Thank You and Ok!: An American Zen Failure in Japan
 Very fun book to read: I really enjoyed hearing all of the author's stories about living in Japan as an Amercian. What was also great was that he didn't just write about life as an American in a Zen setting, but also about the day to day beauracacy that [... more]
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The End of Certainty
From Amazon.com: In this intellectually challenging book, Nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine tackles some of the difficult questions that bedevil physicists trying to provide an explanation for the world we observe. How is it, for instance, that basic [... more]
CDN$32.50
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Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden
From Amazon.com: Diane Ackerman relishes the world of her garden. As a poet, she finds within it an endless field of metaphors. As a naturalist, she notices each small, miraculous detail: the hummingbirds and their routines, the showy tulips, the crazy [... more]
CDN$16.50
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Rodgers, Richard: Sweetest Sounds
From Amazon.com: How did some of the most beautiful melodies of the 20th century come out of a man described as depressive, hypochondriacal, remote, and alcoholic? This stirring 2001 documentary cannot answer that question about Richard Rodgers, but it [... more]
CDN$34.98
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Running on Emptiness: The Pathology of Civilization
Walking the Talk: What a wonderful book! After reading it, I had so many question, I felt the need to talk with author in person. After tracking down his number, I gave him a call (noting how odd it was to be talking with an "anarcho-primitivist& [... more]
CDN$14.50
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Twice Born
Twice Born: Excellent! Betty Jean Lifton has provided a realistic look inside the mind of the adoptee. She has taken us on a journey of search, reunion and all the joys and disappointments one may find along the way. The style of this book made it easy [... more]
CDN$18.95
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Nietzsche
An Important Addition to Nietzsche Studies: To scholars and admirers of Nietzsche, Lou Andreas-Salome has always been seen as his Irene Adler, the intellectual equal who got way or was driven away, depending on one's point of view. Although their affair [... more]
CDN$17.66
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Tribal Winds: Music From Native American Flutes
relaxing and meditative: Wonderful relaxing music. Excellent when used for at home spa. Assists with meditation and brings onself closer to their spirituality. Not to mention calming to cats. Trible Winds: This music is great. The best so far. I use it [... more]
CDN$14.99
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Days of Heaven
Amazon.com Essential Video: Richard Gere works in a Chicago steel mill at the turn of the century, but must flee the city after accidentally killing a man. Heading for the wheat fields of Texas, he packs up his girlfriend (Brooke Adams) and his younger [... more]
CDN$59.99
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Collect Poems of Stevens
Selah, tempestuous bird: The poetry of Wallace Stevens as found in this most harmonious compendium is almost as inexhaustible as Shakespeare. There are times when he is as oblique within his traditional cadences as Emily Dickinson, but like that same [... more]
CDN$52.00
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Does God Need Our Help
The Quiet Revolution--Biotechnology: The Quiet Revolution-Biotechnology A review of the book Does God Need Our Help?: Cloning, Assisted Suicide, & Other Challenges in Bioethics by John F. Kilner and C. Ben Mitchell, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., [... more]
CDN$11.99
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Deliverance
Amazon.com Essential Video: One of the key films of the 1970s, John Boorman's Deliverance is a nightmarish adaptation of poet-novelist James Dickey's book about various kinds of survival in modern America. The story concerns four Atlanta businessmen of [... more]
CDN$15.61
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