Woodland Flowers
Most serious gardeners carefully plan their gardens. Adjacent colors are complementary. Heights, sizes and periods of bloom are well matched in these gardens. Seemingly natural sections are diligently thought out before implementation. Year after ... [... more]
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Alchemy & Mysticism: The Hermetic Museum
 A Museum should have better reproductions.: High praise that somebody said she owned two copies, one as a spare. I agree that this is a nice book to have as a reference, and I'm sure it must be the largest collection of "Hermetick" and " [... more]
CDN$16.99
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Mark Rothko
Utter Beauty: Yes, the reviewer who commented on the quality of the prints needs to get their specs looked at. This book is wonderfully produced, from the quality of the printing to the quality of the paper. It will sit alongside Anfan's wonderful [... more]
CDN$78.14
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Elegant Lamps
Beautiful lamps, I wish I could make them all: The book is a collection of 22 lamps. For each there is a full size lamp pattern and a single page of information pertinent to that lamp, such as: # of pieces, sides, height, bottom diameter, top diameter [... more]
CDN$14.99
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The Tulip
From Amazon.com: In an auction held in Holland in February 1637, 99 lots of tulip bulbs fetched a staggering 90,000 guilders, more than $3.5 million in today's money. Tulipomania had reached its height, and its story is told in just one of the [... more]
CDN$18.02
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Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings
Did Van Gogh use soy sauce to paint?: I am talking about the 2001 edition. The printing quality is HORRIBLE. The colors are WAY OFF. In fact, they are disgusting. Absolutely completely unacceptable! What an insult to Van Gogh! (The book was printed in [... more]
CDN$16.99
Amazon CA |
Touch And Feel Animal Colors
From Amazon.com: Pet that macaw! He's right on the cover, he has a soft feathery patch you can stroke, and he's just one of the animals with a tactile patch to explore in this 10-page board book. The five double-page spreads are organized by color, and [... more]
CDN$7.99
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Phantasm
From Amazon.com: Jody is the kind of guy that every 1970s teen looked up to. He's in his early 20s, has a cool car, splendid '70s hair, leather jacket, plays guitar and (naturally) snags all the girls. His little brother, Mike, in particular, admires him [... more]
CDN$24.98
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Hokusai: Prints and Drawings
Great Art But Poor Writing: This book gets 3 stars for the beautiful reproductions of Hokusai's work. There are approximately 130 plates, most of them in gorgeous color. But I found the text by Mr. Forrer to be very disappointing. There is an opening [... more]
CDN$31.20
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Snow Bear: A Soft-to-Touch Book
Beautiful but lacking depth: This is a beautiful book with "fuzzy" highlights. The paintings and colors are lovely on their own and the flocking adds a very pretty depth. The flocking is very well done indeed. It is really too bad that the [... more]
CDN$9.99
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White Rabbit's Color Book
Teaching the Colors.: Out of all the books at the day care center I worked at, this by far was the favorite and most requested book of the kids. I don't know why, but whether the unit for the week was colors, animals, or Easter this book had to be read [... more]
CDN$15.95
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Rookie Reader Constant Clusters: Raindrops
Big and Bold: Brimner's Raindrops is a gentle, poetic tie-in to primary science units about the water cycle. Big and bold illustrations by David Brooks in soft, pastel colors are dreamy--as if seen through a soft rain. Brimner, who is one of the best [... more]
CDN$6.95
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