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Think perennials are fussy and don't bloom long enough to provide much colour in the garden? Think again. Here are 6 easy-care perennials that bloom on and on... Many gardeners complain that perennials just don't match the months-long explosion ... [... more]
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Star Trek Aliens
Expanding your Universe: The previous review of this book was pretty solid, but there are a few points that I think need to be made. First of all, the missing races such as the Regulans/Kaitians and the Grazerites were made available in the previous [... more]
CDN$35.07
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Mrs. Million
 wacky: The first few pages drew me into this book very quickly. The cast of quirky characters makes this a funny story. Barbarannette, (nicknamed Barbie) whose husband, Bobby Quinn, had run off 6 years ago. Now that Barbie has won the lottery and her [... more]
CDN$24.95
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Finding Serenity: Anti-Heroes, Lost Shepherds and Space ...
This post mortem on "Firefly" is a mixed bag with something for everybody: Unlike "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel," Joss Whedon's television series "Firefly" only last fifteen episodes. Of those three were [... more]
CDN$19.95
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Time-Tested Plants: Thirty Years in a Four-Season Garden
Time Tested Plants: Thirty Years in a Four Season Garden: The title of this book led me to think it was just another listing of plants with notes on height, hardiness etc. It is far more than that, as I realized when I read in the acknowledgements " [... more]
CDN$39.95
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Waiting for Wings
From Amazon.com: Lois Ehlert, beloved illustrator of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and many other bold, beautiful picture books has outdone herself with this gorgeous (seriously breathtaking) celebration of butterfly metamorphosis. "Out in the fields, [... more]
CDN$18.95
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Star Trek Enterprise: Season 1
From Amazon.com: Under intense scrutiny, the debut season of Enterprise earned a passing grade from critics and Star Trek fans alike. Voyager ended its seven-season run just four months earlier, and fans were skeptical when Enterprise premiered (on Sept. [... more]
CDN$77.55
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Star Trek Enterprise: Season 4
From Amazon.com: Despite the near-certainty of cancellation, ratings in the cellar and nothing left to lose, the fourth and final season of Star Trek: Enterprise was unanimously hailed as the best. After ending season 3 with a mind-boggling cliffhanger, [... more]
CDN$77.55
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The Craft & Art of Bamboo: 30 Elegant Projects to Make ...
Drywall screws and cuteness: This is a "craft" book, in the debased modern American meaning of "craft", i.e. useless, shoddy trinkets. All joinery is with drywall screws -- yes you read correctly -- because tying knots made the author' [... more]
CDN$25.96
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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Helped me come of age...: I read this book when it first came out, years ago, and felt compelled to response to some of the comments here. This is my first Amazon review. This book first drew me BECAUSE of the lyrical nature of the writing and the theme [... more]
CDN$17.50
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Star Trek Enterprise: Season 3
From Amazon.com: Described by series cocreator Brannon Braga as "a single episode that lasts 24 hours," the third season of Star Trek: Enterprise is arguably the best in the show's four-season run. With the epic "Xindi saga" as the [... more]
CDN$77.55
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The Gardener's Year
Eternal spring....: I don't know much about Czech literature, so I don't know if the Prague Spring had anything to do with the writing of Karel Capek, but I would not be surprised to discover a connection. "Leaves wither because spring is already [... more]
CDN$17.95
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