Tomoko Hayakawa
The Nakahara mansion is under construction, and the entire gang is being put up at a fancy five-star hotel. Except, of course, for Sunako and Kyohei, who just can't handle living in the lap of luxury. They opt instead for a tiny apartment, but ... [... more]
Random House |
Lap of Luxury
Thanks, but no thanks.: Most people considered this the Cheap Trick "comeback" album. Sixteen years after the fact I'm forced to admit that it ranks as more of a "go-back" album instead. While Cheap Trick didn't set the music world on [... more]
CDN$10.99
Amazon CA |
Puppet Child
Very insightful look into the horrors of child abuse: Talia Carner in Puppet Child has given us an exceptionally realistic insight, albeit not a very pretty one of a mother's journey into hell. We are caught up in the trials and tribulations she faces as [... more]
CDN$14.00
Amazon CA |
Secrets
From Amazon.co.uk: Jacqueline Wilson is bang on form with the superb Secrets, a stirring story of two young girls from opposite sides of the tracks and the effect they have on each others lives. India lives in the lap of luxury on a posh housing estate. [... more]
CDN$7.99
Amazon CA |
While You Were Out
Was that Soul Asylum or a garage band: That CD represents about the worst drum effort I have ever heard. It even tops Made to be Broken. I am a big fan of theirs and own almost all of their records, but will not be purchasing this one for fear of [... more]
CDN$12.99
Amazon CA |
The Working Poor: Invisible in America
Trapped by the American Dream: Shipler does an excellent job of describing how many of the working poor are doing "everything right" according to the American Dream, but still failing to make even a living wage. I know, because I am caught in [... more]
CDN$21.00
Amazon CA |
Kilmeny Of The Orchard
Read it - without expecting too much: Dont start this book expecting an Emily-like (which I consider Maud's very best) or even an Anne-like romance plot here. Thankfully, I read it before I read the Emily series - and I enjoyed it a lot at the time. [... more]
CDN$6.99
Amazon CA |
Hadassah: One Night With the King: One Night With the King
Tenney has given readers a source of wonder and conversation: The Biblical tale of Esther, based on its Hebrew version (known as Megillah Esther, or The Volume of Esther), goes something like this: King Ahasuerus (now known as Xerxes) of Persia called [... more]
CDN$19.99
Amazon CA |
Lap Of Luxury
Artist: Poverty Plainsmen Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0777880100327 Original Release Date: 2005-07-26 Release Date: 2005-04-19 UPC: 777880100327 Tracks: Lap of Luxury Secret to My Success Man You Think I Am Good to Go Sister Golden Hair My Heart Has a Mind [... more]
CDN$14.99
Amazon CA |
Next Position Please
The pleasant early 80's surprise: In the liner notes to the box set, Rick mentioned that I Can't Take It was a number one hit down under and advised the American public to wake up. It's a sentiment that I wholly agree with on one hand, but also one that [... more]
CDN$27.08
Amazon CA |
Dream Sleeps: Castle & Palace Hotels of Europe
From Amazon.com: Why spend your vacation in a boring hotel chain when you could be staying in a castle? It's not just a matter of opulence and splendor (not that there's anything wrong with a taste for grandeur)--there's history and romance, too. Want to [... more]
CDN$26.95
Amazon CA |
Mr Bears New Baby Book & CD
From Amazon.com: Lauren Child, creator of the popular Clarice Bean books, lavishes her zany, ultramodern, mixed-media attentions on the animal kingdom in That Pesky Rat. This brown street rat lives in a trash can in Grubby Alley, longing to be someone's [... more]
CDN$16.02
Amazon CA |