D Is for Dragon Dance
 COLORFUL, ENTERTAINING, AND EDUCATIONAL: It's a given that we can learn a great deal from other cultures, other customs, and there's not a better time to start than when we're young. "D Is For Dragon Dance" is both entertaining and educational [... more]
CDN$18.95
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Practical English Chinese Pronouncing Dictionary
Useful reference in back, decent main vocab list: This book consists of a long vocabulary list and a reference section. The vocabulary list is kind of old. I got a real kick when I opened its map of China and still see "xikang" province - I did [... more]
CDN$29.95
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Stylepedia: A Guide to Graphic Design Mannerisms, ...
A richpedia of graphic schmaphic: The two authors have scoured the rural routes of the graphic landscape to come up with 113 interesting entries for their book, from Agit retro to Zanol. If you haven't heard of Zanol, join the queue. It turns out this [... more]
CDN$32.95
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Calendrical Calculations Millennium edition
Super: Super! Better than the first edition: give it 6 stars. Great for calendars - Legal issues in using code: I highly recommend the book if you are interested in calendars as a hobby. If you are using this book for a project I suggest you look at [... more]
CDN$46.95
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D Is for Dragon Dance
COLORFUL, ENTERTAINING, AND EDUCATIONAL: It's a given that we can learn a great deal from other cultures, other customs, and there's not a better time to start than when we're young. "D Is For Dragon Dance" is both entertaining and educational [... more]
CDN$7.95
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Watching the Tree: A Chinese Daughter Reflects on ...
From Amazon.com: Adeline Yen Mah scored a big hit with her autobiography Falling Leaves. Now she follows up by filling in some of the details of Chinese thought and culture that have been important in her life. Commenting on the language, philosophies, [... more]
CDN$32.95
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Time and the Highland Maya
Useful Material for both the Archeologist and Anthropologist: Professor Tedlock has presented us with what may be the definitive book on Maya timekeeping, at least as it is practiced today - and can we really tell exactly how it was practiced at any [... more]
CDN$33.95
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The Oxford Companion to the Year
From Amazon.com: The Oxford Companion to the Year is one of those splendid volumes that should have a permanent place in every personal reference library, next to a well-thumbed Brewer's. The main body of the book gives a huge amount of historical and [... more]
CDN$87.95
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Spiritual Qi Gong: A Practical Taoist Manual for Health, ...
an incredibly terse explanation of advanced practices: You have to give David credit for writing this up, this is the only explanation of Kan & Li I've found in English. I'm glad I bought the book, and you might want to know what you are going to get [... more]
CDN$14.00
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