The Complete PC Upgrade and Maintenance Guide (2003 Edition)
 In the spirit of fairness ...: .. I felt I should counter the gloomy write-ups I've found here. One frequent complaint is that there's too much old info. Hmm ... how does this aspect ("current-ness") compare with other books on the same subject? [... more]
CDN$62.50
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Telecom Crash Course
entertaining but lightweight: The author has a knack for seeing the big picture and coming up with funny metaphors to describe it (see Austrailian rules football in the other review). Also, he has a lot of friends in the business - four of the 5 star [... more]
CDN$43.95
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Time Out Guide To Las Vegas
Las Vegas - looking beyond the rose-tinted spectacles: This book will help the average person planning a Las Vegas experience avoid many of the usual overhype and embrace the real city. It covers the subjects that are usually taboo and is not scared to [... more]
CDN$28.00
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Keeper Of Lime Rock Pb
Woman and the Sea: This lovely book, a story of a brave woman and the sea, is so well-written. It is obvious that it was a labor of love for its author. In less than 150 pages, Lenore Skomal manages to convey the spirit of Ida lewis and the times in [... more]
CDN$19.95
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The Complete Guide to Online Stock Market Investing: The ...
This would make a good magazine feature. But a BOOK?!: I never thought that you could have ads in books like the way you do in magazines. As soon as you open this book you are bombarded with 3-4 pages of ads!! The ads follow and appear regularly in [... more]
CDN$31.20
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Elements of Writing Fiction - Conflict, Action & Suspense
It's the Emeril Show of fiction writing!: William Noble, from the start of Conflict, Action & Suspense, writes about making your story into DRAMA! (And yes, the way he talks about it, emphatics like that are appropriate.) The book is written in a [... more]
CDN$14.50
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The Jew in the Lotus: Poet's Re-Discovery of Jewish ...
an important overview: This is a fine book containing a treasure trove of material. I would suggest that it be read slowly and carefully. Even then, the author could not go into everything, and I'd like to clarify two issues: 1) Judaism *does* have a [... more]
CDN$15.58
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Time Out Las Vegas
Las Vegas - looking beyond the rose-tinted spectacles: This book will help the average person planning a Las Vegas experience avoid many of the usual overhype and embrace the real city. It covers the subjects that are usually taboo and is not scared to [... more]
CDN$21.95
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Culinaria Italy
5 Star Culinary Tour of Italy: My wife and I love to travel to Italy, and are constantly reading cookbooks and travel literature in search of Italian cuisine. What a joy to read this book! Each chapter describes in precise detail the ingredients and [... more]
CDN$30.05
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Digital Game-Based Learning
Too evangelical: This book reads like a wired magazine article. Its envagelical tone betrays a decidely unacademic agenda. At times it feels like you are reading a brochure for Prensky's company rather than an objective evaluation of the capabilities and [... more]
CDN$49.95
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Alpha Beta: How 26 Letters Shaped the Western World
From Amazon.com: In the tradition of small books that try to explain a lot (think How the Irish Saved Civilization), John Man's Alpha Beta is an excellent survey on the history of letters. They may have played a more dramatic role in the advancement of [... more]
CDN$26.99
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RKO 281 (Widescreen)
From Amazon.com: This absorbing HBO docudrama tells the story of the making of what is considered by many to be America's greatest film, Citizen Kane. "Boy genius" Orson Welles came to Hollywood with no idea how to follow up his stage and radio [... more]
CDN$21.99
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