The History of the Siege of Lisbon
 From Amazon.com: "If proofreaders were given their freedom and did not have their hands and feet tied by a mass of prohibitions more binding than the penal code, they would soon transform the face of the world, establish the kingdom of universal [... more]
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Brand Leadership: Building Assets In an Information Economy
From Amazon.com: Build it ... and they'll come. Nope, not necessarily, not anymore. It's a crowded, crazy market out there, and no matter how fabulous your product or service, there's bound to be someone else delivering something pretty close. The [... more]
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Big Fish
Amazon.ca: Véritable fable pour adulte, Big Fish : la légende du gros poisson, adapté d'un roman de Daniel Wallace, fait encore une fois la preuve que son auteur, Tim Burton (The Nightmare before Christmas, Ed Wood), est un des rares [... more]
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Sweet Rain
From Amazon.co.uk: Although "it put my kids through college", by 1967 Stan Getz was heartily sick of the bossa nova craze he had headed during the 1960s. Sweet Rain, one of his most tasteful albums, was his answer to it. It is one of his most [... more]
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The Game of Our Lives
The Game of Our Soul: I first read this book when I was 11 years old and once again 12 years later. Both times it made me realize that hockey in Canada is a right of passage that is one of the few threads holding our nation together. It also helped me to [... more]
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Rock And Roll: A Social History
Boring.: About the errors subject, I can point two right now: he says that Van Halen's first album was produced by Gene SImmons from Kiss!!! It was not! It was produced by Donn Landee!! Simmons only helped the band a little bit in their beginning! He [... more]
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Public Opinion
Every bit as relevant today as it was in 1922!: The measure of a great book is how well it stands the test of time. "Public Opinion" meets and exceeds that standard. It should be read by everyone who cares about the idea of American democracy. [... more]
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A Knight of the Nineteenth Century
One of the best books you'll ever read!: I am a big fan of E.P. Roe's books, and this is my favorite.It portrays a youn man who rises above his faulty upbringing and above serious trouble to become a true Knight of the 19th century. After ending up in [... more]
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Oliver Twist
From Amazon.com: If Charles Dickens were alive to see Roman Polanski's faithful adaptation of Oliver Twist, he'd probably give it his stamp of approval. David Lean's celebrated 1948 version of the Dickens classic and Carol Reed's Oscar®-winning 1968 [... more]
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Radiance
Radiation Burns: Here's a disagreement I've had too often with those who believe 'The Globe and Mail' is an excellent source for deciding what will, in the annals of time, be considered great accomplishments in literature. Do you notice that the book [... more]
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Agatha Raisin & the Potted Gardener
The sleuth's a winner, the plot is fluffy: I read this at someone else's urging, not being a regular devotee to the mystery genre, and I was pleasantly surprised. Agatha Raisin is delightful, sort of a middle-aged Bridget Jones with brains and business [... more]
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Bright Christmas: An Angel Remembers
Excellent review from ALA's BOOKLIST magazine, Sept 1, 1996: Ages 5-8. A lovely blend of words and pictures presents the Christmas story from an angel's point of view. Daring in its attempt to explain the idea of eternity, the book rises above the [... more]
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