Poor Souls
Devastatingly funny portrait of marriages gone wrong.: Connolly is a major comic talent of a certain vintage: British, Thatcher-bred and entirely without hope for the future. His characters are comic masterpieces of self-sabotague. Connolly, while well- [... more]
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The Louisiana Houses of A. Hays Town
 True To Life: As an Interior Designer who grew up in the bayou, I find this book to be right on the money. It's better than I ever expected. Anyone who is trying to learn more about Louisiana living or just wants to reflect on childhood memories would [... more]
CDN$45.15
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Wicked Promise
bits and pieces: i love kat martin books. her steamy writing style, characters that aren't afraid of society or their sexuality (a nice change from simpid writers to caught up in being afraid of wanting another person) and great secondary characters. I [... more]
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Poltergeist: 2/3
Review: Poltergeist has scared me since I was a small child, and Poltergeist II is definitely as good as the original, if not better. I'll admit that the ending is kind of cheesy and has poor special effects (i.e. the whole family floating around in some [... more]
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Best of the Classics
Sprightly tempo appreciated: The Pachelbel Canon in D on this recording is really in D. I checked, after reading the other, disgruntled, review. Not only that, it is also played at a lively tempo, but not too fast. I was pleasantly surprised, after [... more]
CDN$5.99
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The Amazing Secret of the Souls in Purgatory
informative and inspiring: This booklet has a tremendous amount of information on the subject of "life after death" in general; not being of the Catholic faith, I was ignorant of many of the details of what purgatory meant, and with clarity and [... more]
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The Pre-Raphaelite Vision
Lush, elegant art from Victorian England: This volume draws together some of the most remarkable paintings and sketches done by the Pre-Raphaelites during the mid-1800's. This movement, which focused on the appreciation of beauty through artistic [... more]
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Snake Pit
Realistic, grim drama: Olivia de Havilland portrays Virginia Cunningham, a young woman suffering from mental illness and her battles to overcome it. The film is disturbing at times, but always keeps your attention. Leo Genn plays Virginia's sympathetic [... more]
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The Queen of Everything
From Amazon.com: "Nothing like that happens to people like me, not to people like my dad, who changes the oil in his car and pays his bills on time... I mean, imagine it. Your father. Your father. I can tell you, though, it does happen. To people [... more]
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Christmas Carol
From Amazon.com: This 1938 MGM version of the Dickens classic is not the most rewarding of the various adaptations (that honor goes to Biran Desmond Hurst's 1951 film, starring Alistair Sim), but it has a strong if narrow performance by Reginald Owen as [... more]
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Nana
Rotten Gloss of the Empire: In "Nana", Nana's lovers were: 1. A respectable count 2. His elderly father-in-law 3. A Jewish banker from Frankfurt 4. An actor from "la Variete" theater 5. A count (different from the afore-mentioned) who [... more]
CDN$7.75
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Pamplona: Running the Bulls, Bars, and Barrios in Fiesta ...
The True Gen: As anyone who has ever seriously experienced the fiesta of San Fermin can attest, Hemingway is not exactly the comprehensive guide you may have hoped for. Nor is Michener. Trying to describe the total gamut of the fiesta experience tends to [... more]
CDN$25.99
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