Going Solo
Thrilling sequel: This thrilling, true-life adventure stands on its own as a great read. In fact, I read it to my 8-year old son before we read "Boy", and turned to "Boy" only because "Going Solo" is so wonderful. Although [... more]
CDN$12.01
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Empires of Profit: Commerce, Conquest and Corporate ...
A travesty! Softens and erases corporate crimes: This book held such promise in my hands: a quick historical examination of key corporate empires in the last few hundred years. It might have been perfect for my Geography students. But alas, the book is a [... more]
CDN$15.11
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Going Solo
Thrilling sequel: This thrilling, true-life adventure stands on its own as a great read. In fact, I read it to my 8-year old son before we read "Boy", and turned to "Boy" only because "Going Solo" is so wonderful. Although [... more]
CDN$16.45
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Old Money: The Mythology of Wealth in America
excellent insider's portrait and analysis: Don't know what these other readers' problem is - hopefully not the envy and resentment that the author acknowledges as a natural byproduct of privilege! Aldrich is thoughtful, erudite and honest. Is he [... more]
CDN$17.01
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Some Like It Hot
Amazon.com Essential Video: Maybe "nobody's perfect," as one character in this masterpiece suggests. But some movies are perfect, and Some Like It Hot is one of them. In Chicago, during the Prohibition era, two skirt-chasing musicians, Joe and [... more]
CDN$15.98
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In the Shadow of a Saint
Amazon.ca: "My father. Where does he end and where do I begin?" So starts this honest and affecting memoir by the son of the great Nigerian political activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed by his government in 1995. Growing up the eldest son [... more]
CDN$34.95
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Global Uprising: Confronting the Tyrannies of the 21st ...
Inspiring: In their epilogue to "Global Uprising," Neva Welton and Linda Wolf point out that in the context of 9/11, "Now, more than ever, we must examine the the consequences or our denial, ignorance and complacency \oin dealing with [... more]
CDN$27.95
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Cultivating Communities of Practice
From Amazon.com: From the time our ancestors lived in caves to that day in the late '80s when Chrysler sanctioned unofficial "tech clubs" to promote the flow of information between teams working on different vehicle platforms, bands of like- [... more]
CDN$40.95
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Going Solo
Thrilling sequel: This thrilling, true-life adventure stands on its own as a great read. In fact, I read it to my 8-year old son before we read "Boy", and turned to "Boy" only because "Going Solo" is so wonderful. Although [... more]
CDN$12.01
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Corporate Universities: Lessons in Building a ...
Jeanne Meister hits the mark with Corporate Universities: Jeanne Meister's book on corporate universities is a review of the key success factors and motives in developing a high level corporate training organization. The majority of the information in [... more]
CDN$65.95
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Company of Strangers
Boring spy thriller: This novel probably wins my prize as the most boring "thriller" I've ever read. I waded through the whole thing just to see if it would ever improve. It didn't, but I persevered right through to the disappointing ending. [... more]
CDN$10.99
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Going Solo
Thrilling sequel: This thrilling, true-life adventure stands on its own as a great read. In fact, I read it to my 8-year old son before we read "Boy", and turned to "Boy" only because "Going Solo" is so wonderful. Although [... more]
CDN$16.50
Amazon CA |