Gardens of Paradise - Part One
Japanese gardens have been so strongly influenced by Zen Buddhism that many people think of Japanese gardens as Zen gardens, but it is important to realize that Zen Buddhism was introduced to Japan from China in the twelfth century by the monk ... [... more]
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In Search of Paradise: Great Gardens of the World
 Around the world in 240 pages!: Gardens are meant to be paradise on earth. The idea of paradise as a garden has a long history, even before the Garden of Eden was presented in the Bible. What the paradise looks like, there is hardly specific description. [... more]
CDN$55.00
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Art A World History
From Amazon.com: Like a visit to a single museum that happens to house all the major works from all the major movements in art, architecture, and visual and decorative arts, this hefty tome lives up to its title. From pre-history to present day, cave [... more]
CDN$60.00
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The Mini Zen Gardening Kit
an itty bitty bit of zen: when they say "mini," they're not kidding. the zen box that comes with this little book is pretty tiny - this, in turn, makes it hard to make truly zen-like patterns in the sand. also, a word to the wise... don't leave [... more]
CDN$8.95
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Religion, Art, & Visual Culture: A Cross-Culture Reader
A reader in Ohio: This is an amazing book. It opens up all kinds of interesting questions about the importance of seeing and vision in a range of different religious contexts. In each major section, Plate invites us to approach a religious tradition not [... more]
CDN$37.95
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Art A World History
From Amazon.com: Like a visit to a single museum that happens to house all the major works from all the major movements in art, architecture, and visual and decorative arts, this hefty tome lives up to its title. From pre-history to present day, cave [... more]
CDN$79.95
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Gemini
NEVER THOUGHT I'D FIND A BOOK LIKE THIS - THE WAY THAT I DID: Exiting a Barnes and Noble in Manhattan I spied the title and cover photo on this book. It was on a table of "books on sale", selling for about $4.00. As a new father and a Gemini ( [... more]
CDN$20.02
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Minimalist Garden, the
Probably expecting too much from this book.: I waited for the book's arrival with high expectation after reading such rave reviews from the readers in Amazon. Whilst this book is well-presented with structured discussions in the topics of extended home, [... more]
CDN$34.06
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The Minimalist Garden
Probably expecting too much from this book.: I waited for the book's arrival with high expectation after reading such rave reviews from the readers in Amazon. Whilst this book is well-presented with structured discussions in the topics of extended home, [... more]
CDN$57.50
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The Sims 2 Bon Voyage
Awesome!: This is definitely one of my fave expansion packs so far. You can now send your Sims on Vacation to a resort in the Far East, camping in the woods, or relaxing on a tropical island. Your Sims can also purchase a vacation home in one or more of [... more]
CDN$29.99
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A Japanese Touch for Your Garden
Japanese Touch for Your Garden: I had looked everywhere for a book that would describe Japanese fences and how to tie them. This book describes how to build 14 or so fences in good detail with drawings to help. It also taught me to tie the knots required [... more]
CDN$37.95
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Quilt Artistry: Inspired Designs from the East
Beautiful.: Yoshiko Jinzenji has made a beautiful book showing her magnificient quilts and pieces of fabric arts. The book itself, photos, paper, printing, writing, style, is a piece of art. A book you will be happy to own, no matter if you are a quilter [... more]
CDN$52.95
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