Andrea Barrett
The lives of the talented Aubrey children have long been clouded by their father?s genius for instability, but his new job in the London suburbs promises, for a time at least, reprieve from scandal and the threat of ruin. Mrs. Aubrey, a former ... [... more]
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Air We Breathe
 Author: Andrea Barrett Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780393061086 ISBN: 0393061086 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: 2007-09-17 Release Date: 2007-09-25 [... more]
CDN$31.00
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Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain--and How it ...
A Masterful Blend: Soul Made Flesh is a masterful blend of science, history and philosophy. Carl Zimmer weaves a fascinating narrative around an overlooked historical moment - the discovery of the brain - by looping back and forth through the centuries [... more]
CDN$21.00
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Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain--and How it ...
A Masterful Blend: Soul Made Flesh is a masterful blend of science, history and philosophy. Carl Zimmer weaves a fascinating narrative around an overlooked historical moment - the discovery of the brain - by looping back and forth through the centuries [... more]
CDN$39.00
Amazon CA |
The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale
Excellent book!: I read The Master of Ballantrae quite recently and I think it is an awesome book. James Durie (the Master) is such a wicked man, but seems to charm (most) everybody. He is such a round character. He torments his poor brother Henry Durie [... more]
CDN$14.95
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The Fountain Overflows
Beautiful, wise, witty, and, yes, you guessed it, timeless: About two pages into this I realized I'd come across a sublimely intelligent and aware narrative voice -- that of a 12-yr-old girl in turn-of-the-century London -- and from that point on I read [... more]
CDN$17.66
Amazon CA |
Tono-Bungay
Author: H.G. Wells Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912 EAN: 9780812967500 ISBN: 081296750X Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: 2003-03-11 Release Date: 2003-03-11 [... more]
CDN$21.00
Amazon CA |
Ship Fever
From Amazon.com: In 1764, two Englishwomen set out to prove that swallows--contrary to the great Linnaeus's belief--do not hibernate underwater. But they must be patient and experiment in secret, such actions being inappropriate for the female of the [... more]
CDN$19.99
Amazon CA |
Story Behind The Story
Best Short Story Anthology Ever: The Story Behind the Story is the first collection of short stories I greeted with a whoop of joy. The more you enjoy reading a particular short story, the more you want to know about the writer. How different is the [... more]
CDN$25.50
Amazon CA |
Servants Of The Map Stories
From Amazon.com: No one limns the opposing pull of inner and outer worlds more eloquently than Andrea Barrett. Her naturalists, explorers, scientists, and healers are driven to work and above all to know; they categorize, theorize, and collect the [... more]
CDN$19.99
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Widows Children A Novel
From Amazon.com: First published in 1976, The Widow's Children, with its unpalatable family wistfully gnashing at one another, has long defied critical description. Now that it's been rereleased, with a fine new introduction by Andrea Barrett, it's time [... more]
CDN$18.99
Amazon CA |
Voyage Of The Narwhal
From Amazon.com: In Andrea Barrett's extraordinary novel of Arctic and personal exploration, maps are deceitful, ice all-powerful, and reputation more important than truth or human lives. When the Narwhal sets sail from Philadelphia in May 1855, its [... more]
CDN$17.50
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