Ben Marcus
Ben Marcus achieved cult status and gained the admiration of his peers with his first book, The Age of Wire and String. With Edited by Ben Marcus The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories Notable American Women he goes well beyond that first ... [... more]
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Layla And Other Assorted Love
 From Amazon.co.uk: Layla stands as one of a handful of pillars of classic rock. The short-lived ensemble that was the Dominos provided an outlet for Eric Clapton to vent his then unrequited (and secret) passion for the wife of his best friend, George [... more]
CDN$9.99
Amazon CA |
Super Hits
Good artist - NOT a good compilation: You may have been to your music store lately, and noticed several compilations under the name "Super Hits." What are these compilations, you ask? Budget-priced compilations, WITHOUT the budget price (though [... more]
CDN$8.99
Amazon CA |
The Father Costume
By the excellent Mr. Marcus: Those who read The Age of Wire and String and Notable American Women won't be disappointed. One again, Marcus demonstrates his unusual skill: describing strange situations & relationships with a slightly biased language. [... more]
CDN$20.07
Amazon CA |
1963-1969 Very Best Of
Amazon.com essential recording: Dusty Springfield's voice is one of the great pop instruments. Showcased here on 20 tracks from her '60s and early-'70s heyday, her sensuality and strength wrap themselves around everything from big-beat rock and roll like [... more]
CDN$16.99
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An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of ...
From Amazon.com: An American Album surveys the illustrious past of Harper's; perhaps the most consistently well-written and self-important magazine in American history. It's a book as heavy as The American Heritage Dictionary, as taxing as the Bible. [... more]
CDN$52.09
Amazon CA |
Zoot Suit
From Amazon.com: This is a filmed play, rather than a stage piece reimagined for the movies, which is probably why the general audience never cozied up to this intense picture. But Zoot Suit has a couple of significant attractions. First, it's a landmark [... more]
CDN$12.95
Amazon CA |
The Night Is Large: Collected Essays, 1938-1995
From Amazon.com: Martin Gardner has a knack for wondering about everything. From Alice in Wonderland to supply-side economics, Gardner has spent a lifetime discovering, pondering, and explaining ideas. His essays, most of which appeared in Scientific [... more]
CDN$24.99
Amazon CA |
The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger: Vol. 1: The ...
Soldier Nurse: As one always interested in the feminist movement, I rank "Margaret Sanger: Her Life in Her Words" as one of my favorite books. After reading this book, I truly understand who Margaret Sanger was, and why her work was so [... more]
CDN$107.25
Amazon CA |
Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities, and ...
Amazon.co.uk: From son of an internationally renowned physicist, to oddball post-grunge one-hit-wonder, to ongoing alt-rock sideshow curiosity you just can't shut up, to engaging diarist of life at its most interesting, imagined or indeed tormented--Mark [... more]
CDN$27.99
Amazon CA |
Bob and Harv's Comics
I'm a Big Crumb Fan, but wound up returning this: Even though this book is loaded with Crumb art, it is very obvious that R. Crumb was arm-twisted into doing this book, and he even admits this several times throughout it. Forgive me but, this book was [... more]
CDN$19.95
Amazon CA |
Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, 5, ...
Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 920.720973 EAN: 9780674014886 ISBN: 067401488X Number Of Pages: 768 Publication Date: 2005-02-09 [... more]
CDN$46.88
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