Karyn's Memory Box
Not just an ordinary "convenience-marriage" story!: When young German Karyn came to America she was full of dreams of marriage and a good life. What she found was much different and nearly intolerable. She is stubborn and determined in spite of [... more]
CDN$14.50
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The Boyfriend School
cute with a good personality: I read this on recommendation from a reviewer of Olivia Goldsmith's Bad Boy, who claimed that Bad Boy was just a regurgitation of Sarah Bird's book. Now that I've read both, I must agree that The Boyfriend School is the [... more]
CDN$21.00
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Once Upon a Dream
From Amazon.com: Don't miss this re-telling of the Cinderella story set against a backdrop of embittered hatred imposed by the conflict between the Irish and the English. When Raphael Montagu, eighth Duke of Southwell, visits the decrepit Irish estate he [... more]
CDN$9.99
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The Hippopotamus Pool
the plot thickens...: After reading this book, I wasn't sure if I had read a story about Amelia Peabody or about Dr. Indiana Jones! Amelia Peabody and her archaeologist husband Radcliffe Emerson are in Thebes and are looking for the tomb of Tetisheri. [... more]
CDN$9.50
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Street Hassle
Ultimate Lou: In my opinion Street Hassle is a masterpiece. The album delivers everything that makes Lou a great musical artist- street-wise lyrics, sleazy rhythms and an attitude to kill. How many listeners out there know about Bruce Springsteen's cameo [... more]
CDN$34.89
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Great Songs from Great Britan
Obscure but surprisingly moving: When I bought a used copy of 'Great Songs from Great Britain', I had low expectations. Several writers had noted that Sinatra's voice was spent by the time he joined Robert Farnon in London to record the present set, and [... more]
CDN$23.99
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Same Time Next Year
From Amazon.com: Bernard Slade's smart, funny, and touching play about an adulterous couple who meet one weekend a year for 26 years is nicely adapted for the screen by Robert Mulligan (To Kill a Mockingbird) in this 1978 film. The two-person story stars [... more]
CDN$21.98
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The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New ...
From Amazon.com: An accessible introduction to the science of evolutionary psychology and how it explains many aspects of human nature. Unlike many books on the topic,which focus on abstractions like kin selection, this book focuses on Darwinian [... more]
CDN$22.95
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The Warrior's Touch
Can outcasts find love in Medieval society?: Michelle Willingham's THE WARRIOR'S TOUCH is a heart-moving historical romance between outcasts set in Medieval times. Strong characterization draws the reader into the heart of the story while layers of [... more]
CDN$6.99
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No Commitment Required
Ok....ok....I dig: When I first started reading this book, I felt that everything was a little too formulaic. It has the successful black business woman who's Miss Independent and looks like Tyra Banks, etc. She meets the white guy in a business suit who [... more]
CDN$7.28
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Simply Irresistible
From Amazon.com: In this saucy romance, charm-school graduate Georgeanne Howard has only two real talents: cooking and talking. Her Mae West-like body, though, is what attracts Virgil Duffy, a man old enough to be her grandfather but richer than Croesus. [... more]
CDN$10.00
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Sounder
From Amazon.com: Sounder is no beauty. But as a coon dog, this loyal mongrel with his cavernous bark is unmatched. When the African American sharecropper who has raised Sounder from a pup is hauled off to jail for stealing a hog, his family must suffer [... more]
CDN$21.00
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