The Life of Emily Dickinson
 From Amazon.com: Winner of the National Book Award, this massively detailed biography throws a light into the study of the brilliant poet. How did Emily Dickinson, from the small window over her desk, come to see a life that included the horror, [... more]
CDN$31.26
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Last Breath: The Limits of Adventure
Not really worth buying...borrow it from the library instead: This book is entertaining, but many times follows a very cliche pattern of speech and character. The first thing that the consumer must know is that these stories are FICTIONAL and based off [... more]
CDN$21.00
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
From Amazon.com: The second of three books published by the Center for Environmental Structure to provide a "working alternative to our present ideas about architecture, building, and planning," A Pattern Language offers a practical language [... more]
CDN$71.95
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Liars, Lovers, and Heroes: What the New Brain Science ...
bland and unconvincing: I had really hoped to find a convincing argument for what has been called "the West Pole", the connectionist argument against evolutionary psychology. But, I'm afraid, this book isn't it. Most of their arguments are [... more]
CDN$16.50
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Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for ...
From Amazon.com: This gardening classic was first published in 1975, and now a second generation of gardeners who prefer pest-resistant planning to chemicals will find a place for it on the shelves. Not only does it tell what to plant with what, but also [... more]
CDN$16.95
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The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw
Urban commentary within a baseball story: I could hardly put this book down. It is so much more than a story about baseball. I don't like the Mets, and I never cared for Darryl Strawberry. This book is really about neither. Instead, it is a social [... more]
CDN$37.50
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Bloodchild and Other Stories
Powerful short stories: This contains most of Octavia Butler's published short work, and it's a small book. But that does not mean that you should pass it up. At least two of the stories, I believe, are must-reads for anyone interested in science fiction. [... more]
CDN$14.01
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Carnival of Souls
A carnival brings the Seven Deadly Sins to Buffy and the gang: "Carnival of Souls" by Nancy Holder is a "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" story that takes place during Season 2 somewhere in between "What's My Line? Part 2" where [... more]
CDN$19.99
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Women In Amber
Women and war...: So often the tale of war is told from the standpoint of the brave soldiers or the cowardly soldiers or the stupid soldiers. Here is a book about war told from the woman's point of view. Women are so vulnerable, and so often the innocent [... more]
CDN$21.00
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Under Cover of Darkness
Under Cover of Darkness: Grippando has a knack for writing suspenseful scenes, but his novel "Under Cover of Darkness" has too many flaws to merit recommendation. The characters are inconsistent and the plot just plain doesn't work. In fact, [... more]
CDN$8.99
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Free Love
1 song, 2 producers, and a B-side: This single is unique in that the title mix is done by a different producer than that of the album. Flood, producer for Violator and Songs of Faith and Devotion, has remixed Freelove for the single. For the Exciter [... more]
CDN$7.99
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King of Hearts: The True Story of the Maverick Who ...
From Amazon.com: The surgeon-as-rock-star mystique seems like it must have come straight out of Hollywood, but the myth had to begin more concretely. A good candidate is Minnesota's Dr. Walt Lillehei, the hard-working, hard-playing father of open-heart [... more]
CDN$28.00
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