The Net Effect
 Surfing The Net Effect: At a time when how-to-do-it books on computing spawn in a seemingly endless stream, Beth Porter has written an intelligent, highly readable book that has little to do with the how and a great deal to do with the why and where-to [... more]
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Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits
Comprehensive in scope: I read this book with the expectation that it would give me an idea of the extent to which organism traits or phenotypes are determined optimally. Discussions on evolution frequently regard the functioning and attributes of an [... more]
CDN$101.01
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When Corporations Rule the World: Second Edition
The Long Road to Democracy: By far, the most comprehensive, well-researched, incisive documentation of systemic corporate abuse available. When Corporations Rule is not simply a litany of profligate corporate excess, though. Korten explains the [... more]
CDN$20.95
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Century of Warfare: History of the United States at War ...
A Well-rounded treatment of 20th Century conflicts.: The Century of Warfare is a somewhat inconsistent but generally satisfying production that mixes flashes of brilliance with equal doses of mediocrity. The strength of this set lies in attention to [... more]
CDN$31.25
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Ravnos
The problem isn't in the writing craftsmanship: Blame the publisher -- this book is very hard to read because the font is extremely thin (narrow lines) and they have printed it very, very small -- and then used paper which isn't quite white enough. The [... more]
CDN$7.01
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The Bottom Line: A Layman's Guide to Medicine
The Painful Facts about How Profit Incentives in Medicine Are Undermining Your Health: Mr. Stanzak stands in the middle of the wide gulf between physicians and their patients as an experienced traveling critical care (ICU) nurse. He has also worked on [... more]
CDN$25.03
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Time and Chance
Fascinating Subject But Horribly Unintelligible Writing: Formally trained in academia as a physicist, David Albert made the switch over to philosophy to address foundational issues in physics, most notably those dealing with time and an outstanding [... more]
CDN$43.76
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How To Negotiate With Kids Even When You Think You Shouldnt
required reading: Scott Brown's book should be required reading for every parent out there. As a parent of 3 young children I found his advice practical and very helpful. His examples made me laugh out loud as I could relate to all of them. "How to [... more]
CDN$37.50
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The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and ...
From Amazon.com: To prove their various points, most books on business leadership focus strictly on either a series of standard, contemporary corporate illustrations or a single nontraditional model (such as a specific historic personality or a classic [... more]
CDN$21.00
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Causality: Models, Reasoning, and Inference
Understanding causality poses no danger!: I take issue with the previous reviewer. Pearl does not assume that the modeller is able, a priori, to determine what the correct model is. Instead, Pearl asks what conclusions can be drawn if the modeller is [... more]
CDN$52.95
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Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings
one of the best available english translations: The language is direct, giving some hint of the concision and grace of classical Chinese, but also retains some of the subtle humor of this profoundly subversive philosopher. Burton Watson tried to create a [... more]
CDN$25.53
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Time and Chance
Fascinating Subject But Horribly Unintelligible Writing: Formally trained in academia as a physicist, David Albert made the switch over to philosophy to address foundational issues in physics, most notably those dealing with time and an outstanding [... more]
CDN$23.96
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