Unity - Part 4 - Line
This is the fourth in a series about how to create a garden that is a unified work of art. There are two main traditions in garden design. The Western tradition arose out of the gardens of ancient Egypt, the Eastern tradition is descended from ... [... more]
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Carl L. Becker
Carl L. Becker's important study is an analysis of the concepts expressed in the Declaration. Here is a lucid explanation of what the Declaration really is, what views it sets forth, where those views arose, and how they have been accepted or ... [... more]
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Eugenics and Other Evils
 A Chilling Voice from the Past: Eugenics was more than a pseudoscientific fad of the early 1900ï¿1/2s: it provided much of the philosophical underpinnings of the Nazi ï¿1/2master raceï¿1/2 and its logical culmination [... more]
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Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of ...
From Amazon.com: When Carl L. Becker's classic study of the text of the Declaration of Independence first appeared in 1922, it marked a great departure from the passionate and patriotic tenor of many existing historical analyses. Becker claims his work [... more]
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Stumbling on Happiness
"How do you feel?": Among the many snappy one-liners spicing the "Star Trek" films, this one, issued by a computer to the resurrected Mr Spock, stands out particularly. Then, it seemed a poor joke. Now, a computer posing such a [... more]
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Dissolution
very good debut book: this is the debut book by c.j. sansom, which already places him in the elite level of contemporary authors (perez-reverte, eco, et al). his writing style is exquisite. just as good as, but totally different from, another monastery/ [... more]
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Instant Biology: From Single Cells to Human Beings, and ...
Pound for pound, one of best intro to bio books around.: For \omoney\c you'll have a hard time finding a better intro to Biology. The illustrations are great, it goes into surprising depth in a wide variety of subjects with amazing clarity. How this book [... more]
CDN$15.95
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Darwin's Ghost: The Origin of Species Updated
From Amazon.com: Biologists have a dirty little secret: while practically everyone knows of The Origin of Species (and owes much to it), almost nobody has read it. British geneticist Steve Jones wants to make the arguments contained in that great text [... more]
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Evolution of Culture
Great insights even for nonprofessionals: This is a great book for anyone seriously interested in questions about the evolution of human behavior, especially questions about how human cooperation, altruism, culture, and language could have evolved. It is [... more]
CDN$48.19
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Making a Killing: How and Why Corporations Use Armed ...
Amazon.ca: South Africa and its diamonds, the Congo and its rubber, Nigeria and its oil. The call of riches on the continent of Africa beckoned many a European gentleman--and savage--to seek their fortune. With them they brought high hopes of diamond- [... more]
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Rebecca's Children: Judaism and Christianity in the ...
I liked it too: Unlike the only other reviewer so far, I read this book from a Jewish perspective - that is, primarily looking for insight about the evolution of Judaism. I was not disappointed. Segal explains that classical, rabbinic Judaism (as [... more]
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The Columbia Guide to America in the 1960s
Comprehensive Purview Of the Fascinating 1960s!: Aging baby-boomers like myself can rest more easily; herein one discovers a wonderful effort, which succeeds marvelously in accurately and faithfully recounting and retelling the somewhat convoluted and [... more]
CDN$30.73
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