Superstrings and the Search for the Theory of Everything
 Should be called Roger Penrose attempt to expose his work: The book starts of good and in chapter 7 he breaks of completely from superstrings and starts talking about some new unheard of idea of things called twisters. This would not be bad but twisters [... more]
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In A Dark Wood
The sheriff's viewpoint: A somewhat philosophical novel giving the sheriff's viewpoint of Robin Hood. It gives a realistic picture of the era, when torture was routine and common people could be abused with little recourse (the Magna Carta dealt with [... more]
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Inside the Oval Office: The Secret White House Tapes ...
From Amazon.com: Richard Nixon was not the first president to tape-record conversations inside the Oval Office--that was Franklin Roosevelt. Nor was he the last, although one would think after Nixon's disastrous experience with taping that the succeeding [... more]
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The October Horse: A Novel of Caesar and Cleopatra
Was Caesar Really This Boring?: THE OCTOBER HORSE is definitely not up to the standard of the enjoyable earlier books in McCullough's Roman series. In all her Roman novels McCullough has had a crush on Caesar. I can understand that. Students of history [... more]
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Cold Burial: A True Story of Endurance and Disaster
From Amazon.com: He was known as Hornby of the North, the Brit who rejected his wealthy background for the frontier life of Canada's frozen north. In 1926, Jack Hornby, the living legend, took his young cousin, Edgar Christian, and Harold Adlard to the [... more]
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Law of Success: Using the Power of Spirit to Create ...
"you alone are responsible for yourself": I've been reading self-help books since I was a kid, and this small book, which is the size of my hand and the width of my little finger, is a distillation of the best of all of them; pearls of wisdom, [... more]
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Spotlight on Peggy Lee
A beautiful voice: Peggy Lee (aka Norma Deloris Egstrom) is a true legend. This album captures 18 wonderful songs done as only Peggy Lee could do them. An added plus on this album, is the inclusion of a previously unreleased song "Deep Purple", [... more]
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The Last Grain Race
If You Read Only One Book This Year: Get Them Both: Unfortunately the unappealingly named "The Last Great Grain Race" might be left on the bookshelf if it were not for its companion volume of photographs more appropriately titled "Learning [... more]
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Breathing Under Water
From Amazon.com: Like her father before her, Anoushka Shankar is a musical eclectic experimenting with forms far beyond those of Indian classical music. Going even further than on her previous disc, Rise, Shankar, along with co-producer Karsh Kale, [... more]
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Wolfgar: The Story of a Viking
Arena of the gods: The North Atlantic and its environs is an ideal place to seek gods. Distances are vast, and navigation is tricky at the best of times. Extensive storms sweep from the Arctic, carrying away ships and crews. Thick, impenetrable fogs hide [... more]
CDN$27.04
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The Rosenberg File: Second Edition
The book was very well done.: I read the book only to determine whether or not Clinton should be executed for selling W88 secrets to China. The answer is yes, Clinton should be executed post haste. Stop apologizing, start reading: The Rosenberg case has [... more]
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Around the Table: Easy Menus for Cozy Entertaining at Home
Warm Book of Good Recipes in Helpful Menus for Home: This book on entertaining menus and recipes by the interior designer Ellen Wright provides almost exactly what you would expect, but nothing more. It gives us thirteen (13) menus for cold weather [... more]
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