
CDN$19.95
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Changelings: A Castlemere Mystery
One of the Best Series Around: In this 7th outing, the town of Castlemere is being attacked, but no one knows why. Threats are being made that the perp will do great harm to the populace and Liz Grahame, the DI, must find out who it is before he/she [... more]
CDN$10.99
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Flatlander
Three excellent SF short stories, two lackluster duds: FLATLANDER is a collection of the five "Gil the Arm" short stories that Larry Niven has written between the late sixties and today. Set in the 2120s, these stories chronicle the adventures [... more]
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Gothic & Lolita
Somewhat tepid: Many of us in the West were introduced to Harajuku street fashion through a) Gwen Stefani and b) Fruits and Fresh Fruits by Shoichi Aoki. These photo collections, published by Phaidon Press, document the over-the-rainbow style of Japanese [... more]
CDN$35.00
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Washington Square Serenade
From Amazon.com: The title and opening songs of Washington Square Serenade are as much a celebration of New York City--Steve Earle's newly adopted home--as his breakthrough Guitar Town was an evocation of his previous home in Nashville. In fact, the [... more]
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Spook Country
GIBSON FINALLY FINDS HIS STRIDE AGAIN: I am a huge William Gibson fun, since my university years. I believe his SPRAWL Trilogy to be a strong English Literature Cannon candidate - and, undoubtedly, the Gospel of Science Fiction of our generation. However, [... more]
CDN$16.50
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Earth
Standard Characters and Eccentric Plot from a Sci-fi Master: As he says in the introduction, Earth is David Brin's most optimistic view of what the future will look like. The fact that the planet he depicts is on the knife edge of environmental collapse [... more]
CDN$9.99
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La Sandunga
From Amazon.com: World musician Lila Downs experienced a career renaissance thanks to her contributions to the 2002 Frida movie and soundtrack . After two well-received solo albums, the Narada label has reissued Downs' dramatic debut album, La Sandunga. [... more]
CDN$21.99
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Howling
From Amazon.com: A graduate of Roger Corman's school of low-budget ingenuity, Joe Dante gained enough momentum with 1978's Piranha to rise to the challenge of The Howling, and he brought along Piranha screenwriter John Sayles to cowrite this instant [... more]
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The Neon Rain: A Dave Robicheaux Novel
Mystery 101 (One Man's Continuning Education): Except for a few Christies in my teens, I never read mysteries at all (except for one or two that somehow made it into my college curriculum). It had less to do with a lack of interest than a lack of time. I [... more]
CDN$16.00
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