The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History
 From Amazon.com: David Hackett Fischer is a master storyteller, capable of writing challenging histories in highly enjoyable prose. His earlier works, Albion's Seed and Paul Revere's Ride, have both been hailed for their extraordinary success as both [... more]
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Dogs of Winter
From Amazon.com: Kem Nunn's earlier surfing novel Tapping the Source was nominated for an American Book Award. In The Dogs of Winter, he draws again on the eternal legends and tall tales of surfers. Jack Fletcher is a pill-popping photographer on the [... more]
CDN$20.03
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The Old Man Mad about Drawing: A Tale of Hokusai
Delightful in Words and Pictures: As a librarian I see many, many books and this is a definite favorite. The simple story of the great Ukiyoe master, Hokusai, and his young apprentice, Tojiro, is told with humor and feeling. Along the way, there are [... more]
CDN$20.02
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From Ellis Island to JFK: New York`s Two Great Waves of ...
Useful, if not brilliant: This book is useful, though not brilliant. It provides a comparison between the great wave of Jewish and Italian immigrants to New York at the turn of the last century, and the present wave of immigrants from Asia, Latin America [... more]
CDN$20.07
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Japanese Art & Culture
A fascinating introduction to the art forms of the Japanese: With the success of the Tom Cruise film "The Last Samurai" doing for this generation of students what the mini-series version of "Shogun" did a couple of decades earlier, [... more]
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Fish Rising
Artist: Steve Hillage Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0094637341520 Format: Original recording remastered MPN: 73415 Original Release Date: 2006-11-07 Release Date: 2007-05-01 UPC: 094637341520 Tracks: Solar Musick Suite: Sun Song (I Love Its Holy Mystery)/ [... more]
CDN$20.99
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The Chinese
An informative loook at the Chinese in North America: "The Chinese," by Lorien Kite, is part of the "We Came to North America" series of books for young readers. The book tells the story of people of Chinese heritage in North America. [... more]
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Ten Summoners Tales
From Amazon.com: The former jazzman-turned-punk is now more middle-of-the-road than a yellow stripe. But Ten Summoner's Tales is by far the most engaging of his solo records. The singles "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" and "Fields of Gold& [... more]
CDN$16.99
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The Dogs of Winter
From Amazon.com: Kem Nunn's earlier surfing novel Tapping the Source was nominated for an American Book Award. In The Dogs of Winter, he draws again on the eternal legends and tall tales of surfers. Jack Fletcher is a pill-popping photographer on the [... more]
CDN$20.00
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Fish Rising
MY FAVORITE ALBUM OF ALL TIME: I was a teenager in the midwest in the early 70's and pretty much kept my music purchases back then to "imports".... with a heavy tilt toward GONG, HAWKWIND, CAMEL, ASH RA TEMPLE, CAN, and like minded music. I [... more]
CDN$13.99
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Pno Sons 7/8/13/14
From Amazon.co.uk: It takes a very special performance of the "Pathétique" to entrance those of us who misspent our youth murdering it, but this greatest of English pianists effortlessly manages to do so. And with the equally hackneyed & [... more]
CDN$21.99
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Chinese Traditional Pipa Music
Beautiful music to listen to while reading, painting...: meditating, dining, bonsai gardening... The pipa is a 2000 year old four stringed Chinese Lute. Want to get relaxed? Listen to this CD. The quality of sound on this recording is superb. Enjoy the [... more]
CDN$16.99
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