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The first of the astilbe species were brought from the Orient in the early twentieth century by British plant enthusiasts, Robert Fortune and Carl Peter Thurgen. Astilbes were quite popualr among English Victorians as an indoor potted plant, ... [... more]
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John Burrow
Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century This unprecedented book by one of Britain's most admired historians describes the intellectual impact that the study and consideration of history has ... [... more]
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Clarence Brown
Osip Mandelstam is a central figure not only in modern Russian but in world poetry, the author of some of the most haunting and memorable poems of the twentieth century. A contemporary of Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetayeva, and Boris Pasternak, a ... [... more]
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Lara Everly
Peewee idolizes Jake, a big brother whose dream of auto mechanic glory are fueled by the hard road coming to link their Indiana town and futures with the twentieth century. And motoring down the road comes Irene Ridpath, a young librarian with ... [... more]
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Kimberly Williams
One of the most influential American interior designers of the twentieth century, Naomi Leff is best known as the creator of the flagship Ralph Lauren store in Manhattan. There she established the brand image, combining a distinctive ... [... more]
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William Boyd
William Boyd's masterful new novel tells, in a series of intimate journals, the story of Logan Mountstuart-writer, lover, art dealer, spy-as he makes his often precarious way through the twentieth century. Evelyn Waugh's 1934 novel is a bitingly ... [... more]
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Jonathan Tucker
In this important and revelatory book, Jonathan Tucker, a leading expert on chemical and biological weapons, chronicles the lethal history of chemical warfare from World War I to the present. At the turn of the twentieth century, the rise of ... [... more]
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Naval Mutinies of the Twentieth Century: An ...
 An excellent and scholarly read: I read and reread Professor Christopher Bell's first book - The Royal Navy, Seapower and Strategy between the Wars. So having got wind of the publication of this 'mutinies' book, I was much looking forward to getting hold [... more]
CDN$48.11
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Coming of Age: Growing Up in the Twentieth Century
The old speak out: Pulitzer Prize winner Studs Terkel, widely known for his oral histories on World War II, work, race and the Great Depression, here offers an oral history of the twentieth century. The 70 people on record range in age from 70 to 99 and [... more]
CDN$21.50
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The Second Twentieth Century: How the Information ...
Political economy at its best: In short: this book documents the evolution, during the twentieth century, of the delicate balance between hierarchies and markets, the key premise being that businesses and governments face similar organizational [... more]
CDN$15.63
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A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, ...
Too Much Arrogance Too Little Substance: I learned very little by reading this book. It is not a book about history in the first half of the twentieth century but rather a personal commentary of the opinions of the author. The reader becomes so soured by [... more]
CDN$16.95
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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
Amazon.ca: Anyone who has ever gamely tried and failed to absorb, enjoy, and--especially--understand the complex works of Schoenberg, Mahler, Strauss, or even Philip Glass will allow themselves a wry smile reading New Yorker music critic Alex Ross's [... more]
CDN$46.83
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